Embers Ad Infinitum

In the "Wild Pigeon" bar, when Jiang Baimian was thinking about how to make rational use of existing resources, break the illusion dilemma, and inform the Robot Guards, "Mirage Dragon Cult" and other forces about the "enemy attack", he was talking to the surveillance camera To no avail, Shang Jianyao took out a loudspeaker from his tactical backpack.

With the accompaniment of music, he held a loudspeaker and shouted to one of the several human consciousnesses outside:

“It’s getting dark!

"The wind is so strong!

"I don't even know how to go home!"

This looks like scolding those who play outside without looking at the time or weather, but it is actually a way of realizing the "reasoning clown".

However, with the help of a loudspeaker, the effect will be greatly weakened. Shang Jianyao must provide certain guidance, and it can only be targeted at individual individuals.

As the sound echoed, the target's consciousness paused for two seconds, and then trotted somewhere along the street.

Jiang Baimian noticed this scene and probably knew what Shang Jianyao was thinking:

When the "higher unintentional person" used the illusion to influence everyone in the bar, it meant that he had interacted with Shang Jianyao and could no longer hide his consciousness.

In other words, one of the human consciousnesses sensed by Shang Jianyao is likely to be the enemy.

The enemy may not understand human speech, and knows that the prerequisite "the wind is strong" comes from illusion and is false, so he will not be affected by the "reasoning clown".

This seemed like a good thing, but it was revealed when he reacted differently to other human consciousnesses.

It's like a firefly in the dark night, so bright and outstanding.

The trees are "showy" in the forest, but the wind will destroy them!

However, in a hurry, Shang Jianyao's response was not so perfect. Jiang Baimian quickly thought of several loopholes:

First, the range of abilities of the "Higher Unintentional One" exceeds Shang Jian Yao's by a lot, and his current hiding place is outside Shang Jian Yao's sensing area. None of those human consciousnesses are real goals.

The second is that the "higher unintentional person" can cause auditory hallucinations in those outside, so that his reactions are consistent with his own.

The third is that there are certain illusions in human consciousness, which are manufactured illusions.

It's really troublesome. We can only eliminate it step by step... Jiang Baimian cooperated with Shang Jianyao to sense changes in electrical signals to determine whether the affected person was a dummy or a real person.

After urging a human to go home, Shang Jianyao changed his goal and repeated his old tricks.

At this moment, he was like the mayor in a settlement using a loudspeaker to announce to everyone.

…………

Zhou Yue, the master of Nanke Guan, walked step by step towards the most powerful place in the illusion with the attitude of "dancing a great god".

This is the grasp of corresponding signals by awakened persons with similar abilities in the same field.

"So tired..." Zhou Yue couldn't help but complain after walking a certain distance.

While walking, your waist has to twist, your body has to sway, and your hands have to move. It’s so physically demanding!

It was really difficult for her, a clergyman with little professional training.

This tired her so much that she had some blasphemous thoughts:

Do you want to disguise yourself, join the "Melting Pot Cult", and learn to dance?

…………

In the "Youmeng" hotel, the proprietress Aino stared at the computer screen while tremblingly repeating warning words.

However, the "person" lingering behind her, blowing on her neck from time to time, was still there.

After a few dozen seconds, Aino felt something cool put on his shoulder.

She could no longer control herself and screamed:

"ah!"

At the same time, her dark brown eyes became extremely dark.

…………

"Riverside Avenue", inside a house.

A certain man suddenly took off his clothes uncontrollably, rushed to the balcony, faced the strong wind, and peed.

After urinating, he woke up, confused and happy at the same time:

He was confused as to how he could behave as he did just now as if he was possessed by an evil spirit. He was delighted that urine defeated Guangfeng and proved himself.

In a room in another building next to him.

A woman was holding books recovered from the ruins of the city and said to her child:

"If you don't know how to read, you will miss many missions even as a ruin hunter!"

"I can ask someone to read the assignment." Her child replied with a stiff neck.

The woman suddenly felt a rush of blood rushing into her mind. Without thinking, she raised her arm and slammed it against the surface of the table.

Amidst the banging movement, she shouted loudly:

“That has to be paid for!

"Are you still learning?"

After yelling, she regretted it and felt that she shouldn't have done this.

Her child was originally quite strong, but she burst into tears at this moment:

"I learn, I learn..."

…………

In the "Wild Pigeon" bar, listening to Shang Jianyao's "broadcast", Long Yuehong's head suddenly became hot for some reason, and he stood up suddenly and fired at the place where many people were unconscious.

This was something he wanted to do before and was a little impulsive now. After all, in his eyes, those were "unintentional people".

Fortunately, he responded as if the "unintentional ones" were hunched over and preparing to pounce on him. Every shot hit the air instead of the ground, and no one died.

Under another window, Bai Chen shrank tighter. She seemed to think that if she didn't move, look, listen, or react, she wouldn't be too affected by hallucinations and create irreparable consequences.

Jiang Baimian jumped, jumped and rolled directly to the door.

Just when she opened the door and wanted to take out a grenade from her tactical backpack and throw it outside to make noise and attract reinforcements, she suddenly froze.

What am I doing? Why so impulsive? Don't you want to wait until Shang Jianyao has "investigated" the consciousnesses outside and "persuaded" the real humans to retreat, and then "notified" the robot guards and Nankeyuan with grenades? As his thoughts whirled, Jiang Baimian turned his attention to Shang Jianyao.

Shang Jianyao had already thrown away the loudspeaker, tried to get past her, and ran towards the door.

The small speaker not far away from him was still singing:

"where is the road……"

The next second, outside the "Wild Pigeon" bar, dozens of meters away from everyone, a hoarse, high-pitched, animalistic roar rang out:

"Ouch!"

The sound was so loud that it not only penetrated the illusion, but also allowed Jiang Baimian to hear it clearly.

Along with this roar, the strong wind suddenly stopped, the "unintentional ones" in Long Yuehong's eyes turned back to humans, and the dim lights in the bar returned to normal.

Shang Jianyao did not stop and ran out, approaching the place where the roar came from as quickly as possible.

He wants to shorten the distance and get within his own capabilities.

When Jiang Baimian saw this, he did not hesitate, held the pistol, and followed closely.

She wanted to shoot continuously without giving the target a chance to reorganize the illusion.

In just a few seconds, Shang Jianyao rolled over, put his hands on the ground, and looked at the dark corner of another street.

His eyes were deep.

"Hypocritical person"!

The next second, a figure jumped down from nowhere, entered a place illuminated by street lights, and appeared in the eyes of Shang Jianyao and Jiang Baimian with an upright and upright attitude.

He had gray and messy long hair, and looked like an old man in his sixties. The clothes on his body were in various tatters, as if they had been stripped from multiple dead people and put on them over and over again.

His face was distorted, his eyes were cloudy and filled with countless bloodshot eyes, and there were still red traces at the corners of his mouth. At first glance, he belonged to an "unintentional person."

Jiang Baimian did not hesitate and raised his pistol.

However, for her, the "find the target - aim at the target" that should have been a conditioned reflex went wrong.

She is no longer aiming at the target, but at the sky!

boom!

Jiang Baimian's bullet flew into the night.

Almost at the same time, she saw the "Higher Heartless One" raise his right hand.

He was holding a "United 202".

Faced with this situation, Jiang Baimian's instinctive reaction was to pounce, roll, and avoid, but as soon as her thoughts changed, she involuntarily stopped where she was, and even made a gesture to greet him upwards.

It's like hitting the right spot in a "knee-jerk reaction" and lifting up your arms instead of your calves.

On the other side, Shang Jianyao's subconscious response to this change in the situation was supposed to be "lack of movement of both hands", making the target unable to pull the trigger at all, but at this moment, he actually chose "reasoning clown":

"look……"

Before he finished speaking, the "high-level unintentional person" was already targeting Jiang Baimian.

At this moment, Zhou Yue, the master of Nanke Temple who was like a "dancing master", followed the roar and rushed nearby.

As soon as she saw the "high-level careless man" standing under the light of the street light, she threw away the flashlight in her hand without thinking.

Immediately afterwards, she released her thumb from the bottle mouth and threw the plastic bottle containing the talisman water directly towards the target.

As the bottle rolled, the talisman water spilled out, and a light rain began to fall along the way.

Before he became a target or was affected, Zhou Yue used his free hand after discarding the flashlight to take off the Bagua mirror hanging from the hemp rope around his waist and shine it at the enemy.

Among these actions that seemed to have no effect, the "higher unintentional one" did not pull the trigger.

He hurriedly raised his hands and covered his face.

Then, he growled, turned around, and fled in panic.

Bang, the plastic bottle with only a little bit of talisman water left was smashed to the ground, and the figure of the "high-level unintentional person" rose and fell, like a galloping horse, into the darkness that could not be illuminated by the street lights.

Jiang Baimian regained his composure and fired several shots at his back, but it was already too late.

What remained in her eyes was the messy and gray long hair.

"Fortunately, it's useful..." Zhou Yue, the master of Nanke Temple, let out a long sigh of relief after watching the "high-level unintentional person" escape.

Before she could finish her words, a surveillance camera on the street light pole next to her emitted an electronically synthesized voice:

"Line troubleshooting, restart."

This... Jiang Baimian frowned slightly while being surprised that Zhou Yue's magic performance was effective.

More and more facts show that the "higher unintentional person" can affect electromagnetic signals and interfere with circuits.

This may be the reason why the previous members of the Robot Guard lost contact... Fortunately, he seems not to know that the human body also has bioelectrical signals and has not dealt with it. Hey, knowledge can indeed equal power... Jiang Baimian's thoughts fluctuated. , turned his head and looked at Shang Jianyao.

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