Embers Ad Infinitum

The medical record from the steel plant was something Long Yuehong found when he first searched the ruins, and it had certain research value. Therefore, he was very impressed and recalled all the relevant details at once.

"Yes, it's really similar!" He responded to Jiang Baimian's words with excitement, "They all turned into a vegetative state due to certain things. They signed a voluntary agreement and were sent to a place in the north to receive new treatments."

The biggest difference between the two things is that some descriptions are different, but this does not affect the essence of the issue.

As soon as Long Yuehong finished speaking, Bai Chen blurted out:

"That hospital, no, that place has secrets?"

She began to suspect that it might not be a hospital.

The hospital is probably just a front!

Jiang Baimian controlled his inner excitement and turned to Shang Jianyao:

"What do you think?"

After being together for so long, she felt more and more that Shang Jianyao's sudden whims or ingenious ideas would always bring different inspirations.

Although more than 90% of these are worthless and only make people angry and funny, the remaining 10% can often penetrate the fog and point to the core of the problem in strange ways.

Shang Jianyao acted like the most professional detective this time. He looked around and said:

"I thought of something else."

Hiss, at this time, if you give him a pipe, will he be able to deduce more truth? Long Yuehong, who had listened to the same radio program as Shang Jianyao, suddenly had such an inexplicable idea.

"What's going on?" Jiang Baimian had just finished speaking and had some inspiration.

Then, she and Shang Jianyao said in unison:

"Institute!"

Shang Jianyao nodded slightly and said to Bai Chen and Long Yuehong:

"Didn't the boss lady say that? Before the destruction of the old world, the largest Gray Earth people country and the strongest Red River people country jointly established nine 'future-oriented' research institutes."

"Do you suspect that what Jiang Xiaoyue and the others accepted were actually experiments from a certain research institute?" Long Yuehong understood what her friend meant and asked.

Frankly speaking, he is a little uncomfortable with the serious, serious, non-joking, and non-psychotic Shang Jianyao now.

Of course, being completely different from the past is also a manifestation of mental illness.

"Yes." Shang Jianyao nodded, bent down, picked up the phone, and dialed the front desk.

Soon, he asked:

"Hello, boss lady?"

"Call Ms. Aino! How polite is that?" Aino complained on the other end of the phone.

Shang Jianyao laughed, and the seriousness just now disappeared:

"I think given our relationship, there's no need to be so polite, right?"

"What relationship can we have?" Aino said "heh".

Because of the invitation... Long Yuehong guessed Shang Jianyao's answer.

Although the landlady was joking at first, he felt that Shang Jianyao might remember it.

"It's about watching ghost movies together." Shang Jianyao's answer was even more unreasonable.

Without giving Aino a chance to refute, he asked directly:

"Which of the nine research institutes you mentioned are in the north?"

"How do I know? I only know that the Third Research Institute is in the south and the Second Research Institute is in the west." Aino replied angrily, "Next time you bother me watching a drama, I have to pay!"

Bang, she hung up the phone.

"There are no further clues." Shang Jianyao laid hands on Jiang Baimian and the others.

Jiang Baimian nodded and said to himself doubtfully:

"But what does this have to do with the 'Higher Heartless One'?"

Shang Jianyao replied quite seriously:

"He may be Jiang Xiaoyue's son."

This time, no one ignored the answer. Bai Chen considered it and said:

"You mean, that experiment was successful. Jiang Xiaoyue woke up, combined with a human after the destruction of the old world, and gave birth to a child?"

Wouldn't it be more elegant to marry...to marry? Long Yue blushed and cursed.

However, he also knows that in many places on the earth, the status of most men and women cannot be expressed in terms of marriage, and union is more accurate.

"Yeah." Jiang Baimian nodded, "But this doesn't explain why he is obsessed with Tarnan. We also saw the information just now. Jiang Xiaoyue's hometown and the place where he later committed suicide by jumping off a building are both north of Nu Lake, and here is South of Nu Lake and further south to the south of the Chilar Mountains.”

Long Yuehong put forward her own guess:

"Could it be that the 'Higher Heartless One' has nothing to do with Jiang Xiaoyue, but was born in that mysterious research institute?

"Where did he come into contact with Jiang Xiaoyue who was in a vegetative state and related project materials, and was he extremely impressed?"

"This possibility cannot be ruled out." Jiang Baimian sat cross-legged on the chair and said with rapid thoughts, "But I think there is a deeper connection, otherwise he would not have shown us the scene where Jiang Xiaoyue committed suicide by jumping off the building for no reason. See? Even if he only has the wisdom of a beast level, he will not do anything meaningless."

To be precise, the closer you are to the beast, the less likely you are to miss the target.

At this moment, Jiang Baimian wanted to put her fingers on her head and "use her brain," but in order to maintain her image as a team leader, she gave up the idea.

"Let's review the scene at that time in our own minds." Shang Jianyao became serious again, as if he was playing the role of a detective again.

"Good idea." Jiang Baimian praised and closed his eyes.

She went through the scene in her mind, frame by frame, from when Jiang Xiaoyue jumped off the building from the appearance of the community.

"There are no other clues..." After an unknown amount of time, Long Yuehong made a voice.

Jiang Baimian opened his eyes, with a smile on his face:

"No, I found a valuable clue."

"What?" Bai Chen didn't hide his curiosity.

"The perspective of the illusion itself or the source of the corresponding feelings." Jiang Baimian said with a smile, "The pairs of eyes and faces in the windows and doorways represent the prying eyes of the paparazzi, the curiosity of the public and the rejection of fans. "

While searching and browsing the information just now, they learned the term "paparazzi".

"This, this is..." Long Yuehong was suddenly frightened, "This is how Jiang Xiaoyue feels!"

That illusion seemed to be Jiang Xiaoyue's mental journey before she jumped off the building!

"How did that 'higher unintentional person' know how Jiang Xiaoyue felt and behaved accordingly at that time?" Jiang Baimian asked further questions.

Bang, Shang Jianyao put his palms together and said:

"The answer is simple."

Seeing Long Yuehong and Bai Chen looking over, he said seriously:

"That 'higher unintentional person' is Jiang Xiaoyue."

"..." Long Yuehong said helplessly, "One is a boy and the other is a girl."

"Reassignment surgery, such as organ transplantation, nerve reconstruction, etc., etc." Shang Jianyao answered very smoothly.

"But, it's not necessary, is it?" Long Yuehong argued weakly.

"This is a possibility." Jiang Baimian did not deny it blindly. "For example, the 'immortal human' technology will inevitably involve the transfer and uploading of human consciousness."

She considered it for a moment and then said:

"Well, there is another possibility.

"Jiang Xiaoyue and the child of the patient at the steel plant are both in a vegetative state, and they are receiving new treatments or experiments that can wake them up.

"During this experiment, will there be an instrument that can guide the memory stored in the subject's brain as a step in awakening, just like the awakened person in the 'Last Man' realm can read the memory?"

This is reasoning based on the state of the parties and possible developments in the experiment.

"That 'Higher Unintentional' was one of the researchers? In this way, he experienced Jiang Xiaoyue's feelings before jumping off the building?" Bai Chen made a guess along this line of thinking.

Jiang Baimian said "hmm":

"This is a very reasonable idea, but the question comes back again, why is the 'Higher Heartless' obsessed with Tarnan, and what is the purpose of showing us this illusion?"

Shang Jianyao solemnly replied:

"Maybe he fell in love with Jiang Xiaoyue who was in a coma and always wanted to wake her up, which became his obsession.

"As a result, he suffered from an 'innocent disease' and could never realize this wish. He could only let us help him fulfill it through illusions."

It's quite a touching love story... Jiang Baimian commented silently in his heart and then asked:

"What does this have to do with Tarnan?"

This is where robots are studied!

"I understand." Shang Jianyao looked like he suddenly understood. "He wants to put the memories extracted from Jiang Xiaoyue into the main module of an intelligent robot so that it can live as Jiang Xiaoyue."

"It's too complicated." Jiang Baimian shook his head in denial without hesitation, "It's not like a plan that a 'high-level unintentional person' could come up with."

Long Yuehong and Bai Chen each made some speculations, but they couldn't explain the whole thing and there were too many questions.

The brainstorming of the "Old Tune Team" continued until the evening, but still no clues were found that ran through everything.

"Phew, we have to discuss it for half an hour, we have to get something to eat." Jiang Baimian pointed to the open computer and said, "Let's condense all the key information and put it together to see if we can get any inspiration. I'll write it first , you add.”

She started typing, and wrote short sentences and nouns one after another in the document:

"Jiang Xiaoyue jumped off the building, the Fan family's child was in a car accident, vegetative state, somewhere in the north, new treatment, research institute, 'advanced unintentional person', good at hallucinations, powerful, suspected to have awakened to the end of the 'Sea of ​​Origin' or after entering the 'Psychic Corridor' He was sick, created an illusion with a dragon, and was obsessed with Tarnan..."

While writing, Jiang Baimian heard Shang Jianyao's voice:

"I thought of a possibility."

This time, his voice was a little deeper and he seemed very serious.

Long Yuehong and Bai Chen both looked over and saw Shang Jianyao standing next to the computer, bathing in the glow of the setting sun, with a serious expression.

Jiang Baimian asked in a serious manner:

"What?"

Such Shang Jianyao rarely appears.

Shang Jianyao looked around and said:

"Do you still remember Song Warner's description of the nature of the 'soul corridor'?"

"The 'Soul Corridor' connects the souls of all awakened people. Each door there corresponds to a spiritual world..." Long Yuehong replied like an endorsement.

Before he could finish speaking, Jiang Baimian understood what Shang Jianyao wanted to express and blurted out:

"Are you saying that the 'Higher Heartless One' had indeed entered the 'Corridor of the Soul' before he fell ill? One day, he opened a door in that corridor, and behind the door was Jiang Xiaoyue's spiritual world?"