Embers Ad Infinitum

Green Olive District, Iron Medal Street.

When Jiang Baimian talked about Terence and the "Transcendental Spirituality" Order, Long Yuehong said with slight surprise:

"We just happened to run into Kristina today."

The team leader unexpectedly encountered people and things closely related to the "Holy Desire" sect.

"As expected of you." Shang Jianyao was the first to come to the conclusion.

Long Yuehong responded a little aggrievedly:

"But nothing happened..."

Just a chance encounter.

"Meeting is fate, there is no Anuttarasamyaksambodhi." Shang Jianyao clasped his hands together and explained solemnly.

Jiang Baimian raised his hand to stop the "debate" between the two, and said in a soothing tone:

"This can only show that there are many sects in the original city, many awakened people, and the relationships are complicated."

Bang bang bang, Shang Jianyao clapped his hands, and then was stared back by Jiang Baimian.

Jiang Baimian turned to talk about the explosion at the citizens' rally, and several members of the "Old Tune Group" briefly discussed it.

When we talked about the mother whose son suffered from an "unintentional disease", everyone felt a sigh of relief.

After nearly a minute, Shang Jianyao looked at Gennava and asked curiously:

"Can you feel sorry for this kind of thing?"

Gennava raised his silver-black palm, touched the military cap on his head, and began to analyze his own data, while saying slowly:

"I haven't been able to associate this kind of thing with the correct reaction, but I think it should be similar to the changes I saw in Susanna and Reds, so I put the two in the same set, and it had a certain effect. .”

"Being able to reach out to others shows that you have taken another step towards humanization." Jiang Baimian praised Gnawa in the usual encouraging tone of Long Yuehong.

Bai Chen smiled unconsciously, and when Shang looked at him dimly, he asked slightly hastily:

"Do you want to look at that information now?"

In recent times, there have been cases of "accidental diseases" in several streets in Qingliu District.

Jiang Baimian said "hmm", picked up the document bag on the table, took out the paper inside, and handed it to Gnawa:

"Lao Ge, make a projection and let everyone watch it together."

This is much more convenient than passing it around.

Soon, only a few pages of information were projected on the wall of the cramped rental house, and the five members of the "old tune team" read it carefully from beginning to end.

In the process, they learned that the mother's name was Mary, a very plain and simple name, and her son's name was Philip.

"Each of these cases has nothing in common. The only intersection is that they all live in that area." After reading it repeatedly, Long Yuehong frowned and expressed her thoughts.

"Yes, yes." Shang Jianyao seemed to be deliberately imitating Long Yuehong.

Jiang Baimian nodded gently and said:

"Every two cases will indeed have something in common, but normally, if you pick two people at random, there will be such similarities. But when several cases are put together, there really won't be much overlap. Well, except for the disease area.”

"This is also the result of my analysis." Gnawa agreed.

Bai Chen thought for a while and said in a guessing tone:

"I remember a saying in old world entertainment materials, which goes something like this: Eliminate all possibilities, and the remaining one, no matter how incredible, is the truth.

"Since the only thing they have in common is that they live in the same area, does that mean that the problem is in that area? Somewhere in that area is the source of this 'unintentional' infection hidden?"

Long Yuehong retorted subconsciously:

"Then how do you explain that after a concentrated outbreak of a group of cases, the 'unintentional' epidemic will subside, and then, perhaps, there will be another outbreak in a far away place?"

"Maybe the source of infection has grown legs." Shang Jianyao helped think of the reason with a sincere expression.

Jiang Baimian laughed, looked at Long Yuehong and said:

"What if the source of infection is a living organism, such as a human?

"He stayed in this location for a while and then moved on to another location, and that's when we saw these phenomena."

"This..." Long Yuehong suddenly panicked, desperately trying to think of details to refute, "But, isn't it said that there are outbreaks of 'unintentional disease' from time to time in many places on the earth? These places are far and wide, and the source of infection can pass by. ?"

Jiang Baimian did not look away and asked with a smile:

"What if the source of infection is not one person, but a group of people?"

Long Yuehong fell silent, feeling that the room was so quiet that it was a bit scary.

Jiang Baimian sighed and said instead:

"After it was initially confirmed that the 'Dream Protector' of the 'Mirage Dragon Sect' was infected with 'Wuxin Disease' because he entered Jiang Xiaoyue's spiritual room, I was wondering whether people like Jiang Xiaoyue, the original experimental subjects, would Are there many? Some of them are still alive and walking in the dust, unknowingly causing the people around them to suffer from 'unintentional disease'?

"There are two problems that cannot be explained in this speculation: First, the company's employees have been strictly reviewed and know the basics, but 'Wuxin Disease' still breaks out at least once every year; second, when the old world was destroyed, countless major cities Many people have become 'unintentional' at the same time, which is not like a change that can be brought about by a group of people walking."

"Indeed." Long Yuehong breathed a sigh of relief for some reason.

Jiang Baimian looked at Shang Jianyao and said thoughtfully:

"Could this be related to the 'soul corridor' that connects everyone's conscious world? Jiang Xiaoyue can have a room there, and most of those people also have corresponding rooms. Some of their behaviors caused 'unintentional disease' to spread to the surrounding rooms. penetration?"

"I'll investigate when I enter the 'soul corridor'." Shang Jianyao looked very confident.

Jiang Baimian raised his hand and touched his cochlea, sighed with a wry smile:

"At times like this, I especially hope that I am also an awakened person."

Because there are currently no strong people at the "Soul Corridor" level in the "Old Tune Group", which means that their subsequent discussions will fall into an air-to-air situation, so Jiang Baimian immediately stopped the discussion in this regard and exhaled:

"I won't go out in the afternoon. I still have things to do, so I might have to stay up late."

"What's going on?" Long Yuehong asked subconsciously.

Jiang Baimian said "Hey":

"Didn't I promise Su Na and the others to get an introductory textbook on Honghe language?

"Shang Jianyao and I walked around the city before and found that there is no such thing at all. Even if there is, it is for the children of the Red River people. It does not correspond to the Gray Earth language, so we can only make it up ourselves, and then go to the guild to publish the task. , find a temporary teacher who is bilingual.”

"Compiling a textbook? It's definitely too late in such a short time." Long Yuehong thought about her introductory textbook of Honghe dialect and felt that it couldn't be completed in an afternoon and an evening.

"Normally, it can't be completed." Jiang Baimian looked at Gnawa with a smile, "But we have Lao Ge."

"What do you need me to do?" Gennava asked immediately.

Jiang Baimian smiled and asked:

"Do you have a vocabulary library and grammar library for Hui Tu and Hong He languages ​​in the information you store?"

"Yes. Otherwise, how could I speak Red River Language and Gray Earth Language?" Gnawa moved his metal neck up and down.

Jiang Baimian nodded with satisfaction:

"Then filter out the simple ones that you need daily, and find a place to print them out. Haha, I made a mistake just now. I still need to go out."

After understanding what was going on, Long Yuehong couldn't help but admired in her heart:

Having a robot companion really saves a lot of trouble!

Jiang Baimian continued:

"Once we have the manuscript, we will make some modifications and adjustments to the materials based on the company's textbook and the translator. Although the workload is still heavy, I think we should be able to get it done before tomorrow morning.

"and……"

Speaking of this, Jiang Baimian showed a smile that frightened Long Yuehong inexplicably:

"Besides, I didn't say that I am the only one responsible for it. Everyone has a share!"

As she spoke, she took off the rubber band from the back of her head and tied her ponytail a little higher, looking like she was in combat mode.

"Yes." Bai Chen agreed first.

"Okay." Shang Jianyao was half a second too slow.

"Okay." "No problem." Long Yuehong and Gnawa were at the bottom.

…………

Early the next morning, Jiang Baimian, who had changed the group's sleeping place to the three-bedroom apartment in the Red Giant Wolf District in order to facilitate "work", stretched out, looked at the manuscript in front of him and said:

"Done!"

This is how a simple introductory textbook for the Gray Tu people to learn the Honghe language was born.

Shang Jianyao, Long Yuehong, Bai Chen and others also looked happy.

Jiang Baimian turned her wrist to check the time and called everyone to have breakfast. At the same time, she turned on the radio transceiver to see if there was any telegram from the Zhao family.

Just after eight o'clock, a telegram came in.

After Jiang Baimian decoded the code, he read the corresponding content in a brisk tone:

"Please visit General Phocas in the next few days. We have contacted him and agreed on a secret code to prove your identity, 'book'..."

"His residence is at No. 18, Citizen Street, Golden Apple District..."