Embers Ad Infinitum

The "Old Adjustment Team" is located in a safe house in the Green Olive District.

After Jiang Baimian finished sending the telegram, he breathed a long sigh of relief and said:

"Ready to go."

She has reported the team's gains during this period to the company. On the one hand, she is applying for follow-up funding, and on the other hand, she hopes that the company can provide clues to crack the "virtual world".

When you are backed by a big force, if you don't know how to use the organization, it can be called stupid!

In the past many years, other expatriates of "Pangu Biology" may have encountered similar things and accumulated certain experience?

"I didn't expect that we would go around in the mountains on the north coast to find the white wolf." Long Yuehong sighed after hearing this.

For the current "Old Tune Team", the search for the giant white wolf has three meanings:

First, this is the Hunter Guild’s most rewarding mission in recent times. As long as it can be completed, the “old tune team” can pay off most of the debt;

Second, the Nightmare Horse is likely to be within the activity area of ​​the giant white wolf;

Third, the relic hunter who knew the information about the Mirror Sect was hunting the giant white wolf in the mountains on the north coast. Shang Jianyao had already asked clearly about his name, age and appearance.

Under such circumstances, Jiang Baimian finally decided to take on this task and go for a tour of the mountains on the north bank.

Anyway, they have experience facing Qiao Chu, so they won't be at a loss.

More importantly, they now have Gnawa, a new member who is not afraid of "charm".

Others are unable to get in oil and salt, but he is incapable of getting in oil and salt, and neither is anything else.

"This is fate." Shang Jianyao responded to Long Yuehong's emotion with a smile.

Long Yuehong rationally gave up the urge to "discuss" this topic and said instead:

"But we also have to prepare in advance, just like we did with Qiao Chu before."

Jiang Baimian and Bai Chen then looked at Shang Jianyao.

Shang Jianyao smiled and said:

"This is simple, even simpler than Qiao Chu's time. As long as you deepen your understanding of 'people can't, at least they shouldn't', you can resist."

"But how can this be accomplished using 'reasoning clowns'? Aren't 'reasoning clowns' the result of distortions? How can we deepen our understanding?" Bai Chen asked.

Shang Jianyao smiled and said:

“The deepening itself is a distortion.”

He raised his finger and pointed at Long Yuehong:

"Start with you."

Long Yuehong hissed secretly, hesitated for a moment and said:

"good."

He immediately followed Shang Jianyao to the room inside, looking at him warily.

"You can't do this. Being too vigilant will lead to poor results. Do you want to have a super friendly relationship with that giant white wolf?" Shang Jianyao laughed and teased, "I don't know that there is any relationship between aberrant creatures and humans. There is no reproductive isolation; if not, your children will become something like ligers in the future; so..."

The previous sentence made Long Yuehong think that this was a chat before the official start, so he listened quietly and looked for something to refute.

As he listened, his expression suddenly became distorted, his face was full of gloom, and he didn't know what kind of scene he had imagined.

"No! Absolutely not! Human beings must have their own moral bottom line and cannot do such things! Abnormal! It's too perverted!" Long Yuehong said repeatedly.

Bang bang bang, Shang Jianyao applauded him:

"well said!

"You can go back."

"Ah? Is it over?" Long Yuehong looked confused.

Shang Jianyao nodded:

"No need. You have a very strong sense of morality and are good at self-management. There is no need to deepen your knowledge."

"Really..." Long Yuehong glanced at Shang Jianyao and found that his face was full of sincerity.

With a suspicious attitude, he returned to the living room outside and recalled every detail of what had just happened.

But no matter how he recalled it, he didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

"Next one." Shang Jianyao put one hand in his pocket and walked to the door that separated the two rooms.

"I'll do it." Jiang Baimian said to Bai Chen.

She quickly entered the room, closed the wooden door, looked at Shang Jianyao with a smile and said:

"Did you bully Xiaohong again?"

"I haven't even exerted any force yet." Shang Jianyao made a sighing sound.

Jiang Baimian smiled and said expectantly:

"let's start."

"No hurry, let's chat for a while first." Shang Jianyao said in a relaxed state.

Jiang Baimian moved his eyebrows:

“You want to add conditions to complete ‘reasoning’ during chat?

"Okay, I'll cooperate with you."

Shang Jianyao's expression suddenly turned serious:

"I just want to discuss the concept of love with you."

"Huh?" Jiang Baimian made a nasal sound.

Shang Jianyao further said:

"A woman with both beauty and wisdom like you..."

"Pfft." Jiang Baimian laughed out loud, "Don't be so exaggerated, just get to the point."

"Really." Shang Jianyao was very serious, "You should have been doing scientific research before, but now you can hunt tigers in the mountains and catch dragons in the sea. The most basic requirement for love must be that both parties can speak a common language, be able to communicate, and be able to Communication can resonate with the mind and soul; no matter what, animals cannot possess human wisdom, cannot speak, cannot think about complex problems, let alone become idealists; so..."

Jiang Baimian's expression gradually softened, and he nodded gently:

"It's true that creatures without intelligence can only be pets."

"Okay, you can go out and let Xiaobai come in." Shang Jianyao laughed.

Jiang Baimian showed an expression of understanding. Without asking or thinking, he turned around and opened the door, calling Bai Chen over.

"How are you going to convince me?" Bai Chen asked Shang Jianyao with a little curiosity.

"I think it is possible for you to fall in love with an animal, as long as it is a companion and never leaves you." Shang Jianyao gave a rare and serious assessment beforehand.

Bai Chen was silent for a few seconds, then nodded slightly:

"Maybe."

"So, let's talk about robots." Shang Jianyao smiled brightly.

In less than a minute, Bai Chen opened the door and went out, looking as usual.

Shang Jianyao immediately looked at Gennava eagerly:

"Lao Ge, do you want to try it?"

"Okay." Gennava was still very adventurous.

Then, Shang Jianyao failed shamefully.

…………

Because there were already three military exoskeleton devices, the old team could not only drive one vehicle, so they rented a new off-road vehicle.

The two cars, one behind the other, drove along the road that entered the original city at that time, towards the bridge leading to the wasteland on the north bank.

As soon as he got on the bridge, Jiang Baimian discovered something was wrong.

This time, not only cars and people entering the city have to be inspected, but also those leaving the city.

In front of them, dilapidated vehicles from the ruins were blocked up. They were carefully searched by the Qiaotou city defense soldiers. It took several minutes before one was released.

"What's going on?" Jiang Baimian whispered.

Entering the wasteland and hunting down aberrant creatures is a very dangerous thing, and with the current strength of the "Old Tune Team", it is impossible to take it lightly.

Therefore, they brought all the equipment except the mechanical arm that was mortgaged to the "Black Shirts".

Upon inspection, three military exoskeleton devices would be enough to cause a sensation, causing them to be regarded as terrorists by the city defense army.

——In the face of such controlled products, individual combat rocket launchers are not worth mentioning.

"Capture the accomplices of the assassins in the arena? Prevent them from escaping?" The person who answered Jiang Baimian was Shang Jianyao, who touched his chin.

"It's possible." Jiang Baimian agreed.

As she glanced around, she suddenly saw a familiar figure.

He was a man from Hong'an, with naturally curly black hair, dark brown complexion, and a height of at most 1.65 meters.

He was Jia Di who originally wanted to rob the "old tune team" but was forced to help Shang Jianyao and others pass the city inspection.

At this time, Jia Di came close to the armored vehicle of the city defense army, chatting and laughing with a few soldiers.

"Go and ask what's going on." Jiang Baimian ordered Shang Jianyao.

Shang Jianyao had already planned this, so he excitedly pushed the door open, walked through the traffic, and walked towards Jadi with submachine guns aimed at him.

Jia Di also had a surprised look on his face when he saw him, and it was obvious that he had not gotten rid of the influence of the "reasoning clown".

He hurriedly said to several soldiers:

"My friend, my friend."

He immediately pulled Shang Jianyao aside.

"What happened?" Shang Jianyao asked straight to the point.

Jia Di glanced left and right subconsciously:

"There was an assassination in the arena the day before yesterday, you know, right? Well, the murderer was caught on the spot and confessed his accomplices.

"Haha, wouldn't you think, his accomplice is actually the one who caused the bombing at the citizens' rally before! Moreover, it is said to be related to a certain faction in the military.

"In order to prevent him from escaping out of the city, we need to check him even when he leaves the city."

"Is that so... checking people, not contraband?" Shang Jianyao asked in confirmation.

Jia Di nodded:

"Yes, but if you find out by the way, you won't be able to arrest him.

"If you want to go out of town, just wait for two more days. I have no choice now. It's very strict. There are officers from above watching."

As he spoke, he turned around and pointed to the other side of the armored vehicle.

A dark gray bulletproof command vehicle parked not far away, with a major sitting in the vehicle.

The major was wearing a gray military uniform, with short hair and brown eyes, strong muscles, and a cold temperament. He was the Ducasse whom the "Old Tune Team" knew.

A smile suddenly appeared on Shang Jianyao's face.

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