Embers Ad Infinitum

Han Wanghuo slowly straightened his body and looked sideways at Gnawa:

“This is indeed a solution, but it may not be possible to find good equipment and doctors.

"If you really need to persist for a while, you can consider it."

While speaking, Han Wanghuo glanced at Zeng Duo subconsciously.

She could rely on a pacemaker to survive, so what could she do?

…………

"The leader of the 'Crystal Consciousness Sect' just committed suicide by jumping off a building last night. No, he cut off his body and body and returned to his true form. Today we found the draft he left behind in a scripture. The content above is exactly what we want to know. Secret, and he also thoughtfully wrote the title 'Five Holy Lands'..." Jiang Baimian looked around, frowned slightly and said, "What do you think is the probability of such a coincidence happening?"

She spoke in gray dialect.

When communicating in this room, the "old tune group" most of the time uses gray dialect.

As for whether "other minds" can be "blocked" by language, they don't know.

Shang Jianyao immediately responded:

"Two answers:

“One, since it happened, it’s 100%.

"Two, 0.03% chance of such a coincidence happening."

After finishing speaking, he quickly added:

"My guess."

Regardless of whether Shang Jianyao said it casually or not, in the hearts of Bai Chen and Long Yuehong, the probability of a similar coincidence was indeed so low that it could be almost ignored.

"Could it be that the chief deliberately left us this information?" Bai Chen guessed after careful consideration.

"Why?" Long Yuehong asked subconsciously.

Jiang Baimian couldn't answer for a while, but Shang Jianyao nodded seriously:

"Because our goal is to save all mankind, and the chief's ideal is to save all sentient beings, it is normal for everyone to be like-minded and help each other."

"How do you know that the chief's ideal is to save all sentient beings?" Long Yuehong asked angrily and funnyly.

"I guessed it." Shang Jianyao answered without stuttering at all.

Jiang Baimian thought for a while:

"You may have to ask Master Zenaga about this issue later."

She didn't say how to ask for advice, and waited for a while. Seeing that Zenaga didn't "reply", she turned to smile and said:

“Whether the ‘Five Holy Lands’ on paper are fake or not, they are interesting in themselves.

"Look..."

Hearing this familiar "mantra", Long Yuehong shrank subconsciously and had the urge to cover her ears.

Fortunately, he quickly came to his senses and listened quietly to the team leader’s words:

"We have never been to Tieshan City Second Food Company, Bingyuan Taicheng No. 1 Senior High School, or under the old locust tree at the entrance of Linhe Village in Dajiang City. We don't know much about these three places. We don't even know where the latter two are located. Let's not start with them. Have a discussion.

"The Changhe City United Steel Plant should be the ruins of the steel plant in the Black Swamp Wilderness, so the mechanical monk Jingfa went there specifically to meditate and worship the Buddha.

“And the Hom Reproductive Medical Center in the Fah Region is obviously connected to the ruins of Wasteland No. 13.

"That is to say, these two holy places are more or less strange, and they hide quite a lot of secrets."

Long Yuehong nodded:

“But we found nothing in the ruins of the steel factory except the medical records.

"Maybe it was taken away by the ruin hunters who explored there before?"

The ruins of the Black Marsh Wilderness Steel Factory are among the ruins that have been "developed". Only things like the blast furnace that cannot be moved and things that are obviously of little value remain.

"Maybe it's the medical record?" Bai Chen guessed after considering it.

While Jiang Baimian nodded gently, he looked sideways at Shang Jianyao:

"Do you have any idea?"

Shang Jianyao raised his hand and touched his chin:

“The monk before said that the five holy places are respectively the place where ‘Bodhi’ and ‘Zhuang Sheng’ came to the world, the place where they passed away, and the place where they taught the Dharma.

"Does this mean Zhi Sui was once active on the earth? At least that's what they believe."

Jiang Baimian said "hmm":

"So, the biggest secret hidden in these five holy places is actually the whereabouts of certain people?

"It would be interesting if we found out that there is anyone in the old world who has been to three or two of the five holy places..."

After a brief silence, Long Yuehong suddenly had a thought:

"Isn't the secret laboratory in the ruins of Wasteland 13 the former Hom Reproductive Medical Center in the Fahe region?"

"This possibility cannot be ruled out." Jiang Baimian said after considering, "However, I think that although there is a high probability that there is a certain relationship between the two, they will not be completely equivalent. The 'Crystal Consciousness Sect' has always gone to the five holy places to worship Buddha. It's impossible to just ignore this at the doorstep, right? They probably don't have the password to enter the secret laboratory in Wasteland 13."

Speaking of this, Jiang Baimian smiled:

"After encountering the mechanical monk Jingfa before, I specifically read some Buddhist scriptures from the old world, and combined with this incident, I discovered a very interesting point.

"Do you still remember the password for the secret laboratory in Wasteland 13?"

She no longer cares whether Chan Naga is using his "other mind" to listen.

"Messiah." Long Yuehong answered.

Jiang Baimian nodded slightly and said:

"In Buddhist scriptures, there is a future Buddha named Maitreya.

"The etymology of 'Maitreya' and 'Messiah' is the same, that is to say, they were developed from the same word in a certain language in the ancient times of the old world in different places.

"In addition, in the teachings of the 'Crystal Consciousness Sect' and the Monk Order, all Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Mingwang except Bodhi and the Tathagata Tathagata are the incarnations of these two people, including Maitreya."

This initially connected the Hom Reproductive Medical Center in the Fahe region, one of the five holy places, and the secret laboratory of the ruins of Wasteland No. 13.

Of course, this is also very likely to be a coincidence.

By the time the "Old Tune Group" discussed these matters, "Garibaldi" had recovered from his addiction.

He felt that he could understand every word, but when they were put together, he didn't know what they meant.

Jiang Baimian and others stopped and did not continue the corresponding topic.

However, this is mainly because they have too little information.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the monk who delivered the meal knocked on the door of the old tune group in advance.

"Where's the food?" Shang Jianyao, who was responsible for opening the door, looked down at the young monk's hands.

The young monk put his hands together and pronounced the Buddha's name:

"I wonder if any of the donors are willing to participate in the chief's death ceremony?"

Cremation ceremony? Long Yuehong automatically translated it in her mind.

Thinking of the piece of paper in the scripture, Jiang Baimian nodded:

"That's exactly what we wanted."

Then, the four members of the "Old Tune Group" left "Garibaldi" in the room and followed the young monk all the way down to the ground floor of the Sikaluo Temple and to the enclosed square attached at the back.

Here stands an iron-black, strange "tower".

At this time, many monks had gathered in the square, sitting cross-legged, talking quietly, or practicing with their eyes closed.

Jiang Baimian, Shang Jianyao and others walked forward for a long distance and finally saw Zen Naga.

Zenaga, who was so thin that he was almost out of shape, stood there, looking at the "Buddhist Pagoda" intently.

"Zen Master." Shang Jianyao called out politely.

Zenaga turned sideways and nodded slightly.

Jiang Baimian suddenly remembered something and said quickly:

"Zen Master, I have something to ask you for help."

After saying that, she glanced left and right, indicating that it was not very convenient here.

Zenaga raised one hand in front of him and pointed to his chest with one hand, saying "think".

Well, Zen Master, two of my friends are suffering from terminal diseases and are in urgent need of treatment. This is the purpose of our return to the Prime City this time. We have their blood samples and want to send them to a trustworthy medical institution or corresponding laboratory for testing, hoping to thoroughly determine the condition and find better and more symptomatic drugs... Jiang Baimian quickly organized words in his mind.

What she means is that the "Old Tune Group" is now under the supervision of the Sikaluo Temple and cannot do this at all.

Saving people is like putting out fire!

Chan Naga proclaimed the name of the Buddha:

"You can leave this matter to the poor monk."

"Thank you, Zen Master." Jiang Baimian breathed a sigh of relief, took Shang Jianyao and others, and found a place to sit down cross-legged.

It is much more reliable to find medical institutions through the "Crystal Consciousness Teaching" than to come forward themselves or use the company's intelligence network.

As the sun set in the west, four monks carried out the body of the old monk.

His head has been treated and no longer looks ferocious, but looks solemn. His body surface is painted with a faint golden color.

The four monks placed the chief's body in front of the iron-black strange tower, then scattered around and chanted the Buddha's name.

Looking at the corpse sitting cross-legged, the monks in the square recited Buddhist scriptures in a low voice:

"The Land of Ultimate Bliss is pure and majestic, without suffering, without difficulties, without evil destinies, without demonic troubles, and without the four seasons, day and night, cold and heat, rain and drought..."

Long Yuehong was instinctively ready to lower his head to show respect in the sound that seemed so similar to the chanting of Buddhist scriptures from the old world.

In the process, his eyes swept over the chief's body and his face.

He found that there was a trace of unspeakable and irreparable pain on that golden, majestic face.

The moment he jumped from the building and landed, the physical pain overwhelmed the crystal consciousness? As soon as Long Yuehong had such an idea, she told herself in horror that she could no longer think nonsense.

I don’t know how many monks in this square are able to “connect with others”!

After a simple ceremony, the four monks next to the strange iron-black tower stepped forward again, opened the heavy "tower door", and carried the chief's body inside.

Only then did Jiang Baimian realize that this was a Buddhist pagoda. This was obviously an incineration pagoda!

Seeing the attitude of the monks around them paying respect to the Buddha, she felt that the Incineration Tower was also a tower, and there was no essential difference between it and the Iron and Steelmaking Tower. She could also enjoy the treatment of "Buddha".

Snapped!

The door of the incineration tower was closed tightly, and the chief completely disappeared from this world.

When the final ceremony was over, Jiang Baimian found Chan Naga again and asked thoughtfully:

"Is the Chief also good at 'prophecy'?"

Zenaga raised one hand in front of him and turned the rosary with the other hand.

He was silent for a few seconds and said:

"right."