Embers Ad Infinitum

Old friend...Seventh floor...Long Yuehong caught two key words at once.

The former was said by Du Heng himself, and the latter was conveyed by his sight and behavior.

On the seventh level, in addition to the rotating "Enlightened Ones", there are only those monks and "Buddha's Body" who are not in a normal state.

Recalling that Du Heng once said that he wanted to find a way to enter the new world both spiritually and physically, and the fact that his actual age was much older than his appearance, Jiang Baimian suspected that his so-called old friend was the "Buddha's counterpart" of the "Crystal Consciousness Sect" body".

Perhaps it was precisely because after each old friend entered the new world, it was obvious that they were not in the right state, Du Heng decided to find a new path... Jiang Baimian nodded lightly and asked with a smile:

"Are you ready to leave?"

She didn't ask her old friend about it, after all, Chan Naga was nearby.

——Although the "Old Diao Group" used the gray dialect when talking to Du Heng, they couldn't resist the fact that Chan Naga had "other minds".

"Yes." Du Heng smiled, "What do you want?"

"I'd like to ask you some questions." Shang Jianyao was very frank, "You don't have to answer, just like the monks here."

Du Heng glanced around:

"Then find a place to sit."

This time, he switched to Honghe dialect.

Chan Naga understood it immediately and led the mysterious antiquities scholar and the four members of the "Old Tune Group" into an uninhabited Zen room on the sixth floor, while he himself went to another place.

After everyone found the edge of the bed, a bench, and a chair and sat down, Shang Jianyao asked directly:

"Teacher Du Heng, I can't defeat myself. We are evenly matched, and I can't reconcile with him. There is a fundamental contradiction. What should I do?"

Du Heng touched the beard around his mouth and laughed:

"I knew you would ask this question,

"If it could be so simple to accommodate oneself, the number of awakened people at the 'soul corridor' level on the dust would definitely be more than what it is now."

He said slightly proudly:

"I can't make a choice for you, nor can I directly give you a plan. Everyone's heart is different, and copying others will only fail.

"As far as my personal experience is concerned, find the common ground between you and that person, grasp what you both want to do, and use this to get started."

Du Heng stopped at the point and did not expand on it. After all, the spiritual world is too personal, and people are different.

Shang Jianyao thought for a while, nodded slowly and said:

"Thanks."

After no one spoke for a while, Jiang Baimian asked after careful consideration:

"Teacher Du Heng, have you been to the ruins of Wasteland No. 13?"

Du Heng recalled carefully for a while:

"Should have been."

What does "should" mean... Long Yuehong wanted to make a slander like this, but she immediately remembered that there seemed to be something missing in Du Heng's memory.

"Then do you know Wu Meng?" Jiang Baimian asked further.

"I've heard of it." Du Heng still used that uncertain tone.

He smiled and said:

"What, you met him?"

Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao told each other how they heard the "Dao and Electrical Maintenance" radio station from Lehman, how they entered the ruins of Wasteland No. 13 while tracking the giant white wolf, and how they were affected. I almost committed suicide once.

They did not mention their recording of the "Tao and Electrical Maintenance" radio program because it would involve Xiao Chong.

Du Heng listened quietly and touched the beard next to his mouth:

"The name of this ability seems to be 'thought implantation', or 'subconscious thinking', or Wu Meng has both..."

He wasn't so sure either.

He turned and said:

"This, combined with a certain degree of mastery of electromagnetics, has the effect of the 'Tao and Electrical Repair' radio program."

"What field is this in?" Shang Jianyao asked curiously.

"'Zhuang Sheng'." Du Heng nodded slightly.

"Zhuang Sheng"... After the awakened person in the "Zhuang Sheng" field entered the "soul corridor", what he obtained was interference electromagnetic... Jiang Baimian turned his head and glanced at Shang Jianyao.

Shang Jianyao clenched his right fist and slapped his left palm. Although he didn't say anything, his look of anticipation was palpable.

Uh... "telecommunication fraud" may really have a chance to be realized in the future... Jiang Baimian withdrew his gaze.

Du Heng also seemed to be a little interested in the ruins of Wasteland 13, and then asked about the observation results of the "old tune team" entering several times.

After a while, he looked at the sky, stood up with a smile and said:

"I have other things to do, let's talk about it later."

Jiang Baimian and others stood up and sent the mysterious antiquities scholar to the stairs.

Before parting, Jiang Baimian joked:

"Teacher Du Heng, you didn't remind us that the ruins of Wasteland 13 are too dangerous and are not a place we can explore now."

Du Heng was silent for two seconds, glanced at several members of the "Old Tune Group", and said with a self-deprecating smile:

“I originally planned to say that, but then I gave up.

"Existences like people like Wu Meng are the sores and carrion of this world. If they are left unchecked, the ulcers will intensify and the situation will get worse. And if they are left alone, they will inevitably bear great risks, and even have to do a good job Prepare to die together or die in vain.”

"To save all mankind!" Shang Jianyao responded very seriously.

Du Heng was startled for a moment, then smiled and said to Jiang Baimian, Long Yuehong and Bai Chen:

"Are you saying in your heart, why don't you take care of it?"

"No." Jiang Baimian and Bai Chen shook their heads.

For Jiang Baimian, the words "People like Wu Meng are the sores and carrion of this world" are more valuable to think about.

Long Yuehong denied it, feeling a little guilty.

"What I'm doing now actually has this meaning, probably." Du Heng waved his hand and walked down the stairs.

Does this refer to Xiao Chong? Jiang Baimian waved in response.

…………

The north bank wasteland, within the city ruins in the early morning.

Puddles of flesh and blood were scattered on the overgrown road, with burn marks everywhere.

The tall silver-black robot Gnawa pointed the grenade launcher on his left arm forward, observed for a while and said:

"Those aberrant creatures have all withdrawn from this area."

Han Wanghuo, who was holding a rifle, and Zeng Duo, who was holding two guns, breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

They were attacked by a large number of aberrant creatures last night, and several of them also had strange abilities.

If Gnawa, as an intelligent robot, was not immune to these things, Han Wanghuo felt that he and Zeng Duo would not be immune no matter how powerful they were.

This gave the two people a deep understanding of what "life restricted areas" are.

Of course, this mainly refers to human life.

"Let's go." Gnavara opened the door and sat on it.

He urged not only because there were many dangers here, but also because Han Wanghuo and Zeng Duo had been exposed to the polluted environment for too long.

While driving heavily off-road away from the ruins of the city, Han Wanghuo, who was in the passenger seat, glanced at Zeng Duo who was driving:

"If your disease can be cured and I have other ways to solve the heart problem, what are you going to do?"

"What to do?" Zeng Duo replied in confusion, "Look for more helpers, rescue everyone in the town, take them to a new settlement, and then find a way to contact the organization that produces genetic drugs, hoping that the children in the future can One is more normal than the other..."

Speaking of this, Zeng Duo suddenly said "Oh".

"What's wrong?" Han Wanghuo asked.

Zeng Duo looked annoyed:

"The remains of those aberrant creatures are very valuable, but I forgot to pick them up!"

"It's too dangerous to go back now." Gennava from the back row reminded.

"I know..." Zeng Duo's tone contained a strong sense of distress.

After finally calming down, she glanced at Han Wanghuo doubtfully:

"Why do you ask such a strange question?"

"It suddenly occurred to me." Han Wanghuo answered concisely and to the point.

Zeng Duo just asked casually, without saying much, and focused on observing the road conditions.

…………

In the afternoon, No. 19, Rosta Street, Red Giant Wolf District.

Wall was summoned to the headquarters of the "Hand of Order" by a phone call from his immediate superior.

"What happened?" he asked Travis, the order officer of the Red Giant Wolf District.

Travis leaned back in his chair, holding a vermilion pen in both hands, and said casually:

“Didn’t you catch the murderer of the citizen rally bombing before?

“We followed the clues found on him in the past few days and arrested a few more people, and we made further gains.

"This matter is suspected to have been done by Senator Varro in collusion with the Salvation Army."

Senator Varro... who was previously caught cooperating with the "Anti-Intellectual Cult" and the "Salvation Army" and has been unable to be convicted... he is the deputy of the consul... As Wall's thoughts flashed, he suddenly understood Trevi Why did Commander Si call him over?

He hoped to use himself to pass this information to his father-in-law, Gaius, the commander of the Eastern Legion and the leader of the Senate Reform Faction.

At this moment, Wall felt that clouds were gathering above the original city, and a heavy rain was brewing.

He gradually understood why his father-in-law stayed in the First City and delayed returning to the Eastern Army.