Embers Ad Infinitum

"She's inside me!"

Ruo Wang shuddered when he heard these words, just like when his young self accidentally watched a horror movie before the old world was destroyed.

However, he soon discovered that this was not the point.

The point is that the captain actually responded to Shang Jianyao's words!

Before that, the humans that Ruo Wang and Shang Jian Yao encountered were in a state of chaos and madness and could not communicate at all. Even if not all of them did not say a word and remained silent, they just said something to themselves, almost Yaoyu, unlike the captain who "answers questions and answers".

Of course, because he spent most of his time in hiding, Ruo Wang encountered very few "chaos", and he was not sure whether the captain's current state was special.

This is not what he wants to know, he only cares about one thing:

Does this mean that the captain can still communicate, and that he and the future people "Shang" can get some information from him?

Ruowang calmed down, looked at the captain who was posing in a courtship posture towards no one, and asked tentatively:

"Do you know what's causing the abnormality at night?"

Wow, the cold wind on a winter night poured in through the open window, making Ruo Wang couldn't help but shrink.

The captain still knelt there on one knee and repeated the "chant" from before:

"Oh, my goddess!

"Please accept my love!"

This... Ruowang frowned.

Shang Jianyao next to him laughed:

"You're not charming enough."

"What does this have to do with charm?" John muttered.

He initially suspected that only topics related to "goddess" could make the captain react like a reflex in a chaotic, crazy, and unconscious state.

This realization made Ruowang very disappointed.

He thought for a while and said to Shang Jianyao:

"Haven't you always wanted to figure out the reason behind this?

"We are now dividing the work and working together to search this room, hoping to gain something."

"Okay!" Shang Jianyao couldn't wait.

Ruo Wang no longer cared about the center of the room, sometimes kneeling down, chanting courtship, sometimes standing up, pacing back and forth. The captain, with tears streaming down his face, went directly to the red desk with books and papers.

Those books were all popular before the destruction of the old world. Ruo Wang had read a few of them himself and knew there was nothing wrong with them.

However, he still carefully picked up the books and shook them down to see if there was anything hidden inside.

This shake really shook out some items.

They fell down and scattered on the table. They were a few slightly yellowed photos.

The subject of these photos is the same person, a very beautiful woman.

She has long brown hair, blue eyes as charming as lake water, and she always has a smile on her face, either sweet or sunny.

In different photos, the age of the woman is different. The youngest is seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing a cheerleading uniform, with a pretty hot figure, and the oldest is twenty-five or six, wearing a hat, short skirt, and waving a racket.

"Is this the captain's goddess?"

Shang Jianyao's voice suddenly sounded behind Ruowang.

Ruowang was startled, half-turned around, and said reproachfully:

"Why don't you make any sound when you walk?"

"Because there is carpet here." Shang Jianyao explained sincerely.

He turned his attention to those photos again, and said curiously and excitedly:

"Have been secretly in love for many years?"

Shang Jianyao's tone reminded Ruo Wang of one of his cousins, who was in this state when discussing certain celebrities before the old era was destroyed.

Ruowang looked at the photos carefully, looked at the captain subconsciously, and cursed in a low voice:

"Beast!"

"What's the reason?" Shang Jianyao asked with eyes shining.

Ruowang pointed to those photos and said:

"This young lady is so young, he actually calls someone else a goddess!

"Doesn't he even look at his age?"

At least forty!

Shang Jianyao seemed a little disappointed that the reason for "animal" was not strong enough, so he asked instead:

"Are you a little jealous?"

"Here, what's there to be jealous about?" Ruowang asked stiffly.

Frankly speaking, he was a little jealous, because the woman in the photo was as beautiful as a star, and it was unknown whether she and the captain had any real emotional entanglement.

This made John feel sour because he lacked female friends due to his not very outgoing personality before the destruction of the old world.

"Yes." Shang Jianyao didn't care whether the other party was really jealous, pointing to the photo and said, "Judging from the degree of yellowing, it should be a few years old."

Ruowang suddenly realized: these photos should have been taken before the destruction of the old era. At that time, the captain was only in his twenties.

Moreover, the age of the women in those photos is progressive. When she was the youngest, the captain was probably less than 20 years old. There is no problem of old and young falling in love due to generation difference.

Thinking of this, Ruo Wang unconsciously weaved a story in his mind and said it out loud:

"The captain had a crush on this young lady, and she already had a boyfriend. He could only secretly collect photos and fantasize in private. When the old era was destroyed, the two had no contact at all. So after the captain fell into a state of chaos, he had hallucinations and... Is the pent-up desire in your heart manifesting itself?”

"Then how do you explain the captain's saying 'she is in my body'?" Shang Jianyao was quite interested in this topic.

Ruowang fell into the atmosphere of discussion unconsciously:

"Maybe this is a picture in fantasy. In our culture, we like to describe love by saying that the souls and bodies of both parties are blended together."

"I don't think so." Shang Jianyao shook his head.

When Ruowang looked at him, Shang Jianyao continued:

"First of all, the two are indeed not a couple, otherwise the captain would not only have a single photo of each other, but not a photo of the two together."

"That's right!" Ruowang finally reacted.

People in the future will still have very strong "business" reasoning abilities.

Shang Jianyao thought further:

"After the destruction of the old world, the captain who had a crush on her tried to rescue her, but found that she was mixed with other men, sharing the joys and sorrows and supporting each other.

"Under strong jealousy and disappointment, in the chaotic doomsday environment, the angry captain behaved irrationally. He killed his goddess and her boyfriend."

Speaking of this, Shang Jianyao showed a sinister smile:

“Sometime later, due to lack of food, the captain set his sights on the body of his goddess…

"That's why he said the goddess was in his body."

Ruo Wang was dumbfounded and felt nauseated for no reason.

He is quite lucky. From the destruction of the old era to now, he has always been able to find food. The longest period of hunger did not exceed three days, so he did not need to do those cruel and terrifying things.

"Yours, what's your basis?" Ruowang felt that the situation described by "Shang" was too dramatic and dark.

Shang Jianyao said in a teaching tone:

"This is called a bold assumption!"

"..." Ruo Wang had nothing to say.

However, the captain's words "she is in my body" always made Ruowang feel like the room was dark and it was difficult to completely deny Shang Jianyao's "speculation".

He slowed down and said:

"Keep looking for clues."

The two separated again, each going to one side and looking through the various things in the room.

During this process, John became a little jealous again.

Because there is actually a wine cellar in the room, which contains many famous wines from the old era.

"Damn it, he would rather waste energy in these places than turn on the air conditioning system!" John complained.

This allows them, the passengers and crew, to enjoy the "charm" of the combination of "winter" and "sea breeze" at night.

"Maybe he has thick fat and is not afraid of the cold." Shang Jianyao came back here at some point.

Ruowang glanced at the captain's body, which was obviously rounder than ordinary people, and accepted this explanation.

After the destruction of the old era, when food was very scarce, the captain's stature showed that he had never been short of resources.

"Have you found any clues?" Ruowang got to the point with concern.

Shang Jianyao asked seriously:

"He loves to eat sweets. Does it count if he consumes more tissues than normal?"

"Not really." Ruo Wang replied without hesitation.

The disappointment on his face could no longer be concealed, because no useful clues were found on his side, and the search of the captain's room was almost completed.

Shang Jianyao's expression turned serious:

"I think I have to ask him directly."

"He" refers to the captain.

Ruowang was infected by that seriousness, nodded slowly and said:

"You can try it."

As soon as he finished speaking, Shang Jianyao turned around excitedly and asked loudly:

"Why do you think she is your goddess?"

Aren't you looking for clues to the anomalies in the night? Ruowang couldn't keep up with Shang Jianyao's thinking at all.

A smile appeared on the face of the captain who had just finished a chant:

“She is as beautiful as the morning sun and as kind as a pure angel.

"I was seriously ill once and needed a bone marrow transplant. She happened to be a match and stepped forward."

It turns out that this is the correct explanation for the sentence "she is in my body"... Ruowang found that both he and Shang Jianyao had thought wrong.

Things are far less thrilling, and don't involve the mingling of soul and body.

"What an angel!" Shang Jianyao echoed the captain's words.

He had no intention of asking what the abnormality at night was about.

The captain's eyes were obviously confused, as if he was in an unconscious state.

He murmured to himself:

"She is also the captain of the cheerleading team. She is cheerful, enthusiastic, and good at tennis and dancing..."

"Awesome!" Shang Jianyao praised.

The captain continued:

“She also has a good mind, she is definitely not one of those women who only have breasts and face.

"She published a paper when she was in college, and after graduation she actually chose to work as a researcher in the laboratory..."

Shang Jianyao's smiling expression suddenly changed.

He raised his hand to rub his chin and asked thoughtfully:

"researcher?"

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