Embers Ad Infinitum

"Mechanical Paradise" preserves a lot of "old world" information, which allowed Gnawa to easily locate the approximate location of the principal's office without any effort.

After several trials and errors, he opened the correct door.

Of course, before that, he had used various means to confirm that no one was in the office. Otherwise, he would wait patiently for so-and-so to report to the principal, take the opportunity to sneak in after him, or go around to the back of the building and climb in through the window. .

Entering the office, gently closing the door, Gnawa went straight to the mahogany desk where the computer was placed.

He didn't rush to turn on the computer, but first picked up the photo frame on the table and "recorded" the appearance of the principal's family in the storage device.

In the process, he "recalled" the previously saved data, "recalled" the principal who was very angry with Shang Jianyao during the morning meeting, and compared it with the photo.

"The similarity is only 86%...remove the wig on the top of the head, the similarity increases by 10%...preliminary judgment, this is the principal..." Gnawa, who has no hair, actually has a little difficulty understanding human beings' obsession with hair. , but as an intelligent robot, he only needs to understand that this is a fact.

After putting the photo frame in place, Gennava stood up in front of the boss's chair.

He poked it lightly, and various parts of the computer started running.

"Sure enough, I can turn on the computer." Gnawa made a simple judgment according to the program.

Waiting for the system to fully boot, he held the mouse and tried to click on different files.

However, it was like the computer was infected with a virus. The mouse did not obey his instructions at all, moving east and west without any pattern.

Gnawa finally tried his luck and clicked on a file, which contained content that was not closely related to the title. The only value was that they were not garbled characters.

After linking this incident with Shang Jianyao's slow drawing of a villain while recording the tapping rhythm, Jiang Baimian's inability to guess the words written on the back, and his own inability to leave ink marks when picking up a pen, Gena Watts came to a conclusion:

The rules of the dream, or the hidden power, prevent oneself from directly exchanging information with the inside of the dream.

Of course, another possibility is that even if this really belongs to "Zhuang Sheng's" dream, which is so lifelike that it is difficult to tell whether it is true or not, there are still things that cannot be completely detailed, such as the data on the principal's computer, the list of students in the school, If you had not read the resumes of teachers and employees - "Zhuang Sheng" who was born into the world at the time - they would not be able to be reproduced in the dream, or there would be a lot of repetitive filling marks.

After trying a few more times to confirm that it was impossible to obtain any information from the computer, Gennava picked up a signed document next to him and wrote down the name of the principal:

"Wang Ande"

Gennava then looked through various documents in the office, and the main program quickly fell into some kind of chaos.

Every paper information here is quite detailed and looks just like the real thing!

This is completely contradictory to the other possibility that Gnawa guessed.

He didn't waste time and headed to the teacher's office instead.

In those places, Gnawa memorized the faces and names of most of the teachers, and from the homework books stacked on their desks, he got the names of all the students in different classes, well, except for the ones who didn't turn in their homework.

These names have fewer repeats and have their own meanings, rather than being randomly generated and copied and pasted.

After taking photos of all the teachers in the corresponding offices one by one, Gnawa left the place and trotted towards the teaching building opposite the gate.

He added "photos" of different students to his storage device one classroom at a time, one desk at a time, and built a modeled database specifically for this purpose.

At the same time, he used the names in textbooks, handouts, and draft books to associate different photos with the content he wrote down in the teacher's office.

That is to say, the robot can do such complicated and detailed things with an astonishing amount of data in such a short period of time. If it were Jiang Baimian here, even if he relied on the auxiliary chip in the "electric eel" type biological prosthetic, it would not be possible in a few Complete this task within hours.

Gnawa, who was doing repetitive work in classroom after classroom, once again entered the fifth class of high school.

He discovered that the desk that originally belonged to Jiang Baimian had been "requisitioned" by a strange girl.

She is tall, has a ponytail, and wears an old-fashioned blue and white school uniform. She is often praised by her teachers. Other than that, she has no similarities with Jiang Baimian.

This made Gennava suspect that she was the real owner of the desk, a member of Class 5, Grade 3, Taicheng No. 1 Senior High School.

After the "Old Tune Group" entered the dream of "Zhuang Sheng", different members were matched with the person who was most similar to themselves, and corresponding thoughts were implanted.

Because there are only a few thousand people in this high school and the human sample is quite limited, this kind of matching cannot be perfect. Most of the time, there are only three to four similarities.

"Xu Qiao." Gennava wrote down the girl's name.

He then went to the classroom where Bai Chen and Long Yuehong were, and saw that the corresponding seats were empty, and there was a short boy sitting there.

"The male student Xiaohong was matched with is named Zhang Huadong... His deskmate seems to have taken a leave of absence and did not come to class today... It is not yet possible to determine what her name is by elimination method. We need to find out the other students in the classroom first. The situation..." Gnawa recorded these questions.

In the previous comparison of classrooms one by one, he had discovered that not all students were on campus today - the homework books on the teacher's desk belonging to yesterday and the day before yesterday did not match the number of students in the corresponding classrooms.

Then, Gennava repeated his previous work.

Even though he is an intelligent robot, he is still busy until the sun is about to set before he ends collecting all data.

At this time, Jiang Baimian, Shang Jianyao, Bai Chen and Long Yuehong all had a brief dinner.

They fill their stomachs in advance to prepare for possible surprises later.

Seeing that Gnawa jumped out of the electric retractable door that had been opened long ago, but there was no change in Taicheng No. 1 Senior High School, Long Yuehong breathed a sigh of relief.

Jiang Baimian stepped forward and asked:

"How's it going? Did you gain anything?"

Compared with manual screening and comparison, she feels that Gnawa's portrait recognition and database matching capabilities are countless times stronger.

Gnawa moved his metal neck left and right:

"None of the names can match those that appeared in the other three Buddhist holy places.

“This includes students who did not attend class today and teachers who are on leave.

"But there are a small number of students who may not have handed in their homework some time ago, and they took leave today and didn't come. I can't collect their data."

Long Yuehong, who was listening, thought for a few seconds and said:

"Everyone who is not in the school today should have nothing to do with 'Zhuang Sheng', otherwise the 'dream' will not show the scene of this day."

Just as Bai Chen nodded, Shang Jianyao sneered:

"Have you ever had a dream? Sometimes, don't we have God's perspective dreams?"

"But such a dream cannot appear repeatedly." Jiang Baimian retorted simply.

While she was thinking, she said:

"Haste makes waste in everything. We will come back tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Lao Ge will confirm whether the dreams performed here are different. If they are different, what is the biggest difference...

"Detailed experimental data are an important prerequisite for discussion."

Bai Chen followed and said:

"Once we have enough information, we can hope to identify the identity of 'Zhuang Sheng' in the world. This should be the key to deciphering the dream."

At this time, Long Yuehong hesitated and said:

"How about we wait a few days for the monks from the 'Ascetic Ministry' to arrive and observe how they worship the holy place?

"This may hold very important clues."

Jiang Baimian nodded gently:

"If you don't find any valuable information in the past two days, you can consider this plan."

She glanced sideways at the deserted Taicheng No. 1 Senior High School, waved her hand and said:

"Evacuate this city ruins before it gets completely dark and come back tomorrow morning."

As soon as she finished speaking, Shang Jianyao suddenly laughed:

"Give me a few minutes and do another experiment."

"What experiment?" Jiang Baimian asked with a little anticipation and worry.

Shang Jianyao pointed to the gate of Taicheng No. 1 Senior High School, rubbed his chin and said:

"I want to enter the 'soul corridor' at the edge of the 'dream' and see if the surrounding rooms will be pulled by the aura of Zhi Sui and produce corresponding changes. Well, if this is really 'Zhuang Sheng's' dream."

This idea... is right! There are dreams of Zhi Sui in some rooms in the "Corridor of the Soul", and they definitely include those of "Zhuang Sheng". Here, it is suspected that "Zhuang Sheng" left a dream in reality. The two are similar in nature, and maybe there will be a certain "Zhuang Sheng" in them. "Chemical reaction", bringing about some unpredictable changes... Jiang Baimian nodded slowly:

"You can give it a try."

Shang Jianyao immediately ran towards the electric retractable door like a wild horse running wild.

Then, he sat cross-legged at the door without taking a step beyond the boundaries.

After making a slight adjustment, Shang Jianyao raised his right hand and pinched his temples.

In the "Soul Corridor", in room "131", his figure emerged.

Although Jiang Baimian had previously asked him to explore the depths of the corridor before arriving in Taicheng, even with the guide in hand, this matter is not that simple, and various accidents will occur. Therefore, Shang Jianyao is now only incomplete. Eight rooms explored, two still away from the goal.

——This is an inaccurate estimate, because he directly multiplied the shadow of the ruins of Tieshan City and the shadow of the cruise ship by two.

After sorting out his clothes and taking out the small speaker, Shang Jianyao pushed the door open and looked at the surrounding rooms.

After half-turning his body and turning his head, his eyes suddenly solidified.

His expression gradually became a mixture of excitement and fear.

Right next to his "131", there was an additional room that was not nearby before.

The room stood quietly, and the golden numbers on it marked the corresponding house number:

"102"

"102"!

The last "soul corridor" room that Yan Hu entered before falling asleep!

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