Embers Ad Infinitum

Whoosh whoosh, nine heads popped up from different locations on Shang Jianyao's body.

A total of twenty of their eyes were staring at the door of "102".

"Haha, you can't find anything even if you wear iron shoes. It takes no effort to get here!" After a few seconds, the reckless Shang Jianyao said proudly.

He maneuvered his legs and walked towards the door that looked no different from the others around him.

Swishing, swishing, swishing, Shang Jianyao sprouted multiple arms from his waist, which were either hoops or pressing, to forcibly control the movements of his legs.

"If you want to die, don't hurt everyone!" Shang Jianyao, who was cautious and fearful of death, angrily cursed the reckless one.

"Yes, yes." Another Shang Jianyao echoed.

"Do you really think you are Yan Hu? Yan Hu was already an awakened person who had explored the depths of the 'soul corridor'. Even if he accidentally fell into Zhi Sui's dream, he would still have the opportunity to find the door to the 'new world' and escape. ." The honest Shang Jianyao sneered.

The "Old Tune Team" initially determined that Yan Hu had entered the "New World", but for some reason, he was trapped by some existence and could not freely return to the dust.

It is impossible for him to be trapped in a dream state that is difficult to escape. In that case, he will truly become a vegetative state. In the absence of medical equipment support, his body will not be able to retain activity for a long time, until now.

At present, only the strong ones who have entered the "new world" can show such specialness.

Shang Jianyao, who is looking for novelty and novelty, thought about it and said:

"The door can still be opened, but don't rush in and observe the situation inside at the door."

The calm and rational Shang Jianyao nodded:

"If we don't do anything, why did we come in? To prove that what enveloped Taicheng No. 1 Senior High School is indeed Zhi Sui's dream?"

He did not explicitly say it was "Zhuang Sheng". After all, "Bodhi" also held office for one year, and the corresponding room in the "Soul Corridor" also started with the word "1".

After a tense round of voting, the businessmen barely reached a consensus.

The extra head, hands and feet on his body shrank back at the same time, returning to his normal human appearance.

Because the Democratic Consultative Conference had already decided, the peaceful and compassionate Zen Master Pudu had to represent the collective, walked to room "102", and grasped the brass handle with his fingers.

He twisted it lightly, and the vermilion wooden door slowly opened back, making a faint creaking sound.

It was dark inside the door and nothing could be seen. Pudu Zen Master Shang Jianyao tried to take a step forward.

His eyes suddenly brightened, as if he had entered another world. Above his head was a dark and dark sky covered with dark clouds. In front of him was a square made of cement. Behind him was an electric retractable door that was slowly closing. There were teaching buildings opposite and on both sides. , office building...

No need to recall, Shang Jianyao directly recognized this scene:

Taicheng No. 1 Senior High School!

He had just seen it and was extremely impressed.

Seeing that the electric retractable door behind him was about to close, Shang Jianyao quickly took two steps back.

With this retreat, he retreated directly to the "soul corridor".

The vermilion door of room "102" was closed again at some point.

After staring for a moment, Shang Jianyao chose to return to the real world.

He stood up from the door of Taicheng No. 1 Senior High School, walked back to Jiang Baimian and others, and roughly described his experience in the "soul corridor".

"'102' leads to the dream of 'Zhuang Sheng'..." Bai Chen muttered to himself.

Jiang Baimian nodded, looked at Shang Jianyao, and said thoughtfully:

"If you don't come out in time, or if you take a few steps forward, will you fall into a dream like we did before, be implanted with corresponding thoughts, and play a certain role in it, and you will never be able to escape or find your way out? Return to self-awareness and become completely lost?”

"Definitely." The calm and rational Shang Jianyao answered without hesitation.

He believes that since the "appearances" of the two dreams in the real world and the "soul corridor" are exactly the same, there shouldn't be much difference in performance.

"This is the danger of Zhi Sui's dream." Long Yuehong did not hide her fear.

This is a different concept from the psychological shadows in other rooms.

Jiang Baimian said "hmm":

"I'm thinking, how did Yan Hu find himself in room '102', that is, Zhuang Sheng's dream, and discover the door to the 'new world'?"

At least Yan Hu is still "well" staying in the "new world" and is not lost in the dream of room "102".

"Maybe he was lucky and hit a certain link, and then he found himself again, or maybe he made some preparations in advance. When playing the role of a student or teacher, he would always dream about various scenes on the dust. , so I had doubts and found out bit by bit the falseness of the dream." Gnawa gave two scenarios that he thought were the most likely after analysis.

Jiang Baimian suddenly sighed:

"This is not the point. The point is that if we have a way to contact Yan Hu, we can master the 'Cheats for Customs Clearance'. This will not only allow us to more easily eliminate the anomalies in this Buddhist holy land, but also help feed people in the 'Soul Corridor' 'He broke through a dreamland of the old age, in that case, he should be equivalent to exploring the depths of the 'soul corridor'."

"What a pity!" Shang Jianyao suddenly beat his chest, "I didn't ask Yan Hu for his contact information at the beginning! He just knew how to shout 'Help me'!"

"It's too late now." Long Yuehong pointed out calmly, "The Red Stone Collection is far to the south."

Jiang Baimian nodded gently:

"If there is really no way to solve the anomaly caused by 'Zhuang Sheng''s dream this time, then after returning to the company to rest, before coming here again, we should go to the Red Stone Collection first."

Speaking of this, she glanced at the sky:

"Evacuate the ruins of this city first and come back tomorrow morning."

The "old tune team" left the ruins of Taicheng through the original exit before nightfall completely fell, and found a nearby place to camp with clean water.

When assigning night duty, Jiang Baimian suddenly remembered something and asked Gnawa:

"Lao Ge, what was the original name of the character I played in that 'dream'? I remember you mentioned it before, it was Xu Qiao, right?"

"Yes." Gnawa's eyes flashed red, and he took the initiative to tell the names of the other characters, "Xiaohong is Zhang Huadong, Xiaobai's name is Lin Yan, and hey, his name is Du Shaochong."

Lin Yan and Du Shaochong were the names he determined after comparison and elimination.

"Every character has a name, every student and every teacher there has a name, and it's not like it was randomly generated..." Jiang Baimian said slowly in a puzzled tone, "Even if the former 'Zhuang Sheng' came to the world, If he had really studied or taught at Taicheng No. 1 High School, it would be impossible to remember everyone's names. You know, most of the people here were with whom he had no direct contact, and it was impossible to know each other's names. Names, no matter how old they are, can’t be made out of nothing, right?”

Long Yuehong also has such doubts. Even if there are very few schools in each level of "Pangu Biology", he only knows the people in his own class and some students from other grades. It is impossible to know all the students and teachers. and the name of the school janitor.

"Don't use mortal thinking to understand the power of Zhi Sui!" The honest Shang Jianyao started the group mocking mode, "Just because we can't do something doesn't mean Zhi Sui can't do it, just write down the names of everyone in the whole school. No matter the little things, I don’t have any problems.”

Can Lao Ge be the same as us? Jiang Baimian originally wanted to reply like this, but after thinking about it, he realized that this could be logically derived from the sentence "Can Zhi Sui be the same as us?", so he chose to shut up.

The scene suddenly became a bit awkward. Long Yuehong, Bai Chen and Gnawa all suspected that Jiang Baimian would strike hard in the next second.

After a while, Jiang Baimian considered and said:

"The reason why I suddenly asked Lao Ge what the name of the character I played was because when I reviewed today's encounter, I found that the remaining implanted thoughts contained some memories of the character itself."

Everyone's thinking patterns and behavioral styles are inseparable from some memories of the past.

In the quiet camp, beside the beating bonfire, Jiang Baimian's voice seemed to be a little erratic:

"I remember that character was in the top three in grade every time he took exams, but he was relatively introverted because he was always separated from his parents, studying abroad, and staying with relatives...

"Any more, I won't be able to remember it. When I find myself again, most of the implanted thoughts will naturally dissipate."

Bai Chen nodded invisibly:

"I thought about it. My character has never been in good health. He often gets colds and headaches. He takes time off to stay at home..."

"My character has low self-esteem. He was bullied in elementary school..." Long Yuehong also began to recall.

Shang Jian Yao smiled and said:

"I've said it before, my character has excellent grades, is always in the top ten, and is very good at sports. He just likes to hang out with poor students, loves to play pranks, is daring, and dares to play tricks on anyone."

"Not only does each character have a name and a corresponding thinking model, but they also have a background story and various past experiences..." Gnawa helped to summarize, "Even if it's me, I have to assign it to thousands of people. Life in the past ten years or decades was not that easy."

This "Zhuang Sheng" dream is too real, right?

Once you fall into it, you really can’t tell whether “Zhuang Sheng dreamed of butterflies, or whether butterflies dreamed of Zhuang Sheng.”

"That's one point." Jiang Baimian nodded slightly, looked around and said, "The other point is that these characters are more or less similar to us."

"I call this the matching principle." Gnawa said his guess.

Long Yuehong, Bai Chen and others thought about it and felt that it should be like this.

Jiang Baimian was about to call it a day when an idea flashed in his mind and he suddenly looked at Shang Jianyao.

"Don't slap me in the face!" Shang Jianyao didn't know what he thought of, and raised his hand to protect his face.

Jiang Baimian ignored him and said to himself:

"It stands to reason that there is another point in the body that can be used to match, and there is a suitable person."

"Which point?" Long Yuehong asked doubtfully.

Jiang Baimian's expression was extremely solemn:

"He is the awakened one in the 'Zhuang Sheng' realm."