Embers Ad Infinitum

Shang Jianyao's good partner Gennava accurately grasped the key points of his words:

"You want to say that the current Taicheng No. 1 Senior High School is not shrouded in dreams, has lost its danger, and can do some exploration?"

"Yes, yes." Shang Jianyao acted as if he was echoing Gnawa, "They're all here!"

Jiang Baimian wanted to cover his face when he heard this.

This guy is often reckless and bold, without considering the consequences or the risks he will take. He does things based on impulse. But who calls him a psychopath? He lacks the confidence to educate himself.

Moreover, Jiang Baimian herself is often contradictory. Intellectually, she knows what should be done and what should not be done, when to avoid and when to attack, but emotionally, when facing certain scenes, she can't help but feel... She should do something, and there seemed to be a voice in her heart telling her not to be afraid of risks, and to stand up and do what she wanted to do.

This is why she clearly told Shang Jianyao not to do anything, but when he actually did it, she chose to indulge him and help wipe his butt.

This is essentially a tug-of-war between her rationality and sensibility.

It is impossible for people without a sense of adventure, romanticism and idealism to take the initiative to apply to establish a team to investigate the causes of the destruction of the old world.

As his thoughts turned, Jiang Baimian turned his attention to Bai Chen and Long Yuehong in the front row:

“Judging from the current situation and theoretical analysis, there is no danger in exploring Taicheng No. 1 Senior High School within a certain period of time.

"Since 'Zhuang Sheng' is awake, he probably won't fall asleep again so soon. The turmoil before the 'Primary City' involves the game between the two years, so it is impossible for him not to take this opportunity to do something.

"In this way, Hey, Laoge and I will go in and explore quickly. You guys will guard the door to prevent accidents and prepare for the response."

Bai Chen, who was driving, calmly asked:

“There must be a good reason to take such a big risk.

"What are you going to explore in there and what problems are you going to figure out?"

Jiang Baimian replied sternly:

"Let's not mention what secrets this Buddhist holy land hides. Just a very simple question is worth entering again:

"Why did 'Zhuang Sheng' dream about here, high school life, and not other places or other stages of life?

"After He came into the world, what can be determined is that He had a complete childhood, boyhood, and youth. Apart from the dream state of Linhe Village in Dajiang City, which stage is unknown, there should be many other places where He lived, and there are enough Experienced, why did he only dream about Taicheng No. 1 Senior High School?

"What's special here, or what special significance does it have to 'Zhuang Sheng'?"

"Maybe it's just that other dreams haven't been discovered by Buddhism and classified as holy places." The honest Shang Jianyao didn't care that Jiang Baimian was on their side now.

Jiang Baimian replied without hesitation:

“This is also a direction to explore.

"For us, before the destruction of the old world, there was a person who came into the world and lived as a human being for several years. This is definitely a focus worthy of investigation. This may involve the secrets of the 'new world' and its impact on the old world.

"Only by clarifying these issues, we may be able to understand why the 'Wuxin Disease' suddenly broke out that day, triggering a great crisis for mankind."

Bai Chen was silent for a few seconds:

"Then I'll go in with you. Exploring with more people will be more efficient and save time.

"Lao Ge stayed outside to avoid the possible first wave of impact when the dreamland restarted, and then entered the school to rescue us. He is an intelligent person and our last resort. It may be better to serve as a reserve team."

Long Yuehong hesitated for a moment and then nodded in agreement:

"Yes, yes, let's go in together and leave Lao Ge outside."

Jiang Baimian thought for a while:

"good."

None of them knew when "Zhuang Sheng" would fall asleep again, so they naturally had to race against time.

The jeep stopped and turned back outside Taicheng No. 1 Senior High School. Jiang Baimian and others pushed the door open and got out of the car one after another, and walked towards the electric retractable door.

They did not carry weapons such as assault rifles, nor did they wear military exoskeleton devices or bionic smart armor. This was due to the boldness of those with high skill levels. They felt that even if they encountered some aberrant creatures or advanced "careless people" in the school, they would be able to rely on the awakened ones to do so. Ability, props, mechanical arms, biological prostheses, genetic modification results, and the pistol on the body are enough to defeat the opponent, or they can contend for a period of time and wait for Gnava to come to the rescue. On the other hand, they can show their support for "Zhuang Sheng" Respect, in Shang Jianyao's words, is "sincerity leads to spirituality, and gods are not surprised if they are polite".

There is another reason that Jiang Baimian did not say:

Reduce its own strength, especially relative to Gnawa's strength.

In this way, if they fall into a dream again, it will be much easier for Gnawa to save people, and the struggle they will encounter will be much simpler.

The four carbon-based people from the "Old Tune Team" carefully passed the electric retractable door and walked step by step towards the teaching building in front.

After walking about ten meters, they looked at each other, happily confirming that they were still sane and had not become any character in the dream.

Jiang Baimian turned around and waved to Gennava.

This is one of the predetermined communication gestures.

Gennava also waved his hand to show that he could see them.

"'Zhuang Sheng' hasn't fallen asleep yet, let's hurry up." Jiang Baimian quickly issued the order.

They first walked towards the front teaching building where Du Shaochong, Xu Qiao, Lin Yan and Zhang Huadong were located.

As soon as they got closer, the eyes of the four people solidified to a certain extent at the same time.

There is a white corpse on every seat in the classroom.

They were either lying on the table or lying on the ground nearby, wearing rotten and shabby blue and white school uniforms.

Such a scene made Jiang Baimian and others more and more certain that Taicheng was different from other places in that all human beings died in an instant and did not become "careless".

Although they had expected to see such a scene in front of them, in the school and in the classroom, they saw students who represented the future and the rising sun dying in droves, and some even partially maintained their ability to listen. His posture was still heavy, and his heart was depressed.

Jiang Baimian let out a breath and let reason defeat sensibility:

"Start the search."

They did not go through every corner of every table as Gnawa had done before when collecting data. Instead, they took a general glance, picked out two or three things with words, looked through them, and then went to the next classroom if they felt there was no problem.

time is limited!

In Class 1, Grade 3, they did not find Du Shaochong, and in Class 5, Grade 3, they did not find anyone named Xu Qiao. This confirmed that the Taicheng No. 1 Senior High School in the dream was not the one when the old world was destroyed, but a dozen or so years ago. A reflection of the past 20 years or even more.

This can be further confirmed by the fact that the school uniforms in reality and dreams have the same color but different styles.

"This is troublesome." Jiang Baimian frowned slightly.

This means that "Zhuang Sheng" cares about Taicheng No. 1 Senior High School, and the reason why the dream appears here is most likely not found in reality.

"No matter what you can find." Shang Jianyao's disappointment was fleeting.

Long Yuehong nodded in agreement:

"yes."

In this way, I and others should be able to evacuate this dangerous place quickly.

Jiang Baimian did not hesitate, and led the team members to another floor, ending the search of the front teaching building.

When they turned into the building on the left and entered a teacher's office, their expressions changed more or less.

Among the corpses sitting in their respective positions, one of them still had a lot of rotten flesh on his body. He was wearing a black uniform that was incompatible with the people around him!

"I'm not mistaken..." Long Yuehong whispered.

If he admitted it correctly, it should be the uniform of a "Salvation Army" soldier!

Almost at the same time, Bai Chen saw a "Red Maple Forest" assault rifle, a specialty of the "Salvation Army" on the ground next to the body.

Jiang Baimian's heart moved:

"Could he be a member of Ding Ling's husband's scientific expedition team?"

The scientific expedition team of the "Salvation Army" must be protected by the army.

When she knew that the scientific expedition team was coming in this direction, she was a little doubtful that they had entered Taicheng. But then she found out that there was no "token" and could only see the fake Taicheng, so she gave up this guess. Who knows, now, , they actually encountered the bones of suspected members of the scientific expedition team in the dangerous Buddhist holy land of Taicheng No. 1 Senior High School.

"Check it." Jiang Baimian immediately gave the order.

After a lot of work, the "old team" initially confirmed that this person was from the "Salvation Army" and died two or three years ago. This roughly coincides with the time when the scientific expedition team that Ding Ling's husband Ji Qiang was on disappeared.

"There are no external injuries, the cause of death is unknown, and there are no other items except weapons, bullets, and a few biscuits." Bai Chen stood up and walked back.

Jiang Baimian nodded:

"Look somewhere else."

By noon, they completed a quick search of Taicheng No. 1 Senior High School and found only a body belonging to the "Salvation Army" that had died in recent years. Other than that, they found nothing.

Gnawa analyzed:

"This person may have entered Taicheng No. 1 Senior High School by mistake after being separated from the rest of the army. As a result, he got lost in a dream and died little by little."

"What about the large army?" Shang Jianyao asked.