Embers Ad Infinitum

Floor 647, Room 14.

Jiang Baimian, who had stayed to work overtime, sat up straight and turned his attention to the door.

Bai Chen, who was also waiting for news in the office, noticed the movement and changed his sitting posture.

After a while, they heard footsteps.

Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong soon appeared at the door.

"How's it going?" Jiang Baimian asked after checking the corridor and confirming that no one else was passing by.

Shang Jianyao opened his arms slightly and said with a smile:

"One good news, one bad news, which one do you want to hear?"

Any more good news? Long Yuehong next to him was the first to have doubts.

Mu Qingqing said that after her father died of myocardial infarction five years ago, Shang Jianyao comforted her with a few words of sympathy, and then changed the topic and stopped talking about related matters.

After the talisman of many children and grandchildren was drawn, they went directly to the activity center to find electronic equipment and completed the contribution point transaction. The whole process was uneventful and without any accidents.

So, where does the good news come from?

"Let's hear the good news first." Bai Chen studied Shang Jianyao's face for a few seconds and found no sign of "serious problem" or "big thing".

Jiang Baimian nodded gently and agreed.

Shang Jianyao kept smiling and said:

"The good news is that Xiaohong's parents, grandparents, younger siblings, aunts and uncles have nothing to do with the weird sect, and Mu Qingqing, who drew the talisman, is also fine."

yes! This is indeed good news! Long Yuehong finally recovered from the shock caused by the death of Mu Qingqing's father from myocardial infarction. She suddenly realized this and felt happy at the same time.

He regained his original intention to deal with this matter.

That’s keeping your family out of trouble!

And since the trouble itself does not exist, the goal must be achieved.

"Well, it's good." Jiang Baimian cast a congratulatory look at Long Yuehong.

Bai Chen did not hide his joy.

"What about the bad news?" Jiang Baimian felt that the good news just now didn't seem to be accompanied by any bad news.

Shang Jianyao's expression became serious:

"Mu Qingqing's father, the man who taught her how to draw those talismans, died of myocardial infarction five years ago."

"Myocardial infarction?" Jiang Baimian's expression suddenly became solemn.

Heart problems always reminded her of the "Si Ming" who held the Sui Sui Festival, and one of the organizations that worshiped the "Si Ming" Zhi Sui was the "Life Sacrifice" cult.

They once caused multiple cardiac arrests within the "Pangu Creatures" and killed many people.

Moreover, they seemed to have mastered the directional spread of "Wu Xin Biao", which made Jiang Baimian, who was becoming more and more familiar with "Wu Xin Biao", suspect that there was a "New World" level powerhouse in this sect!

Bai Chen pursed his lips:

"Could it be a simple accident?"

Myocardial infarction occurs every year and is somewhat different from cardiac arrest.

"This requires further investigation." Long Yuehong did not dare to be careless about this. After all, Mu Qingqing lived on the same floor as his grandparents.

Shang Jianyao then smiled and said:

"Mu Qingqing's father can draw a real talisman of many children and grandchildren."

"What is the true talisman of many children and grandchildren?" Jiang Baimian asked in confusion.

Shang Jianyao told Mu Qingqing exactly what happened when he was not serious about learning talismans and now he could only make it up.

At the end, he said sadly:

"This story tells us that if a young man doesn't work hard, the old man will be miserable!"

Jiang Baimian wanted to laugh but felt that he shouldn't laugh:

"I'm just going to talk about why the pattern is so simple and intuitive after being dismantled."

It turned out that it was just made up based on impressions, limited by Mu Qingqing's knowledge and imagination!

This has to be left to Shang Jianyao. With his experience of reading old world entertainment materials and his derailed thinking, he may be able to draw some creative and polluting talismans.

Jiang Baimian immediately remembered the blessing map of the heavens, and was somewhat shaken by his previous thoughts.

At this time, Shang Jianyao took out the newly requested talisman of many children and grandchildren, sighed and said:

"Too bad, it's not real."

"Will it really work?" Jiang Baimian asked funnyly.

She has also found many items related to old world folklore over the years, but she has not found any of them to be truly magical.

Comparatively speaking, the current things involving Zhi Sui are more or less special.

"Who knows?" Shang Jianyao walked to the sofa area and sat down with a golden sword. "Maybe it's because of the jealousy among peers. The talisman of many children and grandchildren is indeed effective, so Mu Qingqing's father was killed by the 'Life Sacrifice' 'The cult sent people to kill him."

Long Yuehong didn't quite agree with this guess:

"If it was really effective, we wouldn't have waited until five years ago."

Mu Qingqing's ancestors have been in this business since her great-grandfather.

Her father didn't just draw charms on people five years ago.

Shang Jianyao replied confidently:

"Maybe the 'Life Ritual' cult was introduced into the company five or six years ago."

"Well, although the incident of the 'Life Sacrifice' cult was settled last time, I always feel that it is not really over. There should still be many of them lurking in the company." Long Yuehong recalled the past.

At that time, a supervisor of the surveillance department committed suicide and confessed, cutting off all clues. Xi Yu, the deputy minister of the Ministry of Security, was worried that the "old investigation team" would suffer subsequent retaliation, and specially arranged for them to go out to perform tasks to avoid the most dangerous period.

When the "old tune team" returned, the matter was gone.

Of course, the above statement has been solved. As for how to solve it, the "old tune team" does not have the corresponding authority and has no way of knowing.

Shang Jianyao laughed at Long Yuehong:

"The awakened person who erased part of my memory hasn't been caught yet, so it's definitely not the end!"

Without waiting for Jiang Baimian and others to join the discussion, he started talking to himself:

"When I was in the 'Life Sacrifice' religious sect, they didn't give anything like the talisman of many children and grandchildren. They just said in sermons that matters between husband and wife should be full of emotion, sufficient preparation, and harmonious physical and mental...

"Hey, I don't know if 'Si Ming' has the ability to help people get pregnant. When the time comes, just draw a talisman and incorporate the breath into it. As long as you carry it with you, the side effect will be pregnancy, regardless of whether the male or female behaves accordingly. , will all be pregnant..."

"Stop, stop, stop!" Jiang Baimian shouted to stop this guy's imagination.

Long Yuehong and Bai Chen both had contaminated expressions on their faces.

Jiang Baimian breathed out and forced the topic back on track:

"I will go home later to investigate the death of Mu Qingqing's father."

Bai Chen frowned:

"Is this dangerous?

"After what happened last time, will the 'Sacrifice of Life' sect also develop a group of followers in the network monitoring department?"

As someone who can only use the Internet with restrictions in the office, she doesn't know which department is in charge of this matter.

"And if the 'Life Sacrifice' cult really has a 'New World' powerhouse inside the company, they can manipulate electromagnetism and directly invade the network." Shang Jianyao showed his usual intimidating Long Yuehong expression, "Wu Meng will It can be done.”

Jiang Baimian responded hilariously:

"The company still has a certain level of network security. Even if Wu Meng comes over, he can't easily invade unless he also has the knowledge and ability of a hacker.

"Besides, how can the powerful men of the 'New World' stay in reality and monitor the company's network all the time?"

After speaking, Jiang Baimian nodded slightly:

"However, it is important to note that the 'Sacrifice of Life' cult was able to control cameras before, but now it may be able to monitor the network."

She immediately laughed:

"Don't worry, during the last investigation of the 'Life Ritual' sect, the relevant departments pulled out a list of people who died due to cardiac causes in the past ten years and did a certain investigation. I later had a trustee to make a copy of it and put it on my computer at home. superior.

"Although I don't know why they don't think there is a problem with the death of Mu Qingqing's father, it doesn't prevent me from doing another verification. Haha, I will disconnect from the Internet and watch it."

"Be careful." Bai Chen nodded.

As soon as she finished speaking, Shang Jianyao patted his thigh:

"I forgot something!"

"What?" Everyone became nervous, wondering if Shang Jianyao had discovered more direct clues before, but did not think about it in the direction of the "Life Sacrifice" cult.

Shang Jianyao sighed and said:

"Didn't Director Su ask me to compile information on the new rooms I've explored? I forgot about it."

Awesome, the director's words were not taken seriously... Long Yuehong didn't know whether to give Shang Jianyao a thumbs up or stay away from him.

"Then you can sort it out later." Jiang Baimian was used to Shang Jianyao's quick thinking.

Shang Jianyao nodded:

"After submitting, the reward I asked for was a phone in my room."

"Why did you set up the phone?" Jiang Baimian asked in confusion.

Long Yuehong and Bai Chen also looked puzzled.

Shang Jianyao answered Jiang Baimian's question seriously:

"In this way, when you are disconnected from the Internet and reading information, you can call me and I will use my ability to interfere with electromagnetic fields to help you prevent accidents."

Is this coming back again? Jiang Baimian was a little stunned for a moment.

Long Yuehong thought for a while and said to Shang Jianyao:

"I think the company might just move you to a room with a phone."

Shang Jianyao's importance is enough.

"No!" Shang Jianyao categorically refused, "We haven't succeeded in saving all mankind, so how can we change to a better room?"

There was silence in the office for a moment.

After a few seconds, Jiang Baimian raised his hand and pinched his cheek:

"Actually, there's no need to bother. We have a telephone in our office and you can stay on duty until lights out."

"That's right!" Shang Jianyao said "You are so smart".

At this time, Long Yuehong thought about it and said:

"Why not report it directly?"

"There may be people from the 'Life Ritual' cult lurking up there. If the clues cannot be 'fixed' in advance, they will probably destroy them, just like the supervisor of the surveillance department who 'committed suicide' before." Jiang Baimian He let out a silent breath.

"Yes." Long Yuehong and Bai Chen nodded.

Jiang Baimian turned and said:

"By the way, rewards should be distributed tomorrow."

Shang Jianyao, Long Yuehong, and Bai Chen's eyes all lit up more or less.

…………

Jiang Baimian returned to his home at No. 12, Area C on the 349th floor, said hello to his parents, and slipped into the study.

She turned on the computer, entered the corresponding drive letter, and disconnected from the Internet. After a moment of hesitation, she picked up the extension in the room and dialed the phone.

PS: In the previous part of the fourth part, Xiaohong’s father mentioned that no one would cook hot pot after his grandfather died. This contradicted the later part, so he was specially revised to Grandpa Zeng. In fact, this is more reasonable. Calculating his age, his grandfather was just born or one or two years old when the old world was destroyed, so it is unlikely that he knows how to make hot pot.

The above are high-sounding reasons. In fact, when I was preparing to write about Grandpa Xiaohong and Grandma Xiaohong, I searched the previous documents to see what settings were written and what explanations were made. I thought that there were too many places with the word "grandpa". It's more troublesome. I was lazy and just used grandma as the search term, thinking that it would definitely appear at the same time. The result was embarrassing.