Embers Ad Infinitum

For the "Old Tune Team", the biggest problem at present is that they have no idea where Suimo City is.

"We can only consider going back to Cliff Village and waiting for people from Suimo City to go south to trade." Long Yuehong thought for a while and said proactively.

He has always been active in matters involving the company and keeping humans in captivity.

After all, this directly affects his family, relatives, friends and his future life.

Jiang Baimian nodded gently and said:

"Summer is getting closer and closer. People in the city will definitely seize this window period to do more transactions and reserve more supplies."

And since the specific location of Suimo City needs to be kept secret, they can only send people south.

This is the opportunity.

Seeing that her proposal was approved by the team leader, Long Yuehong couldn't hide her joy and added:

"It's just right to go to Cliff Village to replenish electricity and food."

At this point, he said "uh", frowned and said:

"When we submitted the application for going out, we only mentioned two tasks: finding the specific location of the Eighth Research Institute and exploring Cornynmis. Now both of them have been completed, and if we don't return for a long time, the company will definitely be suspicious."

The senior management will feel that the "old tune team" has selfish motives and does not know what it is busy with or planning.

After hearing Long Yuehong's worries, Jiang Baimian smiled:

"I haven't reported the discovery of the remains of 'Zhi Sui Zi' to the company yet."

In other words, according to the records of "Pangu Biology", the "Old Tune Team" has not yet completed all the tasks of this outing.

Bang bang bang, Shang Jianyao applauded again.

Jiang Baimian glanced at him and said nothing.

She could tell that this guy was relatively silent today, as if he was only acting as an atmosphere maker.

This is understandable.

"But the environment of Cornimis has changed. If it no longer overlaps with the 'New World', it won't be long before someone notices its anomalies." Bai Chen reminded the team leader, "Besides, we are here Cliff Village, doesn’t that mean the mission is accomplished?”

If they really haven't finished exploring Konimis, normal people will choose to replenish energy and supplies at Gerstburg instead of traveling all the way across the ice field to return to the cliff village.

Jiang Baimian smiled and said:

"For the humans in Gerstburg and nearby areas, Cornimis is a forbidden place. Unless something unexpected happens, no one will go there to check the environment.

"Only when summer comes and a large number of ruin hunters enter the ice field and occasionally pass by, the problem of Cornynmis will be discovered."

She meant that her team still had plenty of time.

——It seems that there is still almost a month left until the summer in the ice field.

"As for Cliff Village, let's go to Gerstburg to stock up on supplies and try to survive on the ice sheet for a while longer. We'll see if we can wait for the caravan from the city to go south at the end of the year." Jiang Baimian added.

Everyone knows where to wait for this: on both sides of the road from the ice field into the mountain range where the cliff village is located.

"Yes." Gennava moved his metal neck up and down, "We still have to give the items Esther wants to Kitis."

"They take up too much space!" Shang Jianyao pointed to his and Gnawa's bulging tactical backpacks respectively.

Long Yuehong sneered:

"Don't you always like the task of helping people fulfill their wishes? Why do you think the corresponding items take up space?"

Shang Jianyao replied seriously:

"They hit my dad."

Part of his father's body was in his backpack, and part of it was with Gnawa.

"..." Long Yuehong was speechless.

Seeing this, Jiang Baimian cleared his throat and said seriously:

"It's clear what to do next. We'll go to Gerstburg tomorrow."

A night of silence.

After dawn, the five members of the "Old Tune Group" were not in a hurry to get on the bus. They lined up on the flat hillside, facing Konimis, putting their hands on their chests and closing their eyes.

They were observing a moment of silence for the members of the old team.

Each of those people has many roles, being another person's child, parent, partner, relative, and friend.

Three minutes passed, Jiang Baimian opened his eyes and whispered:

“Everyone, please rest assured that the real reason for the destruction of the old world is about to surface.

"When the time comes, the wind will help us deliver the news to you."

After speaking, she bowed deeply.

She was also part of the team investigating the cause of the destruction of the old world and the origin of "Careless Disease". She had great respect for the ancestors who sacrificed their lives in Cornimis, and felt deeply for them.

At this moment, Shang Jianyao shouted:

"For all mankind!"

Then, he also bowed deeply.

Long Yuehong, Bai Chen and Gnawa followed suit and made the same move.

…………

"White Knights", Gerstburg.

As soon as the "Old Tune Team" returned here, they noticed a strange atmosphere in the air.

There were obviously more knights and soldiers wearing alloy breastplates coming and going, and the ruin hunters who should have been active all seemed timid and timid.

"Nervous!" After leaving Konimis for a while, Shang Jianyao returned to normal.

"Why are you nervous?" Jiang Baimian, who was driving the Jeep with the help of manual navigation, glanced at the co-pilot.

Shang Jianyao looked outside and said excitedly:

"Could this be someone sent by the 'White Knights' headquarters to capture us?"

"How can we be so virtuous?" Jiang Baimian laughed.

The "Old Tune Team" has always been law-abiding in Gerstburg, and has only bullied those in the Eighth Research Institute. It has never done anything out of the ordinary that would attract attention.

"It's worth tens of thousands of Orei!" Shang Jianyao seemed quite proud of this.

Long Yuehong whispered:

"For a force as big as the White Knights, tens of thousands of Orei are nothing."

"Every force is composed of people, and some people have selfish motives. For an individual, tens of thousands of Oreis are enough to buy their life." Shang Jianyao put on a posture of fighting with the heroes.

"Yes, yes." Long Yuehong was too lazy to argue with him.

Not long after, Jiang Baimian drove the car to the door of the "Fire and Iron" hotel.

Today's receptionist is Kittis.

"Has something happened recently? It feels like there are a lot more knights in Gerstburg." Seeing that there was no one around, Shang Jianyao asked the former intelligence businessman directly.

Gitis looked up at him and said calmly:

"A knight's silver coin."

"Is there a charge for this?" Shang Jianyao was very surprised.

"Except for me, you can't find out the real reason anywhere else." Jitis replied calmly.

Jiang Baimian heard something in his heart, glanced left and right, and said in a lowered voice:

"Are you awake?"

Kittis brushed her honey-colored hair around her ears and said with uncontrollable joy:

"I have 'Tian Er Tong' again!"

She deliberately didn't mention what the other two abilities were.

"When did it happen?" Shang Jianyao asked happily, as if he was the one who woke up.

Kittis replied with bright eyes:

"On the third day after you left, I dreamed of a Bodhi tree, and then I woke up."

"Namo Anuttarasamyaksambodhi." Shang Jianyao raised his right palm with satisfaction and pronounced the Buddha's name.

Jiang Baimian was also happy for Gitis. He took out the remaining knight's silver coin and handed it to her.

Jiti accepted the silver coins without any courtesy and said in a lowered voice:

"It seems that in order to deal with the organization called the Eighth Research Institute, the headquarters specially sent many strong people here."

Did the company tell the "White Knights" the specific location of the Eighth Research Institute? Are the major forces uniting to deal with the Eighth Research Institute? Such thoughts flashed through Bai Chen, Long Yuehong and Jiang Baimian's minds at the same time.

"Do you know when it will start?" Shang Jianyao asked excitedly.

Gittes shook her head:

"The organization is very strong, and the preparations are estimated to take several months."

The most important thing is that the major forces must coordinate well, otherwise whoever takes the lead will suffer... The strength of the Eighth Research Institute is not fake... Jiang Baimian nodded thoughtfully.

Gitis looked around and asked with the instinct of an intelligence merchant:

"Are you coming back from Cornimis?"

"Yes." Shang Jianyao gestured to Gennava to take off his backpack and take out teddy bears, building blocks and other items.

Gittes's eyes widened slightly and she said with surprise:

"Did you really enter Cornimis?"

And he came out alive!

However, after taking a look at Gnawa, she felt that this was completely understandable:

Cornynmis is off-limits to humans, but not to robots.

Robots will not suffer from "unintentional diseases"!

"Yes, yes." Shang Jianyao admitted frankly.

Then he kindly told Kittis:

"There is no danger in Cornimis now. You can organize a team to collect supplies.

"Well, you must pay attention to observation. If it is always dark in Cornimis, even at noon, then don't go in..."

Gittes was confused for a while after hearing this. She felt that she knew every word, but she didn't know what it meant when added together.

After a few seconds, she suddenly woke up, looked at Shang Jianyao, Jiang Baimian and others in astonishment and said:

"You restored Cornimis to normal?"

Make it no longer taboo?