Embers Ad Infinitum

"Jiang Xiaoyue!" Shang Jianyao jumped up, "Are you still alive?"

Jiang Xiaoyue replied expressionlessly:

"Of course I'm alive."

"Aren't you in a vegetative state?" Shang Jianyao looked shocked.

Jiang Xiaoyue, who was sitting cross-legged on the bay window, said coldly:

"It's cured."

Bang bang bang, Shang Jianyao clapped his hands and praised sincerely:

"Medical miracle."

Jiang Xiaoyue's eyebrows moved slightly when she heard this.

Perhaps sensing that this sentence was somewhat sarcastic, Shang Jianyao hurriedly diverted the other party's attention:

"Why do people who enter your room get 'Wuxin Disease'?"

Jiang Xiaoyue raised her chin slightly and said:

“How can food delivered to your door go to waste?”

Shang Jianyao was silent for a long time, and argued with reason:

"But it's okay if I enter the dreamland of 'Dawn'."

"What he thinks has nothing to do with me." Jiang Xiaoyue still had the same expression and tone as if she was forced to do business.

Shang Jianyao fell silent again, his expression becoming extremely serious.

Jiang Xiaoyue didn't seem to care if anyone spoke. She still crossed her legs and sat at the bay window, looking at Shang Jianyao at the door.

Shang Jianyao looked extremely calm and said seriously:

"I remember that your room number in the 'Soul Corridor' is '503'."

Jiang Xiaoyue nodded gently without making a sound.

Shang Jianyao said again:

"Is this the spiritual world of 'Zhuang Sheng'?"

"Not exactly." Jiang Xiaoyue's expression changed slightly.

Shang Jianyao continued:

"The first person I met here is suspected to be the 'Twisted Shadow' of April, so you are the 'Supervisor' of May?"

Jiang Xiaoyue did not give a positive answer:

"It doesn't matter, what matters is the choice you make afterwards."

"Are you here to intercept me like the 'Twisted Shadow'?" Shang Jianyao quietly took a step back from the door.

"Interception" includes the option of humane destruction.

Jiang Xiaoyue showed a faint smile:

“Theoretically I should do this, but I’m a little hesitant, so I’m telling you so much.

“I have now thought clearly that even if we want to maintain the status quo, I must be the leader.

"You can leave this room and pass through this area in any way without any problem."

"Oh." Shang Jianyao slowly moved his feet back to the aisle while trying his best to control the one who hated evil as much as he hated himself and claimed to be the embodiment of justice.

At this moment, the unattended Honest Shang Jianyao controlled his body and asked:

"I have a question. Were you really dating that middle-aged rich man back then?"

The air in the room suddenly solidified, and the light dimmed a lot.

Shang Jianyao hurriedly raised his hands and covered his mouth.

They all wanted to kill the honest one on the spot.

Jiang Xiaoyue narrowed her eyes slightly and whispered to herself:

"I didn't want to stop you..."

In Zi's voice, illusory lines highlighted one after another around Shang Jianyao.

They come from Jiang Xiaoyue and are extending towards Shang Jianyao's body, densely packed and countless.

"Mind control?" Shang Jianyao shouted in horror, turned around and ran.

Those illusory lines merged into waves, rushing towards his back layer by layer.

During this process, no matter what kind of abilities Shang Jianyao used, they all came to nothing without any response.

Seeing that the illusory thread was about to pierce into the back of Shang Jianyao's head and back, Jiang Xiaoyue's expression changed, she raised her right hand and pressed it lightly.

Those illusory threads disappeared in an instant, all disappeared.

Shang Jianyao didn't notice any of this and ran like a rampaging bull.

After running for a while, Shang Jianyao stopped when he saw that he seemed to have nothing to do.

"It's so dangerous here." He sighed sincerely, "I can't beat anyone!"

He then rubbed his chin:

"Why did Jiang Xiaoyue say that this is not entirely the spiritual world of 'Zhuang Sheng'?"

While muttering to himself, Shang Jianyao looked around and observed where he had escaped to.

His current location remains in a "maze" state, with five aisles leading in different directions at the intersection.

The ceiling, walls and floors are still painted white, and the doors on both sides are painted in different colors.

This made Shang Jianyao completely confused as to where he was.

"Besides, where should I go next? I can't check room by room, right? It's too dangerous..." The vicious Shang Jianyao was a little scared of the current situation.

He didn't even know how to leave this "maze", or couldn't tell where the exit was, and his escape route had been blocked. If he wanted to leave, he had to find another way.

Just when Shang Jianyao was trying to find the rules of the "maze", there was a slight movement in a room in front of him.

Immediately afterwards, the corresponding white wooden door opened on its own.

Shang Jianyao was curious and wary at the same time. He leaned to the other side and prepared to look at the situation in that room.

Suddenly, a slightly clear male voice sounded in the room:

"Don't you want to know the current situation and what to do next? Come in and I'll tell you."

This is in Honghe dialect.

"How do I know if you are lying to me?" Shang Jianyao was very alert.

He had finished moving and started looking out.

He then saw a male figure wearing a colorful shirt.

The voice replied:

"I'm going to lie to you and you don't need to go to all this trouble."

"These words sound so familiar..." Shang Jianyao whispered, "You establish a written document!"

The man in the room was silent, as if he didn't know how to respond.

After a few seconds, he said:

"No one else will give you the answer except me. You have no choice."

"How do I know if this sentence is lying to me?" Shang Jianyao said this, but his body walked towards the room honestly under the leadership of reckless Shang Jianyao.

At the same time, he repeatedly emphasized:

"You said it yourself, there is absolutely no way you could lie to me."

This sentence has the power of "thinking implantation".

From the beginning, Shang Jianyao has been preparing for "thought implantation".

Of course, he had no way of knowing whether it would have any effect in the end. Winster Garland and Jiang Xiaoyue, whom he met here, were "immune" from his influence in some way.

After arriving at the door of the room, Shang Jianyao saw the speaker clearly:

He is a young male with three-quarter length blond hair, an upper-middle appearance, and an obvious sense of arrogance as he looks around.

At this time, he was sitting on a cushioned chair, wearing a colorful shirt and loose beach pants, with a pair of sunglasses on his head, acting like he was on vacation.

Although Shang Jianyao no longer struggled with the issue of whether to lie or not, the young man still resolved his worries just now:

"If the deception works, you won't need to bear the consequences."

"Why?" Shang Jianyao was puzzled.

The male young man's voice became deeper:

"You'll find out later."

"Oh." Shang Jianyao asked politely, "What's your name?"

The male young man laughed:

"We just met not long ago, I am 'Truth'."

"Are you the 'truth'? That's not how you felt when you spoke before!" Shang Jianyao was shocked.

"Truth" answered his detailed question:

"On the one hand, something happened to me before, which affected my speech outside the tower. On the other hand, the feeling of speaking is in line with the status of a quasi-year-old executive."

"I like your last reason." Shang Jianyao clapped his hands.

Then, he asked curiously:

"What is the Quasi-Zhi Sui?"

"Truth"'s expression was a little colder and he said:

"The quasi-Zhi Sui is the existence that will definitely become the Zhi Sui."

"Do you want to replace the 'Last Man'?" Shang Jianyao thought of the speculation within the "Old Tune Group".

"Truth" showed a sarcastic smile:

"That softie, it will be a matter of time to replace him, and besides, he is still in the camp of maintaining the status quo.

"Haha, I can tell you right now that the price of the 'Last Man' is weakness. He is now an incorrigible softie. Even if you are not Zhi Sui, if you are tougher on him, he will give in."

Shang Jianyao looked delighted:

"So that's it."

He turned to ask:

"Why are you helping me?"

"Truth" replied:

"For freedom, and for a dusty future."

"How to say?" Shang Jianyao asked.

"Truth" smiled and said:

“Most executives no longer want to maintain the status quo and want to get rid of the rules of the game set by ‘Zhuang Sheng’.

"On the dust, 'Si Ming' has prepared a suitable body for us. In that way, we no longer need to feed on human consciousness. We only need to change our bodies regularly to maintain our condition, and we will also It will restrain the behavior of the awakened ones, so that the human beings on the earth can completely get rid of the trouble of 'unintentional disease'."

Shang Jianyao suddenly realized:

"Is the big boss trying to change the status quo?

"Are we His chosen sons and destined people?"

"Truth" seemed to answer every question. He smiled and said:

"Although it's not accurate, it can be said that after all, among so many old teams, you are the only one who has achieved success."

"Successfully found the 'new world' of reality?" Shang Jianyao asked calmly and rationally.

"Truth" shook his head:

“How could ‘Si Ming’ not know the real reason for the destruction of the old world and the nature of ‘Wuxinli’? How could he not know where the real ‘new world’ is?

"She sent out teams of old tunes one after another just hoping that in the process you would come into contact with the personalities of 'Zhuang Sheng' scattered on the dust and make friends with one of them.

"The personality of 'Zhuang Sheng' always appears and walks around those things related to the old world, but other old tune teams have failed for various reasons."