Embers Ad Infinitum

At this moment, Jiang Baimian once again realized the fact that the deeper you go into the "Sea of ​​Origins", the more serious the price you pay.

She even suspected that the process of overcoming each feared island was a process of magnifying the cost to oneself.

Jiang Baimian immediately gave up the idea of ​​discussing the "Nine Mes" with Shang Jianyao, so as not to deepen his understanding in this regard.

Again, the magic in the spiritual world should not be mapped to reality.

She considered it and asked:

"What else?"

Shang Jianyao looked at the door:

"Got to experiment."

Jiang Baimian heard the elegant meaning of Xiange, immediately opened the door, walked into the open space of the hotel camp, and distanced himself from Shang Jianyao.

During this process, she silently counted a few steps and kept moving forward in a straight line.

Not long after, Shang Jianyao shouted:

"Right here."

Jiang Baimian stopped, turned around, and raised his hands to signal.

Is she asking if this is the boundary of the "missing hand movement" range?

——Her sense just now told her that there was no one else around, so there was no need to worry about the secret being leaked.

Seeing Shang Jianyao nodding, she roughly did the math:

"Nearly twenty meters!"

This surprised her slightly. Compared with before, this was almost a fifty percent increase. Coupled with the change that could affect nine people at the same time, the ability of "missing two-hand movements" was enough to play a vital role in a hot weapon battle. important role.

This is simply a qualitative change.

At least that's the case for the "missing bimanual movement" ability.

Jiang Baimian started walking back until Shang Jianyao shouted to stop.

"Hypocritical?" she asked.

At this time, Long Yuehong and Bai Chen noticed the movement outside, left the room, and watched their experiment.

"Yes!" Shang Jianyao replied loudly.

Roughly equal to ten meters... Sure enough, it was an improvement of 50%... Jiang Baimian continued to walk back, and then Shang Jianyao called to stop for the third time.

At this time, the two were almost six meters apart.

"Besides the change in scope, what else is there?" After the experiment, Jiang Baimian asked in a low voice.

Long Yuehong had made a guess just now. When she heard this, she was surprised, excited and happy for Shang Jianyao:

"Have you defeated the 'disease' island?"

"We can't say we defeated, but we survived." Shang Jianyao was pragmatic.

He continued:

"The 'hypocritical person' can still only work one-on-one, but it seems that it can attach a long-term hypocritical state to the target. This kind of hypocrisy should be the kind that often appears in his life, and it will not be too obvious."

"How long will it take?" Jiang Baimian asked curiously.

Since Shang Jianyao had already revealed his abilities to the group, she didn't have to go to great lengths to hide them for him.

"I haven't tried it." When Shang Jianyao said this, his eyes swept over Long Yuehong's face.

Long Yuehong instinctively took two steps back.

"I think it can be measured in hours." Shang Jianyao looked away and said his speculation.

Jiang Baimian turned to ask:

"What about the 'Mystery Clown'? Can he use electronic products to expand his scope of influence like Tan Jie did?"

"I'll give it a try." Shang Jianyao seemed to have considered this issue for a long time. He walked to his bed with great interest and picked up the small speaker with a blue background and black surface.

This was a multifunctional product from before the destruction of the old world, capable of recording on its own.

Jian Shang Jian Yao turned on the speaker and switched to recording mode. Jiang Baimian silently raised his hands and covered his ears.

Bai Chen made the same move as her, and Long Yuehong not only did that, but also retreated to the door, as if she would leave the room at any time.

Soon, Shang Jianyao signaled that they could put down their hands.

He pointed the small speaker at Jiang Baimian and played the previous recording:

“You are a member of the ‘Old Tune Group’ and I am also a member of the ‘Old Tune Group’;

“You are good at fighting, and so am I;

"so……"

After Jiang Baimian listened quietly, he smiled and said:

"In what direction are you trying to mislead me? Half-brothers and sisters, bah, full-blooded siblings?"

"It didn't work." Shang Jianyao shook his head with a heavy expression, "I integrated my thoughts into the sound and recorded it, but after playing it out, I couldn't feel that thought."

"Maybe the idea gradually dissipated after a relatively complicated conversion? Is it useful to play it before the idea completely dissipates?" Jiang Baimian made a reasonable guess.

After some experiments, they determined one thing, that is, no matter how fast they seize the time, as long as they record, store, and then play, there will be no effect.

Recalling that Tan Jie used a loudspeaker to complete the "remote provocation", Jiang Baimian suggested:

“Try it with a loudspeaker?

“No need to record, no need to store, just convert directly, maybe the sound can be played back before the thoughts dissipate.

"If that still doesn't work, you can make a 'friend' with Tan Jie and learn some experience from him.

Shang Jianyao nodded:

"First there has to be a loudspeaker."

"This is simple." Jiang Baimian laughed.

Not long after, a group of four people from the "Old Diao Group" entered Hongshiji and arrived at the security station.

This time, Han Wanghuo did not go out.

The upper part of his left arm had been bandaged due to an injury, and it looked bulging.

"You?" Seeing Jiang Baimian, Shang Jianyao and others entering the security station, Han Wanghuo stood up and said hello.

Because of the experience of fighting together, Jiang Baimian, who was wearing a monk mask, smiled casually:

"Come to collect the final payment."

If she thought Han Wanghuo was deliberately erecting a "knight" image before, now it didn't matter whether she felt it was deliberate or not.

As a peace officer, if you can stand at the forefront of the defense line and resist the invasion of others regardless of life and death, you are undoubtedly a "knight".

Hearing Jiang Baimian's words, Han Wanghuo said with a little embarrassment:

“We have to wait two more days.

"But it's almost over. We have cleaned the battlefield and confirmed that many fishmen and mountain monsters have died this time. We should not be able to launch a new round of attacks in a short time.

"When the reconnaissance team returns the final results and the two sides have exchanged prisoners, the exoskeleton device can be handed over to you."

Shang Jianyao immediately comforted him and said:

"No need to rush.

"If it doesn't work out, you can use Tan Jie to pay off the debt."

"..." Han Wanghuo didn't know what expression to make or how to respond.

Jiang Baimian coughed and helped "explain":

"He means, is Tan Jie okay?"

"I felt a little sick afterwards, but it wasn't too serious." Han Wanghuo replied.

Jiang Baimian deliberately did not continue this topic and instead smiled:

"It seems that we have made a lot of contributions in this war. Can we get some extra rewards?"

The team leader smiled like a profiteer... Long Yuehong couldn't help but mutter.

He was referring to tone.

Bai Chen had seen many similar profiteers in his past career as a wilderness wanderer and relic hunter.

"This, maybe, is unlikely..." Han Wanghuo wanted to say that the Hongshi Town Guards would not be able to accept such an increase in prices afterwards, but he sincerely believed that this team of relic hunters had made crucial contributions in the war. Contribution, and there is indeed a gap between what they receive and what they pay.

Jiang Baimian interrupted him and said with a smile:

"Three requests: First, lend us the town guard's speedboat; second, give us two or three loudspeakers; third, help us collect information on 'Machine Paradise'."

Uh... Han Wanghuo was quite surprised.

Not only were these three demands not excessive, they were also very simple. They were conditions that he could agree to without consulting other powerful figures in the town guard.

Resisting the urge to ask "Is this too little?" Han Wanghuo thought for a while and said:

"No problem, when do you want it?"

"It's best to give the loudspeaker today. The speedboat will wait for us to notify you of the information within a week." Jiang Baimian had already prepared a draft.

Han Wanghuo rummaged through the police station for a while and found a slightly old blue and white loudspeaker.

"I'll give you one first, and the rest will be given to you together with the exoskeleton device." He paused and reminded, "It's difficult for humans to compete with fish-men on the water."

When Song He, Shang Jianyao, and Long Yuehong interrogated the fishmen, there were security guards nearby who recorded the corresponding contents. Therefore, Han Wanghuo knew about the affairs of the Lake Island - he had established many formal procedures for the security office.

"Really?" Shang Jianyao suddenly became interested.

Do you want to have a fight with a fishman in the water? Jiang Baimian glanced at him, turned around and walked out of the police station.

After purchasing the ingredients and returning to the hotel camp, Shang Jianyao took the loudspeaker, looked around, and asked impatiently:

"Who's coming?"

Long Yuehong subconsciously took a step back, only to find that Jiang Baimian, Shang Jianyao and Bai Chen were all looking at her at the same time.

"Uh..." There was a bit of bitterness on his face.

We can't let the two ladies be experimental subjects... Shang Jianyao can't "mislead" herself remotely... Long Yuehong's thoughts swirled for a while, and she took a breath and said:

"Let me do it."

Soon, there was more than thirty meters between him and Shang Jianyao.

Shang Jianyao raised the loudspeaker, his eyes instantly darkened:

"look:

“You have always been wary and risk-averse;

“The folk custom of Hongshiji advocates vigilance and hiding;

"so……"

His voice echoed through the loudspeaker in the hotel camp.

——In order to prevent others from peeping out the secret of the "Old Tune Group" from these words, he used the most ordinary conditions.

After hearing this, Long Yuehong's expression did not change.

When he came back, Jiang Baimian asked eagerly:

"Do you feel it? What does it feel like?"

"I suddenly felt that the people in Hongshiji were very close to me." Long Yuehong looked at herself.

"My purpose is to make him consider himself a citizen of Hongshiji." Shang Jianyao interrupted.

"Ah?" Long Yuehong suddenly woke up.

Jiang Baimian nodded thoughtfully:

“The effect is much worse.

"It seems that using a loudspeaker can indeed increase the range of influence of your 'reasoning clown', but the corresponding effect will decrease. Well, Tan Jie's 'provocation' at that time did not make the fish-man awakener rush out directly."

Shang Jianyao thought about it and added:

"And you can still only choose one target."

"That's pretty good. You can improve further in the future." Jiang Baimian said with a smile.

She then looked at Long Yuehong and Bai Chen:

"I have to get a telegram and report the sleeping 'god' to the company to see what information or suggestions it can give."

"Ah?" Long Yuehong was a little stunned.

Jiang Baimian suddenly said "ha":

"Do you think I'm really that reckless? Just go!"