Embers Ad Infinitum

When Gnawa came into contact with the mummified Yan Hu, Jiang Baimian raised his attention to the highest level and also used the auxiliary chip in his left arm.

She paid close attention to the weak electrical signal of Yan Hu, the "sleeping god", and would immediately stop Gnawa as soon as she noticed any changes.

Shang Jianyao stood next to Gennava, posing as if he would push him away at any time.

Soon, Gnawa's fingers touched Yan Hu's dry skin.

At this moment, Jiang Baimian sensed the weak changes in the bioelectrical signal and felt that something was about to grow in the void.

She was about to ask Gennava to take back her palm, but the change was fleeting, as if it had never happened.

Everything returned to its original silence.

Because the target is an intelligent robot, not a human being, the mutation cannot proceed? I don't know if latex gloves can have the same effect... Jiang Baimian closed his open mouth and continued to observe.

At this time, Shang Jianyao sighed regretfully and said to Gnawa:

"I thought I could be a hero and save the beauty."

He also seemed to notice that Yan Hu's remaining consciousness was restless for a second.

"Beautiful? The gender set in my main module is male." Gennava pointed out Shang Jianyao's wording error while groping the "Sleeping God" with his silver-black metal palm, looking for valuable things.

Shang Jianyao said seriously:

"Beauty here refers to beautiful people. Beauty does not distinguish between male and female, and does not distinguish between purebreds, deformed people, and intelligent people."

He replaced the term "subhuman" with "abnormal human".

"It can even be a car." Jiang Baimian added subconsciously.

As soon as she finished speaking, she began to condemn herself.

When it's so serious, why would you include such a nonsensical topic?

Gnawa was very satisfied with Shang Jianyao's explanation. He stopped refuting anything and started working with all his heart.

Frankly speaking, when Jiang Baimian saw Yan Hu's dry skin, protruding bones, and skull-like head, he felt that it was more terrifying than a real corpse and more likely to give people nightmares.

She asked herself that she had to do tens of seconds of mental construction before she dared to examine the terrifying body of such a "sleeping god", and she always felt a little uncomfortable in her heart.

And Gnawa didn't feel any discomfort at all, just like this was an ordinary thing composed of a bunch of "0"s and "1"s.

After careful search, Gnawa came to the conclusion:

"The target only had a pair of yellowed underwear and a set of white linen clothes. There were no other items and no clues were left."

"..." Jiang Baimian always felt that this description was a bit strange.

Shang Jianyao clenched his right fist and slapped his left palm:

"These clothes and underwear may also be 'magical items', and they come as a set with the branch laurel wreath and the branch bracelet."

Jiang Baimian's mouth moved and he analyzed it carefully:

"I don't think so.

"Their locations are obvious. If they are items taken out from the 'Soul Corridor' or items condensed by Yan Hu himself, the 'Bishop of Fear' from the Vigilance Sect will definitely take them away together."

Shang Jianyao shook his head:

"I know why, because I don't know how to take it either."

"Why?" Jiang Baimian wanted to hear the unusual idea.

Shang Jianyao replied seriously:

"It's not polite.

"Like a pervert."

Jiang Baimian stopped paying attention to him and said to Gnawa:

"You can touch Yan Hu's body again and see if there is anything underneath."

Gnawa followed her words, stretched out his silver-black metal palm again, and inserted it between Yan Hu's body and the bottom of the coffin.

After groping for a while, he shook his metal head:

"No."

"No..." Although Jiang Baimian felt that this answer did not surprise him, he still felt that something was wrong.

"Those believers are so ungrateful that they didn't even make a bed for the gods they believed in. It's so uncomfortable to lie on such a hard board." Shang Jianyao expressed his opinion.

"Maybe it's the folk customs or religious habits here." Gnawa tried to analyze the reasons why the believers did this.

Listening to the conversation between the two, Jiang Baimian's eyes suddenly lit up.

She asked thoughtfully:

"Do you think Yan Hu had a premonition that he was about to fall asleep and lay down in this coffin on his own initiative, or was he discovered by the believers after falling asleep and carried into this coffin?"

"There is insufficient data to restore the situation at that time. It is recommended to use hypothetical analysis." Gnawa replied quite "uprightly".

Shang Jianyao smiled and said:

"He certainly didn't lie down on his own.

"If it were me and I knew I was going to sleep, I would definitely need a mattress, otherwise it would be uncomfortable to lie down for so long."

"Theoretically, this is true. Yan Hu's preparations were not sufficient. This is also reflected in the fact that it took several decades for the fishman god to arrive and take away the laurel crown from the branch." Jiang Baimian did not finish his words, "Well... Or maybe the situation was sudden and urgent, and Yan Hu had no time to do anything else."

She continued:

“Let’s first analyze the situation in which believers carried Yan Hu into this coffin.

"They should be arranged according to the religious habits of the 'Yam Luo Temple' or the few words Yan Hu usually says. There are a lot of things that can be discussed, but let's ignore it for now, because there is a very serious and important issue.

"That's where they carried Yan Hu into this coffin."

Gnawa directly derived the answer:

"There are two possibilities. One is the place where Yan Hu suddenly fell into coma, and the other is his room. He fell into trouble unknowingly while sleeping."

"Yes, it is very likely that he was lying in bed, and his consciousness entered the 'soul corridor', exploring there, looking for the door to the new world. As a result, he gained gains and encountered problems." Jiang Baimian is based on Shang Jianyao. It is inferred from the awakened person's usual behavior and the words carved by Yan Hu's nails.

——Yan Hu left some bloody scratches on the inside of the coffin, which formed the words "New World".

Before Shang Jianyao could spread the question to a strange place, Jiang Baimian turned his wrist and looked at the electronic watch, and said with a smile:

"So, where is Yan Hu's room?

"He probably doesn't usually use this coffin as a bed. He doesn't lay anything on it. It must be very uncomfortable to sleep. No matter how much Yan Hu doesn't like to enjoy, there is no need to torture himself like this unless he has a hobby in this area or has paid a lot of effort. There’s a corresponding price.”

Shang Jianyao nodded heavily, indicating that that was it.

Awakened people are not ascetic monks, so they don't need to polish themselves like this.

"From a religious perspective, since Yan Hu is a living god, the place where he lives can only be this temple, or in other words, part of the space where he lives must evolve into a temple." Gnawa analyzed similar past data , gave his own conclusion.

Jiang Baimian looked around and said:

"But here, we searched last time and found no place where people can live..."

As she spoke, she suddenly turned around and set her sights on one place.

Shang Jianyao laughed at the same time and said:

"There's a place I'm not looking for."

He was pointing to the coffin.

A more accurate description would be the slab of stone that the coffin rests on.

After a brief analysis, Gennaval understood what the two people meant, and immediately opened the corresponding inspection module.

In just a few seconds, he pointed to the bottom of the coffin and said:

"There is a large cavity in the ground here...preliminary analysis results show that it is a small room."

Jiang Baimian's face, which was hidden by the delicate monk's mask, suddenly showed a smile.

She had analyzed a lot just now, and it was just a bold hypothesis, and now it was finally proven!

"Please push this coffin away." Jiang Baimian said to Gnawa, "Be careful, I will stop at any time."

Just like before, she increased her concentration and used the auxiliary chip. Shang Jianyao also took a posture, preparing to "hero save the beauty".

Gennava put his hands on the edge of the coffin and controlled the force to push forward.

During this process, Yan Hu's bioelectrical signals did not undergo abnormal changes.

As the coffin moved away, a dark hole appeared on the corresponding stone slab.

It is very narrow and small, and can only accommodate a slender person to pass through normally. Below it is a vaguely visible staircase - like Gnawa, you have to turn sideways to enter.

Jiang Baimian turned her wrist to check the time, and allowed Gnawa, the all-powerful robot, to ventilate the space below the hole.

Shang Jianyao, who was wearing a monkey mask, looked on with envy. He seemed to think it was cool to have so many devices hidden on his body and loaded with so many modules.

Soon, Gnawa finished processing the environment and checked the situation inside:

"There are no poisonous gases, bombs, radiation, or dangerous creatures, and the structure of the house is also very stable."

The next second, Shang Jianyao turned on the flashlight and walked along the stairs towards the ground.

Jiang Baimian and Gnawa followed closely behind.

There were only seven or eight steps in the stairs, and it didn't take long for Shang Jianyao to feel down to earth.

This is a small room, with only a bed, a table, a cabinet and a chair.

This place is not completely devoid of light. There is a bead emitting yellow-green light placed on the surface of the old desk.

It is very small, about the size of a normal fish eye.

"Ye Mingzhu..." Jiang Baimian whispered, stopping Shang Jianyao from going forward to search, and asked Gennava to do the corresponding thing.

Because time waits for no one, Gnawa completed the work as quickly as possible:

The cabinet was empty, and the clothes seemed to have been taken away; the bed only had a mattress, pillow and thin quilt; the chair was nothing special, but due to the influence of the temple environment, it looked very clean; on the table was the small luminous pearl, There is a piece of paper in the drawer.

"Paper..." Jiang Baimian followed the light of Shang Jian's flashlight and looked at the yellowish paper itself.

It has some numbers and symbols on it:

"1210,√

"757,√

"935,√

"314,√

"329,√

"102"

If he had never been to Tarnan, Jiang Baimian would definitely be confused by these numbers.

But with the incident about the "Higher Unintentional Person", the number "503", and the explanation from Temple Master Zhou Yue, she naturally came up with a guess:

"Is this the 'Soul Corridor' room that Yan Hu once entered? Does the check mark indicate that the exploration has been completed? Finally, he made a discovery in Room 102, which is suspected to be related to the new world, but he also encountered an accident?"

Dang dang dang, Shang Jianyao hit the side of the flashlight with one hand, completing the applause in this way.

The silver-black intelligent robot Gnawa was stunned for a moment, and clapped in order to join the group.