Embers Ad Infinitum

Floor 647, Room 14.

Long Yuehong held the lunch box and slurped down the tomato omelette noodles with braised beef as toppings.

"Eating like this...canned food is not so disgusting anymore..." He started his speech.

After speaking, he picked a piece of cabbage and put it into the soup base. He felt that it was refreshing and sweet in the mouth, which effectively eliminated the greasiness caused by canned meat.

At this time, Shang Jianyao had finished the last mouthful of soup and looked at Long Yuehong's lunch box with bright eyes:

"You can give me whatever you can't finish."

Long Yuehong stopped talking immediately and returned his attention to the noodles.

Jiang Baimian smiled and asked Shang Jianyao:

"Not full yet?

"How about I go get some more food?"

Shang Jianyao shook his head:

"The only thing left is to steal other people's stomach capacity."

"Ouch!" Jiang Baimian ignored him and took a small bite of the omelette that made the soup base fragrant and tempting.

Bai Chen's appetite is not as good as the three of them. At this time, like Shang Jianyao, he has finished eating and is peeling the remaining tomatoes to use as after-dinner fruit.

A big meal should look like a big meal.

Not long after, Jiang Baimian and Long Yuehong also finished their dinner, each leaning on the back of their chairs, slumped and unwilling to move.

"The company is better..." Long Yuehong said sincerely.

This is what home feels like.

"Yes." Jiang Baimian smiled and said, "I hope you won't be bored after staying at home for a long time."

"No, probably, not..." Thinking of her various experiences on the surface in the past few months, Long Yuehong's answer was not so firm.

It's not that he thinks the company's entertainment projects are monotonous. Compared with most settlements on the earth, the leisure activities of "Pangu Biology" employees are completely colorful, but there are no ones that would violate internal ethics.

Long Yuehong just felt that although she liked to stay at home and only interact with familiar people, if she could never see the blue sky and feel the openness of the surrounding environment, then over time, she might really feel depressed and uncomfortable, as if she was trapped. Bird in a cage.

After hearing this, Shang Jianyao added for him:

"As long as he has enough old-world entertainment material, he won't be bored or even want a girlfriend."

"No way..." Long Yuehong protested slightly.

He didn't say anything further because he was afraid that the team leader and Bai Chen would think that he only wanted to find a girlfriend and that all he could think about was getting married and having children.

Jiang Baimian laughed and said:

“Old world entertainment material will sooner or later become boring if it is not replenished.

"Hey, didn't I say it before? Now I want to come back after being out for a long time, and I want to go out after being back for a long time. I hope you don't become like me..."

While chatting and laughing, the four of them divided their work to wash the dishes and clean the office.

This made Long Yuehong feel calm both physically and mentally, and in the calmness there was an indescribable joy slowly growing and echoing.

I really hope I can stay like this for the rest of my life... He prayed silently.

…………

After the dinner, Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong returned to the 495th floor together.

As soon as they got out of the elevator, they saw their friend Yang Zhenyuan walking towards them under the fluorescent lights.

"Ah, are you coming to pick us up?" Shang Jianyao was "shocked."

Yang Zhenyuan was equally surprised:

"You are finally back!"

There are very few tasks within Pangea that require you to go out for several months.

Of course, it may take two years or even longer to be sent to certain places to do certain tasks, but there are clear excuses for this. It is not like the "old tune team". No one in the neighborhood knows what you are doing when you go out. .

While Long Yuehong despised Shang Jianyao's exaggeration, she responded with a smile to the tall, strong and fair Yang Zhenyuan:

"Yeah, we're exhausted. We should be able to take a long vacation after that."

He turned to ask:

"Come back to see your parents?

"Where's your wife?"

He was still very impressed by Zhou Qi, a woman who was 10 years older than Yang Zhenyuan and came directly to see her future husband.

He remembered that after they got married, they had always been in and out of the same place. They were always in and out of focus. Except at work, it was rare to see one but not the other.

Yang Zhenyuan smiled:

"She, she is pregnant. Shouldn't I come back to ask my mother for some experience?"

"Congratulations!" Long Yue, with red hair, felt happy for his friend from the bottom of his heart.

The same is true for Shang Jianyao, who even recommended himself:

"You can ask me for advice."

"Ah?" Yang Zhenyuan looked confused.

A guy who doesn't even have a spouse is saying this?

Shang Jianyao explained sincerely:

"I have a solid theoretical foundation."

This is the confidence of a devout believer in the "Sacrifice of Life" sect.

Seeing that Yang Zhenyuan was still a little confused, Long Yuehong laughed and helped Shang Jian Yaoyuan:

"He had old-world baby-care books."

"Really? Is the book still there?" Yang Zhenyuan suddenly realized.

"No, I didn't bring it back." Long Yuehong was able to open her mouth under the influence of the team leader.

Yang Zhenyuan said "uh" regretfully, then turned to Shang Jianyao with a smile and said:

"Then I'll come back and ask you for advice."

"No problem!" Shang Jianyao stretched out his hands with a bright smile.

Yang Zhenyuan looked at him doubtfully, and stretched out his hands not too sure.

The four hands were held together, and Shang Jianyao shook heavily.

Only then did Yang Zhenyuan realize that Shang Jianyao had changed a lot compared to before, which was a bit strange.

Maybe this was caused by too many things he encountered on the surface... Ever since Yang Zhenyuan graduated and got married, he had only a handful of opportunities to get along with Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong, but he didn't think there was any big problem.

The three of them stood in the corridor and street, chatting for a long time.

Before leaving, Yang Zhenyuan looked Long Yuehong up and down:

"You are much more mature than before."

"Really?" Long Yuehong was a little pleased.

Yang Zhenyuan nodded seriously and said:

"I feel a lot more confident, really."

"Haha, maybe I'm tanned." Long Yuehong couldn't help but said modestly, but the smile on his face had already betrayed him.

Shang Jianyao next to him didn't use words to make trouble. He just put his hands to his mouth and forcibly raised the corners of his mouth.

This created a smile that was both exaggerated and funny, making Long Yuehong feel a little guilty.

After watching Yang Zhenyuan get on the elevator, the two of them, who no longer needed to wave to express their friendship, turned around and went back to their respective homes.

…………

Area B, No. 196.

Before the lights were turned off, Shang Jianyao cleaned up the narrow and cramped room, lay down on the horizontal wooden bed, put the pillow stuffed with grain husks upright against the wall, and leaned against it.

He then raised his hands and pinched his temples.

In the "Sea of ​​Origin", there are mountains, water and sunny islands.

A pond has appeared here, surrounded by several acres of farmland growing rice and wheat.

At this time, the wheat is golden in color, the ears of rice are heavy, and it is a scene of abundant harvest.

In the mid-air of the island, there was a turquoise night pearl the size of a fish's eye floating, and it was emitting little rays of light around it.

——When going through the entrance security check before, Shang Jianyao directly transferred the Dimarco aura solidified in the glass ball into his own spiritual world.

Anyway, Di Marco is already dead, so there is no need to worry about anyone using this to "invade".

Shang Jianyao first created nine armchairs, and then split into eight of himself.

After they sat down respectively, the first Shang Jianyao raised his right hand and called the green luminous pearl over.

When the bead flew into his palm and glowed brighter than before, the "Sea of ​​Origin" around the island suddenly made a crashing sound, setting off huge waves more than ten meters high.

Within those giant waves, countless shimmering lights expanded and grew, reflecting the different scenes Shang Jianyao had experienced.

"Fate Passage", see the past of all living beings!

This is the ability that Dimarco's remaining aura can currently exert.

In the spiritual world, it allows Shang Jianyao to review various memories of his past. After being fixed to reality, it allows Shang Jianyao's consciousness to leave the body for a short time and take on the appearance of the legendary "ghost", that is, Di Marco That state at that time.

However, this has time and distance constraints.

Without physical protection, Shang Jianyao's consciousness is directly exposed to the natural environment and will be affected by various harsh factors. It cannot exceed three seconds at most, otherwise it will collapse uncontrollably.

Once the collapse occurred, Jiang Baimian guessed that Shang Jianyao would become very weak after his consciousness returned to his body.

And if it's more serious, he may even become a vegetative state.

After the consciousness leaves the body, Shang Jianyao can directly invade other people's spiritual world like Di Marco and see the other person's past.

This requires the target to be within thirty meters of him, as his consciousness cannot leave his body beyond this distance.

Obviously, this is much weaker than what Dimarco himself used, both in terms of the sustaining time of conscious life and the effective range of the ability.

In addition, Shang Jianyao has not yet been able to use this luminous pearl to assimilate the target's consciousness and occupy his body.

When the scenes in the huge waves were completely revealed, the nine Shang Jianyao began to work.

Each of them was responsible for an area and quickly browsed the corresponding memories.

Soon, after narrowing down the scope again and again, they found the target scene.

In the scene, Shang Jianyao stood dumbly at the door of his house. A man wearing a dark peaked cap, a blue shirt, black trousers and old leather shoes was bending down to pick up a thin metal pipe and a small arrow on the ground.

This is the scene when Shang Jianyao was attacked by the awakened members of the "Sacrifice of Life" sect.

Shang Jianyao looked back and found that a part was missing.

The corresponding memory has really been deleted, and even the "Fate Pass" cannot be reproduced.

The businessmen were not discouraged and began to carefully observe the suspect's profile and back, trying to find characteristics.

After a while, in order not to waste the power of the green luminous pearl, they took the initiative to end this attempt and reunited as one.

Looking back at the island that showed a harvest scene that was completely different from before, Shang Jianyao showed a sunny smile, turned around and jumped into the "Sea of ​​Origin", and once again tried to swim into the distance.

PS: It seems to be double, please vote for the last half day~

PS2: Since I just finished writing the summary of the third part, I will forget about the summary in April, but it will be updated in advance in the early morning~