Embers Ad Infinitum

Seeing Shang Jianyao's performance, Jiang Baimian alerted himself, as if he had expelled a "soul", or thought, that did not belong to him from his body.

Leman looked left and right in confusion, puzzled by Shang Jianyao's such a big and strange reaction.

It can be seen that he has no idea of ​​​​protecting anyone's safety now.

"There's something wrong with what I said just now." Gennava analyzed the abnormality from his companion's situation and solemnly reminded him.

Jiang Baimian withdrew his gaze from Shang Jianyao and turned to the radio.

The magnetic male voice still echoes through the speaker in the room

“Having finished talking about the big principles, now let’s get back to the topic.

“In the field of electronics, all foundations are 0 and 1, which can be combined to form different numbers, and can also represent yes and no, on and off, series and parallel...

"0, 1 and a large number of states derived from them constitute the entire electronic world...

"This is so similar to Tao. Yin, Yang and many things derived from them constitute this world. As the saying goes, Tao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives birth to all things...

"When repairing different electrical appliances, as long as you can grasp the inner Tao, any problem will become simple..."

This latter part doesn't have the same strange effect as before... Jiang Baimian, who was ready to cover his ears, frowned slightly and said:

"Let's go out first.

"Lao Ge, you stay here, record the content played later, and detect the approximate location of the radio station at the same time."

"Okay." Gennava sat down calmly.

His butt was actually just touching the seat.

After leaving Richardson's room, Jiang Baimian closed the wooden door to prevent the sound of the strange radio station from coming out.

"Are you awake?" She immediately looked at Shang Jianyao.

Shang Jianyao shook his head calmly:

"No."

He smiled and explained further:

"But it only affects one of us. We will have a meeting later and have a chat, and the problem will be solved."

...Your own problem is much more serious than this one... In front of outsiders, Jiang Baimian couldn't respond like this.

Of course, she wouldn't do it under normal circumstances, so as not to irritate Shang Jianyao and cause division in the relatively harmonious "Shang Jianyao group".

"What's wrong?" Lehman looked at them doubtfully and asked in his still broken Gray dialect.

Jiang Baimian glanced at Longdal and others:

"I'll answer you later."

As soon as she finished speaking, Shang Jianyao walked towards Lehman's men and asked with a smile on his face:

“Have you listened to the radio recently?

“Any good private radio stations to recommend?”

Rondal replied in a rather relaxed manner:

"I didn't listen to it before, but after listening to it twice with Richardson, I found it quite interesting. It's about electrical appliance repair, it's practical and fun..."

Shang Jianyao suddenly became excited:

"Is it 'Tao and Electrical Repair'?"

"Yes, yes, have you heard of it too?" Longdal asked in the tone of finding a friend.

Shang Jian Yao asked instead:

"Have you all heard of it?"

"Yes, when I arrived in the First City, I couldn't go home during my break, and I couldn't go out to have fun in case I wouldn't be able to protect my boss in time. I could only stay in the room and watch TV programs and listen to the radio with Richardson. Hey, the TV was just So there are two or three channels, and there are few programs..." Rondal rambled.

Shang Jianyao agreed:

"When you arrive in the First City, how can you not go to the bathroom? You can take a steam bath, soak in a hot tub, have a buffet, read a book, read a newspaper, watch a show, get a massage..."

After hearing this, Lehman vaguely understood what was going on.

He couldn't hide his surprise and looked at Jiang Baimian, lowering his voice and said:

"Richardson and Rondal had problems because they listened to that radio station?"

The owner of the radio station named Wu Meng did not show up. He was separated by an unknown distance and relied solely on radio broadcasts to make the bodyguards around him become strangers and strangers one by one, and they worked together to put him under house arrest?

This, this is incredible, right?

Just thinking about this kind of thing makes Lehman's legs tremble a little.

He was not an ordinary person, but an arms dealer who was used to fighting, but he was still frightened by Wu Meng's almost god-like performance.

Jiang Baimian did not hide anything and said thoughtfully:

"That's it for now. We were almost affected by the 'Dao and Electrical Repair' radio station just now. You seem to be okay?"

The strange radio station, the mysterious host, and the silent and unexpected change of thinking all combine to create something that makes people think deeply and horribly.

Fortunately, Jiang Baimian once imagined that after Shang Jianyao's "reasoning clown" ability was improved to the extreme, he could mislead the target through a method similar to making phone calls and successfully achieve his intentions, but this strange radio station only took this idea further. She took a step forward, so she didn't panic.

But no matter what, the man named Wu Meng is terrifyingly powerful.

Facing Jiang Baimian's question, Lehman shook his head:

"There's nothing wrong with me when listening to the radio..."

He immediately said to himself:

"No, for one thing, I actually thought about who I wanted to protect. You, as you know, Lars is already dead."

He changed "you" to "you" because Shang Jianyao came back.

"The key point of that sentence is 'protection' and 'security'?" Jiang Baimian muttered to himself, and said without expecting an answer, "We are not sure yet that this is the case. We need to ask Richardson first."

When she said that, she was already looking at Shang Jianyao.

About two minutes later, Richardson and Shang Jianyao, who had been woken up and thrown out of the room by Gnawa, put their arms around each other and started laughing.

This time, Shang Jianyao still used the "reasoning clown" and did not waste the power of the "destiny bead".

"I also like to listen to radio programs, especially ones that tell ghost stories." Shang Jianyao asked seriously, "What do you recommend?"

Richardson thought carefully and said:

"The most recommended one is our 'United Industries'. Several colleagues and I have built a radio station ourselves. It mainly talks about the daily lives of middle and lower-level employees in the company. Many people like to listen to it.

"In the original city, the official broadcast has a program called 'Wake Up Your Ears' late every night. It tells various erotic stories from the old world and the current era. The female anchor's voice is soft and delicate..."

As he spoke, he showed a "you know" expression.

Since Jiang Baimian was nearby, he did not go into details and instead said:

"There are several private radio stations that play music, some promote certain religions, and some encourage you to go to casinos. None of them are very interesting. There is only one radio station called 'Tao and Electrical Repair'. The announcer talks interestingly and has professional knowledge. Excellent, not bad.”

"How did you discover this radio station?" Jiang Baimian interjected and asked.

Richardson answered truthfully:

“Just tuned in and found it by accident.

"I do similar things every time I go to a big city."

Isn't this aimed at Lehman? Or, knowing that Richardson had this habit, specifically adopted this method? But is this too complicated? Who can accomplish this kind of thing, but can't deal with Richardson and Lehman's other bodyguards? Jiang Baimian frowned even more tightly.

She looked at Lehman and asked seriously:

"What do you want to do in the First City this time?"

Lehman did not dare to hide it and said with a puzzled look:

"In addition to trading with you, I just want to sell a batch of arms to a big customer.

"The business was completed without any problems and we moved here."

He was also puzzled by this encounter, so he spread his hands and continued:

"If you want to take away the military exoskeleton device and robotic arm left for you, there has been no movement at all for several days.

"If they plan to kidnap me, put me under house arrest, and obtain ransom, intelligence or some evidence from me, why do they only affect Richardson and Rondal and not me?"

Jiang Baimian nodded and added helpfully:

"And it also gives you a certain amount of freedom to find opportunities to send telegrams."

Lehman's heart moved:

"Is the target you?"

"That's what I expected, hey." Shang Jianyao was very sorry.

Jiang Baimian continued:

"Not to mention that no one in the original city should know that we know each other and are conducting a transaction. Even if someone around you leaks this information, the development of things is not right. At least so far, we have not sensed any danger. The only radio impact is an surmountable difficulty for our team.”

Difficulties that can be overcome... Lehman looked at Richardson, Rondal and others, and the polite smile on his face became more sincere.

He thought for a while and decided that after returning, no matter what the cost, he must go through the Red Stone Collection as soon as possible and order a bodyguard robot from "Machine Paradise".

"What does the owner of that radio station want to do?" Lehman asked thoughtfully.

Jiang Baimian took a few steps back and forth, thought for a while and said:

"Maybe the target isn't you, or even a specific target."

"What?" Lehman was puzzled.

Shang Jianyao immediately explained to Jiang Baimian:

"This is called indiscriminate killing!"

There are no dead people yet... Lehman is also a person who has seen the storm, and he probably understands what Jiang Baimian and others want to say:

"You are saying that the owner of that radio station has been influencing possible listeners through broadcasting, no matter who they are, where they come from, or what they want to do, and we are just unfortunate enough to meet him?"

This misfortune comes from Richardson's hobby.

Such speculations frightened Lehman more and more, and a scene even appeared in his mind:

A mysterious and unknown existence that is not even considered human, affects and changes the listeners' cognition and thinking day after day through a radio station that can only be found by chance...

"I can only say that this is very likely." Regarding Lehman's speculation, Jiang Baimian did not give a definite answer.

After waiting for a while, Gnawa opened the door of Richardson's room and walked out:

"The broadcast is over. What follows is relatively pure electrical maintenance knowledge, mixed with a little discussion, nothing special, no strange fluctuations.

"Of course, I'm not one of your carbon-based people, so I can't be sure if this is really okay, but I recorded everything that should be recorded."

Jiang Baimian nodded and asked directly:

"Have you detected the approximate location of the radio station?"

Gnawa moved his metal neck up and down:

"Probably somewhere at the junction of the mountains and the wasteland on the north coast, northeast, and the straight-line distance from here is no more than 40 kilometers.

"By comparing it with the map, it was initially confirmed that it belonged to the ruins of an old world city. The original city number was 13."

PS: Two updates will be resumed today, but the mysterious mid-to-late phase will begin over the weekend.