Embers Ad Infinitum

Long Yuehong was a little hard to accept Jiang Baimian's new possibility:

"Doesn't this mean that the spiritual world of the room owner has become a sieve, and the more terrifying thing can interfere as much as it wants?

"He is an awakened person at the 'soul corridor' level..."

According to this statement, isn't the owner of the room slightly equal to the puppet of that terrifying thing?

"It's just that there is a certain possibility, but it's not actually very high." Jiang Baimian replied, "Actually, judging from the state of the fake 'priest', the owner of the room will really be killed before he becomes an awakened person or enters the 'soul corridor'. If it is quietly affected without being aware of it, it is impossible for him to accommodate himself and enter the 'soul corridor', but we don't have enough relevant knowledge to make a 100% judgment. Maybe there are special circumstances?"

"Yes." Shang Jianyao chose to agree this time, "Just like under normal circumstances, awakened people will not meet in the 'soul corridor', there are always some special cases."

The "soul corridor" in his context refers to the corridor covered with dark yellow carpet, excluding the rooms on both sides.

Jiang Baimian said "hmm":

"If you don't want to give up this room and find another place to practice, then you should follow the same idea as before.

“Well, try to avoid that strange female before you suddenly freeze up and hit the wall, and then take your chance and go take a look at the fourth, fifth, sixth, or seventh floor.

"There is a high probability that these are areas that the room owner did not touch upon when he first explored the food company. Once you enter, his subconscious will inevitably retrieve relevant details from his memory to complete the scene, and most of the corresponding memories come from his second or even second visit. On the third exploration, those experiences helped him overcome his psychological shadow."

Jiang Baimian said this because the owner of the room apparently passed out on the third floor when he first explored it.

"Okay." Shang Jianyao raised his head and pinched his temples.

"You want to try it now?" Long Yuehong was startled.

Shang Jianyao looked at him strangely:

"I just have a headache."

This is the sequelae of last night's encounter. Fortunately, it's relatively mild and will heal in a few days.

Listening to their conversation, Jiang Baimian thought for a while and said:

"Since you have a headache, let's rest for a few days and wait until I apply for bionic smart armor adaptive training before trying again."

Training like this must go to the surface.

"Why?" Long Yuehong wanted to ask, "Aren't you waiting for Xiaobai?" But when the words came to her lips, she changed her words to something else.

Jiang Baimian looked at Shang Jianyao and said:

"This psychological shadow has shown obvious weirdness. If you continue to explore, you may trigger something.

"At that time, although there are many strong people in the company, they will definitely not be able to respond immediately, and the place where you live has a high population density.

"Once a 'weird' leak occurs, for those who are awakened at the 'soul corridor' level, there may not be serious sequelae, but it's hard to say for the surrounding neighbors.

"This is the same as defusing bombs in residential areas. Why choose to be reckless when there are other ways to avoid it?"

Long Yuehong accepted this explanation without thinking, because his parents, brother and sister were also Shang Jianyao's neighbors in a broad sense.

"Then apply quickly." Shang Jianyao urged Jiang Baimian directly.

Reckless, he is always impatient.

Jiang Baimian did not do it immediately, his eyes moved slightly and said:

"Recall the experience of your body suddenly stiffening, your mind freezing, and you hitting the wall. Do you think it's familiar?"

"'Destiny Tong'." Shang Jianyao said, "Isn't this an obvious thing?" "Isn't that what Di Marco did in the first place?"

Jiang Baimian raised his hand and pressed the corner of his mouth:

"Indeed, but it doesn't seem too strange to meet the 'Fate Master' in one of the five holy places of Buddhism..."

She muttered something and started busy.

When Jiang Baimian submitted the application through the intranet, Long Yuehong hesitated and said:

"Would you like to see Xiaobai first and then exercise after you come back?"

He remembered that today was the day when Bai Chen left the intensive care unit and transferred to an ordinary room.

Jiang Baimian was stunned for a moment and then laughed:

"OK."

She then looked at Shang Jianyao:

"Look, look, Xiaohong is much more attentive than you. I still remember that Xiaobai is officially out of the observation period today."

"I remember it too!" Shang Jianyao showed no sign of weakness.

"Then why didn't you take the initiative to mention it?" Jiang Baimian said "ha".

"This will make you lose face and make you look like you have forgotten." The cowardly Shang Jianyao always focuses on figuring out people's hearts.

Uh... Long Yuehong couldn't help but want to review herself.

Jiang Baimian said "poof":

"Am I like this? I've always been broad-minded.

"Let's go, don't waste time, otherwise Xiaobai will be transferred to the ward."

As she spoke, she stood up, left her seat, and headed towards the door.

As soon as he left the room, Jiang Baimian suddenly paused and glanced left and right.

"What's wrong?" Long Yuehong was inexplicably nervous.

Jiang Baimian said haha:

"I suddenly remembered something. Let's solve it when we come back."

Then she chose the right direction.

Shang Jianyao rubbed his chin from behind and smiled.

…………

The twelfth floor of the underground building, inside a research institute.

Jiang Baimian, Shang Jianyao, and Long Yuehong lined up at the visiting window and each said hello to Bai Chen inside.

After they finished this matter, the researcher in charge said:

“The various reactions within the patient’s body have stabilized, and what follows is a period of self-repair.

"Theoretically, there is no danger of genetic collapse, but you also know that there may be exceptions to everything..."

"There are no exceptions to the fact that humans will eventually die." The honest Shang Jianyao immediately retorted.

Then he raised his own question:

"The 'Eternal Man' is the exception!"

"How many years has it been? Who knows whether the consciousness of the 'immortal people' will decline in hundreds of thousands of years..." Shang Jianyao and others started to argue.

The researcher's forehead jumped, pretending that this guy didn't exist, and said to Jiang Baimian and Long Yuehong:

"In short, the patient will have to stay for a while and receive a lot of auxiliary treatment. She will not leave until her body recovers completely. I told you this after the operation."

"You said it was about a month?" Long Yuehong asked proactively.

The researcher nodded:

"This is normal, but the points of transformation of your companions include 'enhancement of self-healing ability'. The effect in the past few days is also obvious. Coupled with the various rehabilitation methods we provide, it should be completely complete in two weeks or even less. Become a normal person again.”

"Can this be considered a normal person?" Shang Jianyao asked in the midst of his busy schedule.

Everyone was silent.

This question is really hard to answer.

After completing the procedures, Jiang Baimian, Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong were waiting at the door of the intensive care unit, watching the institute's specialists push Bai Chen out.

Bang bang bang, Shang Jianyao clapped his hands.

Not only did he applaud, he also shouted:

"Welcome back!"

Bai Chen closed his eyes, feeling the urge to pretend that he didn't know this guy.

Long Yuehong volunteered to help push up the hospital bed.

After arriving at the general ward, Jiang Baimian smiled and said:

"Xiao Bai, do you want to try to get out of bed and take a few steps?"

This has been allowed.

"Okay." Bai Chen was already lying impatiently.

Jiang Baimian immediately reached out and helped his companion up.

Seeing Bai Chen's steps moving in vain, Long Yuehong breathed a sigh of relief and smiled sincerely.

After a while, seeing that the visiting time was coming to an end, Jiang Baimian informed Bai Chen that the team would go out for training one day.

"Don't worry, we plan to go out in the afternoon, stay on the surface for one night, and return the next morning. We won't leave you alone." Jiang Baimian joked.

Bai Chen said "hmm":

"good."

When Jiang Baimian saw this, he moved his eyebrows slightly and said nothing more.

On the way back to the 647th floor, she sighed:

"Although Xiaobai looks strong on the outside and doesn't care too much about many things, deep down inside she still has a soft and fragile place.

"I was just joking just now, but she took it very seriously. This shows that she really doesn't want to be alone anymore and has unknowingly relied on her companions..."

Long Yuehong opened her mouth and fell silent again.

When he returned to the "old tune team" office, he finally mustered up the courage:

"Team leader, I want to stay for a while."

"Have you decided?" The person who asked seriously was not Jiang Baimian but Shang Jianyao.

Long Yuehong took a breath and said:

"Decided.

"While I can barely keep up now, I'll stay a little longer."

Jiang Baimian nodded slowly:

"No matter what your reason is, I believe you have thought it through carefully.

"In that case, then..."

She immediately smiled:

"Welcome back to the team!"

Long Yue's eyes heated up and she replied loudly:

"Yes, team leader!"

After calming down a little, he quickly asked:

"Should I also apply for biological prosthetic transplantation, genetic modification and awakening experiments?"

After saying that, he remembered that he didn't seem to have that much to contribute.

He was a person who helped his parents move to a bigger room and lived in luxury for a while.

Jiang Baimian thought for a while and said:

"There is no need for biological prostheses, your robotic arm is not bad at all.

"Gene modification and awakening experiments, you can give it a try, but not now, your physical condition is far from optimal.

"When the time comes, if you don't have enough contribution points, I can lend you money. Anyway, I usually just mess around with my parents."

"Yeah." Long Yuehong nodded repeatedly.

…………

Two days later in the afternoon, the remaining members of the approved "old tune team" brought two military exoskeleton devices and the captured chameleon-type bionic smart armor, walked out of the "Pangae Creature" and came to the surface of the dusty earth.

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