Embers Ad Infinitum

"Sorry to bother you." Shang Jianyao apologized again, walked out and closed the door.

He was still so polite and even closed his eyes to show that he would not look at anything inappropriate.

After closing the door gently, Shang Jianyao walked to the cabin exit, preparing to return to the first deck to see if anything unusual happened to the people there.

As soon as he walked down the aisle, he saw three people standing at the entrance area of ​​the cabin with the help of the thin moonlight shining from high in the sky and the yellowish wall lamps on both sides.

These were the three people who were angered by his grimace and tried to chase him.

Among them, the one holding a crumpled unlit cigarette in his mouth had a blank look in his eyes. He held the cigarette in his left hand, put the index and middle fingers of his right hand together, put it into his mouth, and sometimes sucked on it.

The other two, the one with the black mole at the end of his eyebrow, ran back and forth manically, as if venting too much energy, while the other took off his clothes and stood there with a silly smile.

Shang Jianyao thought about it carefully, but in the end he couldn't figure out what gesture to use, so he had to face the naked man, made a face again, and said sincerely:

"There is no disguise before the 'Monitor'!"

After saluting, he walked around the three people who ignored him and looked elsewhere on the deck.

The number of people gathered here was much smaller than before dark, but there were still nearly a hundred people.

At this moment, they are waving their hands randomly, urinating everywhere without knowing how to clean up, staring fiercely at a deserted place, or doing all kinds of strange behaviors in a daze, none of which are normal. .

For ordinary people or most awakened people, a similar scene is definitely more terrifying than encountering the same number of "careless people", because it is so weird that it makes people feel scared.

Most of the time, an unknown situation is scarier than a dangerous situation where you know the cause!

Shang Jianyao didn't rush to test, and looked around, as if looking for someone.

What he is looking for is the owner of room "522"!

Normally, after entering a psychological shadow, the awakened person acts as the owner of the room to a certain extent, so it is impossible to encounter the true self.

But this is room "912", and Shang Jianyao is now replacing its owner. From the two scenes that are almost identical, it can be inferred that the owner of room "522" was probably also on the cruise ship at that time, and was responsible for this strange incident. of those who have experienced it.

As long as he can find him and follow his actions, Shang Jianyao will be able to get through this psychological shadow relatively smoothly. After all, the owner of room "522" must have survived, and he will later enter the "soul corridor" and have the opportunity to tell this scene Deduced into psychological shadow.

Of course, Shang Jianyao's strategy may not be effective, because this cruise ship is likely to bring terror more than once, and the owners of the two rooms may not be in the same group of "victims," ​​so he is both searching and confirming.

After watching for several minutes, Shang Jianyao suddenly clenched his right fist and struck his left palm.

Snapped!

He muttered to himself with an annoyed look on his face:

"I don't even know what the owner of room '522' looks like or what his name is..."

This is Shang Jianyao who acts faster than his brain.

The cowardly one suddenly sneered:

“Sometimes, I really don’t want to admit that you’re one of us.

"Although we don't know what the owner of room '522' looks like or what his name is, we can first look for survivors, or normal people under the current circumstances. There is a high probability that he is here."

Snapped!

Shang Jianyao once again clenched his right fist and left palm, and said without any shame:

"yes!"

At this moment, he saw several cruise ship passengers who were behaving weirdly and chaotically, turning around and looking over because of the noise he made.

They either have a violent expression or a manic look on their face.

"Hey, are we going to start a fight?" Shang Jianyao, who loves to joke, made a voice.

Shang Jianyao, who was seeking novelty and novelty, shook his head:

"No, I want to experience the feeling of running wildly."

Shang Jianyao immediately rubbed his chin:

“Don’t attack just yet.

"Do you still remember the first psychological shadow in room '522'? Using abilities rashly before understanding the situation may cause changes."

——In the spiritual world, even if you shoot with a gun, you are essentially using the ability to "interfere with matter", otherwise the bullet will have no effect.

While they were talking, the cruise ship passengers were already running over, clenching their fists or drawing out their pistols, full of aggression.

"Run!" Shang Jianyao shouted, turned around and ran into the cabin.

He ran all the way to the stairs, ready to take a look at the upper floors.

Suddenly, he saw several figures coming from the other side of the corridor.

They were both men and women, with either distorted or crazy expressions. Some held daggers in their hands, some carried spurs, and some held submachine guns. They quickly crossed the stairs and rushed towards Shang Jianyao.

Seeing a wolf in front of him and a tiger behind him, Shang Jianyao ran a few steps without hesitation and slid down.

The legs of the men and women in front suddenly lost their movement, but their bodies maintained strong inertia.

Thump, thump!

They fell down one after another, looking like they had been shoveled to the ground by Shang Jian Yao.

"Missing leg action"!

Shang Jianyao slipped through them, stretched out his hands, and jumped up.

But in an instant, he paused there, as if he was stupid.

Immediately afterwards, Shang Jian Yao appeared with a small speaker and played music:

"mountain top, just follow me..." (Note 1)

In the dynamic melody, Shang Jianyao twisted his body and danced, but his movements seemed very clumsy and different from normal.

His expression was confused and crazy.

Not long after, Shang Jianyao shook uncontrollably, then twitched, and his figure became increasingly faint.

He opened his eyes and saw that the surface of his body was flashing with lightning, and Jiang Baimian raised his left palm with a worried look on his face.

Shang Jianyao sat upright suddenly, opened the car window tremblingly, and stuck his head out.

Ugh, vomit, vomit!

He vomited all his lunch food outside.

After he calmed down, Jiang Baimian asked with concern:

"What's wrong?"

"The mental damage is severe and the dizziness is severe." Shang Jianyao replied calmly, "Fortunately, you responded in time, otherwise I might have been trapped."

After saying that, he felt nauseated again and stuck his head out.

This time, even the bile was flying out.

Jiang Baimian said before that Shang Jianyao could take a nap, and once again exploring the psychological shadow, he really just wanted to let him take a nap.

This is not an act of abusing team members, but a plan for accidents:

If nothing happens to Shang Jianyao in the shadow of the cruise ship within fifteen minutes, then forcefully shake him awake. According to the previous experience and the special nature of this psychological shadow, he will not be energetic after leaving the "912" room directly. damage;

If Shang Jianyao really encountered an accident and fell into danger, and was unable to escape on his own for a while, then such a short period of fifteen minutes would not completely plunge him into a psychological shadow and turn him into a vegetative state in reality. Therefore, forcibly shaking him Waking him up would be equivalent to replacing more serious consequences with short-term, controllable mental damage.

Based on this, when fifteen minutes were up, Jiang Baimian immediately asked Long Yuehong in the back row to shake Shang Jianyao wildly with a robotic arm.

After discovering that the shaking effect was not good, she made a prompt decision and gave the electric shock directly.

After vomiting this round, the usually lively Shang Jianyao leaned back feebly and said slowly:

"After entering this time, you will be directly on the cruise ship..."

He slowly described what happened from time to time, and finally said:

"It seems that using abilities in the chaotic state that enveloped the cruise ship will make you infected and become a 'patient' with impaired consciousness and chaotic behavior."

Speaking of this, Shang Jianyao sniffed and laughed:

"My meat tastes pretty good when grilled..."

Before he finished speaking, he stuck his head out again and started vomiting.

"You're asking for trouble..." Jiang Baimian curled his lips and said thoughtfully, "Can't I use my abilities throughout the whole process?"

"Or, when everyone is normal?" Bai Chen, who was driving, interjected.

"It's normal during the day, but chaotic at night?" Long Yuehong guessed.

Shang Jianyao responded feebly:

"I don't know, let's see next time.

"The best breakthrough is to find out the owner of room '522'."

"Well, fortunately, this room can be forcibly exited. The mental damage is relatively less serious, which leaves a way to survive." Jiang Baimian nodded lightly, and then sighed, "On the other hand, there is really no hope at all on my island. , comparing people to each other is so irritating!”

"Don't you have any ideas yet?" Bai Chen asked.

Jiang Baimian said "uh":

“Not really, I’ve been trying a new direction recently.

"Before, I mainly used psychological suggestion and other methods to prepare the corresponding state in advance, and then faced the coma. When I was awake, I often forced myself to recall the fear of the two comas and face the shadow in my heart. As a result, It's of no use.

"This is a bit contradictory to my belief in overcoming psychological shadows. I feel like I'm not so afraid anymore.

"Now, I plan to start with my own ability. This is the inspiration given to me by Shang Jianyao. When he was in the 'Sea of ​​Origin', he used his ability and value to the fullest, effectively combined with his courage, and defeated fear."

"What was the result?" Long Yuehong asked curiously.

Jiang Baimian smiled slightly:

"I've only tried it twice and it has some effect, but it's still far from success."

She further explained:

“I am mainly using the ability of ‘stimulation imbalance’ to change my reaction to stunning stimuli.

"Now, after I land on the island, I can hold on for more than ten seconds before passing out."

Without waiting for Bai Chen, Long Yuehong and others to give suggestions, Jiang Baimian smiled and said:

"My next plan is to condense the mental construction I did before into these ten seconds to see if there are any good changes after the coma."

Shang Jianyao suddenly became energetic again:

"Just do it!"

Jiang Baimian gave him a blank look:

"How about it, how long do you think it will take for you to recover?"

"At least a week." Shang Jianyao was not sure.

Jiang Baimian nodded:

"Then I'll take a nap."

After speaking, she raised her hand to cover her mouth, as if about to yawn.

Note 1: Quoted from "HIGH", Huang Ling.