Embers Ad Infinitum

After listening to Jiang Baimian's explanation, Long Yuehong weakly raised her steel right hand:

"Team leader, what I mean is, how do you know that that group of people is going to investigate the cause of the destruction of the old world and the five holy places of Buddhism?"

Didn't he just ask the mountain monsters for information about the ruins of Tieshan City?

Jiang Baimian said "uh":

"The valuable things in the ruins of Tieshan City have long been evacuated. There is probably nothing left in the place with secrets after so many years. The only one worthy of being sent by a big force like the Salvation Army to investigate is the Second Food Company. This Buddhist holy place.”

As one of the earliest urban ruins to be "developed", the ruins of Tieshan City have been plowed over by people over and over again. Except for the "abnormality" buried deeply and involving the Second Food Company, one of the two major executives, there is no reason why others can Can't hide it from batch after batch of powerful members and relic hunters.

"The investigation of the Buddhist Holy Land is most likely to reveal high-level secrets, and is not purely aimed at Buddhism." Jiang Baimian did not say anything. "This is the most logical reasoning, but there may be exceptions. When the time comes, and Let’s test it out after contacting those people.”

Long Yuehong was still a little worried:

"Team leader, aren't you afraid that they are obviously members of the Salvation Army, but secretly they are cooperating with the Eighth Research Institute?

"If we share with them the results of investigating the cause of the destruction of the old world and the origin of 'Wuxin Disease', we might be killed."

Even if that group of people do not belong to the special correspondents of the Eighth Research Institute, there is still the possibility of leaking the information of the "Old Investigation Team", causing the Eighth Research Institute to pay more attention to this side and send more powerful people to eliminate the clues.

Jiang Baimian laughed and said:

"Don't worry, I'm not a fool. I'll have a heart-to-heart talk with others as soon as I go up. Of course, I have to slowly test it out and decide what can and can't be said based on the situation.

"Let's go!"

She waved her hand, walked out of the reception room on the second basement floor, and turned to a certain direction.

Bai Chen and Long Yuehong hesitated to speak, while Shang Jianyao had a smile on his face.

The honest Gennava quickly shouted:

"Wrong way, the elevator is over there!"

"..." Jiang Baimian smoothly put the delicate monk mask on his face.

At this time, Shang Jianyao came to Gnawa's side and whispered to him:

"Dabai became an awakened person, and the price he paid was a 'road fool'."

Do you want it to be so loud? Jiang Baimian gritted his teeth.

After Shang Jianyao finished speaking, he immediately put on a monkey mask with a furry face and a sharp mouth, and fled towards the elevator.

He has mostly recovered from his mental injuries and was in particularly good condition in the morning.

Jiang Baimian calmed down and followed.

She slowly became aware of a problem in the past two days:

One or more of Shang Jianyao has a strong interest in acting. After returning to the Red Stone Collection and taking out the monkey mask again, he became more and more "lively"...

"Does the price of 'Lu Chi' correspond to the 'Broken Mirror' field?" Gnawa failed to keep up with Shang Jianyao's "rhythm" and had to discuss it with Long Yuehong from the side.

Just know it and don't say it. Didn't you notice that Damax walked a little faster? Long Yuehong muttered in her heart that she hated the iron.

He was worried that Gnawa would keep asking questions, so he had no choice but to nod his head in the most perfunctory manner and simply replied:

"Um."

Bai Chen walked beside the two of them, a faint smile appeared on his face at some point.

As soon as the five members of the "Old Tune Group" took the elevator and arrived at the church hall, they saw the former Zug and several people after worshiping the "ghost aunt", intending to find the hidden members of the Vigilant Sect and make friends with them.

"Bai Chen!" Zug saw this group of people with sharp eyes.

He approached enthusiastically and walked very quickly.

Mu Chi, a woman with smoky makeup, and Shao Liang, a young man in a floral shirt, followed closely behind.

After arriving in front of Bai Chen, Zug glanced left and right, and his eyes suddenly fixed on Gnawa.

This intelligent robot, which is 1.9 meters tall, has a silver-black metal skeleton, wears a dark green military uniform, and has red eyes. He wears a horse-faced mask on his face as the Romans do.

Zug was surprised for a moment, and the first thought that flashed through his mind was:

Can intelligent robots also grow and become bigger?

He remembered that Bai Chen's previous intelligent robot was only as tall as her, and its "skin color" was not silver or black.

After a moment, Zug's common sense told him that this was impossible.

He began to suspect that the reason why Bai Chen had a new companion and was willing to leave the familiar area was because her original robot was destroyed.

——If it’s broken, it can still be repaired.

"Good morning." Bai Chen nodded to Zug politely, politely but distantly.

When Long Yuehong saw this, her heart dropped back to its original position.

Zug, who was not wearing a mask, laughed and said familiarly:

"I didn't expect you to be the honorary president of the 'Underground Ark' management committee."

At this time, Archbishop Dello of the "Friendly Hand", wearing a white robe, walked next to them.

Seeing him, Shang Jianyao suddenly took two steps forward.

His gaze cast from behind the monkey mask and collided with Dello's gaze.

Now!

In the church hall, the wall lamps lit up at the same time, and then dimmed quickly.

Zizzizi, these wall lamps turned on and off, and everyone heard the obvious sound of electricity.

The members of the vigilant sect hiding in the dark subconsciously shrank deeper to make themselves safer.

The awakened ones at the "soul corridor" level... Zuge, Mu Chi, Shao Liang and others were shocked, their faces changed slightly, and they instinctively took two steps back.

Seeing this, Jiang Baimian walked to Shang Jianyao and asked in a slightly deeper voice:

"what's going on?"

"I didn't do anything." Dello spread his hands, turned around, and handed his back to the "old tune team."

Shang Jianyao nodded in approval of his words and said with a smile:

"When two strong men meet, shouldn't there be a similar scene to heighten the atmosphere?"

Did you co-write, direct and act in that scene? Well done, from now on you can’t watch old world entertainment material for more than two hours a day! Take the essence and discard the dross! Jiang Baimian felt heartbroken for a while.

What kind of old-world entertainment information is this? Look at how it has "poisoned" this guy?

"How do you know I am a strong person?" Dello turned around and smiled kindly.

"Your hair told me." The sincerity on Shang Jianyao's face was blocked by the mask.

"Ah?" Dello touched his remaining hair in confusion.

Jiang Baimian took a breath silently and spit it out slowly.

She took a step forward and blocked half of Shang Jianyao behind her:

"What he means is that Zug's attitude towards you and your age indicate that your status is not low and your strength must be very strong."

"Your powers of observation are really keen." Dello cleared up the doubts in his mind.

He did not hide his curiosity and asked kindly:

"I heard that you overthrew the rule of Di Marco, the previous owner of the 'Underground Ark'?"

"Yes." This was well known to everyone in Hongshiji, and Jiang Baimian didn't think there was anything to hide.

"You don't seem to stay here most of the time, and you don't take a lot of resources from here. Why do you do this?" Dello asked again.

Shang Jianyao raised his right hand, pressed it on the left side of his chest, and replied in a loud and serious voice:

"To save all mankind!"

Dello and others were obviously stunned.

After a few seconds, Zug suddenly realized:

"Are you from the Salvation Army?

"Except for those old people, there are not many Salvation Army members who still adhere to this ideal."

"No." In order to prevent Shang Jianyao from talking nonsense and misleading his former friends, Bai Chen took the initiative to deny it.

Jiang Baimian turned his wrist and looked at his watch:

"Sorry, we have something else to do, let's talk about it later."

"Okay." The members of Friendly Hands are always friendly.

Watching the "Old Tune Team" walk out of the Vigilant Church and board the jeep they drove here from the Iron Mountain entrance last night, Zug sighed sincerely:

"It's really strong, there are really awakened ones at the 'soul corridor' level."

Dello nodded slightly:

"And he's not the leader of this team yet."

It was obvious that the tall woman was.

Hearing these words, Zuge, Mu Chi, Shao Liang and others fell silent again.

…………

After nearly a year, the "Old Tune Group" entered the Red Stone Collection again.

This place is the same as before, with no obvious changes. Most of the people are vigilant enough to hide for safety.

The only exceptions are the local hunter guild and the Visa Trading Company affiliated with Ark.

"Why didn't you meet Vier?" Long Yuehong said casually.

Jiang Baimian responded with a smile:

"After what happened last time, he probably doesn't want us to appear in front of him again."

Since Vier couldn't stop the "Old Tune Team" from going anywhere, they could only avoid it on their own.

While talking, Jiang Baimian and others arrived at the security station located at the bottom of the underground shopping mall.

Tan Jie, the current captain of the town guard and the police chief of the police station, sat behind his desk and looked at this group of acquaintances expressionlessly.

He imitated Han Wanghuo, without wearing a mask, and won the trust of all the townspeople.

"I heard that you received a group of people from the Salvation Army?" The honest Shang Jianyao was always direct.

Tan Jie, who has black hair, brown eyes and a baby face, responded succinctly:

"They want to buy a batch of military exoskeleton devices from United Industries, and they also plan to visit the ruins of Tieshan City."