Embers Ad Infinitum

"What's wrong?" After noticing Jiang Baimian's abnormality, the honest Shang Jianyao asked.

The honest Gnawa interrupted him immediately:

"Now is not a good time to discuss that."

As he spoke, the red light radiating from his eyes swept across the face of Ulrich, the interim president of the Ark Management Committee.

Uh, Lao Ge, don't be so direct, be more tactful, be more tactful... Long Yuehong couldn't stop slandering her.

Fortunately, Ulrich's ability to observe people's emotions was absolutely superb. Otherwise, he would not have become a butler next to the tyrant Dimarco. He asked in a calm tone:

"President Xue, do you need me to give feedback to Captain Tan?

"If not, I'll have to deal with the day-to-day affairs of the management committee."

Jiang Baimian pondered for a moment and said:

"Not yet."

When Ulrich left this floor, she showed the last page of the document in her hand to Shang Jianyao and others.

"It is suspected to be related to the Eighth Research Institute... In other words, Lin Sui is unlikely to be one of the leaders of the 'Immortal Man' project." Bai Chen quickly interpreted the key meaning of this piece of information.

Although she didn't know which institute was responsible for the "Immortal Man" project, she was sure it wasn't the Eighth Institute in the north.

——The "Pure Land of Glazed Glass" of the Monk Order is in the Monk Wasteland, which does not belong to the Great North in the broad sense. The "Pure Land of Glazed Glaze" is suspected to be the headquarters of the research institute to which it belongs.

Shang Jianyao, who is honest and loves to refute, shook his head:

"Not necessarily, what if Lin Sui is a member of the Eighth Research Institute and participates in the 'Immortal Man' project?

"Who stipulated that several major research institutes cannot share talents?"

Bai Chen couldn't deny it, but Long Yuehong said a few words:

"There is a probability, but it is definitely very low. In terms of confidentiality requirements, there should be information barriers between the nine major research institutes. As the chief scientist of the Third Research Institute, Ole's knowledge of other research institutes is quite limited. .”

"You are so serious." Shang Jianyao, who didn't know which personality he switched to, glanced at Long Yuehong, and a playful smile appeared on his unmasked face.

Long Yuehong's face turned red and he defended:

"I'm having a serious discussion!"

Jiang Baimian cleared his throat and interrupted the conversation between the two:

“In the absence of contrary information, I choose to temporarily trust the judgment of the Salvation Army.

"So, which one among the 'Vice Dean', 'Charlie', 'Professor Li' and 'Doctor' is Lin Sui? Or has she died when the old world was destroyed?"

"Vice President", "Charlie", "Professor Li" and "Doctor" are the few remaining members of the Eighth Research Institute who have survived from the old world. They have all entered the "new world" and have been sleeping all year round. Activity.

This is the information the "old investigation team" obtained from Kao, the special correspondent of the Eighth Research Institute. Shang Jianyao privately called them the four giants of the Eighth Research Institute.

"First of all, exclude 'Professor Li' because Lin Sui's surname is Lin." Shang Jianyao was the first to express his opinion.

Long Yuehong immediately retorted:

"'Professor Li' is just a code name, it does not mean that the real surname is Li."

After blurting out such words, Long Yuehong felt the pleasure of revenge.

"Yes." Shang Jianyao actually agreed, "Just like Gu Zhiyong's surname is not necessarily Gu, but may also be surnamed Long. Hey, he has been genetically modified. Well, he is only 1.75 meters tall and not handsome at all. My grades are average..."

Long Yuehong's face turned red and white. Unexpectedly, Shang Jianyao actually changed his lines.

Yes, after undergoing three genetic modifications: "enhanced repair ability," "improved immunity," and "faster reaction speed," he still hasn't grown in height.

But now, Long Yuehong sadly discovered that "faster reaction speed" did not seem to include thinking.

For a moment, he didn't know how to respond to Shang Jianyao.

"All four of them may be Lin Sui. They used code names instead of real names to cover up something." Bai Chen brought the topic back on track.

Jiang Baimian nodded:

"This is also a direction for future investigation."

…………

After a few days, Shang Jianyao completely recovered from his mental injury.

The night before the "Jiudiao Group" set off, the three major sects under "Yougu" were holding a general church meeting.

Jiang Baimian, who was interested in similar things, suggested that everyone go to the Vigilance Church to observe and help maintain order.

Shang Jianyao raised his hands and feet in agreement.

He jumped to his feet and raised his hands and feet.

Upon seeing this, the honest Gennava reminded him specifically:

"Hey, your condition is getting more and more serious. Please be careful."

"Don't worry, we have a mature consultation and substitution mechanism." Shang Jianyao replied.

The five members of the "Old Tune Team" took advantage of the favorable location and took the elevator directly to the lobby of the Vigilance Church.

There are already hundreds of people crowded here, divided into three piles.

Of course, this was only on the surface. Inside the ventilation ducts and in the hidden places outside the windows, there were countless church guards and Redstone Town residents who were interested in the debate.

According to Shang Jianyao's "calculation", their number was three to four times that of those who showed up.

"Viyer, I saw you!" Shang Jianyao suddenly shouted.

No one answered him.

Shang Jianyao sighed, regretting that he didn't deceive Vier.

Just when he, Jiang Baimian and others found an open space to sit down in the church with dim wall lights, a sneer came from somewhere.

This sneer had an obvious drake voice, as if it came from a boy who was in the stage of changing his voice.

Shang Jianyao ignored it, took off his tactical backpack and grabbed a handful of things.

He immediately asked Jiang Baimian and others:

"Do you want it?

"How can we miss out on melon seeds at this time?"

"Melon seeds?" Long Yuehong opened his eyes wide and looked at Shang Jianyao's hand, and as expected he saw a handful of plump sunflower seeds.

"You, how could you?" he asked in surprise.

Shang Jianyao replied proudly:

"It's not like you don't know that I will save candies and melon seeds and eat them at the right time.

"Hey, the candies are all given to those children."

This refers to the troll child.

Hearing such words, Long Yuehong inexplicably felt that he had traveled back in time, when he was only seven or eight years old.

"Give me some." Jiang Baimian opened his palms unceremoniously.

"You will get beaten if you do this." Shang Jianyao gently patted Jiang Baimian's palm with his other hand, and then put a small handful of melon seeds on it.

"What games did you play when you were kids?" Jiang Baimian folded his fingers and asked with a smile.

"It's his prank." Long Yuehong began to accuse. "He often lied to me, Yang Zhenyuan, and a few others, saying he had snacks for us, but as soon as we stretched out our hands, he would slap our palms."

"You're so good at lying." Jiang Baimian suppressed his smile.

Long Yuehong began to regret her quick words.

Seeing this, Jiang Baimian added nonchalantly:

"This shows that you have a pure nature and will treat others wholeheartedly."

"How did you deduce the last half of the sentence?" The honest Gnawa asked.

"Yes, yes." The honest Shang Jianyao also asked this question.

"It's about to start! Why are there so many words?" Jiang Baimian raised his finger and pointed at the upcoming general education meeting.

As the bishop of the Vigilant Church, Antoniola, a strong cleric with a bald head, although his rank and strength were not as good as those of several present, he still walked up to the Holy Emblem of Vigilant as the presiding officer.

He glanced at St. Sigmund, the fearful bishop of our religion who came here specially, and said loudly:

“The topics of this ecumenical conference are:

"Be wary and fearful of who is the 'number one' in power."

Zug, whose duty is to maintain order, wanted to raise his hand and say, please add "friendly", but after thinking about it, he decided not to wade into this muddy water.

Friendship first, friendship first!

After Antoniola finished announcing the topic, the tall and thin Dread Bishop Sigmund wearing a ghost mask stood up:

“Certainly vigilant.

"Why do we feel fear when faced with danger? It's because we are innately wary of it.

“Why do we feel fear when facing the unknown? It’s because we are alert to the dangers it contains, and we are alert to the loss of our precious lives...

“Before we were babies and knew there was such an emotion as fear, we would still instinctively show vigilance when faced with many things!”

Someone from the Fear Cult immediately stood up and retorted tremblingly:

"No, we already have fear as babies.

“Our ancestors have ‘written’ it in our genes and it has been passed down from generation to generation.

"To put it simply, babies who didn't know how to fear certain things would not have survived in ancient times, and their genes would naturally not be inherited..."

This time the theoretical level was a little higher... Jiang Baimian listened with interest, and click sounds could be heard from time to time next to her.

Shang Jianyao, Long Yuehong and Bai Chen were all quietly eating melon seeds.

Jiang Baimian moved his face and muscles, and picked up a few melon seeds while fuming.

The debate gradually deepened, and she listened more and more intently. In the end, she forgot that there were still melon seeds in her hand, and Shang Jianyao quietly took a few away.

As he listened, Jiang Baimian suddenly felt that the vigilance hall had become a little darker.

Her heart moved, and she subconsciously looked up at the huge holy symbol in front of her.

Behind the half-closed white door, in the deep darkness, the looming female figure seemed to be a little clearer, watching everyone.