Embers Ad Infinitum

Shang Jianyao said a long "Oh", walked into the room, and walked around the captain twice.

Finally, he stopped and sighed in his native language:

"It turns out to be your boy!"

The source of "darkness" is actually in the captain's body!

Immediately afterwards, Shang Jianyao rubbed his chin, ignored the captain's aria, and muttered to himself:

"Comes from the body..."

"Did he eat something he shouldn't have?" Shang Jianyao, the honest man, poked his head around his right shoulder and joined the discussion.

Shang Jianyao, who loves to joke and has a cheerful personality, emerged from his left shoulder:

"No matter what it is, as long as it is not stuck in his body, it will eventually be excreted after being eaten, but there may not be a change in form."

"Stuck in the body..." the calm and rational Shang Jianyao said thoughtfully, "Didn't you think of something? The transplanted bone marrow, the goddess who became a researcher, Dafitir Osla..."

Honest Shang Jianyao jumped up and stretched his neck:

"The source of 'darkness' and the node of the 'new world' originate from Dafitir's bone marrow?"

"She entered the 'new world', and the body she left in reality mutated, including the donated bone marrow?" The cheerful Shang Jianyao did not talk nonsense this time, showing off his sense of humor.

Shang Jianyao in the middle acquiesced to this guess, smiled and said:

"Don't forget, that one is still a researcher."

As for the origin of "unintentional disease", many clues currently point to a certain scientific experiment in the old world involving "darkness" and the new world.

At present, the most mysterious and dangerous organization in Ashland is the Eighth Research Institute that prevents people from figuring out the cause of the destruction of the old world.

As soon as the calm and rational Shang Jianyao finished speaking, his expression turned cold.

He looked at the captain who stood up, paced unconsciously, with tears streaming down his face, and said in a deep voice:

"No matter what the reason is, the source of the 'darkness' is definitely in his body.

"By electrifying him, we should be able to solve the anomaly on this cruise ship and allow us to find a new way to get through this psychological shadow."

The other Shang Jianyao fell silent at the same time.

After a few seconds, the compassionate Zen Master Pudu hesitated and asked:

"Would electrifying him cause his death?"

"Isn't it a good thing that he died? Throw the body into the sea and you can bury this 'New World' node." The gloomy Shang Jianyao dismissed the words of the cyborg monk.

Shang Jianyao, who hates evil and takes it as his own duty to save all mankind, emerged from his body:

“But he didn’t do anything bad.

"You can't just inhumanely destroy a person just because he contracted an infectious disease from surgery, which may affect others, right?"

"Wake up!" the gloomy Shang Jianyao yelled, "This is a psychological shadow, and the people here are all fake!"

"A gentleman should be careful about his independence. Just because we are in the virtual world, we cannot indulge ourselves and violate our own world view, outlook on life and values." Shang Jianyao, who has a strong sense of justice, will not give in.

The gloomy Shang Jianyao said "ha":

"hypocrite!

"If the captain is not dealt with, most of the passengers here will suffer from 'unintentional illness' on the last day!

“You would rather thousands of people die to show your kindness?

"Is this kindness? Bah, this is self-impression!"

"No, you can't think like that." Shang Jianyao, who valued emotions, helped the jealous one, "Suppose you were the captain. When you didn't really make any mistakes, you were just passively infected, you were yelled at and killed, trying to Humane destruction, what would you think and what would you do?”

"Of course I'll kill them!" the gloomy Shang Jianyao answered without hesitation, "Even if it makes me an enemy of all mankind, I won't hesitate! If I die, what value will this world have to me?"

Without waiting for the other merchants to respond, he fully explained his idea:

“Don’t the ultimate choice in this kind of matter depend on where you are?

"If I were in the majority, I would definitely not tolerate anyone harming us under the pretext of respecting the rights of minorities and not harming any individual. It is the lesser of two evils! If I were in the minority, the individual who might be harmed, then Of course I have to tell everyone, 'The one who started it will have no consequences?' Even if I fight against all mankind and cause most people to die, I have to ensure that I survive!

“The one who can make the opposite decision in both cases is either a Virgin or a hero.”

Seeing how selfishly and openly he was, the other Shang Jian Yao couldn't find any reason to refute.

As time passed, the calm and rational Shang Jianyao laughed:

"Actually, there is no need to be so extreme.

“Is electrifying the captain really the best option under the current circumstances?

"Previously we dealt with objects and ceilings, but this time we dealt with human bodies. No one knows whether there will be additional changes."

He looked around, looking at the heads popping out of his body, and said with a smile:

"Although this is a psychological shadow, if something really happens and threatens ourselves, we are likely to be hurt, become a vegetative state, or even die on the spot. Therefore, it is not a bad thing to be cautious."

"Yes." Shang Jianyao, who was vicious but cowardly, thought for a few seconds and agreed.

The calm and rational Shang Jianyao then expressed his plan:

"Let's first try to take the captain five kilometers away from the cruise ship and observe the changes."

This is what the group did with the cross pendant before.

"Okay, okay!" Jian Yao, a subordinate businessman who had never dared to speak because of the quarrel among his companions, quickly raised his hand in agreement.

Shang Jianyao's ten heads turned at the same time to the captain who knelt down again and chanted his love.

They all had smiles on their faces.

In less than a minute, the captain, who was covered in sheets, was tied up tightly.

During the process, Shang Jianyao did not dare to use his abilities for fear of being contaminated by "darkness".

But with his physical fitness alone, he easily completed the task of "kidnapping".

Then, he picked up the whining captain, dragged his paralyzed right leg that had been moved to the tail vertebra, and ran out of the room and straight to the deck.

His target is the lifeboat that comes with the cruise ship!

Relying on his sense of human consciousness and his ability to climb over walls, Shang Jianyao bypassed the chaotic humans one by one, arrived at the corresponding ship's side, and put the lifeboat into the sea.

After getting on the lifeboat with the captain under his arm, Shang Jianyao waved his right hand towards the cruise ship:

"Bye-Bye!"

He was as cheerful as if he were playing a game.

The sea was windy and cold at night. Shang Jianyao tightened his clothes and said to the unconscious captain:

"You are lucky. I am a compassionate person now. After all, the cyborg monk is not so afraid of the cold. Otherwise, you would definitely not be able to keep your sheets!"

While chattering, Zen Master Pudu drove the lifeboat for a long distance.

He couldn't calculate the exact amount, but he could only confirm that it was more than five kilometers.

Then, he manifested a high-powered telescope and observed the situation on the cruise ship with the moonlight and starlight falling high in the sky.

"Darkness" still permeates there, but it is a little thinner than before. There is no doubt that people are still in a state of chaos and madness.

"This range of influence is a bit scary... Or maybe it's because of the psychological shadow at the moment. If we don't find the right way, it's essentially impossible to distance ourselves? Do we really need to turn on the electricity?" Shang Jianyao rubbed his chin and muttered a few words to himself.

He thought about it, sent the captain back to the cruise ship, and left this psychological shadow.

…………

In the real world, Shang Jianyao opened his eyes and saw Jiang Baimian and others facing a formidable enemy.

"How is it?" Jiang Baimian breathed a sigh of relief and asked with concern.

Shang Jianyao described the observed situation and his own handling in a very serious manner.

"Now when I hear about research institutes and researchers, I get a headache." Long Yuehong couldn't help but sigh.

Shang Jianyao laughed:

"Dabai used to be a researcher."

"Assistant, assistant." Jiang Baimian said modestly and said thoughtfully, "You may have to find a way to suppress the 'New World' node that is consistent with the psychological shadow or the cognition of the room owner."

"What ideas do you have?" Shang Jianyao never cares about face, so he always asks questions.

Bai Chen pursed his lips and said tentatively:

"High voltage current shock?"

"This is a last consideration." Shang Jianyao looked around, "Is there any other way?"

Gennava, Long Yuehong and others fell into deep thought.

After a while, Jiang Baimian thought and said:

"Let's sort out the laws of the entire psychological shadow again."

"One, under normal circumstances, wherever you are when you leave, you will be in the nearest room when you enter..." Shang Jianyao quickly began to recall.

This was all summed up by him before.

He repeated this step by step until the end:

"Six, the time before boarding the cruise ship was quite special, and it has never happened again since."

Jiang Baimian nodded thoughtfully:

"The sixth item is something that was not covered before. Well... after you enter again, ask John and Sally about the differences before and after boarding the cruise ship."

Bang, Shang Jianyao clenched his right fist with his left palm and said:

"good!"

…………

When Shang Jianyao entered again, the psychological shadow came to daytime, and everyone returned to normal.

He found John, successfully deceived him again, and became half-brothers with him.

"What do you think is the biggest difference before and after boarding this cruise ship?" Shang Jianyao asked brightly.

Ruowang frowned slightly and recalled:

"I think I finally settled down, that was before I noticed something unusual at night.

"Also, you don't have to worry about being chased by a large group of 'careless people'..."

Shang Jianyao listened intently without interrupting.

At the end of the sentence, Ruowang smiled:

"And I don't know if it counts:

"The weather was quite warm before, and a long-sleeved T-shirt like this was enough for me. But on the day I boarded the cruise ship, the temperature dropped in the evening and it became very cold at night. I had to add a thick layer of clothing or wrap myself up. Quilt, the damn captain, in order to save energy, don’t even let the air conditioner turn on!”

"Getting very cold?" Shang Jianyao's eyes gradually lit up as he repeated the other person's words.

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