Embers Ad Infinitum

Chapter 199: Dark One

Views:

After Jiang Baimian finished reading the telegram, he smiled and said:

"This is equivalent to saying nothing, except to let us know more about the abilities of the awakened people in the corresponding field, and it does not help our current analysis and judgment.

"In Hongshiji, the Grey Talkers are the followers of 'Yougu', who are vigilant, and so are the Honghe people. There is a possibility that someone will wake up by chance in these two groups."

Shang Jianyao said with regret:

"I thought their awakening ability had something to do with hide-and-seek."

"Being vigilant because of fear, hiding because of fear, how can it not matter?" Jiang Baimian replied casually, "Besides, this is only the part of the information the company has, not the entirety. Maybe the awakened people of the vigilance sect are really have the ability to hide themselves.”

She took the paper, looked around and said:

"Well, this telegram is not to say that it is completely useless, at least it allows us to confirm that the awakened person in the 'Yougu' domain can be too frightening.

"Uh... After that, everyone will carry non-card biological agents with them. It has a cardiotonic effect, and it may save your life at a critical moment."

The non-card biological agent is the kind of drug injected by the mayor of Shuiwei Zhentian.

Long Yuehong said with emotion that the company's R&D capabilities are strong, and the "old tune team" has brought enough emergency medicines, and asked with a little doubt:

"But I'm too frightened. I must have fainted and I'm in a dying state. How can I inject myself with non-card?"

Jiang Baimian laughed:

"So you can't do it alone, at least in groups of two.

"In this way, when you are scared to death, your companions can drive away the enemy and take the time to inject you with non-cards."

As soon as she finished saying this, she saw Shang Jianyao raised his hands and froze there, seemingly hesitant.

"What do you want to do?" Jiang Baimian asked cautiously.

Shang Jianyao replied seriously:

"I was wondering which denomination to pray in."

After speaking, he made up his mind and folded his arms in a rocking baby shape.

"You kind of like the 'Rite of Life'." Jiang Baimian said with a smile.

Shang Jianyao seriously gave the reasons:

"Among the sects I've encountered now, the sacrament of the 'Rite of Life' is the best."

Sure enough, it was you... Long Yuehong was not surprised at all.

He subconsciously asked:

"Why do you suddenly want to pray?"

"Pray that the fear ability in the field of 'Yougu' is not a range type, it can only be one-on-one." Shang Jianyao said truthfully.

This sentence made Jiang Baimian and Bai Chen frown at the same time.

After a few seconds, Jiang Baimian sighed with a smile:

"There is no way to save oneself. So, the battle with the Awakened is really annoying and completely unreasonable. Sometimes, whoever activates the ability first will win."

Having said this, she smiled slightly:

"Actually, it is still possible for me to save myself successfully."

Seeing that Long Yuehong was a little dazed, she raised her left arm:

"With so much current storage, isn't it normal to have an additional electric shock pacing ability? Isn't it reasonable that the auxiliary chip has a corresponding body state monitoring function? I remember that some electronic watches in the old world could do this."

Long Yuehong was stunned for a moment, and Jiang Baimian once again bewitched him and Bai Chen:

"How is it? Are you excited

"When you return to the company this time, you can exchange your accumulated credit for biological prosthetics. Although it is unlikely to be an experimental model like mine, the others are not weak."

"I'm hesitating." Shang Jianyao answered in their place.

"Huh?" Jiang Baimian glanced at him.

Shang Jianyao said angrily:

"The robotic arm is more romantic than a man."

"This can't be done in the company, unless there is a chance to go to places like Primordial City." Jiang Baimian discussed this issue with him.

After Bai Chen listened quietly, he pursed his lips and said:

"Can you choose the type and model yourself?"

Obviously, she was really moved.

Jiang Baimian nodded immediately:

"Yes, as long as you accumulate enough credits, or contribute enough points."

If you lose a limb in battle, you can replace the biological prosthesis for free, but you have no choice.

After discussing the matter, they continued to eat lunch.

Just as they were packing their lunch boxes and other tableware, Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao turned their attention to the door at the same time.

After more than ten seconds, the door of room "05" was knocked.

Shang Jianyao quickly picked up the monkey mask, put it on his face, and rushed to the door.

He glanced left and right, and couldn't help sighing:

"No sticks."

Jiang Baimian ignored him and asked loudly while wearing a mask:

"Who?"

She asked the question in both the grey earth language and the red river language.

The people outside the door were very polite and reported their names directly:

"Han Wangshou."

He finally came back... Jiang Baimian said with relief:

"Please come in."

At this time, Bai Chen and Long Yuehong had put on masks and stood on either side of her.

Not only Han Wanghuo was alone outside the door, but there was also a gray man in his twenties.

He has black hair and brown eyes, and is less than 1.7 meters tall. His skin is rough from the sun and rain. He has a baby face, but he has no expression.

"Who is this?" Jiang Baimian asked actively.

Han Wangshou immediately started to introduce:

"Tan Jie, a member of the police station, the Grey Talker."

The focus is on the last three words.

Jiang Baimian nodded thoughtfully:

"Please come in."

Sitting separately, Shang Jianyao remained at the door, holding his arms like a bodyguard.

"I heard Weller say you have something important to ask me?" Han Wanghuo asked neither humbly nor arrogantly.

Jiang Baimian let out an "um" and told the story of being attacked by the rockets without concealing the fact that the other party didn't seem to want to kill them.

Han Wanghuo glanced sideways at Tan Jie, and said after deliberation:

"It may be to stimulate you and let you pursue the two cases in your hands, or it may be to scare you away and prevent you from getting involved in the murky waters of the Red Stone Collection."

He said it quite plainly, without disguising what the situation of the redstone set was.

"The attackers seem to be quite sure that those two cases will cause a storm." Tan Jie said sternly.

Jiang Baimian suddenly laughed:

"Is it you who put a note in our room to warn us before?"

She asked very directly.

Tan Jie was silent for two seconds and said:

"It's for the sake of fellow Greyspeakers.

"You are too weak, and getting involved in this matter will cost you your life."

At this time, Shang Jianyao said sincerely:

"thanks."

When Tan Jie was a little confused by the sudden thanks, Jiang Baimian opened the door and asked:

"Don't you want to find out the truth

"If you're sure you didn't do it, helping us figure out what's going on can clear your name."

Tan Jie said without change of expression:

"Some people just want an excuse, not the truth.

"Over the years, everyone has done things that cross the line, and no one is truly innocent."

For Bai Chen, this is a very understandable state - on the dusty soil where survival is difficult, groups wielding knives for resources are something that happens all the time.

Jiang Baimian stopped talking about this topic and turned to talking about Baz.

When it was mentioned that Herwig and Anhebas might be working together to kill two birds with one stone, Tan Jie laughed without a smile:

"I won't be surprised what they do.

"Unfortunately, Herwig died too easily."

Jiang Baimian did not respond, and continued to talk about his visit to the church.

She kept her promise and did not talk about Bishop Renato suffering from "intentional disease", only that she happened to meet Song He, the warning person.

In addition, she did not conceal the clues given by Lopez, and talked about the awakening ability of fear in the "Yougu" domain.

"That's right." Tan Jie answered in the affirmative.

Han Wanghuo was also not surprised, as if he had already obtained the corresponding information from the Grey Talkers.

He thought about it and said:

"It may be that the living state of the redstone set is very close to the teachings of the Vigilant Sect, resulting in the number of Awakened beings here being higher than normal.

"This is my personal suspicion without any proof."

Jiang Baimian said "um":

"It makes things more complicated.

"I don't think about it for the time being, I only talk about Ankhbas. If he really has the arms of Herwig, he should not dare to be vigilant in the church today. Obviously, he is very concerned about the awakened people. Have some knowledge.

"In this case, what will he do?"

As soon as the words came out, Jiang Baimian regretted it.

Because this is the heuristic tone she often uses when discussing issues with the group members, and now the object of communication is the people from the redstone set.

Han Wanghuo was very enthusiastic and said thoughtfully:

"If I were him, I would hurry up and send that batch of arms to the town guard, saying that it was the materials that I had saved before. In this way, the vigilant sect would definitely turn a blind eye."

"It's also possible to throw out the outsiders like Lopez and say that they did it behind his back." Tan Jie added calmly.

Jiang Baimian nodded slightly:

"Is there such a possibility? Anhebas will take the opportunity to send the arms out of the redstone collection tonight, hand them over to the mountain monster, and then die without guarding the church, but allow investigators to search at will."

"No, if he doesn't go to the church all the time, it means that he has a guilty conscience and doesn't dare to face Zhi Sui's gaze. In this way, the townspeople under his command will definitely suspect that he will not sleep well at that time, and, He is very aware of the strength of the sect." Han Wanghuo gave a negative answer.

"Is that so." Jiang Baimian asked instead, "Where does Anhebas usually stay?"

"He often changes his place of residence, but when he encounters a more critical situation, he usually chooses a lakeside villa. The underground parking lot there can lead to the wharf, and there are boats at the wharf." Tan Jie replied simply.

Uh, you've been staring at Anhebas for a long time... Jiang Baimian pondered for a while, and suddenly asked:

"Captain Han, in those cases of excessive shock death more than two years ago, it is impossible for the vigilance sect to guess that the awakened did it, do you still remember their reaction

"During that time, did they suddenly have one more alerter?"

As Han Wanghuo frowned, Tan Jie suddenly stood up:

"About half a year after the last case, the sect added a 'Dark One'.

"It's a clergy who is doing penance in a dark room."

His tone was a little excited, but still expressionless.

Hearing this, Han Wanghuo's expression changed, he stood up and said anxiously:

"He's Angebas' younger brother, Brand!"