Embers Ad Infinitum

Chapter 310: Return journey

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The answers to all questions are in the new world... Jiang Baimian, Shang Jianyao and others all repeated this sentence silently.

And their answer with Viel convinced the people present on the Ark that the overthrow of DiMarco's tyranny was indeed from the instructions of the gods!

After a brief silence, Shang Jianyao, who was wearing a monkey mask, suddenly looked at Viel and asked:

"You have the Awakener ability of 'extreme fear'?"

Jiang Baimian followed and asked:

"You killed Herwig?"

She remembered that Vier also disappeared for a few days when the Vigilance Sect held a hiding ceremony, and Herwig was frightened to death during this period!

It was difficult to consider these two things together. After all, Viel was young and had no grievances with Herwig, and it only made people think that he had a secret and did not show that he was related to the Awakened.

And now, Vielle's words just now clearly revealed that he has the ability of "extreme fear".

Herwig died under the influence of this ability!

Viel responded without caring too much:

"Who told him to always laugh at me being short

"He should have died a long time ago, and most people here want him dead, including his wife."

Murder because of being laughed at for being short? Overly sensitive? Jiang Baimian muttered a few words to himself.

At this moment, Shang Jianyao laughed, stared at Vielle, and took two steps forward.

Viel was startled, and instinctively stepped back:

"What do you want to do?"

"Guess." Shang Jianyao pressed the dashing monkey mask on his face.

Vielle could imagine the wide-open mouth and the smile under his mask, and hurriedly said:

"You, do you want to avenge Herwig

"He's a devil, kill him, and most people in Redstone will only applaud me!"

Shang Jianyao didn't respond, wearing a monkey mask, he took two more steps forward.

Viel's expression changed a few times, and said sharply:

"If you come again, I will use 'extreme fear'!"

Shang Jianyao laughed and pointed at Genawa next to him:

"Seeing or not, he will not be afraid.

"I've also prepared non-carb injections, so I'm not so easily scared to death."

Vielle's gaze swept across the silver-black intelligent robot Genava, and blurted out:

"I, I am the reservist divine envoy!"

He arched his back slightly, posing as if he would attack at any time.

At this moment, Shang Jianyao laughed and said:

"What's going on here

"Don't be nervous, I'm not the sheriff of Hongshiji, and I'm not qualified to judge you."

Saying that, he took off his tactical backpack and took out his beloved small speaker:

"I'll just drive around and drive around the redstone set and make it keep repeating 'It was Viel who killed Herwig' 'It was Viel who killed Herwig'."

Viel was speechless for a while, and he said bitterly for a long time:

"up to you!"

While speaking, he turned around, ran a few steps, jumped up, climbed to the ceiling, and disappeared into the ventilation duct.

Shang Jianyao watched him leave, turned around and walked back to Jiang Baimian and the others.

"You talk so much just to tease him?" Jiang Baimian touched his metal cochlea, "Why? This guy is very vengeful."

Shang Jianyao replied triumphantly:

"It's fun to bully such dangerous children."

Jiang Baimian was about to roll his eyes when he saw a large number of servants rushing over.

Their expressions were written with apprehension and unease, but their eyes seemed rather numb.

After slowly scanning DiMarco's corpse wearing a black-and-white mask, a radiance gradually appeared in their eyes.

a few days later.

To the northwest of the Red Stone Collection, in a field by the lake.

"From today, this piece is yours." Yu Tian, who was transformed into a member of the "Underground Ark" management committee, pointed to the front and said to the two sisters Ge Lin Ge Miao, "We will organize people to clear the ditch here, and work with you. Do all kinds of work of clearing the famine, but after that, it is mainly up to you.

"Don't worry, the seeds for the first year are distributed free of charge. You can also apply to the Redstone Collection or the church to borrow various machines. The corresponding expenses are subsidized by the annual share of the smuggling business. Turn in a portion of the harvest so those members of the smuggling business and the ark guards have food to eat..."

"Okay, okay!" Ge Lin and Ge Miao looked at each other and responded in surprise.

For them from small settlements, the value of available land is obvious.

After obtaining the corresponding land deeds, the two sisters returned to the Vigilant Sect, and faced the "Yougu" holy emblem, and prayed earnestly and sincerely.

They did not choose to live in the ark because they were not used to living underground and were still afraid.

They plan to live on the basement floor of Vigilant Church, and wait until the spring to find a fairly intact abandoned house near their fields that is easy to hide, pack it out, and ask someone to repair and wire it.

—Under the mediation of the Vigilant Sect, the people of Hongshiji reluctantly approved the existence of the "Underground Ark" management committee, allowing them to use uninhabited buildings and reclaim the currently abandoned farmland. Of course, the "Underground Ark" also paid a certain amount of money. At the price, it gave up a lot of smuggling business.

Back at the assigned temporary housing, Ge Lin, who had been busy all day, picked up the old towel and said to Ge Miao:

"Go wash your face first."

"No, let me lie down for a while, I'm so tired today." Ge Miao lay on the bed and acted coquettishly.

Ge Lin didn't see such a sister for a long time. She was reminded of the past, so she smiled and said:

"Then go when I get back."

She walked briskly to the nearest bathroom and washed her face and hands with cold water.

After doing all this, when she was walking back, Ge Lin suddenly heard a loud noise coming from the front.

She was a little dazed at first, then her heart tightened, and she hurried to her and her sister's room.

Soon, she saw several people gathered outside the familiar door, and inside the door was her little sister hunched over her waist.

Ge Miao's eyes were cloudy and bloodshot, and transparent saliva was left at the corners of his mouth.

Her face twisted, no longer as sweet as it had been a few minutes ago.

Ge Lin suddenly felt that the whole world was detached from reality and became extremely illusory.

"Heartless"...

Miao Miao has "no heart disease"...

Ge Lin stared at the door in a daze, not daring to approach, unwilling to believe it.

boom!

With a gunshot, Ge Miao fell down, the blood slowly dipping beside him.

Her eyes were wide open, bloodshot still.

Ge Lin staggered over, squatted down, and put her hand in her sister's eyes.

Her vision had long since become blurred, but no sound could come out of her throat.

Someone approached her and bent over to comfort her:

"This is 'innocence', which no one can think of...

"Don't be too sad, you just split up the land, you will have your own family, your own children, and everything will be fine..."

Inside the Mercedes-Benz Jeep, Jiang Baimian glanced at Bai Chen, who was in the passenger seat, and sighed again:

"Our previous understanding of the Awakened was still too shallow. I didn't expect DiMarco to have such a near-mythical ability..."

"Destiny", "Magic Mirror" and "Six Senses Deprivation" are completely beyond the norm.

If it weren't for the successful execution of the "beheading operation" at the beginning of the "Old Tune Team", which destroyed Dimarco's previous body, the subsequent development may be very dangerous. We can only rely on Genova and Ye Mingzhu to strive to support "Yougu" "The reserve goddess Viel joined the battle.

And even if their first step was a great success, the confrontation between the "Old Tune Group" and DiMarco was dangerous. Fortunately, they had the information ahead of time, and in a flash, they figured out DiMarco's weakness, and the business Jian Yao is special enough to take advantage of this effectively.

"So this action is still too reckless..." Long Yuehong in the back row couldn't help saying.

"I can't say that either." Jiang Baimian said with deliberation, "This time I have prepared enough, and I have been blessed by 'Yougu'. If I don't try this time, I will meet another awakened person with similar abilities in the future. , I'm afraid we don't even know how he died, but now at least we understand what's going on."

As she spoke, she laughed:

"There are a lot of other gains, a full twenty-two high-performance batteries, an 'M-45' military exoskeleton device, and a night pearl that solidifies DiMarco's breath."

The high-performance batteries in the "underground ark" are more than that, but considering the defense needs of the management committee, Jiang Baimian did not take all of them.

And these batteries are currently temporarily staying in the Redstone Set with Genava - as the mayor of Tarnan, he became the temporary chairman of the "Underground Ark" Management Committee, and when it gets on the right track, Only then will I go to the "Afu Gun Shop" in Weed City and meet up with Shang Jianyao and others.

Considering that he was still wanted by "Mechanical Paradise", Genava lived in the ark, and basically did not show up in the Redstone Set except to meet up with the Vigilant Cult.

As soon as there was any sign of trouble, he would escape through the Iron Mountain entrance and exit of the ark.

As for the new military exoskeleton device "M-45", the residents of the Ark wanted to give it to the "Old Tune Team" as a thank-you gift. Based on the actual situation of the "old tune group", Jiang Baimian could not refuse.

In this way, Bai Chen's combat ability will be greatly enhanced.

As for the color-changing night pearl, it was confirmed that it was DiMarco's "Fate Pass" after the Shang Jianyao experiment. Of course, this is definitely much weaker than the original one.

After talking about the harvest, Jiang Baimian, who was driving, glanced at Bai Chen and said with a smile:

"You're the only one injured this time.

"Actually, I've always been a little strange. Xiaobai, who is usually the most sensible and safe, not only didn't oppose the 'beheading operation' this time, but also behaved a little bit positively."

Bai Chen, who was in the passenger seat, looked at the windshield and said in silence for a while:

"I have always believed that it is very difficult for everyone to survive on such a dusty soil and should not be concerned about other people's affairs.

"Back then, when I was caught by Eugene and became a slave, that's what I told myself."

She paused for two seconds, and her eyes gradually emptied:

"Yeah, but I still can't help but think, it would be great if someone or a team suddenly came and rescued me..."

"It's very good." Jiang Baimian fully understood and didn't mention it any further.

Shang Jianyao smiled and said:

"So, do you want to officially join the operation to save all mankind this time?"

Bai Chen ignored him.

During the chat, Shang Jianyao pinched the temples on both sides, leaned back, and closed his eyes.

In the "Sea of Origins", on that sunny island with mountains and water.

A huge pothole appeared near the beach, which was shocking.

Shang Jianyao stared at the pothole that had not recovered because he left, with a smile on his face.

He immediately differentiated himself into more of himself, digging ditches, leading the spring water to the pit.

When Shang Jianyao was "making up for sleep", Long Yuehong looked out the window while listening to the group leader and Bai Chen chatting, interjecting a few words from time to time.

At this time, the sky is light blue and clear, dotted with clouds, and the jeep is galloping in the area where the wilderness and hills intersect, returning to the "Pangu creatures" in the distance.

Along the way, everywhere in the new green, wild beasts loomed.

Winter is over and spring is here.

(End of this part)

The third summary

By the end of another one, I had written 198 chapters in total, almost 620,000 words. On average, each chapter was more than 3,000 words, but I didn't specifically seek to control the number of words. Time three thousand five six hundred.

The volume of this volume is called "Fate", and the opening sentence is "This is the spring of hope, this is the winter of disappointment." At the end, like a mystery, the order of these two sentences was reversed at the end— "This is the winter of disappointment, this is the spring of hope" may be more accurate to express the theme and overall atmosphere of this film, it is a state of spiraling forward in disappointment and hope, and different sequences reflect different the key of.

But I don't want to repeat the same spelling too much, especially such obvious repetition, otherwise how can I show my ability? (Big boo.

Therefore, I ended up with "Winter is over, Spring is here", so that the sense of light will be stronger, and it is relatively better to use other examples in the same chapter to set off the despair mixed with hope. The main goal of "investigating the source of innocence and the cause of the destruction of the old world" was set up.

This is important for the whole book and for the tension of the subsequent plot.

Speaking of the name of the volume, "Fate" is taken from Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5 in C minor". The focus is not on fate, but on fate itself. Although this is more or less reflected, I usually like classical music, or have seen My arcane friends should be able to directly associate the meaning of "holding down the throat of fate" from this name and its origin.

The main line of this film is an investigation into the "cause of the destruction of the old world", and it is a journey to a new place, and because investigations of this kind of thing will not always yield great results at the beginning, it is difficult to make the plot tension. When stretched, it is difficult to use a suspenseful way to hook well, so the structure of the story is closer to travel notes, and the form is relatively loose.

In order to keep the mind loose, the dark thread I gave is the theme of "people and destiny", including what is a person, including the shouting, questioning, regret and unwillingness made by different people when fate knocks on the door.

On this dark line, I use the word "reverberating structure", well, I named it myself, and I don't know what it is called in a formal writing class.

In short, on the same or similar problem, at different stages, from different angles, and from different populations, sounds are made again and again, forming a sound echo.

In the end, Shang Jianyao superimposed these echoes together, made his own voice, and completed the landing of his character.

In the entire "Fate" volume, the refugees of Weed City, Han Wanghuo, and Genava are a group of relatively obvious echoes, and the silently dead servants in "Underground Ark" are a response to the tragic death of the residents of Black Rat Town in the first volume. An echo of the slaughter, these two sets of echoes together almost express the dark line I want.

In fact, in Tarnan, I also made a small "reverberating structure", that is, around the phrase "dream everywhere, why take it seriously", let it continue to be said from Zhou Guanzhu and Shang Jianyao, forming a funny, funny In the end, the sadness behind Zhou Guanzhu's words is given, so that there is a teary face under the smiling face, and tragedy is behind the comedy.

During that period, I felt pretty good about myself, all the sadness was rushing in calm and darkness, laughing.

In addition, the entire dark thread and all the echoes are also serving to shape the characters. After all, it is not possible to write about the psychological activities of businessmen. In other words, it's very brainstorming. This method of giving his own answer with his final echo is a way to go.

After talking about what you want to show and what you actually show, let’s talk about the problem.

The biggest problem is the writing method of travel notes.

As for travel notes, the map must be changed, and even dozens of chapters have to be changed to another place, which causes the characters that have been created with great difficulty to disappear in a blink of an eye, or it is simply too late to create more characters with more feelings on different maps.

If there is no good foreshadowing, if you want to use a knife, the knife will not have the strength, and the knife will not feel like it. It is better not to have the knife, so the reverberation will not be so full and powerful.

Of course, there are other reasons for this, because the echoes come from different people, not the protagonist himself, which makes it impossible for readers to have the same emotions. As a result, after a plot, the emotions will naturally leak out, and even the content will be forgotten to a certain extent. .

I have written about other issues in the previous monthly summary, what kind of character substitution, what team actions make too much interaction seem cumbersome, I will not repeat them one by one, these are all by constantly adjusting the writing method and entry point. Solved, I believe everyone who has followed along the way should be able to experience it.

New stories, new ways of writing, there are always all kinds of problems, constantly finding and solving them. For me, it is both pain, joy, and gain. It’s good, lol.

The fourth part is also a long novel. This time, it is no longer written in a travelogue style. After the company's interlude, it is basically based on "First City", and many of the previous characters will also appear again.

Well, the title of the volume is "The Emperor", which is taken from Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto.

the fourth emperor