Embers Ad Infinitum

Chapter 54: hand

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Shang Jianyao's nerves were suddenly tense, and he stared at the entrance of Black Rat Town without blinking.

The stones that block the cave are all quite huge, and there is no way to get them down with pure human power!

Of course, there is a possibility that Long Yuehong did not place the stone properly when he relied on the exoskeleton device to lift it up, causing it to slip off on its own little by little and invisibly. Eventually, after a long time, it lost its balance and fell to the ground. .

Therefore, Shang Jianyao did not respond immediately and waited for further observation results.

Bang!

With a slightly dull sound, the boulder hit the ground, causing the entire forest to tremble.

The movement quickly returned to silence, and under the sparse stars, the night was as dark as before.

But unlike before, there was a gap on the stone pile blocking the entrance to Black Rat Town, a gap leading to the deadly darkness.

Shang Jianyao watched it carefully for dozens of seconds, and was about to spit out the foul breath that was in his chest, when he suddenly found where the stone fell off, and a dark shadow slowly crawled out of the hole.

The night wind caressed, and the clouds moved high in the sky, revealing half the moon.

The bright light shone down on the dark shadow, allowing Shang Jianyao to see his general appearance clearly:

He was short in stature, naked, with thick black hair growing on his surface. His back was hunched and his fingernails reflected a sharp cold light.

This is a resident of Black Rat Town!

Shang Jianyao's pupils suddenly enlarged, as if he couldn't believe the picture in front of him, and wanted to see who the other party was.

He, Jiang Baimian and Bai Chen had searched every corner of Black Rat Town earnestly, but they didn't find a single survivor!

The moonlight seemed to be a little brighter, and Shang Jianyao barely saw the face of the figure.

Half of his face was opened by bullets, and dark red blood and milky white brains dotted all around.

According to the common sense of Shang Jianyao, such a person cannot be called a living person at all.

At the same time, there seems to be a black shadow surging in the gap on the stone pile.

"Go!" Shang Jianyao exclaimed uncontrollably.

He almost instinctively released his right hand that was holding the handle of the gun, raised it, and slammed it down against his right face.

He suspected that he was dreaming.

Snapped!

Shang Jianyao's right face immediately became red and swollen, and there were vague traces of five fingers on it.

Severe pain and humming sound entered Shang Jianyao's mind at the same time, causing golden light spots to appear one after another in front of his eyes.

However, he was still in the same place, and in front of him was still the residents of Black Rat Town who climbed down from the gap in the stone pile, and another dark shadow that followed closely behind.

Shang Jianyao didn't shoot impulsively, because he knew that his knowledge and experience were not enough to support him to make the right choice in this situation.

Therefore, he has to ask Jiang Baimian for help to see if the leader of the "old tune group" understands similar situations.

He was also going to wake up Bai Chen and Long Yuehong, so that even if he couldn't deal with the changes in Black Rat Town, he would still have time to drive and escape from here.

Just as he turned his body halfway, before Shang Jianyao could shout, he saw Jiang Baimian's figure appear beside him.

Shang Jianyao was overjoyed, and was about to report the situation when his eyes suddenly solidified, and the words stuck in his throat.

Under the cold moonlight, Jiang Baimian's heroic and beautiful face grew thick black hairs that were visible to the naked eye like bamboo shoots.

Shang Jianyao's face muscles moved slightly, and he made a stressful behavior uncontrollably.

He threw himself to the side and rear, made two rolls in a row, and came to the front of the jeep.

Immediately afterwards, he squatted on his waist, jumped to the other side, and squatted under the rear-view mirror.

In this way, he can not only use the front of the car as a "fortification", but also open the door at any time and sit in the driver's seat.

"Something happened!" he shouted, trying to wake up Long Yuehong and Bai Chen.

After shouting three times in a row, Shang Jianyao took two steps forward, straightened his upper body, and prepared to open the car door.

But at this time, he realized that he did not have the car keys.

When handing over the night duty just now, Bai Chen gave the key to Jiang Baimian, not him.

Before Shang Jianyao could think of a way, Jiang Baimian's voice came from far and near:

"What happened?"

The next second, the voices of Long Yuehong and Bai Chen sounded at the tent:

"What happened?"

Their voices are high and low, but the tone is no different from Jiang Baimian's.

Shang Jianyao's body trembled suddenly, and cold sweat broke out from his forehead.

He forced himself to calm down a bit, and silently counted how many meters away he was with Jiang Baimian, Long Yuehong, and Bai Chen.

Unconsciously, a smile appeared on his face, a smile he couldn't control himself.

Shang Jianyao immediately straightened his body, ready to stand up and use the abilities of the Awakened.

At this moment, he saw himself in the rearview mirror:

The right cheek is red and swollen, with an inappropriate smile...

Shang Jianyao suddenly moved in his heart, bent his back again, and took out the absorbent pen and a piece of white paper that were stuck in the pocket of his clothes.

Immediately afterwards, he lowered his head, using his thigh as a cushion, and after the pen cap fell freely to the ground, he quickly wrote:

"If you can still see these words later, it means it's not a dream."

During his writing, the voices of Jiang Baimian, Long Yuehong and Bai Chen got closer and closer:

"What happened?"

Business sees that Thermaltake is writing more urgently and more scribbly, but he still manages to write that sentence.

Then, he casually stuffed the paper back into his pocket, straightened his upper body, and stared at himself in the rearview mirror again, his eyes instantly darkened.

While listening to the approaching footsteps, he quickly organized the language and tried to say:

"It was late at this time yesterday, and it is late at this time today.

"At this time yesterday, we slept in the wild, and at this time today, we also slept in the wild.

"I was dreaming this time yesterday, so today this time..."

Shang Jianyao stopped the conversation with himself in the mirror, his expression was blank at first, and then gradually confirmed.

Just when Jiang Baimian walked to the other side of the jeep, Shang Jianyao suddenly realized:

"So, at this time today, I am also dreaming!"

As soon as the words fell, countless stars exploded in his mind, and his strong self-awareness allowed his consciousness to penetrate through various psychedelic images.

"Huh!" Shang Jianyao sat up and spit out the turbid air in his chest.

He took a quick look around and found himself still in the tent, still in the sleeping bag.

As the thoughts flickered, Shang Jianyao pulled his hands, and with strength, quickly got out of the sleeping bag like a cheetah, and jumped to the other side of the tent.

That was where Jiang Baimian slept.

In the dark environment with only dim light, Shang Jianyao could hardly see anything, but he could hear Jiang Baimian's breathing fast and messy, as if he had just completed a five-kilometer off-road.

"Wake up! Wake up!" Relying on his voice, he grabbed Jiang Baimian's body, shaking as he shouted.

This kind of movement attracted the attention of Bai Chen and Long Yuehong. One of them stayed on the periphery to guard against accidents, and the other leaned towards the tent and asked loudly:

"What's wrong?"

Shang Jianyao didn't answer, and continued to shake Jiang Baimian's body violently.

Finally, Jiang Baimian made a voice:

"Stop... stop! I'm dizzy!"

Shang Jianyao sighed in relief and straightened his body.

At this time, Bai Chen had already opened the door of the tent.

Taking advantage of the moonlight shining in from outside, she saw Shang Jianyao squatting beside Jiang Baimian's sleeping bag, panting heavily, while Jiang Baimian huddled in the sleeping bag and sat with a confused expression.

"What's wrong?" Bai Chen asked calmly.

Shang Jianyao blurted out and replied:

"I had a nightmare..."

He paused involuntarily, feeling that he was talking like a child, seeking the comfort of his elders because of a nightmare.

Seeing that Jiang Baimian and Bai Chen did not laugh at themselves and did not try to interrupt, Shang Jianyao calmed down and continued:

"A very real nightmare, I couldn't wake up even though I slapped myself in the dream. Even though I already felt intense pain, I still couldn't wake up.

"It wasn't until I used the ability of the awakened person to strengthen my judgment and cognition of the dream state that I completely woke up.

"In the dream, the residents of Black Rat Town became living corpses, and thick black hairs grew on your faces."

The living corpse is a concept in radio stories.

Jiang Baimian was no longer confused, his expression gradually became condensed, and he nodded lightly:

"I also had a nightmare.

"Dream that I am doing research in the laboratory, you are all my assistants..."

Speaking of which, Jiang Baimian was suddenly at a loss for words.

That is one breath, she continued:

"The dream was very real. Because of some details, I also suspected that I was dreaming, so I quickly poked myself with a needle, and I felt the same pain as normal.

"That dispelled my suspicions, and then there was an accident in the lab next door, with a highly toxic gas leak that spread throughout the floor.

"I was leading you all frantically to the exit, trying to escape from the company before the poisonous gas filled the air, and was woken up by Shang Jian Yaoyao."

While speaking, she raised her left hand and moved it to the bright moonlight area.

Shang Jianyao and Bai Chen, who was approaching, both saw a pinhole-sized red spot on the tiger's mouth on the hand, which was slightly swollen.

Jiang Baimian immediately looked at Shang Jianyao's face, and not surprisingly found a red and swollen spot with five fingerprints printed on it.

"I don't have a needle on me..." Jiang Baimian pondered, "This is not caused by sleepwalking."

Saying that, she stretched out her left hand to the five fingerprints on Shang Jianyao's right face, and made a gesture in the air:

"I didn't do that either."

Bai Chen followed Jiang Baimian's palm and took a serious look:

"It can't be completely denied. The redness and swelling are too obvious now, the fingerprints are a bit distorted, and there is an error in the comparison. Moreover, the difference in the length of your fingers is not too big."

"It's really my left hand, and there are still teeth left on his face?" There was a slight current from the top of Jiang Baimian's left hand fingers.

Her left arm and left hand are part of the electric eel-type biological prosthesis, one of the characteristics is the giant strength.

Bai Chen recognized this, and Shang Jianyao was speechless.

He was about to describe in detail what he saw in his dream when Jiang Baimian suddenly frowned:

"Did you think of anything?"