Embers Ad Infinitum

Chapter 573: Back to the starting point

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The cyborg monk Shang Jianyao put his flashing red eyes in the corner of the staff introduction column and observed it carefully.

Soon, he found that there were traces of sticking left, which were distributed in five places.

And these five places together are almost the size of the photo next to them.

That is to say, there used to be a photo in the corner of the employee introduction column, but I don't know if it was torn off, or the glue gradually failed over the years, causing it to fall off and float away.

Shang Jianyao stood up straight, took a flashlight, pointed it at the floor of the room, and searched for it for a while, but never found the missing photo.

Combining the characteristics of the traces, he initially judged that the photos in the blank were forcibly torn down.

"Why take it away? It has something to do with the gaze in the dark?" Shang Jianyao looked around and felt that it was not caused by the "unintentional".

Not to mention whether the "Mindless" would be interested in things other than food, clothes, and weapons, given their lack of wisdom, there shouldn't be any clues left.

"No, this possibility cannot be ruled out." Shang Jian Yao rubbed his chin and refuted himself, "Do you remember the situation after the Swamp No. 1 ruins were turned on? The old lady clearly became an 'unintentional', remember to return Home, flip through your photo albums, tidy up the room, and clean up the rubbish. This is one of the five holy places of Buddhism, and it is normal to have similar special features.”

There is no valid conclusion to be drawn from air-to-air. The Shang Jianyao did not waste too much time on this matter, and shone the light of the flashlight on the "unintentional" who had limited limbs and made it difficult to roll. .

He scanned their faces one by one and compared them with the photos of employees on the wall, and none of them matched.

This shows that the existence of the "professional woman" is not a common phenomenon, but a special case.

This adds to the mystery of her questions and missing photos.

The cyborg monk Shang Jianyao thought about it for a moment, and out of compassion, he gave up killing the "unintentional ones", and walked back to the aisle with the flashlight and the "ice moss" equipped with the silencer.

He was about to observe the situation around him and decide where to go next when his body suddenly became cold and stiff.

It was as if the cold wind from the depths of the icefield blew him, freezing him in place.

And it's not just his body that freezes, but also his mind!

Shang Jianyao stared blankly ahead, allowing his body to turn half a circle, facing the wall.

Then, he slammed his forehead hard.

bang!

Shang Jianyao lost consciousness and fainted.

After an unknown amount of time, he slowly woke up and found himself back in the entrance area of this psychological shadow, where he used a billboard to smash an "unintentional" to death.

"Is there a bug?" Shang Jianyao expressed his confusion.

He thinks that he was attacked just now and is almost impossible to resist, and the consequences of this situation are nothing more than two:

One, he "died" here, which means that all the spirits are trapped in this psychological shadow, and in reality he becomes a vegetative person, or suddenly died on the spot;

Second, the injury was not fatal. He barely recovered. Relying on the props on his body and his Awakener ability, he forcibly escaped from the "522" room, but left with serious mental problems.

Of course, this is a normal development. Considering that there are ten of them, businessmen think there is another result:

One of them, Shang Jianyao, died on the spot, creating an opportunity for the remaining nine Shang Jianyao. After that, they sacrificed a few, and the rest finally escaped from room "522" and returned to the corridor. This will cause him to have an indelible psychological shadow in reality, and there will be almost incurable sequelae.

But now, neither situation is the case. After the Shang Jian Yaos were unconscious, they returned to the entrance area of "522" room safely. Except for the headache, the forehead was red and swollen, and there was nothing special.

Shang Jianyao immediately rubbed his chin:

"This matter is obviously weird. I will discuss it with Dabai tomorrow."

Calmly and rationally, he thinks that what happened just now seems more like...

A warning

Level 495, Block C, No. 11.

In the dead of night, Long Yuehong opened her eyes and couldn't sleep.

After lying down for a long time, until he was a little thirsty, he rolled over and got out of bed, picked up his enamel cup, lifted the lid, and started drinking.

A cold feeling spread out from his throat, turned into lines, and drilled into his stomach bag.

This made him more awake.

- The night of "Pangu creatures" is particularly cold, and the water will inevitably lose its temperature after being kept for a long time. Therefore, the thermos cup is an indispensable part of many families. It is also an option to drink with a thermos, but when Long Yuehong was still half-hearted, she developed the habit of drinking cold water, and it was the same at night.

Seeing that there was no more water in the cup, Long Yuehong took the enamel cup and walked out of the room, aiming directly at the green plastic shell thermos on the dining table.

Just then, he saw his father Long Dayong come out of the small bathroom at home.

"You haven't slept yet?" Long Dayong yawned.

Long Yuehong gave a "um", hesitated for a moment and said:

"Thinking about something."

"What's the matter?" Long Dayong asked.

Long Yuehong opened her mouth and replied hesitantly:

"Dad, if you encounter something, it is very valuable, but it also has certain risks. Do you choose to do it, or give up and live a stable life?"

Long Dayong instinctively replied:

"I listen to your mother."

"..." Long Yuehong didn't know what to envy, but was speechless.

Seeing that his son did not speak, Long Dayong thought about it and said:

"Our family's life can be considered stable now.

"But I remember your grandfather told me that when he was a child, even if he hid in this underground building, he would not feel safe, because there may be 'unintentional people' around him anytime, anywhere. Friends of the same age as him, ten Only half survived inside.

"Also, after you joined the Ministry of Security, your mother went to meet those women whose families were in the front-line troops, and heard a lot of things from them. Well, the number of deaths in the front-line troops is more 'inadvertent' than the company. There are many people.

"She has never mentioned these to you. I'm afraid you'll be nervous, and I'm afraid you will worry about our bad mood. What we can do is to let you relax every time you come back and be happy every day."

Having said this, Long Dayong was moved:

"We can have the stable life we have now, and I really have to thank you and the other front-line troops for the sacrifices."

Long Yuehong heard mixed feelings, but couldn't help but complained in her heart:

Dad, you're rambling, sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad, I can't hear your advice at all...

Long Dayong glanced at him:

"Whatever you decide, your family will support you.

"Well... If the risk of that matter is particularly high, it's better to give up. If you think you can bear it, then give it a try and don't leave any regrets for yourself."

Long Yuehong was silent for a while and said:

"I'll think about it."

The next morning, 647th floor, room 14.

Shang Jianyao told Jiang Baimian, who arrived at the office early, about his experience last night.

"What do you think?" Jiang Baimian didn't immediately help with the analysis, but instead asked about Shang Jianyao's feelings.

Shang Jianyao thought about it for a while and said:

"It feels like a plot kill, no resistance at all."

Are you playing too much? Long Yuehong scoffed at Shang Jianyao's choice of words and sentences.

Of course, he didn't dare to say it.

Jiang Baimian nodded lightly and said while thinking:

"Would the owner of the room have encountered a similar thing at the beginning

"Otherwise, your experience will not be so clear, and if he didn't encounter anything in the food company, the psychological shadow based on the large number of 'unintentional people' should have ended with him entering the 'safe area' long ago ."

"The owner of the room went to the third floor and scared the woman away. After seeing those photos, his mind suddenly froze and he couldn't control his body. He hit his head against the wall and knocked himself unconscious?" Long Yuehong joined the discussion, according to Jiang Bai Mian's statement is a guess.

Shang Jianyao went down this line of thought and thought:

"What about after the owner of the room fainted

"Also been 'sent' back to the original place?"

Jiang Baimian slowly shook his head:

"Probably not."

Seeing that Long Yuehong couldn't understand why he said that, Jiang Baimian further explained:

"Shang Jianyao explored the psychological shadow for several days, only to find a complete route.

"That is to say, if the owner of the room is 'sent' back to the starting point, he will still choose the same road, the road leading to the Second Food Company, which is very contradictory in logic. If it is you, the encounter After such a bizarre and terrifying thing, will he go to the second food company to go to the muddy water? He was not an Awakened at that time!"

"Indeed." Long Yuehong agreed.

Shang Jianyao didn't answer, and now he doesn't know who he is.

Jiang Baimian continued:

"I speculate that the owner of the room was 'sent' to another place in the ruins of Tieshan City after he was in a coma. When he woke up and found a safe escape route, he left that area, and this encounter became his mental shadow.

"Because these subsequent situations are not in that psychological shadow, Shang Jianyao is to return to the starting point."

Long Yuehong first nodded, thinking that this might not be low, then frowned.

He glanced at Shang Jianyao:

"Doesn't this mean that there is no way to get through that psychological shadow?"

The owner of the room had nothing to do at first.

Shang Jianyao did not respond, and seemed to be thinking deeply, but Jiang Baimian laughed:

"No, no, it's still possible.

"Have you forgotten that the owner of the room wasn't an Awakened at the time

"He will go through the island of fear in the future, and he will inevitably face this matter, and he is now an awakener at the level of 'Spiritual Corridor', which shows that he has successfully overcome this psychological shadow."

When Long Yuehong's thoughts were transferred, Jiang Baimian pointed out the key:

"Then how did he win

"For such a thing, if you don't go back to the scene and face the original fear, you will definitely not be able to overcome it.

"So, he should have entered the Second Food Company of Tieshan City again. Hey, if you can find the area that he didn't touch in the first exploration, it is very likely to squeeze his subconscious and let it take the second experience. It's called out to perfect the scene, and there's a lot of opportunity there."

It's so complicated... However, it does make sense... Long Yuehong is sincerely convinced.

"Try it next time." Shang Jianyao was eager to try.

Jiang Baimian immediately smiled and said:

"That's just one possibility.

"There is also a possibility that the psychological shadow is dynamic, and certain things are connected to more terrifying things. When the explorer touches, it will cause additional trouble, and this is what the owner of the room did not encounter at the beginning, no, It's not that he didn't encounter it, he probably didn't notice it.

"But that doesn't explain how he subsequently grew into a 'Spiritual Corridor' level awakener."