Embers Ad Infinitum

Chapter 78: source of hallucinations

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Hearing Shang Jianyao's description, Long Yuehong only felt chilled and fearful, so she couldn't help but interrupted the other party:

"Stop, stop!

"Don't be so scary, okay?"

"Help you deepen your memory." Shang Jianyao explained with a serious face, "When you encounter it later, you will be able to react as soon as possible."

"Don't, don't say that, it's better not to meet!" Long Yuehong was afraid of Shang Jianyao's rude mouth, because he thought he was the son of bad luck and was worried about what his friends would say.

Shang Jianyao gave a "hmm", turned to look at Jiang Baimian in front, and nodded sincerely:

"thanks."

When he described it just now, Jiang Baimian took the initiative to turn the torch back to take a picture, which brought very good results.

- Among the four of them, only Jiang Baimian held a torch in his hand. Others, because they wanted to carry their weapons, completed the shooting as soon as possible, so they just turned on the flashlight hanging on the armed belt, let it shine vertically on the ground, and irradiated a small area around it.

Jiang Baimian laughed and turned the torch forward:

"What you just said is pretty much what I guessed.

"Since the illusion we see does not originate from itself, it must come from the 'higher mindless' who created the illusion, and with her intelligence only slightly higher than that of the beast, it is impossible to process and process information too complexly.

"Therefore, it can be preliminarily judged that what we have seen is what she has encountered, but there may be a certain, simple displacement and reorganization.

"That's interesting."

After listening to the captain's words, Bai Chen said thoughtfully:

"That aura that makes people extremely frightening, even standing unsteadily, seems to really exist...

"I don't know where the 'high-level unintentional person' met... What is the owner of that breath like..."

Having said that, she and Jiang Baimian answered in unison:

"That mysterious laboratory!

"The one who made that huge roar!"

Pong pong pong, Shang Jianyao patted the side of the Berserker assault rifle with one hand, seemingly applauding.

"Thank you." Jiang Baimian responded angrily, and then, while sensing the surrounding electrical signals and observing the place illuminated by the torch beam, he organized a language and said, "Maybe the 'high-level unintentional person' has approached just now. In the laboratory, I even entered through some passages that normal people can't find, and I felt that extremely terrifying aura..."

"What about the squirming flesh and blood?" Long Yuehong asked subconsciously.

Bai Chen thoughtfully replied:

"Probably a failed product in the lab. However, the old world has been destroyed for almost seventy years, and the failed product cannot survive until now."

"Perhaps the 'high-level mindless person' saw the flesh and blood that was fried into mud, and usually grabbed crawling bugs as food, so when he created the hallucination, he combined the two." Jiang Baimian tried to understand The essence of that scene, "the wrinkled old woman and the baby's corpse in the swaddle should really exist, it's just not sure if the former is still wandering somewhere in the ruins of the city.

"In short, either the old woman has more bizarre abilities, or her encounter touched some of the instincts of the 'higher unintentional person', which left a deep impression on her, and naturally she saw what she saw at that time. I used it in an illusion I created."

Bai Chen immediately guessed:

"That old woman is also a 'high-level unintentional person', but the child she gave birth died? She has been holding the child's corpse in her arms and refuses to admit it

"It will definitely be a touch to other 'higher mindless' who have reproductive and maternal instincts."

"But the problem is? The 'high-level unintentional person' should not have language ability, why can he say things like 'you are arguing with Xiaochong'? Is this the special thing about the 'high-level unintentional person'? Also Yes, she doesn't seem to be able to give birth at her age, unless..." Jiang Baimian said and thought, and gradually found the answer.

At this time, Shang Jianyao was the first to laugh and said:

"Who hasn't been young yet

"Perhaps, the old woman was only in her twenties when the old world was destroyed

"At that time, she became 'the unintentional' and her child died on the spot.

"This is also a huge blow to the unintentional person who has reproductive and maternal instincts, causing her to firmly remember the words she said when the child died.

"Afterwards, she carried the child, and while hunting, she whispered repeatedly:

"'You... quarreled... Xiao Chong... '

"Just like that, she kept repeating it until the baby turned into a bone and her face was full of wrinkles.

"To this day, she's probably still somewhere in the ruins of this city, holding a swaddled baby's skeleton, whispering:

"'You... quarreled... Xiao Chong... '"

"Hey, don't use the tone of telling ghost stories to guess such a serious matter!" Long Yuehong felt chills all over her body, and the words "You... are so noisy... Xiaochong..." echoed in her ears.

"Don't you think this subject is very good?" Shang Jianyao was quite regretful.

"Aren't you afraid?" Long Yuehong asked with a slightly distorted expression.

Jiang Baimian interrupted the "argument" between the two and nodded lightly:

"It's pretty much what I thought.

"Okay, don't discuss any more, just get a preliminary understanding of the situation.

"Let's leave the underground as soon as possible and return to the first floor. At that time, there may be time to review."

"Yes, team leader!" Long Yuehong forcibly suppressed his voice.

While speaking, they had reached the end of the current aisle.

"Turn left." Jiang Baimian said without hesitation.

After turning left, go to the end and then turn left, you can go back to the aisle where the entrance to the stairs is.

After giving the order, Jiang Baimian turned back subconsciously and glanced to the right.

There leads to the depths of this floor.

"Hey, it's a pity, I really want to find the underground computer room, restore the power supply of this ruined city, open the door of the mysterious laboratory, and see what secrets are hidden inside and what research is being done."

The sound quality of this sentence is not a female voice, but a slightly magnetic male voice.

Jiang Baimian quickly turned his head and gave Shang Jianyao a blank look:

"Hey, did you even dub the voice for me

"Yeah, that's what I thought just now.

"Then can you guess what I'm thinking now?"

Shang Jianyao replied seriously:

"I really want to blow up Shang Jianyao's dog head."

Before Jiang Baimian responded, Bai Chen sighed helplessly:

"Team leader, we have to return to the first floor as soon as possible."

"I know I know." Jiang Baimian glared at Shang Jianyao, "It's all my fault, he's an atmosphere destroyer. As for you, be serious!"

After speaking, she ignored Shang Jianyao and stepped into the left aisle.

Bai Chen, Long Yuehong and Shang Jianyao followed closely.

In this corridor, the rooms on both sides are also open, you can see the opposite aisle, and some are closed, I don't know what is inside.

Jiang Baimian only sensed electrical signals and did not try to open all the closed doors to search for possible hidden secrets.

As he moved forward like this, Jiang Baimian's eyes narrowed, and he said sharply:

"hide!"

As she spoke, she threw herself diagonally forward and tumbled and hid in the room next to her.

Bai Chen, Long Yuehong, and Shang Jianyao completely believed in her, and immediately made evasive actions.

The first two jumped into the room beside him, and the one closest to Shang Jianyao was a closed wooden door.

This didn't stop Shang Jianyao, he slammed through the door and "rushed" in.

The next second, a grenade flew over from nowhere and landed where they were just now.

Boom! The surrounding doors were shattered, the ground was sunken and cracked, and the flames scorched black marks.

After this grenade, no attack came, and no one appeared.

Jiang Baimian, Bai Chen, and Long Yuehong continued to hide in the positions just now, not daring to come out rashly.

At this time, there was light shining in the room that Shang Jianyao crashed into.

Shang Jianyao saw a lit LCD screen with some strange and unreal guys moving around.

In front of the LCD screen, there is a black machine. A black-haired boy was sitting in front of the machine, but because someone broke in, he lost the handle and jumped behind a table not far away to hide.

Shang Jianyao's reaction was completely different from what the boy expected. He didn't make any attacks or dodges, and looked at the LCD screen carefully and said:

"what is this?"

The boy was stunned for a few seconds, then replied in a frightened manner:

"Yes, it's a game.

"Very old game... I can't find a virtual game pod, I can only play this kind of... "

Shang Jianyao nodded:

"Is it fun?"

"It's fun," the boy replied subconsciously.

"How to play?" Shang Jianyao sat down and asked sincerely.

The boy observed for more than ten seconds, flinched away from the hiding place, slowly and weakly sat next to Shang Jianyao, and picked up the handle.

"By the way, what's your name?" Shang Jianyao asked very politely.

The boy was about seven or eight years old, and when he got the handle, his whole fleshy face seemed to glow.

He replied casually:

"me

"My name is Xiaochong."