Embers Ad Infinitum

Outside Wubei City, on a hill beside the Yuelin River.

Xu Lan, who was wearing jeans and a wide-brimmed hat, keeping his left and right sides symmetrical, turned his attention to the tablet in front of him.

It lay quietly on the ground, and the surface of the LCD screen projected rays of light one after another, condensing a huge figure in mid-air.

This figure is looming, making it difficult to see its appearance. You can just barely make out that it has a head, eyes, nose, mouth, hands, and a torso, as if it were a human being magnified ten times.

Overall, it's like a god descending from heaven, or a demon crawling out of the abyss.

"Doctor" has indeed returned from the "New World", but he can only return to his own body hidden in the Eighth Research Institute.

However, most of the current means of transportation are not enough to allow him to rush to Wubei within a few hours after receiving the news.

Jet aircraft may be able to do so, but the target is too obvious. Once it enters the airspace of the "Salvation Army", it is very likely to be intercepted by missiles, which is very unsafe.

Therefore, the "Doctor" still chose to use his own mastery of electromagnetism to influence Wubei's goals through the tablet in Xu Lan's hand.

Of course, compared with before, the threat he can create by relying on this method is definitely different from before, and he can definitely bring "unintentional diseases" within a certain range, but the intensity is still not as high as his real body. gap.

If Commissioner Huang, Jiang Baimian, Shang Jianyao and others stay in Wubei with the large army, "Doctor" really can't do anything to them, because if human consciousness gathers and many reach the "soul corridor" "Maintaining the pillars of the hierarchy, it is really difficult for him, who exerts influence remotely, to spread the "careless disease" and achieve the intended purpose. He can only weaken people's spirits and have nightmares at night, just like in the First City. , I had headaches and nausea one after another the next day.

If no one takes care of it, and this situation continues for more than a month, and the spirit of the affected person becomes worse and worse, then the "unintentional disease" may still break out, but this is Wubei, the core city of the "Salvation Army" One, how come no one cares?

If the "Old Tune Team" is not aware of the danger, the "Doctor" can also let Xu Lan sneak into Wubei quietly, help him find opportunities before the onset of symmetry obsessive-compulsive disorder, and use other means to attack the target, which can be seen by Shang Jianyao and Jiang Bai Mian and others were too alert.

As a last resort, the "doctor" could only "snatch the enemy".

He asked his colleagues in the "New World" for help, briefly trapped the sleeping man in Wubei, and told a story about a strong man from the "New World" who was about to attack in real form, thus alarming the local "Salvation Army" executives. , asking them to evacuate the people in a hurry and evacuate important people in batches.

In this way, the aggregation effect is broken, and the "Doctor" can in turn infect the teams that are evacuated in batches with "Wuxin Disease".

This is the reason why he delayed launching an attack after being unable to contact the sleeping man in Wubei, giving the people of Wubei time to "evacuate".

Normally, if there is really going to be a surprise attack, it will definitely be when the "Doctor" is about to take action, and his colleagues in the "New World" will suddenly attack, without giving the "Salvation Army" a chance to react.

Although limited by the scope of his capabilities and the evacuation speed of the helicopter, "Doctor" only had time to influence three to four teams, but it didn't matter. The probability of nearly 50% was already quite impressive, and he could still let Xu Lan continue afterward. Tracing back to the target, the sleeping person in Wubei and his main target are definitely not in the same place, so as not to be caught in one fell swoop.

By then, even if other strong men from the "Salvation Army" resolve the Wubei man's predicament in time, he will not have time to help the "Old Tune Team" after he returns!

As his thoughts turned, the huge figure extending out of the tablet turned his attention to an armed helicopter that was about to escape its own range of influence.

On Helicopter No. 5, both veterans of the "Salvation Army" and members of the "Old Adjustment Group" straightened their backs, waiting for the attack that might or might not come.

Shivering, Jiang Baimian adjusted his mentality and became very focused, no longer thinking about whether he would die or get "unintentional disease".

She focused on monitoring her own status. As soon as she discovered something was wrong, she would immediately try to sense the enemy in reverse, trying to rely on the connection at the conscious level to lock the opponent's position.

By then, even if she is inevitably infected with "Wuxin Disease", the auxiliary chip in her biological prosthetic limb will be able to record the corresponding information and pass it on to Gnawa.

As an intelligent robot, Gnawa will definitely not become a "careless person". It can launch signal flares to the right place based on location information, attracting ballistic missile coverage in the Wubei defense zone.

At the same time, Gnawa can also help control the helicopter and use various weapons installed.

Jiang Baimian planned this, and so did Shang Jianyao. Long Yuehong had no choice but to let his thoughts spread aimlessly:

If I am really infected with "Wuxin Disease", I choose to be humanely destroyed...

No, what if a few years later, a cure for "unintentional disease" is found?

Well, let Lao Ge lock us up and take good care of us, waiting for the advancement of technology.

As long as you are not dead, there is still hope!

Long Yuehong, full of desire for survival, turned sideways and looked at Gnawa.

Just when he opened his mouth and tried to tell his fellow robots what he was thinking, Shang Jianyao's head suddenly throbbed.

As an awakened person at the "soul corridor" level, he has a certain degree of resistance to this influence, which has attracted more powerful treatment.

This prevented Jiang Baimian and others from being infected with "unintentional disease" for the first time, but they just felt that the light inside the helicopter was a little dim.

Shang Jianyao knew that he could not hold on for long, so he immediately sank his consciousness into his own spiritual world, and then opened the crack that represented Xiao Chong in the "Sea of ​​Origin" that contained the unique aura of the Holm Reproductive Medical Center. Go to the extreme and wait for change.

Amid a strong headache and dizziness, Shang Jianyao suddenly saw a thick darkness pouring out of the gap in his right fist before he could enter the corridor of the soul.

He subconsciously loosened his fist, revealing the small jade Buddha in his palm.

The small jade Buddha with green lake water has become illusory and seems to have no entity anymore.

In addition, it does not emit turquoise light, but "darkness" that surges like a tide.

This "darkness" suddenly erupted, filling the entire helicopter at once, covering the sky along the invisible connection, and covering the huge figure in the distance.

A picture suddenly appeared in the eyes of "Doctor":

In the thick darkness, a vague female figure looked at him quietly through the half-covered "barrier".

"ah!"

A scream of extreme terror resounded through the sky, and seemed to extend to the north of the mountains and deep into the ice field.

With a clicking sound, the huge figure like a holographic projection instantly disappeared. Even the tablet computer supporting it had cracks on the screen surface, criss-crossing it.

Xu Lan knelt down on the ground, her heart racing due to fear, which almost caused her to be scared to death.

Fortunately, she was not the target, just the one affected.

The surging "darkness" quickly faded and did not return to the Little Jade Buddha.

Just a second or two later, the light in Helicopter 5 returned to normal.

Long Yuehong noticed this change and shook her head, finding that she could still think.

"It's over? You're not infected with 'Wuxin Disease'..." He blurted out while holding the "Angel of Life" necklace.

In the abnormality just now, he seemed to have been frightened. He went from being paralyzed in one leg to being unable to move his limbs. He did not recover until this time.

Hearing Long Yuehong's words, Jiang Baimian, Bai Chen, and Gnawa all turned their attention to the small lake-green jade Buddha in Shang Jian's palm.

It has regained its presence, warm and hard.

Shang Jianyao let out a long sigh and sighed with relief:

"I just said that the 'Heavens' Blessing Chart' is useful!"

Jiang Baimian wanted to slap this guy in the face, but held back.

She didn't care about the existence of veterans and pilots of the "Salvation Army", and said to herself:

"'Yougu''s help?"

Now it seems that at the Hongshi General Education Conference, "Yougu"'s gaze not only brought about changes in the Tieshan City Second Food Company, but also gave the "Old Tune Group" a talisman.

That's right, when we got the Little Jade Buddha, we actually got the key to unlocking the secret left behind in Tieshan City's Second Food Company. "Yougu"'s gaze was just the icing on the cake in this matter, but it was actually unnecessary... until now. , Jiang Baimian suddenly realized.

Shang Jianyao looked down at the small jade Buddha in his palm and sighed again:

"it's gone now."

The "talisman" given by "Yugu" was used up.

After saying that, Shang Jianyao's face showed clear regret and regret:

"If we had known this was the case, we should not have left. Commissioner Huang and Mr. Zhang would not have died..."

A veteran of the "Salvation Army" in the front row sighed after hearing this:

“Don’t feel guilty, you have no way of predicting this kind of thing.

"Captain Huang and Battalion Commander Zhang died for their ideals, and they deserved their death!"

In order to ease Shang Jianyao's mood, Jiang Baimian asked instead:

"How's 'Doctor' doing?"

Shang Jianyao shook his head:

"Maybe he was scared to death, maybe he was scared crazy, or he was just scared to the point of paralysis."

He had no way of confirming the situation of "Doctor", but he could only be sure of one thing:

This guy won't be able to make any more waves anytime soon.