Embers Ad Infinitum

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Therefore, Han Wanghuo chose to focus on eating.

…

Jiang Baimian was first delighted when she heard Long Yuehong’s words.
She then hesitated for a few seconds and spoke as if nothing had happened.
“I didn’t see him.
Maybe he has already turned into another street.
Yes, we’ll find him after we’re done here.”

She was worried that they were still in the Virtual World.
That would drag Han Wanghuo down with them.

Since they already knew that the other party had shown up in the vicinity, it wouldn’t be too late to ask after they were out of their current situation and back to their original selves.

Long Yuehong also understood this problem.
As a bodyguard and driver, he only replied with one word: “Alright.”

Shang Jianyao looked at the window beside Jiang Baimian regretfully and took the opportunity to instruct Long Yuehong, “Drive faster.”

Long Yuehong followed the plan and drove the car to a building not far away as if he wanted to enter an underground parking lot.

At this moment, there was still a power outage in this area—the cause of the accident had yet to be determined.
The underground parking lot was pitch-black, and only the emergency lights were switched on in certain places.

Taking the opportunity of it being dark, Long Yuehong pretended to switch off the headlights carelessly.

An instant later, a dark, sealed space formed in the car.

Jiang Baimian, Shang Jianyao, and Long Yuehong didn’t sense any abnormalities.
This meant that they hadn’t been enveloped within the Virtual World for quite some time.

This plan also used the fact that the Virtual World’s owner had claustrophobia as a test to see if they were still in an illusion.

Before taking action, they couldn’t determine the exact price the other party paid.
They only came up with different solutions based on various guesses.
Of course, if their guesses weren’t right, Jiang Baimian and the others wouldn’t have been able to ‘approach’ Marcus or obtain his memories.
They could directly switch to surrendering.

Long Yuehong switched on the headlights again and seized the opportunity to leave through another exit.

Following that, they escaped their imaginary tailing, switched vehicles, and removed their disguises according to the plan.

…

In the aristocratic VIP room, the blackout didn’t affect Marcus and the others’ enthusiasm for watching the gladiator match.

The gladiator named Joey had fought an Icelander slave today and finally killed him at the cost of being injured.

After the thumping and shouting subsided, a noble’s phone rang.
His friend told him: “Another ‘rat’ has caused damage.
There’s a huge power outage in the city…”

Before the noble could ask about the details, he suddenly heard static coming from the phone—the signal here seemed to be problematic!

He vaguely sensed some anger.

On the other side, having learned the same information, Marcus’s expression suddenly turned livid.

…

After returning to the safe house, the four Old Task Force members—who had rendezvoused again—cast their gazes at Shang Jianyao.

Jiang Baimian was in no rush to ask about the harvest and first asked in concern, “Is there any problem with the remaining power in the Bangle of Blindness?”

Shang Jianyao had transferred the remaining aura in the Bangle of Blindness into his mind world after all.
This was a taboo among Awakened because it was very likely that the corresponding aura’s owner would locate their mind world and descend directly.

Awakened at the Mind Corridor level often did such things in the Mind Corridor.

It was precisely because of this that Shang Jianyao could hide from the Virtual World’s owner.

Shang Jianyao smiled casually.
“It’s fine; I’ve locked it up with the Destiny Pearl’s remaining power.
Maybe they will fight first.”

Whoa, driving a tiger to devour a wolf…
Jiang Baimian criticized inwardly and asked, “Any gains?”

Shang Jianyao seriously spoke about the words Marcus’s mother had left behind.
The main points were: First, be vigilant of Mechanical Paradise and don’t trust the Source Brain.

Second, be careful of the Eighth Research Institute.

Third, maintain a distance from Avia.
She has something very dangerous and impressive.

Fourth, Wasteland Ruin 13 has an Old World laboratory.
The password is Messiah.

After hearing Shang Jianyao’s recount, Genava fell silent.
He didn’t know why the Source Brain wasn’t to be trusted.

Jiang Baimian glanced at the smart bot and deliberated before saying, “After all these twists and turns, we’ve circled back to the Eighth Research Institute.
Also, it seems like Oray does have some secrets.
I wonder if he hid them with Avia or in Wasteland Ruin 13’s laboratory…
Yes, this is probably how some of his research results were handled.”

Oray was an artificial intelligence and robot expert.

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