Embers Ad Infinitum

ray—who was wrapped in a leather coat—shrank his body and laughed.
“You guys sure have fortitude.
You can discuss and share your views in such a situation and environment.”

If it were any other team, they would definitely be tense to the point of silence at this moment.
They would overreact without so much as a breeze.

“We didn’t stop, nor did we relax our guard against our surroundings.
What’s wrong with talking?” Jiang Baimian smiled.
“The earlier we discuss certain matters, the more useful it will be for us to take precautions against any accidents.”

“Won’t that distract you?” Waite couldn’t help but ask.
“I can’t be that focused just by listening to your conversation.”

He was even more careful than before.
He no longer casually opened the doors of the abandoned vehicles on the road to search for valuable items.
Every time he planned on doing so, he would first carry out an appraisal and avoid pure electric vehicles since those might be affected by Wu Meng.

Shang Jianyao smiled and answered Waite’s question.
“Not at all.
We have the numbers.”

“…” Waite, Fars, and the others couldn’t understand.

After they were done discussing the white wolf, they slowly walked toward the park.
Apart from the crows cawing from time to time, nothing else happened along the way.

All of this was stifling.

Finally, they returned to the park, circled around the artificial lake, and arrived at the cave entrance.
But at this moment, the heavy metal door closed.

“He can’t bear for us to leave.” Shang Jianyao was rather gratified.

“What do we do?” Waite blurted out a question.

Long Yuehong heaved a sigh of relief because he wanted to ask the same question.

“Force it open.” Jiang Baimian didn’t hesitate and walked over.
She checked the door, removed a button that seemed to be a switch, and inserted her left hand.
This time, she didn’t attempt to invade or crack the program because it might be reverse-influenced by Wu Meng.

Her method of choice was violent destruction.

Spark!

Bright light flickered in the hole as violent electric currents surged in.

After the door opening procedure was destroyed, Jiang Baimian returned to the door, stretched out her hands, and pressed it.

Shang Jianyao took a few steps forward and mimicked her actions to provide help.

Amidst the zapping sounds, the heavy metal door slowly opened.

This made Wang Fugui, Gray, Fars, and Waite’s eyes widen as their foreheads twitched.
They had previously believed that it was due to the robot that the Old Task Force could push open such a heavy metal door.
But from the looks of it, these two humans were monstrously strong!

They might not get the door to budge even if the four of them pushed together!

“Why didn’t you use any strength?” Jiang Baimian asked Shang Jianyao with her eyes.

Shang Jianyao suppressed his voice and said, “I’m just covering for you so as not to scare them.”

“…” Jiang Baimian gritted her teeth.
“Thanks a lot.”

After entering the cave and returning to Genava, most of the two teams’ members heaved a sigh of relief.
They realized that a layer of cold sweat had soaked their backs at some point in time.

Compared to the danger, they had plenty of harvests.
It was equivalent to a year or even several years of work.

…

In the advance base camp, a corner of the parking lot.

Long Yuehong—who had eaten his fill—sighed with emotion.
“As expected of Wasteland Ruin 13.”

Jiang Baimian nodded and sighed.
“I only hope that Ferrington didn’t escape into the city ruin in his haste and left via another exit.”

Ferrington was the Ruin Hunter they were looking for to learn more about the Mirror Church.
If he entered Wasteland Ruin 13, there was a high chance that he would end up like the missing people.

Shang Jianyao said in a rare serious tone, “Not all of the missing people have been found.
There might still be survivors.”

“I hope so.” Jiang Baimian exhaled.

After a brief silence, Long Yuehong sighed with emotion again.
“Are there abnormally terrifying existences in such city ruins?”

He had thought of Swamp Ruin 1.
There was Xiaochong—who was suspected to be the King of the Heartless—there, and Wasteland Ruin 13 had Wu Meng.

“From the appearance of mutated creatures, such city ruins might also be related to the nine research institutes,” Genava added.

Jiang Baimian smiled.
“But it shouldn’t be a highly correlated relationship.
Isn’t Mechanical Paradise the original Third Research Institute? Doesn’t it not have…”

Jiang Baimian suddenly stopped as she spoke, and her eyes seemed to widen.

Bai Chen and the others could vaguely guess what she had thought of.
If Mechanical Paradise had an abnormally terrifying existence like the city ruins, it could only be the Source Brain!

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