Embers Ad Infinitum

Chapter 115 Earth Ecology

Compared with the meeting when the “Old Tune Team” came back from Qifeng Town, the scenery on the wilderness was even more bleak, like a night from late autumn to early winter.

“Is it about to snow?” Long Yuehong looked at the lead-colored sky outside the window, speculated expectantly.

He has only seen snow scenes in textbooks and slides.

“At this time in previous years, it was almost time to snow.” Jiang Baiman replied casually while driving.

Bai Chen in the co-driver’s position glanced at the rearview mirror and said:

“The north of the swamp may have been snowing for several times.”

The northernmost part of the Black Marsh Wilderness is connected to the ice field, which is a world in a cold and frozen world.

However, because of the large area of 鈥嬧€媡he black marsh wilderness, the weather in the area south of the marsh is not so extreme, and it belongs to the four distinct types.

“I really want to see what is called a blank piece of white.” Long Yuehong retracted his gaze and said with emotion.

Sitting upright, Shang Jianyao immediately responded:
“This is not auspicious words.”

“Why?” Long Yuehong knew that Shang Jianyao’s dog couldn’t vomit ivory, but he couldn’t help asking.

He is very sensitive to topics such as auspiciousness, bad luck and fate.

Shang Jianyao laughed:
“Think about it, when everything on the earth is covered by Blizzard, only a piece of white space is left, can that be lucky?”

“It’s also…” Long Yuehong has to admit that what Shang Jianyao said makes sense.

Listening to the conversation between the two, Jiang Baiman added:
“Every winter, I don’t know how many wilderness wanderers are frozen to death. Snow is a disaster for them, right, Bai Chen?”

“en.” Bai Chen pulled the dusty scarf around his neck, “Many settlement houses are in disrepair for a long time, and the snow is easy to collapse. Many people don’t have enough clothes, let alone heating. “

Long Yuehong heard a moment of silence, and sighed after a long time:

“It’s still a good company.”

In any case, employees can have winter clothes and real hot water bottles.

Higher levels, a little more energy ration, and a heater that can be used for an hour or two from time to time-if it can be snapped up, or it can be traded.

Speaking of “Pangu Creatures”, Long Yuehong suddenly thought of something and asked in fear:

“Team leader, you said, if our mission plan is really seen by someone hidden in the “Life Sacrifice” cult and leaked out, would the cultists on the surface ambush us in Shuiwei? “

The route can be changed, but the destination cannot be changed!
“In the face of this situation, we can first send bait to test.” Before Jiang Baiman’s answer, Shang Jianyao’s smile has become brighter.

He patched Long Yuehong’s shoulder and said:
“This glorious task is left to you.”

“Why me?” Although Long Yuehong didn’t want to admit it, he still knew that the weakest person in the group was himself, and he really couldn’t bear the responsibility of being a bait.

On the one hand, this is really dangerous, he is very scared, on the other hand, he feels that his psychological quality has not reached the level of the team leader and Bai Chen, and it is easy to mess up the task of bait.

鈥斺€擫ong Yuehong divides the psychological qualities of the members of the “Old Tune Team” into four levels. He himself is the fourth lowest level. The first level above is Jiang Baiman and Bai Chen who are in the second level at the same time. Shang Jianyao is the only one.

Shang Jianyao “seriously” explained:

“Because you see it as bait.”

“…” Long Yuehong couldn’t clarify the logic inside.

“Don’t scare him!” At this moment, Jiang Baiman, who was driving, scolded Shang Jianyao with a smile.

She turned to Long Yuehong and said:

“I will ask you a question:
“Do people in the company know where Shuiwei Town is?”

“I don’t know.” Long Yuehong first replied subconsciously, and then suddenly realized. “So…”

He then remembered that Shuiwei Town could continue from the old world annihilation meeting to the present in relative stability. One of the most important reasons is that the location is concealed and it is difficult to find Outsiders.

When Jiang Baiman reported this incident, he consciously concealed the specific situation of Shuiwei Town and only said that he encountered their hunting team in the wilderness.

After trying to understand, Long Yuehong is quite blushed with shame:
“I even forgot about this.”

“You tend to panic as soon as you encounter a situation that may bring danger. In the future, remember to calm down and think about it.” Jiang Baiman first taught, and then reassured, “But well, you can think of it.’ The fact that the outside members of the Life Sacrifice Order ambushed us at the predetermined destination is quite good for you who have only come to the surface for the second time.”

Long Yuehong, who was praised, immediately became more confident.

He changed his mind and said excitedly:

“So, the possible danger is not in Shuiwei Town, but in Weed City?”

The two scheduled destinations of the “Old Tune Team” are Shuiwei Town and Yecao City.

Compared to Shuiwei Town, Yecao City is a more famous city among the areas where the Three Great Influences of “Pangu Creatures”, “First City” and “White Knights Group” are located, and is well known by many relic hunters and wilderness wanderers. There are no problems that cannot be found.

Jiang Baiman hasn’t spoken yet, and Shang Jianyao is equally excited to Long Yuehong:
“This is in good condition, keep it up!”

Good condition… Wait, why should I be excited? What a serious and dangerous thing! Long Yuehong suddenly wanted to raise his hand to pat his face.

“What are you excited about?” Jiang Baiman scolded Shang Jianyao again, and then said to Long Yuehong, “It’s not bad, it’s good to be able to react so quickly. We have to think about it on the next road. When the time comes, why don鈥檛 you enter the Wild Grass City without exposing yourself, how can you determine whether there is a problem with the company鈥檚 intelligence personnel there, hehe, don鈥檛 worry, get early, and handle Shuiwei Town鈥檚 affairs first.”

“Yes, team leader!” Long Yuehong responded loudly.

He feels that he is slowly transforming into a reliable team member.

After the jeep drove for a while, Bai Chen looked outside for a long time, frowns said:
“There are many traces of animal migration.”

Hearing her words, Long Yuehong realized that in the grayish and yellowish wilderness, there are many footprints squeezed in one place, as if stepping out of a road connecting north and south.

“This year’s climate is not normal. Many monster groups are migrating, and the animals should be similar.” Jiang Baiman recalled the news and news he had read and heard, his expression seemed quite touching, “I am sorry for many For the wilderness wanderers, this winter is sad.”

She tone barely fell, and a group of strange birds flew in mid-air.

They are much larger than crows, their bodies are covered with black feathers, and their skulls are exposed, contaminated with filth.

The birds flew lower and lower, and soon fell into the swamp not far away.

During this process, they didn’t make a sound, and they were silent as if they didn’t exist.

Bai Chen saw this scene, and said with a slight sigh:
“Bird of Death…

“It seems that there are many dead bodies over there.”

“Bird of Death? Is this a crow?” Long Yuehong asked curiously.

He remembers that it was mentioned in the textbook that crows were regarded as ominous in many places in the old world, and they were called Bird of Death.

Bai Chen retracted his eyes and explained in detail:

“This is an aberrant creature, we all call it Bird of Death or Bone Crow.

“They only eat dead bodies. Where they gather, there must be death.”

Jiang Baiman, who was driving, nodded lightly and added two sentences:
“This kind of distorted crow is amazing. With its skull exposed, it can still live very well.

“They are not offensive to living creatures, but if you encounter them, be careful. They can stick out a tube from their mouth, similar to a fly, and spit out digestive juice from it. This digestive juice is dangerous and can quickly The corpse melts into juice, which is convenient for the bone crow to eat.

“Since this kind of digestive juice can melt dead bodies, then I think it should not be bad when it gets on the living people.”

Long Yuehong thought about the next scene, and suddenly hissed.

“Then the problem is here.” Shang Jianyao said enthusiastically, “How is the meat of this crow? What does it taste like when grilled?”

Jiang Baiman glared at the guy sideways:
“This kind of crow itself has been deformed, plus the characteristics of the food and living environment, I don’t know how many toxins and germs it carries.”

After she finished speaking, Bai Chen suddenly opened the mouth and said:

“The meat is of very good quality.”

Jiang Baiman holds the steering wheel with one hand and touches his ears with the other:

“Have you eaten?”

“Well, it was a winter like now, and there was not enough food. Compared to humans, I think eating bone crows is more acceptable…” Bai Chen said in a reminiscence, “The meat is surprisingly good. The egg is the best egg I have ever eaten…”

Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong both raised their hands and wiped the corners of their mouths.

After doing this action, Long Yuehong woke up and felt ashamed.

Shang Jianyao turned his head and said to him earnestly:
“I controlled you with the’inference clown’, so you made the same actions as me.”

“Really?” Long Yuehong was relieved and panicked.

“Fake.” Shang Jianyao answered with a smile.

Jiang Baiman ignored the conversation between the two in the back seat and asked Bai Chen curiously:

“Will it be poisoned or contracted?”

“The poisoning may not be obvious, but it’s okay.” Bai Chen subconsciously glanced out of the window, “But we were a dozen or twenty people at the time, and almost half of them were sick and died. Their bodies have fed more bone crows… “

The corners of her mouth are slightly aroused, with a bit of ridicule at whom she is not sure.

“On earth, sometimes, the two evils can only be the lesser of two evils.” Jiang Baiman sighed sincerely.

In this kind of exchange, the gray-green jeep drove through the wilderness. Before the sky was getting dark, it dived into the swamp and circumnavigated to Shuiwei Town.

Because they already knew each other and had transactions, they belonged to trustworthy people, so after Bai Chen came forward, the guards put them directly into the town and parked the vehicle in the old position-a wooden structure at the corner of the wall Outside the shed.

Jiang Baiman just got out of the car and saw an acquaintance.

“The dog.” She smiled and said hello.

The nickname Gouzi, a member of the town guard wearing a gray fluttering windbreaker, suddenly turned red and muttered:

“Me, my name is Ding Ce…”

Bai Chen didn’t give Gouzi the opportunity to continue, so he asked directly:
“Where is Mayor Tian?”

Ding Ce’s expression suddenly became sad:
“The mayor, the mayor is ill.

“Quickly, it’s going to die soon.”

(End of this chapter)