Embers Ad Infinitum

Before long, the cold night fell.

John’s room could only see part of the ship’s side, and couldn’t confirm the outside situation, so he had to talk to the merchant:

"Let's open the door and take a look. I want to know if the current situation is consistent with what you described."

Although he has accepted the assumption that people from the future travel through time and space to investigate the truth and find out the cause of the destruction of the old world, he still wants to confirm further, after all, this is related to what kind of state he will be in the next few days.

You know, the future man said that he is not unable to change history, but he dared not change history. If something goes wrong in the middle that causes the accidental death of a survivor who should have lived, he will regret it.

At that time, all futures will be reset, and it may not be possible for a scientist to invent a time machine and send another investigator over.

Moreover, subsequent investigators will inevitably maintain the changed history, and it is impossible to try to correct them, because this will lead to a new round of future resets and the existence of the investigator will be wiped out.

For this reason, John, who spent nearly half an hour thinking but still a little dizzy, decided that it would be better to figure out his current situation.

Shang Jianyao thought about it for a few seconds before concentrating on his head:

"Okay, but pay attention to safety."

John secretly breathed a sigh of relief and turned around.

Behind him, Shang Jian Yao's expression became loose and gradually became excited, and he also brought a little bit of eagerness to watch the excitement.

John, wearing a long black T-shirt, walked to the door of the room. He didn't rush out, but turned his head to the wooden board and listened carefully to the movement outside.

There seemed to be some noise in the distance, but there was silence nearby.

John carefully twisted the handle and looked outside.

The whole carpeted aisle was empty.

"At this point in time, are you all going to the restaurant?" Behind John, Shang Jianyao asked with a grin.

John shook his head subconsciously:

"It's impossible to be so unified. There are always some people ahead of time and some people delaying."

As soon as he finished speaking, a person walked in the direction of the elevator.

The man dressed in a crew uniform, pushing a dining car, ran over here in a panic.

His face was horrified and he turned his head from time to time, as if he was being chased by some terrible creature, but John found that there was nothing behind the man.

"What happened?" Ruo Wang took a step outside and tried to communicate.

The crew member ignored him at all, seeing him and Shang Jianyao as nothing, and ran to this deck with a terrified face pushing the dining car.

John completely believed in Shang Jianyao's description. All the people on the cruise ship, except for a very small number, entered a state of chaos after night fell.

At this moment, in the room diagonally across from him, the wooden door pulled out a big gap.

A red river man with his upper body poked his head out, just in time to see the previous crew member turning his head back, his face twisted and his expression horrified.

He immediately looked at John and Shang Jianyao, who were like normal people.

And John saw that in the man's room, a famous woman with exposed clothing was shaking her head, crying and laughing.

Pong!

The man closed the door.

"He's okay," John said in a rather disappointed tone.

"Who is he?" Shang Jianyao asked curiously.

John let out a sigh of relief:

"His name is Sally, and he is also a capable person, who likes to play with women."

In this era, the names of the awakened are not uniform, and some people prefer to call them or profess to be capable.

"Are you jealous of him?" the honest Shang Jian Yao asked blurted out.

Ruo's face suddenly turned gloomy:

"How can it be?

"Where is he worthy of my jealousy?"

The honest Shang Jian Yao said "Oh":

"You are a little bit jealous."

When John's expression was distorted, Shang Jian Yao, who had switched his personality, touched his chin and said:

"But he really has nothing to be jealous of. You are the son of the age. You have encountered two consecutive things related to the destruction of the old world and the son of the age who can survive."

John's expression eased:

"The joke you just made was not funny at all.

"It is a very bad thing to question the lies of a partner."

"Yes, yes." Shang Jianyao responded.

If Wang suppressed his emotions, he thought for a moment, and then said in a suppressed voice:

"Sally is a capable person, so am I, and neither of us has fallen into the state of chaos and madness you said. Perhaps the capable person will not be affected."

"You didn't tell me to watch." Shang Jianyao pointed out.

When John looked at a loss, Shang Jianyao reminded:

"According to my experience, once the capable person uses the ability at night, he will also be infected and become chaotic or crazy."

"Experience?" John asked, puzzled.

However, he quickly expressed his understanding.

This person from the future who has traveled through time and space to reach the current world may not have traveled for the first time. It is likely that because of rash use of abilities, he was infected with a state of chaos and was forcibly sent back to the future.

"Are you going to see elsewhere? The restaurant situation should be very exciting." Shang Jian Yao, who is seeking novelty and wonder, asked in a slightly instigating tone.

John shook his head without hesitation:

"I have confirmed your statement, there is no need to verify anything.

"In the next few days, we will hide in the cabin at night, don't go out, try our best to do this during the day, and change the hiding place from time to time.

"If you're hungry, go to the kitchen secretly to find food, don't go to the restaurant."

"Okay." Shang Jianyao was a little disappointed.

He immediately clapped his hands:

"You are so cautious!"

The complimented John's expression became more normal.

In this way, after Shang Jianyao withdrew several times and then re-entered, he and John came to the last night.

Listening to the chaotic and noisy sounds outside, the two people shrinking in a corner of the dark kitchen kept as quiet as possible.

After a while, John, who seemed to have been thinking for a long time, opened his mouth and said slowly:

"I feel like staying this way may not work.

"This terrifying and weird thing can really allow us to survive to the end and reach our destination safely by hiding alone?"

"I don't know." Shang Jianyao answered truthfully.

John was surprised:

"Didn't you know me in the future? Didn't you ask how I escaped this disaster in the end?"

"You won't say it." Shang Jianyao confidently pushed all the questions on the opponent.

"I won't say it?" John muttered to himself, lost in thought.

He seemed to want to reverse the strategy he should adopt now from his refusal to tell Shang Jianyao about the escape process.

It is easy to draw a conclusion:

If you simply hide until the last day and hold onto the cruise ship, there is nothing you can't say!

John stood up and cast his eyes to the kitchen door.

He considered it, and said to Shang:

"You said that in the end only a few people survived.

"Those outside now, although they are all in a state of chaos and madness, they will inevitably return to normal by daybreak, and tomorrow the cruise ship will be docked.

"They, what terrible things did they encounter in the end that caused no one to survive?

"Will such a thing happen to us?"

Shang Jian Yao thought for a while and answered sincerely:

"do not know."

John walked back and forth a few steps:

"I want to go to the captain's room. He is the owner of this cruise ship. If this anomaly is present, he should know something."

"You decide." Shang Jianyao controlled the changes in his expression, and then added, "I can't interfere in history."

John made up his mind, tightened his clothes tightly, and walked to the kitchen exit.

It may be because it is winter. Although this sea area is more to the south, people are still freezing at night.

Shang Jian Yao followed behind John, and casually pulled a piece of cloth and wrapped it around him to fight the cold of the night.

Relying on being able to sense human consciousness, the two bypassed one after another passengers and crew who were in a state of chaos and madness, especially those with aggressive tendency.

Finally, they came to the captain's room.

The door of the room was closed tightly, and there were loud shouts from time to time.

"The captain has also become chaotic and crazy?" John muttered to himself rather disappointed.

This means that he may not be able to ask anything, maybe he will be attacked.

He didn't hesitate for too long, but still tried to twist the handle.

The door didn't move.

"I'm coming!" Shang Jian Yao eagerly tried to kick the door.

"Can't you interfere with history?" John looked down at him in surprise.

Shang Jianyao replied confidently:

"Don't you give up if I don't open the door?"

"Yes." John accepted the explanation.

History has not changed.

Pong!

Shang Jian Yao raised his right foot and kicked the door directly.

John immediately saw what was inside.

A man in his forties who has a relatively round body and who seems to be able to get basic food in this chaotic era, is wearing a white bed sheet and knelt there on one knee.

He turned a deaf ear to the door being kicked open, but looked at the ceiling and shouted in an aria:

"Oh my goddess!

"Please accept my love!"

Another crazy one... John turned his head to look at Shang Jianyao, and said carefully:

"Let's look for it ourselves, maybe there are clues hidden in this room."

Shang Jian Yao did not respond to his proposal, looked at the captain, and kindly reminded:

"Your goddess is not here."

The captain's body suddenly turned around, his face full of obsession and enthusiasm.

He replied loudly:

"She is in my body!"

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