Embers Ad Infinitum

"Insane?" Shang Jianyao not only was not disappointed, but his eyes lit up, "The correct statement should be mental illness."

Ding Ling waved his hand:

"Get used to it.

"Anyway, their brains are not normal, don't worry about them."

Shang Jian Yao perseveredly asked:

"How abnormal?"

Ding Ling saw that Xue Shiyue and others were also a little interested in this question, and briefly explained:

"They have a problem with their brains. In my words, they are suffering from persecution delusions. They always feel that someone wants to harm them and control them."

"What's the reason?" Shang Jianyao was quite curious.

Ding Ling pointed to his left chest:

"I was scared by the'no heart disease'.

"They suspect that most of the members of the'Material Coordinating Committee' have fallen, and are colluding with certain forces that are hidden in the dark and causing the destruction of the old world. They quietly use brain control devices to influence everyone, so that everyone obeys without knowing it. Even thinking is no longer free."

The brain control device...it is indeed ill...Long Yuehong has only seen similar things in the old world entertainment materials.

Ding Ling continued:

"And once someone finds something wrong and has the idea of ​​resistance, his thinking ability will be erased, and only biological instincts will remain, that is, he will become a ‘unintentional’.

"Well, that's how they explained the cause of'innocent disease'."

Brain control device, mind erasure, "no heart disease"... Jiang Baimian had to admit that the group of "Salvation Army" members really think very broadly.

And their theory sounds really like that and cannot be completely denied.

Because the internal logic of this statement is self-consistent, it’s just that whether there is a brain-control device or not has to be said otherwise, and now no one has investigated the source of the "intentional disease" and can give a strong refutation, even the "old" The tune-up team itself only feels that it has something to do with the “new world” and “darkness”, and lacks sufficient evidence.

"That's it..." Shang Jian Yao looked like he was going to be persuaded, "Then why do they put the aluminum pot on their heads?"

Ding Ling said not too sure:

"Probably the brain control device controls the operation of the human brain by influencing brain waves. Only when the entire head is placed under the protection of an aluminum pot can you maintain freedom of thought and see the truth of the world clearly.

"So, they wear aluminum pans at any time, even if they sleep at night."

Sure enough, there is a mental problem... Long Yuehong is sure again.

Shang Jian Yao clapped his hands:

"What a great performance art!

"and…"

He turned his head to look at Gnawa:

"This is the same as your electromagnetic shielding suit."

"Indeed." Gnawa was very honest.

Long Yuehong shuddered at this, and quickly asked:

"Then do any of them still suffer from ‘unintentional disease’?"

"There must be." Ding Ling replied very simply.

Long Yuehong breathed a sigh of relief, annoyed that she was fooled by Shang Jian Yao again without a trace.

Bai Chen thought about this from another angle:

"In the style of your'Salvation Army', why would you allow these people to walk upright on the street instead of sending them to a mental hospital?"

"They have been propagating that if they are targeted, it means that their suspicions are correct: Most of the members of the'Material Coordination Committee' have fallen, and they want to use brain control this method to stay above the top forever and generation after generation." Ding Ling He sneered, "Anyway, they only have unique behaviors in this respect, which does not affect their work, and some of them are hidden deep. They don't wear aluminum pans directly. Instead, they get aluminum sheets and sewn them into the interlayer of the hat. It looks like a normal person from above."

Jiang Baimian nodded thoughtfully:

"Such thoughts always have their roots? Didn't you find the first person who spread this kind of statement and put them in jail?"

"I'm not quite sure about this." Ding Ling turned his side and pointed to the ten-story gray high-rise building behind him. "It's getting late. I'll take you to get the pass first."

Long Yuehong looked intently and saw several vertical plaques with black characters on a white background hanging beside the door of that building:

"Ubei Management Committee"

"Immigration Department"

"Tax Office"

"Security Inspection Office"

…

Ding Ling led Jiang Baimian and others into the building, and casually explained:

"In fact, most of us don't need to pay taxes, and the corresponding part is already deducted when the bills and change are issued.

"The tax department is set up for immigrants, cross-border traders and relic hunters like you, and belongs to the same system as the immigration department and the security inspection department."

Jiang Baimian took a breath and said:

"Then don't the supplies we bring have to be taxed?"

This is much stricter than the "First City".

Ding Ling laughed:

"That's why I asked you to take out a large part of the supplies and exchange them into bills."

It would be nice to have someone familiar with the road...Long Yuehong sighed sincerely.

Jiang Baimian asked about another thing instead.

She pointed to Gnawa and said:

"The robot should be a controlled product. Doesn't it really affect the issuance of the pass?"

"The problem is not big." Ding Ling replied quite confidently, "It's just that there will be one attached to the pass. You can't bring this robot into the settlement, lest it suddenly become out of control and cause a tragedy. As for Wubei, there are many robots. Yes."

What she meant was that Wubei had enough strength to suppress the robots coming in disorder.

"That's good, that's good..." Jiang Baimian breathed a sigh of relief.

Since the robots are okay, there should be no other problems.

Shang Jianyao looked at Gnawa sympathetically:

"You are pitiful."

"Hey." Gnawa made a cooperative voice.

During the exchange, Ding Ling asked his subordinates to leave on their own, as a holiday, and led Shang Jianyao and others into a certain hall on the side of the first floor.

The sign of "Immigration Department" is hung here.

Ding Ling didn't say hello to the staff on the scene, and went straight into an office deep in the hallway, smiling to the old man inside:

"Grandpa Hong, there are a few relic hunters here who want to apply for a pass."

The old man was in his 60s and 70s, with sparse white hair, sharp eyes, and a hard temperament. He was wearing blue, stiff clothes that represented political officials rather than military officers.

He seemed to notice that someone was approaching, glanced at the door, and nodded to Ding Ling:

"Let them in."

Ding Ling then introduced to Xue Shiyue and others:

"This is Director Hong, Director Hong of the Immigration Department. He also serves as the Director of the Taxation Department. He is an old comrade-in-arms of my deceased grandfather."

Shang Jian Yao was immediately excited, and stepped forward a few steps:

"Are you a veteran of the'Salvation Army' who has experienced the chaotic years and the early days of the new calendar?"

Hong Guangming looked up and down Shang Jianyao alertly:

"I was born in the early days of chaos, and only joined in the later period. I have experienced a lot of things."

Shang Jian Yao's back was straightened, and he pressed his left chest with his right hand:

"For all mankind!"

Seeing Hong Guangming's suspicious face, Jiang Baimian quickly explained:

"He is an ardent admirer of your'Salvation Army', and he especially likes what you did in the late chaotic years and early new calendar."

Hong Guangming breathed a sigh of relief, stood up and said:

"Since Xiaoling brought it, you can briefly talk about your origin and purpose. I will check which materials you have brought and whether there are weapons of mass destruction, and you can issue the pass."

He gave a low laugh:

"If you change to someone else, you have to go to the security checkpoint first."

After he stood up, Jiang Baimian discovered that his left arm and right leg were obviously abnormal, and it seemed that he had transplanted an unknown model of mechanical prosthesis.

This can be seen from the iron black color of his left palm and the movement of getting up.

Perceiving her gaze, Hong Guangming was not angry, and said with a smile:

"Lost in a battle, just like your companion."

Long Yuehong's mechanical arm is quite obvious.

Shang Jian Yao cast a respectful look at him.

"Trouble you, Grandpa Hong." Ding Ling let out the road at the door.

Hong Guangming then limped over.

It was not the mechanical right leg that had the problem, but the human left leg.

It seems that because of its advanced age, it can't keep up with the rhythm of the mechanical right leg, and it is slightly uncoordinated.

Ding Ling did not try to support Hong Guangming, and signaled Shang Jian Yao and others not to do so, as if he was afraid that this would hurt the other party's self-esteem.

Battle injury is a medal, old age is another matter.

After leaving the building of the Wubei Management Committee and coming next to the jeep of the "Old Tune Team", Hong Guangming looked at Jiang Baimian:

"It can be said about your origin and purpose."

Jiang Baimian simply repeated the things that Ding Ling said before, and finally emphasized:

"We are really wanted by'First City'."

"The Hunter Guild also has their reward..." Ding Ling helped prove.

"Wanted by'First City', planning a big conspiracy?" Hong Guangming smiled carelessly, "What conspiracy?"

"That was the excuse they made." Shang Jianyao was about to answer honestly, but Jiang Baimian took the lead. "In fact, we stole some information, and later killed some of them in the anti-hunting."

Hong Guangming glanced at a few of them again, jokingly said:

"You don't really carry weapons of mass destruction, do you?"

While talking, he motioned to Long Yuehong to open the trunk and let himself check.

"A little canned food...Single-soldier combat rocket launcher, haha, this is not counted, its power is limited..." Hong Guangming checked them one by one, pointing to the innermost four crates and said, "What is this?"

"Three military exoskeleton devices, two bionic smart armors." Shang Jianyao answered honestly.

Ding Ling was helpless, Hong Guangming laughed:

"It's worthy of being a wanted criminal with Van Ole's worth. Open it and let me see."

Long Yuehong, Bai Chen, Shang Jianyao, and Gnawa each dragged out a box and opened it on the spot.

The scene suddenly fell into extreme silence.

Ding Ling looked stupidly, and suddenly felt that this team was wanted for no reason.

They won't really steal three military exoskeleton devices and two bionic smart armors from the "primary city"?

Hong Guangming is a person who has seen the world and experienced life and death. He quickly recovered and looked at Jiang Baimian and others:

"You guys are really not easy...

"These equipment are all controlled products. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com"

Ding Ling suddenly woke up, took a few steps forward, came to Hong Guangming, took out a stack of bills, and said in a low voice:

"Grandpa Hong, just be comfortable, they really just want to go to the ice field to explore the ruins."

This part of the bill is slightly equal to the profit she grabbed from the previous transaction with the "old-tone group".

Hong Guangming weighed the bills and nodded slightly:

"You said so."

He immediately warned the "old tune group":

"Well, these items cannot be brought into the settlement, I will write it clearly on the pass."

Jiang Baimian breathed a sigh of relief, and subconsciously glanced at Shang Jianyao.

Shang Jian Yao looked dazed, as if she had turned into a statue.