long night fire

"Xiaoshang, have you returned from work?"

Shang Jian Yao replied with a smile:

"Well, I'm back from picking up trash."

"..." Shen Du couldn't understand Shang Jianyao's answer, and explained instead, "I heard what Lao Chen said. I haven't seen you for a few days. I thought something happened to you, but he told me , You joined the security department and went out to the field."

"What a pity." Shang Jianyao responded.

"..." Shen Du couldn't keep up with his train of thought at all, so he could only laugh to himself, "Everyone misses you very much, see you later."

Shang Jian Yao showed a troubled expression:

"It's a pity that I didn't bring you any presents.

"How about I do a show?"

"No, there's no need." Shen Du found himself talking to each other.

He hinted at the gathering tomorrow morning, and bid farewell to Shang Jianyao in a hurry.

Shang Jianyao then entered the "activity center" and greeted people he knew or didn't know.

Chen Xianyu, the director of the "Activity Center", was sitting on a small creaking bench. When he saw Shang Jianyao coming in, he hurriedly raised his right arm and waved, beckoning him to come to his side.

"How? How is the harvest this time?" He asked curiously.

Before Shang Jianyao could answer, he pointed to the odds and ends in front of him:

"Do you want the old man to sell it for you?

"Only a few contribution points are drawn."

Shang Jianyao squatted down, picked up old man Chen's tattered mechanical watch that had not been sold for a long time, and asked seriously:

"Will the armored vehicles be too crowded here?"

"?" Chen Xianyu didn't understand what the other party meant for a moment.

Shang Jianyao continued to ask:

"Can heavy machine guns be sold in this kind of place?"

"You think the company is dead!" Old man Chen instinctively scolded, "They will definitely let you hand in this kind of thing! Er... also, you just came back, and all the gains are still under review, and you can't Know what you'll get in the end."

Speaking of this, Chen Xianyu laughed and scolded:

"You can just talk about this kind of thing directly, why go around such a big circle?

"Also armored vehicles, heavy machine guns, why didn't you say that you also got military exoskeleton devices?"

Shang Jian Yao thought for a while:

"It depends on whether you really want it.

"such a pity……"

"It's a pity!" Chen Xianyu cursed casually, and turned to concern, "How is it? This field trip is going well, right?"

Shang Jianyao thought about it:

"Very exciting."

"Exciting ghost!" Chen Xianyu laughed, "What kind of dangerous field missions do you guys have? The most you can do is to hunt rabbits in the surrounding area of ​​the company and play wild survival."

Shang Jian Yao gave a "hmm":

"Rabbits are hard to deal with."

"Haha." Chen Xianyu made a mocking voice, "I remember when I first shot rabbits, I used a rifle from the old world, which should be eliminated by now. In short, with one shot, the whole rabbit was shattered, and my heart ached. what……"

At this time, an employee came over to look at the items on the street stall, and old man Chen quickly made an introduction and stopped talking to the manager to see Yao.

Shang Jian Yao straightened up slowly, walked to the corner of the "Activity Center" and the most deserted place, pulled up a chair, and sat down.

He didn't find anyone to chat with, and looked around quietly:

A group of men are gathered around a small wooden table, playing cards, whoever loses the game will have their stools removed, and they can only play while squatting;

Next to them, there were more people, some folded their hands and commented, some sighed loudly and expressed regret, some laughed and laughed constantly, some frequently urged, wanting to play;

A little further away, women like Ren Jie sat together and chatted about various rumors within the company. Some of them were still distracted with using rags to cover the soles of their shoes, and knitting for their children with wool exchanged in the "supply market". clothes, feeding babies with plastic bottles that have been passed down through generations;

In another corner, several couples of young people each occupied one side and whispered there. In front of them, some were packed with edible candy and snacks, and some were holding orange or green glass bottles. The luxuries exchanged in the material supply market, most people only exchange some during the New Year and holidays, but young people who have just been assigned to work and are in the stage of dating are relatively extravagant, and they can still eat and drink at home anyway;

Outside the window of the "Activity Center", on the edge of the ceiling illuminated by street lamps, in the hidden place between two rows of houses, the figures are shaking, sometimes elongated, sometimes separated;

On the way to the "Material Supply Market", someone was carrying an empty glass bottle of different colors, wanting to exchange for some contribution points;

Indoors and outdoors, any relatively open place has become a battlefield for children to run around...

Shang Jianyao looked at such a scene with a peaceful expression, without any movement.

After he didn't know how long he looked at it, Long Yuehong walked in from the door.

After greeting people she knew one by one, Long Yuehong found Shang Jianyao in the corner:

"How did you come?"

He remembered that Shang Jianyao liked to stay at home at this time, waiting for the hourly news and various radio programs after that.

Moreover, this time I just came back from the outside, and I definitely need more rest.

Seeing that Yao didn't answer Long Yuehong's question, Shang asked with a smile:

"Why didn't you go to that Feng, the girl from the radio station?"

"Feng Yunying." Long Yuehong sat down and sighed, "I just went to find her and found out that she is in a relationship with someone else."

Shang Jian Yao then sighed:

"Hey, I did genetic modification before..."

"Stop!" Long Yuehong forcibly interrupted him, and said instead, "Actually, I can understand that I've been out for a month, and I don't know when I can come back, and I don't know if I can come back. I just met, even friends are reluctant, how could she wait for me?"

Shang Jianyao glanced at Long Yuehong:

"Do you know what I'm going to say?"

Long Yuehong replied with a serious expression:

"This is dust."

"No." Shang Jianyao shook his head, "Even if you don't go out to work, you don't have much hope."

"..." Long Yuehong didn't know whether to cry or get angry, "Your words are so hurtful!"

"Let your mother introduce you to another one." Shang Jianyao pressed the table with one hand and stood up.

"Well, there are at least two months before the next field trip..." Long Yuehong nodded and asked, "Are you going back?"

Before Shang Jianyao could respond, he said to himself:

"That's right, after I came back from the outside, I felt at ease and relaxed all at once.

"As soon as I relax, I feel tired and tired."

While speaking, he also stood up:

"Let's go back to sleep."

Shang Jian Yao glanced at him:

"The whole news is about to begin."

"You're not tired, and you still listen to the whole news?" Long Yuehong was a little surprised.

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly woke up:

In the "Old Tune Group", the only one who feels so tired may be myself...

Seeing that Yao didn't speak any more, Shang waved his hand, bid farewell to Long Yuehong, and returned home.

Under the white light of the ceiling fluorescent lamp, his shadow sometimes lengthened and sometimes shortened.

Not long after, Shang Jian Yao opened the door and entered the room, took off his coat, and lay down on the bed.

He didn't turn on the light, and let the outside light shine in through the window, making half of the room bright and half dark without a clear dividing line.

In such silence, the loudspeaker hanging from the ceiling outside made a buzzing sound first, and then a sweet voice with a slightly childlike feel:

"Hi everyone, I'm Hou Yi, the hourly newscaster, and it's 8 o'clock in the evening...

"Today, vice president Lin Yang, director of the company's board of directors, inspected the 'Energy Zone', emphasizing the need to ensure energy supply in winter...

"According to the surface weather forecast, in the next few days, there will be a cold wave going south from the ice sheet, and the Black Marsh wilderness will drop by 5 degrees Celsius...

"... Another case of 'no heart disease' appeared in the factory area today, and the patient has been brought under control...

"...The Ministry of Entertainment invited the heads of various units to discuss the performance of the year-end report...

"..."

The sound of the radio echoed in the slightly cold room, adding a bit of life to the place.

Chapter 5 Islands

When the street lights went out one after another and the surroundings became pitch black, Shang Jianyao raised his right hand and squeezed his temples on both sides.

He lay down completely and closed his eyes.

……

This time, the place where he appeared was not the "Hall of Stars", but the illusory sea of ​​flowing shimmering light.

In front of him was a small island with dark brown soil and jagged rocks, without any trace of life.

This is the first island that Shang Jianyao encountered after entering the "Sea of ​​Origin".

According to Du Heng, an antiquities scholar, this corresponds to the hidden fear in everyone's heart. The "islands" encountered by different awakened people will definitely not be the same, and the number is also the same.

Shang Jianyao has been staying here for many days, but still failed to defeat this "island".

There are no monsters on the island, but an extremely harsh "natural condition".

Once Shang Jianyao climbed up, all the light in front of his eyes would disappear, and there would no longer be any sound in his ears.

On the island, he seemed to be in a dark, closed, weird room, not only could he not see his fingers, but he could not even hear his own voice.

This made Shang Jianyao unable to even feel the passage of time, only felt that the darkness and silence seemed to have turned into substance, slowly eroding his soul.

He can't stay on the island for too long each time, always withdrawing due to mental breakdown, extreme fear, bordering on madness.

If it wasn't for the antiquities scholar Du Heng who talked about the meaning of the "Sea of ​​Origin" and different islands, Shang Jianyao must have given up trying and instead searched for other islands in the boundless sea.

He believes that bypassing this means that he is defeated by his inner fear, and there is a high probability that the abilities of the awakened will not be improved or changed.

After staring at the island for a while, Shang Jianyao followed the predetermined plan, lowered his head, and looked at himself looming in the illusory water waves.

He hesitated for a few seconds, his eyes gradually darkened:

"They are employees of 'Pangaea', and I am also an employee of 'Pangaea';

"They are young, and I am young;

"Their parents are by their side, so..."

Shang Jian Yao paused for a moment, then answered himself:

"So, my parents are by my side."

A smile gradually appeared on his face, a soft, reassuring smile.

Without wasting any more time, Shang Jianyao grabbed onto the rock on the edge of the island with both hands, and jumped up directly.

Because the "Sea of ​​Origin" was illusory in nature, his clothes didn't get wet, and there were no drops of water dripping from his hair.

Shang Jian Yao's feet had just landed on the ground, and his eyes suddenly became pitch black, and he could no longer see anything.

This not only gave him the feeling that the space was narrow and would touch the edge at any time, but also he was inexplicably afraid of unknown dangers hidden in the depths of the darkness.

"Hello! How are you?" Shang Jianyao tried to speak loudly, but no sound could be heard.

At this moment, he seemed to be abandoned by the world, and left in an extremely terrifying place where no one cares about him.

Shang Jianyao took a tentative step, using walking to dissolve the fear and anxiety that gradually rose in his heart.