Squid Who Loves Diving
Chapter 315 Growth
Long Yuehong, holding a lunchbox, slurped the tomato fried egg noodles topped with braised beef.
"Eating it like this... canned food isn't so disgusting after all..." he remarked.
After speaking, he picked a piece of cabbage that had been placed in the broth, finding it refreshing and sweet, effectively dissolving the greasiness brought by the canned meat.
At this moment, Shang Jianyao had finished the last sip of soup, staring intently at Long Yuehong's lunchbox:
"If you can't finish it, you can give it to me."
Long Yuehong immediately stopped talking, returning his attention to the noodles.
Jiang Baimian asked Shang Jianyao with a smile:
"Still not full?
"Do you want me to get you something more to eat?"
Shang Jianyao shook his head:
"Only robbing others of their stomach capacity is left."
"Whoa!" Jiang Baimian ignored him, burying her head and taking a small bite of the fried egg, making the broth fragrant and tempting.
Bai Chen's appetite was not as good as the other three. Like Shang Jianyao, he had already finished eating and was now peeling the remaining tomatoes to use as after-dinner fruit.
A feast should look like a feast.
Before long, Jiang Baimian and Long Yuehong also finished their dinners, leaning back in their chairs, too weak to move.
"The company is still good..." Long Yuehong sighed sincerely.
This is the feeling of home.
"Yeah." Jiang Baimian smiled and said, "I hope you don't get bored after staying at home for too long."
"Won't, shouldn't, won't..." Thinking of the various experiences on the surface in the past few months, Long Yuehong's answer was not so firm.
It wasn't that he thought the company's entertainment projects were monotonous. Compared with most settlements in the graylands, the leisure activities of "Pangu Biology" employees could be described as colorful, just without those that would violate internal morality.
Long Yuehong just felt that although he liked staying at home and only interacting with familiar people, if he could never see the blue sky or feel the openness of the surrounding environment, then after a long time, he might really feel a little suffocated and uncomfortable, like a bird locked in a cage.
Shang Jianyao heard this and added for him:
"As long as there are enough old-world entertainment materials, he won't be bored, and he won't even want to find a girlfriend."
"Where is..." Long Yuehong protested softly.
He didn't continue because he was afraid that the team leader and Bai Chen would think that he was only thinking about finding a girlfriend and had his mind full of marriage and having children.
Jiang Baimian chuckled and said:
"If the old-world entertainment materials are not replenished, they will become meaningless sooner or later.
"Hey, didn't I say before? Now I want to come back after being out for a long time, and I want to go out after being back for a long time. I hope you don't become like me..."
Amidst the laughter, the four of them shared the work of washing the dishes and cleaning the office.
This made Long Yuehong feel calm, and a kind of unspeakable joy grew slowly, echoing.
I really hope it can be like this for a lifetime... he silently prayed.
...
After finishing the dinner party, Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong returned to the 495th floor together.
As soon as they got out of the elevator, they saw their friend Yang Zhenyuan walking towards them under the fluorescent lights.
"Ah, are you here to pick us up?" Shang Jianyao feigned surprise.
Yang Zhenyuan was equally surprised:
"You guys, you're finally back!"
"Pangu Biology" rarely had tasks that required going out for several months.
Of course, being assigned to certain places to do certain jobs might take two years or even longer, but there were obvious excuses for this. Unlike the "Old Task Force," no one in the neighborhood knew what they were doing when they went out.
Long Yuehong, while despising Shang Jianyao's exaggeration, smiled and responded to the tall, sturdy, fair-skinned Yang Zhenyuan:
"Yeah, we're exhausted. We should be able to take a long vacation after this."
He then asked:
"Back to see your parents?
"Where's your wife?"
He still had a very deep impression of Zhou Qi, the woman who was 10 years older than Yang Zhenyuan and came directly to his door to see her future husband.
He remembered that they had always been inseparable after their marriage. Except for work occasions, it was rare to see one without the other.
Yang Zhenyuan smiled:
"She, she's pregnant. I'm back to ask my mom for some experience."
"Congratulations!" Long Yuehong sincerely felt happy for his friend.
Shang Jianyao felt the same way, and even volunteered:
"You can ask me for advice."
"Ah?" Yang Zhenyuan looked blank.
A guy who doesn't even have a spouse is saying this?
Shang Jianyao explained sincerely:
"I have a solid theoretical foundation."
This was the confidence of a devout believer in the "Sacrifice of Life" sect.
Seeing that Yang Zhenyuan was still a little confused, Long Yuehong chuckled and smoothed things over for Shang Jianyao:
"He's flipped through old-world baby books."
"Really? Are the books still there?" Yang Zhenyuan suddenly understood.
"No, I didn't bring them back." Long Yuehong, under the influence of the team leader, could now come up with anything.
Yang Zhenyuan "uh'd" regretfully and turned to Shang Jianyao with a smile:
"Then I'll come to you for advice later."
"No problem!" Shang Jianyao stretched out his hands with a bright smile.
Yang Zhenyuan looked at him suspiciously, not too sure, and also stretched out his hands.
The four hands were clasped together, and Shang Jianyao shook them vigorously.
Yang Zhenyuan then realized that Shang Jianyao had changed a lot compared to before, a bit strange.
Maybe this was brought about by encountering too many things on the surface... Since graduating and getting married, Yang Zhenyuan had had very few opportunities to be with Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong, so he didn't think there was any major problem.
The three of them stood on the corridor street, chatting for a long time.
When it was time to say goodbye, Yang Zhenyuan sized Long Yuehong up and down:
"You're really a lot more mature than before."
"Really?" Long Yuehong was a little delighted.
Yang Zhenyuan nodded seriously:
"A lot more confident, really."
"Haha, maybe I got a tan." Long Yuehong couldn't help but be humble, but the smile on his face had already betrayed him.
Shang Jianyao next to him did not tear him down with words, but simply put his hands to his mouth and forcibly raised the corners of his mouth.
This created a flamboyant and ridiculous smile, making Long Yuehong a little guilty.
After watching Yang Zhenyuan get on the elevator, the two, who no longer needed to express friendship with a wave, turned around directly and went their separate ways.
...
Block B, No. 196.
Taking advantage of the fact that the lights were not yet off, Shang Jianyao cleaned the narrow and cramped room, lay down on the horizontally placed wooden bed, placed the pillow filled with grain husks vertically against the wall, and leaned back.
He then raised his hand and pinched his temples.
Inside the "Sea of Origins," on an island with mountains, water, and bright sunshine.
A pond has now appeared here, surrounded by several acres of farmland planted with rice and wheat.
At this time, the wheat was golden, and the rice ears were heavy, a scene of harvest.
In the sky above the island, a pea-sized cyan night-shining pearl floated, scattering points of light around it.
——When passing through the entrance security check earlier, Shang Jianyao directly transferred the solidified Dimarco aura inside the glass ball to his own mental world.
Anyway, Dimarco was dead and couldn't be deader. There was no need to worry about anyone using it to "invade."
Shang Jianyao first created nine chairs with backs, then split into eight of himself.
After they sat down, the original Shang Jianyao raised his right hand and summoned the cyan night-shining pearl.
When the pearl flew into his palm and bloomed with an even brighter light than before, the "Sea of Origins" around the island suddenly made a crash, raising giant waves dozens of meters high.
Within those giant waves, countless faint lights swelled and enlarged, reflecting the different scenes Shang Jianyao had experienced.
"Past Life Awareness," seeing the past of all living beings!
The ability that Dimarco's remaining aura can currently exert is this.
In the mental world, it can allow Shang Jianyao to recall his past memories. When fixed in reality, it can allow Shang Jianyao's consciousness to briefly leave his body, presenting the legendary appearance of a "ghost," which is the state Dimarco was in at the time.
However, there is a limit to the duration of this, as well as distance constraints.
If there is no physical protection, Shang Jianyao's consciousness is directly exposed to the natural environment and will be affected by various adverse factors. It cannot exceed three seconds at most, otherwise it will inevitably disintegrate.
Once disintegration occurs, Jiang Baimian guessed that Shang Jianyao would become very weak after his consciousness returned to his body.
And if it was more serious, he might even become a vegetable.
After his consciousness leaves his body, Shang Jianyao can directly invade the mental world of others like Dimarco, seeing all of their past experiences.
This requires the target to be within thirty meters of him, because his consciousness cannot leave his body beyond this distance.
Obviously, this is much weaker than Dimarco himself using it. Whether it is the maintenance time of the conscious life or the effective range of the ability, it is like this.
In addition, Shang Jianyao has no way to use this night-shining pearl to assimilate the target's consciousness and occupy his body.
When the scenes within the giant waves were completely presented, the nine Shang Jianyao began to work.
They were each responsible for an area, quickly browsing the corresponding memories.
Soon, after narrowing the scope again and again, they found the target scene.
In the scene, Shang Jianyao stood blankly at his door. A man wearing a dark baseball cap, a blue top, black trousers, and old leather shoes was bending over to pick up a thin metal tube and a small arrow from the ground.
This was the scene when Shang Jianyao encountered an attack by a "Sacrifice of Life" sect awakened.
The Shang Jianyao traced back to the past and found that a part was indeed missing in the middle.
The corresponding memories have really been deleted, and even "Past Life Awareness" cannot reproduce them.
The Shang Jianyao were not discouraged and began to carefully observe the suspect's side face and back, trying to find features.
After a while, in order not to waste the power of the cyan night-shining pearl, they took the initiative to end this attempt and reunited.
Looking back at the island, which presented a harvest scene and was completely different from the past, Shang Jianyao showed a sunny smile, turned around and jumped into the "Sea of Origins," trying to swim to the distance again.
ps: It seems to be double the monthly ticket, asking for monthly tickets in the last half day ~
ps2: Because I just finished the third summary, the April summary is fine, but it will be updated early in the morning ~