Embers Ad Infinitum

in rain and hadn’t been washed in time.

When they came close, Bai Chen sharply noticed that a small amount of thick ice formed by snow was still on the cars’ surface.

The temperature in Cliff Village wasn’t too high in the current season, so the thick ice melted rather slowly.

The convoy quickly passed the verification, swiped their cards, and entered Cliff Village.
They then stopped at the small square in front of the public office.

Jiang Baimian retracted her gaze and smiled at Long Yuehong and the others.
“Let’s go down and greet our colleagues.”

Shang Jianyao immediately nodded.
“Meeting an old friend brings tears to my eyes.”

You make it sound like we’re really meeting an old friend… Long Yuehong criticized inwardly.
Considering his position, he didn’t say anything

Genava remained in the room as the four Old Task Force members went downstairs to the lobby.

Nearly 20 humans in thick clothes formed groups of three to five, and each occupied an area.
They chatted as they waited for the village chief to arrange their accommodation.

About five to six of them clearly had a low status.
They stood at the edge or in a corner.
They didn’t say anything and were very silent.

“Village Chief, hurry up.
Everyone is waiting to take a hot bath.
Didn’t I send you a telegram in the morning to get you to prepare in advance?” urged a man in his forties with grizzled hair.
He had clearly undergone genetic enhancement to a certain extent, but the effects weren’t too good.
His originally good looks were increasingly lost due to the sag in his cheeks, making him look a little harsh.

The village chief smiled obsequiously.
“Researcher Xu, I was just about to distribute the keys and bring you guys up.
“Ah, Team Leader Jiang, this is the Researcher Xu I mentioned.
Researcher Xu, this is Team Leader Jiang, who just came from the company.
They are also going to Icefield to comple mission.”

Jiang Baimian smiled and walked over.
“Researcher Xu, I’m Jiang Baimian.”

Researcher Xu was stunned for a moment before a smile gradually appeared on his face.
“Old Jiang’s daughter?”.

Jiang Wenfeng was much more famous than Jiang Baimian when it came to Pangu Biology’s researchers.

Whenever Jiang Baimian was mentioned, they mostly referred to her as ‘Old Jiang’s beautiful, tall, and outstanding daughter.’ Later, they added the embellishment phrase ‘who has something wrong with her ears.’ Now, there was an additional phrase: ‘almost promoted to management at the age of 26.’

Jiang Baimian went with the flow and nodded with a smile.
“That’s right, Uncle Xu.
Before I came out, my father said that I might encounter an acquaintance of his on my trip to Icefield.”

“What a coincidence.” Researcher Xu was a little overjoyed by the praise.
After all, he wasn’t in management yet, but Jiang Baimian had placed him in the same position as her father.

He then instructed his scientific research team members and volunteers, “Follow the village chief up first.”

After most of the people in the lobby had left, Jiang Baimian curiously asked, “Uncle Xu, I heard that you encountered an accident this time?”

Researcher Xu sighed and said, “That’s right.
It’s relatively common in Icefield that you encounter inclement weather; you have to be careful.

“A huge blizzard suddenly stirred up, and the few volunteers outside the cars couldn’t be saved.
Considering the loss of supplies and the number of volunteers, we can only return early.”

Jiang Baimian sighed in empathy.
“Icefield is really dangerous.
Uncle Xu, what experiment are you doing this time? Heh heh, pretend I didn’t ask if it involves confidential matters.”

Researcher Xu didn’t think it was a big deal.
“It’s still the same study on how the cold environment affects human bodies and minds.”

“What’s the point of studying this?” Shang Jianyao forcefully interrupted.

Researcher Xu smiled.
“How is it meaningless? We might even be able to undergo cryogenic genetic modification in the future.
The company has never stopped exploring human evolution.”

“But this has nothing to do with cryogenic genes.” Jiang Baimian expressed her confusion.

It wasn’t like they were screening humans with high resistance to the cold to search for cryogenic genes.

“You’ll have to ask the Board of Directors.
I’m only in charge of the specific research.” Researcher Xu shrugged.

He then moved his neck.
“I’ll return to my room to get some rest.
Talk to you at dinner.”

Jiang Baimian was just about to agree when Shang Jianyao suddenly interrupted.
“As a researcher, don’t you have any guesses regarding this experiment?” Upon seeing Researcher Xu look at him with a ‘who are you and why should I answer you,’ Shang Jianyao smiled and added, “I’m also an employee of Pangu Biology and Team Leader Jiang’s subordinate.
I’m very interested in scientific research.”

Researcher Xu’s eyes glazed over for a moment.
“All this time, I personally feel that the company doesn’t just want to produce new humans with a qualitative change in the body.
It also wants a new human with a sufficiently tenacious spirit.
This has a certain correlation with the environment and experiences they will have later.”

If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc..
), Please let us know so we can fix it as soon as possible.

Tip: You can use left, right, A and D keyboard keys to browse between chapters.