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Jiang Baimian

## Appearance

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## Powers and Abilities

### Genetic Enhancements

* Electric Sensory: Can locate electric signals in surroundings.
* Enhanced Holding Breath

### Mechanical Enhancements

* Electric Release:
* Consciousness Connection: Releases anesthetic or poison gas when motionless.

### Natural Abilities

#### Sharpshooter

Jiang Baimian is a real sharpshooter. Among the employees who had undergone genetic enhancement and had good firearms talent in Pangu Biology, Jiang Baimian was the best among the best.

### Awakened Abilities

#### Spatial Hallucination

This ability will interfere with the target’s perception of space, making them lose their bearings. It also seems like a certain level of severance and reconstruction can be done, creating the desired environment.

#### Item Agnosia

This ability will interfere with the target’s perception of items. The target would misrecognize one item for another. For example, treating canned food as a bomb.

#### Stimulation Disorder

This ability will modify one related reaction to a corresponding stimulation. For example closing ones eyes when hearing a sound.

## References

2. ↑ Chapter 14
3. ↑ Chapter 911
4. ↑ Chapter 163
5. ↑ Chapter 22
6. ↑ Chapter 564
Bouillon

Elder Bouillon, also known as Shepherd, is an Elder of the Anti-Intellectualism Church. He’s from the Red River. And he’s in charge of First City’s greater district, not the entirety of the First City faction, but the city and its surrounding suburbs. He was responsible for holding the ceremony of the Awakenening of Last Man's believers, including Guo Zheng and Father.

His voice is described as making one feel a little uncomfortable; it’s like a wound in the throat that never heals

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chapter 175
Blackmarsh Iron Snake

Blackmarsh Iron Snake is a special species of python that has been infected during the Old World's destruction, producing abnormal but stable heredity traits.

Their most prominent characteristic is their bodies being covered in layers of slippery scales that look like black iron, leaving most firearms useless.

In addition, they have poison sacs that can allow them to release highly corrosive venom. These pythons can also create a terrifying poisonous fog that is very harmful to both plants and animals.

With these two factors combined, the Blackmarsh Iron Snake are nightmarish creatures. Even with a certain number of troops, it is difficult to defend against them without using heavy weapons or special weapons.

## Appearance

They can easily reach 10 meters in length and 0.5 meters in width and their bodies are covered with pitch-black scales that shimmer with metallic luster. Their eyes are dark yellow and color and their mouth contains sharp teeth with a extremely red tongue.
Bai Chen

## Powers & Abilities

### Abilities

Firearms talent, enhanced self recovery, and enhanced immunity genetic enhancement. Merfolk biomechanical limb.

## Appearances

### Death shown in

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**Bai Chen** (白晨) was once a nomad in the wilderness and was later recruited by Pangu Biology. She volunteered to be a member of the Old Task Force, so that she can have the qualifications to become an official employee and raise her level quickly and receive genetic modification.

## Appearance

Bai Chen was about 1.6 meters tall. She always had a gray, old-fashioned scarf wrapped around her neck. She has short black hair. Her facial features were still considered exquisite, with yellowish-brown eyes. Her skin was rather rough, as though the elements had hardened her.

## Personality

As a human who had wandered the wilderness for many years, she had plenty of experience.

## Background

She was a nomad from the wildness and making a living as a Ruin Hunter by picking scraps in safer zones. Later, she’s recruited by the company.

She was also a escaped slave from 1st city. Who escaped from her master Asus. Her slave number given at the time was 105.
Buddha Subhuti

**Buddha Subhuti** is one of the Kalendaria. ‘He’ is the ruler of January, the beginning of all things. ‘He’ is the source and embodiment of consciousness.

## Awakened

Awakened in the Subhuti domain are roughly distributed in the senses and consciousness. The price paid is related to the mental state, desires, and sensory matters. At the same time, there are Awakened in this domain who can’t lie.

After entering Mind Corridor Awakened from this domain would obtain Matter Interference.

### Abilities

* Six Senses Deprivation:
	+ Visual Deprivation
	+ Auditory Deprivation
	+ Tactile Deprivation
	+ Gustatory Deprivation
	+ Olfactory Deprivation(caused by special reasons)
	+ Consciousness Deprivation
	+ Perceptual Confusion (Sixth Sense)
	+ Self-concept Deficit
* The Seventh Sense (the influence of consciousness):
	+ Hungry Ghost Realm of the Six Realms of Rebirth and Existence
	+ Animal Realm of the Six Realms of Rebirth and Existence
	+ Hell realm of the Six Realms of Rebirth and Existence
	+ Deva Realm of the Six Realms of Rebirth and Existence
	+ Asura Realm of the Six Realms of Rebirth and Existence
	+ Human Realm of the Six Realms of Rebirth and Existence
	+ Clairvoyance
	+ Premonition
* Alaya (the core ability):
	+ Destiny Connection
	+ Divine Mirror Connection
	+ Heaven’s Eye
	+ Heavenly Ears
	+ Mind-reading
	+ Tactile Connection
	+ Gustatory Connection

### Prices

* Split personality
* Mental disorder
* Sensory loss (loss of one of the four senses)
* Can't lie
* Reduced or increased lust

## Related Group

* Monks Conclave
* Crystal Consciousness Church
* Asceticism Department

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 36
2. ↑ Chapter 318
3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 Long Night Setting (2) by Cuttlefish
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Chapter 306
5. ↑ Chapter 307
6. ↑ Chapter 38
7. ↑ Chapter 164
8. ↑ Chapter 475
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Chapter 490
10. ↑ Chapter 164
11. ↑ Chapter 481
12. ↑ Chapter 615
13. ↑ Chapter 37
Asus Julias

He is the son of Beulis Julias, First City’s consul and Commander-in-Chief. He is an Awakened in the Mandara domain.

## Appearance

Asus had a tall figure, black hair, and blue eyes. He was handsome, and the lines on his face looked like they were carved. The most beautiful thing about Asus’s face was his eyes. They were deep, charming, and seemed to be electrifying.

## Awakened Abilities

* Pain Control: Can control sensitivity to pain.
* Greed: Make others prioritize money.

### Price

* Sexual obsession: He can use the effect of his price to distinguish and remember the smells of women he has interacted with many times.

## Items

* Flower of Love: A withered flower that can cause enhanced lust.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 401
2. ↑ Chapter 535
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chapter 536
Furnace Church

The **Furnace Church** believes in August’s Kalendaria, Door of Scorching. They believe to be the orthodox Church instead of Dance of Frenzy.

Dancing is a way of pleasing the deity. The way the Church bows is a special dance; it symbolizes everyone’s instinctive reaction before the Kalendaria.

The Furnace Church is mainly located in the Linhai Alliance.

## Doctrine

The Furnace Church believe that the focus is on Scorching and Fire. This forms the concept of a smelting furnace, and it then extends to dancing and hotpot. In Church, August is a holy period, and August’s heat is another aura of the deity.

## Command Structure

The supreme leader is the Incandescent Man—the Kalendaria’s envoy and spokesperson, Divine Dancer. The person in charge of a parish is a Dedicator. The person who preaches daily is an Extoller. Ordinary believers are collectively called The Grateful.

## Holy Communion

The Holy Communion is related to fire. It is called ‘hotpot’ in the Old World.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Chapter 240
2. ↑ Chapter 252
Han Wanghuo

He is the capable Sheriff in Redstone Collection and exhibits the qualities of a noble Knight. He is a subhuman, he lived his life trying to be like a human beacuse when people discovered the true they often tryed to kill him.

### Phisical ablities

He is a good shoter, Bai chan said that he is probably way better than her.

This is only meant to be a short description for people who need a reminder of who this character is since some of the Chinese sounding names are more difficult to remember and differentiate for English speakers.
Cuttlefish That Loves Diving

**Cuttlefish that Loves Diving** is a prolific web novel author and the author of *Embers Ad Infinitum*.

## Works

His other English-translated works include:

* 2013~2018: Throne of Magical Arcana *(Completed)*
* 2014~2018: The Sage Who Transcended Samsara *(Translation on hiatus)*
* 2016~2018: Martial Arts Master *(Completed)*
* 2018~2020: Lord of the Mysteries *(Completed)*
* 2020~2022: Embers Ad Infinitum
* 2023~: Lord of the Mysteries Book 2: The Circle of Inevitability

## External Links

* Cuttlefish that Loves Diving's Author Page on Qidian
* Cuttlefish that Loves Diving's Official Weibo account

### Translated Article:

* Wechat Post About World Settings, Posted by Cuttlefish Prior to Book Release
* Cuttlefish’s New Book Exclusive Interview Reveal By Yuewen Official Weibo Account (11-18-2020)
Arbiter of Fate

**Arbiter of Fate** is one of the Kalendaria. ‘She’ helms December. ‘She’ marks the end but also symbolizes the arrival of a new year. ‘She’ is the terminator of the Old World and also the establisher of the New World.

She is also the "Boss" behind Pangu biology.

## Awakened

Awakened in this domain control heart and breathing. The known price is eye abnormalities and limb paralysis.

### Brain part

Arbiter of Fate domain corresponds to the Brainstem in the brain.

Brainstem: There are many important nerve centers in the brainstem, including the cardiovascular motor center, respiratory center, swallowing center, as well as reflex centers like vision, hearing, and balance.

### Abilities

* Control of the heart
	+ Cardiac arrest
	+ Heartbeat acceleration (Tachycardia)
	+ Shock
	+ Angina Pectoris
	+ Myocardial Ischemia
	+ Bradycardia
	+ Heart Rupture
	+ Coronary Artery Decompression
* Respiratory Switch
	+ Respiratory Amnesia (forget how to breath)
	+ Respiratory Muscle Weakness
	+ Tachypnea
	+ Sobbing Respiration (manifested as intoxication - fatigue, weakness, drowsiness, chest tightness, dizziness, diarrhea)
	+ Tidal breathing (manifested as carbon dioxide poisoning)
* Interference with swallowing
	+ Choking to death
	+ Severe Indigestion
	+ Inability to eat

### Prices

* Limb Paralysis
* Frequent Coma
* Malfunction of eye movement and pupillary adjustment (visual impairment)
* Drowsiness
* Decorticate Posturing
* Higher than normal body temperature
* Chronic Gastric Problems

## Related Group

* Life Ritual
* End Year City
* End Year Church
* Evernight Parish
* Sunset Church
* Pangu Biology

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 7
2. ↑ Chapter 318
3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 Long Night Setting(9) by Cuttlefish
4. ↑ Chapter 105
5. ↑ Chapter 209
6. ↑ Chapter 455
7. ↑ Chapter 208
8. ↑ Chapter 938
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Chapter 811
True Self Church

The **True Self Church** believes in February’s Kalendaria, Dawn. They advocate the true self. Dawn is the true self. The true self is Dawn.

## Doctrine

Their philosophy was to torture themselves and find the true self amidst pain. The more pain they feel, the more it makes them forget the externalities and past. It makes them see their true self. The Path of Dreams is the wrong path taken by heretics and cultists. Their consciousness will indeed be swallowed by nightmares, and they will become Heartless in reality. But they aren’t just talking about dreamscapes. In their religion, dreams are a wider concept. It refers to the various problems that conceal the true self. Everyone has the true self in them—the true self is Dawn. As long as you can find your true self inside, you can escape the dream and enter the New World.

## Members

* General Phocas
* Ugo
Creatures and Plants

There are many different kinds of Creatures and Plants found throughout the world.

## Creatures

### Blackmarsh Iron Snake

The **Blackmarsh Iron Snake** is a type of python that had been infected during the Old World’s destruction, producing abnormal but stable heredity traits. Their most prominent characteristic is that their bodies were covered in layers of slippery scales that looked like black iron, leaving most firearms useless. In addition, they have poison sacs that could allow them to release highly corrosive venom. These pythons can also create a terrifying poisonous fog that is harmful to plants and animals.

Blackmarsh Iron Snakes seems to have the ability to sense danger timely. In other words, when someone hid in the distance and aimed at its weak eyes with a sniper rifle in an attempt to blow up its head, it could react in advance and take evasive maneuvers.

### Nightmare Horse

The **Nightmare Horse** is a special creature who can affect people's dreams, turning it into a nighmare. As long as one's dream is affected by it, dying in it is equivalent to die in real life. Qiao Chu was chased by it for more than a hundred kilometers because of his bewitchment powers.

### Slumber Cat

The **Slumber Cat**, named by Jiang Baimian, is a feline creature, about a meter long. Its body doesn't have any fur or skin, and its blood-red ‘muscles’ are directly exposed. Its tail resembles a scorpion’s. It's covered in a hard, brown carapace with barbs growing out of it. On its shoulder are clumps of white bone spurs that looked like decorations. It has four ears on its head. It's powers can make a target fall asleep. It was later revealed to be Xiaochong's pet.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chapter 19
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chapter 63
3. ↑ Chapter 71
4. ↑ Chapter 79
Kanna

**Kanna** is the youngest daughter of First City's Elder Meyer. She is also a Mind Corridor-level Awakened. She is in the Eidolon Nun domain.

## History

Her father was part of First City’s military system and was mainly in charge of battlefield treatment. Once, he chanced upon Elder Huang from Pangu Biology when conquering a settlement. They had a lot in common in medicine and biology, and so quickly became friends. Back then, Oray seized power and declared himself emperor. That left many First City’s Elders uneasy.

In order to better the family’s continuation, her father provided the company with biological materials, hoping to nurture a few more descendants in the underground building. This is how Kanna was born.

Kanna grew up in the company, only moving around in specific areas without much contact with other employees. She Awakened naturally and underwent genetic enhancement. She was sent to First City, returning to her family as an illegitimate daughter.

## Awakened Abilities

* Friendly Halo: Makes all creatures with high intelligence that entered a certain range have a good impression of her and become friendly. She could also make two people—who were supposed to be at odds and close to coming to blows—sit down and have a chat over tea. Once it is no longer maintained, all friendliness ceases.
* Matter Interference

## Items

* A necklace with the passive ability to sense fatal danger and warn the owner and wake them up.
* Sluggish: A ring made of diamond shards. It can slow down the target’s instinctive reaction toward another person they were watching, as well as slow down any corresponding premonition.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 513
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Chapter 521
3. ↑ Chapter 520
Shang Jianyao

* Physical Book
* Qidian

**Shang Jianyao** (商见曜) is the main protagonist of *Embers Ad Infinitum*. He is a resident of Pangu Biology and a member of the Old Task Force. He is also Awakened.

## Appearance

Shang Jianyao is about 1.85 meters tall and well-built. He had straight eyebrows and bright brown eyes. His face was deeply contoured, and his black hair was slightly messy, covering half of his forehead.

## Personality

### Split personalities

After clearing the disease island in the sea of origins, Shang Jianyao developed 9 split personalities. After accommodating the Shang Jianyao guarding the golden lift, this developed into 10 distinct personalities.

Calm and rational Shang Jianyao.

Rash and bold Shang Jianyao

Shang Jianyao who likes novelty

Timid and Ruthless Shang Jianyao

Shang Jianyao who likes to joke

Childish Shang Jianyao

Zen Master Redemption

Cheerful Shang Jianyao

Honest Shang Jianyao

Shang Jianyao who abhors evil

## Background

Originally he lived with his parents in Floor 495, Area A, Room 28. His father, Shang Shi’an, was a D7 level employee. He went missing with the entire ‘Old Task Force’ in Year 37 of the New Calendar. His mother, Zhang Ruxin, was a normal D3 employee—a primary school teacher. She passed away in October of Year 40 of the New Calendar.

From October Year 40 to September Year 43, Shang Jianyao grew up in an orphanage on the 495th floor before being admitted into the university’s electronics department. And he was assigned to the Floor 495, Area B, No.196.

In May Year 46, Shang Jianyao voluntarily applied to become a confidential experiment volunteer and participated in the C-14 project. Then concealed the fact that he had become an Awakened. He pretended to have delusional disorder.

On July 10th, Year 46, he graduated from university. He gave up on the marriage assignment under the pretext of Dr. Lin's certificate. He applied to Security Department and joined Jiang Baimian's Old Task Force.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Chapter 5
2. ↑ Chapter 9
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chapter 3
4. ↑ Chapter 894
5. ↑ Chapter 218
Chen Xianyu

**Chen Xianyu** is the person-in-charge of the Rec Center on the 495th floor of Pangu Biology.

He was once part of the Security Department. He was in charge of expedition members and had always been a D7 team leader. Later, he left the Security Department due to his age and was promoted to become a D8 manager, who was in charge of the 495th floor's Rec Center.
Eternals

Humans had made groundbreaking progress in certain technologies before the Old World was destroyed.

Among these breakthroughs, the most outstanding and admirable one was **consciousness uploads**.

This technology could transmit a human’s consciousness to a specially designed robot bionic chip through special equipment. This allowed humans to escape the restrictions of their fragile bodies. They would no longer age, become unwell, or starve. They also no longer died from the passage of time. All they needed to do was carry out maintenance or switch carriers periodically to achieve consciousness-level immortality.

As time passed, the Eternals gradually revealed many **problems**. This wasn’t because they were malicious, but that **the technology was far from mature**. Among them, the most prominent problem was that a person **lost various sensations** after losing their physical body. This resulted in them **losing the motivation** that humans had in the struggle for survival.

Many Eternals began to find their **lives boring and meaningless**, resulting in very serious **mental problems**. Meanwhile, the **Eternals that went crazy** dealt another round of severe **damage to** the already fragile **human race**.

Although the remaining Eternals didn’t go crazy, **they became lost**. They began to **seek comfort** from the various **religious remnants** of the Old World.

Finally, they focused on a particular religion and absorbed the traits of other religions, **creating a new religion** that was **self-consistent** but **extremely warped**. It was a new religion that could help them **resolve their psychological problems**. They called themselves **monks**.

They called the hidden stronghold that hid the consciousness relay equipment the Glazed Pure Lands.

Most Eternals are part of the Monks Conclave.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 36
2. ↑ Chapter 141
Jingfa

Fanart by Nakkiel

Jingfa is an Awakened Eternal monk from the Monks Conclave.

## Appearance

His figure is 1.9 meter tall. His entire body was made of black metal. His left arm was equipped with a grenade launcher, and his right palm contained a flamethrower’s nozzle and a laser firing hole.

He was wearing a tattered, yellow monk’s robe and a large red kasaya. On his face was a pair of shimmering red eyes.

## Abilities

### Awakened Abilities

* Hungry Ghost Realm: Makes everyone in an area crave for food, making them forget any other thought.
* Mind-Reading : He can read thoughts.
* Self-concept Deficit : Make a person unsure of who he/she is.

#### Price

* His lust is increased. After he became a robot, his inability to satisfy his lust drove him insane.

### Mechanical Enhancements

* Rail Gun
* Increased hearing
* Emergency Boot-up

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 37
2. ↑ Chapter 40
Old Task Force

The **Investigation Unit for the Cause of the Old World’s Destruction**, also known as the **Old Task Force** is a part of Security Department team of Pangu Biology. There are many Old Task Forces in the Company, however, they aren’t aware of each other’s exact situation.

Compared to an ordinary combat unit, the Old Task Force might face greater danger than others. They venture deep into the wilderness to investigate some city ruins, or they might head to other factions’ territories to search for clues. They might face all kinds of situations and encounter all kinds of enemies.

The Task Force reports to Deputy Minister Xenny.

## Salary

An D1 rank employees receive 1,800 points every month, and receive an additional meal allowance. There is an increase of 500 points for each subsequent promotion. On the rest days, they will receive 25 contribution points per day.

When they leave the company to train in the Ashlands, they will also receive a fieldwork subsidy—an additional 30 points. If they are injured, all the treatment fees can be reimbursed. In the event of death, you will definitely receive a bereavement pension of 80 points a month.

## Known Members

* **✞** Shang Shi’an: (Shang Jianyao's Father)

**Eleventh Old Task Force**: **Jiang Baimian's Team**

* Jiang Baimian: (Team Leader)
* Bai Chen
* Shang Jianyao
* Long Yuehong

## Missions

### **1st Mission**

to go to a nomad settlement in the wilderness to deliver a water filter chip.

##### RESULT

Encountered a seemingly ordinary bandit group that ended up having an exoskeleton. Took the most normal path and actually encountered the swamp’s corruption with the Blackmarsh Iron Snake lurking around. Went to the steelworks factory ruins for training and ended up encountering the mechanical monk, Jingfa. Came to Blackrat Town to borrow a radio transceiver and found a massacre. Were waiting for the company to send troops over, but ended up encountering an anomaly and fell into a real nightmare... Also, of all times to be discovered, a newly-discovered Old World city ruin was found north of Yuelu Station. Bewitched by Qiao Chu and used as a bait to explore the old ruins, met Xiaochong and other superior heartless, learned more about Star cluster hall, sea of origin and mind corridor from Du Heng. Witnessed a silhoutte of the world maintained by the heartless, finally completed the mission and returned home.

### **2nd Mission**

To conduct negotiations for friendly partnership in Moat Town and to cooperate with the intelligence personnel to figure out the truth behind the team disappearance in Weed City. Take appropriate revenge or carry out main duties as investigators based on the new clues discovered by the missing team.

RESULT

The disappearance of Lei Yunsong and Lin Feifei, the organization that promotes the idea that knowledge is toxic, the death of the intelligence peddler—Liu Dazhuang—the appearance of an existence suspected to be an Eternal in the Hunter's guild, and the participation of a high-ranking Hunter.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 11
2. ↑ Chapter 445
3. ↑ Chapter 13- Chapter 89
4. ↑ Chapter 110- Chapter 310
Sea of Origin

**Sea of Origin** is the place beyond the doors in the Star Cluster Hall. From Star Cluster Hall to the Sea of Origins, one needs to dig deeper and grasp their abilities. Upon entering the Sea of Origins, Awakened will encounter all kinds of ‘islands. Each island will provide them with rest. On these ‘islands,’ Awakened will have to face and overcome different monsters and different adverse situations. They often correspond to the fear lurking in everyone’s heart or a certain memory from the past.

The traumas and fears hidden in everyone’s hearts are different. They are unique to the person; therefore, the number and characteristics of the islands that need to be cleared are different. Some might have to challenge eight to nine islands to find themselves. Some might reach the end after four to five islands, or even two to three islands. This depends on the person.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 82
2. ↑ Chapter 235
Mind Corridor

The place where Awakened arrives after overcoming all the traumas in their heart and finding themselves in the Sea of Origins.

The Mind Corridor links all Awakened’s hearts and minds. There are many doors in the Mind Corridor. Every door corresponds to a mind world. Some of them belong to powerful Awakened who have explored the Mind Corridor’s depths. Some of them even lead to the Kalendarium’s dreams. There are all kinds of strange and varied scenes that transcend reality, including the reflections of the psychological trauma that the other party has previously defeated.

After entering the Mind corridor, Awakened would be divided into two 'factions' according to their respective domains. They would each obtain a type of basic ability. These two basic abilities were Electromagnetic Signal Interference and Matter Interference.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 235
2. ↑ Chapter 378
General Phocas

First City’s most senior and most famous general. Now in his fifties and past his prime, he is now only in charge of a portion of the city defense forces. He is a Mind Corridor-level Awakened in the Dawn domain.

In First City politics, he is one of the Centrists, neutral in the conflict between Conservatives and Reformists. He is also a Dreambreaker of the True Self Church.

## Appearance

Be it his appearance or aura, this general was like a lion that was staring at its prey. But perhaps because of his age, his earthen-yellow hair was relatively sparse. This inexplicably made him look a little comical.

## History

After losing his wife to the Heartless disease, he joined the True Self Church and became a Dreambreaker.

## Awakened Abilities

* Coma Creation
* Awakened Physical Potential
* Insomnia

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 358
2. ↑ Chapter 353
Church of the Null Truth

Church of the Null Truth believes in March’s Kalendaria, Last Man.

## Doctrine

Church of the Null Truth believes that wisdom and truth are useless, and will only lead to disasters. They believe that the people Old World from were too intelligent, which led to destruction of the world. So they advocates that thinking is a trap and that knowledge is toxic. They also believe that people should listen to a small number of the Kalendarium’s Chosen Ones, follow the guidance of the Last Man, and then they can find the new world.
They focuses on denying the truth, believing that although the truth is useful, it is even more harmful, and it is equal to nothingness.

## Symbol

The symbol of Church of the Null Truth is a person without facial features.

## Command Structure

The leader of the religion is the Pope. Under the Pope is the Elders. Under the Elders are the bishops. Under the bishops are the priests.

## Prayer

Church of the Null Truth's prayer is to pray first followed by the tearing of a book.

## Mass

The Mass is the sermon about the disadvantages of knowledge and thought followed by shouting slogans with the priest or to sing the song ‘Truth is Nothingness’.

## Blessing phrase

* ‘Truth is Nothingness.’
* ‘Follow God's guidance.’
* ‘Believe and obey is the highest form of devotion.’
* ‘May you stay away from the truth.’
* ‘True and false are indistinguishable to mortals.’
Ugo

Owner of Ugo Hotel in First City.

## Appearance

The boss looked to be in his thirties or forties. His skin was a little tanned, and there were some wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, forehead, and mouth. However, he didn’t look that old. His blond hair still had a luster that didn’t have a hint of paleness. He has light-blue eyes.

## Abilities

#### Price

* Rationality: Occasionally he will lose his rationality, leaving only instinct. This has a great resemblance to the Heartless disease. If he suppresses it too many times, there will be a flare-up.References

1. ↑ Chapter 336
2. ↑ Chapter 385
Duplicity

### Connected servers or association:

The Room of Requirement, Diversions, THE INFINITE IKEA, SunnieBot Support Server, Cluckers Support Server, Amanda Brand Emojis, AB Emojis 2.0, Holiday Emotes, Pink Letters, ice ice baby,

## Overview

Amanda is the creator of Distractions and is responsible for a lot of the side servers and for this community coming together.

## Religious History

Elene was the first person ever to call Amanda a Goddess on 08/30/2020, and both Elene and Kate continued to use that terminology, though it was not directly related to the idea of Amanda also being a ~~cult~~ leader till later.  It was originally used by them as a simple compliment. On 09/06/2020, 2:24PM,  Lea was put in probation, and Elene called Amanda a Goddess. This quickly devolved into singing Amanda praises, with Trixie and Lea responding with cries of *"Only Amanda".* Drowsy and others joined in waxing poetic about Amanda. After a while Drowsy responds with, *"This is a ~~cult~~ right?"* To which Elene responded the iconic line, *"We are not a ~~cult~~."* Thus it should be noted *Amanda* also know as the *Goddess Duplicity* is neither advocating for a ~~cult,~~ or is a ~~cult~~ leader of any sort.

Amanda is our holy Goddess and the creator and CEO of the City of Duplicity. The city of Gods some might say. Above all other Gods Amanda is our Supreme Goddess. She is often likened to the Greek Goddess Athena in that, she was known for protecting civilized life, and is Goddess of the City. She also shares other attributes with Athena, such as her compassion and generosity, measured only in equallness by her fierce and ruthless judgement to all those who disobey the law of Distractions and produce cursed content. Yet, our Goddess is never unfair, embodying the essence wisdom and rational thought. Continuing the relation to Athena, Amanda is also a patron of the arts, especially when it comes to writing and status as an author. Our Goddess is always helpful and encouraging to all writers regardless of experience or skill. Whenever you need advice or help she is happy to lend an ear or word of thought. Her own writing, and thoughts shine with wisdom and creativity. We are blessed by her holy words.

### Religious Art

Further Lore on Goddess Amanda may be related to the image of her Birth with Dutch as her Father. This Image is a religious Icon, and has been named *Birth of Amanda.* This image shows the likeness of Amanda to Athena, and Dutch to the God Zeus. However, Amanda is still considered to be the *Supreme Goddess* regardless of any Greek mythos. Dutch is considered to be a minor God, but that is where the comparison ends. Amanda was birthed out of Dutch's head and became more powerful than them, or any other god or goddess.
Professor Qin

He’s Ashlandic, and the Red River name is Chris, but he prefers people to call him **Professor Qin**. He's an Awakened of the Last Man Domain and Eighth Research Institute’s Professor. He’s working hard toward the goal of becoming a member of the Professors’ Association. Because of his ability to erase memories on a large scale not much is known about him.

## Appearance

He looked like a seven-year-old child, but his hair was sparse. There were unconcealed wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, mouth, and forehead—it was as if a middle-aged man’s head was placed on a child’s neck. It looked incongruous.

## Abilities

#### Price

* Stunted Growth: Not only had Professor Qin’s growth stopped, but he was also regressing. After entering the Mind Corridor, the situation became worse. This resulted in him looking only seven or eight years old. Such a regression was definitely accompanied by all kinds of diseases. Otherwise, how could a normal person ‘shrink’ for no reason? This left him in excruciating pain.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 854
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chapter 866
Dance of Frenzy

The **Dance of Frenzy** believes in August’s Kalendaria, Door of Scorching.
They are split from the Furnace Church. They find dancing more important than flames, something that can please the Kalendaria more. Furthermore, they accused the Furnace Church of deviating from the orthodox path.

Dancing is a way of pleasing the deity. The way the Church bows is a special dance; it symbolizes everyone’s instinctive reaction before the Kalendaria.

## Holy Communion

The Holy Communion is related to fire. They believe that only by using flames to directly process food can one show their sincerity. Their Holy Communion is barbecue.
Naturalism Church

The **Naturalism Church** believes in May’s Kalendaria, Monitor.

## Doctrine

The Natralism Church required everyone to find their primitive nature and not be plagued by postnatal things. They believed that only by stripping themselves and returning to nature could they hear the gods’ teachings and obtain redemption.

Ever since humans were born, they are constantly affected by nurture and gradually forget their true appearances. Our souls are like a sponge that has absorbed too many harmful things. They become heavier and weaker before finally sinking into this gray world forever, never to escape. This is the origin of the Heartless disease. To escape all of this and enter the New World, humans have to return to their original and strongest state. For this, we have to find our natural preferences and inclinations. We have to give up on our facades and return to nature. The Kalendaria, Monitor, has always been watching us, deciding if we’ve done enough to open the door to the New World for us. There are no masks in front of Monitor. Who you originally are will tell you the answer. Humanity came to this world naked, should live naked, and depart this world naked.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 319
2. ↑ Chapter 572
BMO

BMO was very attentive in keeping his tribe's food supplies stocked, but where he was useful in camp, he seemed to be lacking in social standing. Although BMO wasn't the most active in the game, he managed to avoid being voted against by having Ess guiding his votes. BMO's blindside was the first major betrayal in Borneo, leaving Nepeta without any allies.
Master Zhuang

**Master Zhuang** is one of the Kalendaria. ‘He’ is also known as Buddha Lokeśvara-Tathāgata and Stupa. ‘He’ is the ruler of the leap year, the beginning of all things. ‘He’ is the sovereign of creation and dreams. ‘He’ is the Master of Thought and the Nemesis of Wills

## Awakened

Awakened in the Master Zhuang domain generally affect one’s thoughts and wills. Some can also interfere with the target’s actions. The common prices paid are abnormal thoughts, personality changes, mental problems, psychological diseases, and so on.

After entering Mind Corridor Awakened from this domain would obtain Electromagnetic Signal Interference and Matter Interference. However, Matter Interference would be much weaker than normal compared to other domains.

### Abilities

* Inference Clowning
* Corny Person
* Hands Immobility
* Coward
* Legs Immobility
* Thought Implantation
* Subconscious Thought
* Temporary Loss of Intelligence
* Chaotic Thoughts
* Extreme Impulsiveness
* Mathematical Idiot
* Dyscalculia
* Traitor
* Stupid Halo
* Thought Extraction
* Intent Wavering
* Vague Motives
* Weak Heart
* Literary Hipster
* Source of Pain
* Fear
* Mutism
* Fifth Limb Immobility
* Head Immobility

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 36
2. ↑ Chapter 927
3. ↑ Chapter 318
4. ↑ Chapter 527
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Chapter 6
6. ↑ Chapter 300
7. ↑ Chapter 399
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Chapter 493
9. ↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 9.12 9.13 9.14 9.15 9.16 Chapter 543
Shadow of Distortion

**Shadow of Distortion** is one of the Kalendaria. ‘He’ is the one who rules over April.  ‘He’ is the Balancer and King of War. ‘He’ controls balance, judgment, and other mobility-related abilities.

## Awakened

Awakened in the **Shadow of Distortion** domain often make people lose their balance, have problems with their muscles, or carry out strange actions. The price they pay is a language problem and a strong desire to fight.

### Brain part

The **Shadow of Distortion** domain corresponds to the Cerebellum of the brain.

Cerebellum: Coordinates the movements of the skeletal muscles, maintains and regulates muscle tension, maintains the balance of the body.

### Abilities

* Control the balance of humans and creatures with brains.
	+ Unbalance (can be divided into levels 1 to 3. Level 1 can even make the target lose its balance and fall as soon as it moves)
	+ Enhancement of Balance (can be divided into levels 1 to 3. Level 1 can make the target easily walk on a tightrope)
* Control of muscle tone and coordination
	+ Drunkard Transformation
	+ Hypotonia (choke, bladder and bowel dysfunction, hands and feet weakness)
	+ Full Body Tremor
	+ Dizziness
	+ Headache
	+ Bloating
* Affect the target's movement completion, including but not limited to strength error, direction error, and range error.
	+ Inflexibility
	+ Bulky Body
	+ Motion Judgment Error (Human Rubberbanding)
	+ Firearm Genius
	+ Hot Weapons Genius
	+ Cold Weapons Genius

### Prices

* Dysarthria
* Voice disorders
* Alcohol intolerance
* Scoleciphobia and Ophidiophobia (the fear of distorted things)
* Strong desire to fight
* Muscle dysmorphia

## Related Group

* Holy Body Church
* Howling War Order

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chapter 318
2. ↑  Chapter 927
3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 Long Night Setting(6) by Cuttlefish
4. ↑  Chapter 928
5. ↑ Chapter 399
6. ↑ Chapter 828
7. ↑ Chapter 398
8. ↑ Chapter 828
9. ↑ Chapter 827
10. ↑ Chapter 827
Lehman

A smuggler from United Industries.

He was one of Helvig's business partners. Lover of Lars.

## Appearance

From his appearance, Lehman didn’t look like an arms smuggler at all. His light-blue eyes, slightly messy short blond hair, his nervousness, his height, ordinary looks, and restrained bearing made him no different from the middle-aged Red River slaves in the nobles’ manors outside Weed City.

The most eye-catching thing about him was the red nose that appeared due to long-term alcoholism.

In the Ashlands, a person’s long-term alcoholism was enough to indicate their status or value.

1. ↑ Chapter 216
DiMarco

He is an Awakened who stepped into the Mind Corridor and the owner of the Underground Ark in Redstone Collection.

## Abilities

### Awakened Abilities

* Destiny Connection - Can directly invade someone’s mind world without passing through the Mind Corridor. Upon seeing the past of all living beings, one realized that Buddhist nature was unique. You are me, and I am you! Every time he assimilate others and occupy a body, he is at his weakest.
* Divine Mirror Connection - Duplication from one to 10,000 and be of various sizes.
* Six Senses Deprivation - Deprivation of the Six Senses
	+ Visual Deprivation - Stripping away the ‘vision’ of the target.
	+ Auditory Deprivation - Stripping away the ‘auditory’ ability of the target.
	+ Consciousness Deprivation - Stripping away the ‘consciousness’ of the target.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Chapter 306
2. ↑ Chapter 308
3. ↑ Chapter 310
4. ↑ Chapter 307
Blackmarsh Wilderness

**Blackmarsh Wilderness** refers to a dangerous area outside the Pangu Biology.

It covers a large area. The northernmost area is connected to the icy plain and the northeast area borders the Salvation Army’s territory. To the east is the White Knights’ sphere of influence. If one keeps going southeast, one would enter First City. As for the south, there is another stretch of wilderness and several mountain ranges.
Embers Ad Infinitum

* Chinese
* English

Civilization will not be easily meeting its end, humanity will rise once again.

**Embers Ad Infinitum** (长夜余火 - lit: Embers in Long Night) is a webnovel written by Cuttlefish That Loves Diving, and published on *Qidian*. As of May 18, 2022, the novel finally completed with 944 chapters.

The webnovel is officially translated by CKTalon, and published on *Webnovel*.

## Synopsis

> Everyone in the Ashlands believes in: Deep in a particular ruin buried away by danger and famine, a path leading to a new world awaits. To step into the new world, one only needs to find a special key and open that certain door.
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> There, the land is bountiful, as if milk and honey flows freely.
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> The sunlight is dazzling, as if all coldness and darkness are washed away.
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> The people will no longer have to face desolation, monsters, infections, mutations, and all kinds of dangers.
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> There, children are joyous, adults are happy, everything is fine as they are supposed to be.
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> Every Antiquarian, Ruin Hunter, and Historian roaming the Ashlands knows: That's the New World.
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## Letter From Cuttlefish That Loves Diving

> To my lovely readers
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> Yet another book has gone live on Webnovel. For this book, my focus is on writng about one's travels. It might give a different reading experience from my other books, but I hope that readers of Lord of the Mysteries and my other books will support Embers Ad Infinitum.
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> — Love,
> Cuttlefish That Loves Diving

## List of Volume

### Volume 1: Prelude

The first volume contains 88 chapters in total, consisting of chapters 1 to 88.

### Volume 2: Unfinished

The second volume contains 24 chapters in total, consisting of chapters 89 to 112.

### Volume 3: Fate

The third volume contains 197 chapters in total, consisting of chapters 113 to 310.

### Volume 4: The Emperor

The fourth volume contains 236 chapters in total, consisting of chapters 311 to 547

### Volume 5: Heroic

The fifth volume contains 200 chapters in total, consisting of chapters 548 to 748

### Volume 6: Surprise

The sixth volume contains 25 chapters in total, consisting of chapters 749 to 774

### Volume 7: Fantastique

The seventh volume contains 118 chapters in total, consisting of chapters 775 to 893

### Volume 8: Embers

The eighth volume contains 59 chapters in total, consisting of chapters 894 to 953
Li Zhen

**Li Zhen** is Shang Jianyao's former neighbors in Zone A. She and her husband are a member of Life Ritual, their room is a place where setting up the sermon.

She got married and had two children. Then, she was transferred to another job with her husband. She was infected and could no longer have children. Meanwhile, her two children died in an accident a few years ago.

## Appearance

She was in her thirties and had obviously been genetically modified. Her eyebrows were black and straight, her nose was high, and the corners of her eyes were raised. She was both beautiful and unique.
Mandara

**Mandara** is one of the Kalendaria. ‘She’ rules over September.  ‘She’ is also known as Lady of Desire.

## Awakened

Awakened in the Mandara domain control desires; they have very strong instincts. The price is often related to two aspects, such as alcohol addiction, sexual addiction, obesity, loss of desires, and loss of feelings.

### Abilities

* Itchiness Control
* Sexual Eruption
* Sage Moment
* Eternal Thirst
* Danger Detection
* Sixth Sense
* Pain Control
* Greed
* Intuition

## Related Group

* Church of Spiritual Transcendence
* Return Church
* Church of Paragon Desire

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 180
2. ↑ Chapter 351
3. ↑ Chapter 318
4. ↑ Chapter 164
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Chapter 534
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Chapter 349
7. ↑ Chapter 478
8. ↑ Chapter 536
9. ↑ Chapter 918
Ruin Hunter

A vocation that gradually became popular after the Old World was destroyed. It was a vocation that sought the Old World’s ruins to obtain items, books, technical information, corresponding documents, and various resources to survive.

The composition of **Ruin Hunters** was very complicated. There were ancient scholars, historians, scientific researchers, and large-faction investigators. However, most of them made a living by searching for and selling relics. A large portion of them were ‘part-time’ wilderness bandits.

After years of chaos, in order to exchange information and supplies and prove each other’s credibility, the Ruin Hunters established a loose organization called the Hunter's Guild.
Heartless Disease

Heartless Disease, also known as the Bestial Transformation Disease or Atavism Disease, causes humans who have contracted the disease to lose all their rationality, thoughts, and feelings, turning into creatures that are no different from beasts. All that remains is their instinct to hunt, their survival instincts, and the instinct to use simple tools.

They are also unable to communicate with each other and would take the initiative to attack normal humans, treating them as prey.

The earliest case of the Heartless disease appeared when the Old World was destroyed. In a short period of time, a large number of humans in each city became Heartless, and many more people, who were caught off-guard, died at the Heartless' hands.

Humans had never been able to figure out the Heartless disease's pathology and spreading nature. They don't know how to prevent contracting such a disease.

Until today, Heartless remain a shadow looming over humans. This is because a person living perfectly fine in a settlement might lose their rationale and intelligence after a nap and become a 'beast,' even if they have never directly come into contact with a Heartless. Their family and friends would be completely fine with no signs of infection at all—this is the conclusion the humans have came to after prolonged isolation.

Several years ago, a large faction's high-ranking member—who was extremely afraid of the Heartless disease—slept in a quarantine room. People had to wear a gas mask and a chem suit when they entered; likewise, he wore the same when out. Yet, he still became a Heartless one day.

Fortunately, the average rate of a Heartless disease outbreak isn't too high since the beginning of the New Calendar; otherwise, humanity might have already collapsed.
Contestants

This page is a list of everyone who has competed in Survivor or Big Brother! Many will have N/A listed under their swap tribe or merge tribe, this simply means they did not make it to that stage in the game. Players on this list can only be used if you have the written consent of the player who played the character last, or if their player has left the server.

## Contestants

* Borneo
* Shangri-La
Contestants who played in season one, Borneo

Contestants who played in season two, Shangri-La

## Big Brother

* TBA
TBA

## Hosts

* Borneo
* Shangri-La
Hosts of season one, Borneo.

Hosts of season two, Shangri-La.