Wasteland Echoer

"Brother Wright, I suggest that I open this door first and you try entering the water to feel it. If you are sure that you can hold your breath for fifteen minutes, I think there shouldn't be much of a problem." Wende proposed a reasonable idea. , effective suggestions.

"Fifteen minutes...it's still relatively reluctant. The general type of magic power in my body is flame, and the world under the lake is filled with the breath of water. The two magic powers conflict with each other, as if one is showing a fiery red color. Breathing, burning candles are placed directly in the water. Moreover, the normal imperial soldier's holding time is about 3-4 minutes, and the supernatural person can hold his breath for a little longer, up to 6-8 minutes. If you can take a breath of pure oxygen, , without equipment support, it is estimated that it can only reach more than 10 minutes." Wright said with some worry.

Even though he felt that his body temperature was slowly rising, the "fire" breath brought by the red magic source made his heart suddenly agitated, as if he was in a sauna, more like standing near the steel refining area in the factory. Generally feeling hot.

But the throbbing feeling that the magic source power brought to him when it first became full, and the superimposed feeling of restlessness and impulse did not last long, so that after only a few seconds, he had to mobilize the few resources in his brain. Conduct rational analysis of the knowledge read in the journals "Imperial Military" and "Imperial Medicine".

"But," Wen De saw Wright's bitter gourd-like expression, staring blankly ahead, mumbling something, and unconsciously stretching out an index finger on his right hand to make calculations. interrupted:

"When I came here just now to get some air, I found that the huge machine seemed to have just finished operating. After all, I saw two more white and lovely bodies being involved in it. If you think about it, I will take you forward. It saves about three minutes.”

"Three minutes?" Wright lowered his head, subconsciously looking at the dark red carpet with a neat gear-like pattern on the edge under his feet, and analyzed:

"Maybe it's enough, yes, I am a superpower. And the power of the red magic source is mysterious enough, and it may not suffocate me. If I don't escape from here now, I won't join Wende's camp now, and I will become If I become a monster wearing a diving suit like him, I will definitely die from lack of food. Besides, the feeling of hunger is not good. At that point, my body will slowly 'eat' itself in order to maintain its function. The final outcome is death.

Now, taking this 'Guns of Mining' and heading inside the giant machine, I can find the core of the sequence monster. Only by destroying it can I have a chance of survival. "

The sound of Wright's analysis was low, like the continuous chirping or flapping of an insect's wings.

When he stopped this seemingly abnormal murmur, he suddenly raised his head, with a faint blood red color in his pure black eyes.

He was already ready to go near the huge machine where the sequence monster was. He was not afraid of water or the dim world at the bottom of the lake.

He shouldn't have any phobia of the deep sea!

"Brother Wende, open the door. Let me get used to the smell of the water at the bottom of the lake first. I guess it should be cold and biting, symbolizing the smell of death." Wright said.

His voice was very heavy and cold, like a real monster from the deep sea. His body was also unusually stable, like a huge stone that existed on the edge of the world and no one cared about it. There was not a single tremor caused by fear.

"Okay, brother Wright." Wende agreed, his tone mixed with relief, thankfulness, and a hint of excitement that could be easily detected.

Immediately afterwards, he slowly moved forward. When he came into contact with the giant red door, he raised his right arm and slapped a square button in the center of the giant door under the moist and cold unclean air. Location.

Suddenly, a cyan light suddenly emitted from the button, shining as if sunlight and fireworks were stored inside.

Looking at the light, Wright suddenly thought, if the vampire boy Mi You were here, would he scream in fear because of the light, run away with his head in his arms, and finally throw himself into his arms with a cry of snot and tears? middle.

But before his thoughts could disperse, the cyan, more white, light began to spread outward along fixed lines.

Those lines have a square and square feel, are arranged regularly, and extend outward in circles.

Part of it is like a square gear, and part of it is more like a fence, with a strong sense of technology.

In Wright's opinion, it looks more like stripes that have been processed by computers and have a modern technological feel.

After all, Wende has been "imprisoned" here for about two hundred years, and he has long been accustomed to everything that is incomprehensible here.

After the light stretched and expanded to the extreme and suddenly stopped, he took a few steps back.

Then, the giant red door made the sound of mechanical gears running and the sound of telegrams being sent.

Accompanied by a heavy dragging sound, a high-pitched "squeaking" sound of opening the door, and a crisp sound like stepping on yellow sand in a dry desert, the giant door was fully opened, and the world outside the door was revealed. It completely entered Wright's eyes.

"Mystery, fantasy." These two words popped out of Wright's mouth.

He trotted, walking a few steps in front of the tall Wen De, looking outside the giant door at the world under the lake that he could see at a glance.

After the giant door was opened, not a drop of water flowed into this room that resembled a castle or a villa. They seemed to form a huge water film near the giant door, with a cold and damp smell, as if the body of a marine creature was decaying.

Looking towards the surface of the water film, at first there was a messy dark purple curve, twisted, and then they completely escaped to the edge of the field of vision.

What followed was a frightening darkness, and a gloomy feeling that pervaded the body because the oil lamp was suddenly extinguished.

But then Wright discovered that because the environment on both sides began to darken, the sunlight that had been transmitted to the bottom of the lake after all the hard work seemed to have some effect.

Everything in front of him was no longer in complete darkness, but was like observing a village without lights at night. The traces of buildings were vague in the dark blue background, and he could see some clues.

Moreover, Wright squinted his eyes and stared hard. Some messy buildings near his field of vision and a huge mechanical monster in the distance that were visible to the naked eye were all emitting a subtle light and were no longer completely dark.

"I'm going out first. Brother Wright, follow me. Don't lose me. Although this journey is easy for walking on the ground, even a frail old man can complete it. But there are many unknown and inexplicable things here. I can’t say whether it’s harmful or not, so don’t lose it.”

Wind said, taking two big steps forward with his wide feet and steps that made the ground tremble.

His body completely passed through the water film and entered the water, floating in "mid-air".

Then, after swimming forward two steps, he made a forward gesture to Wright.

"Okay." Wright nodded.

He first tentatively put his hand through the water film and reached into the water.

To his surprise, the touch from his hand was not the cold feeling he had when he touched the water. Instead, it felt warm, as if he was taking a bath with hot water.

Is it the protection of the red magic source? It seems that holding your breath for twelve minutes will not be a problem.

Then, he took a deep breath to make sure his lungs were filled with air, and then his whole body was submerged in the water.

Moreover, he also relied on his body's natural muscle memory to swim forward a few times. After ensuring that there was no problem, he nodded vigorously to convey to Wende that he was in good condition.

Wind's broad dark white body swam in front, and Wright's pure white body, which looked equally dim due to the environment, swam behind, like two submarines in the water, moving forward quickly.

The world under the lake quickly became clearer and slightly brighter in Wright.

He didn't bother to observe the changes in the castle or villa behind him after he left, but looked around.

Part of the mottled and messy stone wall is still intact, while the other part is broken and broken, and is placed haphazardly on the ground at the bottom of the lake.

Some swimming, squirming water plants like hair entangled them, and even a lot of moss and coral grew on them.

Eleven minutes later, following in Winder's footsteps, Wright finally saw the magnificent and great "giant machine".

The closer he got to the machine, the more Wright felt like it was like a giant standing in the long night, overlooking everything at the bottom of the lake.

After swimming for another half minute, Wright saw that the huge machine was surrounded by a circle of cylindrical energy fields with a top that was constantly rotating and collapsing inward, shaped like a whirlpool of water, and a light blue fluorescent cylindrical energy field in the middle and lower parts.

Following Wind's prompts, he and Wright went straight through the energy field and arrived at the area where the huge machinery was located.

After his body was swept by blue fluorescent light and he felt a tingling sensation, like an electric shock, Wright was surprised to find that there was no trace of water in the area within the energy field.

Just like in the hall just now, you can breathe freely here, and there is no sense of weightlessness like in the water just now.

Moreover, after passing through the energy field, his body that was supposed to be wet quickly became dry, as if he had never entered the water.

"This is the giant machine that devours the body and allows us to capture the light ball and put it near him. Look," Wende stretched out his big dark white finger, pointed to the far left side of the giant machine, and said:

"Behind it are the ruins of the old city that can be seen with the naked eye. Many of my friends who came down became like me because of exploring it."

Wright followed the direction of the finger and saw a huge door made of dark black steel structure, which should be the gate of the old city.

The complex stacked steel materials present a patchwork beauty, while the half-collapsed bridge-like thing on the outside adds an aura of greatness belonging to steam machinery.

In addition, there are many high-rise building ruins that are either half-remaining or relatively complete. Unlike the Donusk ruins, these high-rise buildings generally have more than 20 floors, and most of them are covered with glass and steel on the outside. The steam age, or the smell of the post-industrial age.

Without enough time to sigh, Wright turned his attention to the huge machine in front of him.

Wright looked up. The bottom of the huge machine was cylindrical. Only a glass door about three meters high existed, surrounded by a building made of red bricks, like a lighthouse.

Looking up, under the illumination of gray tones and blue fluorescence, its body is covered with a layer of faint blue light.

Moreover, the upper part of the body resembles a huge airship.

The styles of airships such as the "Sukla", "Linri", "Youxin" and other airships that were seen in some city newspapers when Sugla woke up are no different.

The huge, round belly should have been black, and the streamlined hull should have been covered with a thick, curved metal plate.

Located directly below where the pod should have been, it is now connected to the top of the lighthouse, and the splicing is seamless.

There are even two protruding "skeletons" at the front and rear of the huge airship-like machine. What is protected inside are not machine guns and artillery, but two that are tightly bound by the mechanical arms, as if they are about to be dropped at any time. missile.

The tail blades of the airship were rotating slowly and rhythmically, reminding the two of Wright that this machine was in operation all the time.

This machine is a combination of an airship and a lighthouse. What kind of message do you want to convey?

The lighthouse represents the direction in the ocean, and the airship is now the common overlord of combat in the sky.

This sequential monster is wrapped in such a machine. Could it be said that it is to convey the multi-dimensional three-dimensional combat idea of ​​​​the ocean and the sky?

Or, it could be said that the formation of this sequence monster was due to the malfunction of the airship, which crashed into a lighthouse. Then, under the surge of magic source power and various extraordinary powers, it turned into a sequence monster, and finally sank into the lake. middle.

If this is the case, there should be some kind of resentful power within the giant machine, or in other words, a terrifying creature?

This combination of airship and lighthouse should be more than 60 meters high, and the internal space should not be too small.

Moreover, the internal operation should be extremely complicated, and it would be easy to get lost.

This revolver-shaped "Mingming Gun", this search device should be able to point in the right direction.

However, Wen De said that before using the "Minming Gun" inside the huge machine, one needs to use magic power and wisdom to open a door, and it must be this one.

Just when Wright was about to take a step forward, Wind seemed to understand his inner thoughts and said in front of him in his trademark voice with a slight echo:

"That's the door, Wright, you can try to go in. However, I am affected by this sequence monster, and it is difficult to enter through the energy field. Contact with huge machinery is a prohibition for us, and the next step is It’s up to you, brother Wright.”

"No problem!" Wright said firmly.

Immediately afterwards, he held the "Gu Ming Gun" and quickly walked to the door, which was more than three meters high and made of glass. Looking inside, he saw a chaotic area of ​​purple, dark blue and black intertwined.

He stood upright and looked up at the door for two seconds, then stretched out his right hand and murmured in Guzhne Empire language.