Wasteland Echoer

"Thank you, Your Highness." Shamon took his hands off the cart, took off his rubber gloves, and bowed to express his gratitude.

Immediately afterwards, he raised his head suddenly, and his light green eyes rotated half a circle in his eye sockets, like the pendulum of a clock that kept swaying.

His face also showed a gloomy expression that matched his skin and his new "superpower" status. He smiled, half-raised his head and stared into Evante's half-purple eyes, and said quietly:

"You know, I've been waiting for this technology to be fully put into use for a long time. The Empire's steam mechanical guns will always become a pile of scrap metal as the times change.

Now is the age of steam, and it is also the age where electricity is gradually emerging. Everything in the future will depend on electricity. Although I am not proficient in electricity, but with the intuition of a 'scientist', I hope you can promote them after the victory of the war. "

"Tell me about it?" Evante showed a satisfied expression, and he immediately admired the young man in front of him.

"Although I believe in science, I do not reject magic. Based on this premise, I asked a [prophet] for divination and came to a very interesting conclusion:

The future of the electrical age is called the "Information Age". It is difficult to understand with my current wisdom. I think that even a demigod or a god is not enough to understand the mystery in advance. Shamon replied, standing up straight.

"'Information', my usual understanding is an indispensable product. This is the key requirement in the "Safety Code" formulated by the City of Socrates for the escort. I think, what we see, hear, and perceive Even what was dreamed or summarized can be regarded as 'information', but how is it different from what you said?" Ifant analyzed it by himself and then asked.

"It is an era, a new era." Shamon paused and continued to elaborate:

"When the age of electricity is fully popularized, for example, telegraphs, electric lights, engines, airplanes, etc. that are usually used in the military now will be used by civilians, benefiting every basic person, and then through technological innovation, the current 'Old Technology Research Group' will soon After the fragmented technologies such as broken telephones and walkie-talkies are spliced ​​into a systematic technology, humans will invent a very interesting machine."

"Interesting machine? How interesting?" Evante subconsciously rubbed his chin, which was deliberately trimmed to be "empty", and looked at the gray-skinned Shamen with interest. He put his hands on his hips and looked up at the ceiling. road.

"It will be powered by electricity. At first it will be huge, occupying half a football field, but with technological innovation, it will eventually be as big as a palm or even a fingernail, and can be implanted into our brains." Meng explained.

"A kind of... coat of arms?" Ifant's guess did not deviate from his knowledge.

"No, heraldry usually only has one or two types of magic power, which can only achieve a very limited number of functions, but it is different. Anything you can imagine can be realized." Shamon immediately retorted. road.

"God...a new sequential monster created by God? In the legend, only God can display their creativity as they wish. Or is this actually a tool created by the Creator in the future and given to us humans?" As Evante said, his eyes seemed to be emitting a holy light.

"It is not a god, a creator, or a monster. This kind of machine was invented by humans. Your Highness, even though we are in a chaotic, disorderly, painful, depressing, and manic wasteland era, you should not forget that humans are One of the original eighteen races ruled by the Dragon Clan, it is also a species that naturally possesses the 'wisdom' sequence core.

We have defeated the dragon clan that rules the earth, and have defeated the second-ranked god ‘Lord of the Night’. We are a great existence, a powerful existence. The light of God is actually always around us, and we should not belittle ourselves. Shamon reminded.

"I don't agree with what you said, nor do I object to it." Evante's attitude was very ambiguous, "But in the empire, at least in the Western Continent, as the crown prince, I cannot agree with the idea that humans create machines that surpass the gods. Once I admit this, I have to admit that humans are above gods, then those who believe in the 'Lord of the Night', those who believe in the 'Goddess of Light', and even those who believe in the 'Lord of Machinery' will oppose me."

"Why?" Shamon asked incomprehensively, with doubts on his face.

"Because I want to live." Evante explained.

"I don't quite understand." Shamon shook his head.

"To put it clearly, human beings live because of hope. In fact, as for the gods, I have never seen them, and you have not seen them. Many people have only glimpsed their appearance in dreams. But people are willing to believe that they exist. This is faith, a faith that gives hope to mankind. I have no ability or qualification to deprive them of their hope of living, let alone deny their faith. This is a sinful act and will destroy everything. So, let’s continue talking about that machine.” Ifant took the opportunity to introduce the topic into a formal topic.

"Yes, the machine. As mentioned earlier, its dye is electricity. Moreover, it is made of metals, including but not limited to steel, gold, silver, brass, and even many rare metals that we currently do not have the ability to mine. Its interior It’s full of all kinds of small pipes, wires, and a lot of plastic, the kind of ‘common things’ made of petroleum.”

"In terms of function, it has the ability to communicate across space like a walkie-talkie and a telephone. There is no need to set up lines. Through a signal transmission method similar to a telegraph, it can even allow humans in the distance to present a three-dimensional image in front of us." Shamon said , the hands gestured to draw the outline of a human being.

"Like a profound magic, the 'Shadow of Clarity' sends out a signal through the magic source power, touching the magic source power particles in the distance to combine, and constructing a real-time communication picture. However, I heard that only those with order level 3 or above are Only capable people can use this magic. Non-combat magic is always very troublesome." The Crown Prince immediately commented.

"This is just one of its functions. That machine can not only transmit any information, even the text of a library book, it only takes less than an hour, maybe five minutes, maybe 30 seconds, to deliver it to A country thousands of miles away. For example, from our Meimeili City to Nandu and Jiangfu in the Flame Empire."

"Moreover, it can also record all the scenes you see in real time. Compared with a camera, it can present color pictures. It also has many functions, such as powerful computing power, accurate prediction ability, data analysis ability, etc. , in short, it will lead us into a prosperous and colorful unprecedented era.

We can even use it to break through the shackles of the earth, go to the universe, and enter the sea of ​​stars to travel. Shamon said, his eyes glowing with "light".

"Sea of ​​Stars...Sea of ​​Stars!" Ivante exclaimed.

Suddenly, colorful spots of red, yellowish, bright purple, pink, etc. seemed to appear in front of his eyes. They were wrapped in a dark "velvet curtain" and were "blinking" hard, emitting a mysterious atmosphere. The unique brilliance of the stars.

Immediately afterwards, he saw a bright red nebula, like endless smoke floating in the endless night sky, and an irregular rock covered with frost flew in front of him from time to time.

Until, an obvious feeling of falling brought him back to reality.

"I think you are right, Shamon." Ivant, who returned from his imaginative journey, nodded and said:

"As long as the battle is over, all the unintentional people in the Western Continent are executed, and all the Lost People recognize the empire's rule, then I will concentrate all resources on developing technology.

I hope to see the prosperity of the electrical age in my lifetime, and to see what you call the ‘information age’ arrive when I’m about to die. But for now, let's solve Yato's problem first. After all, he is Aaron's younger brother.

Aaron was my teacher. In my most difficult moment, he secretly devoured my two younger brothers and made me the sole heir to the empire. "

"My father Reka I did not like me. He thought I was too crazy. He only hoped to keep the empire alive within a limited scope. He could not see the complete restoration of order to mankind, and he could not glimpse the future of the stars. And Aaron helped me reach the top here. In fact, I can't treat him badly, let alone let him fall into the abyss of pain." The crown prince said affectionately.

"Then...why did you still let me do something that might hurt...Aaron?" Shamon was very surprised and asked.

"This is a game, and it is also called information. On the one hand, I want to test your strength, but on the other hand, I am familiar with Aaron's strength. If I don't stop it at the end of the battle that day, Aaron will definitely kill you. Even if he will die." Ifant continued with a proud smile that seemed to have seen through everything:

"You should have given Yato the 'SRH-1596' potion at least three times."

"Yes, but he is still in so much pain." Sha Meng waved his hand helplessly and said.

"This is normal, so I don't want to waste the materials I have worked so hard to allocate for him. The 'grey blood' he quoted is mine, and it is also the easiest material to obtain. The deep-sea source fish of 'MB-1527' originally grew in Ai The main river in the Winterleid Empire, the middle section of the 'Ewen River'.

But fortunately, there is a batch of 'fish' transported from the north a few years ago underground in Zhinetsk. Under the fierce offensive, not many lost people have the energy to stop our 'Zhixin-01' and 'Zhixin-02' The operation of the 'No. 1 railway line is precisely because of this, the 'Sunfire Spiritual Fire' intercepted from the 'Goddess of Light' statue by the 'Holy Flame Torch' can be delivered in time without losing its activity.

So now, he, Yato, who has taken the potion, should be able to crush his old 'core' now, Ulchiko! "Ivante turned to look at Ulchiko, who was standing upright with his head held high, listening to the conversation between the two, and ordered:

"Start the 'Electromagnetic Pulse Rifle' and attack Yato's heart. Remember, keep a distance of 10 meters so that the light hits the 'core'. Also, the rifle consumes a lot of energy, and you only have two chances."

"Yes, Your Highness." Ulchiko replied loudly and opened the plastic suitcase.