Wasteland Echoer

As soon as Dak and Wulfya stepped through the door of the restaurant, a man wearing glasses, a robe, a mandarin jacket, a melon cap, a folding fan in his hand, and a pair of round glass glasses hanging on the bridge of his low nose walked towards them. .

He is the owner of this restaurant called "Hot Pot".

His face looked a little downcast, but when he saw the guests, he still managed to put on an extremely forced professional smile.

"What do you two want to eat?" The boss bowed his hands and said in a very standard Cruz German language. This is the iconic etiquette of greeting people in the Fire Empire.

"Hot pot, I reserved a seat last month, in the innermost room on the first floor." Wofya said straight to the point without too much greeting.

Immediately afterwards, he opened the white and blue lining of the Mayang City Guards shirt, took out a card written in both Fire Empire and Crusted from the inner pocket, and handed it to the man.

"Well, that's right, it is indeed the reservation card for my store. Please go to the private room downstairs. Ms. 'Lei Ye' has been waiting for you here all day." The boss said as he led Wolf The two of them walked inside.

"'Thunder Page', she is well-informed and knows that I am coming. Is it possible that she still knows someone in the strategic group? If so, she should really find an official position for me in the capital. "Wulfya said half-jokingly.

"Haha, Captain Wulfya, you have to talk to her personally." The boss agreed with a smile.

Passing through the red-based restaurant hall with a particularly festive layout, Wofya followed the boss to turn on the lanterns and walked along the neatly swept wooden stairs towards the corridor filled with red light and full of oriental charm.

Following the guidance, Duck observed that the hand-woven "Fire Knot" hanging from the top of the corridor contained blessings, and the reddish walls were pasted with oriental-style "dragons" with teeth and claws. ".

There are two children made of ceramics on both sides of the corridor, nearly one meter tall. Their heads are surprisingly large, as if they have edema and are extremely weird. An extremely exaggerated smile was painted on the white face, and a pair of wide-eyed black eyes looked like an owl flying low in the dark night, waiting for its prey.

The face was painted with a touch of pink watercolor. Under the abnormal red light, it actually "complimented" with a dark red oriental dress embroidered with gold threads, creating a faint red halo.

Walking past the ceramic children, Duck couldn't help but feel palpitations. When he looked down, the two ceramic dolls seemed to be squinting at him from the corner of their eyes with extremely angry expressions, as if they were scolding him for invading the territory that belonged to the East.

As the lights gradually dimmed and darkness took over, with the remaining reddish color, Wulfya and Dark finally reached the end of the corridor.

After whispering a few words, the restaurant owner bowed to greet him and knocked three times in front of a small door made of solid wood and pasted with a totem composed of the characters of the Fire Empire.

A few seconds later, a mature woman's deep voice came from inside:

"Invite our captain and his friends in."

Walking into the room, Duck finally got rid of the indescribable slight fear brought by the color red just now, and got a rare incandescent space illuminated by electric lights.

Under the greeting of the woman called "Thunder Page" in front of them, Wulfya and Dak sat on the long Western-style dining table covered with orthodox bishop patterns, facing the woman.

"Captain Wulfya, it seems that you are not quite used to the Fire Empire's style." "Lei Ye" crossed his arms and said in a high tone.

"The style of Khitan Reese has always been incomprehensible to me. Two civilizations were born in two separate realms, even in the Wasteland Era. Naturally, they are always new things to me. Like me, they are not the same People who like to accept new and unknown things." Wovya explained with a smile.

However, "Lei Ye" did not take the conversation. Instead, he glanced at Dak affectionately, raised a smile on his lips, and his purple eyes revealed his strong interest in him, and said softly:

"Is this your friend with super powers, little brother Dak?"

"Of course, he is Dark Tiris, a Red Earth 1-star federal soldier, a superpower who is proficient in the power of water magic, and a [warrior] who has experienced hundreds of battles." Wofya said, and introduced to Dark :

"This eldest sister is a member of the Chaos Group and the Order Society, and her codename is 'Thunder Page'. Today you and I are honored to have a Fire Empire-style lunch with her."

"'Thunder Page'...Hello, Madam..." Dak said a little cautiously.

He looked up at the woman in front of him. She was dressed like a witch, wearing an exaggerated triangular hat and a purple corset that exposed her fair and smooth shoulders. However, the opera-style animal fur shawl was too warm due to the temperature in the room. High and placed on the seat.

Sitting upright, Dak could vaguely see that "Thunder Ye"'s slender dress also had a bit of a Crusted style. The raised skirt was very long, and golden silk thread was used to outline the pattern of wheat on the edge. Further inside, there is a complex sunflower pattern embroidered with a palace charm.

"Dak Tiris." "Thunder Page"'s expression did not change. He looked up and down at Duck with interest, his eyes showed a provocative meaning. He held his chin with one hand and supported the table. His tone was gentle and a little provocative. Meaning:

"If my information is correct, you are not only Wovya's friend, but also a member of the 'Special Task Force' in the outer district of Mayan City. You have worked there for at least three years and have faced countless extraordinary monsters. , dark evil spirits, alien Heartless People, and many lost people wandering between humans and ‘Heartless People’, right?”

"That's right. But, Ms. Lei Ye, it shouldn't be difficult to find this information, right?" Dak asked, putting aside the reserve, caution and restraint of the first meeting.

"Of course, our order will have a hidden 'axis' in the federation. They transmit information in peacetime, and at the right time, they will play a role in turning the 'never-ending' machine of the federation back to the track of [order] operation." . I think, as someone with level 6: inspiration, you should easily understand these principles." "Leiye" sneered, also abandoning the pretense when they first met.

Communication between smart people never relies on lies and disguise, but on the truth, guiding the other person to fall into his own rhythm, fall into a deep pit, and escape into a situation of no return.

In other words, every "truth" spoken has some kind of information gap.

"Are you the Lost One?" Dak asked directly without any hesitation.

As a soldier's keenness, he felt that the "Lei Ye" sitting opposite him was not as simple as a few people talking.

"What do you think?" "Lei Ye" did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically.

"Just yesterday, we were on the train and met a rare 'Explosive Heartless Man'. Behind him was a lost person. I seemed to have lost a little memory during the battle, but the bizarre dream ended one night. Until now, After I calmed down a bit, I vaguely remembered that he was a child with blond hair. Those lost ones... are also hateful enough, and we still have to take action from those with special powers." Dak also did not answer directly.

"The blond... child?" "Lei Ye" raised her head slightly and quickly, with a hint of uneasiness in her tone. Her eyes quickly glanced to the right, and her heart suddenly slowed down.

But immediately, all her expressions returned to normal, she crossed her hands and leaned on the back of the seat, and said slowly:

"Little brother Dak, today, after spending five hundred and fifty-seven years in the New Era, is there an accurate definition of the superpowers and the lost?"

"Of course." Duck replied without hesitation.

Immediately afterwards, he saw a flash of disappointment in "Lei Ye"'s eyes. A few seconds later, she "retorted":

"Actually, this debate about identity is similar to the complex evaluation of Ivan XXII. In your eyes, he is the great emperor of Krusted. In the era of 'The Glory of the Double-Headed Eagle', Not only did he summarize the sequence of cards in an official form, he also understood the rules of the operation of the magic source power, making it difficult to make mistakes in the identification of upper-level professions. He also improved the power generation machinery introduced by the Putoa Federation, allowing the empire to break through the darkness at night. Toward a brightly lit future.”

"He also invented combat aircraft, established the empire's first 'Eagle' aerospace force, improved tanks, mass-produced them, and equipped them into the army, creating an army known as the 'Steel Torrent'. Relying on these , he set out from Nabsk, captured the entire territory of Aventelei, and then marched westward. His troops were directed towards Chekavsk, the capital of the Pusius Empire, and once occupied several strongholds near the central lake, preparing to Launch steam ships to invade Ptoia at any time.”

"Similarly, he is also an extraordinary person who is passionate about magic. The 'Herald of the Future' was forged by him himself and infused with the transcendent power of [The Orderer]. Ivan was Cruise during the 22nd period. The turning point of the German Empire. Although he did not open a parliament, it was still a complete dictatorship. But the empire completely transformed from the era of knights dominated by swords to an era that almost surpassed the steam era and touched the threshold of the electric era."

"Oh, by the way, the Chaos Group assassinated him many times in the Winter Scarlet Palace, but without exception, the assassins they sent were sentenced to death and thrown into the Wild Cold Mountain near the capital, where they were allowed to be devoured by wild beasts."

"Lei Ye" said, paused, pursed his lips, showed a trace of regret, and said:

"But there are also many people who call them 'tyrants'. Money has always supported wars. During the most intense years of the battle with Aventelei, countless farmers and craftsmen went bankrupt, and the empire's finances nearly collapsed. The soldiers who died did not receive any benefits. Buried, the wails of the innocents who perished in the extraordinary experiments can be heard endlessly."

"To this day, this great emperor has not been awarded any title by his descendants. Because of the suppression of the Lord's Church, he has not received any recognition from them. Even when the empire was in decline, people missed it, and the church did not posthumously award him any' The title of 'King of So-and-So' or 'God of So-and-So'."

"So, little brother Dark. Even the great emperors can't really define whether he is 'good' or 'evil'. Between the 'lost' and the 'powerful', how can you accurately judge friends and enemies? "

"It depends on behavior." Dak affirmed, summarizing "Reka's" long speech in two words, "Don't forget, Ivan XXII discovered oil. This alone is enough to prove his [greatness] ]."