Wasteland Echoer

"But..." Luo Ka's blue eyes flashed with sadness and loss, and he lowered his head and muttered:

"Obviously, there are so many brothers and sisters in the 'Chaos Group' and the 'Comprehension Sect' who are stronger than me, but Brother Bingren sent me here to find chips and control monsters. I... feel very tired, just like Brother Bingren" It’s like the god who pushed the stone in the myth of the Central Empire that was told to me years ago.”

"Are you talking about Rivers?" Nahaka jumped into Luo Ka's arms, rubbed his head against his palm, and looked up at Luo Ka's childish and cute face with a gentle expression, but without losing the bravery of a young man. With a face showing determination, he explained:

"I remember that many years ago, when I was still a 'Cat Clan Alien', half human and half beast, I was lucky enough to go to Constantiniya and listen to the story of an old man who believed in ancient polytheism there. The man who established the Kingdom of Kos A great man who was brutally punished for kidnapping the apostle of the Creator.

"It is said that before the sequential gods appeared, in the chaotic, gloomy, and ignorant 'post-era era', the Creator sent five gods to lead this desolate land to bring order. After the formation of the original dragon clan and the eighteen races under its jurisdiction, human beings Scattered city-state kingdoms were established.

"Once upon a time, the Central Empire was the birthplace and diffusion area of ​​human civilization from the 'Post-Era' to the 'First Era'. At that time, the gods had not yet completely slept in their respective realms, but worked together with the creatures to build this land. mainland."

"What you said..." Luo Ka, who listened carefully, commented:

"It's much more detailed than Brother 'Ice Blade'."

"That's natural. I have experienced pain in this world longer than him." Nahaka continued:

"One of the gods is in charge of death, and it is said that he may be the current Lord of the Night. He once used deceitful means to deceive Rivers, making him blaspheme the Creator. Later, he used his wisdom to use the hatred between the gods to imprison the god of death in In the fluorite array made by the goddess of light, the god of death was not able to escape until the angry whisper of the creator came.

"Later, in order to punish Rivers, the Lord of the Night turned the people of the Kingdom of Kos into his slaves and apostles, and created a high mountain in the 'Darkness Place', so that Rivers must push a huge boulder with both hands every day. Towards the top of the mountain.

"However, even if he barely succeeds, the boulder will fall quickly, and he will have to try again and again, day after day, year after year. He has neither the qualification to die nor the chance of exhaustion and mental madness.

"The Creator gave Rivers endless life, and the Lord of the Night cursed him with a clear mind and no temptation. Therefore, physical and mental pain will torture him forever until the Creator suddenly wakes up from this endless nightmare."

"I... do feel a bit like Rivers. Ever since I followed the 'Ice Blade' brother, I have realized that we Lost Ones can neither completely transform and control the wandering 'Heartless People', nor can we destroy humanity. In the gap Once we lose the chance to fight against humans, we will quickly... quickly degenerate into monsters, or even 'careless people'." Lorca said:

"And I have been moving in the direction guided by my elder brother, but the road is getting colder and darker."

"Actually, Rivers is not completely unable to take advantage of the rules that are unfavorable to him. It's just that the Lord of the Night, or the God of Death, took a fancy to his lack of wisdom and trapped him in the mountain." Nahaka explained. :

"Actually, he just needs to find a balance."

"A balance?"

"That's right, it's the point where the boulder is about to reach the top of the mountain, but hasn't really reached it yet. It's the moment when the boulder is pushed up and rolled down." Nahaka further explained:

"In the push-up state, the boulder is required to roll down due to punishment, but in the roll-down state, that is, when it is not pushed up, the boulder will not roll down. At this moment, only a small stone is needed to pave the way. , to counteract the extremely small and uncertain downward force, the boulder will remain balanced.

"So, even if Rivers doesn't put the boulder on the top of the mountain, he can go off and do what he wants to do."

"Then the Creator won't punish him?" Lorca asked doubtfully.

"He is between completing the task and not completing it, so he is naturally in a state of combination of punishment and non-punishment. In essence, he will accept punishment, but this time will be delayed endlessly." Nahaka jumped to Lorca's On his shoulder, he whispered:

"In other words, a world not necessarily completely ruled by humans is the best, nor is it necessarily a world completely controlled by the lost. As long as there are no unconscious 'unintentional people', we can be both the lost and the lost." It's human.

"It is impossible to rule without anyone and be ruled by no one. However, it is not difficult for people of all races to live under the same totem. Humanity and the lost will eventually move towards reconciliation. However, this requires Only after a thorough and most extensive war."

"So, the task entrusted to me by Brother Ice Blade is actually meaningful, and I don't necessarily understand it as a complete victory, but a...'victory of reconciliation'?" Luo Ka asked, He tilted his head to look at Nahaka.

"Indeed." The Crusted blue cat nodded, and went around the back of Lorca's neck, its two paws glowing warmly and shining red.

A few seconds later, with a brief, deep shaking that ended like the shaking of the earth, a ruby-encrusted key to the alternation of old and new winds appeared in Nahaka's hand.

"Lorka, I think it's time to entrust this thing to you." Nahaka said, wearing it around Luoka's neck from behind.

"What is this?" Luo Ka curiously looked at the slightly hot key-shaped pendant and asked.

"It's called the 'Eternal Red Key', and it was made successively through the relay work of the old gods, the Lord of Dark Night and the Lord of Eternal Red. It can enable the [Order] to further understand the origin of this world and induce it to pay attention to the most primitive Strength, thereby being promoted, and once the giant door of the 'Plamini' realm is found, this is the only key." Nahaka explained:

"The current focus of the Federal Council is not entirely on 'Plamini', and naturally it will not study what exists behind the wind wall. However, we, the Lost Organization, have few talented people who are worthy of the attention of the gods and have access to the realm of the gods. instruct.

"Everyone thinks that there are frozen ruins behind the wind wall. If you explore inward, you can naturally enter the divine realm and awaken the Lord of Eternal Red. Guys with a little research will want to find something related to 'Plamini' first. The evil god 'Echoer', and then found the divine domain with the power of a god.

"But 'reason' is 'reason', which is the eternal truth and is not subject to anyone's will. The door to the divine domain belonging to 'Plamini' can only be opened with the 'Eternal Red Key' .That door has utilized the absolute and supreme 'Mechanical Principle' since the very beginning of its design by the 'Lord of Mechanics'."

"That's it, why did you choose me... Hold it..." Luo Ka murmured, looking at the "Eternal Red Key" with the light of the small flame lit in his left hand.

It has a light ruby-like color all over, and is divided into two by a thick ring of silver metal in the middle, showing a standard ancient key shape.

The lower part of the key is covered with a layer of iron on both sides that definitely reveals the style of steam machinery. The iconic double-headed eagle of the Crusted Empire is engraved in the red area.

The upper part is carved into a well-detailed and layered cylinder that resembles an engine or a conceptual power plant. There are even two semi-circular rings that hold the cylinder in an extremely delicate way, but it looks like it is suspended. On it, it is difficult to find traces of splicing.

If you look closely, you will find that the surface of the cylinder is inlaid with seven small chip-like luminous bodies, which serve to observe the intensity of the extraordinary energy around it.

He had rested for about half an hour after coming out of the jump formation. He felt that his physical strength and energy had recovered a lot. After taking out the dirt-stained pocket watch in his pocket to check the time, Luo Ka chose to sip the stagnant water and push aside the randomly growing plants. Walk towards the outside of the "Bitter Relics".

It took about another fifteen minutes before they walked out of the huge ancient-style cave entrance made of various stones.

"Finally I can see the sun again. Ah..." Luo Ka enjoyed the brilliance of the setting sun and stretched comfortably.

Walking towards the dirt road leading to the camp jointly set up by the "Chaos Group" and "Enlightenment Cult", Luo Ka looked at the frozen wasteland with remaining snow and felt the rough natural beauty.

There are no swamps and hot lava here, only Crusted's iconic ice, snow and slight cold. The sun casts a temperature that contains the breath of the goddess of light, completely eliminating the remaining confused perceptions.

Soon, Luoka and Nahaka walked on the dirt road, and more than an hour later, he followed the passing mechanical cars back to the camp.

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This jointly built camp is mainly composed of steel plate houses, and the temporary structures can be dismantled at any time. Although it does not occupy a large area, it has gathered 400 to 500 elites from the two Lost Organizations, and further away, several meters high structures have been built. In the dark warehouse area of ​​​​the wall, there are tens of thousands of "careless people" controlled by the Lost. When there is no food and the temperature is low, those non-intelligent creatures will be in a long-term dormant state.

After entering the camp and briefly greeting the big brothers of the "Chaos Group", Luo Ka went straight to a three-story steel plate room in the middle of the camp, walked to the "General Dispatch Office" on the top floor, knocked on the door and entered.

But to his surprise, the people waiting for him sitting on the wooden chair were neither the leaders of the "Comprehension Sect" nor his eldest brother "Ice Blade", but a simple military uniform with a simple military uniform on his head. Hat, head held high, heroic posture, full of confidence, "Lei Ye", Ms.

As soon as they met, she crossed her arms and crossed her chest, looked at Luo Ka condescendingly with purple eyes that contained the aura of magic power, and said in a low tone:

"It's little brother Luo Ka. The 'jump formation' I taught you this time should have worked. Tell me, you, a boy trusted by the 'Ice Blade', what did you see?"