Wasteland Echoer

July 6, 557 in the new lunar calendar.

Crusted Federation, Extreme Cold Zone, Area A (Old Asfrost Area), "Man-Made Lake", "Cautious Contact Area".

The dim sky, dim land, and condensed dark clouds create a dim, gloomy, depressing and exhausting atmosphere.

Although most of the southern part of the Cruzeid Federation has entered the hottest season of summer, the further north you go, the breath of winter gradually grows, and with it, the warmth of summer turns into a slight coolness, and then into a complete cold.

The "man-made lake" is part of the extreme cold zone designated by the Federal Council and is an incidental project of the new northern stronghold. Two or three hundred years ago, when the situation had eased slightly, the Federal Council tried to dispatch the "Arctic Special Zone Corps" to repair the road and open up the path from Ice Lin Province to Demon City.

Relying on the K-I01 and K-100 highways, the federation once established the "New K-102" highway, and tried to use the old North Forest City, Karnosk and Pveginsk as bridge hubs to completely regain control of this vast area. Ice and snow wasteland.

But the changes in the past few hundred years are no less than the sea. Except for Demonic City, a city with an independent industrial system, which can survive alone and stand alone in the world, other cities have either experienced the destruction of the "wave of unintentional people" or have been destroyed by internal forces. Fighting and destroyed.

Some of them broke away, gathered people who were dissatisfied with the Federal Council and had no other options, and formed various independent armed groups known as "site hunters", "gold diggers" and other profit-oriented groups, such as the "Wilderness Tourist Group".

Either abandon the "noble" identity of the superpowers, join the Lost Organization and become enemies completely, such as the "Order Society", "Chaos Group", "Enlightenment Sect" and so on.

The area where the Federal Council had relatively retreated was gradually controlled by independent armed forces and the lost, and slowly developed. Around the time of Chief Executive Mendolev, under three "waves of unintentional people" known as the "Twilight of the Odyssey", the Federal Council quietly chose to abandon all strongholds and areas except Area S and shrink its strength.

Until Vasily came to power, apart from Demonic City, there were few strongholds that the Federal Council could completely control, let alone contiguous villages and settlements.

As for Demonic City, it is the special among the special. He is located inside what Crusted's former scientist, Mendo Mocat, calls the "Polar Circle." In the era of hope and prosperity in the Steam Age, whether it was Crusted or Ptoia, their scientists would Boldly propose various bold hypotheses.

One of the hypotheses they adhere to is the "planet theory". Even now, no navigator has been able to circumnavigate the oceans and continents, from the west of Crusted to the west, and reach the Fire Empire by sea. Eastern Yingzhou District, but for hundreds of years no one will question the hypothesis that our continent is round, and that the entire continent and ocean form the surface of a sphere.

Although the strange ocean may indeed be occupied by the gods of the past, and they will devour anyone who dares to set foot in it, those scientists have already calculated this through rigorous mathematical model calculations, coupled with telescope observations of the starry sky, to deduce this fact that can be confirmed in conclusion.

In Mendo Vikart's argument, the planet where the continent is located should be divided into two parts by the equator in the middle, and the ice covering the northernmost area of ​​Crusted and the vast ocean in the south is called the "pole" lock up".

The city of Demonic Annihilation in it was originally founded by Ivan X and was called "Mogya Zhesetsk". Due to related semantic changes, its current meaning is ominous.

Later, around the time from Ivan XXIII to Ivan XXV, due to the abundance of "Demon Ore", large-scale industrial mining resulted in the formation of a medium-sized forbidden demon area, so it was renamed "Demon Annihilation City" to this day.

Here, due to the northern circulation from the edge of the polar ice to the east and the influence of the warm air flow brought by the endless northern ocean current, the sea near Magic City, which is at the intersection of the ocean currents, happens to not freeze. As a result, Crusted in the "Polar Circle" The only ice-free port under our control has naturally received heavy investment and construction from several Crusted monarchs.

It's just a pity that due to the sequential monsters, it can only be guaranteed not to freeze during an unspecified and random time.

However, even after entering the new era, Magic City still retained its independent industrial system, greenhouse farm facilities, underground breeding farms, etc. In the words of Crusted Administrator Vasily: "Even if humanity is destroyed, Demonic City can still be the last paradise."

The oil stored there can be used by mechanical combat vehicles for thousands of years, and the iron ore, copper ore and rare earths are enough to arm millions of armies, navies and aerospace forces.

Therefore, this isolated treasure land has naturally been coveted by Vasily, the ambitious leader. This time he rebuilt the "City of the Five Great Men" and sent troops to garrison the "man-made lake" and the "Brutal Relics" ", on the one hand, it is indeed to seize the "device limit chip", to find a way to force the "Chaos Group" and "Comprehension Sect" to hand over Yatuo and other chips, and activate the "Universal Energy Evolution Platform" in the ice and snow.

On the other hand, these are the last two stops after a series of smooth military deployments. As long as the "man-made lake" can be established, there is hope to advance the front line to this point. If the "Baslunai area" is completely controlled, no matter " Whether the gods after "Wind Wall" are under the control of the Federation, they can completely open the road from the capital to Demonic City, completely control the western part of the Arctic Zone, and compress the living space of the lost and "unintentional people" here, creating a better future for Cruise. The German Federation provides a large and stable base of rear resources, allowing the humans here to take complete control of the war.

Once the Federation successfully regains control of the Arctic Zone and the "Evolution Platform" plan is successfully launched, it will only take a hundred years. Under the ebb and flow of power, the lost and the "unintentional people" are destined to gradually decline and perish.

"And the troops here at the 'Man-Made Lake' are assembled for the destined decisive battle."

The person who spoke was the "leader" of the "Order Society", No. 4 "Zhi Zhan", and the "young man" named Abena by Crusted.

Next to him were Dak and Wulfya, and the explanation of the history and situation of the "Man-Made Lake", "Demon Annihilation City", etc. just now came from his mouth.

At this moment, the three Ducks, who had just arrived at the temporary camp near the "man-made lake" for a few days, were placed in the surrounding areas, especially those called Patrolling the "cautious contact zone", an area connected by small forests and lake edges.

It was only three o'clock in the afternoon, and the world was already dark with dark clouds. There were some faint green auroras on the horizon. But after less than fifteen minutes of patrolling, tiny snowflakes like angel feathers fell from the sky.

Walking on the edge of the lake under the thin layer of snow that had just fallen and holding an old-fashioned "Yongguang" flashlight, Wovya sighed to Abena's explanation just now:

"It seems that the Chief Executive, His Excellency Vasily, is indeed a leader with outstanding abilities and good at using strategies. If he did not have the obsession with power and selfishness of the previous Chief Executives of the Krusted Federation, he would definitely become a generational leader. A great man, a great man who ended the Wasteland Era. However, Abena, you and I both know that the 'Evolution Platform' plan is destined to fail, and at worst it will fall short."

"Of course, I am a tall, strong and brave human warrior of the Federation, Brother Wulfya who has no magic power but is stronger than the Lost One." Abena deliberately raised his voice and teased in a childish tone. By the way, He glanced at Wovya with an ambiguous look, then put away his smile, pinched the necklace around his neck, and said:

"The 'Order Society' doesn't want to completely die out and become a loser after mankind has achieved success. No matter how aggrieved the previous 'leaders' died and how uncomfortable their lives were, it was all our original sin as the lost ones. Of course. , I know you killed 'Yinmin' and 'Ruwen', but I don't resent you. This is the sin of the Federal Council and the sorrow of this wasteland era.

"Actually, for us lost people, the extension of life will not make us more mature. On the contrary, once following a certain behavior pattern becomes a habit, we will lose the spirit of pioneering and change. We are destined to mature and mature Only in this way can one bring a higher order, and death and danger are the most direct and effective ways.

"Having said that, Vasily is still a good enough general."

"This is what I really admire about him." Wulfya said with admiration:

"At the beginning of the mobilization of the 'Iceland Province Defense Sequence' corps in the capital area, Vasily announced that it was to rebuild the 'Cities of the Five Great Men', and the focus was on Karnosk and Vasilysk. This kind of apparent project It attracted the attention of the independent armed forces and the Lost Organization, including the use of Jaroslav Rurik, a decades-old veteran, and almost deceived everyone.

"Then, when everyone's attention was focused on the prosperous Karnosk, the Federation mobilized the 'K-series' corps directly under the Strategic Regiment and quietly stationed in Vasilysk, still claiming to be construction. Even though the trucks transporting supplies were There were many sneak attacks, but Vasily did not stop.

"In fact, his occasional stupidity made many lost people think that after taking control of the [Core to the Future], he didn't know that Yato's brain was needed to truly activate the 'Evolution Platform', so that he was ridiculed. Amidst the sound, one army after another quietly stationed at the north and west sides of the 'man-made lake', and by the time the 'Chaos Group' and the 'Comprehension Sect' were fully aware of it, Vasily had completely taken advantage of the situation."

"Yes, this is fox-like thinking, the so-called cunning wisdom." Abena raised the corners of his mouth and said with a smile:

"Moreover, when the Federation gained the upper hand here, the Lost Ones had to break away from various areas, especially those lurking among humans, to support the 'Man-made Lake'. This was the key point that tilted the scales of the entire situation. They now only I can think of a way to give it a try.

"However, before full preparations were made, Vasily ordered the soldiers here to exercise restraint and did not have many conflicts with the 'Chaos Group' and the 'Comprehension Sect'. Human beings did not expose their own strength, but also quietly mastered it. More than 80% of the information is here.”

While they were talking, Abena and the other three suddenly heard a blast. They looked in the direction of the sound and saw a small mushroom flame rising into the air at the edge of the woods, giving off a dazzling burning color.

"Come on, let's go over and take a look." Wulfya said.