Wasteland Echoer

July 9th, 557th year of the New Lunar Calendar.

Crusted Federation, Extreme Cold Zone, Area A (Old Yashuang District), "Man-Made Lake" Federation Temporary Military Station, "Campaign Command Center".

Yaroslav Rurik, the newly appointed chief executive of the Karnosk Regional Committee of the Krusted Federation and the commander-in-chief of the "Battle of the Artificial Lake in the Extremely Cold Special Zone", is currently dragging his head after a sleepless night to open his exclusive He opened the door of the bulletproof "Crusder Mechanical Chariot", and under the protection of several Crusted [soldiers] who were almost armed to the teeth, he quickly walked into the subway gate of the federal temporary military garrison here.

Behind him was a "person" with the appearance of a boy about thirteen or fourteen years old, but he was wearing a black cotton coat, a black mask and a cloak, making it impossible to see his true appearance and identity.

Ten minutes later, when he stepped onto the concrete floor where building materials were piled up and the corners were filled with undried concrete, Yaroslav took the white, flawless hand of the young man in the black mask and entered the temporarily renovated " Go through the gate of the three-story building of the "Battle Command Center" and walk towards the "Resident War Situation Conference Room" on the top floor.

This "battle command center" was not originally included in the planning of the temporary settlement. It was a settlement ruins found after the Federal Council mobilized several legions to prepare to expand the temporary camp.

This ruins was previously buried under heavy snow and ice. Due to the generally hot weather in Crusted this year and the increased activities of humans and Lost Area A, the ice on the surface of the "man-made lake" has basically disappeared. It melts completely, and naturally the surrounding snow no longer exists.

It is estimated that this place was established with the arrival of the first human expedition team of the Federation's "Return Home Plan" when Hev Chidanrik was the administrator.

In the first 150 years of the New Yuan crisis, the Krusted people were indeed at a loss and spent unforgettable difficult years in chaos, killings and disasters.

Fortunately, since 200 New Year, when the Federation has begun to stabilize the order in various strongholds, an expedition team departing from New Wind Town brought enough food and supplies in order to rediscover the road to the northern realm and Demonic City. Weapons, announced the "Return Home Plan", and wanted to show the indomitable courage of mankind.

Most of them died in the severe cold environment and attacks by wandering "careless people" and the lost ones entrenched in the extremely cold zone. The last dozen people chose to build a village next to the "man-made lake" and opened up the first village after the New Yuan Dynasty. An officially recognized route northward.

Unfortunately, two hundred years ago, during the Puvetkin period, the successive defeats against the Lost Organization in the Extreme Cold Zone made it difficult to transport follow-up materials and supplies northward. In the end, the humans here gradually fled to or returned to Binglin Province, and it was completely abandoned. Come down.

This time, after rediscovering this village, the federal army asked Vasily for instructions and chose to locate the "campaign" command center here.

During the station, the army not only discovered many materials and writings left by descendants of the expedition team of that period, but also many poems that seemed to be shouted over and over again, symbolizing human courage and indomitable spirit.

Walking along the stairs to the third floor that were filled with unpleasant decoration smell and dust, the old man, Yaroslav, whose face was covered with scars symbolizing honor and perseverance, took away the heavily armed people who accompanied him to protect him. The Federation [Soldier] personally pushed open the simple and wide wooden door and walked into the "Resident War Situation Conference Room".

"Stand up and salute!"

As soon as they entered the door, everyone wearing the dark green federal officer uniforms that were only worn on important occasions stood up, all faced Yaroslav, held their heads high and raised their hands in salute.

This process continued until he sat at the end of the "conference room" on the black leather chair dedicated to the commander-in-chief of the "Battle of the Artificial Lake in the Extreme Cold Zone".

This is the unique treatment that the Krusted Federation has given to people who can be called heroes since its establishment. Yaroslav has personally eliminated thousands of "unintentional people" and lost people. For humans, he is worthy of respect. .

Yaroslav, who was sitting in his seat, did not speak, but looked around to observe the situation.

This "meeting room" is important and secret enough that ordinary federal soldiers cannot enter easily. Moreover, there are many "Hyacinth" artillery, "Desert Howitzer" and other weapons mobilized from Xinfeng Town deployed around it, plus the renovated former village wall. The barriers formed make this place "safe" enough.

In the "meeting room", in addition to the former temporary resident manager on the right, Oleg Mayanov, who is currently the northern affairs manager of the Krusted Federal Strategic Group and the deputy commander-in-chief of the "Arctic Special Zone Artificial Lake Campaign" Except, he didn't know the rest. They should all be subordinates of "Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic Regiment Crusted Army" Gnady.

Having just been urgently activated by Vasily, he had not yet established a foothold in Karnosk, so he had to take over the "man-made lake" battlefield where Gennady was unwilling to come.

About half a minute later, Yaroslav turned his head to look at Oleg on his right, who was about thirty years old and had a face covered with small scars. He was handsome and had a standard Krusted appearance. The hoarse voice said:

"Tell me about the current situation on the battlefield, Oleg."

"Yes, General Commander." Oleg stood up, saluted the fifteen-year-old officer, and took out the topmost document that had been prepared from the thick documents on the table, with the paradoxical "Gun Bear Totem" printed on it. The document begins:

"Under the effective orders of Chief Executive Vasily Lord and 'Commander-in-Chief' General Gleb, first in May 557 SGD, troops belonging to 'C' and 'C' were mobilized from Karnosk, Pveginsk and Vasilysk More than two thousand [soldiers] from the 'K' Legion went to set up tent camps here. In the name of exploration, they successfully confused the Lost Organization, the 'Chaos Group' and the 'Comprehension Sect' entrenched here.

"Then, from May to June, taking advantage of the opportunity to go north to build the 'City of Five Great Men', more than 5,000 [soldiers] were dispatched to start building military facilities. This work was kept highly confidential until the end of June." Only then did the Lost Ones of the Chaos Group begin to notice, and they made emergency arrangements to establish strongholds in the east and south of the 'man-made lake'. But in fact, they already had a disadvantage.

"In early July, we have successfully assembled more than 20,000 federal [soldiers], transformed the former 'explorer settlement' villages into 'temporary military camps', and initially established military areas and transportation channels that can be stationed for a long time. At present, since The food and medicine reserves transported from Binglin Province can last for half a year, 150,000 rifles of various types, 2 million rounds of bullets, 1,500 artillery pieces, 25 Air and Space Force combat aircraft, and more than 10,000 pieces of other military equipment.

"Furthermore, the production capacity of the Vasilsk and Pveginsk military factories has been initially restored, and more than 50% of the normal production capacity can be maintained even amid attacks by the Lost and the Unintentional."

"It seems that the preparations are quite sufficient. Master Vasily and Gennady want to rely on the competition for the old empire's technological data in the 'Limited Chip' and the 'Brutal Ruins' to attract the main Lost Organizations and independent armed forces. We eliminated them in one fell swoop through a decisive battle." Yaroslav analyzed:

"With such ample weapon preparation, it seems that the intensity of the subsequent battle will only increase, not weaken."

"Indeed, General Yaroslav," Oleg responded.

"I heard that Mr. Vasily gave a very poetic name to this battle that attracted a large number of enemies at the regular internal mobilization meeting of the Krusted Federation yesterday, right?" Yaroslav crossed his hands and turned his head to look at Ole. Ge, wanting to ease the solemn atmosphere of the meeting, asked in a pretending to be relaxed tone.

Immediately, Oleg nodded and responded:

"That's right, it's quoted from a scientist in the old empire whose existence was erased. He said, 'Buried in the ruins of deep suffering are strange substances that make people feel uneasy and gradually go crazy. Science cannot explain it. Only gods and creators can. Give the answer, that is sorrow'.

"Therefore, Master Vasily named this operation 'The Deep Sorrow'. He said that as long as we can survive the fiercest resistance of the Lost Organization, the 'Chaos Group' and the 'Comprehension Sect' will be destroyed, and all the 'Order Society' will Anyway, the plan for the 'Universal Energy Evolution Platform' can proceed normally.

"In this way, within five years, the energy of the sun will be transferred to the container carved by scientists. The 'evolution platform' standing in Crusted will form a network and continue to annihilate the 'unintentional people' with the power of the sun. Virus', purifying the lost.

"Within twenty years, the federal strongholds will be completely connected; within fifty years, order will be completely restored in Crusted, and all life and production will return to the pre-New Zealand level; within one hundred years, with the Crusaders With the liberation of Germany, the Western Continent, Khitanlis, Ptoia, Philica and the Central Region will completely get rid of the haze of the 'unintentional people' and usher in a complete 'Restart Era'."

Even though he had doubts about such a "grand" and "splendid" plan, Yaroslav, as the "commander-in-chief", said firmly:

"What a far-sighted plan, a great plan belonging to mankind. So, Oleg, tell me about the progress of the war in the past few days."

"Of course it's no problem." Oleg wiped the beads of sweat that had inadvertently leaked from his forehead and continued:

"At the end of June, due to insufficient preparations, the strategy at that time was to contact cautiously. We repaired the cave entrances, deployed machinery near the two controlled entrances A and C, laid roads inward, and conducted exploration, and at the same time cleared the surrounding small alien monsters ' and 'Wandering Unintentional Man', but because of excessive radiation and 'mental interference factors', they were never able to go too deep.

"At the beginning of July, the vanguard patrol team discovered the Lost Persons who entered the entrance of B sporadically, and an encounter took place. Ten of our people were killed and one of the other party was captured. Three days ago, under the instructions of Mr. Vasily's 'full activation', the air force The Space Force and artillery forces worked closely together to launch strikes against military targets such as the Lost Ones' 'warehouse area', with remarkable results.

"It is reported that the 'warehouse area' personally controlled by 'Ice Blade' not only stores tens of thousands of 'Ice-Free Heartless' for fighting, but also high-risk 'alien monsters' formed by the mutation of 'Wind Mine', named 'Plamini's Ax', once there is a loophole in our suppression, the Lost are likely to activate these 'weapons'.

"After several small-scale encounters, our shortcoming is still weak resistance to 'extraordinary power', and it is quite difficult to face the Lost One-on-one. But..."

"But what?" Yaroslav frowned and asked.

"On the one hand, 'Fu Bing' of the 'Order Society' and some of the members he brought have arrived here; on the other hand, there may still be something inside the complex area composed of the stone pillars and mechanical remains of the 'Brudging Relics' At the entrance, the explorers said that the 'mental interference factors' there are weak and it is easy to enter the ruins. We tentatively named it - the entrance of 'D'."