Wasteland Echoer

"The truth? Hahahahahahaha..." Augustus laughed so wildly that he almost couldn't breathe.

About half a minute later, accompanied by a violent cough mixed with lingering laughter, Augustus picked up the porcelain tea cup again from the low table covered with gold-rimmed sun patterns and had a strong atmosphere of the Cruzeid court. The remaining light yellow tea, which exudes an alluring aroma and has a lightness that seems to lead people's soul to an unknown and mysterious realm, is drank down in one gulp.

Then, Augustus breathed a sigh of relief and asked:

"Boy, what level does the truth you want to know belong to?"

After a slight pause for a few seconds, "Future", who maintained his gun-raising posture, thought for a while and said:

"Reality. We want to know the truth that caused the 'New Yuan Crisis'. Here, I don't want to understand the dragon clan, nor do I want to pursue answers to the mysteries. I neither want to explore anything about the gods, nor do I want to get involved. I cannot extricate myself from the extraordinary. I only care about the truth of reality, and then..."

"Then what?" Augustus smiled contemptuously:

"Then try to solve it? Just like the former 'crazy' Queen Lelita of Eventele, a vassal state of the Crusted Empire, and his 'madman' Prime Minister Kyle?"

"I'm not interested in history." "Future" half roared, staring at Augustus with light black pupils like a dark monster from the abyss.

However, even in the soul body, as the former marshal of the Krusted Empire, he must have experienced at least two huge battles. He does not know what fear is. When it comes to dealing with fear, he is a complete "Ignorance", ignorance means fearlessness.

However, the aura exuding from "Future"'s body, as well as his boyish appearance and extremely inconsistent calmness and determination, really made Augustus look at him with admiration.

After a few minutes of slight silence, Augustus softened his tone and began to talk:

"The philosophers of Putoa said that crisis is the law. It will not appear out of thin air, just like the conservation of energy, nor will it disappear out of thin air. When it happens, you can only use 120% of your efforts, plus 30 % luck, reducing its impact to less than 20%.

"Although His Majesty Emperor Ivan was recognized by the Order Cards and became the only [Order] among ten thousand, and was blessed by the gods, he raised the majesty and power of the empire to unprecedented heights. However, dusk is the verification. A true believer's moment.

"When he repeatedly came to the conclusion that Krusted would eventually perish through the 'deduction team', he completely abandoned the gods and left all extraordinary powers behind, replacing them with a game that was crazy enough and inhumane. plan of."

"Is this the plan to create a 'New Yuan Crisis'?" Luo Ka stood up, leaned on Future's shoulder, and asked.

"I don't know how people of your time would call such a ridiculous and devilish plan, but in the year 719 of the Steam Era, His Majesty Emperor Ivan secretly announced to us, the top officials of the empire, 'Destroy the existing country and comprehensively transform mankind.' 'New Plan'." Augustus replied.

"'New construction plan'?" Lorca asked doubtfully.

"That's right." Augustus said, calmly waving his right hand gently, and a cigar appeared between his fingers. Immediately, his eyeballs turned left and right alternately several times, and the tobacco leaves instantly turned red. It burned.

Augustus took a sharp sip without spitting out any smoke and continued:

"The name of the project is not an abbreviation or something written, but comes from the poetry of Gurji. Oh, by the way, Gurji is a descendant of a large Nabsk family and the most popular great poet of our time. and writers.”

"Unfortunately, this is still the case in our time." "Future" sighed slightly.

"Really? That's really sad." After a brief comment, Augustus continued:

"He wrote a poem for Binglin City and the palace of 'Scream of Steel Flame'. This project was also under the request of His Majesty the Emperor, from 'The new flames burn the dragon, and the world made of steel enlightens the future.' The name of the 'new construction plan' was determined in one sentence.

"Boy, you have to know. The five existing empires are just countries established after a gloomy and arduous war at the turn of the human era and the dragon era. They have dominated the order of the human world for thousands of years, but there has never been any one The country is truly destroyed, or has completely declined. Even Aventelei, who is seeking death everywhere, got rid of our comprehensive guidance in the hands of King Ryan I." Augustus recounted.

"So, Ivan XXII's purpose, in addition to preventing the true destruction of the Krusted Empire, also wants to re-establish an 'order'? The 'order' of the world?" "Future" speculated:

"As a [Order], I'm afraid he not only wants to completely end the old order in which the five empires are gears and the world revolves around them, and establish the only 'Human Federation', I'm afraid, he also wants to end magic, that is, the power of magic. It has a huge impact on all aspects of this world and penetrates into every corner of human life, right?”

"Of course, if we use science to explain it, the magic source power in the past is the source of magic that constitutes this world. From a technological perspective, it is only something that can be easily obtained by humans and most intelligent races living on this planet. It's just energy." Augustus explained, with a strange and subtle smile on his lips:

"In fact, the existing countries should have entered the grave long ago in the Steam Age. The new machines have already subverted the old order in the most essential way. They can increase production efficiency to the extreme. Farmland and farmland that originally required hundreds of people to work Factories, now requiring only a few workers to keep the machinery running and repair them, can produce hundreds of times more food and industrial products than ever before.

"Humanity, as the most intelligent member of the eighteen ancient races, should be connected by any means, including but not limited to war and disaster. The old imperial boundaries should be broken, so that by Emperor Ivan The elite humans headed by His Majesty use the essence of human wisdom to manage and explore this world. Only then can humans become the masters of the planet and the universe, and then break through the shackles set by all gods for us, and face the most mysterious and profound Creator. '."

"You will eventually be punished for blaspheming the gods. Even if you think about the problem from the perspective of Ivan XXII, you should expect that when human power threatens their existence, the gods will definitely compare their power with Shang. Bring disaster when you have an advantage." "Future" refuted:

"I originally thought that the 'New Year Crisis' was a disaster that caused us to reflect on the fact that humans replaced the 'prayer' to the gods with 'blasphemy.' But in fact, it is the arrogance and arrogance of a certain human being. And the disaster caused. Perhaps the reason why the gods did not stop Ivan 22 was precisely because they discovered that this was a real disaster."

"No, this is not a disaster, but 'evolution'. In fact, the research results written by the 'KK-70601' and 'KK-70602' reports, that is, the 'New Construction Project Development Group', show that: 'Ivano After the virus is injected into the human body, it will first neutralize the magic power in the body and generate weak current and magnetic field to protect the human brain nerves, adjust the damage to the mind, and play a protective role." Austria Gustus further explained:

"Secondly, they will follow the flow of blood and energy to the heart, replacing the originally strong but fragile heart muscles and blood vessels with steel and alloys. The 'Ivanov virus' will modify the genetic material in the cells to make it Demonstrating great sturdiness, as well as unparalleled resistance to heat, cold, and ability to harvest energy.

"The modified heart becomes the center for delivering powerful genes to the whole body. The liquid with a high concentration of 'Ivanov virus' will be as red as molten iron, and the temperature will be extremely high and highly corrosive. The strengthened Although many nerves have been killed in the body and blood vessels, greatly reducing the pain and emotions of the transformed people, but in fact, don’t those who are truly close to the gods always have a very indifferent expression?"

"Although I didn't hear anything wrong, I always felt like something was wrong." "Future" muttered.

But Augustus didn't seem to hear "Future"'s whispered words. Instead, he stood up, walked to the window, pushed open the window that was filled with patterns outlined by golden metal lines, and looked up at the piles of square bricks. The windmills, the villas and mansions blowing by the breeze, as well as the verdant plains with blooming flowers, the endless wilderness, and the lake at the end with sparkling golden waves, and then said:

"The Khitanris and Ptoya people once called the floating divine realm that contains endless mysterious treasures and buries the great technology left by the gods as 'Laputa'. In fact, the transformed human beings can rely on a little bit of individual power to Build a 'Laputa' that transcends everything.

"Although the transformed human beings have ten times higher demand for energy, that is, the desire to eat, they are also able to absorb the increasingly thinner magic power in the air to further transform their bodies and strengthen themselves. Any evolution will There will be a brief period of labor pain, and if you want to truly enter the universe to survive, it was simply impossible with the human body in the past."

"You mean, in Ivan XXII's conception, the final mission of the transformed human beings, that is, the formed 'Wuxin People' and us Lost Ones, is to enter the universe?" Lorca said in disbelief. asked.

After a slight pause for a few seconds, Augustus closed his eyes tightly, nodded and said:

"That's right. In experiments, humans modified by the 'Ivanov virus' can survive without oxygen and water for a long time. In several specific mutants, we have found that their hearts can transfer oxygen elements The matter is converted into oxygen to supply the body. You have to know that most places in the universe are empty, and the shortest distance between two planets is longer than the distance from the Extremely Cold Zone to the 'Cape of Storms' Dozens of times longer.

"After destroying the order of the original five empires and eliminating the weak who cannot maintain consciousness in the 'New Construction Plan' and gain evolution, the reborn unified human federation will be under the leadership of the resurrected Emperor Ivan. Break through the "ancient place" that is tossed by dark winds and waves, filled with hollows and twisted ancient monsters, and filled with shipwrecks. After thoroughly exploring our world, start a great space program and explore a more profound cosmic world.

"However, since you were able to break through the domain of Zorigo, the guy who always calls himself 'Dragon', peacefully and without a fight, and come here. That proves that the crazy rotation of the gears of destiny is nearing its end. When the machine named 'Future' begins to emit the first wisp of gray smoke, the bell of a new era has already sounded."

"Are you saying that the 'Restart Era' is coming? Because of us?" "Future" smiled bitterly and shook his head slightly.

"Yes and no." Augustus lowered his head slightly and explained:

"However, His Majesty Emperor Ivan predicted that when someone comes here, it proves that the world has begun to move from the disorder of disaster to the order of peace. From now to 'restart', it will be a difficult and hopeful era. However, If His Majesty can successfully wake up, or is led by the [Order], this time will not become long."