Wasteland Echoer

After all, the federal [soldiers] guarding the "battle command" center are elites from all over the world. Although the number of troops dispatched in this "Suffering of Sorrow" battle is not very large, the quality is really high.

Faced with Dak's approaching provocation, the soldier whose barrel was bent decisively threw the rifle aside, took half a step back with one leg, clenched his right hand, and punched Dak in the face at almost the fastest speed of a human being. Come.

call! call!

The fierce sound of wind passed by Duck's ears, which was in perfect harmony with the climate of the extremely cold zone in the north of Crusted.

The soldier's attack was like a slow-motion slideshow in front of Dak. As a [Chaos Inducer], even though he hadn't eaten much for many days, he almost exhausted his energy during the adventure of "Bitter Relics". Just a slight tilt of his head to the side and a limited tilt of his body allowed him to avoid the heavy blow that poured out power and speed.

Then, he looked at the position carefully, deliberately avoiding the positions of several important human organs, and punched the soldier in the abdomen.

When the soldier temporarily lost strength due to pain and curled up, Duck picked him up and slammed him against the red brick wall connected to the iron gate.

boom!

The huge force not only stirred up the dust on the ground, but also strangely splashed countless tiny sparks. In the eyes of that soldier, the pain caused by the punch that had just been punched at a speed beyond visual observation had not yet been relieved. He was hit so hard that stars appeared in his eyes, and sparks filled his field of vision.

This feeling is like observing the fireworks set off by the Khitanris people who are complex, chaotic and chaotic. In the confusing atmosphere, they have no choice but to faint.

"What do you want to do?" Another federal soldier was briefly shocked by Duck's speed and strength. Even though what just happened happened in just one second, his professionalism allowed him to react quickly. While questioning, he had already The safety of the rifle was pulled open, and the muzzle of the gun was pointed at Duck's head.

boom!

boom! boom!

He fired three shots at Dak's heart without hesitation. At the critical moment, Dak quickly and rarely used his thoughts to gather the water-based magic power. On his chest, a layer of solid titanium was formed in the position of the semi-steel heart. Alloy "ice armor".

Although the three bullets hit the heart with the perfect shooting accuracy of the federal [soldier], they bounced off one after another and rushed towards the solid concrete ground. One of them bounced off and almost hit the shooting soldier. past his ear.

Seeing that the two soldiers really regarded him as the enemy of the Lost, Dak didn't hesitate at all. He stepped forward and grabbed the rifle from the soldier who fired. He grabbed the head and tail with both hands, pushed the middle with his knees, and actually pushed the rifle. Divided in two, it became two halves of almost worthless scrap metal.

Then, he punched the soldier in the abdomen. When he saw him vomiting blood, he stopped continuing. Instead, he tied the soldier's hands from behind, put his knees on his back, and pushed him to the ground.

At this moment, the soldier who had just been knocked unconscious regained consciousness, got up with difficulty, and pressed the alarm button at the connection between the iron gate and the wall.

Ohh Ohh ohh--

A rapid and irritating sound suddenly filled the entire "battle command center". In less than a minute, the large iron door was opened, and dozens of heavily armed Cruzeid Federation [soldiers] rushed out, surrounding Dak. stand up.

Facing these soldiers, Dak knew that he was not strong enough to compete with them, so he chose to let go of the soldiers lying on the ground, stood up, stared at the leader who looked like a squad leader with sharp and cautious eyes, and said :

"Take me to Yaroslav, the commander-in-chief here. Also, I am not the Lost One."

When the leading team leader saw Dak's appearance and the two wounded guards [soldiers] next to him, he immediately understood Dak's strength. After talking to the people behind him, he ordered the surrounding soldiers to aim their guns at Dak. After taking him to an open field next to the "battle command center", he reported to Yaroslav who had just finished the campaign meeting.

Soon, two officers wearing Crusted's dark black officer uniforms, thick yellow military cotton coats, and "Federal Strategic Regiment Member Badges" walked into the open space, and after sending away the surrounding soldiers, they looked serious. But he asked in a relatively gentle tone:

"You're Dark, right?"

Looking around, seeing that all the fully armed soldiers had left, Dak breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said:

"Yes, I am Dark Tiris, a fifth-level hurricane. I am currently the deputy captain of the 'Universal Energy Evolution Platform Search Special Team' directly under the Strategic Group. If you doubt my identity, you can check my 'Federal Military Membership Card' , although... I lost it after entering the 'Bitter Relics'."

"Haha." One of the officers laughed heartily:

"Dak Tiris... you are really humorous. You know, except for large strongholds like Ice City and Mayan City, towns and strongholds in the wilderness generally do not check documents. Lord Yaroslav also recognizes you. , want us to take you in.

"However, Duck, the conflict with those soldiers just now was an accident, or at most a misunderstanding. I hope we will not mention this matter again in the future. After all, the 'Man-made Lake' is not just a struggle between humans and the lost. , there are still many complicated struggles between humans and humans, and between humans and supernatural beings.”

"Okay, I understand." Duck replied.

…

A few minutes later, two officers brought Duck into the three-story building of the "Battle Command Center". After walking through a dark, short passage, they came to a hanging room deep on the ground floor. There is a sign "Conversation Room" on the door of the room.

After knocking on the door three times hard but very rhythmically, Yaroslav's old, hoarse, but very strong and powerful voice came from inside:

"Is Dak back? You two go back first and let Dak come in."

After the two officers left, Duck pushed open the slightly old oak door painted with red paint and entered the "conversation room."

To his surprise, the furnishings in this room were almost exactly the same as the "Garrison Duty Room" where he first met Yaroslav when he was stationed at the Strategic Regiment.

Shabby red leather sofa, broken mahogany table, old office desk, dirt-covered bed, small mechanical parts, miscellaneous supplies and a small electrified fireplace, as well as two paintings of "Ivan XXII" and "Viking" on the wall "Vladimir" portraits, these are all there.

Even the shabby pure black curtain, which is hard to notice, exists in the same position.

Even when Yaroslav walked out from behind the curtain, he was still wearing the old pleated cotton coat from forty years ago.

Seeing Dak come back, Yaroslav still showed surprise and disbelief, then turned on the only incandescent light in the room, looked at Dak up and down, without saying a word.

And Dak also found that Yaroslav had lost some of the excitement and motivation he had when he was first transferred to Karnosk, and looked at him with familiar dark eyes and soft eyes.

His face still has a tall nose and a yellowish complexion. Even though he is the commander-in-chief of the "Suffering of Sorrow" campaign, he has access to a lot of supplies, especially food. For the senior officer of the Cruzeid Federation, Vasily Special food supply plans have also been approved.

But Yaroslav was still so skinny, with heavy circles under his eyes, peeling corners of his mouth, and he looked slightly tired.

After asking Dak to sit down, Yaroslav did not directly ask about the "Bitter Relics". Instead, he lit a cigarette made of "Anshen Neijuanhua", took a strong puff, exhaled soft and ethereal smoke, and turned sideways. Looking at Dak, he asked:

"Dak, I heard that you served in the 'Special Task Group' under the Strategic Regiment in Mayan City. I originally thought that [soldiers] like you who deal with extraordinary things, monsters and monsters are better at using magic and skills. Especially extraordinary monsters, but you really impressed me today.

"I didn't expect that your fighting skills have almost surpassed the best human [warriors], no, it was completely suppressed. Dak, I guess, either you deliberately concealed a lot of strength before and did not reveal it easily, or you were suffering. The deep ruins have been sublimated. Obviously, you were very restrained in the fight with those two boys just now. If you wanted to, you should be able to kill them instantly."

"That's right, Commander-in-Chief." Dak was not polite, but admitted generously:

"I did give them a little lesson, but this is in our camp, and you are the commander-in-chief here. I actually don't want to cause trouble to you. If I really kill them here, I'm afraid I At least I have to be arrested by you."

"Haha." Yaroslav smiled meaningfully:

"You don't want to cause trouble, but some people want to kill me, and those people are not the hostile Lost Ones organization. But having said that, do you know how powerful those two gatekeepers are?"

"I don't know. Anyway, I feel that they are quite weak. At least compared to the 'leaders' of the 'Order Society', they are vulnerable." Dak has some Verses.

"You can say this, but most of the [soldiers] in our camp are not qualified to say these things. These two guys are members of the 'Special Training Group' directly under the Federal Strategic Group. They have at least the level of Hurricane 3 and are in the federal organization In the test of military literacy, fighting skills and physical fitness, they have always been among the top ten in Binglin City." While Yaroslav spoke, he also showed mixed emotions of praise and fear to Dak:

"Last year, in the Waters Province, the two of them eliminated all 20 lost people in the 'Searching Group 3' of the Lost Organization's 'Expedition Team', and also defeated the ten-meter-high 'Water Swift Dragon - Snakevo' .The Federal Council sent them here to protect the safety of our senior military officers at the first pass.

"And you knocked them down with just one punch, which is enough to prove your physical fitness, fighting skills and the power of magic. If you had never mutated into a 'alien monster', perhaps the Federal Council would be able to give it to you with more confidence. More challenging tasks for you.”

"Challenging? Forget it, the people at the Federal Council obviously like refined egoists who want people to complete tasks through life and death, but don't want to give many substantive rewards. I feel that I can maintain the status quo of the relationship with them and continue my work. The goal is enough." Dak cursed.

"Yes, it would be great if everyone could freely move forward towards their own goals." Yaroslav sighed softly, then changed the topic:

"But Dak, from the information I have collected about you, it seems that you will leave room for human beings, whether they are federal [soldiers], wilderness civilians, or even independently armed people, in battle. Even under the circumstances, you are unwilling to criticize or punish them too harshly. Don't you know that such 'Mother's Heart' behavior will bring unnecessary disasters to you?"

"I know." Dak said with a slightly heavy tone:

"But I have always left a trace of sympathy for human beings in my heart, which is the bottom line. If I were born in the era when [order] collapsed and the end of the world began at all costs to survive, I would definitely regard human beings as the most dangerous factor. Get rid of everything that threatens me.

"But now, it is the 'Wasteland Era' where [Order] is trying to slowly recover. Humanity has suffered from five to six hundred years of suffering. Almost everyone is fighting against war, hunger and danger. With the Lost and the ' Compared with the "unintentional people", we do not have an advantage in terms of numbers, and we are always at a disadvantage in terms of strength.

"If under such circumstances, we do not advocate unity and plant the seeds of cooperation and kindness as much as possible, then human civilization will not be able to continue. Lord Yaroslav, you should be clear, guide [order] to restore, end The power of the wasteland world has never been selfishness, robbery, killing and self-interest."

"Then what do you think it should be?" Yaroslav looked at Duck with interest and asked.

"Dedication, fighting, persistence and unity." Dak replied firmly:

"In the 'Bitter Ruins', I saw the majestic, dazzling and breathtaking technology of the old empire. I also met... Ivan XXII who was trying to revive. In fact, the great emperor at that time was surrounded by , and there are two Lost Boys fighting with him.

"I heard their conversation and learned about the reasons for the formation of the wasteland world. So after I came out, I realized that the essence of disaster is actually human greed and selfishness. If human civilization is destroyed, it must not be caused by 'unintentional people' and The lost ones, but ourselves.

"And I know that when your own power is strong enough, the humans you let go will no longer pose a threat to you, even if they are evil."

"Yes, but many people don't realize this." Yaroslav said:

"This topic is too heavy. I think it's better to tell you some news that makes us all happy. Your comrade Wofya and the young man Luo Nie who has been following you in the 'Bitter Ruins' were killed three days ago. Our 'Battle Patrol' found out."

"Found it? Where are they? Are they okay? Are they injured?" Dak stood up suddenly, grabbed Yaroslav's shoulder and asked.

"Don't be too excited, Dak." Yaroslav asked Dak to sit down and continued:

"We found the two of them at the entrance of B. When we found them, they were just exhausted and fainted temporarily. It was nothing serious. They woke up after resting for a long time in the temporary war zone hospital. I can take you later. Go and see them.

“They described to us in detail what they encountered in the ‘Bitter Relics’. In fact, thanks to the drop in temperature and the freezing of the lake, we had successfully dug the entrance to Section B the day before yesterday.

"Furthermore, our federation has gained an absolute advantage in this battle of 'Suffering Deep Sorrow'. I think that in less than a week, relying on their information, the 'engineering force' will be able to completely dig through the 'Suffering Deep Relics' and destroy the ruins." Bring the technological products belonging to the Crusaders back to the capital."