Wasteland Echoer

"Subverting the existence of [Order]." "Thunder Page" slowly floated into the air, his hands tilted 45 degrees upward, and he looked at the blue sky in an attitude of praising the sun.

Suddenly, in "Irisela", the sun in the so-called "Paradise" suddenly expanded a bit, splashing downwards with a frightening orange-red light.

After floating to a position about four or five meters above the ground, "Thunder Leaf" roared wantonly with a voice mixed with the sound of thunder:

"Order 1 and demigods have the right to question 'reason'. Once people who are promoted to this order appear in the world, whether they are lost people or human beings, it means the true end of an ancient era and the sudden birth of a new era. .

"It's just..." "Lei Ye"'s tone suddenly softened a lot, and he slowly landed on the ground, like a combat aircraft that had run out of fuel, his head drooped, and he said in despair:

"They still need to experience the pain, hardship, despair, confusion and fear of being born as humans, and cannot escape the near-eternal reincarnation. Demigods cannot be promoted to true gods without the direct recognition of the Creator."

"Why?" "Future" asked. "Future" obviously didn't practice this piece of mystical knowledge well.

"In the year 325 of the New Era, the last two paragraphs of the paper "Promotion and Exploration of the Extraordinary Realm" published by Yaruko from Zinni mentioned that the order of the gods was determined in advance by the Creator. Whenever When a god falls, a demigod will be promoted." "Thunder Page" said:

"In an era when the power of magic is abundant, humans and gods have enough magic power as a medium to awaken the Creator and add new gods. However, the gods do not need the divine domain as a refuge and can live freely in any corner of the world. , without having to worry about the divinity being erased and the divine power diminished.

"But since the 'First Furnace of Steel Incident' and humans entering the Steam Age, the magic power in nature has rapidly disappeared at an astonishing speed. After that, in order to ensure that the divinity does not slowly fade away, the gods began to hide. They will not reappear in the world. The demigods who had the opportunity to be directly promoted to the new order of gods also died in the painful flow of the magic source power."

"Wait a minute, 'Lei Ye', you just said that a god will be promoted after the death of a god. It is difficult for demigods to be promoted in the first place. Why do you need to describe it separately?" "Future" asked curiously.

"Because natural demigods are gods and their sons, and in the 'principles' established by the Creator, new orders can be expanded for them individually." "Leiye" explained:

"And extraordinary people who have been promoted through the first level of magic source power, whether they are magicians, or simple users of magic source power, even if they have gone through all kinds of hardships to reach the demigod level, they can only go through complicated rituals. , pray to the Creator, and you can be promoted only after receiving permission. In the entire third era, the only new god who was approved by the Creator and promoted was the 'Daughter of the Mechanical Element' who was killed by the 'Echoer'."

"Isn't he... just a killing machine made by the old empire? I have checked all the experimental data from that year. It turns out that Shekkokov Nicholas Nebsknov only made it under the orders of Ivan XXII. It’s just a war machine.” “Future” questioned:

"This plan is called the 'Battle of the Dandelions', named after the dandelion seeds that were blown by the wind and scattered in the wind, leaving nothing in their place. Shekakaf has indeed gone through many rounds of testing and will be used by the successfully assembled machinery. The girl was named 'Daughter of Mechanical Yuan', which means 'a woman who only knows how to kill in the new era of machinery'.

"But at that time, the central core equipped by Xie Kekafu for the 'Daughter of Mechanical Yuan' was a chip. It was completely artificial. It did not add a single trace of magic source power, nor did it use sequential monsters soaked with extraordinary power. It was completely It was made from the latest technology of the empire at that time, which was the only three 'electronic computers' that entered data. How is it possible that it could become a god?"

"Nothing is impossible. As long as the universe is boundless and time and space never perish, everything is possible." "Lei Ye" explained:

"It is precisely because the existence of the 'Daughter of the Mechanical Element' violated the highest authority of the Creator, that is, the power to create life, that the Creator woke up from his slumber on his own initiative and poured [personality] and divinity into this 'killing machine' , making it truly possess life and gain divinity at the same time.

"You should know that after reading the materials from that year. Shekokafu died in the 'Yuanchu Experimental Site' underground in Binglin City. His limbs were accurately cut off with sharp tools, just like an artist making the most exquisite animal. Geometric sculpture in general.

"His chest and abdomen were burned with horrific shadows by the flames. Only a spine and nerves remained at the connection between his head and neck. Even though the red liquid flowed freely outwards, forming a totem containing violence and anger, but After other scientists discovered him, he did not die immediately, but chanted a language that people could not understand, and seemed to be performing crazy, manic prayers."

"It's really scary." "Future" sighed:

"The anger of the 'mechanical body', no, the backlash, is not only something that humans cannot understand, but also a fear that we cannot accept. No wonder Ivan XXII, the emperor who believed in technology much more than magic, ended up with this The fate of being beheaded by us Lost Ones.”

After a slight pause, "Future" asked what was on his mind:

"'Thunder Page', in your opinion, does the future of the world and mankind really abandon magic, or redefine the power of magic, and be completely dominated by science?"

"I think maybe so." "Lei Ye" agreed:

"When humans are ready and the Creator recognizes the future of machinery and electricity, the power of magic will become a universal energy source, and all 'reasons' will be promoted to scientific theorems. Human beings will break the limitations of the original dimensions and At that time, promotion to god was the transformation from low dimension to high dimension.

"People either abandon their bodies and become pure data, or they become higher-level energy bodies and survive in a broader dimension that transcends time and space. This is an existence that cannot be understood with our current wisdom.

"Either, mechanically transform the body, replace the limbs and organs with more powerful machines, and achieve 'cyber ascension'. After all, 'the body is weak, but the machine is strong, if you abandon the body, the machine will last forever'. Of course, the above point of view It was left by Ivanov, the famous scientist of the old empire. I don't agree with it. In my opinion, for a person to be promoted to a god, he still needs to obtain 7 sequence cores. After reaching the demigod sequence level, he can communicate with the Creator. Either replace the fallen gods or create a new sequence.”

"Leiye" walked slowly to "Future", glanced at "Future", then smiled bitterly, turned his back and said:

"Technology is still the supporter of mankind, especially in the era when the magic power is exhausted. 'Ice Blade' and I have always believed that with the 'Union Faction' we instigated rebellion in the human army, human information should be provided to us alone. Just be transparent.

"This was indeed the case at the beginning. The 'Unionists' sent us various types of artillery, including the 'Hyacinth', the latest imitations of the federal factory, which once allowed us to gain an advantage on the eastern battlefield of the 'Man-made Lake'. After the initial chaos, , successfully counterattacked the federal aerospace force.

"However, the good times did not last long. Less than a week later, the human deputy commander Oleg asked the commander-in-chief Yaroslav to execute most of the members of the 'United Faction'. Not only did the supply of artillery and ammunition stop, Even the human superpowers lurking in the camp began to send intelligence to the federal army."

"'One-way transparency' turned into 'two-way transparency'?" "Future" joked.

"Indeed." "Lei Ye" admitted generously:

"I have to admit that the lost people are not much more united than humans. After all, a safe city, a stable environment, and the identity of a person with supernatural powers are attractive enough. Otherwise, 'Yinmin' will not be easily deceived by Vasily. Enter the dangerous prison of Binglin City.

"It's just that later, Vasily used the weapon blueprints obtained from Ivan XXII, and with the help of Igor's 'enlightenment' power of MB-1867: Silver Universe Magic Wood, he was able to use the 'Universe 0 Experimental Site' We have successfully recreated a weapon capable of wiping out our lost people."

"It's...what?" "Future" asked, a chill suddenly rising on his neck and back.

"It's the 'Howl of Amykes'. After Igor added the blood of the Lost to the transformation, the 'KL-01 new artillery' that was originally in the experimental category has successfully evolved into a murder weapon against us Lost." "Lei Ye" explained:

"A few weeks ago, Igor discovered that the burning liquid of the 'Heartless Man', coupled with the blue blood flowing out of the Lost One in a state of fear, would form a surface like the sun under the explosive reaction containing the 'chain' element. Such blazing high temperatures, and particles called 'howling'.

"The documents our people stole from the federal camp mentioned that 'Howl' will only have a very limited reaction with the 'burning fluid', but will have a 'destroying' reaction on the body that has both burning fluid and blood.

"In short, when the explosion's spread touches our skin or even any corner of our body, it will quickly neutralize our body and make our body disappear instantly."

"Disappeared in an instant??" "Future" said in surprise, his tone was seven or eight points higher, staring at the back of "Lei Ye"'s head in disbelief.

"Yes, this kind of disappearance is a disappearance on the physical level. The surging magic power will not have any effect. After all, those 'howling' particles will react directly attached to the skin, and the gaps between the 'howling' particles are very large. , can easily absorb any magic power that passes through." "Thunder Page" explained:

"So, as long as it is not a magic source that can change the terrain, it will not have any protective effect. In addition, the body is destroyed too fast, and the spirit and soul have no time to be separated. As long as it is affected by the explosion, there is only one way to die."

"No wonder..." "Future" murmured:

"No wonder... when we entered the camp, we only saw all kinds of messy items, and we didn't see even one living person of the same kind. They... were all directly wiped out by these shells... right? That's it. It’s gone… not even a trace is left… right?”

"Yes." "Leiye" suppressed his sadness and continued to popularize science:

"The 'howling' particles will not damage any buildings, and they will not react with any inanimate objects. At most, the limited shock wave caused by the explosion will overturn a few tents. In the mythology of the Central Empire, the god in charge of the body and life was Called 'Amykes', Vasily named it 'The Howl of Amiekes' at Yaroslav's request.

"This kind of artillery shell is only aimed at those of us lost people who have undergone 'evolution' and have strange abilities. For the 'Wuxin people', it can only play a limited role in restricting actions. Therefore, 'Ice Blade' and I believe that, 'The Howl of Amykes' will only make the war situation develop in an even more uncontrollable direction."

"Yes." "Future" said in a rather emotional tone:

"If the Lost People disappear, the greatest control and restraint on the 'Heartless People' will also disappear. Although we Lost People are much calmer emotionally, we can negotiate with the Federation at least for the purpose of fighting for more rights.

"Those bloodthirsty lost ones and the 'alien monsters' who only know how to destroy, without our suppression, will 'mutate' faster, or 'evolve' towards a mindless state. When the time comes, the Federation will inject 'Pharmacion No. 0' The speed will be completely inferior to the speed of infection.

"The 'careless people' will continue to grow, and there will be fewer and fewer federal soldiers. The civilization created by mankind will eventually come to an end."

"Yes." "Lei Ye" sighed:

"If a program, an existing system, can run effectively, do not easily destroy the balance, let alone eliminate the existence of any party. Vasily, who indulged the growth of his own ambitions, but did not have the ability to match it, used Khitanris People say that 'the mismatch between moral character and authority will definitely lead to disaster'.

"Thirty years ago, the crown prince of the Zine Empire, Ivante, taught mankind a lesson through the fate of an empire. Will Vasily Voliganov also make a sequel to this lesson?"

"So...'Thunder Page', is there a good way to deal with the 'Howl of Amikes'?" "Future" barely controlled his emotions and asked a very realistic topic.

"'Ice Blade' said that if Lorca can bring back the 'Perception Concealment', even if this device cannot work at all and only the chip is left. We can insert it into the brain of Yato who is about to be resurrected and release a An unnamed mind-control element may react with 'Howl', temporarily transforming it into a harmless 'magnetic field'.

"During the elemental reaction, as long as you can quickly evacuate the explosion area, there should be no risk. However, if you want to completely solve the problem of 'Howling', you must find 'Pramini' and use the power of gods.

"However, fortunately, our people also have undercover agents on Igor's side and destroyed an 'Amikes production line'. The Federation has only produced less than ten bombs so far. Six of them were dropped before, and three of us were eliminated. I originally thought that Yaroslav would continue to drop one-third of the Lost Ones to pursue the evacuating convoy.

"But for some reason, the commander-in-chief kept his promise this time. If we don't get close to the entrances to the 'Suffering Relics' and abandon them, the Human Federation will suspend its attack on us. If Yaroslav is a good enough Someone who is smart and can see the situation clearly may be someone who can win over him."

"But these have nothing to do with me. At most, after awakening Yato, I will leave here and go to the east." "Future" sighed and said.

"Aren't you even curious about 'Plamini'?" "Leiye" put forward conditions in an attempt to retain "Future":

"If I can help you install a pair of prosthetic limbs that are real enough, and promise that after this war is over, I will find a way to safely send you to the Kasdagler Station on the right side of Icefall Province and the left side of Rus Province, and If you are given enough exploration materials and money, would you be willing to stay for a while until the end of the so-called 'Suffering Deep War' battle?"

"This condition... is indeed tempting enough..."