Wasteland Echoer

"Guest, here are the keys to your room. There are two keys in total. Please keep them." The hotel manager handed two shiny brass keys to Wovya and said:

“Room 0203 is on the third floor. Once you go up the stairs, walk to the left until you reach the end. For room 0204, you need to go up the stairs and walk to the right until you reach the end.

"You are a member of the military and a hurricane-level person. You should know that in hotels built by the federal government, under normal circumstances, the first floor is the office space for administrative and management personnel, and only five floors are provided for residence, so 3 The rooms on the first floor all start with 02, please don’t be surprised.”

"Of course not." Wulfya nodded slightly and took the key.

"Also, guests." The manager continued to ask:

"I don't know why recently, there are a lot more guests coming and going than before. Even our federal-official hotels here have received a lot of telegram reservations. You are lucky. Hell, maybe I have to sleep on the street.

"By the way, in line with the principle of responsibility, I would like to remind you separately that in addition to federal soldiers, superpowers and businessmen, there will also be some lost people with special abilities. If you are living here, If you feel any discomfort, or if you notice any differences in hearing, taste, touch, or vision, if you feel awkward, please come to the front desk immediately and we will find a dedicated person to help you deal with the problem.

"Of course, if you are strong enough, please ignore this reminder. However, if you need to fight with other guests, please go to the central square of Athenasha Town. Otherwise, according to federal law, you will be sent to court martial."

"Thanks for reminding me, but if no one provokes me, I believe we will not conflict with anyone. After all, fists are weapons used to uphold justice, not tools used to show off strength."

With luggage and bags on their backs, Wulfya, Duck, Thalia and "Future" walked up the marble stairs to the second floor. After a brief conversation, Thalia chose to carry " "Future" walked towards room 0204 on the far right, while Wulfya and Dak walked towards room 0201 on the far left without looking back.

The interior rooms of the hotels in the settlements of "Beslunai Region" are still different from those of large-scale cities such as Binglin City, Mayan City, and Koenigler. Although the first floor and the exterior appear to be splendid, highlighting the federal confident, but the layout and furnishings in the room are generally simple.

This contrast gives people a feeling of gold and jade on the outside, but ruin on the inside.

I don’t know whether it’s due to the remoteness leading to insufficient power construction or the limited supply of raw materials for power generation. On the wall of the hotel room, there is only a gas lamp with a lot of dirt on the surface connected to a winding metal pipe, and two glass-covered candles. Simple lantern.

However, Wulfya and Dak are not from noble backgrounds after all, and Crusted's [Warriors] generally do not have those bad habits of luxury and enjoyment. Dak and Wulfya simply packed their luggage, took out some daily necessities, and changed out of their clothes that already smelled a little rancid.

After taking a shower and not having a good rest for many days, Dak, who was in a state of tension and exhaustion, was finally "defeated" by sleepiness. He dragged his heavy steps to Bai Jie's big bed and fell asleep.

…

"Up and down, left and right, time, space."

"Up and down, left and right, time, space."

In the haze, Duck was awakened by a mechanical sound. He opened his eyes and stretched out long enough. Only then did he realize that he seemed to have slept for a long time, and the room was already dark as night.

Looking around, except for the crimson moon hanging high in the sky outside the window, emitting an unsettling light and half-hidden in the clouds, there was only a simple lantern on the table that had been lit, emitting a flickering candlelight.

After getting dressed and stepping off the boat, Duck noticed something strange. The floor was no longer made of cold tiles, but was replaced by wooden products that felt warm when stepped on. Everything around him had been completely replaced. The gas lamps on the wall had turned into ancient lanterns at some point, emitting a red glimmer that could not illuminate the surroundings.

The glass coffee table turned into a mahogany square table that smelled of death, decay, dampness, and coldness. The uncapped pen and ink bottle originally placed on it became a cinnabar-stained brush and an upside-down inkstone.

The wardrobe was replaced with a six-story bookshelf, on which were scattered books written in the language of the Fire Empire. Even the windows were replaced with pure wood, with golden birds soaring in the air and soaring in the sky carved on the surface. A giant snake with terrifying horns.

Woo——!

Woo——!

There was a vague whistle in the distance, like the annoying sound made by a weak sailor using the last bit of strength in his throat.

"Where is this?" Dak suddenly became nervous. The remaining sleepiness was instantly "quenched" by the cold sweat on his forehead. His back seemed to be stuck with an eternal piece of ice. Became completely sober.

Fortunately, panic is not Dak's usual style. As a veteran federal soldier and a relatively experienced Crusad [soldier], Dak calmed down instantly, and the words echoed in his mind. Wulfya's warning to him when he was in the "dense fog area".

"Well... everything around me is indeed a bit awkward, no, it is very awkward, it has completely changed. If you want to verify whether your brain has been invaded by 'Shang', causing mental and cognitive confusion, you should find a A familiar item to see if it is different from usual. The item is... by the way, 'Silent Wolf Fang'."

Dak immediately thought of his personal belongings. Without hesitation, he reached his hand into his neck without saying a word. The moment he held the "Silent Fang" in his hand, Dak felt a little calmer. Some.

"Huh, this 'Silent Wolf Fang' indeed resonates with the water-based magic power in my body. The colder my palm is, the warmer it becomes, so that it becomes hot. While holding it, look at If it's the moon, there will indeed be a bit of restlessness and uneasiness in the heart, and the whole body will be slightly heated, and there will be an urge to fight." Dak said to himself:

"But why did the hotel room look like this? I remember it very clearly. It was a hotel we built in the federal style. It was impossible to have such a space. These tables, chairs, wooden floors, and windows... were covered A layer of paper replaces the glass windows, which is clearly the style of Chidanlis.

"But except for a few areas in Binglin Province and the Far East, this style is unlikely to appear in the extreme cold zone. Could it be that... I have traveled through time?"

Dark was instantly amused by his own thoughts. After shaking his head and smiling bitterly, he continued to activate the rational area in his brain and analyzed:

"The time-travel novels written by the Ptoyan people will indeed imagine that they wake up in the room of the Khitanris, and then have superhuman talents and a powerful family, giving them a handsome and elegant life to study ancient oriental secrets. Martial arts, as well as wonderful mysterious oriental magic, and then marry a dignified and generous Khitan Li Miss, reaching the pinnacle of life.

"But that is a fantasy after all. If there are no signs of mental disorder in me now, and there is no deviation in my understanding of the things around me, it means that I have entered a dream that someone deliberately created. Yes, this is A dream."

Thinking of this, Duck quickly touched his waist where the pistol was placed. As he expected, there was no technological object produced after the steam era. Instead, there was a dagger.

"Dagger?" Dak held it in front of his eyes and looked at it carefully. He found that the dagger's cover was made of warm-toned brass and was engraved with a woman wearing a "flame dress" worshiped by the people of the Fire Empire. At this moment, she is dancing gracefully, preparing to receive the sentence pronounced on her by the gods who symbolize the sun and moon.

He took off the holster and pulled out the dagger that glowed with cold light. In order to completely verify his conjecture, Dark actually held it in his hand, suppressed his trembling, and stabbed straight into his heart.

puff!

A dull sound sounded like a fist hitting the fabric, but Dak didn't feel any pain at all. At this moment, the dagger turned into a pool of sparks that emitted a faint light like fireflies and scattered around. At the same time as he disappeared instantly, the small door of the room was opened by invisible force.

Picking up a simple lantern, and with the help of this subtle light, Duck bravely walked into the long corridor that came into view.

Before he took a few steps forward, the small door behind him suddenly closed, leaving only a cold breeze.

Immediately afterwards, a lot of black and white mist emerged from the corridor, invading his body like a ribbon, and countless chaotic lights appeared under the corridor floor, as if born in a distant place called hell.

A burst of three-dimensional laughter with a bit of pride belonging to a mature man also sprouted in his ears at the same time.

A few seconds later, a creature wearing a purple patterned robe appeared not far in front of Dak, with swaying, twisting, and shaking tentacles extending out from the sleeves, shoe openings, and back.

"Who are you?" Dak asked. He placed a simple lantern on the ground and began to silently recite the incantation for spirit formation, trying to surge the magic power in his body.

"I am... a [Dream Constructor] who once walked on the road of darkness at a loss. But not long ago, I received the gospel given by the 'King' and the 'True Lord' and became a [Prophet] who has been promoted to 】The Lost One. Of course, if you are not asking about your profession, but about your identity and position, then I will tell you that I am one of the leaders of the 'Spear of Odyssey', and you can call me 'Muyuan'."

"'Muyuan'? I don't like to use titles to describe others, and I won't always understand you lost people from a standpoint. I want to know your name, and why you would drag me into such a situation. In a dream." Dak said, staring at the lost person in front of him.

But the lost man in front of him did not answer Dak immediately, but silently took off the hoodie sewn together with the robe.

Then, all his tentacles shot out from all parts of his body, and a dark energy mist condensed at the top of them.

After a few seconds, these mists bloomed like buds and exploded, revealing ugly hearts suspended in mid-air, lifted up by the power of the magic source.