Wasteland Echoer

"It hurts, it hurts so much, my head hurts so much." Duck covered his head that was about to explode, getting out of the half-asleep hangover.

The bizarre dream scenes around him quickly disintegrated, and all the phantoms became fragmented. After a while, he broke free from the confused whispers and erratic will, and got rid of the shackles of pain and hangover.

Duck patted the unknown dust on his clothes that shone with a scary light, put one hand on the ground, moved his body, and tried to get up.

After about a few minutes, maybe half an hour, he finally suppressed his erratic will and gave up the dominance of his thinking operation to the numerous chaotic memories, vague words, and the intense tinnitus that came from time to time. After a while, he finally regained control of his body and remembered his identity and the purpose of coming to this "last laboratory".

"This is...oh, by the way, the true appearance of the 'Last Laboratory'. So, the dark 'pseudo-universe space' has disappeared, and the daytime 'inverted space' has also disappeared, except for this flow..." The river next to Yudian Port, and, and..." Dak rubbed his eyes, dispelling the dirt attached to his eyelashes, and was forced to take a few steps back, looking up at this land that condensed the most high-tech products of the old empire. the great palace.

It seemed that he felt traces of human beings. It seemed that the breath of the living person in Duck's body after he woke up triggered the preset program mechanism. A crimson smoke first surged up in the entire "Last Laboratory", and when everything dissipated Finally, two searchlights hanging high above the head, relying on the function of two steam pipes exuding a turbid atmosphere, illuminated the dim and white light respectively, casting a semi-psychedelic scene of day and dusk over the entire space. .

What caught his sight was the huge iron sculpture of the old empire's iconic "Great Emperor" Ivan XXII. The overall color was dark, and the parts that should not be covered by clothing, such as the head, arms, and collar, were covered in debris. Covered with irregular brown rust, they are not spots, but give people a sense of contiguous filth.

Dak guessed that maybe before the battle of "Silent Highlands", this sculpture was brand new and shiny, but after Ivan 22 died, the power of the [Order] in his body, as well as the power of the fire magic source, No longer able to maintain his control over the location of the Fire of Punishment, the sculpture began to rapidly decay.

"There is a strong smell of 'sorrow' in this sculpture... I remember that in the Dragon Era, there were humans who used the evil spells of shamans and priests to dedicate half of their souls to sealing in order to obtain indestructible power. within a huge sculpture to ensure The fate of himself, his tribe, and even the small country is as solid as a rock. If that sculpture can be watered with the blood of the dragon clan, then the small country will grow into an empire that can last for thousands of years." Dake recalled that in Binglin Province. Ancient mythological stories seen in the library:

"The Crusted Empire has indeed lasted for thousands of years, and just when it was about to enter a new century, the 'Careless Man Virus' that had been arranged by the 'New Construction Project' broke out. This may be a cause and effect, and there is no way to escape the Creator. The cause and effect of the "reason" arrangement. Ivan XXII wanted to make the empire last forever, so he became crazy. He wanted to destroy everything and rebuild everything, but he forgot one rule: destruction is easy, Rebuilding is difficult.”

After a few sighs, Duck bypassed the sculpture, which had long been worthless, and moved towards a more central location. Parked there was a brand new circular Frisbee-shaped machine, about a hundred meters wide, with an old empire's "official double-headed eagle" emblem deeply imprinted in the center in extremely eye-catching red.

The entire circular flying disk-shaped machine is only abnormally white where the badge is located, and the rest of the position is black and gold in a technological style. The surrounding exhaust device is emitting pure water mist outwards. Under the light, it reflects the " The psychedelic feeling brought about by the Tyndall Effect.

Duck continued to look up, and he found that the layout of the entire "Last Laboratory" was narrow at the bottom and wide at the top, like a loophole. The sculptures and flying disk-shaped machinery at the bottom were in the narrowest part, and the farther they went, the smaller the space. The space above is getting wider and wider, until the topmost layer is a kilometer-long metal ceiling that I don't know how to build.

However, the only visible piece of old imperial technology machinery is the one in front of him. The rest may be hidden inside the heavy iron door. Dark doesn't have the key, let alone the layout of the place.

He didn't know how to get to the upper level. After all, each level was connected by smooth metal walls, just like the terraces in the East, except that the intervals between each level were larger, and there were various kinds of sparks emanating from them. The wires are almost impossible to climb.

"Just now, after destroying 'Ivan's Machine', the huge explosion not only destroyed the device that powered the 'pseudo-universe space', but the aftermath of the explosion also knocked us all away. Wulfya went somewhere unknown, Wright's You can't detect the smell of the 'Evil God', even that stupid Yaroslav..." Dark sighed softly, looking directly at the dim searchlight above his head, as if he had made some kind of determination that transcended life. He murmured:

"They are all gone. Even if the extraordinary properties of the 'Red Fantasy Relic' have been lifted at this moment, their existence will not be erased, but they still cannot escape the natural 'laws' established by the Creator. Human beings will always die. Now I’m the only one left.”

Dark clenched his fists and walked slowly to the center of the entire "Last Laboratory". He opened his arms and injected the few remaining water-based magic power into the "Pattern of Re-selection" , and at the same time took off the "Bizuni Tears" that he had been wearing on his chest since entering the "Red Fantasy Ruins", suppressed the tears that almost flowed to his chin, and said in a low, choked voice:

"Destiny may have been arranged by the Creator for all human beings from the beginning... He has so many clones, enough to write sinful, confusing, and painful scripts for every human being in the Wasteland Era. I have never questioned it. 'Xu Ling', I always believe...'The Pattern of Complex Selection' has given me two opportunities to reincarnate.

"However, after all, I cannot go against the power of creation and change my destiny. In the first two reincarnations, I was not alone in my death, but this time, I am the only one left. No one can arrive here again. , the strong 'sorrow' and 'ancient power' here will make everything that enters rashly go crazy.

"Now, I am the only one who can summon the controller that turns off the 'Fire of Divine Punishment'... Of course, the moment the 'Fire of Divine Punishment' is turned off, the entire 'Last Laboratory' will disintegrate in an instant," The river near Yudian Port will freeze quickly, sealing off the entire space. The self-destruction program of the laboratory will soon be initiated, and everything present here will be reduced to ashes by fire. "

Duck wiped away the tears on his face, looked down at the ground covered with metal plates, and continued to mutter to himself:

"I have always wanted to retrieve the time when I became an 'alien monster' and the memories before, but it seems that they are not important. Everything in the past will only imprison human beings in the past. The more painful it is, the more our eyes have to see Towards the front.

"I already have the power to surpass the 'Alien Monster'. The 'Ice Silence' is enough for me to win in all battles. Moreover, I am still a human being, even a superpower recognized by the Federation. But... I don't The power to choose 'fate'. I have always been alone, and I am under the arrangement of 'fate'. It is almost impossible to be friends with anyone I meet, except...Wulfya. There seems to be a rumor in the Khitanris religion that if my life is lonely, then this may be my last reincarnation in the human world. . If there really is a heaven that transcends life and existence, it must be beautiful."

Dak sighed deeply again. He put away all his emotions and chanted the Chinese language used for spirit formation, urging all the magic power in his body to pour into his hands.

Soon, blue smoke-like flames rose in the palms of Duck's hands. He looked at the exact position and pressed his hands to the ground.

After a slight vibration, a round blue magic circle with intertwined patterns of double-headed eagles, sunflowers and sunflowers appeared in the area under his feet.

A cold air belonging to the ocean and ice fields spread out from the magic circle, and the refreshing smell rushed straight to his brain, making him feel that he was in the world where the ocean and ice fields met when the Crusted Empire was founded.

Immediately afterwards, he stood up straight, took a deep breath, looked around the "Last Laboratory", and said:

"No one knows, not even the federal administrator Vasily, that the password to the summoning console is hidden in Windis's "Call of the Wind" poem collection. Perhaps this is what the war machine of the old empire retains. It’s a bit romantic at the end.”

Duck coughed a few times and chanted loudly:

"Creation gives authority to gods and wisdom to humans."

"When the gods no longer hold the scepter of judgment, humans take over with red flames."

"The breath of heaven's punishment permeates the world forever, and the white dove representing peace shuttles between life and death."

“I hope that mankind will remember the instructions of creation:”

"The place where the moon comes, the floating place, the hot thoughts echo, and the universe is shaken."

When Dak's words fell, a white metal console rose in front of him. There were only two metal levers painted with silver paint. One said "Destroy" in ancient Kruse German, and the other It just says "Start".

Whoosh!

Just as he was about to pull down "Destroy" and destroy the "Control Fire of Heavenly Punishment", a silver bullet whizzed past his ear and pierced directly through his right palm.

"Leave it, leave the console. In the name of the commander-in-chief of Crusted's Red Fantasy Ruins campaign, I ask you to leave the console, Deputy Captain Dark Tiris."

"Yes, Yaroslav? What do you want to do?" Dak turned his head and saw Yaroslav holding his own Vasily pistol.

Yaroslav, who had just woken up from the cold river water, didn't care that he was soaked, and limped with a gun in both hands to threaten Duck.

Even now, half of his face has been bruised by the explosion, and one eyeball is drooping outside, connected to several blood vessels, and may fall off at any time. The half ear hanging on the good half of the face also seemed to have been torn off with force, and a mixture of blood and pus was flowing.

His left arm had been completely crushed and fused with the molten metal, forming an ugly mixture of curved metal and bone. The skin on the entire chest was withered, as if it were covered with a layer of grass and leaves. It was so brittle that it would almost fall off if pulled.

Now Yaroslav could die almost at any time, but the strong "sorrow" and "ancient power" around him held his will, making him walk as fast as he could, dragging his lame leg to the front of Dak, and pointed his gun at him He grabbed Dak's head and forced him to leave the console.

The strong stench mixed with the cold breath made Dak very uncomfortable. He felt as if his lungs were filled with filth. He had to take a few steps back in front of Yaroslav's ugly, deformed and twisted body.

"Yaroslav, you have gone crazy. Everything you have done is pathological. If you really pull down the 'Master Fire of Punishment', even if your 'Paradise' plan can be launched smoothly, you will still be alive." If you leave here, the Crusaders of later generations will also imprison your consciousness in the illusory 'paradise' you created, causing you to suffer eternal torture," Dark advised:

"If you can prevent the destruction of the 'Fire of Punishment', even if you die, Vasily will hold a grand funeral for you, and the Crusaders will regard you as a hero, and your deeds and your story will be Forever in the mouth of Crusted."

"Don't tell me this." Yaroslav spat out a few pieces of broken flesh and said slightly unclearly:

"Dak, pull the 'Start' lever, and all the technological items here will belong to me. These 'Master Control Fires of Punishment' cannot blow up the major strongholds of Crusted. As long as the key cities are still there, I will You can rely on these technological items to create a real 'Iarishela'. Did you see that the 'Cruzder spaceship' in front of you is a great aircraft that can break the gravity of the earth.

"The world needs a complete destruction. All people, lost people, 'unintentional people' and extraordinary things will be annihilated. At that time, human consciousness will be poured into a larger space city, overlooking The whole world was burned by fire, returning to the Ice Age, and then the ice and snow melted, entering the spring of the next reincarnation. Duck, there is no point in persisting, think about it." Yaroslav held up the pistol with one hand and pressed "Start" with the other. On the lever, he continued:

"The Wasteland Era is the punishment given to us by the Creator. People will always deceive people and then deceive the gods. Wright is no longer there, and the [Order] is no longer there, which means that there is no hope for this world. The Creator is punishing mankind,' The "Goddess of Light" and the "Lord of the Night" have abandoned us. The "Evolution Platform Plan" has made Vasily crazy, and more and more "waves of unintentional people" are tearing apart the "Gnadi Defense Line"...

"As long as I have the technology of the old empire, spaceships, space cities, electromagnetic pulse rifles, nanorobots, dark matter cannons, phase transfer devices, mental consoles, dimensionality reduction rift launchers, gene editors, etc., etc., these Weapons, when this long winter of reincarnation passes, we, the 'real new humans', will be the sole masters of the new era, and I will become the ruler of the world."

Yaroslav smiled, his mouth widened, a few teeth soaked in the blood in his mouth fell off, and red saliva flowed out, but these did not affect the movements of his hands. Pull the "start" lever.

Bang!

There is a small mechanical gun hidden in the console below the "activation" lever. Whenever someone tries to activate the lever, it will fire bullets.

Yaroslav would never have imagined until his death that a small brass bullet penetrated his chest at the last moment, ending his life. He was so confident that he put the bullet on his body before entering the "Red Fantasy Ruins" He took off his body armor and threw it aside.

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However, the "start" lever did not get stuck because of Yaroslav's death. Yaroslav's arm also pulled the "start" lever as his body fell.

In an instant, the white searchlight at the top of the entire "Last Laboratory" went out, countless dim lights filled the entire area, and rapid and melodious sirens continued to surround Duck's head.

"No, no! Don't start, don't start the Fire of Punishment!" Dak shouted helplessly, trying to pull the "start" lever back, but no matter how hard he tried, it was to no avail.

The "Destroy" lever on the side fell off the moment the "Start" lever was pulled down, making it completely uncontrollable.

Just as he was slapping the console helplessly, venting his inner unwillingness and anger, Wofya appeared beside him.

"Give me your Bizuni's Tears and the Mark of Choice. These two items are the key to truly closing the 'Controlling the Fire of Punishment'." Wulfya ordered in a quick voice.

"How do you know? Also, weren't you blown up just now?" Dak was surprised and happy, but he still used the magic power as quickly as possible to take off the "Reselection Mark" on his arm, and "Bizuni's Tears" were handed to Wulfya together.

"I said, I will tell you my true identity, now listen carefully, Dark." Wulfya violently dismantled the console and tried to put the two sequential monsters in the right place. Said to Wulfya behind him:

"I am the messenger of the Lord of the Night, and even more so his incarnation. I rely on him to observe the entire wasteland world, because gods cannot really directly affect the operation of the world. At the same time, I am also the illegitimate son of Chief Vasily, so I can master such Lots of useful information about the federation.

"Actually, Dak, you have always been the successor that Vasily has focused on training. He has always believed that only those who have experienced suffering and hardship can truly have the ability to lead the Crusted Federation. However, now all this is Daydreaming."

"Why?" Duck asked.

"The battle of 'Red Fantasy Ruins' has completely destroyed the elite [soldiers] in the Federation who can fight against the Lost. The 'Gnadi Defense Line' will soon collapse, and the 'Heartless Wave' will sweep across the entire west of the 'Iceland River' , and Vasily's The Evolution Platform Plan will aggravate the collapse of the Federation." After Wofya installed the "Tear of Bizuni" and the "Pattern of Reselection", he stood up and forcibly opened the console to both sides, revealing the middle part. A button the size of a palm and said:

"[The Orderer] and the [Chaos-Inducer] are destined to cooperate in order to restore the [Order] of the human world and move towards the starry era you desire. Wait, after I press this button, the entire 'Last Laboratory' will If it is closed, a moderate explosion will occur here, and the 'Red Fantasy Ruins' will be blown up, but it will not affect the military camps and strongholds set up by the Federation around it.

"When I climbed up from the river just now, I brought Wright Sugra here with me by the way. There is an elevator behind you that can lead directly to the ice field outside... You should take Wright out of here and leave the extreme cold. Special Zone, leave Binglin Province, go east...Leave Crusted, and go to the land that has successfully resisted the 'wave of unintentional people' and flows with milk and honey...no, the Fire Empire."

"Wulfya, I should be the one who bears the fate of death. This is my destiny. The two reincarnations given to me by the Mark of Choice were both deaths. This time, I will not escape. You should be the one who leaves. You are very important. You are strong and have so many friends in the Federal Council. If one day we need to fight against the 'wave of unintentional people', you will be more useful than me." Dak cried, hugging Wofya from behind and said reluctantly.

"Don't you understand yet? In the first two reincarnations mentioned by 'Xu Ling', once you were a pure 'alien monster' and once you were a pure 'human being', that's why you failed and died. And this time, you You are the [Causing Chaos], and you have the ability to rescue the [Order], so 'fate' will no longer arrange your death, you will live until the [Order] is reestablished," Wofya said in a low voice. said.

"But, I 'love' you... I'm fed up with the world shrouded in darkness. Even if it means death, I don't want to be with the darkness anymore. I really hope, hope that the holy day will come to the world." Duck said suppressing his cries.

"Dak, you have to believe that the holy dawn will eventually come, and the future of the world can be pure white. Of course, I also believe that it can also be red, symbolizing strength and courage. Let's go, Dark, with [Order] "Leave." Wofya pulled away Dak's hand, turned around and handed Wright, who was lying on the ground, into his hands.

A few minutes later, accompanied by the rumble of mechanical operation, Duck walked to the top of the "Red Fantasy Ruins" in the cage-like elevator.

About half an hour later, when the golden light of the morning sun splashed across the vast snowy wasteland of the "Baislunai" area, Dark carried Wright to the edge of the "Red Fantasy Ruins", where the "Red Fantasy Ruins" was located. Near the area where "Wind Wall" is located, there is a deserted military camp.

Along with a burst of red light beams spraying out from the ruins, the entire sky was dyed a soul-shaking red under the ruthless tremors of the earth, as if the clouds were ignited by the Creator.

The scorching air waves almost melted the ice sheet. Suddenly, the towering light pillars broke and turned into gorgeous fireworks. They scattered in all directions, interspersing with all the cities, towns and rural ruins of human existence that straddled the ice sheet, and destroyed everything. Dispelled by the hazy feeling of early morning.

Immediately afterwards, Duck discovered that in the direction of Karnosk, the towering "Celestial Evolution Platform" like a tower finally sprang out from the horizon, bringing either disaster or a "hopeful" future. .

Dark knew that the Creator had always set two endings for human beings in this world, one was hope and the other was death.

Perhaps, in the endless reincarnations in the past, Dak chose death, but now, at this moment, he finally chose hope.

This is the best of times, it is also the worst of times, it is the most promising era, it is also an era of death and disaster, where stupidity and wisdom, faith and blasphemy, long night and light complement each other. Under different choices, human beings are moving towards heaven and hell, and are gradually walking through the "wasteland", and perhaps... will eventually move towards the "stars".

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