Wasteland Echoer

"The arduous order collapsed, the unintentional surge shocked the soul; mechas and spaceships brought broken hope, sin and greed broke the 'rule' of pure steel." - "Future Epic·Volume 8-H-205"

December 31st, 557th year of the New Lunar Calendar, seven days before Crusted’s “Orthodox Bishop’s Christmas”.

Krusted Federation, the "Provisional-KD02" train of the Ka-Yong line, 120 kilometers away from Novaysk.

Wright walked out of the clean wooden-style decorated carriage, walked forward two or three carriages along the carpet that still had a strong smell of blood and crimson dirt even after being cleaned many times, and relied on the winding rubber wires on the walls of the interior. The faint firelight emitted by the powered electrical lamp reached the last row of seats against the deep darkness.

"Are you awake? Wright?" came Dark's young and mature voice.

"Well, that's right." Wright yawned slightly, raised his head and stretched his slightly stiff body until he let out a satisfied hum in his throat, then breathed a heavy sigh and spoke in a calm tone. responded:

"I wanted to sleep after I came out of the 'Red Fantasy Ruins'. Just like in the previous world, when winter came, other than turning on the heater and turning off the lights and sleeping in, I didn't want to go out and stay in the ice and snow. Trapped in the ruins In the past thirty years...to be honest, I haven't had a good night's sleep."

"Why?" Duck crossed his hands on the reddish-brown train table, subconsciously tapping the tablecloth with the double-headed eagle national emblem of the Cruzeid Federation printed on it, and asked in a curious tone. .

"Why else? Because I'm stupid. I was bewitched by the 'Resurrection God' before. When I was unconscious, I turned into a dragon and followed him to this place where I can't see the sun. I almost agreed to become him. Servant of the 'Old God'." Wright sighed slightly, but glanced at the thick snow outside the train and said:

"Actually, when you didn't go to the ruins, it was darker than outside. In addition to the curses and screams of Lord Yongchi every day, there were also many souls floating around relying on the power of 'Shang'. Women were crying and waving. The lingering whispers, and the cries of many children... In short, it is very torturous. If someone without a 'divine' nature experiences all this, I am afraid that he will have to pierce his eardrums within three to five days. ”

"Hahaha, is it such an exaggeration?" Dak laughed at first, then returned to calm, with a bit of joy on his face, and said:

"Anyway, you survived. We all survived from the 'Red Fantasy Ruins'. The Lord of Eternal Red, 'Future', the Elite Federation [Fighters], and the ambitious Yaroslav were all captured by the 'Ancient Power' Swallowed by 'sad', it will remain there forever."

"Shouldn't their existence...should be erased? Yaroslav told me that the 'Red Fantasy Ruins' has two functions, one is 'forgetting' and the other is 'retrieval'..." Wright wondered.

"You said it yourself, one is 'forgetting' and the other is 'recovering'." Dak showed a meaningful but not malicious smile and explained:

"During your frequent drowsiness, I relied on the level of Hurricane 4 and the pass left by Wulfya to go to New Wind Town and Kasdagrad, and stayed for a few days respectively. There I learned about It turns out that there are still 12 leaders of the 'Order Society', but the eleventh 'Future' seems to have no sense of existence, and most of the records about him have indeed disappeared.

"Many of the 'Future' deeds have been assigned to the 'Wind Mine' that mutated into the 'Axe of Pramini'. The entire organization has been shut down. Even their leader, the 'New God', no longer shows up to command the 'order'. Will' form."

"So...where's the god? Where's Yaroslav? Where's Luo Nie?" There was a hint of urgency in Wright's tone.

"The data and information about them are still there, but... about the 'mechanical body' Ronai, except for the fact that Igor, the chief scientist of the Federal Council, mentioned him in a letter, there is no other information. I You know, this 'machine' has never experienced anything other than tragedy. Destiny, but at least, he helped you advance to Sequence 3: Combat, this is the 'spiritual manifestation' sequence, Wright... You already have the qualifications to contact the real gods. Under certain circumstances, you can' Seeing the invisible," Duck said in an envious tone:

"But I'm almost there, but then again, Yaroslav, a federal officer, was previously the commander-in-chief of the two battles of the 'Bitter Ruins' and the 'Red Fantasy Ruins', Vasilysk, Kanos He was the local chief executive of Ke, and there were even rumors that the Federal Council planned to transfer him to Binglin City to assume a core position beyond the 'Strategic Group' and the 'Governing Group' after the local war eased.

"But now, I don't know if it's really the special ability of the 'Brushing Relic', or it's 'Shang' that's causing trouble...or it's something the federation did deliberately. In short, his job information and battle achievements have been erased. The local chief executive He refused to talk to me about anything about him, or he said he didn’t understand such an ‘officer who was dismissed very early’.”

"I think maybe the 'old gods' in the ruins want to erase his existence, and the Federal Council also wants to erase his existence." Wright commented:

"Yaroslav, for a stupid and evil 'Paradise Plan', dared to deceive everyone he could take advantage of. At the last moment of his life, he still wanted to drag your mutilated body and ugly appearance to coerce you into launching it." Master the Fire of Punishment to destroy Crusted.

"If gods really exist, they will definitely send down the oracle of the Creator and send Yaroslav's ugly soul between the bloody ocean and the iron wall, so that he will be suppressed there forever, enduring the chop of knives and axes. , scorching torrents, hunger and pain, and no relief.”

"Yes." Dak clenched his fist and punched the table lightly, then gritted his teeth and said:

"Furthermore, from the battle between Yaroslav and the New Snake Girl at the 'Wind Wall' until the elite superpower was disintegrated by the laser of 'Ivan's Mechanism', 32,500 ordinary federal soldiers were killed. Among them, there were 3,825 elites with special abilities. The elites in other provinces and theaters lost almost 31,500 people, more than 6,000 new artillery pieces, and more than 13,000 mechanical combat vehicles.

"Vasili's newly formed Aerospace Force lost more than 300 fighter planes, accounting for almost half of the total. If the remaining fighter planes were not parked at the 'Odyssey Armory' directly managed by the Strategic Regiment, I am afraid they would all have been destroyed by that force. The guy was ruined.

"Wright, you must know that the Federation passed into Vasily's hands and is indeed capable of eliminating the 'unintentional people' and restoring [order]. The military power controlled by the Federal Council is in a 'New Dollar Crisis', both in quantity and quality. 'The peak level after that."

"So?" Wright asked casually, looking back at Dark opposite him.

"As long as human beings are not blinded by desire, they can peel away the fog of confusion and peek into the reality that radiates the light of redemption. The Lord will bless any human being in suffering, as long as they are worthy of redemption." Dak recited a paragraph of the right message. The content of the bishop's classic goes on to say:

"In fact, in the two months since we left the 'Red Fantasy Ruins', the Federation has neither been able to rely on the 'Ancient Palace Port' to transport tons of federal technology machinery, nor has it been able to continue to resist the 'wave of unintentional people'. You must know that the combat effectiveness of the 3825 elite superpowers is absolutely equivalent to that of the 3825 lost ones. The lost ones are the existences that finally retained human consciousness after experiencing the extreme pain caused by the "Wuxinman" virus. The superpowers also have to go through more Hard training to control emotions.

"Whether they are 'unintentional people' or superpowers, the probability of their formation is less than one in ten thousand. After Yaroslav destroyed these federal elites, the 'Spear of Odyssey', Comprehension Sect, and Corona Association, who were originally on the defensive, also The remnants of the 'Chaos Group' united one after another, elected the high priest of the 'Comprehensive Sect', 'Xian Ling', as their leader, and controlled millions of 'unintentional people' to launch a full-scale counterattack against the Gnaj defense line. "

"I heard that the Gnady line of defense is said to be impregnable. Its founder once claimed that he would use a ring of fortifications to lure and trap all the 'unintentional people' and the lost, and then slowly advance, bit by bit, to finally force them to the north. West of the Karloff area, and then focus on eliminating them," Wright said, reaching out and pressing the light button on the wall of the carriage, trying to add a dim light to the dark and scary space.

Unfortunately, the electrical light on the wall only flickered a few times with all its strength, then made a sharp popping sound and suddenly went out.

"This 'temporary KD-02' train is actually the special train that Wovya and I took when we went from Mayan City to Binglin City. It was from the time we defended the 'Konig Province Unintentional Wave' a few years ago. It's in use. Now that the entire industrial area, including the North and South Karloff Areas, has been occupied, these old antiques have been transferred to the east to continue serving us, so some minor problems are normal. Come back..." Dak sighed deeply and continued:

"Plamini failed to bless the people of Crusad. No matter whether people followed his oracle or violated his will, whether believers worshiped or blasphemed Him, Crusad's decline has been irreversible. Gena A gap appeared in Ji's defense line within a week. The 'Spear of Odyssey' captured the city of Mayan, turning all the intact humans there into 'Heartless People'.

"Wright, you should know how terrible it is to lose a large stronghold belonging to humans. The transformation of 150,000 humans into 'careless people' directly led to the imbalance of power between the two sides. On the 18th of last month, the Federation lost Budadi and Crewe-Putograd, the 12th of this month Fortunately, Vasilysk and Pveginsk were lost. Fortunately, the Federation's northern legions and local independent armed forces cooperated. With the help of elite superpowers including the 'Wild Tourist Group', the Federation was finally able to reach Hull. Mosk blocked the invasion of the 'Heartless'."

As Dark said, he took out a brand new telegram with the fragrance of ink from his arms, handed it to Wright, and continued:

"Just a week ago, Vasily executed Gnady and the chief administrators of the 12 legions under his control on the charge of 'unfavorable war'. Three days ago, because the 'Tianshu Universe Energy Evolution Platform' could not be opened, Vasily ·Voliganov chose to commit suicide in his office in the 'Ape Domain'. His secretary, Deputy Chief of the Federal Council Kuka, took over the post of federal administrator.

"Due to doubts about Vasily's death, the First, Fifth, and Sixth Legions of the Federation, which were originally controlled by Gennady, rebelled and are uniting with the independent armed 'Wild Tourist Group' to attack Ice City. Now, the entire Ice Territory Everything west of the river is in unprecedented chaos."

"So, we still need to go east, right? To the Empire of Fire, to the last land of fire where human civilization is resurrected, right?" Wright raised his head and stared at Dak's bright but slightly piercing eyes. He asked with dim gray pupils.

Duck did not respond, but nodded slightly in agreement.

After half a minute, he slowly spoke. Half-jokingly:

"Didn't you say it, Wright? Before you came to this world, you had been living in a country that called itself the 'Foodie Empire'. The language they used and spoke was very similar to the language of the Fire Empire. Maybe, you got there It’s so popular, maybe you can feel at home.”

"Yeah, but..." Wright stood up, pointed to the six "dark touches" that were involuntarily squirming behind Dak, and said worriedly:

"It seems that I can't take these tentacles back now. No matter how much I surge the red magic power, they are like the organs that originally grew on my back. I'm afraid that if these cloaks can no longer cover me one day, If I live with these tentacles, if someone sees me, they will think that I am a loser and a monster."

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"Then throw away the cloak and reveal the tentacles. The 'Heartless Man Virus' has been raging for so many years. There are not many pure human beings in this world. The appearance sometimes does not reflect the heart. Besides, there are so many things behind it. The powerful tentacles are actually pretty cool." Dak responded with a smile, reaching out and touching the black and red "Touch of Darkness" a few times.

Strangely enough, the tentacles that were originally squirming and restless actually shrank back shyly like a pet after being touched by Duck. After a few seconds, they "lyed" docilely on Wright's back and became quiet.

At this moment, a circle of golden ripples emitting cosmic light spread from the southeast corner of the entire sky. Layers of rings emerged, disappeared, reappeared, and disappeared again, until the darkness of the entire night sky was dispelled. , ushered in the true warm morning light belonging to the east.

Real fireworks rise, spread, and explode from a nearby city stronghold, as if to dispel the darkness and pray for eternal light, but more like celebrating the arrival of the New Year.

The chilly winter atmosphere that permeated the ruins and dark tree trunks was dispersed by the fireworks, leaving behind the real hope for the future of "order" and civilization.

Suddenly, a loud noise came from the train’s loudspeaker:

"It is now 6 o'clock in the morning. Passengers coming from Kasdagrad to Yongchi District, please be ready to get off the train. The train will arrive in Novayask at 8 o'clock. Due to the fierce changes in the war situation, this train will We will not sail back to Binglin City in the next six months, hope you know.”

"We're about to reach our destination, Duck." Wright stood up, stretched, and looked out the window at the snow with golden light spots, and said.

"Yes, a new journey is about to begin." Dak smiled, handed Wright a stack of banknotes with Vasily's face on them and said:

"Take these 1,000 new rubles. Although the Federal Council is temporarily in chaos, the logistics and economy in the eastern part of the federation will not collapse for the time being. It took the efforts of many generations of chief executives to make all federal provinces accept the new rubles. No. Maybe it will be scrapped. In the short term... we can still exchange the money for a lot of supplies.

"By the way, the letter Wovya left for me mentioned that after we come to Novaysk, we must go find 'Purple-haired Anna' and Snarzana. I heard that they are raising a dog that originally belonged to the East. 's dragon.”

Duck said, surging the magic power of water in his body, stood up slowly, laid his hands on the train window where the ice was quickly fading away, stared at the bright and bright world outside through the glass, and murmured:

"Novayask, this new city reborn from the ashes, is the first stop on our journey eastward... I hope it can help us reach the end."

(End of Volume 2, "The Call".) (End of this chapter)