Wasteland Echoer.

Chapter 510: Ritual of Revealing Direction (Part )
"Huh? What? Moon...Moon Finger Ceremony?" Yaroslav woke up from his dream, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, slowly relaxed his clenched fists, and suddenly opened his eyes.

This was a habit he had developed since he entered the First Legion under the Federal Council fifty years ago. Whenever he fell asleep, the muscles all over his body would be in a semi-tightened state, with his fists clenched at all times in a defensive posture. Once he was attacked by the Lost Ones at night or the sudden arrival of the "Wave of Careless People", he would be able to counterattack in the first moment relying on half of his body's instincts.

Facing Yaroslav's glaring eyes, Igor was stunned for a second and subconsciously took a half step back. It was not until Yaroslav lowered his head slightly, took a long time to relax, and cleared most of the chaos, sleepiness and hangover left in his brain and stood up that Igor exhaled and continued:

"It's like this, Commander-in-Chief. Just an hour ago, a telegram came from Binglin City. The content of the telegram roughly stated that a 'Mu Yuan' codenamed 'Huanqi' from 'Spear of Odyssey' might lead several elites from the Lost Organization to sneak into our 'Universe Core Experimental Field' in an hour to sabotage the experimental process and experimental equipment.

"The Federation Council requires us to strengthen our security forces and set up defensive restrictions on important facilities in advance, including but not limited to physical and magical ones. In order to make up for possible defense loopholes, Commander Vasily has sent a mysterious 'psychic' to assist us."

"It seems... the situation is much more serious than we thought. Commander Vasily usually likes to control the macro direction, and makes arrangements and deployments from a high position like an emperor who controls everything. But this time he made direct and deliberate arrangements in such a detailed place. At least..." Yaroslav pointed to the "YWNF-01" element detector not far to his left and said:
"This thing will definitely be useless. For high-level Lost Ones, it is not impossible to adjust the concentration of the 'Distortion Value' in the body."

"Yes, that's right." Igor nodded.
"As long as there is a Seducer or a Deceiver who can hypnotize even the high-order Lost Ones, through hypnosis and seduction, they can insert a command of 'identifying with human beings' into their subconscious, which can temporarily offset the effect of genes on the 'distortion value'.

"Although upgrading equipment can prevent this,... because too many resources have been invested in maintaining the 'Gnadi Line' on the front line, the Federal Council is temporarily unable to allocate the rare metals and elemental ores needed to upgrade our equipment for us."

"So, we have to rely on ourselves to strengthen our defenses," Yaroslav said with a slight sigh.

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief, that's my suggestion too. Moreover, in order to boost our confidence in finding the 'Evolution Platform' ritual, 55 minutes ago Commander Vasily personally named our next ritual the 'Moon Finger Ceremony', which means 'the direction of divinity is guided by the holy moon.'" Igor smiled, with a hint of peace on his face, as if he was using micro-expressions to praise the beautiful name Vasily had given to this "ritual".

However, soon, the rationality that naturally emerged after years of scientific research re-occupied his brain.

Igor's expression regained its seriousness and earnestness, and only caution and seriousness remained in his brown pupils.

Seeing that Yaroslav had completely woken up from his nap and his mental state had basically recovered to its best level, Igor turned up his white sleeves, looked at the mechanical watch that was already covered with spider-web-like cracks, and said:
"There are only fifteen minutes left, Commander-in-Chief. It's time to invite those 'Experimental Lost' personnel to enter the venue."

"Experimental-level Lost Personnel?" Yaroslav asked puzzled.

He looked in the direction Igor pointed. With a dull sound of metal rubbing against the floor, the huge steel door slowly opened. Under the supervision of a group of guards who were dressed similarly to the guards [warriors] and wearing the iconic "conceptual cyber auxiliary power device", a row of women dressed in pure white robes with a religious style, with loose hair, bare hands and feet, and shackles with flashing light on their wrists and ankles were "arranged to enter".

Within a few minutes, Igor first lowered the electromagnetic waves of the "YMNF-01 Element Detector" that interfered with the invisible minds of the Lost Ones, and then used the wired walkie-talkie in his hand to talk to the guards [warriors] below, guiding them to open the "Moon Energy Absorber" in the center of the venue one by one.

The humming sound of the machines is like that of violent beasts that have been accumulating and suppressing anger for a long time. They are like wolves with dangerous powers hidden in their bodies. It seems that after being splashed with the bright moonlight, they will release the violence and power in their hearts, and either repel the enemies belonging to the evil camp, or retaliate against the initiator who opened the "Pandora's Box" for them.

Soon, all lights, big and small, in the entire "Universe Core Experiment Field" were turned off, except for the extremely low-energy emergency light sources installed on the walls of each floor, and the crimson light emitted by the instruments themselves.

Just as Yaroslav was immersed in the wonderful feelings brought about by mystery, extraordinaryness, darkness and subtle confusion, Igor's deep voice appeared in his ears again:

"Commander-in-chief, the so-called 'experimental Lost Ones' are stubborn elements who are unwilling to surrender to the Federation and are captured by the Federation after conquering the Lost Ones' settlements. They often have extremely rich magical energy and an irreducible 'distortion value' in their bodies. They either have brain lesions in pain or suffer from incurable mental illnesses under the stimulation of the 'Ivanov virus'. "In short, they can no longer return to human society. During the time of Ivan III, they were enemies, during the time of Ivan XXII, they were radicals, and during the time of Ivan XXV, they were out-and-out subversive elements. Since the old empire has left us with technological products that can imprison them, we naturally have to give full play to their value."

"Is this what the Federation Council means?" Yaroslav asked somewhat displeased. After all, this overly realistic argument was, if not slightly different from the future that Vasily had always promoted, it was completely different.

"Maybe, maybe not. You just need to treat it as the real world beneath the dark waves. In the infinite time and space, what is eternal is never light. They are just a drop in the ocean beneath the countless darkness and depth." Igor said affectionately:
"These Lost Ones who will never be integrated into the human world are just consumables. Only fools would dream of building a so-called peaceful and tranquil world with these insects. Since Ross and I took over the Federation's scientific research projects several years ago, we have consumed no less than a thousand of these 'experimental Lost Ones'.

"They either died in the power test of the new weapons, or got lost in the alternate dimension world constructed by the ordinal monsters, or collapsed and decomposed in the extremely concentrated electromagnetic field and magic source field. Commander-in-chief, indeed, a staunch supporter of Commander Vasily like you should not be exposed to these dirty things.

"Your military leaders often kill enemies who take up arms and refuse to surrender. You do have enough strength to resist any unfair cruel treatment, but don't forget that when you bend down and observe more subtle details, you will find that this world is often cruel. Death will not discuss ideals and responsibilities with you. It only needs a thought, plus the so-called fate as a sauce, to take away your life perfectly."

At this point, Igor turned his head and glanced at Yaroslav. Seeing that he seemed to be hesitant to speak, Igor persuaded him:

"'Heartless' do not have any moral constraints when they devour humans. When the Lost Ones rely on instinct to torture our people of Cruz, they do not think about laws, morals and codes. They just want to satisfy their inner impulses and desires. Therefore, we use the relatively weak Lost Ones to do some experiments, which is as kind as the real owner and angels. You see, these long-haired Lost One women, perhaps only in their 20s, with pretty faces and simple voices. They may know, or they may not know that they are about to return their lives to the real owner.

"But the long night of the wasteland must eventually end, and the era of 'restart' must come. For a grand and supreme purpose, some small sacrifices are not worth worrying about. 'Experimental-level Lost Personnel' can be sacrificed, the [Warriors] of the Federation Committee can be sacrificed, and even the people who were melted by the 'Scorching Sun' after the 'Evolution Platform' was opened can be sacrificed. By the way, Commander-in-Chief, now is the time to start the 'Moon Finger Ceremony'. The Federation Committee requires you to announce the official start of the ceremony."

"Okay." Yaroslav took a deep breath and tried his best to forget Igor's crazy words. He quickly stepped forward, pointed at the small microphone, and ordered in a high-pitched voice:

"The ritual of finding the 'Universe Energy Evolution Platform' can now begin!"

Soon, the two instruments, the "Moon Energy Absorber" and the "Silver Sky Absorber", began to run frantically. The internal circuits were instantly and completely activated, and the rumbling noise unique to mechanical operation hit the ears of those present.

The group of "experimental-level Lost Personnel" who had no intention of resisting chanted the spell of gathering spirits at the same time, and in an instant, they formed a perfect circle around the "Moon Energy Absorber".

At this moment, the top of the "Universe Core Experimental Field" was slowly opened under the operation of professional [Warriors] arranged by the Federal Committee. A huge silver-white moon filled everyone's vision. The moonlight poured down like sunlight, reflecting the two machines, presenting a circular shape outward and continuously releasing excess energy aura.

Under the full moon, high concentrations of "H3 elements" began to pour into the "Moon Energy Absorber" like lasers, and the dark energy, which was a rich Vanta black color, finally filled the last reserve space of the "Silver Sky Absorber" at this moment.

About ten seconds later, all the Lost Women began to kneel down, let their hair down, and raise their hands above their heads, surrounded by the eerie silence and horror atmosphere, the creepy humming moonlight, and the perfect surround of deep darkness. They chanted the ancient, but seemingly eternal "Word of the Orthodox Bishop" in their mouths, surrounded by the overflowing energy like light spots:
"The source of shade, the realm of whiteness and purity."

"As for the brightness, the body is bathed in the brightness."

Thanks to Wanfengzhuiluori for the two monthly tickets.