Wasteland Echoer.

Chapter 516 Selecting a Location
"Commander-in-chief, I think we don't have much time now. If we waste too much time on these meaningless details, we will easily miss the window of time when high concentrations of 'chains' appear." Igor quickly brought the topic back on track and said.

"I'm just educating my...my granddaughter. You can continue, gentlemen scientists." Yaroslav said unhappily.

"Okay, I'll continue." Igor cleared his throat, picked up the green military water bottle on the table, drank the boiled water that had been purified by a special device, wiped the water stains from the corners of his mouth, and continued:
"In about an hour, it will be dusk in the 'Bersluna Region'. The people of the Japanese province of Khitanris once had a popular legend that at dusk, when it is neither day nor night, humans and those who control the magic power can see invisible things and events.

"I think this may be the mysterious result of the interaction between the rich magical power in the air and the cosmic energy transmitted by the sun to our continent at this special time point. In other words, at this moment, here, it is possible to open up an alternate dimension."

"Alternative dimension...how do you say that?" Yaroslav asked curiously.

"After collecting data from previous years and performing regression analysis, we concluded that the closest red wave to us will occur at dusk today," Ross replied.

"And the 'artificial fire of divine punishment' that Ivan XXII had buried in advance will also be tested today according to the predetermined procedure before being fully detonated.

"This is a habit that scientists in the old empire have developed over a long period of time. Before any important scientific experiment or weapon detonation, a simulation test close to reality must be conducted to avoid possible mistakes. After all, although Emperor Cruzde after Ivan VI has been more tolerant, if national resources are wasted while continuing to conduct failed experiments, lives will still be in danger.

"Besides, the scientists who participated in the 'New Structure Project' must have calculated that Ivan XXII would wake up hundreds of years later, and his death would be even later. When this strategy of destroying both sides is really implemented, they cannot guarantee that the 'Fire of Heavenly Punishment' will definitely explode."

"So, in more than an hour, the tests of Dusk + Red Swing + Fire of Heavenly Punishment will be carried out simultaneously? It's... a unique enough opportunity, right?" Sophia asked after a little thought.

"Of course, Ms. Sofia, your comprehension ability is not bad. It seems that the commander-in-chief is too harsh on you." Igor complimented him slightly, but he turned his head to glance at Yaroslav, and when he saw the serious and unhappy face of the commander-in-chief, he immediately stopped the compliment and continued:
"So, the intersection of the three energies will reach the conditions to trigger the re-operation of the 'Abandoned Chain of the Old Times'. You know, Commander-in-Chief, the 'Chain' is the key to the explosion of the 'Fire of Heavenly Punishment'. If we hold the ceremony at the location where the 'Light Fire of Heavenly Punishment' was detonated in the past, when the 'Abandoned Chain of the Old Times' emerges from the ground and gathers to a certain concentration, we can use this special moment to bombard the weakest point of the wind wall and create an unhealable gap."

"That's enough. As long as a gap appears, the [warriors] deployed here in the north can immediately enter the area inside the 'Wind Wall'. However, Igor, is it possible for the 'Wind Wall'... to disappear completely?" Yaroslav first nodded slightly to show his affirmative, and then supported the wooden table with both hands, looked up and asked Igor with a serious look.

"The gap is just the first step." Igor said with a confident smile:

"As long as a fatal and difficult-to-heal gap appears in the solid 'wind wall', it will only be a matter of time before it collapses."

"How?" Sophia asked.

"It's like this, Ms. Sophia." Ross took over and explained:
"According to the [Warriors] who were once stationed here, and some local supernatural residents, the 'wind wall' was actually formed much earlier than we observed. The Federal Committee included the 'wind wall' in its research thirty years ago, but the wind wall had actually been formed here when the 'New Dollar Crisis' just started.

"It's just that the situation was too chaotic at the time. One city after another was conquered by the Heartless People, and the remaining humans fought against each other, causing many descriptions to become confusing and unclear."

"This is the meanness of human nature." Yaroslav sighed and commented:

"If humans could be as united as we are now, and everyone blocked important roads in time, set up checkpoints in the countryside, and distributed supplies to help them get through the winter, the 'New Dollar Crisis' would probably only be limited to the two limited areas of the Naibsk Plain and Ice City.

"It is precisely because chaos exposes the 'evil' of human nature that some people want to fish in troubled waters in the chaos, and some try to use the so-called 'decisive killing' and 'animal nature' to explain the evil they committed for survival. But in fact, people at that time had more choices. They chose the most evil, despicable, and wrong path until now."

Yaroslav showed a bitter smile on his face, shook his head slightly, and motioned Igor to continue his story.

"Okay, Commander-in-Chief." Igor continued:

"I understand your feelings. The closer we are to victory, the more we will worry about gains and losses, and we will always complain about the difficulties created by our predecessors. This is a very common psychological problem. But then again, because the actual time of the formation of the 'wind wall' is too long, a stable ecosystem has actually been formed inside it. "According to our analysis of a large amount of data, the life structure, energy distribution, magic source power and extraordinary power concentration inside, including the passage of time, are somewhat different from the outside world. Moreover, the so-called god 'Lord of Eternal Red' who has long been bound here, and the evil god 'Echo' who was accidentally trapped here thirty years ago, have caused a large number of dense energy particles to gather inside."

"Energy particles?" Yaroslav asked.

"Yes, in the words of psychics and magic power users, it is the breath of God." Ross explained:

“At that time, humans did not study the mysterious power of magic source force in depth, so many things that could not be explained and could not be seen were understood to be created by gods. In fact, magic source force is just a kind of extraordinary power that is very compatible with the human body and can be used by the human body to strengthen the human body.

"There must be a high concentration of energy particles inside the 'wind wall', plus the magic source power. The concentration of magic source power outside is very low, and there are no energy particles. So once a gap is formed, energy will flow from the place with high resistance to the place with low resistance like electric current."

"It's like a giant balloon being punctured... right?" Yaroslav asked, trying to use a metaphor to help himself understand these brain-burning scientific topics.

"That's right, Commander-in-Chief." Igor confirmed Yaroslav's analogy and said:
"It is this energy that makes up the stability of the 'wind wall'. Once a gap is formed, the overflowing energy will impact the gap. It may only take a week for the remaining energy to no longer be able to maintain the continuation of the 'wind wall'. After all, the ice and snow land of the Extreme Cold Special Zone is too desolate. There is no fire, no warmth, not much breath of life, and naturally no source of energy.

"However, Commander-in-Chief, we still insist on holding the ceremony at point α. We still believe that the concentration of the 'chain' element hidden here is the highest. However, you are the person in charge of this 'special operation' and you can make the final decision. But please remember that if the plan to break through the 'wind wall' fails and the 'artificial fire of punishment' is detonated, you will be the first person responsible. The Federal Committee will definitely send you to the military court and impose the highest sanctions on you."

"If you were not scientists sent by the Federation Council, I would regard your remarks as a threat, but now, I think this is a warning from the Federation Council through you. However, you can question my lack of scientific knowledge, but you cannot question my intuition as a former Federation general." Yaroslav said, pulling out the officer's pistol from his waist, pointing the muzzle of the gun at the "γ point" on the map and said:
"You don't necessarily need 'Heavenly Punishment Fire' to blast out the lake. The remaining 'chain' elements will threaten the ecology. The old empire's leaders will not approve such controversial actions. Oil was once discovered at the γ point.

"Before the bridge over the Ventnos was built, considerable reserves of oil and natural gas were discovered here. When I was very young, I read the autobiography of a military commander of the old empire. The commander said: Oil was discovered beside the river, but it was natural gas that was first extracted.

"The energy reserves here are indeed quite a lot, enough to support half of the empire. But due to improper mining methods, a large amount of natural gas has leaked here, and we can only use burning to avoid further harm."

"In that case, I seem to have some impression that the military commander finally decided to use the 'Fire of Heavenly Punishment' to forcibly cause an earthquake to cut off the natural gas transportation pipeline, so as to seal it underground again and then mine it after further development of technology, right?" Igor said with sudden enlightenment.

"That's right." Yaroslav nodded.
"If I remember correctly, when building the bridge, the old empire did not actually use the double-edged weapon 'Fire of Heavenly Punishment'. The place where the 'Fire of Heavenly Punishment' was released must be at the 'junction of the woods, bridge and river'.

"So, Igor, Ross, please have the remaining 'experimental-level lost personnel' go to the γ point geometry and perform your ceremony."

At this time, one of Yaroslav's guards pushed open the door of the temporary command post, walked towards Yaroslav, and reported:

"Commander-in-Chief, the time has come."

Yaroslav turned up his sleeves, looked at the time on his mechanical watch, and then followed the handrail out the door.

He discovered that the sky, which was originally a mixture of white and black, now seemed to be sprinkled with a layer of golden paint. Except for the orange-red sun created by the Creator hanging high in the distance, the whole world, including the shadows caused by the buildings, was covered with a layer of golden light that was "neither day nor night" and belonged to the "realm of God".

Even the air began to be filled with a pungent, dangerous smell that triggered inner impulses.

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