Wasteland Echoer.

Chapter 529: Deepthur’s Call (Part )

One, two, three...

Wolfya vented the rage burning in his heart. This violent feeling originated from his heart and flowed through his body with his blood.

Even though "Deepser's Projection" had fallen to the ground, and its blood had formed a pool of clear red that seemed to reflect the entire "Red Fantasy Experimental Field", and even though the scarlet had completely suppressed and covered the source of the "ancient" power, and the pool of "special asphalt" had completely disappeared, Wolfya did not stop his actions.

It was not until the head of "Deepser's Projection", a symbol of fear and nightmare, was almost completely separated from the strong body that Wolfya gasped, fell into the red blood, threw away the still solid tentacles, and gasped heavily.

About half a minute later, Wolfya, who had recovered a little, reached out and tore off the remaining nerves and blood vessels at the bottom of the head of "Deepser's Projection" that were connected to the body, and placed the lifeless head in the center of the "Red Fantasy Experiment Field".

Then, like a goalkeeper who had just gained possession of the ball, he stepped back, ran up, raised his foot and kicked hard, all in one go, kicking his head to the top of the experimental field.

Whoosh - boom!

Several sharp steel bars suddenly dropped from the top of the experimental field. Under the combined effect of Wolfya's strength and the impact of the sharp objects, the head exploded completely, and in the most cruel way, it turned into a pool of gorgeous black fireworks and a red phantom rain with a scarlet smell.

At the same time, the huge body of "Deepser's Projection" quickly became wrinkled and shriveled as the "ancient" power faded, and finally turned into a pile of fragile skin that could not be picked up, slowly merging with the marble floor.

"Wolf...ya" Dak's weak voice came from behind Wolfya.

He rushed to Dark and held the half-fallen, very weak Dark in his arms.

"Wolfya, am I... am I going to... die?" Dak said, pointing to the place in his chest where the tentacles had just pierced.

Wolfya lifted up Dark's combat uniform and took a look. The place where the solid tentacles had penetrated was already bloody and fleshy. When he touched it with his hand, he actually scratched off a lot of tiny pieces of flesh.

It is obvious that Dak's semi-mechanized blue heart belonging to the mutant has been broken in half at this moment, leaving only the other half made of mechanical parts, which still maintains the basic function of transporting red blood into the body.

"I feel very cold, Wolfya." Dak groaned, his voice very soft, like a hare lost in the ice field, weak, but still retaining a trace of remaining stubbornness and sharpness.

Without waiting for Wolfya to say anything to comfort him, Dak pursed his dry lips again, swallowed the blood that surged in his abdomen, endured the smell of rust, and continued to groan:
“The Khitanris used to say…when mankind falls into extreme sin, or suffers extreme suffering, the sleeping lotus will bloom in the praise of magic and the gods.

"If... that person has ever been associated with evil, and has the rich blood of his compatriots on his hands, the sky will turn pitch black, and the lotus will turn red out of anger, releasing red fire of karma to that person to dissolve his sins and cleanse his soul and body."

"A story about the gods worshipped by the Khitanris?" Wu Fuya said with a disdainful look,
"Don't think about it, Dak, just take a nap and you'll be fine. The Khitanris believe in stories of karma and reincarnation the most, but in reality, even if there is punishment, it is carried out by humans in the name of gods and justice.

"Since the New Yuan Crisis, apart from the artificial god 'Daughter of Mechanical Yuan' of the Old Empire, have we ever seen the real gods or their photos? The answer is no. If the Creator and the gods of the order can really wake up from their shameful slumber, open their eyes, and even take a peek at this tragic night filled with death and sin, we should see a little dawn of truth."

"Don't comfort me, Wulfya. I know my heart is breaking. I am willing to believe in the reincarnation experience that Void Zero showed me through MB-002: Mark of Reselection." Dak coughed violently a few times, spitting out a mouthful of sticky red mucus that was still wriggling slightly, and continued:

"The first time, I was a real monster. I was forced into a dead end by the Cruz Federation and became a tool to fight the God of Fire. The second time, I became a real human, but I was still enveloped by flames and became a scorched soul.

"Just now, when Deepser's projection pierced my body, I felt a blazing but warm flame. Perhaps it was the memory left over from my two reincarnations. Perhaps it was the final outcome of my life this time, and for the last time."

"That's just your illusion." Wu Fuya said helplessly:

"Or, maybe the 'Mark of Re-Choice' was indeed used by 'Xu Ling', and it did allow you to have two reincarnation experiences. But you know, the 'Mark of Re-Choice' only created another branch in time. In other words, your two reincarnations are parallel to the present.

"Parallel time and space have no chance of intersecting. They will run along their own orbits forever until the great collapse of the entire universe arrives, and they will once again converge on an infinitely small point in the endless chaos." "But the feeling of the flame... is real. Wolfya." Dak choked up a little, not knowing whether it was because of pain or sadness:
"In fact, I don't like water and ice. They are too bland and too cold. I don't like wind either. Like water, it is an ethereal thing that cannot be grasped. Wind can bring everything and take everything away, while ice will make everything silent and plunge the whole world into endless loneliness.

"I heard from the guys in the Binglin City Strategic Group that the Federation's Eastern Expedition Team returned to the capital two months ago. Those poor explorers said that the Aventlai Empire had completely lost all traces and that Aventlai had now become a regional concept.

"Originally prosperous cities, towns and villages, high-rise buildings, farmlands and forests, bridges, dams and railways have all been completely eroded by endless wind and snow, viruses and time. There, only the desert of Awentlai, the cold desert of Awen Valley and a dangerous Awen Ice Desert Trail leading to Qidanlis are left. Regardless of whether the plan of the 'Evolution Platform' succeeds or not, perhaps it will be difficult for us to reach the east alive."

"I still say the same thing, Dake, don't think too much, just get some sleep and you'll be fine." Wolfya sat down on the dirty ground from a half-squatting position, hugged Dake from behind, and comforted him:

"You used to be a 'different monster', but later, the 'limit device' of the Machine Lord cleared most of the 'heartless virus' in your body, and you gained a human body. So, the memory of being a monster that you once lost was actually blocked by the side effects of the device.

"Wow, Dake, you know what? When you were still an 'alien monster', you were really amazing. You were more than ten meters tall. You know, after the new era, the Federation no longer had the ability to build large buildings. Even the 'Grand Terrace' in Carnosk was renovated on the basis of the old one. And your height is almost as tall as the tallest palace of the old empire."

"So... this is my past?" Dark smiled.

"Of course." Wolfya nodded slightly, looking at the increasingly bright searchlights on top of the "Red Fantasy Experimental Field", and said with a smile:

"You are very powerful. Your whole body is covered with countless large and heavy rocks. Those rocks seem to be an alloy of metal and stone. They are very strong. Large artillery bombarded you for half a day but failed to hurt you at all. Later, we handed some rock residues to the Federal Committee's Mineral Technology Group. They studied it for a year but were unable to analyze the specific composition.

"Moreover, as a 'different monster', you can not only smash our armor with your tank-sized fist, but also use the ranged ice skill 'Ice Silence' to freeze the young warriors who dare to approach you. In the battle to encircle you, we lost half of our guards and barely trapped you in the new district swamp in the north of the Water Province, near the city of Novayask."

"This is very similar to the first reincarnation scene that 'Void Zero' showed me." Dark commented.

“But there are some differences.” Wulfya smiled strangely for a moment, then he cleared his throat and continued:
"We followed the advice of the Patriarch of St. Ivan's Cathedral and the Wind Mine of the Order Society and trapped you in a place with strong fire and water magic power. We then deployed a large amount of Fiery Scarlet Stone through the Aerospace Force.

"Soon, the small flame from a match caused a raging fire that we have never seen before. Your rock armor became fragile under the combined effects of fire and ice, and the metal shattered with just one round of shooting."

"The alternation of cold and heat will make the rock very brittle," said Dak.

“Yes, this is the most basic principle of physics. It’s just that your body is too huge, and we lost our way temporarily out of fear. It’s just…” Wolfya paused, his expression slightly dimmed, he sighed lightly, and continued:

"I saw a boy in the flames. Now that I think about it, he looked a lot like you. At the time, the boy was crying and wailing helplessly. He was struggling and rolling in the flames, which actually 'hurt' my heart.

"Even when facing huge monsters and disgusting enemies, I have never been moved, but at that moment, I seemed to think of myself. At that time, 'Wind Mine' told me that it was just the spirit released by the 'Alien Monster' when it died. The weaker the 'Alien Monster', the more its spirit would pray to show its weak and lovely side to deceive humans to let it go.

"But I saw the burning light of 'divinity' in the little boy who was the incarnation of your spirit, and a picture that fascinated me, so... I took your spirit out of the flames regardless of everything, even though I later received a 'demotion order' signed by Commander Vasily himself."

“So, Wolfya, what kind of picture did you see?” Dak asked curiously, sitting up slightly, turning his head and staring at Wolfya with wide grey eyes.

“I saw it…” Wolfya raised his head high, as if recalling something, as if he was eager to penetrate the “dome” of the experimental field and look at the vast stars and the universe.

After a few seconds, he spoke clearly in a deep voice:

"I saw the future, the future of mankind."

(End of this chapter)