Wasteland Echoer.

Chapter 565 Clean City

After passing "Checkpoint No. 2", the Novayask Strategic Regiment's exclusive mechanical tank team took Wright and Dak and "broke through" the steel forest filled with various military facilities and production factories and entered the inner city.

At this moment, a city soldier dressed in the style of a "future mecha warrior" sitting in the car opened the metal partitions on both sides, revealing clean and tidy bulletproof glass, allowing Wright and the others to see the "scenery" of the inner city.

“Clean and tidy!”

This was the first impression that the city brought to Wright. The roads for mechanical chariots were paved with marble bricks of similar specifications. At fixed intervals, there would be a street lamp about 15 meters high and painted white.

Soldiers around said that these street lights are supplied with electricity by power plants on the edge of the city, and all the lines are buried in the city's underground pipes. Even at night, the incandescent light will make people feel a sense of "clean tranquility."

The ground in the "Inner Clean City" is exceptionally clean, as if it was painted with some kind of paint or chemical. The marble tiles are shiny and reflect the sun's rays, but because of the surrounding buildings it is not very dazzling and will not interfere with driving.

Looking around, there was not a single piece of garbage on the ground, let alone any water stains.

The city has a complete drainage system. All rainwater flows into fixed pipes along the slightly sloping ground, and flows into the "big pipes" together with the domestic sewage in the "distributed sewage centralized treatment points" installed at fixed locations, and then is sent to the "external industrial city" for treatment and then discharged into the surrounding rivers.

Wright discovered that the mechanical chariot was driving in the residential area, which was very different from the Scottish city he saw when he woke up 30 years ago. The residential buildings here had a uniform format, all of which were 6-story tube buildings, with one side of the exterior wall painted in a depressing black, and the other side painted in a light yellow that matched the sunlight, seemingly dividing the entire city into two completely opposite parts.

Even when driving out of the residential area, Wright did not find two buildings that looked completely different. In general, at least in the residential area of ​​Novayask, you cannot distinguish the wealth gap between people by the appearance of the buildings.

Finally, the mechanical convoy stopped at the "Ashes Square" in the center of the city. As the city warriors parked the mechanical vehicles tightly in the pre-designated "military parking spaces", Wright and Dak got off the dull vehicles and finally breathed their first breath of air in Novaask.

"There is no pollution here, nor any smell of rotting organisms, nor the unpleasant stench of sewers. There is only a faint plant fragrance." Wright took a few breaths and commented.

"Of course." The soldier standing beside him as a "guard" spoke through a thick white mask:

"Fifteen years ago, Lady Shaneva bought a lot of plant seeds from all over the Federation, including the Zhine people and the Khitanris people. Combined with the special design of the city, the temperature in the city is between 20-30 degrees all year round. Therefore, we can plant flowers such as gardenias, mint, and rosemary in fixed locations in the blocks, as well as plants such as Khitanris bamboo that are both practical and ornamental, making the entire city a paradise suitable for living."

"Is that so? Then won't the city be too monotonous?" Dak asked curiously:

"From what I've seen along the way, the city is clean and neatly planned, but I don't see many people. It seems lifeless."

"Well, if you want to have some fun, you can go to the entertainment area, living area, and 'indulgence area' later. But you must return to the residential area and turn off the lights before 12 o'clock every day, otherwise you will face punishment from the city administration." The "escort" soldier explained:

"Ms. Shaneva's slogan is, 'We must build an absolutely clean Ilyshetra.'"

"Absolutely clean... Ierishela? A clean paradise? Interesting." Dak smiled with disdain and contempt.
"But do you, including your chief executive Shaneva, know the true meaning of 'Ilishela'?"

"Of course I know, Commander Dake." The "escort" soldier at the side nodded slightly.

In the relatively soft sunlight, Dak saw that this soldier, whose entire body was covered in a white mecha, had a metal-branded badge on his shoulder. The badge had a white outline, with simple sketches of ashes and cities depicted around it, and a silver crescent scimitar in the middle. This also represented the meaning of "Silver Blade" in the local cities under the jurisdiction of the Federal Council.

In other words, the rank of this "guard" soldier is "Silver Blade", the lowest rank in the military sequence. The five stars above represent "Silver Blade 5", which also indicates that he is at most a squad leader.

Although this was an inconspicuous low-level team leader, his knowledge reserve was obviously carefully trained, and he attracted Dak's attention as soon as he opened his mouth:

"This is the interpretation made by the 'New God', the leader of the 'Order Society', through his interpretation of the classic 'Holy Word' of the Orthodox Bishop, and when he was fighting against the ordinal monsters in the North Mamous River, he heard a noisy oracle beside the rushing water in the dark night, and thus 'understood' the topic of life and death." "Interesting, go on." Dak nodded.

"Anno 928: The good will go to heaven, the evil will fall into hell, mortals must go through the redemption of purgatory, and the suffering must wash away the dust of 'sorrow' before they can break free from the shackles and ascend to the temple of the Creator. But in addition to the Creator, the Creator and the gods have set up a 'Garden of Eden' for those who suffer from disasters and pain. There is no worry, no sin, no hunger, and no pain, so that the suffering people can rest for a while." The "Guardian" soldier recited in a slightly stiff tone:

"The 'new god' said that people there would no longer experience war, no illness, no conflict, everyone would be in harmony, and no one would be willing to have any conflict with others, because people's hearts were calm, peaceful and happy. The soft sunshine shone all day long, the warm breeze blew from time to time, clean water was available for people to use, and delicious vegetables and fruits were supplied in unlimited quantities.

"By the way, Commander Dak, did you know that the east is different from your Ice City? Except for the Water Province, all provinces in the east lack water and materials, and the agricultural production time is limited each year. In addition, the continuous mountains, uninhabited deserts and ice mountains block the entry of water vapor. Most of the land here is very dry, and it is difficult to grow fruits and vegetables, except for drought-resistant crops such as sweet potatoes and potatoes."

"I know that, so the Federation has been ensuring control of the 'Great Railroad' so that supplies can be transported eastward at any time." Dak responded.

"But." The "Guard" soldier sighed and whispered:
"After Commander Vasily came to power, he significantly reduced the transportation of materials to the east. Instead, he made us take on the production of a lot of industrial raw materials and semi-finished products. It's not easy to eat fresh fruits and vegetables here, but meat can be supplied without restrictions.

"Captain Dark, tell me, is it worth it to let your citizens and soldiers starve and die in order to win the war?"

"That depends on the meaning of the war. If it is a necessary battle for life and death, then it is meaningful." Dak answered according to his inner thoughts.

“Then, knowing that war is meaningless, we still waste all resources on it, and in the end it will plunge everyone into pain and hunger, bringing disaster and destruction. Is such a war still worth it?” asked the "guard" soldier.

"That... must not be worth it," Dak replied.

"Then, the source of all this, that ugly and evil administrator Vasily, does he deserve to die?" The "guard" soldier's voice was very low, but his tone was filled with hatred and resentment.

After thinking for a while, Dak replied with an extremely affirmative tone:
"Yes, he deserves to die."

"In fact, you know very well, Commander Dak, that after the devil Vasily dies, the fall of Ice City will happen in the next few days, and countless people will flee eastwards." The "guard" soldier suddenly changed his tone to an intriguing one. He walked behind Dak, held down the rifle in his hand, and continued:

"Some smart people, like you, have already sensed the danger. Some generals even started sending women and wealth to Novayask last Christmas. But you should know that Novayask is an unyielding soul reborn from the ashes. Our city is not a safe for wealth. Commander Shaneva's goal is to use Novayask as a base to become the chief administrator of eastern Cruzde."

"She is an ambitious woman," Duck commented bluntly:
"I've heard rumors about her outside the city. Just based on how she dealt with the people from the Federal Committee with lightning speed, I think she has the ability to realize her ambitions."

"Of course. Moreover, Commander Shaneva wants to use this as a temporary capital and... the main base for the counterattack on the western territories." The "garrison" soldier whispered, but his eyes fell on Wright and the "Dark Mystery Touch" that was squirming on his back.

……

In the entertainment district of Novayask city, in the basement of a two-story building with a sign that reads "Fortune Interpretation Institute".

The purple-haired woman called Anna is currently in this dark and gloomy room decorated in a magician's style. There is no electrical device here, only a dusty kerosene lamp, which emits a dim and intoxicating light through the thick lampshade.

Anna took off her coat and put on a purple Cruzde court magician costume. Her arms and face were painted with 14 different colors of oil, symbolizing that she was bathed in the blessings of the "Seven First-Rank Gods" and the "Seven Second-Rank Gods".

As she continued to chant the spell composed in the Central language, she pressed her sticky hands on a pendant in front of her. Soon, the Khitanris gemstone inlaid on it changed from crystal clear to a gelatinous substance.

Immediately afterwards, the narrow, dim, and closed space seemed to be cut into countless spatial cracks by a knife, and countless black colloids of the same material seeped in from outside the space, causing the illusory darkness to continue to permeate both the material and spiritual realms. The only dim light source was completely obscured, and everything was shrouded in the nightmare brought by pure black.

After about a few minutes, with the shrill sound of a ship's whistle, a white light quickly swallowed up all the darkness, turning into an endless fog that brought a sense of confusion, and a gravel path at Anna's feet.