Wasteland Echoer.

Novayask, "Special Reception Room" on the second floor of the "Destiny Interpretation Institute".

Anna sat at the simply decorated mahogany dining table, bathed in the soft glow of the morning light, with her back to the window, her hands crossed on her thighs, making the pose of the "Madonna" bound in light in the fresco of the bishop.

Although her expression seemed very calm, even with a hint of confidence that only mature women have, the moment she saw Dark and Wright, her lavender eyes flickered left and right, revealing an imperceptible uneasiness.

"Purple-haired Anna, haha, purple-haired Anna. I should have thought of it earlier, Ms. Lei Ye, it seems that there is no other purple-haired woman I have ever seen except you." Dak originally still retained respect for this famous "magician" in Wolfya's mouth, as well as the mysterious feeling towards people who control extraordinary powers.

But when he saw this familiar face, Dark felt a surge of nameless anger in his heart. He originally thought that this beautiful, gentle figure like an older sister was an "idealist" and "holy person" specially introduced by Wolfya to guide him to acquire professional abilities and move towards a higher level of magic power, so as to help mankind finally solve the problem of "careless people" and end the "New Metacrisis".

In fact, it was only around the time of the battle of the "Kushen Ruins" that he slowly came to understand that "Lei Ye" was just a Lost One standing on the opposite side of the Federation, and was even a leader of the "Order Society", the sixth of the twelve "Rulers".

"Lei Ye" not only pretended to be nice and hypocritical when interacting with humans, but even after the start of the Northern War, he organized the Lost People such as the "Order Society", "Chaos Group", and "Enlightenment Church" to confront the Federation, and eventually opened the "Pandora's Box" of Atuo, indirectly causing an irreversible situation in the entire western part of the Federation.

When Dak thought of the "guidance", "mocking" and education that "Lei Ye" had given him in the shop selling Khitanris hotpot, he felt waves of nausea and anger from the depths of his spirit.

At the moment when no one could react, Dak activated the "Hide" skill of [Troublemaker]. With his high agility, he mobilized the water-based magic power in his body and instantly flashed behind "Thunder Leaf". He stretched out the ice dagger in his hand and pressed it against her neck.

"What are you doing, Dake!" "Fubing" asked in a childish but as low and stern voice as possible.

At the same time, he knew that his magic power was of the same series as Dark's, and their skills were extremely similar, so he could not gain an advantage in the battle.

Therefore, he decisively took out the "Yang brand" portable civilian pistol from his waist and pointed it at Dak's head.

"I don't want to do anything, and I don't want to question Wolfya's arrangement. I just want to ask Ms. Lei Ye, have you chosen steam or magic? Are you good or evil? What identity have you chosen? Also, are we friends or enemies?" Just as Lei Ye was about to answer, Dark pushed the dagger deeper into her mouth, not giving her any chance to explain, and continued:

"You don't have to answer me, because these are the questions you asked me that day in the Chetan Ristorante. You said that 'attitude' can determine everything. But your 'attitude' has already proved everything about you. Now, I am only curious about one thing. At this moment when the entire Federal Council is about to collapse, what identity have you chosen?"

"I said, 'We are just one of the countless living beings, an insignificant speck of dust in the Creator's nightmare.' We cannot have a special mission, and the gods have never favored us poor creatures, but once fate comes, even if we are crazy, we can only move forward." "Lei Ye" responded sternly in a soft tone.

Immediately afterwards, she ignored the ice dagger in Dak's hand, stood up, and under the worried gaze of "Fu Bing", she slowly spoke:

"If Vasily Voliganov is indeed a leader capable of resolving the 'New Dollar Crisis', then we the Lost Ones have no room to resist. Anyone in the Wasteland Era who pursues 'peace' and 'order' should be a friend. It is ignorant, crazy and incompetent to define positions based on identity or race."

"Go on," Dak said in an imperative tone.

"Okay, then I'll tell you why I made that statement at that time, why I chose the Order Society, and why I came here." Anna sat back in the mahogany chair, shook her magician's robe a few times with an extremely elegant posture, and responded:
"Humans and the Lost Ones do not only have irreconcilable contradictions. At least during the attack and defense of Karlov City 200 years ago, we both had a preliminary intention to cooperate. The scale of that battle was not large, and the degree of tragedy was relatively small, but the early leader of our Order, the Old God, and the local chief executive, Olesi Karlov, reached a large-scale ceasefire agreement with practical significance for the first time.

“You know, it was an agreement signed behind the back of the Federal Council and other Lost Ones organizations. At that time, due to the intensified internal struggle within the Federal Council, it had no time to take care of the situation in Karlov City. In addition, other Lost Ones organizations were active in the west, and people who longed for peace made a brave attempt.” “Brave attempt?” Hearing this, the anger on Dak’s face eased a little. He slowly withdrew the magical power surging in his body, threw the dagger on the ground, and waited for it to slowly melt and disappear.

Then, he sat opposite Anna and listened to the description of the owner of this "Fortune Interpretation Institute" as a guest.

Seeing this, "Fu Bing" and Wright both breathed a sigh of relief. "Fu Bing" re-installed the safety of the "Yang brand" civilian pistol and put it back to his waist.

Then he took out two old chairs from the utility room nearby, handed one to Wright, and sat on the other side facing Dark and Anna.

Seeing that the situation had eased, Anna cleared her throat, and the panic and uneasiness in her tone quickly faded. She continued to maintain a completely elegant posture that was completely different from when she came to Binglin City, and continued to narrate:
"This agreement is called 'The Dawn of Cruz'. It stipulates that there will be no distinction between Lost Ones, Psychics, and Humans in the military outposts and civilian settlements from Karlov City to Shuangliu Grad in the south. Lost Ones may not attack humans, and humans may not discriminate against Lost Ones. Those who violate the rules will be arrested and tried by the 'Joint Arbitration Group'.

"In addition, without spreading the 'Heartless Virus', the Lost Ones and humans can live, interact and communicate freely. All material transportation, commercial activities, industrial and agricultural production in the strongholds along the route can proceed as usual. Personnel from both sides can participate, and no obstacles may be set up for anyone.

"The last and most important point is that, starting from the two largest strongholds of Karlov City and Shuangliugrad, no Federation Aerospace Forces and armored forces are allowed to enter the vast area. The entire area is named the 'Dawn Zone' and is a demilitarized zone. No war is allowed. I think..."

Anna paused, sighed softly, and then continued:

"These excellent and successful precedents have made it possible for humans to unite with the lost and to eliminate the barriers of identity and race. A world where there is no war, no one is 'affected by war', and children of all races are bathed in the sunshine of peace and prosperity is not a fantasy or an empty talk.

"The world should not have entered the 'Wasteland Era', but rather the era described by Aidari Sage in the 'Epic of the Future'. Igor Constantinyev, chief scientist of the Federation Council, discovered the description of the 'Age of Stars' or 'Post-Wasteland Era' in the middle of Volume 12 of the 'Epic of the Future' through excavation of data from the 'Tianji Evolution Platform' located northeast of the 'Artificial Lake', between Vasilysk and Khermossk.

"The great 'prophet' described it this way: 'Everything that obeys [personality] can be granted human identity, and there will no longer be an eternal barrier between intelligent creatures; the gorgeous flame tail cuts through the darkness from the infinite 'white dove', and the expectation and worship turn into the pursuit of the nightmare of creation.' There should be no difference between humans and the lost. We... are just humans with some strange abilities. It's just..."

"Just what?" Dak asked, his gray eyes still showing some doubts about Lei Ye's (Anna's) position.

"Vassili is not a kind person, nor is he capable of ending the chaos. He is just a sanctimonious, self-righteous, and ambitious 'stupid mentally disabled person'. In order to supply energy for the 'Evolution Platform Project', he did not hesitate to let more than 40,000 people in Binglin City be sucked dry by the 'Fireworks of the Old Days'. In order to annihilate the 'Heartless People' in one fell swoop, he ignored reality and ability, forced the rear factories to work overtime to produce materials to supply the porous Gnadi Defense Line, and even launched two 'Relic Wars'." Anna said with a bit of anger and regret on her face:
"They even used the 'Howl of Amycas' to attack our innocent children, forcing our Lost Ones' settlements to migrate upwards again and again. That's right, I am not only connected to the Federal Council and the 'Strategic Group', I am the 'ruler' of the 'Order Society', and I have also joined the 'Chaos Group'.

“But I just want to protect those children, fulfill my promise to Ice Blade, help Roca grow up, enable him to better manage the Chaos Group, and finally usher in the day of true reconciliation with humans.

"However, we revived Artor with the wrong actions, which led to him using mind control to completely enslave almost all members of the 'Chaos Group'. Now, 'Ice Blade' and Roca are dead, Vasily is dead, the 'Chaos Group' and the 'Order Society' are dead. I followed Wolfya's advice and came to Novaask, just to wait for your arrival."

"I'm afraid you're not just waiting for us?" Dak keenly noticed the concealment in Anna's tone and immediately asked back.

"Indeed, there are more than that." Anna nodded and replied:
"And for two dragons. One is the dragon we are raising, and the other is the dragon abandoned by the Federal Council. If you want to successfully cross Aventura, you must 'walk with the dragon'." (End of this chapter)