Wasteland Echoer.

Chapter 569 The Current Situation of the Aventurai Region

"The [Order] that cannot be alienated is indeed mysterious. Is this the profound and great wisdom of the Creator?" Wright sighed. He stared at the gradually dimming sunlight outside the window and the windows covered with a gray atmosphere. In the disordered light and scattered dust, he seemed to see the tall and handsome body of the Creator.

Gradually, the whole room began to darken. Several "meteors" with whistles and vibrations "danced" from the northeast to the southwest of the city.

"The Yongchi volcano has begun to erupt. Also, the 'heartless beast hunters' sleeping in the uninhabited desert and the southern swamps seem to have begun to gather again, bringing a new 'wave'. This 'meteor' should be the 'Spark I missile' independently developed by Novayask." "Fu Bing" explained as he walked forward and pulled down all the window bolts in the rooms on the second floor, sealing the windows.

"These beasts and hybrids will not stop, 'Wu Xin Ren'. As long as they smell a trace of human blood, they will start to become restless, even if they have been sleeping for a long time in the rocks, ruins, deserts and forests." "Fu Bing" smiled helplessly and said:

"Now, as more and more humans, superpowers, and lost ones come from the western Binglin Province to seek rest, the 'heartless people' will target this city, and the Yongchi volcano in the east will become restless again due to the gathering of magic power.

"As I recall, this is the third time this has happened in the past month. If Commander Shaneva hadn't placed the 'Brittania Machine' in the crater in advance to collide with the energy inside the volcano and consume most of the kinetic energy from the ground, I'm afraid this city would have ceased to exist long ago."

"So this is still a city full of dangers," Wright said inwardly.

"That's true." Anna nodded.

"That's why I hope you can go east with the two dragons. Humans cannot fight against the profound and strange laws created by the Creator. They are not subject to human will and can only be used or obeyed.

"I have concluded through divination using the sequence cards and the Khitanris Bagua that this city will not last more than half a year. It is now like an old, crumbling farmhouse. Even if the walls are painted spotlessly white, the cracks inside cannot be healed."

"So, Ms. Anna, why do we have to 'walk with the dragon' to reach the East?" Wright finally asked the substantive and most critical question.

"Because, since the New Yuan Crisis began and the central government of the Aventlai Empire collapsed, that place has long become a no-man's land," Anna explained.

"I heard from the people of the 'Wilderness Tourist Group' that the place was abandoned because the 'Heartless People' destroyed most of the strongholds. If we bring enough food and water, plus our strength at the Sequence 3: Combat Level, we should have no problem making it to the 'Border Town', an important town in the west of Khitanlis." Dak said confidently, glancing at Anna out of the corner of his eye.

"But the geology has changed. In other words, all previous strategies are no longer feasible. Most of the roads have shifted fundamentally, and..." Anna said, taking down a scroll from the top of a nearly two-meter-high bookcase with a strange purple magician's emblem hanging on it.

After blowing away the dust on it, Anna spread it out on the mahogany table. Through the faint fragrance and the pungent smell of dust, they suddenly discovered that the top of this scroll with a very Khitanris style had the words "Topographic Map of Aventlai Region" written in both Cruzde and Yanhuo Empire's printed characters.

Wright first looked at the signature in the lower right corner. The date on it was September 557 in the New Calendar. In other words, this "topographic map" was actually produced three months ago.

Suppressing the slight smell of corruption caused by the long-unopened state of the map in the house, Wright followed Anna's instructions and carefully read the "topographic map" from west to east.

"The core of the Nebsk Plain is the city of Nebsk. If I remember correctly, the governor there should be called Nebrius, who has some bloodline of the Heras family of the Central Empire." Anna narrated:

"In the eyes of the Aventlai people, Nebusk is the starting point of the entire region, and the Toyo Province of Chitanris is the end point. The Aventlai Empire, together with Cruzde, is one of the five great empires of mankind established after the extermination of the dragon race. Our Cruzde has experienced the rule of many families and many dynasties before the Steam Age, while Aventlai and Chitanris have always been ruled by one family and belong to the same lineage."

"It starts from the Nebsk Plain in the west and ends at the North Khitanris Sea in the east. The north belongs to the Endless Ice Ocean, and the south borders the western and northern borders of Khitanris. By the way, in fact, the planet we are on is a sphere, which means that the distance from Moyan City to the port of Aptis is much shorter than that from Sugra to Constantiniere."

"Then the family that ruled Aventlai must have been destroyed, right? Otherwise, it wouldn't have become an uninhabited area now," Wright guessed.

"That's true, but it's not entirely accurate." Anna pointed to the city marked by a gray five-pointed star on the map and explained:

"This is the capital of Aventlai, Bingqi City. At least before the 200th year of the new era, it was still operating effectively. The roar of steel machinery is endless, the long roar of 'Wu Xin' resounds through the sky, the trains of the supply base seem to never stop, and the magical power and extraordinary spells can be seen all day long like poetry. "However, the 'New Construction Plan' was caused by greed, and the 'New Era Crisis' was born out of war. We Crused people have finally survived after experiencing painful suffering, but the Aventlai people are not so lucky."

"What happened?" Wright stroked the "topographic map" that had long lost its administrative divisions, as if she was watching a distant historical image with her own eyes. All the patterns marking the terrain on the map seemed to be constantly flowing, moving like the sun, moon and stars, giving her a sense of being there.

"It's still war, it's still greed!" Anna's tone became a little harsher, as if she was scolding a cynical young nobleman, "Originally, under the design of Ivan XXII, the 'New Construction Plan' would only paralyze the countries of the Cruzd, Zhine and Putoya peoples, and turn the cities into ruins and a paradise for bloody beasts.

"The Aventlai will be like the Khitanris. They only need to block the border, control the core areas north of the rivers, deserts and lakes, and slowly wait for the successful development of vaccines and medicines, and gradually restore their military strength. However, the members of the ruling family of Aventlai, Eswind, have been rapidly corrupted since Relita I.

"They relied on their role as a trade bridge between Khitanris, Crusad, and the Central Empire to accumulate a considerable amount of wealth. Although some of it was invested in scientific research, domestic development, and military planning, since the era of Prime Minister Keke Lee, most of the Eswind family have been addicted to gambling, desire, collecting, and drugs, which eventually led to the great collapse of the 'New Yuan' in its early days."

"I heard from Wolfya that the Eswint family also established more than 50 strongholds of varying sizes after the new era. They once cleared out the 'careless people' in the core area and expelled some of the Lost Ones with the help of the 'Ice' series of missiles. There are signs of revival." Dak said with some confusion.

"In the words of the Khitanris, it is 'like a night-blooming flower that only appears for a moment'. At least between 200 and 250 years of the New Era, there were fifteen major wars within the ruling family because of gold, food and resources." Anna said with a regretful tone:
"Some people, such as the psychics of the 'Aventre Rescue Society', took their families and resources south to join Qidanlis. The vast majority of them died in the 'Ice Star Bloom' incident."

"What is 'Ice Star Bloom'?" Wright asked curiously.

"'Ice Star' refers to 'Eventlai's localized Heavenly Punishment Fire'. In fact, the Eventlai people used 'Heavenly Punishment Fire' much earlier than us, dating back to the period between Rex II and Relita I. At that time, there were many records in the official documents of the purchase of 'Urim Ore' from the Khitanris people." Anna further explained:

"Even during the 'stronghold period' after the 'New Yuan Crisis', Aventlai still retained Bingqi City, Shamonta Town, Mantebo Port, and Linyuan City with a strong Khitanris culture as military bases, and placed a number of frost-style 'fires of punishment'.

"Before the internal struggle began, although two of the four military bases were isolated and surrounded by the haunted areas of the 'Heartless' and the Lost, and the transportation of materials was difficult, there were still giant trains known as the 'Iron City' that transported a fixed amount of canned food, vegetables, oil, minerals, and steel back and forth, but the transportation cost was relatively high. However, after the New Dollar Crisis, all countries adopted a wartime economy, which was acceptable.

"However, no force won the internal struggle. When everyone was exhausted, a [Wrathful] Carl Aeswind claimed that he would break through the Demon Source Order and gain the recognition of the 'God' by sinning. So he first activated the 'Ice Star' stored in the 'Ice Start City'. Soon, the 'Ice Stars' in the other three strongholds were activated synchronously and began to fight back. In less than a year, after experiencing an unprecedented fire and flood, only wild beasts, 'Alien Monsters' and 'Heartless People' were left in Aeswind. Even the Lost Ones were unwilling to stay there for another minute."

"Now..." After introducing the history, Anna finally pointed to the "topographic map" and said:

"The Aventlai region consists of three main areas, namely the Aventlai Ice Desert Trail from the Nebuya Mountain outside Nebsk to the abandoned Aventlaisi City; the Aventlai Valley from the Ice River to the Great Cold Desert, the territory of the Ice Demons in the old times; and the Aventlai Desert from the Northern Desert and Lake Robel to the current border of Khitanlis.

"Originally, you could start from Nebsk, follow the river southeast, pass through the uninhabited area and city ruins, and then cross the northern desert to reach the Khitanris controlled area in the shortest distance. However, an earthquake fifty years ago caused a large rift valley to appear on the Awen Ice Desert Trail, which runs from the original wilderness tribal area to the northern ocean. If you want to take a detour, you have to go south through the unknown territory of the Central Empire and enter the western part of Khitanris."

"Ms. Anna, if we rely solely on magic power, we can still fly ten or twenty kilometers. To be more extreme, buying two aircraft from the city in the east will be enough to cross the rift. Why do we still have to travel with the 'dragon'?" Wright scratched his head, very confused.

"The Crusaders also conducted similar experiments several decades ago. Perhaps there is some kind of strong magnetic field, or perhaps it is because the bottom of the rift is connected to the underground world. Any aircraft and superpowers, even bullets, will fall vertically and silently as long as they reach the middle of the rift." Anna supported the mahogany table with both hands, put her head close to Wright, and whispered in a devilish low voice:
"Some people say that the rift leads to hell, and it is a clear proof that the Creator has abandoned mankind. However, a deceased dragon uncle once mentioned in his notes that when he flew in the form of a dragon, he could easily cross the rift.

"So, we found two dragons for you. One is a dark young dragon named Seye that was hatched from a dragon egg of the Rhine people many years ago. It has human wisdom and can use our language. The other one, as Dak knows, is Adaroni, who has been imprisoned in Senner Prison for many years. After the explosion of the Red Fantasy Ruins was reported, the expedition team led by Fubing immediately ended the mission on their own. He and Adaroni did not return to Binglin City to report, but fled here with me."

"That's right. Adaloni is fed up with the hypocrisy and cruelty of us Crusaders, and he also wants to return to the East." "Fu Bing" explained further.

Seeing that the gray atmosphere outside the window had dissipated a lot, the room was a little brighter, and the city temporarily stopped launching missiles to the outside world, "Fu Bing" walked forward, opened the window, pointed in the direction of the "Indulgence Zone", a magnificent semi-dome building, and said:

"Adaroni lives there now. Before leaving the city, he will hide his identity as a dragon and act as an underground boxer, providing high emotional value to those with 'wealth' and power in the city."