Wasteland Echoer.

Chapter 601: Light? (Part )
"But the reality is, the 'Andres Wish' you made does not include the content of 'erasing' humanity. Under the arrangement and drive of fate, 'Andres Wish' is making the world move in the right direction." "Xianyan" said, taking away the "Plan" that Dak had placed on the broken wooden table after reading it, and put it back into the "wristband" that had lost all its glory but still retained traces of the ancient history of the Yanhuo Empire.

An intriguing and strange smile appeared on his fair, thin face with prominent cheekbones, which was unique to the people of Cruz.

This smile is not hostile or dangerous, but rather a kind of pride, confidence and pride that comes from being in control and in command of the overall situation.

He took off his khaki leather jacket, took off the steel mask tied to the top of his head to scare the enemy, and stacked them neatly on the armrest of the sofa, then said slowly:

"We did summon 'Jie Yan', but we and the Nebsk City Committee summoned him thirty-five years ago and we haven't seen him since then, until two years, one month, and fourteen days ago."

"Are you saying this to shirk responsibility?" There was still a hint of righteous anger on Dak's face, but Anthony, who was sitting next to him, could clearly see that compared with the confident and complacent "Xianyan", Dak had already lost in momentum.

"As 'Forsaken Gods', and of course 'Restorers', we cannot hope for extraordinary power and rely on the so-called gods to act. This itself is inconsistent with the purpose of our organization." "Xian Yan" explained:

"In fact, according to the information collected by the No. 5 'Re-Orderer' 'Dark Offering' who went to the border area bordering Aventre to inquire about the news, we learned that Nebrius tried to cultivate the 'Exhaustion Flame' summoned from the other world into a 'Lost Human with excellent extraordinary powers'.

"This... does sound a bit complicated, but to put it simply, the ambitious city chief executive just wants an 'evolved' human who will stand on the side of humans..."

Seeing that Xian Yan paused, Dake seemed to be searching for relatively simple words in his brain to explain it, so he reminded him:
"I have met Ivan XXII and learned all the information about the 'New Construction Plan'. I understand what you are saying. Go on."

"Okay." "Jie Yan" nodded slightly, his facial expression did not change much, and continued:
"So, they used the 'subliminal reset device' left over from the old empire to erase 'Xianyan's' original memories, and constantly instilled into him the recognized morality advocated by the Federal Committee and the 'ultra-loyalty ideology' that contained Nebrius's personal ambitions. The two kinds of thinking were mixed together, trying to gradually cultivate him into an enraged 'humanoid combat machine' with twisted ideals.

"In this way, 'Jie Yan' is not only a perfect evolutionary human template created by the Federation, that is, a 'man-made lost one', but also a 'new era warrior' who is loyal to the leader and the 'Federal morality'. 'Jie Yan', this 'man-made lost one' that can cause mental pollution at the first sight of people, eventually escaped from human control.

"Nebris only has the ability to create problems, but he always lacks the wisdom to solve them. He can only return 'Exhausting Flame' to us and authorize us to take him back to our 'Devotion Group' base at any time and any place."

"Shameless!" Dark commented. Even though they were both human, he felt angry, disgusted and contemptuous of Nebrius's cruel, stupid and extremely irresponsible behavior.

Suddenly, a bold, dangerous, yet tempting and exciting idea emerged from the bottom of his heart, just like a seed that had been buried for many years and had not grown due to lack of water and nutrients, and suddenly broke through the soil and sprouted when it encountered a little bit of insignificant rain.

"Humanity... It is precisely because of these despicable, stupid, and unaware existences that they are gradually heading towards disaster, pain, death and silence under the 'New Dollar Crisis'. However, they have obtained the jurisdiction of the Federal Committee to control the city through various means, or have held important positions at the top. If they can be eliminated bit by bit and gradually eliminated from this war-torn world, peace will come and the 'New Dollar Crisis' will end." After realizing these dangerous thoughts, Dark shook his head vigorously a few times, pretending to be sleepy, and continued to put on a curious look, continuing the previous topic, saying:

"What happened to 'Jie Yan', the 'man-made lost one'?"

"Later, alas..." Xianyan sighed heavily, and looked towards the east side of the room, where a "Crused Region Situation Map" from a hundred years ago, which was snatched from the Federal Committee, was hanging. He spoke slowly:

"Nebrius's experiment became a joke. His subordinates did not have the team of scientists that the Old Empire had built and selected with all their efforts, nor did they have geniuses like Igor discovered by the Federation Committee. They only had a superficial understanding of physics, chemistry and biology, and lacked experience with experimental materials. "If Nebrius had not found the 'Yaoguang Evolution Platform' long ago and secretly seized a large number of semi-finished machines and experimental props from the Old Empire through tunnels, I'm afraid they would not even know where the 'Net Hunting Nirvana' is."

"Ambition without a scientific basis will eventually lead to disaster," Darkli commented, citing the words of a poet who was born in the towns around Nebsk during the Old Empire.

Obviously, "Xianyan" agreed with Dak's point of view very much. He closed his eyes, nodded vigorously, then took out an old photo from the "wristband" on his wrist that had long since faded and handed it to Dak.

"Nebris is a very impatient officer. He wants to see the results of the decisions he made today tomorrow. It is precisely because of this mentality of being eager for quick success that we were able to trap him here for a month, and in the end, the Federal Council abandoned him." "Xianyan" continued:

"Nebrius' impatience caused him to offend almost all the senior members of the committee, and also ruined his anticipated 'Human Evolution Plan'. Technologies like 'Mind Control' are inherently very risky. Erased memories do not actually disappear, but are covered by a more important layer of new content that the Federal Committee expects.

"Once new content is instilled frequently, the 'Evolved Humans' will begin to dislike, reject, and even hate these memories from the bottom of their hearts. Over time, both humans and the Lost Ones' brains will regard them as hostile, actively block them, or even clear them. Soon, the old memories will resurface."

"But, when 'Jie Yan' was fighting with me, he said that he had no recollection of what happened before. He only remembered that he was forcibly summoned from another world. Since you said... the old memories will be restored, what do you mean?" Dark asked the key question.

"Xian Yan" paused for a few seconds and explained:

"Although the 'Subliminal Reset Device' created by the Old Empire will block the memory and write the content that Nebrius needs, it will also scatter the memory. Once the scattered memories are gradually restored, they will be intertwined and mixed with the instilled memories and the reality of this period of time, and eventually lead to a common result for experimental subjects like 'Jie Yan'. That is... madness.

"Just imagine if you were still suffering in the laboratory today, being indoctrinated by federal morality and 'ultra-loyalty' and feeling uneasy, and the next second you were in your bright and new bedroom, enjoying a happy and entertaining afternoon tea time. And the next second, your hands were stained with blood, wandering among the 'heartless waves', and living by cannibalism, you would also go crazy."

"If that's the case, I won't be able to piece together my identity from a large number of broken memories, and I might become confused and painful in the process of trying to think about the truth. Maybe I will take out a pistol and point it at my heart to end this painful man-made farce." Dak said, making a pistol gesture with his hand and pointing at his slightly warm semi-mechanical heart.

"You are rational enough, but those who were forcibly taken away by Nebrius along with 'Jieyan' did not have the 'rationality of a warrior' who had experienced life and death. 'Jieyan' and the same batch of experimenters, known as 'k-nova:072', collectively collapsed after experiencing the last round of 'mind indoctrination' and went completely crazy."

"What happened next?" Dake asked.

"Later, 'Jie Yan' swallowed the hearts of all the other experimenters. Under the soothing effect of the blood, he walked through the Awentlai Desert and Awen Ice Desert Trail and came to the farthest town that the Khitanris could control - Qianxirang Town." "Xian Yan" held the back of his head with both hands, leaned on the broken wooden sofa, and said with a melancholy face:

"After experiencing pain beyond the imagination of ordinary people, the child 'Jieyan' was fortunately met by a kind-hearted herdsman from the Khitan Lis border. The Mongol herdsman only thought he was a human boy who had fled from the west. He took care of him for more than half a year, gave him enough [love] and care, and made him gradually forget those messy memories and pains, bringing him a brief period of light. The herdsman... also used the religious rituals of the nomadic tribe to ask the gods for the name 'Jieyan' for him."

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