Wasteland Echoer.
Chapter 602: Light?
Chapter 602: Light? (Part )
New Era Year 558, January 1, 16: p.m.
Cruz Federation, Ice Province, Novaask City, Absolute Administrative District, underground of the "White Administrative Building", "Hall of the Protoss".
"She is so gorgeous, so beautiful, so... fascinating, isn't she, Levli?" Shaneva's voice was unusually gentle. She stared at the perfect ball of light containing endless mysteries that was floating about 25 meters in the air in front of her. What was revealed in her eyes was not greed and delirium, but a purity that belonged only to a girl.
At this moment, she seemed no longer the high-ranking, man-like chief executive who controlled the territory of Noda Cruz, but a real "girl".
"Is this... 'Order of the Stars'? Commander Shaneva." Levrido was not as intoxicated as Shaneva. In his eyes, holy objects were holy objects, monsters were monsters, humans were humans, and monsters... were monsters.
For this federal officer who has been on the front line of war for many years, a human [warrior], there is nothing to look forward to except death. Even from all angles, this energy ball stained with dragon blood is mysterious and gorgeous, as if it puts people in a dreamlike and wonderful place. The brilliance filled inside is enough to make anyone in the weird and strange world be swallowed by the pale and evil light.
Levri wanted to step forward and reach out to pull Shaneva, his collaborator, one of the few female administrators whom he admired and respected, and the leader who protected three hundred thousand displaced people in the wasteland, back to the "world belonging to humans."
But after thinking for a long time, he just pursed his lips subconsciously, looked at Shaneva's back through the heavy goggles and radiation mask, and finally lowered his hand and slowly reminded:
"Commander Shaneva, it is too risky to entrust the fate of a city and the entire federation to a rank monster. If you simply use the 'Order of the Protoss' as a technological weapon such as an electromagnetic cannon, 'Fire of Punishment' or 'Howl of Amycas', I will support you unconditionally, but..."
"No buts. In this wasteland world filled with killing, cruelty and death, there are no buts, only tragedy." Shaneva interrupted Levri.
She stood in front of the "Order of the Stars" for a long time, until the dragon blood that was floating in the air like a thick fog composed of stars gradually dissipated, and its terrifying light gradually shrank into a pale glow that only retained the devilishness. Only then did Shaneva finally look away and ordered the surrounding city guard soldiers to turn on all the searchlights in the laboratory.
"It's like a child. After absorbing the dragon blood, it needs to sleep for a while. Otherwise, it will be tired and sick. If the light on its body dims, the whole city will face irreversible decline. Therefore, you must take turns to guard it day and night, and use the guns in your hands to shoot anyone who dares to approach it. Do you understand?" Shaneva's tone was very gentle at first, like a mother who doted on her child to the point of being morbid. In the last half sentence, she finally returned to the identity of a rational, cold and serious chief executive.
As a group of guards skillfully placed the "Order of the Star Spirits" into a lead box, stuffed it into a special wooden box made of tin-lead alloy, placed it in a radiation-proof glass cover, and pushed it deeper into the laboratory, the only remaining extraordinary and mysterious atmosphere in this empty space disappeared without a trace.
After that, the trusted guards who were left to protect Shaneva also retreated temporarily behind the giant iron gate under the escort of the mechanical chariot. After the joysticks at seven points were pulled down at the same time, steel curtains slowly fell down, sealing off the entire space that was still filled with the smell of burning and engine oil.
Seeing that she, Levli, "Red Wolf" and Light were the only four people left in the laboratory, Shaneva's eyes no longer retained the longing, depth, desire and intoxication that she had just had when she stared at the "Order of the Stars", but instead showed a bit of imperceptible caution and vigilance.
She glanced at Levri, who was half-lowering his head and silent, and walked down the steps of the circular platform. She came to Wright, who had been "watching the fun", and said in the tone of a leader to his subordinates:
"You can go now, Wright. Currently, Novaask... No, the Federal Council has no missions assigned to you. You can rest in Novaask for seven days. During this time, you can meet anyone and go anywhere in the city. You just need to be protected by a high-ranking [warrior] of the city guard. Other than that, the city will provide you with all the daily necessities you need, so you don't have to worry about that at all."
"Is there a charge?" Wright's question hit home.
Shaneva was stunned for a moment, then she covered her mouth and sneered:
"If you are not a young man from another dimension who is blessed by the 'Red Magic Power', I think you must be a country bumpkin from some remote place. I am not discriminating against you. After all, anyone in the wasteland world can become a leader and a hero. But you should take a long-term view. Similarly, you should believe that the Cruz Federation will have long-term considerations."
"So it's free, right?" Wright pretended to be ignorant, stared at Shaneva's eyes with "clear" eyes, which were gradually filled with murderous intent and viciousness, and asked.
This made Shaneva speechless. After thinking for a few seconds, she put away her slightly discriminatory and sarcastic tone and said seriously:
"You are trying to confirm to me that free is the most expensive, right? Well, let me tell you, everything in the world has its value. Anyone who does anything, if he cannot create value for others, will pay the price for damaging the value of others. No one is an exception, because fate has already marked a price for everything.
"However, you can rest assured that all the materials and services that Novayask provides you are included in the price of the task you are about to accept. As the leader of the Federation Council and the Chief Executive of Cruzde, I cannot and will not go back on my promise. From the moment I chose to take over the authority handed down by this ancient and great civilization, I am no longer an individual, but a representative of the entire federation."
"I understand." Wright nodded slightly to show his satisfaction. He paused and asked further:
"I believe you can keep your promise, but I hope your men will not harm anyone related to me. Adaroni... I hope that after the mission is over, he can leave Cruzde with me and return to the East that truly belongs to him and the Dragon Clan."
"Don't worry, the Cruzde Federation will not have the foolish fraternity spirit of the Putoyans. I have also thought it through. After the war is over, the newly established future federation will no longer blindly tolerate all races. We will only retain the alien beasts and lost ones related to humans and participate in the reconstruction of the entire country. Of course, there is no place for the dragon race." Shaneva made her promise clear, but then changed the subject and quickly walked up to Wright and said:
"Nebris... he is no longer worth being killed. Now, the biggest threat to our 'Evolution Platform' project is the 'Devotion Group'. They chose to cooperate with us and together they took down Hoptov, where the 'Heartless' had been entrenched for many years. But now, they have betrayed us in the name of the 'Forsaken Gods'.
"They neither followed the agreement to attack the core fortress where Nebrius was stationed, nor forced him to hand over the [Core of Khitania]. Instead, they sent us a telegram, officially announcing their cooperation with Nebusk. In fact, Nebrius has become a puppet of the 'Devotion Group'. Although, we don't know why he stayed in the Outer Nebuya Mountains, he and I are both qualified to compete for the supreme leader of Cruzde." "So, what do you want me to do?" Wright asked directly. He didn't want to have too much verbal communication with this ambitious woman. After all, the more he talked with an ambitious woman, the more his "pure" and "kind" heart would be polluted by some seemingly reasonable but actually shameless ideas.
"In a week to half a month, the Federation [warriors] gathered in several eastern cities will launch a general offensive against the Outer Nebuya Mountains. The code name of this campaign is 'The End of Atlas', and the goal is to completely eliminate the 'Devotion Group' entrenched in the area from Lake Custard to the Outer Nebuya Mountains. What you have to do is, together with the Novayask commandos, take advantage of the chaos brought about by the war to sneak into the 'Dwarf Ancestor Territory' under the 'Former Core Military Base' and assassinate their leader 'Blood Offering'. We speculate that the [Chidanlia Core] is no longer in the hands of Nebrius, but has been transferred to the 'Devotion Group'." Shaneva further explained:
"For us humans, the seven [Cores] are simply the keys to activate the 'Evolution Platform'. The laboratories, experimental fields and weapons storage bases that they guided us to find to match the 'Evolution Platform' are the treasures needed by future civilizations. As for the Lost Ones, the extraordinary skills possessed by the [Cores] are of great benefit to them, and can help them establish contact with the incarnation of the Creator, becoming a sacred object that can help them break through the Sequence Level in batches."
"I understand. Everything still depends on the [Khitanlia Core], right? Whoever holds the core, you want him to die." Seeing Shaneva didn't speak, but closed her eyes and nodded slightly, Wright sneered twice and stated his request, "Then I hope you can release Adaroni, at least... let him stay by my side. After years of wandering and being imprisoned in Sener Prison for hundreds of years, his 'dragon blood' and 'dragon nature' have long been exhausted.
"I know that you used dragon blood to water the Order of the Stars today. On the surface, it was to intimidate me, your subordinates, and the officers who fled from Binglin Province, and to consolidate your position. But in fact, you still have some expectations for the power of dragon blood, right?"
"Go on," Shaneva ordered.
"How should I put it? In my opinion, the 'Order of the Stars' is not actually a monster. It is more like an artificial intelligence device. With energy, it will keep working to provide the most accurate analysis of the current situation for the development of the city and the progress of the war, and convey it to you through brain waves." Wright remembered the artificial intelligence he had come into contact with in the previous world.
Before he traveled to this wasteland world, artificial intelligence had already begun to take off. These ultimate mechanical products created by humans, after being fed a considerable amount of resources, can "create" perfect paths and plans more flexibly and quickly than the human brain, for humans to achieve their goals, or replace humans in all forms of creation.
So, when he first saw Shaneva showing him how to use the "Order of the Star Spirits", the first thing that came to his mind was "Such a backward place actually has such high-tech stuff?"
After thinking for a few seconds, Wright replied to Shaneva:
"The humans, data, and scientific research records of the old empire that you sacrificed to it have made it adept at making plans for urban construction. Novaask has been able to grow to its current size thanks to its help. In your heart, you hope that it will take on the role of a military advisor, or even become an endless killing machine.
"In my opinion, what it can do is nothing more than creating robots with independent intelligence and the ability to completely obey orders like the necromancer, executing genius combat plans and achieving your war goals. But I need to remind you, Commander Shaneva, it is a double-edged sword, no, it is more like a sword of Damocles. If you try to use the blood of the dragon clan to create a mechanical body with the power of the dragon clan, then when it gets out of control, it will bring a disaster no less than the 'New Dollar Crisis'."
"What will happen then?" A trace of panic flashed in Shaneva's eyes.
"Humans will become 'nutrients' that are even more miserable than slaves, used to feed the continuous development of the 'Star Order'. Its power is exponential. It is difficult for humans to fight against the 'Heartless People', so how can they compete with the machines that cannot be destroyed, can be found everywhere, and can be infinitely reorganized?" Wright sneered:
"The Khitanris often say that if a ruler uses it to make a country prosperous, it will also cause a country to perish. The Order of the Stars can only be a sacred object to be worshipped, and cannot be used in war."
"I understand. I will consider your suggestion." Shaneva nodded slightly, temporarily agreeing with Wright's statement.
After dealing with Wright's affairs, she slowly walked to Levli and Red Wolf, raised the corners of her mouth slightly, and said half seriously, half sneeringly:
"Since the 'Devotion Group' betrayed us, we will retaliate against them through war. So, Levri, if there are traitors among humans, how should we deal with them?"
Hearing Shaneva's sudden question, Levli felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave in the extreme cold zone. He felt inexplicably cold. Things like "Net Hunting for the Spirit Shrine" and "Andreas' Wish" surged in his mind.
His head was already covered with sweat, and the military cap specially made for federal officers suddenly fell to the ground, revealing his wandering eyes.
"what!"
Suddenly, the scream of "Red Wolf" came from behind Levli. He turned around suddenly and saw a "Dark Touch" that was like a crocodile's tail, covered with scales and blood-red depressions, piercing through the "Red Wolf"'s technologically sturdy armor, and also piercing through his chest, tearing his bones and heart.
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