Wasteland Echoer.

Chapter 605: Data Room and "Yaoguang"

"What succeeded?" Dak looked at "Xianyan" curiously and asked.

"The railway line has been successfully opened." "Xian Yan" pointed to the east side of the hall and explained:

"This is the 'Dwarven Ancestor Territory', which was designated as 'Core Hub No. 05' by the old empire. From here to the east, it is connected to 'Ground Line No. 20'. Further east, according to the 'Far East Central Underground Network Operation Map' compiled by the Cruzd Empire, it will pass an underground mine for digging 'Magic Source Ore'."

"Underground mine? What are we going there for?" Dak asked.

"There is a fork in the road." Xianyan pulled Dak and Wolfya towards the east side of the territory hall and explained:

"Originally, the Cruzde Empire wanted to transform the mine into the next 'core hub'. After all, its scale is large enough, almost equivalent to the open-air Kashen Silver Mine. The empire wanted to wait until the mine was exhausted before bidding for construction. Unfortunately, the 'Heavenly Fire' raid by Aventre made these underground transportation facilities lose their meaning of existence.

"After all, the surface became the front line, and the underground could no longer carry out simple transportation work. The mine was forced to take on a lot of military functions and became a barracks, warehouse and 'bridgehead'. But after the war, the empire no longer invested its energy in the construction of the underground railway, and this place was abandoned."

"So, you want to continue the old empire's ideas and make real use of this place?" Dak stopped and pointed to a pile of randomly piled stones and a huge hole with deep darkness behind it, and asked.

"Xian Yan" nodded slightly and replied:
"If Vasily and Shaneva don't pay attention to these underground transportation networks, then their enemies will. The fork in the underground mine... one side leads to the core fortress where Nebrius is. The other side leads to the base of our 'Devotion Group' and the 'data room' behind the base that needs to be opened urgently. The data room that has been sealed for a thousand years contains all the real information about the 'New Construction Plan'."

"All the information about the 'New Construction Plan'...?" Dark was a little excited at first, but then his eyes dimmed as he said:

"At this stage, Ivan XXII is dead, and the so-called elites who slept with him also died in the raging fire. The truth about the 'New Construction Plan' and the information about it are no longer important. 'Xianyan', you Lost Ones should know in your hearts that the Crusaders... do not have the ability to end the Wasteland Era, and you Lost Ones do not have enough ability at the moment."

"But we need hope." "Xianyan" forced a smile, turned on the "Yongguang" flashlight that had been hanging on his waist for a long time, and walked into the cave with Dak, Wolfya, and a group of lost ones behind him.

The light of the "Yongguang" brand flashlight is bright enough to make a piece of sky as bright as day even in the dark and moonless night.

When the light of the flashlight filled every corner of the abandoned mine, Dak found that the dark color here was swept away, leaving only piles of slag, mine pits, and a straight railroad track that was not rusted.

"There is enough evidence to show that when Ivan XXII set up this evil plan, he constructed a complete and systematic 'world reconstruction plan'. For this purpose, he should have prepared a detailed plan and sufficient supplies." "Xianyan" handed the flashlight to the Lost One behind him and further narrated:

"We speculate that the Empire's 'Data Room' not only stores the plans, but also a portion of machinery and materials for 'rebuilding the world'. For this reason, we dispatched several Lost Ones who are proficient in earth magic power to sneak into the leylines formed millions of years ago, bypassing the 'iron ban' carefully set up by the emperors, and sneaking into the 'Data Room'."

"What's in the 'data room'? Are there really machines and supplies?" Dark asked curiously.

But "Xian Yan" first nodded, and then shook his head violently, which made Dak unable to figure out his attitude.

After two or three minutes, "Xian Yan" further explained:

"Because the 'Earth Diving' skill does not drill through the soil, but only blends the body into the soil to avoid them. Therefore, our Lost Ones fell into a state of hypoxia as soon as they entered the 'Data Room'. Fortunately, we and the Federation were still in the early stages of signing the 'Plan', and it was still the honeymoon period. Shaneva gave us a car of 'Yongming' oxygen cylinders.

"But even for us Lost Ones, with the help of oxygen cylinders, we can only stay in the 'data room' for 30 minutes. Moreover, without oxygen, we cannot ignite the flame, and there is no usable magical power in the dark underground." "Then, what about the flashlight? Just like the 'Eternal Light' flashlight in your hand, it is powered by the Urim ore used to make the 'Fire of Heavenly Punishment'. It emits light not by combustion or chemical reaction, but by radiation." Dak pointed to the only light source behind "Xianyan" and asked.

"The flashlight doesn't work well either. It can only illuminate a small area in front of us. Moreover, according to the records in the 'Empire-Li-K03' file that Shaneva once provided us, the 'data room' is called 'White Night'. It was built by Mo Mao, a famous craftsman and leader of the architectural family, when the Empire and the Yanhuo Empire formed an alliance." "Xianyan" explained while gesturing with his hands:
"It is surrounded by extremely strong titanium alloy, like an indestructible metal box. Not only can it withstand attacks from thermal weapons that are several times more powerful than the 'Heavenly Punishment Fire', but its inner wall is also coated with a layer of lead to shield any detector signals.

"Moreover, the four corners of the wall are all placed with 'concentrated magic source ore' with high energy radiation. Its function is similar to that of the Yurim ore, with a greater radiation amount, but it will only slightly affect people with fire, grass, and earth magic source power. However, the Creator has established the law of this world, which is: the strong will always devour the weak.

"The flashlight that relied on radiation to emit light dimmed after encountering the 'concentrated magic source ore'. In 30 minutes, our lost ones did not get much information. We still don't know what is in the 'White Night Data Room' and whether it is as the information left by the empire says."

"So, are you going to open it now?" asked Dak.

"Yes." Xianyan nodded solemnly, "And based on the interpretation of the latest data excavated in the city of Nebsk, Nebrius and I speculate that the 'White Night Laboratory' is very likely the 'Yaoguang Evolution Platform' that Shaneva has always dreamed of finding."

"Then the 'Source Statue Pillar' must be buried inside the 'Evolution Platform'. If you control it, you can activate the 'Mind Control Panel', control the 'people' you want to control, and rebuild the entire world according to the standards of you Lost Ones, right?" Dak turned his head and looked at "Xian Yan" seriously, looking forward to his answer.

But what Dak didn't expect was that "Xianyan", no, it seemed that most of the Lost Ones, including him, were actually not interested in manipulating others.

The Lost Ones had experienced the pain of the mechanism, and only then did they escape from the state of unconscious mechanical monsters like the "heartless people" and possess the "right" to be born as human beings. They were originally emotionally indifferent, and had no interest in such things that tortured others.

In other words, in reality, whether in the Rinie Empire, Cruzde, the Putoya Federation, or the Flame Empire in the east, the Lost Ones only care about staying alive.

They are just a group of simple "humans" who live for the sake of living.

Just like the great Cthulhu once concluded when he comprehended the "principle" set by the Creator under the dark deep sea:
The Lost Ones have longer lives than humans and more chances to become demigods. Magnifying the length of life means that the meaning of life becomes weaker. And if time and space are magnified to the dimension of the universe, in the dark and deep realm that never changes, even death becomes meaningless.

"We will destroy it, Dak. Except for that strong madman Yatuo, no Lost One likes to manipulate others. You know, it is very tiring to manipulate the 'heartless people' to launch a wave. I was fortunate enough to launch it against Nashidgrad once. Later, I slept for seven days and recovered a little." "Xianyan" promised:

"Nebris and I have the same idea. We will destroy the 'Source Statue Pillar' and dismantle the 'Mind Control Panel'. We will take away all the data and mechanical equipment in the 'Yaoguang Evolution Platform', destroy the weapons used to start the war, and keep the parts related to agriculture, construction, aerospace and future technology for reconstruction after the war.

"We seek to find the 'World Reconstruction Plan' and perfect it. Of course, we will safely destroy the 'Chidanlia Core' after it has completed its mission. As for the Federation, if Shaneva can wake up, we still look forward to establishing a new Federation with humans."

"A new federation?" Dark recalled what Wright had said to him at the Red Fantasy Ruins:
"A peaceful, prosperous country that looks up to the stars, where no one rules and no one is ruled, where the Lost Ones and humans, the Superpowers and the Superbeasts can all live in harmony?"

"That's right. I believe..." "Xian Yan" looked towards the end of the track, put his hand on his chest, and said:
"The Wasteland Era is just a wrong fork in the road caused by desire. The era after the Steam Era should be the 'Age of Stars'."

"Yeah, the Star Age..." Dak echoed.

However, in a corner that no one noticed, several half-human-tall black shadows were quietly emerging from the sand in the mine. They stretched lazily, as if they had just awakened from a long and deep dream.

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