It’s the 16th day of the seventh month of the new lunar calendar.
Crusted Federation, in the western part of the Extreme Cold Zone, at the junction of the districts (Old Water Valley District), abandoned villages and settlements.
The warm light brought by dawn dissipated the chill that had accumulated on the ice sheet for thousands of years and brought some warm wind. However, before noon, the sudden dark clouds dominated the sky, bringing an oppressive dark atmosphere.
"Wind Mine" and "Future", who have been driving in the desolate ice fields of the extreme cold zone for more than a month, are currently leaning against a dilapidated wall and a tall but dry giant tree, lighting a bonfire, preparing to take a short rest and continue
Head north.
In front of them was a semi-old "Corona 1" mechanical combat vehicle. When escaping from Xinfeng Town, he and "Future" snatched it from federal soldiers in the chaos. If it was still the flashy "Kaci"
If it's a brand-name car, I'm afraid it will be scrapped before it goes very far.
Although this trip is not much different from previous explorations to the north, it is just as long and just as hard.
But this time, he and "Future" both left the federal stronghold as "wanted persons" and fled north for their lives.
They met several semi-lost "Relic Hunters" a few days ago, and learned from those people that after "Wind Mine" escaped, the "New God" was forced to come out and was under the influence of the Federal Chief Executive and the new Chairman of the Federal Council.
Vasily's personal highest audience.
Those semi-lost people who have been away from the capital for almost two months are very disgusted with the cooperation between the lost organization and the federation. After all, deep down in their hearts, the lost people are not of the same race as humans. No matter how harmonious they are on the surface, they will reject it from the bottom of their hearts.
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"Feng Mine" naturally understands this deeply. After all, he was deceived by Molun's "Hongmen Banquet" just now. He also knows that the cooperation between the "Order Society" and the Federation will not last long.
After all, "Yin Min" who wanted to repay Vasily with all his heart is dead. Next, as long as there is even a slight conflict between the core interests of the two, this seemingly unbreakable alliance will fall apart in an instant.
"Wind Mine" who chose to rescue "Future" and escape together was indeed gambling to escape a possible purge of the lost people who cooperated.
But in fact, the "Order Society" has classified them as "rebels" within the "Order Society". During the journey, "Wind Mine" not only could not get any help, but on the contrary, in addition to fighting "alien monsters", he also had to evade
Attacks by former "friends" and subordinates.
In addition, due to its deep cooperation with the Federation in the past, "Wind Mine" has also cooperated with the Federation Legion on many occasions to attack the hostile Lost Groups and "Independent Arms".
In this vast and deadly realm, he was besieged on all sides, isolated and helpless, and with enemies lurking around him, he had no choice but to move forward cautiously and on thin ice.
Fortunately, this settlement that was once built at the junction of the two districts has long been deserted. From observation, "Wind Mine" judged that this place may have been abandoned -10 years ago.
From a distance, the houses here are all made of logs with pointed roofs, which is the customary construction pattern of the Crusted Federation. Except for the occasional promotional slogans on the gray walls, almost all structures are intact and rarely collapse.
Their surfaces are only occupied by dust and dead branches, full of mottled traces of time, but there are no scars from gunfire. The residents obviously moved away voluntarily due to resource shortages or war pressure.
There is no snow on the streets anymore, and there are low weeds everywhere.
As traces of humans disappeared, cultivated farmland became barren and repaired fortifications were in disarray.
It seems that the Federal Council has not been operating here for too long, the traces of steam civilization are not clear, and agriculture is not very developed. It is estimated that in the near future, this place will be completely "returned" to the "Lord of the Earth".
Seeing that the dark clouds above the head were gathering more and more closely, accompanied by the occasional thunder and lightning, "Wind Mine" quickly finished the meat in his hand, stood up, prepared to extinguish the fire, and took "Future" to find an abandoned house to take shelter for a day.
But looking around, "Feng Mine"'s face quickly darkened. He sniffed the abnormal smell in the air, and a trace of panic flashed in his eyes.
"'Future', get up, let's go." He pulled up "Future" and urged.
"What's wrong, brother "Feng Mine"?" "Future" stood up in confusion and asked:
"It's going to rain soon, so it's safer to stay in the village. Further north, there will be fewer and fewer abandoned settlements, and it will be more dangerous."
"It won't be safer to stay here. We need to leave quickly, right now, quickly!" "Wind Mine" urged, walking straight towards the "Corona 1" mechanical combat vehicle.
"Do you want to run away?" A child's voice appeared in their ears.
"Wind Mine" took out his pistol and looked around vigilantly. The sound was particularly ethereal and deep, like a resentful soul. It seemed to be coming from all directions, and it was impossible to determine its location.
Moreover, although "Wind Mine" and "Future" both immediately mobilized the magic source power in their bodies to detect each other, it seemed that the level of the demon source on the opposite side was higher than that of the two of them. Even though they were concentrated enough, the magic source power was not there.
Bring any feedback.
"Are you looking for me?" The ethereal child's whisper came again. I don't know whether it was the blessing of the magic source or the other party deliberately taking off his disguise. A dark bird appeared not far in front of "Wind Mine" and "Future".
shadow.
If you look closely, it looks like a ghost wandering outside the area. Only the child's figure can be slightly seen from the pure black outline.
"Come out, don't hide there and try to do something sinister!" "Wind Mine" yelled angrily.
"Insidious?" The black shadow in front of me got closer and closer, and the voice became real enough. "Compared to you, Mr. Wind Mine, we can only be regarded as poor people born in the dark realm."
"Who are you?" "Feng Mine" asked in the most stern tone.
"Oh, take a look quietly, our Mr. Wind Mine." The black shadow did not answer directly. While gradually fading away from his black disguise, he teased in a weird tone:
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Aren't you a popular person in front of the Federal Council? Aren't you a careerist who is preparing to succeed "Yin Min" and enter the great and supreme Federal Parliament? Why, you are so sloppy now
Is it like this? I heard that you were cute and clean when you were in Binglin City. Look at you now, you can smell a stink from a long distance away."
"'Chaos Group'? Or 'Comprehension Sect'? I don't remember there being such an rude kid like you in the 'Order Society'." "Wind Mine" guessed.
But the black shadow in front of him didn't give him any response, and just stopped more than ten meters away.
With a cold snort, "Wind Mine" inserted the pistol back into his waist, used the fingertips of his right hand that glowed green to draw a simple diagram of the magic source in the air in front of him, whispered in his mouth, and recited a spell in the language of the Sune Empire.
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"The strong wind empowers quick thinking, the vegetation dispels the darkness of confusion, the light of truth gives insight, and the truth is glimpsed behind the dark fog."
A green halo spread out from the center of the "Wind Mine", and after passing through the black shadow, it actually stirred up bright silver starlight like dust.
Immediately afterwards, these stars exploded one after another, completely removing the shadow disguise of the young man in front of him.
Behind the black shadow in front of "Wind Mine" is indeed a child, similar in body shape to "Future", about 1.4 meters tall, and his eyes, nose and other facial features are no different from those of an ordinary Crusted boy.
The face was very harmless, with a very fair and childish background, but it was limited to the left half.
The right half is covered with a twisted pattern of eyeballs and tentacles related to the old gods, and a scar runs through it, like half of the face is split from it.
In addition, six wriggling, pink flesh-colored tongue-like tentacles protruded from the boy's back.
They are covered with viscous liquid, with purple eyeballs the size of human heads growing at their roots, and their tips are covered with hard strips of bone, forming sharp claw-like weapons.
In the cold environment, the young man only wore a black classical magician's robe, and four ring-shaped wristbands on his bare hands and feet, with streams of thick red liquid flowing out from them, like a gurgling stream.
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"It is indeed very strong, "Wind Mine", but that's all." The young man stared at "Wind Mine" with his brown eyes, and said with a subtle smile at the corner of his mouth:
"In the past, relying on the power of the "Order Society", you could act as a traitor to the Lost Ones and kill any uncooperative organization.
"But now, you are just a wandering rat, but the leaders of the "Chaos Group" and "Comprehension Sect" want to give you a chance to change your ways. As long as you kneel down to us, repent of your mistakes, and become our
Slave, then you have a chance to be forgiven and redeemed."
"What if I don't?" Feng Kuang asked.
"Then use these tentacles to pierce your heart, hollow out your brain, crush your internal organs, and break your bones. But don't worry, after knocking you down, I will inject you with a "cardiotonic drug" so that you will not
Die so soon.
"We will cut off your flesh bit by bit, along with the broken bones and internal organs, and chew and crush you bit by bit until you fall into hell." The young man's voice turned deep and mixed with anger.
"So awesome." "Wind Mine" smiled disdainfully:
"Even if I am abandoned by the "Order Society" and the Federation, it does not mean that you can despise me. Are the "Chaos Group" and "Comprehension Sect" already so bad? They sent a child to kill me. I guess
, you must be short of talents and no longer able to take on the job."
Faced with "Wind Mine"'s ridicule, the young man was obviously a little angry. His face quickly darkened and he argued in a low voice:
"I'm afraid you don't know my identity, "Wind Mine". In fact, there are almost no lost people in the two organizations who can fight with you. You are the leader of the "Order Society", a lost person in the fourth order. And
I, Gleb Dacris, am also one of the leaders of the "Chaos Group".
"You probably have never known my existence, but you will soon feel the pain from the "old days"."
Gleb said, suddenly twitching two tongue-like tentacles and shooting out a black sphere.
Fortunately, "Wind Mine", which was surging with the force of the wind-type magic source, had enough agility to pull "Mirai" and easily avoid the impact.
However, the hit "Corona 1" mechanical chariot quickly exploded and aged, and in an instant, all that was left was an old, dilapidated, rusty, and vicissitudes of metal frame.