September 23rd, 557th year of the New Lunar Calendar.
Crusted Federation, Extreme Cold Zone, Q Zone (Old Cold Zone), "Besluna" area, and settlements outside the Wind Wall.
"Wulfya, I heard the call of the 'Echoer' again." Duck, who woke up again from the dark, frightening, deep, depressing and cold nightmare, wiped the sweat from his forehead and leaned weakly against the dust-filled body.
, the smell of blood and the indescribable smell of "mourn" left behind by the thick fog sat on the seat.
"What? Did he come to see you again?" Wofya glanced at Duck in the rearview mirror of the car, leisurely held the lit "Anshen Uchiwa Hana Cigarette" between his two fingers, and sent it away.
He took a deep breath of satisfaction, exhaled a stream of "second-hand smoke" that exuded a peaceful smell, and asked.
"I...I'm not sure." Dak shook his head and tried to struggle to sit up, but the deep hangover left in the dream made him feel dizzy. He felt extremely weak for a while, so he simply stopped trying to get up and continued.
Maintaining a lazy half-lying posture, he replied in a slightly weak voice:
"Ever since he showed me his 'Touch of Darkness' in the snowy 'Grey Dream', 'Echoer' has never shown his true face again. In the following dreams,
, I could only see the empty altar and the disappearing tree in the center."
"Trees?" Wofya asked curiously, holding the cigarette in his mouth, grabbing the steering wheel with both hands, and continued to steadily control the mechanical chariot modified by his hands, driving in the same empty place, covered with layers of light and deep.
Among the small ice fields covered with snow.
Yes, this should be regarded as the deepest part of the entire extreme cold zone, and it can also be called the most desolate and lonely area in the Crusted region.
The "Wentnos" river, which originates from the depths of the wilderness, before Ivan I arrived here, belonged to a barbarian nation whose historical traces were erased and belonged to the ocean. This river is a seasonal river, and its middle section is due to extreme ice.
The water was sealed, resulting in a period of several months of dry flow. These water sources did not smoothly merge into the Northern Endless Ice Ocean, and did not flow into other locations. Instead, they seeped into the ground, perhaps entering the realm of the underworld.
Since defeating the monster incarnation of the "Lord of the Night", Dark and Wulfya have taken on the badge that Daniel values most, and together with Thalia and "Future", they have passed through the dense forests and valleys, along the
After walking north of the Winternos River for a while, and paying attention to the ruins of the old empire that had been plundered by the "ruin hunters", they came to the current section, which is about 30 meters away from the settlement outside the wind wall.
Not far away is a very desolate old road.
Due to inhaling too much "Shang" after coming out of the jungle, the consciousness of "Future" has been in a state of good and bad. Thalia simply stole a "Sword and Shield" belonging to the Federation Vasilysk Corps.
The mechanical chariot pulled out the flags belonging to the Federation and the city one after another, and after destroying all the patterns, it drove the chariot, pulling the "Future" who had been sleeping all day long, and followed closely behind the chariots occupied by Wovya and Dark.
, heading north.
Through the car window, looking at the bright and clear sky above, Duck replied:
"That's right. Yesterday's terrible... In the dream, I saw with my own eyes the towering tree... collapsed. Everything in the dream... was pure white. The Khitan Reese landscape, the paths and the altar were very quiet.
.I could barely hear any sound except for the slightest whisper of wind.
"But just when I focused on the towering tree, its dark, thick branches quickly withered, expelling black, brown and red sap, which combined with the snow and evaporated.
But the tree turned into a pile of fragments... just like... well... a pile of broken cardboard piled there."
"Is the Echoer conveying some message to you?" Wulfya frowned and asked.
"Maybe, maybe not, I'm not sure. But this dream made me feel more tired and uneasy. In fact, this time, it was harder for me to wake up. When I realized that I was dreaming, I tried my best to think
I want to wake up, but no matter whether I concentrate my energy, activate the energy of the 'Silent Fang', or stab my heart with sharp objects, I can't wake up." Dark's face was covered with cold sweat, and he looked at it unfocused.
Ahead, replied:
"It's like gray dreams are reality, and the world I always want to return to is illusory. I even suspected for a time that I was a general from the old empire who was invaded by miasma when he was on a mission to Gubin City in Khitanris.
, causing me to hallucinate and enter a wasteland nightmare that lasted twenty years.
"Fortunately, I finally woke up in a daze. Wulfya, tell me... did I dream of the 'Echoer' in the gray dream, or did the 'Echoer' dream that He became me?
?”
"'Zhuang Zhou Mengdie'?" Wofya chuckled and said:
"This is just an interesting philosophical topic raised by the Khitanris. If you follow the ungrateful patriarchs of the Orthodox Bishops, the Orthodox Lord created all things, and He will also create dreams. Reality is a world, and dreams are just another world.
It's just a world of one plane, but the dream is half a dimension more than reality.
"However, from my point of view, your dream this time is neither good nor bad. The collapse of the giant tree symbolizes the destruction of the old [order] and the arrival of the new [order]. If I remember correctly
If so, it is mentioned in the documents held by the Federal Council that the occupation of the 'Echoer' is the upper-level [Order]. This dream may indicate that he no longer needs the 'Gray Dream' for the time being, and his body may be slowing down.
If he recovers slowly, his spirit may have recovered a long time ago. However, he does not have enough strength to break free yet, and he is waiting for our rescue."
"Maybe." Duck replied perfunctorily, continued to sit in a reclining posture, and began to close his eyes and meditate.
This small chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The mechanical chariot driven by Wovya and the "Sword and Shield" brand mechanical chariot driven by Thalia followed closely and continued along this small area.
As the ice sheet moves forward, it leaves a continuous mark behind it that seems to never be erased.
After driving forward for about an hour, as the surrounding bare and straight poplar trees began to "grow", the vague outlines of human settlement houses finally appeared in the distance, shining and squirming under the sun.
The dark phantom.
The water vapor in the air began to gradually increase, and the originally bright and blue sky began to be covered with a deep layer of gray, like an old man in a dim, dirty fireplace that exuded the pungent smell of burned dust.
Next to it, a darker purple-covered book opens, telling a horrific story that tortures the human spirit.
Soon, a burst of unusual white light flashed across the black-based sky, as if a piece of white as bright as heaven had been accidentally added to a video tape that was all gray and black.
About half a minute later, a huge roar echoed throughout the desolate area belonging to the Crusaders.
"Boom!"
The sound of thunder seemed to penetrate the powerful armored mechanical chariot and penetrated directly into Dak's heart. Although it stopped his heartbeat for a second, it also seemed to shatter the "fatigue" lingering in his mental realm.
"The shackles of.
He finally recovered from his hangover-like state, temporarily leaving behind the terror, resentment, and desolate dreams, and sat up from his semi-lying state.
"Where are you? Wofya." Dak pointed at a row of messy buildings not far ahead and asked.
"Well, it seems to be a settlement in the 'Beslunai' area." Wofya analyzed:
"Just now we walked along the most desolate old road for a while. Not far away there should be a section of the middle of the Winternoss River that has stopped flowing. We should still be some distance away from 'Ice Creek No. 1'. According to my
I understand that there should be some settlements here. If I had come here half a year earlier, I would have told you without hesitation that those settlements belong to our federation. But, now, I can’t say.”
"Why?" Duck asked confused.
"When the former chief executive, the Vikings, ruled Crusted, he had a plan to run an extreme cold zone, and also repaired a short section of the road going north. He paid special attention to the 'Belunai' area where miracles are buried, and tried every means to do so.
A number of official settlements have been established. This is why Chief Vasily can always get information from the federal army and the 'Order Society' about the 'Red Swing' in this area." Wovya explained:
"Just three months ago, in order to completely win the Battle of Deep Sorrow, the Federation was forced to transfer all the elite [soldiers] here to the south, which resulted in many independent armed forces and people from the Lost Organization settling in.
You may know that outside of the core areas controlled by the federation, if you want to establish long-term and effective ties with them, you must allow them to depart from the full control of the federation in some operations.
"To be clear, the institutions that run these settlements, such as the 'Belunai Regional Development Committee' and the 'Arctic Zone Development Committee', may be directly controlled by Governor Vasily at the beginning, but in the end, they are often
Evolved into a semi-independent 'liberal' organization. Not only will they accept [soldiers] to be stationed in accordance with federal orders, but they will also allow independently armed 'ruin hunters' to rest here because of financial and resource benefits.
"Actually, these organizations that have official ties but do not exclude independent armed forces and the Lost are the norm in the Wasteland Era. However, Vasily is a great enough figure. We who have survived in the federal control zone for too long,
There will always be an illusion that the federation governs everything.”