April 13, 557, New Yuan calendar.
Cruisd Federation, S area in the southern part of the Extreme Cold Zone, abandoned city points.
"Are you here to explore this city ruins too? Boy? You don't dress like a soldier or a local, or a traveler like those 'wasteland hunters' or 'record hunters'?" asked the man sitting at the door of a large abandoned building and fiddling with the burning fire in front of him.
"I... am not a soldier, nor a Cruz. If we count from the place where I officially became a human, my father's country was the Sunnese Empire in the south. Strictly speaking... uh, I am a Sunnese." The young man who spoke in Cruz, who was gentle and fluent in Cruz was Luo Nai.
Since leaving Xinfeng Town, he has been wandering in the Extreme Cold SAR for nearly a month. During this period, except for buying limited food with "Federal Military Vouchers" and "New Rubles" in some village settlements controlled by semi-lost people, Luo Nai relied on his superior physical energy to hunt in the wild to survive.
Originally, he planned to go straight up along the K-I01 Highway and the long-abandoned Old North Railway Line, and then go to the "Mo Annihilation City" and then go to the "Wind Wall" of the "Peslunai area". It is said that there are dragons in the area to look for the traces of Wright.
But before leaving, Igor told him that according to the small amount of old information found in the instructions of "approximately the core of gods", the wind wall there is most likely a masterpiece of the peak technological product of the old empire. If you want to truly break through it, it is best to find the evolution platform corresponding to the "Tianshu" among the Big Dipper.
The old empire data, laboratories and technology products left there could probably lift the wind wall, and if the specific location of the "Evolution Station" could be used to deal with the Federal Council, Igor believes that Chief Executive Vasily would be able to offer a price that satisfies Luo.
But unfortunately, "approximately the core of the gods" can only provide general direction, and specific existence needs to be perceived with feet.
Therefore, Luo Nai chose to give up the original route and instead headed directly to the northwest to avoid the Northern Mamous River Basin.
After a brief stay in the last settlement, Luo Nai had been walking in the wasteland that was increasingly losing the warmth of spring. When he entered the ruins of this city, his military cotton coat was already covered with dark red dirt, and several holes were cracked and cotton was turned outward.
His face had not been washed for at least a week, and his white background had long been occupied by blood, scabs and black gray. He looked at the common "war damage wind".
After answering the question of the man in front of him, Luo Nan opened his military backpack and took out a few pieces of snow rabbit meat wrapped in cloth bags. After slashing with a saber, he directly penetrated it with a sharpened wooden stick and placed it on the fire to roast it.
Looking at the firewood burning and emitting outwards, which was like the wilderness elves that were rumored to be scattered, and the crackling sounds that seemed to be wrapped in warmth, Luo Nai's heart gradually became calm and warm.
Life in the wilderness is not good, especially if you are alone, and you are often attacked by scattered "unintentional people" from time to time, you are easily mentally polluted and you will behave extremely.
But as long as you meet humans and realize the fact that you are "born as a human", even if you are in battle, you can neutralize your animal nature and reduce mental pollution.
The man in front of him was named Marco, who was born in a low voice and had no surname.
At this moment, he was wearing a thick, dirt-covered yellow fur coat, a rabbit-fur ear-protecting hat, and an old-fashioned "Icefield Tiger" single-shot rifle, which was mass-produced by the early third era, when Anna III Queen.
However, Marco only wore a leather glove on his right hand, but his left hand was wrapped with a slightly yellowed bandage with some blood seeping. Judging from the bloodstains, the wound was quite large, probably because of the battle not long ago.
His face was covered with fatigue and vicissitudes. Overall, Uncle Cruised, who was a standard, looked stern and majestic, with a big beard, a high nose bridge, a slightly blue eyes, a straight chin, and a staggered wrinkles and scars all over his face. There was a blurred double-headed eagle scald near the cheek near his neck.
He was a "gold rusher" wandering among the ruins of various cities in the S S area of ​​the Extreme Cold Zone. In the past 500 years after the SGD, in addition to the original cities of the old empire, the reborn Cruzde Federation had established many settlements of different sizes here. However, to this day, except for a few small villages, almost all large cities have been abandoned and become playgrounds for "unintentioned people" and "alien monsters".
There are naturally many undiscovered warehouses, bunkers and abandoned residences underground in these abandoned city sites, including many weapons, cans and tools, becoming the "gold" in the words of the lost, the semi-lost and the human team. The people who plundered the ruins and ruins of the city were unified as "gold diggers".
Marco is one of the leaders of the organization of the "Golden Puzzlers" named "Wild Tourist Group". When he first walked into this abandoned city point, Luo Nai heard the "Prayer Word" coming from Marco's mouth, confirming that he was also a believer of the "Machines Lord" and was encountering a threat to life. Due to the existence of "reason", he stepped forward and killed the "four-arm alien unintentional person", saved him, and temporarily hid in the center of the abandoned city point. It seemed that it was the dilapidated hall of the old musical theatre, looking for an opportunity to leave.
Because there are also "alien unintentional people" wandering outside from time to time, Luo Nai's "Crazy Bear Card" pistol is always firmly pinned at his waist.
However, with the burning flames and the rapidly spreading flesh fragrance, a few bright rays of light gradually penetrated the clouds and ruins, landing on a statue in the abandoned theater hall with only the left half of its body covered with dust and dirt.
Smelling the increasingly strong fragrance, Luo Nan teared off a small piece of snow rabbit meat and put it in his mouth to taste it. It felt almost cooked, so he took it off the fire and tore it half and handed it to Marco.
However, even though Luo Nai saw him swallowing and a thirst appeared in his eyes, after a little struggle, he still rejected Luo Nai's kindness and said in a hoarse and heavy voice:
"I... would rather not eat it."
"Why? It smells so fragrant...huh...huh..." Luo Nei said in confusion while blowing the meat and feasting.
Marco moved to the backpack behind him, took out an iron box from it, took out a piece of black protein food similar to biscuits, and started gnawing in hot water.
After feeling slightly full, Marco explained:
"Our humans in the wilderness tour group have an iron discipline: even if they starve to death, they cannot eat animals that may be contaminated. Not to mention that these animals may be infected with the 'unintentional' virus, even if it is ordinary pollution, it will cause us to have diarrhea for several days."
"Okay..." Luo Nai put on a helpless expression and said:
"There are not many humans who still adhere to the old concept now. In order to avoid being infected or maintain combat effectiveness, it is understandable."
"It's not just that." Marco said helplessly:
"If it is the provinces in the east where settlements are settled, and if you are infected, there is still time for injecting drugs to detoxify. If you are sick or lose your combat effectiveness, it basically means death.
"The 'gold digger' team in the wasteland does not keep idle people. Once you lose your value, you will be expelled from the team at the least, and at worst you will be shot dead on the spot. If you are infected with the 'unintentional' virus, as long as you experience even a little confusion during the quarantine period, we will issue a 'nuclear cutoff', and everything will be over."
"Everything is over...that means suicide, it means death." Luo Nai sighed.
"Indeed, this is a sacrifice to make for the team to survive better. It is not like the city strongholds in the core areas of the federal government, but also as safeguard your life as possible.
"Boy, you have to know that the closer you are to death, the less valuable your life is." Malkin told the truth.
After swallowing the last bite of flesh on the snow rabbit in his hand, Luo Zi wiped away the residue from his mouth and said with emotion:
"Indeed, death and life are always opposite topics. However, sometimes human death is worthless, and death means death; and sometimes, it is like the paintings of famous artists in the Heartland Province of the Federal State of Putoya, even if it comes suddenly, it is great.
"But to be honest, as long as you don't live humiliatedly, death will always be the worst result. I think this may be the reason why the 'Master of Machinery' formulated some 'reason' for believers."
"Luo Ni." Marco suddenly said with a serious expression:
"Under the influence of my parents, I have believed in the 'Machines Lord' since my beginning of my life and am willing to be His eternal and loyal believer. Although I do not fully believe that being rescued today is the arrangement of His old man, since you have saved me, after I meet with the team, I will satisfy all your requirements, and I swear to God."
"Are you asking? I plan to stay in S District for a few more days, and I don't mind telling you my purpose, Uncle Marco. I want to find the "Eternal Energy Evolution Platform" site in this vast and cold field. Since there are many "gold diggers", "Wilderness Hunter" and "Site Hunter" near this ruin, I want to inquire about some information here.
"And, in this abandoned city point, among countless ruins, I feel the strong resonance of power as soon as I enter. The power that can be perceived by the energy of the 'machine spirit' must be highly related to 'machine' and even the 'master of machinery'."
As soon as Luo Nai finished speaking, a violent shock occurred in the abandoned theater hall. The messy gravel kept falling and the fire suddenly went out.
When everything barely returned to calm, Luo Nai and Marco who stood up found that the position occupied by the statue that originally only existed on the left half of the body had completely collapsed, revealing a hole with a diameter of about ten meters.
Chapter completed!