Chapter 71 The Day of Awakening (Part 2) Two in One
Time flies, and about four years have passed since the day Lei Mingkai met the old man who called himself Lei Ming in a desert.
Lei Mingkai didn't know whether the time in the outside world was the same as the time in the world in front of him. He only knew that the body he was using now had grown to about ten years old.
As his apparent age increased, Lei Ming, who regarded Lei Mingkai as his grandson, also began to bring him some books from this world and taught Lei Mingkai one by one the knowledge inside.
One is willing to teach, and the other is in urgent need of understanding the current world because of the situation at hand. Therefore, the two of them can be regarded as teaching happily and learning diligently.
What concerned Lei Mingkai was that as his understanding of the world deepened, a series of strange yet familiar memories seemed to appear in his mind.
Especially in a place called the subway, where there were people standing around and the space was not very spacious, Lei Mingkai saw that he was playing with the handheld device called nds in his hand.
And on this small handheld screen is showing a battle animation of a long-tusked lion, although its appearance may look a little different.
"This is not a Zero. But it is a Tusker."
After this battle animation circulated in Lei Mingkai's mind several times, he saw a new scene.
However, this new scene is not too new for Lei Mingkai.
Because this was the desert journey he had experienced four years ago. That was where he met Lei Ming.
With the recovery of these memories, Lei Mingkai recalled some of his lost memories and the fact that he was not an aborigine born in this world, but came from another human world called Earth.
Feng Tao.
This was Lei Mingkai's name in that human world.
The moment he recalled this name, Lei Mingkai finally understood the current situation through the combination of the knowledge about the world taught by Grandpa Lei Ming and the revived memory.
This is a planet called Planet Z.
On this planet, humans and giant metal creatures called zoids coexist. In the long process of evolution, humans and zoids on Planet Z have built a way of coexistence and formed a unique existence.
At the same time as culture, it also created two huge countries that have been at odds for a long time.
They are the Helic Republic and the Senebasi Empire.
Going back to the history of the birth of these two countries, Lei Mingkai can even find that the kings of these two countries are all descended from one person.
Of course.
This is already something else.
Now, the Sanguwu city that Lei Mingkai extended is a prosperous city located in the Senebasi Empire.
Lei Mingkai has lived in this city for four years and is already very familiar with it.
Judging from the sounds coming from the window, it seemed that a grand local annual event was being held.
Listening to the sounds of the zoids in action, Lei Mingkai couldn't help but come back to his senses from those revived memories, stuck his head out of the window, and looked at the street outside.
"boom!"
"boom!"
The sound of low footsteps sounded slowly and rhythmically. At the end of the street, huge figures were stepping forward among the petals in the sky.
Those huge ears,
The giant fangs on the left and right corners of the mouth,
The thick and long steel proboscis with a boxy weapon device at the end and other characteristics made Lei Mingkai recognize at a glance that this was the ancient king's mammoth among the large zoids, which was capable of both offense and defense.
They used to perform fiercely on the battlefield, but at this moment, they have put on festive costumes and are parading in the streets for the annual grand festival of Sangguwu City.
Lei Mingkai looked at it for a while, then withdrew his gaze, returned to the room, and looked silently at the notebook on the table that he used to record the key words for reviving memories.
Xingbu Tokie's guess is correct.
The memory he lost did gradually recover during the days after entering this world. Although Lei Mingkai did not know what would happen in the following days, he vaguely felt something strange.
This world is not as vast as he imagined.
Even though he had tried many times in the past few years to follow Lei Ming and walk around Sangguwu City to observe and collect the surrounding information, but in the end, he discovered a fact.
That is, after leaving a certain area of Sangguwu City, Lei Mingkai clearly felt that this body began to lose touch with his consciousness. In severe cases, this body would come to a complete standstill, causing Lei Mingkai to
Ming Kaiqian looked worried, but couldn't make any effective control over it.
In desperation, Lei Mingkai could only find an excuse to deal with Grandpa Lei Ming's doubts. Fortunately, Grandpa Lei Ming did not care too much and just regarded these strange things as Lei Mingkai's fear of the desert.
Caused by.
"That's it for now!"
Lei Mingkai raised his hand to close the notebook, put it back in the drawer, and prepared to turn around and go downstairs.
Today is the Fireworks Festival in Sangguwu City.
During this festival, residents of Sanguwu City can not only enjoy delicious food and participate in grand activities, but children between the ages of ten and fifteen can also try to activate zoids and even drive zoids themselves.
Make a move.
Based on the four years of exploration, Lei Mingkai came to the conclusion that only after he personally experienced and tried certain things, he could expand the range of movement centered on Sangguwu City.
Therefore, according to Lei Mingkai's speculation, as long as he can activate and drive a zoids, his range of movement will be greatly improved.
Lei Mingkai is confident about this.
After all, in his previous experience, whether it was Lancelot, Longtooth Zero, or even Schenaida, Lei Mingkai himself had personally driven it.
"Kai! We're leaving!"
Downstairs, Grandpa Lei Ming's voice came.
"He'll be there soon. Grandpa!"
During four years of living together, Lei Mingkai felt a deep sense of family affection and sincere love from Lei Ming.
Grandpa Lei Ming really treated Lei Mingkai as his own grandson, as he said that night four years ago.
"Here it comes! Grandpa."
Lei Mingkai closed the drawer, put on his shoes in twos and twos, then walked quickly downstairs, and walked onto the street with Lei Ming.
Although Lei Mingkai had witnessed several fireworks festivals before, judging from the scale and excitement, this seemed to have far exceeded previous festivals.
"Haha. Are you all stupid? Come on, there is something more exciting." Grandpa Lei Ming looked at Lei Mingkai who was a little stunned, smiled fondly, and then mysteriously took Lei Mingkai all the way, and stood on top of the crowd.
Shuttle back and forth until they arrived at the central area of Sangguwu City.
That very large square was specially set up for parking large zoids.
Before he got there, Lei Mingkai heard a noise that was louder than the noise made by the ancient king's mammoths parading in the street.
"Is this? Has it already started?"
Lei Mingkai frowned and realized that the activity he was looking forward to seemed to have begun.
"Yes. Let's begin." Grandpa Lei Ming nodded and pulled Lei Mingkai into the square.
As soon as the dazzling sunlight flashed by, a wave of hot air surged towards Lei Mingkai amidst the crowds of people.
"roar!"
"roar!"
A loud roar swept the entire square.
The sound of metal joints operating was also mixed in with the joyous voices, spreading to the surroundings.
Visible to the eye,
They are all leopard-type, wolf-type, insect-type, and even ferocious dinosaur-type zoids.
These behemoths parked quietly beside the open-air docking platform, with their cockpits open and waiting for brave children or even teenagers to get on board and try out what it's like to drive zoids.
At this time, there were already many children in the center of the vast square. Under the guidance of his parents, the young man successfully activated and started driving his first zoids.
"Want to give it a try? Kai." Grandpa Lei Ming looked at Lei Mingkai's eyes staring at the ziods and smiled lovingly.
Lei Mingkai nodded.
Naturally, he would not miss this opportunity.
After all, this is Lei Mingkai's chance to leave Sangguwu City.
Obtaining zoids means that Lei Mingkai can expand the scope of exploration of this world. This means that Lei Mingkai can find a way to recover Euphemia and White Cat Zero as quickly as possible.
You know, four years have passed.
"It's time to hurry up."
With this idea in mind, after obtaining Lei Ming's consent, Lei Mingkai followed the staff's instructions and boarded the cockpit of the zoids closest to him named Lightning Leopard.
If you want to explore the surrounding area at a faster speed, the Lightning Leopard with excellent maneuverability may be a good choice.
"Sit on it, put your hands on the joysticks, close your eyes, and try to call the Lightning Leopard."
Under the instructions of the staff, Lei Mingkai followed the instructions one by one.
This can be regarded as Lei Mingkai's first actual driving of zoids. When he drove the Tusk Lion before, Lei Mingkai was always in a very strange state. His memory of that time was more of burning anger.
Among them, the body was handed over to the long-tusked lion and allowed to flourish.
However,
This attempt in a sober state did not bring any results to Lei Mingkai.
No matter how focused Lei Mingkai was on calling the Lightning Leopard, the Lightning Leopard never responded to Lei Mingkai's call.
"No?"
Lei Mingkai opened his eyes and frowned.
But the staff standing nearby looked calm and comforted Lei Mingkai.
"Boy, don't be discouraged. After all, not every zoids are suitable for you. Although the Lightning Leopard looks very handsome, your current body may not be able to adapt to the speed of the Lightning Leopard. You should try another zoids.
Bar!"
Grandpa Lei Ming, who was standing aside and watching, also nodded.
Although he pretended to let Lei Mingkai make his own choice, in fact Grandpa Lei Ming was not willing to let Lei Mingkai drive the Lightning Leopard, a zoids that put a huge load on the body at such a young age.
In desperation, Lei Mingkai had no choice but to leave the Lightning Leopard and fight with other zoids.
But at sunset, after checking all the zoids parked in the center of the square, Lei Mingkai found that he could not activate any zoids. Even the Celestial Silkworm type zoids, which were recognized as the most versatile, could not activate them.
This fact gave Lei Mingkai a blow.
"Haha! Don't be discouraged. Kai, you are only ten years old this year. You must know that little Gesa from the Gesa family next door did not successfully activate a train bug until he was fifteen."
Grandpa Lei Ming's comfort did not make Lei Mingkai feel any relief. Instead, he suddenly showed an eager expression.
"No. Grandpa. Time is running out."
Lei Mingkai's words stunned Grandpa Lei Ming. Then when Lei Mingkai lowered his head and thought hard about how to break through the current stage, Lei Ming looked up at the sky, looked at the starry sky, and secretly sighed: "Indeed, time is running out.
.”
"Huh? Grandpa, what are you talking about?" Lei Mingkai, who was thinking hard about a solution, seemed to hear Grandpa Lei Ming's sigh.
"No, it's nothing. Let's go back and have dinner! Kai. Although you didn't successfully activate zoids today, we still have a luxurious dinner at home!"
"Well! Let's go back! Grandpa."
This may be Lei Mingkai's most beautiful night in the world!
When the new sun rises, Sangguwu City, which is still immersed in the joyful atmosphere of yesterday's grand festival, faces the boundless darkness.
"What happened?" Lei Mingkai was shocked, woke up from his sleep, crawled to the window, and looked out at the noisy street.
The moment Lei Mingkai's eyes saw the sky in the distance of Sangguwu City, the hairs all over his body suddenly stood up.
I saw that the sky that should have turned fish belly white and the sun was beginning to rise was actually filled with boundless darkness at this moment.
In that darkness, the ominous, hateful, and disgusting blood and fire that Lei Mingkai was very familiar with was rolling.
"abyss!"
Lei Mingkai would never mistake that aura.
He who once fought against the abyss monster that was turned into an Asmodai by White Cat Zero in Lelouch's world will never forget this aura.
Looking at the darkness rolling with blood and fire, Lei Mingkai gritted his teeth, his eyes flashing with unwillingness. Even though he was not afraid of this ominous abyss and had an extremely strong will to fight, the reality was that Lei Mingkai was just a
A little kid who is only ten years old and doesn't even have his own zoids.
For such a little brat, let alone fighting, even escaping would be difficult.
"Crack!"
Suddenly, the door was opened.
"Kai! Quick, follow me!"
Grandpa Lei Ming shouted with an eager face.
Lei Mingkai's eyes flashed with light, and he belatedly discovered the strangeness of Grandpa Lei Ming.
It seems that Grandpa Lei Ming knew what the abyss would look like from the beginning. The state he is showing now is not at all as panicked as an old man living in peaceful times who suddenly encounters a strange scene.
"Okay. Grandpa."
Lei Mingkai didn't ask, he just walked to the drawer, took out the notebooks he had written in the past few years, put his bag on him, and followed Grandpa Lei Ming out of this place where he had lived for four years.
long-lasting house.
"Grandpa, where are we going?"
Lei Mingkai looked at the panicked pedestrians around him, but clearly had some purpose in their actions, and couldn't help but ask.
"Leave here. Kai. The mission of this city has arrived." Grandpa Lei Ming just replied lightly, then silently pulled Lei Mingkai across the street and came to a center full of train bugs.
street.
As soon as Lei Mingkai saw the crowds of people surrounding the train bug, he immediately realized that the city had probably already anticipated the appearance of the abyss, otherwise the panic and orderly situation would not have occurred.
Suddenly, Lei Mingkai felt a warmth coming from his head. It was Grandpa Lei Ming's hand.
I saw him stroking Lei Mingkai's head kindly, with a soft look in his eyes with a hint of pity.
"Kai. From today on, you will live alone. You have to remember that no matter what happens, you have to live strong. Grandpa, I'm afraid I can't accompany you anymore."
Lei Mingkai was startled and immediately realized something.
His eyes quickly swept through the crowd, and he discovered that there were many similar situations to his own among the crowd. Among them, Grandpa Gesa of the Gesa family whom Grandpa Lei Ming mentioned before was also killed by that Gesa family.
The two children of the Sa family cried bitterly and hugged their legs.
"Grandpa, have you been left behind?"
Lei Mingkai's voice became hoarse, and a cold light flashed in his eyes. Lei Mingkai's appearance was only ten years old, but his already mature thinking suddenly made a terrible guess.
"No, Kai! You are not allowed to think like this!" Grandpa Lei Ming slapped Lei Mingkai on the shoulder with such force that it hurt Lei Mingkai.
There was a hint of reluctance in Grandpa Lei Ming's eyes, but he still firmly held Lei Mingkai's shoulders and urged: "Kai! I know you have a lot of ideas, but today I won't allow you to slander the empire. Listen! Kai! Compared to
In the huge empire, our existence is just humble and insignificant, but our existence is the component that allows the empire to exist and survive, forming the gears of this huge machine of the empire!"
Grandpa Lei Ming took a deep breath, said in a calm voice and sincerely: "Kai! This is not the first time that the darkness in the sky has appeared! This Sangguwu city exists just for today! We are already old.
It’s gone! I can’t run anymore! So, let us old and useless gears turn again! In order for the empire to continue to pass on.”
As he spoke, Grandpa Lei Ming reached out and touched Lei Mingkai's heart. After handing an object wrapped in white cloth to Lei Mingkai, he hugged Lei Mingkai tightly.
"Kai! Thank you! Thank you very much for accompanying this bad old man like me these four years. Now, let me fulfill my son's last wish!"
"Grandpa." Lei Mingkai no longer knew what to say. Even his adult consciousness and soul could not respond to this.
"Bud Kai, I'll leave it to you!" Grandpa Lei Ming gritted his teeth and pushed Lei Mingkai to the strong man who came from behind.
"Colonel, you'd better come with us!" The strong man named Bud hesitated for a moment and couldn't help but said.
"Shut up! Bud! I don't know that I or my son have ever taught you how to be a coward!" Grandpa Lei Ming shouted angrily, then looked down at Lei Mingkai with tears in his eyes, but
His expression was extremely determined.
"Kai! Remember! We are the gears of the empire! No matter how humble, weak, or old the gear is, it still has its backbone!"
"Kai! Remember! Gears also have the ambition of gears! Even at the moment of death, this ambition and strength cannot be abandoned!"
In the billowing dust, it was not just Grandpa Lei Ming's words that rang out, but also the bursts of sobbing in the carriage.
"Grandpa, grandpa. Mom, why do you want to keep grandpa here!!"
The young children were reluctant to leave their elders alone and kept crying, crying to their parents around them.
Lei Mingkai couldn't help but choked up, and tears quietly rose in his eyes. The relationship over the past few years was not fake at all, and he was also reluctant to leave Grandpa Lei Ming behind, but he had a mature soul far beyond those of young children.
But couldn't cry out.
"Sangguwu City. This is the third line of defense for our empire. Five years have passed since the last line of defense fell. This time, I don't know how long Sanguwu City can hold on." Bud stood in Leiming.
Beside Kai, through the billowing sand and dust, he looked towards the far away city.
"Bud, can you tell me the truth?" Lei Mingkai asked.
Bud glanced at Lei Mingkai, was silent for a while, and then slowly said: "The mission of Sangguwu City is the same as the previous line of defense, which is to create an isolation zone that will last at least several years to block the unknown Ah
Smodai’s Invasion.”
"Asmodai?!" The familiar word sounded in Lei Mingkai's ears again, and the missing memory resurfaced again.
It was a light that could compete with the sun and the moon.
It was an earth-shattering roar.
The earth was torn apart, the sky was shattered, and nothing could survive the sudden change.
The only ones who witnessed all this were the many train bugs and its passengers parked thousands of miles away from that area, as well as the child with tears streaming down his face, holding the only relic of his family member.
"No. Grandpa and their mission!!"
Bud looked at Lei Mingkai who suddenly understood, and nodded silently.
It turns out that Grandpa Lei Ming and the others stayed in Sangguwu City and dealt with the incoming Asmodai until the moment of sudden change came.
Lei Mingkai gritted his teeth.
At this moment, having connected everything, he finally understood!
This body is not someone else's, but his, his own!
This is not a puzzle of the universe, but his own memory!
No wonder, he has never been able to get out of the surrounding area of Sangguwu City!
It turns out that in this memory, the child named Lei Mingkai had never been exposed to maps other than Sangguwu City!
How can you know if you have never experienced it!!!
Lei Mingkai lowered his head and looked at the object wrapped in white cloth in his hand, twisted a corner of the white cloth, gritted his teeth, and pulled hard.
"Whoa!"
A red light flashed, and Lei Mingkai's eyes shone brightly.
"This is not ambition or backbone, it's just following your heart!! Right! You think so too! Kai! Lei Mingkai!"
The white cloth fell, and in his hand was the red eyed lion head badge!!
"Zero! If you are really connected to this world, then wake up!!"
"Let's take revenge together on the abyss that destroyed this world!"