Wasteland Echoer.

Chapter 551 Encounter with the Crusaders
"Age 3999: Humans are imprisoned by the fate arranged by the Creator, but little do they know that the Creator is also driven by the fate of humans. Matter is eternal and unchanging, neither increasing nor decreasing, neither born nor destroyed; consciousness is also eternal and unchanging, it will not disappear, it will only sleep in the gradually silent universe until a new explosion comes. The sleeping Creator will eventually grow old in time. When the stars disappear, black holes evaporate, civilization dies, and time dissipates, He will eventually die in a nightmare, unless He is awakened, causing all real and illusory things in the entire dimension to disappear." - "The Word of God"

After inserting the Eternal Red Key with "Mechanical Blood" into the stone door branded with the totem of "Double-headed Eagle with Flowers in Its Mouth", Wright entered a hollow metal bridge filled with the smell of corrosion. The surrounding area was extremely dark, and looking down, it was impossible to peek into the abyss at the bottom.

After walking onto the bridge and making sure it was stable, Wright channeled the red magic power in his body into his fingertips, forming an exceptionally stable, tiny flame.

This seems to be a cave, but there are no living organisms here. Even though the light from the flames can illuminate the surroundings, it is only limited to a small area under your feet.

While walking, Wright found that except for the sound of scattered water drops, the silence was a little scary, as if it was an empty, quiet, dark place isolated from the world. It seemed that time had become a non-existent thing here. Wright walking between the bridges was like a lonely adventurer.

About... after a while, a half-open stone door appeared in front of Wright again.

The Yongchi key that had brought Wright into this passage had disappeared, and Wright tried to push the moss-covered side of the stone door.

"It seems that it can be pushed. This should be either a deeper location, or... the core of the entire 'Red Fantasy Ruins'. Behind this door, I smell a strong smell of artillery fire." Wright analyzed.

Immediately afterwards, he mobilized the red magic power in his body, gathered it between his arms, tensed all the muscles in his body, and violently pushed the stone door outwards.

boom! boom! boom!
The entire space was filled with the sound of stones rubbing against the ground, and the sound of machinery running was so subtle that it was almost covered by the sound of the door being pushed open.

After a few seconds, as the resistance was greatly reduced, Wright fell heavily on a broken brick and stone floor, and the stone door turned around like a revolving door and closed again.

"Who? Who's there?"

The sound of Wright pushing the door attracted the attention of the surrounding soldiers. Soon, when Wright stood up, enduring the pain from the abrasion on his palm, several soldiers wearing army green and white cotton coats and holding "Ice Shadow" rifles quickly ran up to him.

But it seemed that they saw the "Dark Mystery Touch" curled up behind him, and were concerned about Wright's identity. They did not surround him, but stood about 15 meters away from him, raised their rifles, and asked him questions with Cruz:

"Are you human? A mutant? Or a lost one?"

"Ah? What?" Wright looked up at the soldier in front of him with a confused look on his face and asked subconsciously.

Only then did he realize that from the time he woke up in the city of Sugra until now in this "Red Fantasy Ruins", he had been speaking the language of the Sune Empire.

The conversation with those people just now... Light thought, needless to say, the Lord of Eternal Red, the gods naturally know the languages ​​of the five empires, except for a few man-made gods. The child called "Future" should have deliberately learned the Japanese language. After all, most of the culture of the Japanese Empire has the same roots as Crused, and the two languages ​​have some commonalities. No wonder it felt that "Future" spoke a little stiffly just now.

As for Luo Nie, that goes without saying. He had lived in the Rinie Empire for decades, and they had met before and fought side by side. Naturally, he would speak Rinie when he saw him.

But the Crusad soldiers in front of them seemed to have never left this vast land since they were young. They had no way of communicating with the south due to the obstruction of the "Wave of Careless People". In addition, they had countless combat missions, so they naturally had no chance to learn the language of the Japanese Empire.

Therefore, when Wright subconsciously spoke the Japanese language in a hoarse, low voice, the soldiers in front of him thought he was a Lost One on the verge of "alienation" and was chanting spells to guide evil magic or extraordinary skills. They were frightened and took a half step back. One of the soldiers ran away with an old short-range communication device, seemingly trying to contact other Crusad soldiers around him.

"It should be a language problem that scared them. However, I can't kill humans here for no reason. Not to mention the innate sense of guilt, even if I am forced to kill for survival, I will quickly lose my "humanity" in this place filled with "ancient power" and "sorrow" and become a bloody monster." Wright continued to think:
"The more humans the Lost Ones kill, the weaker their mental power will become, which means the lower their SAN value will be. Coupled with the invasion of 'Sorrow', I'm afraid that when I walk out of this ruins, I will find it difficult to maintain my human form. I remember that this is the 'taboo' that Brett told me. But these soldiers should speak Crusad, right? Have I... learned Crusad?"

Light tried hard to recall every detail of his time in the Rinie Empire. There was definitely no Crusdian content in his original memory. After all, although the language of that world had many similarities with this world, the cultural background and historical evolution were completely different. Even if the language was completely consistent in the early stages of development, it would become unrecognizable due to various reasons.

The strange thing is that when Wright activated the memories of the original owner of this body, he accidentally activated a small part of the hidden power of the red magic source, and his dark eyes instantly turned bright red.

In order to avoid further misunderstanding among the Cruz soldiers, Wright turned his back slightly and squinted his eyes to cover his terrifying eyes.

Soon, he began to hear some human whispers, including men's roars, women's cries, children's playing and fighting, and the gentle whispers of old people telling heartwarming stories by the fire.

Before his eyes, an illusory red gale appeared, mixed with the sound of waves, blowing towards his brain and mechanical heart. Soon, a simple drawing of the forest god "Wells" worshipped by the Cruz people and the sea goddess "Vinava" made of flames appeared between his eyes. After the totems of the seven sequence cores and five basic magic sources passed before his eyes, he felt a tiny flame explode in his brain, making a deafening explosion that only he could hear.

boom----------------

Ming——————————————————————

After a strong tinnitus, the red magic power unlocked some of the memories and power of a Crusad scholar, bringing him countless Crusad words and grammar that seemed to be imprinted in his brain. This sudden knowledge briefly impacted his brain, causing the pressure in his blood vessels to soar, and a stream of bright red blood flowed out of his nasal cavity.

Whoop, whoop, whoop.

Fortunately, Wright's mental strength was strong enough, and the sudden knowledge and memory did not disrupt his cognition. Instead, it made him instantly feel a sense of clarity and pleasure after deep learning.

If it were an ordinary person, these memories and knowledge would instantly explode his brain, and he would either die of madness or die from bursting blood vessels in the brain and bleeding from all seven orifices.

While Wright was recovering, two Crusad soldiers in close-fitting white mechas came to about five meters in front of Wright.

"Are you from the southern Hinet?" the mecha-clad Crusad soldier asked in poor Hinetese.

"I can understand your language, so there's no need to speak to me in my unskilled Japanese language." Wright stared at the soldier in front of him and answered in nearly standard Crusaders without an accent:

"I am not from the Hinet, I come from another dimension that you have never touched."

"Well, since he's not a Hinet, there's no need to be mysterious." The soldier's tone became a little stern. Wright noticed that his hands were tightly grasping a rifle that he had never seen before, which was flowing with electric energy, and seemed ready to knock him down in the shortest time.

The soldier looked Wright up and down. When he saw the silver-white guard uniform he was wearing, he softened his tone a little, perhaps because it was similar to the guard uniforms of the two countries. The soldier still looked at Wright with a vigilant look and continued to ask:
"Then, if you are a Cruzard [Soldier], please report your military number and position. If you are not related to the military, please report your name and your identity. We need to confirm whether you are a human, a mutant, or a Lost One."

"I can be sure that I am no longer a human being in the absolute sense, but I consider myself a human being. In your eyes, I should be classified as a person with special abilities. However, I have nothing to do with the Cruzd army. My name is... Light Sugra. I am indeed from Cruzd, but I am not from the Sunne Empire. I have been trapped here for thirty years. Now, in addition to wanting to understand the truth about the formation of the wasteland world, I just want to leave here." Light answered every question raised by the soldier seriously.

But things did not turn out as Wright had expected. After hearing his answer, the soldiers either took him away from the ruins or arrested him and handed him over to the Crusaders. Instead, they whispered a few words with several other soldiers around them, then took out a small notebook and started looking through something.

"Light Sugra, could it be that he is the 'evil god' buried deep within these ruins?"

"It seems that he is right. He is the 'Echo', the monster who appeared in Dark's dream and asked him to save the evil."

"It is said that the 'Echo' has lured many people into his dreams and eaten their souls, so he can stand before us in human form."

……

Listening to these "rumors", Wright didn't know whether to laugh or cry. But when he was about to explain, the Crusad soldier in the mecha quickly threw the notebook to his teammates behind him, picked up the rifle in his hand, pointed it at the head of the "Echo" and was about to pull the trigger.

In desperation, Wright subconsciously pulled out the "Mad Bear" pistol from his waist and shot the soldier in the head.

With a loud bang, the bullet mixed with rich red magic power exploded in the soldier's head. His head instantly turned into a ball of fire and disappeared on the spot, leaving behind a headless body leaning forward.

"His evil god is an evil god, it is indeed an evil god!" The surrounding soldiers screamed and retreated.

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(End of this chapter)