Wasteland Echoer.

Chapter 557: The Echo of Order (Part )

"Who? Who is it? Come out!" Yaroslav looked confusedly at the still dark space from the "Yudian Port" to the deepest part of the "Last Laboratory" and shouted in a voice that was neither loud nor soft.

The disloyal officer of the Cruzde Federation seemed to be making a request, but to Wright, it sounded more like a plea.

After all, he had originally expected that after chanting the chapter of "The Holy Word", all the stars would disappear, and all the darkness would be dispelled by battery-lit searchlights hidden everywhere.

But in fact, apart from a few mechanical dogs called "Nui" developed during the reign of Ivan XXII for guarding the palace and providing companionship and entertainment for female nobles, all that was left was this ethereal warning that still echoed with an unclear crackling sound.

Fortunately, however, Yaroslav's shout seemed to have some insignificant effect, and a Crusde double-headed eagle scepter made of light suddenly appeared in front of everyone.

"What... is this?" Wright looked at the scepter that seemed to be very close, reached out to touch it, but didn't catch anything. The scepter made up of lines seemed to be very far away, but it seemed to be right in front of him with his eyes.

"Intruder..." The serious and ethereal voice just now seemed to be transmitted through seven or eight loudspeakers and more than a dozen speakers. It made people feel that their eardrums were almost shattered and their whole bodies seemed to be vibrating along with the sound.

"I have understood that those who are not 'divine' will be annihilated if they mistakenly enter the mechanical realm. The brilliance of the stars, the light of confusion, and the body of destruction..."

The sound became duller and louder, and was soon drowned out by the sudden rumble.

Wright desperately mobilized the red magic power in his body, barely avoiding injury to his eardrums and still maintaining a standing posture, but the psychics behind him were not so lucky.

They all opened their eyes wide, their eyeballs almost falling out of their sockets, staring at the double-headed eagle scepter in front of them that was gradually emitting azure and white light. Some had bright blood oozing from the corners of their mouths, while others moved their mouths as if they were about to let out a terrified wail.

Soon, a huge wave of white particles spread from the double-headed eagle scepter to the remaining people, and the strong wind seemed to blow from the depths of the universe, bringing with it the stench of rotting fish and shrimp.

Under the command of the double-headed eagle scepter, forty or fifty beams of light descended on each person's head in turn, like a judgment. While hitting the group of psychics, they also took their minds and bodies away from this world painlessly.

"Disappeared...? They...disappeared?" Yaroslav looked back, but only helpless murmurs came out of his mouth.

When fear far exceeds human cognition or tolerance, humans will not make a fuss, nor will they feel compassion. Instead, they will stand there blankly like Yaroslav, watching with their own eyes the elite [warriors] of the Cruzde Federation that he brought in personally, turn into a pool of tiny points of light without any warning.

Wright took two steps forward and walked to the location of a disappeared federal psychic. He stretched out his hand to try to touch or capture those flickering light spots, but he found that the power emitted by the double-headed eagle scepter just now seemed to have completely transformed them into energy bodies.

He stretched out his hand and tried to touch these spots of light, but they quickly scattered like floating dandelions, and then fell to the ground with the slight air flow and merged with the dark ground.

"This group of people has indeed disappeared, Commander Yaroslav. They disappeared without leaving any trace, no broken bodies, no splattered blood. They didn't even have time to leave behind a trace of wailing before they were annihilated. It was as if they had never come to this world." Light seemed to be answering Yaroslav's whispered question just now, but his tone sounded more like a mockery of his overconfidence.

Such an important "Red Fantasy Ruins", such a crucial "Last Laboratory" stores such a crucial "Master Control Fire of Heavenly Punishment". If Ivan XXII did not leave a strong enough backup for defense, then he should not have set up the "Fire of Heavenly Punishment" that was enough to destroy Cruzde and even the entire world.

In fact, if he really wanted to make the "Master Controlled Fire of Heavenly Punishment" explode, he didn't have to step into the "Red Fantasy Ruins" at all. He only needed to set up guards at the "Wind Wall" and other hidden entrances and exits to prevent others from entering.

These elite Lost Ones from all over the world and the [Warriors] directly under the Federal Committee, once they see with their own eyes the explosion of the "Master Controlled Fire of Heavenly Punishment" and the disaster brought about by the introduction of solar energy after the "Universe Energy Evolution Platform" is turned on, will immediately lose their loyalty to Vasily and come under his control.

As for his "Paradise" plan, the federal technology and spacecraft reserves required for his imagined "Garden of Ierishela" could be taken away directly from the ruins through the largest entrance after the "Master Control Fire of Heavenly Punishment" was successfully activated.

But now, not only was he unable to activate or destroy the "Master Control Fire of Heavenly Punishment" through the code, the "artificial universe" did not disappear. These mysterious codes with philosophical and mystical meanings only awakened the last guard of the "Fire of Heavenly Punishment".

Boom!
Yaroslav felt his breathing quicken, his legs become sore, and he accidentally knelt down in front of the double-headed eagle scepter.

Now, the elite Federation [warriors] who entered the "Red Fantasy Ruins" with him and who might have been used by him have almost all died, and their existence has been wiped out by the "sorrow" and "ancient power" here.

Now, he was alone again, just like he had lived alone in the duty room of the accommodation area under the Strategic Group of the Federation Council for these years, alone with the glory and ambition of the past. No, perhaps, in the new reality, he had always been alone, accepting Vasily Voliganov's appointment alone, going to Vasilysk alone to serve as the chief executive, and then going to the "Red Fantasy Ruins" alone to find "Pramini" and "Echo".

The Federation had never sent a single soldier to the worthless icy land of the Winternos River. In the notebook in Yaroslav's arms, there had never been any information about the Federation sending psychics to "assist" him in his "adventure."

"Creator! Great...Creator! Despicable...Creator! You can use any means to fool humans, and you can also use any means to make all living beings become your believers. In fact, humans are nothing but clowns in your eyes, right? You have never sent gods to bless the humans of Cruz, nor have you stopped the ancient gods outside the endless ice ocean from spreading their power to far away." Yaroslav began to call the Creator, as if he was wailing helplessly, as if he was complaining to the gods:
"Pramini will pass away, the Echoes will leave, but will humans not even have the chance to get a little bit of the illusory paradise? Are humans destined not to have 'happiness'?"

"No one except 'divinity' is allowed to set foot in this place. Humans are not qualified to associate with 'creatures'. If you peek at the Creator, your spirit will be destroyed; if you touch the Creator, your body will collapse." The solemn and ethereal voice appeared in front of the two again through the double-headed eagle scepter.

Soon, Wright discovered that the mechanical door behind him that could allow entry and exit was gradually disappearing like the group of federal soldiers just now, turning into countless tiny energy light spots.

Moreover, the light emitted by the double-headed eagle scepter changed from azure to pure white, and it continued to emit noisy and devastating sounds like the birth of the universe.

The huge double-headed eagle scepter was like a ball of plasticine, being constantly kneaded, stretched, and reshaped by two invisible hands belonging to the Creator.

Red and golden light carrying sparks filled with the smell of sulfur flew everywhere, and blazing lightning shuttled through this relatively small but seemingly endless "pseudo-universe space". The energy bodies that had just drifted into the air turned into dark spots of light, pouring down like a torrential rain.

The space near the double-headed eagle scepter was constantly twisting and reconstructing. Its huge body was like a piece of clothing that was constantly kneaded, scrubbed, and twisted by the Cruz women, oozing out the last bit of "black blood" filled with the smell of motor oil.

Soon, the "Yudian Port" temporarily lost its function, and a grid composed of blue light covered the space below in front of Wright and Yaroslav, forming a ground with a futuristic sci-fi style and virtual feel.

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The double-headed eagle scepter just now has completely disappeared at this moment, and has turned into a 25-meter-tall humanoid machine.

Looking up, Wright discovered that this humanoid machine was exactly the same as the concept drawing of the Crusad individual combat machine he had read in "A General History of Socrates", but it was taller.

Moreover, the humanoid machine wears a three to five meter wide "sunflower" badge on its forehead, and a fluttering metal cloak is draped over its back. The surface of its body is covered with an alloy of black gold wind, and there is a round indicator light emitting blue light on its chest, which seems to be used to measure the remaining electrical energy.

Apart from that, it did not show any weapons, but maintained the same bare-handed posture as humans, standing in front of the two people, looking down at them.

"What... is this?" Yaroslav struggled to get up from the ground, looked up, and asked in a distorted tone that came from his soul.

"It is a single-soldier combat machine built by Ivan XXII for himself. It is named 'Ivan's Machine' and belongs to the 'MB-1954' of the ordinal monster sequence. This is its second form. As long as the first form obtains enough energy, it will reveal the form of a mechanical giant." A slightly hoarse but obviously immature voice came from the side of Light and Yaroslav.

It seemed that the series of unexpected shocks made Yaroslav at a loss. He did not dare to turn his head to look for the source of the sound, but asked in a slightly dull tone:

"Who...are you? Why...do you know this?"

"Captain Yaroslav, have you forgotten me so quickly? Even if this 'Red Fantasy Ruins' can erase existence, modify reality and memory, at least, there is no reason for our experience in Kanosk to be erased. My name is Dark Tillis, and I am currently the deputy captain of the 'Special Team to Search for the Cosmic Energy Evolution Platform' directly under the Hurricane 5th Order Strategic Group. Why do you know this?" Dark paused for a few seconds and said in a slightly sarcastic tone:
"Of course, it was obtained from the data of the old imperial laboratory in Choigrad. Commander Yaroslav, you are indeed very smart. You successfully deceived your commander Vasily and successfully retrieved the information you needed from the data. However, the Khitan people said: Even the wisest man will make mistakes.

"You don't know that Ivan XXII set up the 'Ivan's Machine' here. You don't know that its double-headed eagle scepter, which is the first form, will sacrifice people who do not have divinity to the Creator and the Void. The light that just descended on the heads of those psychics is called the 'Broken Line'. It is not magic, but science."

"Science...science?" Yaroslav asked in surprise.

"Yes, it just breaks all the molecules in the human body into smaller particles that are separated from the entity. These particles form cells, cells form organs, and organs form the body. The human spirit cannot exist without the body." Dak explained:

"After the smallest particles are completely cut by the 'fracture line', they can only become countless nearly illusory energy particles and dissipate into nature. This dimensionality-reducing attack power that is almost divine is Ivan XXII's last weapon to protect his 'Master Control of Heavenly Punishment Fire', and it is also his last resort to select the [Orderers] who can truly inherit his will."

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