Wasteland Echoer

Zine Empire, Old Uko Province, end of Route 62.

After a brief battle with the huge "hair ball" monster, due to the magic power of plants and trees in Luo Nie's body and the resulting exhaustion of spiritual power, he simply got out of the trunk of the "classic car" that had not been corroded by the burning liquid. I found some bandages in the medical kit.

Moreover, Luo Nie also put the half-piece of the old Crusted Empire-style mask that fell from the "hair ball" monster in the compartment of his travel backpack, planning to wait until Sunida Town to investigate its use. and source.

Although Sai knew very well that Ronye belonged to the machine body built by the Lord of Machines, in order to prevent him from encountering bandit gangs or scattered members of the Lost Guild after going to Sunida Town, Ronie simply used a whole roll of gauze. Wrap the injured left arm tightly with some silver-white metal parts protruding from it.

And at Sai's suggestion, he used the dragon-shaped black dagger he carried to make a small cut on his wrist and dripped some blood on it to make it look more disguised.

Naturally, Sai's recovery speed is as trustworthy as Luo Nie's driving skills. Even if his magic power is almost exhausted and he is traumatized by fighting the "mutated" Wuxin people, he can still control this car accurately and stably. Taiwan's machinery is on its last legs, although it is difficult to use it to reach Sunida Town.

"Say, my assistant brother, please help us see how far we are." Luo Nian held the old steering wheel with one hand and drove, while asking in a rare and extremely gentle feminine voice.

"Luo...Brother Luonie, I'm not used to you saying that, haha. However, judging from the map, well, we just came out from next door, and we can already see some poplar trees nearby. It is estimated that it is not far from Sunida Town. It should be not far away. Speaking of brother Luo Nie, should we make some preparations?" Sai turned his head and looked at Luo Nie's messy hair with his brown eyes.

"I should. Have you brought your resident card? Sokra's resident card is valid in any imperial stronghold except Zhnetsk. Although you escaped secretly, after all, my master Bude and I were taken care of temporarily. Your old man said it before. And now that the city of Sogra is cracking down on illegal religious organizations, you are not safe there." Luo Nie casually mentioned something that happened before leaving the city to warn Sai to be careful.

"Well, I understand, brother Luonie. In order to find the other members of Natasha's sister Tenyin's sect and the [Order] that the false god reminded me of, I must follow my brother carefully. And you see, my identity proves my Put them in the inner pocket of your coat, even if you fight, you won't throw them away." Sai said with a smile, his face exuding the innocence and happiness of a child.

It seems that this mission to Sunida Town and then through the Green Forest to the Silent Highlands is not a game of survival and death, but more like an outing for middle school students in the Zine Empire before New Year.

He pulled open the short cotton-padded coat sewn with beast leather, fumbled a few times from the right side of his chest, and took out two square cardboard-like objects.

"Brother, look, the resident card, right? This is how it is read in our Zini Empire language." Sai smiled and touched Luo Nie with his left hand. The innocent smile on his face was like a man among flowers. Bees, waiting to collect sweet, delicious and valuable nutritious honey.

So happy, so happy!

It was as if the crisis-filled battle just now was just a movie or a play. Those unintentional people who made people feel trembling and frightened never appeared. They seemed to be just fictional characters created by novelists with white beards and pens in their hands to attract readers to buy books. product.

Seeing that Luo Nie, who was busy driving, didn't respond, Sai simply used the knowledge of writing learned from the Tenin sect and Natasha to continue reading:

"Luonie. Released in 417 of the New Yuan Dynasty, re-inspected in 520, made by the Zine Empire. Right, right."

"Say. Released in 517 of the New Yuan Dynasty, made by the Zine Empire. Am I reading it correctly, brother?" Sai asked, looking at Luo Nie with the watery eyes on his cheeks with an innocent smile, and asked .

"Yes, that's right. And," Luo Nie thought for a while and then said:

"I can impart some knowledge to you so that you won't ask me later."

"Okay, brother." Sai said.

"You'd better keep these two resident certificates and don't lose them. Otherwise, I have to find at least three residents holding Sugla resident certificates to testify before I can apply again. And according to the "Sugla Resident Certificate Management Regulations", the resident certificate holder must Re-examination is required for more than 20 years. On the one hand, in order to avoid the indiscriminate issuance of documents, on the other hand, it is necessary to count the population. The people of the Socra Committee attach great importance to the population issue. In the wasteland world, people are the primary productive force. I don’t know if I say this Can you understand?" Luo Nie asked in a soft and eloquent tone.

"Yes, I understand. Sister Natasha and Brother Yatu were also very difficult to understand when they taught me knowledge, but over time I got used to it." Sai nodded obediently.

"One more thing," Luo Nie paused, a trace of anger and disdain flashed in his light blue eyes, and said:

"Most people living in the Zine Empire do not have surnames. This is not a legal requirement, but a convention. Poor people with low status or people at the bottom do not have the right to have surnames. Surnames belong to the nobility and upper class, so we need people with surnames Be careful when dealing with them. After all, we are at a disadvantage." Luo Nie sighed, a trace of imperceptible helplessness flashing in his eyes.

"Yeah, I understand, brother." Sai nodded in confusion. Although he didn't quite understand what Luo Nie meant, he chose to keep the conclusion in mind.

"Oh, right. Take a look under the medical box. Apart from money, there are several important things there. Did they get damaged during the battle just now? I remember that the coat of arms I took off from the stone slab with my magic power was There." Luo Nie pointed to the medical kit in Sai's hand.

"Well, I'll help my brother look for it." Sai nodded.

Immediately afterwards, he reopened the lid of the dark red wooden medical box, put the iodine, tweezers, gauze and other medical equipment produced by the "Xinyuan" material factory on the upper layer aside with the tray, and looked at The second layer in the middle.

"Money, our money. I remember my brother asked me to put in all the change I have and your money. There is a total of..."

Sai stretched out his hand and took out five 25-cent copper coins with a double-headed eagle pattern with eyes facing outward and a factory chimney on the back. He also took out five 25-cent copper coins with a double-headed eagle pattern printed on the back, but on the back was Huo Huo, the current leader of the Sogra City Committee. He took out the three 50-cent silver coins with Leigh Clay's face and placed them in his palm.

In addition to some old coins in the second layer of the box, Say counted them and found a total of almost 311.75 Singapore dollars.

"Wow, brother, we still have a lot of money left." Sai said.

His eyes actually shone with light, a pure and longing light for money.

"Money? This kind of thing is indeed important in the wasteland, especially the currency of the Zine Empire. But you should keep these things. Three days ago, I saw a telegram from Master Bude, which said that the town of Sunida There will be an auction recently. It is said that there will be many good things. Most nobles and big shots will not go to such a dangerous little place, but for adventurers like us, there must be a lot of good things. Come on, put it away and put it away , look at the third floor." Luo Nie said.

"Oh." Sai agreed.

Immediately afterwards, he placed the pile of new coins flatly in the tray on the second layer and opened the third layer.

Sai looked inside and saw that apart from a few metal parts, gears, and something that looked like a "recipe" written in the Zine Empire language, there was only a hexagonal one with strange words engraved on it. Something made of stone.

"Is this the coat of arms? Brother Luonie." Sai put it in his hand to observe and asked.

"Yes, I haven't investigated the name and purpose of this coat of arms yet. It was taken from a stone slab taken by my master from the Silent Highlands at his own risk. There were many words on the previous stone slab, and the specific story is A story about the Fire of Heavenly Punishment at the end of the Steam Age. But I felt there was something abnormal at its core due to the surge of magic power, and after prying it open, it turned out to be a coat of arms. Take a closer look, what information is on it?" Luonie "sent" a test question to Say.

"Message?" Sai muttered, scratching his short blond hair with his hand, and looked at the coat of arms carefully.

There are some cracks on the back that have been carved by age. In addition, there are half a rabbit and a tiger painted on it, which seems to be telling a fable.

In addition to a somewhat wilted eagle, it seems to have a strange hieroglyph on the front.

However, he did not take any lessons in hieroglyphics.

"The back is a tiger and rabbit, and the front is a painting. I don't know what it is." Sai replied.

"Those are the words of the Fire Empire, the only superpower in the East during the Steam Era. The Eastern countries are really powerful. I heard that in the early New Era, they contained the spread of the Wuxinren virus and established a paradise like a paradise in the East. Moreover, they are the only country that uses hieroglyphs. That word is pronounced 'sheng' and is translated in Zine Empire language as life, survival. The obsession with life is needed in the wasteland, otherwise it will quickly fall into insanity and collapse. . So, Sai, put them away. Oh, by the way," Luo Nie seemed to have thought of something, paused for a few seconds, and said:

"Take out that 10 Singapore dollar coin, it will be useful later."

"Oh, got it."

…

Luo Nie and Sai's classic car drove for almost three hours on Route 62, which was filled with the smell of dead fish after the death of unintentional people, until the dark clouds in the sky gradually dispersed, with a little warm feeling, When the bright, angelic sunlight shone on the gray-black asphalt road again, the outline of a town appeared at the end of their field of vision.

It was not until green trees gradually covered both ends of the road, and the light water and moist smell formed by melting snow in March of the new lunar calendar gradually flowed around their bodies. Against the backdrop of the bright and warm sunshine, they finally reached the destination. Near the gate of Sunida town.

…

"Hey guys, are you going into town? Or are you just passing through?"

Stepping through the stagnant water on the road, a tall and muscular man with a beard, holding a rifle nearly one meter long, wearing a medal with the letter "S" in the Zine Empire language on his chest, and wearing a black mask. The mercenary men knocked on Sai's window and shouted.

"Oh, hello, brother. My brother and I are passing by the town and want to stay there for a few days and replenish some supplies. You know, we need to stop and rest during the long journey. We want to go to the Silent Highlands ahead. Exploring, uh, looking for some treasures. We are considered explorers." Luo Nie replied with prepared words without blushing or out of breath.

"Haha, I understand. As soon as the imperial army opened part of the road, many people went to die. In this case, I won't stop you. Anyway, you two are not the only ones who are going to die in the past few days. But since I am Suni A member of the Autonomous Guard needs to remind you of two things. As long as you do this, you can be safe in the town." The tall man with a beard said in a heavy voice.

"Please speak." Luo Nie said in a respectful tone.

"First, Sunida Town belongs to the Zine Empire Autonomous Region and is not subject to any laws of the Zine Empire. All illegal activities here will be tacitly tolerated, including killing, but I warn you that it is best not to do so."

"Second, Sunida Town is a common transit area for explorers, armies, lost people, and people with special abilities. Discrimination against different races, including hostile forces, is prohibited here. If you abide by the rules perfectly, you can pay the SGD 2 After paying the fee, you are welcome to the beautiful, prosperous and fun-filled town of Sunida near Green Forest!"

The tall, strong man with a beard and a heavy voice roared, as if he was a clown who had escaped from the circus!

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