Chapter 22: The Temple
When the bonfire was about to burn out, Iron Slag and You Ge finally finished their dinner.
You Ge ate at least half of this meal of pure meat. She rubbed her slightly bulging belly and muttered, "It's so full~ It's so supportive~ It's so uncomfortable~"
Ignoring her, Iron Slag snuffed out the campfire and set up a tent on canvas mats.
You Ge saw that Iron Slag was busy with himself, his mouth pouted, and he walked to Iron Slag and pushed his shoulder, "You have made someone's belly bigger, and you are about to give birth!" You are responsible. ”
Iron Slag frowned, "The kid's father is a gerbil, and it has nothing to do with me, right?" ”
"If you hadn't caught so many of them and came back, I wouldn't have eaten so much." "And then?" "And then you're responsible!" "Okay, I'm in charge."
With a playful smile on his face, You Ge asked him, "How are you responsible?" ”
"I'm in charge of setting up the tent." Iron Slag lifted the windproof curtain of the tent and ordered: "Go in and sleep, we have to hurry tomorrow." ”
You Ge obediently slipped into the tent. After a while, her head came out of the gap in the windbreaker, "Sister can't sleep yet, let's tell you a story first." ”
Iron Slag knew the story behind the lunch box she wanted, so he sat down cross-legged and listened to her carefully. Then, You Ge put away his playful smile and seriously talked to him about the history of the temple and the Holy Wolf Badge.
More than a hundred years ago, when the Psionic Biochemical Armor was just beginning to be mass-produced, the temple, one of the three major religions, still occupied more than a quarter of the parishes (currently only 7% of the parishes). All along, the Temple has maintained an attitude of equal treatment to all evolutionaries. The teachings of the temple believe that all humans and all evolutionary beings, including the worm mutants, share the glory of their ancestors in the genetic chain.
When he heard You Ge utter the term 'insect mutant', Iron Slag frowned imperceptibly. Because, if You Ge habitually calls 'insectized mutants' 'insectized mutants', it means that she excludes insectized mutants from the category of humans.
At that time, the interior of the temple was naturally divided into two factions. This is guided by the ancient teachings of the temple. The supreme leader of the temple is called the Great Prophet, and during the same period, it is common for two Great Prophets to come at the same time. In the internal structure of the temple, the two great prophets sat on an equal footing, each in charge of a different area.
One of them presided over the faith, known as the Great Prophet of the Ancients; The other master of the battle was known as the Great Prophet of Glory.
The Great Prophet of the Ancients, who is primarily responsible for guiding psionic evolvers and mystical soul evolvers; The Great Prophet of Glory is responsible for guiding the traditional evolutionaries and the insect mutants.
Prior to the advent of psionic power armor, the main combat power of the three major religions came from traditional evolutionaries. Because in that era, the mechanical power armor powered by traditional energy was the highest technological crystallization of mankind and the main equipment of the army. When an ordinary human is equipped with a mechanical power armor, due to the lack of strength and physical strength, the heavy mechanical power armor must allocate more than half of the power to support the actions of ordinary humans. As a result, the traditional Evolutionary (Type B1), whose strength, speed, and physical prowess far surpass that of ordinary humans, has a great advantage in using mechanical power armor.
At that time, the Great Prophet of Glory formed a powerful temple guard, the Holy Wolf Heavy Armor Guard.
The members of the Holy Wolf Heavy Armor Guardian are made up of traditional evolutionaries and insect mutants, who are collectively known as the Holy Wolf Guardians and wear the Holy Wolf Emblem (or Holy Wolf Totem).
The lunch box of the iron slag is one of the belongings of the Holy Wolf Guardian.
Later, because of their different beliefs, the temple and the temple clashed fiercely, and a protracted holy war began. Halfway through the holy war, the temple was divided and the Ancient Prophet and the Brilliant Prophet took different paths, and the temple was split in two.
The Great Prophet of Ancient chose a truce, and he led the faithful out of the battlefield and lived in peace with the Temple. The Great Prophet chose to continue his fight against the Temple. Eventually, due to the mass production of psionic power armor and the rise of psionics, as well as the dwindling followers of the Glorious Great Prophet, the Brilliant Wing of the Temple was defeated in the Holy War.
In the final battle, the Great Prophet of Glory fell, the Holy Wolf Heavy Armor Guard Regiment was wiped out, and the glorious line of the temple disappeared into the long river of history......
(In order to avoid causing the iron slag to be unhappy, You Ge has concealed some more content here.) Because she knew that Iron Slag was a traditional evolutionary, she would definitely have a strong resistance to this history.
This history takes place thirty years after the mass production of psionic biochemical armor. The reason for the Great Prophet of Glory was to oppose the Templars and the Psionic Alliance's division of psionic and non-psionic bloodlines.
Thus, the Brilliant Great Prophet represents the interests of humanity on the ground today.
However, the rise of psionics is almost inevitable. Because of the large number of psionics, coupled with the fact that the performance of psionic power armor greatly surpassed that of mechanical power armor, psionics quickly formed a powerful legion.
Although the Traditional Evolutionaries equipped with the Mechanical Power Armor have the ability to fight against the Psionic Evolutionaries equipped with the Mechanical Power Armor, the number of Traditional Evolutionaries is too scarce, so the Temple Clan led by the Brilliant Great Prophet has no chance of winning at all.
After the end of the Holy War, the Psionic Alliance and the Templars gained world domination. Subsequently, in order to suppress the abilities of the B1B evolutionary, mechanical power armor became a first-class contraband, and its production, circulation, and use were prohibited. Currently, mechanical power armor can only be seen in museums. )
"What do you think of insectized mutants?" The iron slag god asked the ghost. But when he asked, he already regretted it. Because the answer is obvious, the textbooks on Yincheng must be full of discrimination and misunderstandings about insect mutants.
"Wrong, dirty, evil exists."
Sure enough, You Ge did not disappoint him, and made him feel extremely disappointed.
"However, no one can decide their birth and mutation." Iron Slag still has unrealistic illusions about this, perhaps he thinks that You Ge should be special.
"Hmmm......"
The question of iron slag made You Ge think for a while. It's true that no one wants to be born an insectized mutant.
However, she suddenly remembered the disgusting insect mutant she had encountered in the room of Nata Xia Shi, which had actually gotten eggs into a woman's body! Thinking of this, You Ge's scalp was a little numb. Soon, her long-standing values, and the fear that the insect mutant brought to her, drove her to say this.
"They're not human, they shouldn't be there!"
Hearing this, Iron Slag felt something shatter in his heart. He stared at the delicate girl in front of him. Although she was close enough to reach out and within reach; However, there is a bottomless and endless gap between them.
It was beyond the reach of mortals.
"Sleep, we're on our way tomorrow." The iron slag is faint.
"Good night, dear." You Ge grinned and gave Iron Slag a flying kiss, retracted into the tent and slerose. After a while, steady breathing came from the tent......
At this time, Iron Slag suddenly remembered Lena. Although Lena didn't know his true identity, he believed that Lena wouldn't say such a thing.
On this night, some people slept soundly, while others couldn't sleep.
The next morning, You Ge crawled out of the tent with sleepy eyes. She saw Iron Slag sitting on the locomotive in a daze, and remembered that Iron Slag did not wake her up in the second half of the night to keep vigil, and a warm current rose in her heart.
"Scumbag, why didn't you sleep last night? Would you like to get some sleep first? You Ge asked with concern.
"No, let's go." The iron slag is faint. Then, with the cooperation of You Ge, he silently packed up the things in the camp, and then stepped on the locomotive and drove You Ge to the north.
From this day on, Iron Slag turned back into the cold and taciturn teenager who was silent. As long as he doesn't need to speak, he won't say more.
You Ge gradually felt the change in the iron slag. But she thinks that maybe it's because they're about to separate, so he seems a little lonely. You Ge believed that as long as they arrived at the military base of Silver City Seventeen. With her identity, with her family, she will definitely be able to give Iron Slag enough confidence.
As long as Tie Slag is willing to go to the Imperial Academy for three years with her help. Then, after three years, Iron Slag will be able to become a part of the Seventeenth Silver City. At that point, they will be able to see each other often.
While You Ge was thinking about these unrealistic fantasies, they arrived at the next supply, Barren Mountain Town.
The barren mountain town is very small, and the population is small, and the few hundred houses scattered around make up the town. Barren Mountain Town is not like Iron Mountain Town, where there is garbage in Silver City to pick up. The main source of income here is to rely on the surrounding waste pickers to trade or provide food and lodging for passing travelers.
There is only one gas station in this town, and it is very expensive, requiring a gold coin to fill up the red comet's tank. Previously, at the HH company's gas station on the side of the Rock Bridge, only three silver coins were needed (1 standard gold coin to 10 standard silver coins).
However, the town is sparsely populated, so there are relatively few troubles. It took less than fifteen minutes for the iron slag to enter the town and leave the town after refueling. I didn't encounter any trouble during this period, which is considered very lucky.
After leaving Barren Mountain Town, Iron Slag quickly drove into the road to the No. 17 Silver City Military Base. From here, you don't have to drive in the wasteland. The 17th Silver City and the neighboring 15th and 16th Silver Cities have better managed the nearby areas. And the natural environment here is relatively better than that of Sand Castle.
Iron slag driving on the highway at a glance, the desertification of the land in this area is relatively low. Visually, you can grow grain once a year, and the harvest should be good. The point is that Iron Slag found that trees were planted at intervals on this land. Although it doesn't grow very well, it can obviously improve the environment here. It may not be long before this place comes alive.
The red comet traveled at full speed on a road in good condition and traveled more than four hundred kilometers in less than three hours.
You Ge looked at the more and more familiar scenery on both sides of the road, and his mood became better and better. Her whole body jumped up, and she kept screaming "yo he~ yo he~" along the way, like a bird about to return home. Her happiness has also infected the somewhat dull iron slag of these days.
Looking at You Ge's sunny smile, Iron Slag suddenly felt a sense of relief. Although they are not worldly people, they can still have a good memory.
Just as the locomotive was running out of gas, they arrived at the next supply, Furnace Town.
Huolu Town is only one hundred and fifty kilometers away from the military base of Silver City No. 17, and the whole road is in good condition. After filling up the tank, they only need to drive for two hours, or even an hour, to reach the final destination of their trip.
After stepping onto the gravel road of Firefurnace Town, You Ge's mood became very relaxed. By this point, she was safe. The influence of the Lombal family spreads hundreds of kilometers in a radius, and as long as she shows her identity, she can always get help from local armed forces. If she wanted to, the mayor of Furnace would be more than happy to send her home in person.
However, now she just wants to stay quietly with the iron slag and enjoy this good time.
Iron Slag's nerves tensed as soon as he entered Furnace Town, and his vulture-like eyes swept around, keeping an eye on the troubles that might arise at any moment.
The safer the place for You Gelai, the more dangerous it is for the iron slag.
For the three silver cities of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth are all dioceses of the temple. Silver City 13 above Iron Mountain, where Iron Slag is located, is the parish of Notre Dame, so Iron Slag and other potential insect mutants are alive and well. And here, a team of Holy Spirit Sweepers can appear at any time.