"If you can't see your own weakness, such a person can't find the direction to be strong!" - Goddess of War Valkyrie
The coastline of the Central Continent is undoubtedly synonymous with prosperity. Various human settlements are formed by large and small companies and bases, connected by coastline roads that stretch for thousands of miles, making it possible for commercial trade to be realized in danger. Living here, although it is immaterial, the breath of life is everywhere. However, after leaving this golden bond, as he went deeper into the western land, what Zero saw was loneliness and desolation.
This is a true no man's land.
There are no settlements, no companies, not even larger mutant creatures. The endless wilderness lay before Zero's eyes. At a glance, there was no obstacle at the distance to the horizon, only a few tenacious plants adorning this desolate land.
Occasionally pass the ruins of a city or two, which are far more damaged than those in the coastline area. The city was almost completely flattened, and there were no redundant building debris for mutant creatures to inhabit. The previous high-heat damage caused these ruins to die completely, and there was no need for reusable resources and reconstruction. Compared with the abandoned cities on the coastline, they are the real ruins.
The off-road vehicle jumped and bumped, carrying Zero and Valkyrie through the land that was so quiet that people were crazy, bypassed the devil desert where any vehicle could stop, and then passed through the dried-up Nabysius Grand Canal. Passing by, at dawn on the fifth day, Zero saw the Julian Mountains jutting high into the sky's thick radiation clouds.
Zero's upper body was covered in sterile bandages from the handy medical kit on the off-road vehicle. In fact, the medical kit carried by the Valkyrie is much simpler than any similar kit sold in any city on the coast. In addition to the sterile bandage and hemostatic spray, there is only one tube of general-purpose first-aid needle inside. It can be seen that Valkyrie never thought that he would have the chance of being injured. And Zero also knew that once a high-level ability user like her was seriously injured, it would not be possible to save it with a mere medical kit.
Therefore, the things inside were cheaper for Zero. When Zero left the Shadow City, he only had a handful of Colts and one remaining bullet on his body. He didn't even have a decent tactical uniform, and although the wound bestowed by Rein was contracted by him to prevent it from deteriorating, Zero couldn't maintain such a state for a long time after all. After the off-road vehicle drove out of the Shadow City, Zero took out Valkyrie's medical kit to clean his wounds, and finally fixed them with sterile bandages to prevent them from deteriorating.
In the next five days, Zero spent almost all of it in the car. Except for the necessary physiological needs, Zero's feet rarely have the opportunity to set foot on the ground. Valkyrie doesn't seem to need to rest, she drives around like a robot day and night. Zero fell asleep occasionally, and when he woke up, the off-road vehicle was always running, no matter it was day or night.
After a few days, Zero has confirmed that this seemingly ordinary off-road vehicle must have undergone some modifications. Otherwise, the components of the car would have been burned out due to such continuous driving, so how could it be possible to drive so non-stop day and night.
But anyway, the journey finally came to an end. Valkyrie's expression changed slightly when he saw the Julian Mountains. Although his face was as indifferent as before, there was an imperceptible tenderness in his eyes.
"Here we are."
In the past five days, the number of conversations between the two never exceeded ten times. Obviously, neither Zero nor Valkyrie is a talkative person. If gender and ability are discarded, the two are actually the same type of person. Both wrapped themselves in coldness and faced the world with indifference.
The difference is that Zero will have someone who cares. Such as Leah, or Moni or Atesa. Leah is waiting for him to be resurrected, and Moni and Girutan embark on another journey in life. As for Atesa, I am afraid that she has returned to Death Ridge and is working hard to reorganize the Semitic tribe.
In the turbulent age, no one dared to think about the future, but Zero still hopes that at a certain point in the future, everyone can meet again at the intersection of life. Just like a gathering among friends in the old days, sitting quietly together on a certain sunset evening and talking about various experiences.
His thoughts fell in a certain mysterious space, until there was a loud "bang" in his ears, and Zero woke up like a dream, and returned to the cruel reality.
The off-road vehicle stopped at a certain corner of the Julian Mountains, and in front of Zero was a cliff high into the clouds. Although the mountain wall is not completely without edges and corners, it seems that it is composed of large smooth walls. If you want to climb such a mountain wall, unless you have special abilities, you can only use targeted equipment. Of course, no matter how you look at it, the off-road vehicle cannot climb up.
But it didn't need to climb up the cliff, because amidst the special rumbling noise of the heavy hydraulic machinery, the cliff blocking the front of the off-road vehicle was slowly separating from it and retracting towards both sides. Although it has not been fully opened, Zero has already seen a huge door. It has a height of five hundred meters and a width of at least three hundred meters. There is no doubt that it is a fuss for passing off-road vehicles. Judging from the size of this gate, when necessary, large-scale war equipment can be transported out through this gate, so as to reach the battlefield directly.
When the gate opened wide enough for an off-road vehicle, it stopped abruptly. As soon as Valkyrie stepped on the accelerator, he drove the off-road vehicle into the gate. Inside the door is a dark world, but there are red lights flashing on the road, marking the way to pass in the darkness. The off-road vehicle was driving in the dark under the guidance of the light, and after a while, the light of the exit was seen in front of Zero.
But in an instant, the off-road vehicle drove into the light. Zero closed his eyes slightly, and when he got used to the light outside the exit, he opened his eyes and saw a magnificent city.
This is a miraculous dungeon, a bridge made of steel connects the exit with the city in the distance, and the rushing groundwater flows under the bridge like the Yangtze River. At the entrance of the city, there is a tall golden gate, and two bronze statues hundreds of meters high are carved on both sides of the gate. The bronze statues are warriors wearing complicated armor, their eyes are looking straight at the steel bridge, and they are holding a gorgeous giant sword in their hands. His sword is raised flat, as if he has been guarding the city behind him since ancient times.
Behind the bronze statue of the Golden Gate is a bustling city.
Rows of high-rise buildings constitute the main body of the city, and the flickering lights in the buildings show that they are not decorations of the city. Clean and open roads connect all areas of the city, allowing fresh blood to flow through the city like blood vessels. At the edge of the city, there are various factories. Those factory buildings with simple shapes include various factories such as water purification plants and nuclear power plants. They are not only another landscape of the city, but also provide unlimited power for this dungeon.
The mountain walls of the entire underground city are embedded with ten-meter-square holographic image projection panels, which wrap the city in a three-dimensional manner, projecting images of blue sky, white clouds, distant mountains and near sea. This allows people living in cities to almost return to the unpolluted world of the old days. It can be said that living here is like living in heaven.
Zero was deeply shocked by this city, and Valkyrie, who was sitting next to him, also said in a dreamlike tone: "I am very touched, every time I see this city, I am proud to be able to live in it."
"It's called Asgard, which means the city of miracles!"