Soul of Burning Steel

"I want a real body."

Repeating No. 3's wish in a low voice, the corners of Joshua's mouth curled up slightly. He didn't seem to be embarrassed by it: "It's really a reasonable wish."

Thinking about it carefully, when No. 3 was in the lord's mansion, she did often pay attention to the figures of Ying and Rin. Although she didn't know why because of her eyes, she could indeed tell that she had this wish.

Moreover, beings that are both man-made, one has a body and the other does not, which is indeed enviable.

After thinking for a while, the soldier gave an answer: "Whether it is the materialization of spirit bodies or artificial bodies, research in this area has already begun."

He looked very relaxed, as if it wasn't a big deal: "When I have a chance in the future, if I can get in touch with the Masters Association or those colleges in the Eastern Plains, then it won't be a problem."

"This is my promise."

"..."

No. 3 didn't reply, but looked at Joshua's face seriously, as if confirming whether his words were true or not.

Soon, she showed a faint smile: "Yes."

Miss Artificial Intelligence actively hung up the communication, and before leaving, Joshua could faintly hear a sentence: "I will work hard!"

"It seems that it doesn't matter what you say, but in fact, you still need some rewards, so you can work harder."

The soldier chuckled, and then put away the communication circle.

Now is the time to go to the imperial capital.

And in another world, at the other end of the space-time channel of the Great Ajax Volcano.

In the dark sky, black clouds surged in the sky, and the top of the mountain spewed out dust pillars that seemed to support the sky and the earth, causing countless ashes to fall like rain, and at the same time brought a scorching breath and dry and scorching wind.

Five kilometers away from Mount Sigma, on a fast-moving mana armored vehicle.

"As you can see, this is the most dangerous place."

A voice came from the armored vehicle. In the wide transport compartment, there were twelve soldiers covered in steel and magic patterns sitting on both sides, and in the center, a tall soldier in the same costume was speaking.

A dull voice came from the back of the armor, shaking the atmosphere, and turned into a sonorous sentence: "Volcano Sigma is about to erupt, lava rain, fire meteorites, dust enough to drown people, and hundreds of degrees of high heat will Destroy everything around you, even if you are all wearing the most advanced and solid armor of the Federation, you may die on the spot at any time."

The soldiers sat silently on the bumpy armored vehicle, but from their eyes, no one was afraid.

The speaker seemed to be satisfied with this, he was silent for a while, and then continued: "Our Terran Special Operations Team has experienced many dangers, extremely cold glaciers, underground caves, endless deserts...all the dangerous things in this world Regions, we have all arrived, explored, and successfully completed missions, and this time, it must be no exception."

When he said this, there was no strong ups and downs in his tone, it was just a flat narrative, but it contained a strong confidence: "Now, we are almost reaching our destination."

The armored vehicle was driving at a high speed, and now it was almost approaching the foot of the volcano. The violent vibration shook the sturdy armored vehicle like an earthquake, and the dust stream like a landslide also slipped past the surroundings from time to time.

"All, repeat, our mission this time!"

Suddenly, the standing soldier in the lead snarled.

At the same time, the silent soldiers shouted loudly, as if roaring: "Look for the missing volcano investigation team, and investigate the reason for their disappearance!"

"Very well, get ready, let's go!"

As soon as the words fell, the armored vehicle stopped at a stable place on the mountainside of the volcano, and the twelve soldiers rushed out of the vehicle like bolts of lightning, each of them sprinting towards different directions.

The leader stood in the carriage, he looked at the direction of the team members leaving, his face was expressionless, but after a while, the soldier looked up at Sigma, which was constantly erupting smoke and sparks, as if it was about to erupt On the top of the volcano, he couldn't help but sigh.

In fact, even if he is as confident as he is, he has no confidence in this mission.

Since last October, all kinds of natural disasters have occurred around the world, such as earthquakes, sandstorms, melting glaciers, heavy rains, droughts, heavy snowstorms, extreme cold, freezing rain... Countless disasters have ravaged the territory of the Federation. All the rescuers were exhausted, but now, as if it was the turn of the volcano to erupt, Sigma Volcano, which had been confirmed as a dormant volcano, had actually begun to reactivate, and in just ten days, it was about to erupt.

To this end, the Federation urgently dispatched an investigation team and authorized them to use the most advanced detectors (this thing is so expensive that no one wants to think about the number) to assist in the research on the cause of volcanic activation, but it didn't take long , The detector lost its signal. While the high-level federation was furious, they were also horrified to find that none of the original investigation team of dozens of people could be contacted, as if the whole team had disappeared.

There must be an unknown reason behind this. As the most elite special exploration force of the Federation, the Tyria Exploration Team received this mission to find the answer behind all this.

The volcano is still brewing power, the soldier stepped out of the armored vehicle, the steel soles touched the gray-white soil, he could even feel the pulse of the earth under him, the hot blood of the world surged in the veins of the rocks, expecting an eruption And the opportunity that came out, as a life, he was in awe of it, and there was a little excitement.

——This is a scenery that ordinary people can't see no matter how many years, it is a reward for the bravest.

At the same time, magic communication arrays lit up from the armored vehicle.

"Report No. 1, no findings in area 7, end."

"Report No. 2, no findings in Area 13, end."

"Report No. 3, a metal artifact was found in area 32, presumed to be a vibration sensor placed by the investigation team, end."

"Start the investigation with this as the center, and maybe find other traces." The captain on the armored vehicle quickly issued an order: "Keep in touch at any time, end."

Next, there are scattered small discoveries. In the process of rapid investigation and exploration, the soldiers of the team discovered many traces left by the investigation team. It seems that they did a good job at the beginning, and they did not act as high-level officials imagined. Such malfeasance.

"Report No. 9, Area 41 found the camp of the investigation team. As recorded in the data, the location has not changed. End."

Hearing this news, the captain immediately issued a serious follow-up order: "Investigate the interior of the camp and report the situation at any time. Other team members from the three areas should go to area 41 to gather. Other fighters will continue to explore, it's over."

The report of soldier No. 9 did not stop.

"There is no one in the hall, and there are many documents placed on the table in a mess. It can be judged that the investigation team was very flustered when they left."

"Several shoes and papers scattered in the hallway."

"The food in the warehouse area and various weapons research tools have not been used in large quantities. It can be judged that the investigation team is very urgent at the beginning of the day, and there is no time other than evacuation."

"There are many muddy shoe prints in the research center, and it can be judged that many people gathered before that."

No. 9 on the other side of the communication array quickly searched the entire camp, and his tone was a little puzzled: "Other than that, nothing was found. Volcanic ash and mud rain buried all the external footprints. I can't judge the investigation. Where does the regiment go before leaving?"

"————Boom!!!!"

Suddenly, there was an extremely huge sound, as if the sky was collapsing. This sound was a hundred times more shocking than thunder. The captain who stayed halfway up the mountain looked up at the top of the mountain. He opened his mouth slightly to dissolve the huge shock encountered by the eardrums. .

In his eyes, the sky and the earth are trembling.

An incomparably huge force is pulsating deep in the ground under the feet, which is the heat bred by the world itself.

The torrent of lava is converging and is about to erupt. This is not the result of any technology or magic, but a message that a warrior, as a life, instinctively gets.

The volcano is about to erupt.

"Damn it! It's actually two hours earlier than the earliest time predicted!"

Gritting his teeth, the captain decisively said loudly to each communication circle: "The mission is terminated, repeat, the mission is terminated, everyone returns to area 0, repeat, everyone returns to area 0, it is over!"

"Report No. 9! What to do with the investigation team's information? End!"

"...Then bring all the materials, hurry up!"

The Tairila team is indeed the most elite force in the Federation. Within a few minutes after the order was issued, all the team members rushed back to the armored vehicle assembly point at full speed, and several soldiers held a few cardboard boxes or instruments in their hands. Entering the armored vehicle, the armored vehicle quickly started, turned, and then rushed down the mountain without waiting for everyone to sit still.

----Ohh Ohh ohh----

It seemed to be mourning, and it seemed to be mourning. A high-heat hurricane strong enough to melt steel spewed out from the center of the crater. The huge column of smoke suddenly became thicker, and even squeezed out a hole in the extremely thick black cloud in the sky. , causing the clouds within a radius of tens of miles to swell, and a little sunlight was revealed, shining on the mountain, rolling the golden luster, which is extremely sacred.

Although the gap was blocked immediately, everyone was shocked by this scene.

——This is the mighty power of nature!

But then, they didn't have the energy to shock.

- bang - bang bang bang! ! ! ! ! ! ! —————

First there was silence, and then there was an eruption. A violent explosion suddenly occurred on the top of Sigma Volcano. The original ring-shaped peak was completely shattered and turned into endless fireballs that penetrated deep into the clouds, while the golden-red lava seemed to spew out from an artery. And the blood that came out was like blood, and it splashed down on the surrounding ground.

What kind of scene is this? The soldiers on the armored vehicle couldn't describe their shock in words, so they could only watch this scene intently.

After a while, the red fireball left the earth, and then fell from the sky again. The meteorite that was lifted up by the volcanic eruption turned into an extremely bright line of fire and fell, and then touched the earth one after another, not only around the Sigma volcano, but within hundreds of kilometers Everyone is at risk of being hit.

The whizzing volcanic meteorites fell on the peaks, forests and hills, so the mountains shook, the forests burned to ashes, and the hills turned into basins, and a bolide was flying towards the area where the armored vehicle was, accompanied by the captain The roar of the armored vehicle roared so violently that people could not think about it, and it took the soldiers on it away from this dangerous distance at an overloaded speed, and the violent explosion was right behind them produce.

The supersonic shock wave quickly approached the armored vehicle, followed by the hot smoked wind, but their speed attenuated sharply, and they did not catch up. The soldiers watched the ground behind them turn into lava and scorched earth due to the falling meteorite, and the trees Smoked to coke and then blazed, the all-consuming heat sweeps across the dust, and the quartz crystallizes, forming crystals that shimmer like glass, which are then covered by lava and dust clouds.

They couldn't help but pray to the gods. This matter is not something human can stop, they can only pray.

The volcano erupted again, throwing countless lava and smoke into the sky, golden-red lines of fire streaked across the sky, and then fell to the ground, bringing up fiery flames, and the forest burned blazingly, turning hundreds of miles into a sea of ​​flames. The lake evaporated, the river changed its course, countless water mist flew up, and mixed with the black volcanic ash, forming muddy mist and heavy rain

"The map is about to be rewritten..."

Inside the armored car, it is not known who said it, and no one else expressed objection, because he was telling the truth, and it was.

Even if the Sigma volcano stops erupting, the damage caused by the devastating impact will not be restored. The bolide caused countless mountain peaks to collapse, the ground subsided, and the violent earthquake fluctuated the area within thousands of miles. The underground waterway was completely destroyed. The forest was also completely turned into scorched earth. If the Federation hadn't evacuated most of the surrounding people, the outbreak would have caused at least a million casualties, and the disaster would have lasted for hundreds of thousands of years.

Everyone is lost in thought for this foreseeable future. They are also members of the Federation. Even if their hometown is not here, this sad mood will not change.

It's been a rough year.

Just as the captain thought so, a surprised voice suddenly sounded from his side.

"Look, what's that?!"

A soldier stood up, pointing to the gap behind the armored vehicle for observation and exclaimed loudly: "Use the telescope to observe the No. 83 area! Look!"

District 83? Isn't that near the crater?

A trace of doubt flashed in the captain and other fighters, but they still curiously picked up the binoculars hanging on their waists and looked at Area 83.

In the camera, a huge black shadow lurks in the golden-red lava torrent, and this black shadow is slowly rising, and then completely escapes from the lava, step by step to a towering cliff.

High-heat lava passed by its side, outlining its huge body and strong physique. It was a half-dragon, half-horse, black and terrifying creature. It had a string of bright golden crystal nuclei on its chest, which flickered. With a bright light like the sun, there are two bony spurs on both sides of the creature's front legs, which seem to be the prototype of a pair of wings.

Just as the volcano continued to erupt, a set of red bands of elements began to appear around the creature's body. They covered the side of the giant beast like armor, repelling smoke, meteorites, and lava.

"...that... what kind of creature?!"

And a dragon chant that seemed to overwhelm the volcanic eruption appeared in everyone's ears through time and distance.