Armed Train in the Apocalypse

Only when that figure flickering with thunder and fire passed by did the crowd seem to have some vitality.

He had a good memory, able to remember everyone’s names, even the grunts digging trenches. He would say a couple of words to each person, whether they were crude jokes or beautiful aspirations, as long as he was around, even the air would relax and brighten.

Su Huan lifted the tent flap, glanced inside, and upon seeing Yu Yao’s figure, he smiled, ”Senior, looking for me?”

The latter questioned, ”Having fought to this extent, you’re still quite optimistic.”

”Isn’t it because you’re here, Senior?”

Su Huan’s gaze was clear.

Yu Yao smiled wryly, ”You really treat me like a cheat code. Although I can indeed reincarnate you, it’s not without costs.”

Su Huan’s smile faded, ”As long as it changes everything, I’m willing to pay any price.”

Yu Yao stared into his eyes, serious, ”Even if you forget the past? Forget comrades, forget their sacrifices, even forget everything?”

Su Huan was momentarily stunned, ”If I forget everything, doesn’t that defeat the purpose of reincarnation?”

”That’s the crux. Now you still remember most, but after several reincarnations, you might only have vague goals, obscure images. You might even forget humanity, forget yourself.”

Yu Yao scrutinized his junior’s face, searching for any hint of fear or hesitation.

But the other party just smiled indifferently, ”As long as the world can return to its track, why should I remember these cruel things? If forgotten, then forgotten.”

Yu Yao was silent for a long time, almost resigned yet relieved, shaking his head, ”I understand.”

Su Huan lifted the curtain, reined in his smile, and headed towards the battlefield of the final battle.

”Corpses in military attire overlap to form a foundation, a metal pillar hugged by ten people reaches the sky, hundreds, thousands stretching into the distance, holding up a steel canopy. Countless people silently charge towards the end, three flags wavering relentlessly amidst the flames.

Cannon fire, flags, metal...”

Everything condensed into this one scene.

”May you be reborn at the dawn of the apocalypse.”

Xiaoba’s returning gaze made Su Huan’s heart shudder.

After a long time, he said indifferently, ”Even Tier Four can’t change it?”

Yu Yao didn’t answer immediately but stared at Su Huan for a while, speaking with an emotion dark to the point of sadness, ”You seem like another person.”

Su Huan felt as if pricked by a needle, but personality and habits were ingrained, not easily altered by learning one or two things.

Just like no one can become who they were before.

However, if his former self were here, what would they say... ’If it can change everything, maybe it can be reverted?’

Ugh~ Sounds cheesy like a genuine nice guy.

Su Huan looked skeptically at Yu Yao, wondering if this was truly how he used to be?

Or maybe this guy added some personal flair while recounting?

Yu Yao shook his head, returning to the topic, ”Only Tier Five has a chance, but by then it was already too late; there was no time for you to grow.”

”Third time then?”

Su Huan continued to ask.

”Third time your memory was even less. But you met someone named Lin Jin and joined a faction.”

”Steel Council?”

”Yes.”

”Why is summarizing this time so concise?”

”After the third time, I stayed here, most processes were recounted by you to me, each time more simplified.”

Yu Yao sighed, ”Though another near success, our gains were not negligible this time.”

”Primarily concerning evolution, and researched the evolution path of ’Eternal Motion Mechanism.’ If we temporarily seal off this path, Tier Five’s ’Eternal Motion Mechanism’ can still provide evolutionary pan energy to this world. As long as you live long enough, this world will inevitably birth endless evolvers.”

”Hold on.” Su Huan was surprised, ”The ’Eternal Motion Mechanism’ was our research? What about the Mechanical God Cult?”

Yu Yao curiously asked, ”Can you describe what it’s like in your memory?”

Su Huan thought for a moment, starting with the friction between Xiaoba and the Mechanical God Cult, then mentioning how he accidentally obtained the formula for the Tier Five profession, ’Eternal Motion Mechanism’.

Halfway through, Su Huan noticed Yu Yao’s expression becoming somewhat subtle.

Frowning, he asked, ”Is there a big discrepancy?”

”Utterly unrelated.” Yu Yao sipped his tea, seeming on the verge of laughter.

”Then you tell.”

Yu Yao pondered, ”That was also when the most Tier Five evolvers were born. But compared to foreign enemies, the person they most wanted to eliminate...”

Su Huan felt his gaze, toothache brewing, ”Wouldn’t be me, right?”

”But what does that have to do with my issue?”

”Would you announce your Tier Five profession formula to everyone? Or to your subordinates?”

”I wouldn’t, but I’ve sold it.”

”Aside from you, would other factions announce it?”

Su Huan sneered, ”Of course not. Even ridiculous guesses, they’d tightly seal away.”

Yu Yao spread his hands, ”There you have it. What makes an ordinary person possess the highest secret of the Mechanical God Cult?”

Su Huan grew more confused. If ’Eternal Motion Mechanism’ was something he researched in one lifetime, then how was it related to the Mechanical God Cult?

Moreover, he indeed mastered quite a few Tier Five formulas; it all seemed inexplicably unreasonable.

Given the earlier remarks about everyone wanting to eliminate him and Yu Yao’s subtle expression, Su Huan made the boldest speculation.

”Am I... the Pope of the Mechanical God Cult?”

Yu Yao shook his head, ”That’s not it.”

Su Huan’s eyebrows furrowed, ready to question, when Yu Yao said, ”Yu Jing is the Pope of the Mechanical God Cult, and you’re slightly better; you’re the God of the Mechanical God Cult.”

’Well...’

Even as Su Huan was already ready to accept many explosive pieces of information, hearing this result still overwhelmed him with disbelief.

For a moment, he didn’t know what to say.

Would the Armed Train already be led by Yu Jing to ascend mechanically?

Past four attempts failed, would this one succeed?

Various tangled thoughts flashed through his mind with each breath.

Broken memories began merging following Yu Yao’s narrative. The flames still burned, but now it was the Eternal Night Battlefield, and the youth holding up the sky barrier underneath it was naturally Xiaoba, while the rampaging figures were Lian Jin and Cheng Zhan.

No Lord Lian?

There was still time, so Su Huan resolved to ask about everyone he knew one by one.

Yu Yao either answered or shook his head, giving Su Huan a clearer grasp of the past and the future.

”He Jie? Not knowing him is normal, a nobody.”

”Wan Xing? Oh, still a slacker.”

Seeing that Su Huan had no more questions, Yu Yao sighed, ”Fortunately, even though you forgot many things this time, you still know to head north. Otherwise, everything would be lost.”

During their conversation, Su Huan had already deployed numerous nuclear blasts on the other side.

Yet little progress was made, since opposing Tier Fours had appeared.

Su Huan couldn’t kill them, nor could they deal with the spiky Su Huan. The stalemate allowed ample time for dialogue.

”Alright, time to discuss business.”

Su Huan said gravely, ”How to close this passage entrance?”

”Know about Nuwa patching the sky?” Yu Yao also grew solemn, ”I researched it here extensively; details can’t be shared, but principles are similar. To close this gap requires you to ascend to Tier Five, then seal it with twelve Rule Stones, akin to Nuwa patching the sky.”

Su Huan frowned, currently possessing only stones of [Energy], [Enlightenment], [Gravity], [Metal], [Fear], needing at least seven more.

If knowing these were so crucial, he should’ve retraced his steps to collect them all.

Now good, it was backtracking to dig each one up.

He then thought of a critical issue, lifted his head, and asked, ”How to exit the Eternal Night Zone? I’ve wandered long without finding an exit.”