Chapter 1 Iron Rain Base
“Good morning, my dear compatriots.
Today, the Iron Rain Base is still peaceful and happy.
Everyone, open your eyes and you will see the broken sky and the scarlet sun. You will also see that the city wall gates of our Iron Rain Base are still standing, that our fortress cannons are always ready to fire, that our nuclear bombs are properly maintained, and that our great leader, Sequence Forty-Three, Li Peipei has returned safely from the Ashes Zone and continues to protect the safety of the people.
Today is the 400th day of the Jhin calendar.
Just four hundred days ago, the Broken Ashes opened, and the world entered its end! But although the alien monsters are terrible, humans are still tenacious. We established a stronghold and relied on the power of the Ashes Walkers to tenaciously guard the fragile flame of civilization.
May the human race live forever, and may civilization live forever! This is the Iron Rain Base Radio Station, and we will now broadcast the morning news for you..."
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The sound coming from the TV made Xia Lin confused.
But he was obviously confused too early... because he was even more confused than before...
"Your name? I'm asking you a question! Hey!!"
"Ah?" It took Xia Lin three seconds to come back to his senses and look at the middle-aged man in formal attire in front of him.
He glanced around from the corner of his eye and could see the surrounding environment clearly.
This is an office-like room with a simple layout, consisting of a table, two chairs, and two people sitting on the chairs.
One is Xia Lin, and the other is the man in formal suit.
Looking at Xia Lin's silly expression, the man frowned.
"Huh! Name!" he emphasized.
"Xia Lin."
Xia Lin responded honestly.
Both the self before traveling through time and the original owner of this body were named Xia Lin.
After hearing Xia Lin's normal response, the man in formal suit looked much better.
He picked up the pen and wrote, and the pen strokes made a rustling sound as it moved across the paper.
"Gender, male?"
"right."
"age."
"23."
"Okay."
The man stopped writing, causing Xia Lin to raise an eyebrow.
This question was too simple... But then again, Xia Lin, who had just arrived, didn't really understand what was going on in front of him.
The fusion of the memories of the two souls has not yet been completed, making it difficult for Xia Lin to extract the memories of the original owner of the body.
The man in formal suit put down his pen, picked up another piece of paper from the table, and then read like a ruthless reciting machine.
"Xia Lin, male, 23 years old, joined the Iron Rain Base three months ago."
"According to your own statement, both your parents died after the disaster. Now you are alone, without a father or mother, a wife or children."
"After joining the Iron Rain Base, you were assigned to the Third Steel Plant as a general worker. Because of your excellent work performance, you were selected as an outstanding member by the plant. During this recruitment, you took the initiative to enter the Cinders and became a Cinders Walker."
"Am I right?"
No, that's not right!
I don't want to go to Ember! I don't want to be an Ember Walker!!
I don't want to fight monsters! I don't want to, I don't want to, I don't want to!
The memories belonging to the original owner of this body began to boil in his mind.
He shouted and he resisted.
Then scenes flashed quickly through Xia Lin's mind.
His original home was shrouded in gray fog, his parents were torn to pieces by monsters, and he followed the large group and traveled thousands of miles to the Iron Rain Base.
He worked diligently, but because he offended the foreman, the foreman held a grudge against him.
In the monthly conscription, the steel plant was allocated four compulsory conscription quotas, and he was one of them.
"Am I right?"
The man in formal attire asked again, looking at Xia Lin with burning eyes.
At this moment, Xia Lin was already covered in cold sweat.
The words of the man in formal suits stimulated the memory of the original owner of the body, causing Xia Lin to remember more.
The key is this Jhin area.
Four hundred days ago, the Shattered Ashes Zone opened, and one entrance after another rose from the ground, indestructible.
Ten days after the entrance to the Ashes Zone appears, monsters, alien races, and abnormal phenomena will rush out from the entrance to the Ashes Zone and destroy everything in the old world.
The old order was overturned in a short period of time.
Fortunately, in desperate situations, humans found a way to deal with the Ash Zone.
——Actively enter it, attack the ashes area, and penetrate the ashes area within ten days, so as to close the entrance and stop the disaster from happening at the source.
Those who enter the Ash Zone are collectively called: Ash Zone Walkers! Ash Zone Walkers have powers beyond the imagination of ordinary people, and naturally enjoy a huge number of privileges.
It seems like a good thing, but the mortality rate of up to 95% makes everyone extremely resistant to becoming a Cinder Walker, and the original owner of the body is obviously one of them.
It could also be that the scene of his parents' tragic death left such a deep impression on the original owner that he had no courage to face the Ashes and the monsters in them...
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
And now Xia Lin... doesn't want to either.
"I……"
Xia Lin suppressed the discomfort in his head and just opened his mouth to say a word when the door of the room was suddenly pushed open.
The man in formal attire was facing the door and saw the person entering first.
He stood up in surprise, and then a flattering smile appeared on his face.
"Master Yue, why are you here?"
A pleasant female voice sounded from the door.
"Why haven't you chosen the person yet? Sister Peipei can't wait any longer and asked me to come over and urge her to do it."
The man in formal suit smiled and said, "It will be soon."
The female voice was impatient: "You guys are too inefficient. I asked you to pick six cannon fodders, but you still had to dilly-dally with the procedures. Forget it, I'll do it myself."
Xia Lin felt someone looking at him from behind.
"He's the first one."
Before Xia Lin turned around, he suddenly felt a chill rising in his heart.
Then, Xia Lin couldn't move.
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It was as if he had suddenly turned into a vegetable. Xia Lin could not feel his hands and feet, but his five senses were still sharp.
He stood up uncontrollably, turned around with a numb expression, and looked at the owner of the pleasant female voice behind him.
It was a young and beautiful face, but full of pride.
Who are you? What do you want to do? What did you do to me? Xia Lin was a little panicked, but all these questions were stuck in his chest and he couldn't say them out.
He walked towards the woman with mechanical steps, step by step, and stood still like a loyal guard.
The man in formal suit turned a blind eye to this and just kept apologizing.
"I'm sorry, Master Yue. I was inefficient and almost delayed the important matter of the masters."
"I will review myself!"
The woman called Lady Yue just snorted coldly, turned around and walked out of the room, followed closely by Xia Lin.
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He followed the woman numbly.
Along the way, the woman randomly selected five unlucky guys, and after forming an unlucky group with Xia Lin, the group of seven came to the eighth floor of the building.
Pushing open the exquisite solid wooden door, three women and one man came into Xia Lin's sight.
The most eye-catching person is undoubtedly the woman sitting in the main seat.
She is the same age as Xia Lin, and has an extremely beautiful face, but her eyes are murderous and she looks heroic.
The memories of the original owner of the body surged again, allowing Xia Lin to know the identity of this person.
The person with the highest authority in the Iron Rain Base is also the strongest: Human Sequence 43, Li Peipei.
(End of this chapter)