Last Totem Novel - Chapter 22

Chapter 22 Temple
Just as the campfire was about to burn out, Tie Zha and You Ge finally finished their dinner.

You Ge ate at least half of this pure meat meal. She rubbed her slightly bulged belly and pouted, “I’m so full ~ I’m so tired ~ I’m so uncomfortable ~”

Tie Zha ignored her and put out the campfire before setting up a small tent on the canvas mat.

Seeing that Tie Zha was busy, You Ge pouted and walked to Tie Zha’s side, pushing him on the shoulder, saying, “You’ve made his belly big, and he’s going to give birth soon! You have to take responsibility.”

Tie Zha frowned and said, “The child’s father is a gerbil, it has nothing to do with me, right?”

“If you hadn’t caught so many, I wouldn’t have eaten so much.” “And then?” “Then you will be responsible!” “Alright, I’ll take care of it.”

You Ge smiles playfully and asks him, “How are you going to take responsibility?”

“I’m in charge of setting up the tent.” The iron slag lifted the windproof curtain of the small tent and ordered, “Hurry up and go to sleep. We still have to hurry tomorrow.”

You Ge obediently goes into the small tent. After a while, her little head emerged from the crack in the windscreen and said, “Sister can’t sleep yet. Let me tell you a story first.”

Tie Zha knew that she was going to tell the story behind the lunch box, so he sat down cross-legged and listened to her seriously. Then, You Ge put away his playful smile and told him seriously about the history of the Temple and the Holy Wolf badge.

More than a hundred years ago, when mass production of psionic power armor began, one of the three great religions, the Temple, occupied more than a quarter of the parish (currently only 7%). The temple had always treated all evolvers equally. The doctrine of the Temple held that all humans and all evolvers, including worm-like mutants, shared the glory of their ancestors in the genetic chain.

When he heard You Ge say the word’worm-like mutant ‘, Tie Zha frowned slightly. This was because if You Ge habitually called the’bug mutant ‘as’bug mutant’, it meant that she excluded the bug mutant from the human category.

At that time, the temple’s interior was naturally divided into two factions. This was guided by the ancient teachings of the temple. The supreme leader of the temple is called the Great Prophet, and during the same period, two Great Prophets usually descend at the same time. Within the inner structure of the temple, the two great prophets sat on equal footing, each responsible for different areas.

One of their masters believed in what was known as the Ancient Prophet; The other chief warrior was known as the Great Prophet of Glory.

The Great Ancient Prophet was mainly responsible for guiding the psionic evolvers and the mysterious soul evolvers. The Great Prophet of Glory was responsible for guiding the traditional evolvers and insecticized mutants.

Before the psionic power armor appeared, the three major religions’ main powers came from the traditional evolvers. At that time, mechanical power armor powered by traditional energy was the highest scientific and technological crystallization of mankind, and was also the main equipment of the army. When ordinary humans were equipped with Mechanical Power Armor, due to the lack of sufficient strength and physical strength, heavy Mechanical Power Armor had to distribute more than half of its power to support the actions of ordinary humans. As a result, traditional evolutionaries (B1), whose strength, speed and stamina far surpass those of ordinary humans, have a tremendous advantage in using mechanical power armor.

The Great Prophet of Glory had formed an extremely powerful Divine Palace Guard at that time-the Divine Wolf Heavy Armor Guard.

Members of the Divine Wolf Heavy Armored Guards are composed of traditional evolutionaries and insecticized mutants. They are collectively known as Divine Wolf Guardians and wear the Divine Wolf Badge (or Divine Wolf Totem).

The lunch box of the iron slag was one of the Saint Wolf Guardian’s belongings.

Later, because of their different beliefs, there was a fierce conflict between the temple and the temple, and a protracted holy war began. Halfway through the holy war, the temple’s interior suddenly split apart. The Ancient Prophet and the Glorious Prophet chose a different path, splitting the temple into two.

The Ancient Prophet chose to stop the war. He led his followers out of the battlefield and coexisted peacefully with the Temple. The Great Prophet chose to continue to fight against the temple. In the end, due to the mass production of psionic power armor and the rise of psionic practitioners, as well as the diminishing number of believers of the Glorious Great Prophet, the glorious faction of the Temple was defeated in the holy war.

In the final battle, the Glorious Great Prophet died, the Holy Wolf Heavy Armored Guards were completely annihilated, and the glorious lineage of the Temple disappeared from the long river of history …

(You Ge hides something here to avoid irritating the iron slag, because she knows that the iron slag is a traditional evolutionist and will definitely have a strong resistance to this period of history.

This period of history took place thirty years after the mass production of the psionic power armor. The reason why the Great Prophet of Glory launched the holy war was to oppose the division of the Temple and the Psionic Alliance between Psionic and Non-Psionic bloodlines.

Therefore, the Glorious Great Prophet represented the interests of the humans on the ground today.

However, the rise of Psionic Adepts was almost certain. Because there were already a large number of Psionic Adepts, and because the performance of the Psionic Power Armor had greatly surpassed that of the Mechanical Power Armor, the Psionic Adepts quickly formed a powerful army.

Although the traditional evolutionaries equipped with Mechanical Power Armor had the ability to fight against the psionic power evolutionaries equipped with Psionic Power Armor, the number of traditional evolutionaries was too small. Therefore, the Temple Element led by the Great Prophet of Glory had no chance of winning.

After the holy war, the Psionic Alliance and the Temple took control of the world. Afterwards, in order to suppress the ability of the B1B2 Evolution, the Mechanical Power Armor became a first-class contraband, prohibiting production, circulation, and use. At present, mechanical power armor can only be seen in museums.)

“What do you think of bug mutants?” Ghost messenger Tie Zha asked. But when he asked, he already regretted it. This was because the answer was obvious. The textbooks on Silver City were definitely filled with discrimination and misunderstandings towards the insect-like mutants.

“Wrong, dirty, evil existence.”

Sure enough, You Ge did not disappoint him and said something that made him feel extremely disappointed.

“However, no one is able to determine their own birth and mutation.” Tie Zha still had some unrealistic fantasies about this. Perhaps he thought that You Ge should be special.

“En …”

The question of the iron slag made You Ge think for a long time. Indeed, no one wanted to be born with an insect-like mutant.

However, she suddenly remembered the disgusting bug-like mutant she encountered in the Tasha laboratory. It actually put the egg into a woman’s body! Thinking of this, You Ge’s scalp is numb. Very quickly, her long-standing values and the fear she felt from the insecticized mutant drove her to say these words.

“They’re not humans, they shouldn’t exist!”

Hearing this, Tie Zha felt something in his heart shatter. He stared at the pretty girl in front of him. Although she was very close, she could reach it with her hand; However, there was a bottomless and boundless gap between them.

That was something that mortals could not cross over the Heavenly Chasm.

“Go to sleep. We still have to hurry tomorrow.” Tie Zha said indifferently.

“Good night, darling.” You Ge smiles and blows a kiss to Tie Zha before retracting back to the small tent to sleep. Soon, a steady breathing sound came from the small tent …

At this moment, Tie Zha suddenly thought of Lena. Although Lena did not know his true identity, he believed that Lena would not say such words.

This night, some people slept soundly, while others could not sleep.

The next morning, You Ge climbed out of the small tent with sleepy eyes. When she saw Tie Zha sitting on the locomotive in a daze, she remembered that Tie Zha hadn’t woken her up in the second half of the night, and a warm current rose in her heart.

“Little scum, why didn’t you sleep last night? Do you want to sleep for a while?” You Ge asks with concern.

“No need, let’s go.” Tie Zha said indifferently. Then, with You Ge’s cooperation, he silently packed up the things in the camp, stepped on the motorcycle, and drove You Ge north.

From this day onwards, Tie Zha had returned to the cold youth who had remained silent. As long as he didn’t need to speak, he wouldn’t say another word.

You Ge gradually feels the changes in Tie Zha. However, she thought that perhaps it was because they were about to separate that he looked a little lonely. You Ge believes that as long as they arrive at Silver City’s military base number 17. With her status and her family, she would definitely give Tie Zha enough confidence.

As long as Tie Zha was willing to study at the Imperial Military Academy for three years with her help. After three years, Tie Zha could become a member of Silver City 17. At that time, they would be able to see each other often.

Just as You Ge was thinking about these unrealistic fantasies, they arrived at the next supply point-Barren Mountain Town.

Barren Mountain Town was very small, and its population was also very small. The scattered hundreds of houses made up this small town. Barren Mountain Town was not like Tie Shan Town, where there was garbage to pick up from Silver City. The main source of income here is relying on scrap pickers from the surroundings to trade, or providing food and accommodation for travelers passing by.

There was only one gas station in the town, and the price was extremely expensive. It required a gold coin to fill the tank of the red comet. Previously, at the gas station of HH Company on the other side of the Rock Bridge, it only cost three silver coins (one gold coin for ten silver coins).

However, this small town was sparsely populated, so there were relatively few troubles. It took Tie Zha less than fifteen minutes to get in and out of town. During this period of time, he didn’t encounter any trouble, which was considered to be extremely lucky.

After leaving Barren Mountain Town, Tie Zha quickly drove onto the road to Silver City Military Base 17. You don’t have to drive in the wilderness from here on out. Silver City 17 and the neighboring Silver Cities 15 and 16 managed the nearby areas fairly well. Moreover, the natural environment here was relatively better than that of Sand City.

As Tie Zha drove along the highway, he saw that the desertification in this area was relatively low. Visually, you can plant grain once a year, and the harvest should be good. Crucially, Tie Zha discovered that there were trees planted every once in a while on this land. Although it didn’t grow very well, it could obviously improve the environment here. Perhaps not many years later, this place would become full of vitality.

The red comet traveled at full speed on the road in good condition, traveling more than 400 kilometers in less than three hours.

You Ge looks at the increasingly familiar scenery on both sides of the road, and his mood becomes better and better. Her entire body jumped up in joy, and along the way, she kept screaming, just like a bird that was about to return to its nest. Her happiness had also infected Tie Zha, who had been a little dull these past few days.

Looking at You Ge’s sunny smile, Tie Zha suddenly felt relieved. Although they are not from the same world, they can still have a good memory.

Just as the motorcycle was running out of gas, they arrived at the next supply point-Furnace Town.

Furnace Town was only 150 kilometers away from Silver City’s military base, and the entire journey was in good condition. After refueling, they only need to drive for another two hours, or even an hour, to reach the final destination of their trip.

After stepping onto the gravel road of Furnace Town, You Ge’s mood becomes very relaxed. When she got here, she was already safe. The influence of the Lombardi Clan spanned hundreds of kilometers. As long as she revealed her identity, she would be able to obtain the help of the local armed forces at any time. As long as she was willing, the mayor of Furnace Town would be very happy to personally send her home.

However, she only wanted to stay quietly with Tie Zha and enjoy this wonderful time.

After Tie Zha entered Furnace Town, his nerves tensed up. His vulture-like eyes swept around, paying attention to any trouble that might arise at any moment.

The safer a place is for You Ge, the more dangerous it is for the iron slag.

The reason for that was because the three Silver Cities on the 15th, 16th, and 17th were all parishes of the Metropolitan Temple. The thirteenth Silver City above Tieshan Town was the parish of Notre Dame, so Tieshan and other potential bug mutants could survive. And here, a group of Saint God Cleansers could appear at any time.