Time flew by. It had been about four years since Ray Mingkai met the old man who called himself Lei Ming in the desert.
Ray Mingkai did not know if the time in the outside world was the same as the time in the world in front of him. He only knew that the body he was using now had grown to the age of a ten year old.
As his appearance grew older, Lei Ming, who treated Ray Mingkai as his own grandson, began to bring him some books of this world, and taught Ray Mingkai the knowledge in the books one by one.
One was willing to teach, and the other was in a hurry to understand the current world because of the situation in front of him. Therefore, the two of them were happy teaching and learning diligently.
What Lei Mingkai cared about was that as his understanding of this world deepened, his mind seemed to be filled with memories that were both unfamiliar and familiar at the same time.
Especially in a place that was full of people and not very spacious, called the subway. Ray Mingkai saw himself fiddling with the handheld called NDS in his hand.
On the small handheld screen, there was a battle animation of a long-fanged lion. Although the appearance looked different, the main body was a battle animation of a long-fanged lion.
"This is not State Zero. But it is indeed a long-fanged lion. "
After this battle animation repeated in Ray Mingkai's mind a few times, he saw a new scene.
However, this new scene was not too new to Ray Mingkai.
This was because this was the desert journey he had experienced four years ago. That was where he met Lei Ming.
With the recovery of these memories, Lei Mingkai recalled some of the memories he had lost, and that he was not a native of this world, but came from another human world called Earth.
Feng Tao.
This was Ray Mingkai's name in the human world.
The moment he recalled this name, Ray Mingkai finally understood the current situation from the knowledge of this world taught by Lei Ming's grandfather and the recovered memories.
This was a planet called Planet Z.
On this planet, humans and giant metal creatures called ZOIDS lived together. After a long period of evolution, the humans and ZOIDS on Planet Z built a path of coexistence, forming a unique survival culture, and also created two huge countries that had been in confrontation for a long time.
They were the Hailik Republic and the Senaba Empire.
Tracing back to the history of the birth of these two countries, Ray Mingkai could even find out that the kings of these two countries originated from the same person.
Of course.
This was already another matter.
Now, the Sangguwu City that Ray Mingkai extended out from was a prosperous city in the Senaba Empire.
Ray Mingkai had lived in this city for four years and was very familiar with it.
From the sound from outside the window, it seemed that the local annual event was held.
Listening to the sounds made by the ZOIDS, Lei Mingkai couldn't help but snap out of his memories. He poked his head out of the window and looked at the street outside.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Low footsteps sounded slowly and rhythmically. At the end of the street, a huge figure was walking through the sky full of petals.
The pair of huge ears,
The giant fangs on the left and right corners of the mouth,
The thick and long steel trunk with a square weapon at the end and other characteristics made Ray Mingkai recognize at a glance that this was the Ancient King Woolly Mammoth, a large ZOIDS with both offensive and defensive capabilities.
They used to be fierce on the battlefield, but at this moment, they had changed into festive costumes and were warming up the streets for the annual festival in Sangguwu City.
Ray Mingkai looked for a while, then withdrew his gaze and returned to the room. He silently looked at the notebook on the table that was used to record the keywords of the recovered memories.
The speculation of the Ministry of Justice was correct.
The memories that he had lost had indeed gradually recovered during the days he had spent in this world. Although Ray Mingkai did not know what would happen in the following days, he vaguely felt a trace of strangeness.
This world was not as vast and vast as he had imagined.
Even though he had tried many times in the past few years to follow Lei Ming around Sangguwu City to observe and collect information, in the end, he discovered a fact.
That was, after leaving Sangwu City for a certain distance, Lei Mingkai could clearly feel that this body began to disconnect from his consciousness. If it was serious, this body would completely stop moving. Lei Mingkai could only watch anxiously, but he couldn't do anything to control it.
In desperation, Ray Mingkai could only find an excuse to avoid Lei Ming's grandfather's doubts. Fortunately, Lei Ming's grandfather did not care too much. He just thought that these abnormalities were caused by Ray Mingkai's fear of the desert.
"That's it for the time being!"
Ray Mingkai raised his hand to close the notebook and put it back in the drawer. He was about to turn around and go downstairs.
Today was Sangguwu City's Flame Festival.
During this festival, the residents of Sangguwu City could not only enjoy delicious food and participate in grand activities, but children between the ages of ten and fifteen could also try to activate the ZOIDS, and even personally drive the ZOIDS to move around.
According to the exploration in the past four years, Ray Mingkai came to a conclusion. After he personally experienced and tried some things, he was able to expand the movement range with Sangguwu City as the center.
Therefore, in Ray Mingkai's speculation, as long as he could activate and drive a ZOIDS, then his movement range would be greatly improved.
Ray Mingkai was confident in this point.
After all, in his previous experience, whether it was the Lancelot, the Long Fang Lion Zero, or even the Xunada, Ray Mingkai had personally driven them.
"Kai! We're leaving! "
Lei Ming's grandfather's voice came from downstairs.
"We'll be there soon. Grandpa! "
After living together for four years, Ray Mingkai felt a deep affection and sincere care from Lei Ming.
Lei Ming's grandfather really treated Ray Mingkai like his own grandson, just like he said on that night four years ago.
"Coming! Grandpa. "
Ray Mingkai closed the drawer, put on his shoes, and quickly stepped on the stairs to go downstairs, and walked on the street with Lei Ming.
Although Ray Mingkai had personally witnessed the Flame Festival several times before, from the scale and liveliness of the festival, it seemed to have far surpassed the previous festivals.
"Hehe. Are you all stunned? Come, there's something more exciting. "Lei Ming's grandfather looked at Ray Mingkai, who was a little stunned, and smiled dotingly. Then he mysteriously led Ray Mingkai all the way, shuttling through the crowd until they arrived at the central area of Sangguwu City.
It was a super large plaza that was specially set up to park large scale zoids.
Before they reached there, Ray Mingkai heard a noise that was louder than the Ancient King Mammoth that was parading through the streets.
"This is? It's already started? "
Ray Mingkai frowned, and realized that the event he was looking forward to had already started.
"Yes. It's starting. "Lei Ming's grandfather nodded, and pulled Ray Mingkai into the plaza.
After the dazzling sunlight flashed, a wave of hot air rushed towards Ray Mingkai amidst the hubbub of voices.
"Roar!"
"Roar!"
The loud roar of a beast swept through the entire plaza.
The sound of metal joints also mixed with the cheering of the people, and spread to the surroundings.
What came into view was …
There were leopard, wolf, insect, and even ferocious-looking dinosaur zoids.
These behemoths were quietly parked at the edge of the open-air parking platform, and the cockpits were opened, waiting for brave children and even teenagers to board and have a taste of driving the zoids.
At this time, in the center of the vast plaza, there were already many children and teenagers who, under the guidance of their parents, had successfully activated and started driving the first zoids in their lives.
"Do you want to give it a try, Kai?" Lei Ming's grandfather looked at Ray Mingkai's eyes as he stared at the zoids, and smiled lovingly.
Ray Mingkai nodded.
Naturally, he would not let go of this opportunity.
After all, this was a chance for Ray Mingkai to leave Sangguwu City.
Obtaining the zoids meant that Ray Mingkai could expand the scope of his exploration of this world. This meant that Ray Mingkai could find a way to restore Euphemia and the White Cat's State Zero in the shortest time possible.
After all, four years had already passed.
"Time is of the essence."
With this thought in mind, Ray Mingkai obtained Lei Ming's permission and followed the staff's instructions, and boarded the closest ZOIDS to him, the Lightning Leopard's cockpit.
If he wanted to speed up his exploration of the surrounding area, the Lightning Leopard with excellent maneuverability might be a good choice.
"Sit on it and put both hands on the control bar, then close your eyes and try to summon the Lightning Leopard."
Under the staff's instructions, Ray Mingkai followed the instructions one by one.
This was Ray Mingkai's first time actually driving a ZOIDS. Previously, when he was driving the long-toothed lion, Ray Mingkai was in a very strange state. His memory of that time was more of a burning anger, and he gave his body to the long-toothed lion, allowing it to do whatever it wanted.
However,
This time, the attempt in a sober state did not bring any results to Ray Mingkai.
No matter how Ray Mingkai concentrated on summoning the Lightning Leopard, the Lightning Leopard did not respond to Ray Mingkai's call.
"Can't I?"
Ray Mingkai opened his eyes and frowned.
However, the staff member standing by the side didn't seem surprised at all as he comforted Lei Mingkai.
"Kid. Don't be discouraged. After all, not every ZOIDS is suitable for you. Although the Lightning Leopard looks very cool, with your current body, I'm afraid that you won't be able to adapt to the Lightning Leopard's speed. Let's try another ZOIDS! "
Grandpa Lei Ming, who was watching from the side, also nodded.
Although he had the attitude of letting Ray Mingkai choose, in reality, Grandpa Lei Ming did not want Ray Mingkai to drive the Lightning Leopard at such a young age. This ZOIDS was extremely taxing on the body.
Ray Mingkai had no choice but to leave the Lightning Leopard and switch to other ZOIDS.
However, when the sun went down, Ray Mingkai found that he could not activate any of the ZOIDS parked in the center of the square. Even the Sky Silkworm ZOIDS, which was widely recognized as the most versatile ZOIDS, could not be activated.
This fact hit Lei Mingkai hard in the head.
"Haha! Don't be discouraged. Kai. You're only ten years old this year. You should know that little Geza from next door only managed to activate a Zodiac Train when he was fifteen years old. "
Grandpa Lei Ming's comforting words did not make Ray Mingkai feel any relief. Instead, he suddenly showed an anxious expression.
"No. Grandpa. There's not much time left. "
Ray Mingkai's words stunned Grandpa Lei Ming. Then, while Ray Mingkai lowered his head to think of a way to break through this stage, Lei Ming raised his head to look at the sky. He looked at the starry sky and sighed, "Indeed, there's not much time left."
"Hmm? Grandpa. What are you talking about? "Ray Mingkai, who was thinking hard, seemed to hear Grandpa Lei Ming's sigh.
"No, nothing. Let's go back for dinner! Kai. Although you didn't manage to activate the ZOIDS today, we still have a luxurious meal at home! "
"Hmm! Let's go back! Grandpa. "
This was perhaps the most beautiful night Lei Mingkai had ever had in this world!
When the sun rose, Sangguwu City, which was still immersed in the festive atmosphere of yesterday's grand festival, welcomed the endless darkness.
"What's going on?" Ray Mingkai's body shook and woke up from his sleep. He scrambled to the window and looked out at the noisy street outside.
The moment Ray Mingkai's gaze landed on the sky far away from Sangguwu City, the hair on his body suddenly stood up.
He saw that the sky, which was supposed to be white and the sun was rising, was now filled with endless darkness.
In the darkness, Ray Mingkai was very familiar with the ominous, abhorrent, and disgusting blood fire.
"Abyss!"
There was no way Lei Mingkai would mistake that aura.
He had once fought with the Abyss Monster that was called Asmodai by the White Cat State Zero in Lu Luxiu World. He would never forget this aura.
Looking at the darkness filled with blood fire, Ray Mingkai gritted his teeth and his eyes flashed with unwillingness. Even though he was not afraid of this ominous abyss and had an incomparably strong will to fight, the reality was that the current Lei Mingkai was only a 10-year-old brat. He did not even have his own ZOIDS.
Such a kid, let alone fighting, he might not even have the strength to escape.
"Pa!"
All of a sudden, the door opened.
"Kai! Quick, come with me! "
Grandpa Lei Ming shouted with an anxious face.
Ray Mingkai's eyes flashed. The belated Ray Mingkai finally realized the strangeness of Grandpa Lei Ming.
It seemed that Grandpa Lei Ming knew that the abyss would appear from the beginning. The state he was showing now was not at all like an old man who had lived in a peaceful era and suddenly encountered a strange situation.
"Okay. Grandpa. "
Ray Mingkai did not ask. He just walked to the drawer and took out the notebook he had written in the past few years. After putting on his bag, he followed behind Grandpa Lei Ming and left the house that he had lived in for four years.
"Grandpa. Where are we going? "
Ray Mingkai looked at the surrounding people who were panicking, but clearly had some purpose in their actions. He could not help but ask.
"Leave this place. Kai. This city's mission has arrived. " Grandpa Lei Ming only replied faintly. He silently pulled Ray Mingkai through the streets and came to a central street full of Trainworms.
When Ray Mingkai saw the crowded Trainworms, he immediately realized that the city had probably predicted the appearance of the abyss. Otherwise, there would not be such a panicked and orderly situation.
All of a sudden, Lei Mingkai felt a warm sensation on his head. It was Grandpa Lei Ming's hand.
He lovingly stroked Ray Mingkai's head. His gaze was gentle and had a trace of pity.
"Kai. From today onwards, you have to live alone. You have to remember, no matter what happens, you have to be strong and live on. Grandpa, I'm afraid grandpa can't accompany you anymore. "
Ray Mingkai was startled. He immediately realized something.
His gaze quickly swept through the crowd. He found that there were many people in the same situation as him. Among them, the Gesa family's Grandpa Lei Ming mentioned before was also crying and hugging Grandpa Lei Ming's leg.
"Grandpa. Have you been abandoned? "
Ray Mingkai's voice was hoarse. His eyes flashed with a cold light. Ray Mingkai's appearance was only ten years old, but his mature mind immediately came up with a terrifying guess.
"No. Kai! Don't think about it like that! "Grandpa Lei Ming slapped Ray Mingkai's shoulder. The force was so heavy that it made Ray Mingkai feel pain.
A trace of reluctance appeared in Grandpa Lei Ming's eyes. However, he still firmly held onto Ray Mingkai's shoulder and warned, "Kai! I know you have a lot of thoughts, but today, I won't allow you to slander the empire. Listen! Kai! Compared to the huge empire, our existence is nothing but lowly and insignificant. However, our existence is a component that allows the empire to continue existing. We are the gears that form the huge machine that is the empire! "
Grandpa Lei Ming took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice, "Khai, you're a genius! This isn't the first time that the darkness in the sky has appeared! The existence of this Sangu Wu City is for today! We are already old! We can't run anymore! Therefore, we, the old and useless gears, can once again turn! In order for the empire to continue existing … "
While speaking, Grandpa Lei Ming reached out his hand and tapped on Ray Mingkai's heart. After passing an object that was wrapped in a white cloth to Ray Mingkai, Grandpa Lei Ming hugged Ray Mingkai tightly.
"Kai! Thank you! Thank you very much for accompanying this rotten old man for these four years. Now, let me fulfill my son's final wish! "
"Grandpa." Ray Mingkai didn't know what to say anymore. Even though he was already an adult, his soul was still unable to respond to Grandpa Lei Ming's words.
"Ba De. Kai, I'll leave him to you! "Grandpa Lei Ming clenched his teeth and pushed Ray Mingkai to the robust man who walked over from behind.
"Colonel. You, you should come with us! "The robust man named Ba De hesitated for a moment and couldn't help but say.
"Shut up! Ba De! I didn't know that my son and I had taught you how to become a coward! " Grandpa Lei Ming shouted angrily and lowered his head to look at Ray Mingkai. Although his eyes were filled with tears, his expression was abnormally firm.
"Kai! Remember! We are the gears of the empire! No matter how lowly, how weak, how old the gears are, they still have their backbone! "
"Kai! Remember! The gears also have their own backbone! Even at the moment of my death, I can't abandon this ambition and this backbone! "
Grandpa Lei Ming's words were not the only thing that could be heard in the rolling sand, but also the sounds of sobbing in the carriage.
"Grandpa, grandpa. Mommy, why did you leave grandpa behind!! "
The young children didn't want to leave their elders and stay by themselves. They kept crying and yelling to their parents.
Ray Mingkai couldn't help but choke with sobs as tears quietly rose in his eyes. The feelings he had for Grandpa Lei Ming over the past few years were not fake. He was also unwilling to leave Grandpa Lei Ming behind, but with a soul that was far more mature than the young children, he couldn't cry out loud.
"Sangu Wu City. This is our empire's third line of defense. It has already been five years since the last line of defense fell. This time, I don't know how long Sangu Wu City can last, "Ba De stood beside Ray Mingkai and looked at the distant city through the rolling sand.
"Ba De. Can you tell me the truth? "Ray Mingkai opened his mouth and asked.
Ba De glanced at Ray Mingkai, was silent for a moment, and slowly opened his mouth: "Sangu Wu City's mission is the same as the last line of defense, to create an isolation zone that will last for at least a few years to stop the invasion of the unknown Asmodai."
"Asmodai?!" This familiar word once again sounded in Ray Mingkai's ears, and the missing memories resurfaced.
It was a ray of light that could compete with the sun and the moon.
It was an earth-shattering roar.
The earth was torn apart, the sky was shattered, and nothing could survive that shocking change.
The only ones who witnessed all of this were the numerous Zergs and their passengers that were parked thousands of miles away from the area, and the tearful child that was holding the only thing left behind by his loved ones.
"No. Grandpa's mission!! "
Ba De looked at the enlightened Ray Mingkai and silently nodded.
It turned out that Grandpa Lei Ming and the others stayed in Sangu Wu City to deal with the Asmodai, until the moment of the shocking change.
Ray Mingkai clenched his teeth tightly.
At this moment, after connecting everything, he finally understood!
This body was not someone else's, it was his, it was his own body!
This was not a puzzle of the universe, but his own memories!
No wonder, he could not walk out of Sangu Wu City's perimeter!
It turned out that in this memory, the child named Ray Mingkai had never seen a map other than Sangu Wu City!
Without experiencing it, how could he know!!!
Ray Mingkai lowered his head to look at the object wrapped in white cloth in his hand, twisted the corner of the white cloth, gritted his teeth, and pulled with force.
"Swoosh!"
A red light flashed, and Ray Mingkai's eyes lit up.
"This is not ambition, nor is it courage, it is just following my heart!! Right?! You think the same, right?! Kai! Ray Mingkai! "
The white cloth fell, and in his hand was the red-eyed lion head badge!!
"State Zero! If you really have a connection with this world, then wake up for me!! "
"Let's take revenge on the abyss that destroyed this world!"
"Wake up! State Zero!!! "
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