Miss Witch doesn't want to be a diva

In the night sky, a small invisible autonomous unit floated quietly, with the camera below aimed at the valley with flames in the distance, recording the explosions and sounds that kept appearing in the camera.

In the distant mountain stronghold, many people watched the scene projected on the screen.

"Sir Shui Yanqing lost." A member concluded.

"Too passive, first lost and then lacked manpower, and then it was difficult to perform various large-scale secrets in the stronghold."

"Do you want to intervene? If the Red Flame Cluster becomes stronger, it will become our strong enemy. Now they have the most strongholds in all the singing star clusters."

"If we want to stop it, a small number of combat forces cannot change the situation at all. A large number of personnel and autonomous units must be sent, which is equivalent to bringing the decisive battle forward and completely disrupting the previous plan."

"In addition, if we stop Pulin, it means that we and Lord Shui Yanqing will form an alliance, which will also stimulate others to form an alliance, which is not conducive to the subsequent confrontation."

"If Pulin defeats Shui Yanqing, he will become the first in factual data, so that we will join forces with other singing girls It is very easy, and it can also make other singers hesitate when they conflict with us, because no one wants to hurt each other and let others take advantage, and it is the most powerful Red Flame Cluster. "

"So, according to our analysis and calculation, letting Pulin defeat Shui Yanqing is more conducive to the implementation of our plan, so that we have a longer preparation period. "

"I know that many people will think it is a bit cold-blooded to say this, which goes against the original intention of President Tilan. "

"But before you think about it, please judge whether we have the strength to lend a hand. If our manpower and combat power can surpass other clusters, I don’t mind being a good person. "

"First ensure your own continuation, and then consider other things. "The think tank who did the analysis lowered his head and pushed his glasses.

"We didn't mean that, but you're right. We have a vague idea."

"In that case, let's report the analysis report. Lord Tilan is currently in the central area and will receive it later."

"Yes."

...

In the central area, there are mostly plains, rivers and swamps. In the dense and verdant jungle, a small river winds its way to the depths. The trees and shrubs on both sides block the view. Some lush flowers and leaves even cover most of the river surface, leaving only a small part exposed.

A small boat quietly moves along the river. Two people at the bow waved their scabbards and pushed away the flowers and branches on both sides. In the boat stood a black-haired girl. She was wearing a modern modified oriental dress. It was white, with a clear belt around the waist, and a pendant on one side. The top part had a shawl covering the shoulders and half of the chest, which was slightly luxurious.

The girl had clear and soft blue eyes, and there was a shining silver feather mark on her forehead. As the girl turned her eyes, it reflected light, which was very smart.

Raising her finger, a silver-throated long-tailed tit from the mountains fell, jumped on the cuffs on the back of her hand, and then chirped.

"Well, I know." After saying that, the girl touched the snow-white tit and let it fly.

I didn't expect Pulin to defeat Shui Yanqing so quickly. Her character is really getting more and more fiery, the girl thought to herself.

Originally, she thought that it would take two days for the two sides to fight a decisive battle. At that time, she should go back and make a decision based on the situation, but now it seems that there is no need to choose.

For this competition, Tilan did not have a strong desire to win. For her, even if she lost, she would not lose anything.

However, giving up for nothing is not her character. Blindly letting it go is not only dishonest to herself, but also sorry for those who support her.

Try your best to have a clear conscience, this is her idea.

The boat slowly moved along the river in the jungle. Occasionally, deer and wild leopards could be seen on the shore, as well as crocodiles and other animals in the water. However, these animals seemed to have not seen the boat passing by. Even if they encountered it, they would only think of it as a dead tree floating in the water, without much surprise.

This situation was of course due to the singing girl standing on the boat. With the help of the soothing ripples she constantly emitted, she made the animals passing by ignore her and the boat, so they could quietly travel through this dangerous river.

After about 40 minutes, the river gradually entered a wide emerald green lake. There was a hill on the shore, with high platforms and towers distributed among them. Occasionally, dark red indicator lights could be seen flashing on and off.

When they arrived at the shore, they docked at the wooden piles and tied the boat. Several members of the group went ashore first. Finally, the girl in a snow-white dress stepped lightly on the wooden piles in the water on the shore, rising and falling lightly like hopscotch, and finally landed on the shore.

Under the protection of the six people who were with her, the girl walked towards the hill and soon saw the welcoming team.

Odney, with silver hair and a slightly gorgeous princess dress, stood in the orange light, and behind her was a group of star cluster members standing with swords.

"Welcome Tilan." She held up the hem of her skirt with both hands, bowed her head, and then looked up and smiled.

After that, the two walked hand in hand and entered the base. They first had dinner together, and then came to the terrace on the hillside to enjoy the moonlight.

"I didn't expect Tilan to really come." Odney sat at the small round table. Now she and Tilan were alone on the terrace.

"Are you so surprised?" The girl held the herbal tea in her hand and drank it in small sips. It brought a hint of sweetness and coolness in the gradually hot weather, which was very comfortable.

"After all, we are in a competition now, so some precautions are more normal." Odni also picked up the teacup and took a sip.

The day before yesterday, Odni sent a message to Tilan, inviting her to visit the stronghold.

"Maybe it's because I don't have the determination to win, so I agreed easily." Tilan looked at the stars in the sky.

"If there was an important reason that forced me to win, I probably wouldn't come here."

"So honest, Tilan." Odni said, covering her mouth and laughing softly.

"But that's why I like you."

"If I were to invite others, my behavior would definitely be regarded as a Hongmen Banquet."

"Oh, by the way, do you know about Hongmen Banquet? After all, this is a quite ancient allusion."

"I know the history of the Earth Era before the Twilight Era." Tilan nodded.

"Tilan is so understanding." Odni put her hands together.

"This shouldn't be anything." The girl tilted her head slightly.

"That's not true." Odney shook her head.

"Nowadays, even among Easterners, many people don't know these allusions... After all, it's been too long since that era." After speaking, she sighed.

"Tilan doesn't usually have contact with many Eastern people, and she doesn't understand the current situation of the Eastern ethnic groups in the Federation."

"Actually, there are not many Easterners like you and me who know the origins of their heritage and understand the history of various ancient allusions."

"Most people just have the stereotype that people with black hair, black eyes, wearing fancy clothes, and using ancient harps and swords are Orientals. This idea even includes most of the remaining Orientals."

"The living environment will shape a person's outlook on life. For people who grow up in the Federation, the Federation will naturally have a greater impact on their lives, rather than that distant country in history."

"My family, because we are the direct descendants of Honghu, have been forced to teach a lot of knowledge about ancient books since childhood. I can still remember and understand these. Most other Orientals are not much different from ordinary residents of the Federation except for their hair color."

"Just because I know this identity, I will be more familiar with Eastern traditional things."

"Has Sister Luo Fenghua told you what she has been busy with these years?" Odni thought of something.

"You didn't tell me this." Tilan shook his head.

"Hey, didn't she tell you? She probably thought you were still young, or she didn't want you to worry about it in advance."

"Sister Luo Fenghua has been touring the Eastern Star Territory, promoting various oriental classical cultures, whether it is poetry, clothing, food, extraordinary skills, etc."

"She wants to pass these things on and is very persistent."

"Sounds like a good thing, but I want to know what the official view is?" Tilan was curious.

"The official didn't encourage it, but it didn't stop it either." Odney pressed her chin lightly with her finger.

"There are many cultural styles in the Federation. The mainstream ones include the aesthetic culture inherited from the elves, the power and glory style of the orcs, the avant-garde science fiction style of the Star Children, the holy religious style of the Angel Church, and the less mainstream ones include the aristocrats and nobles of the True Red Empire. The blood style, the death and skeleton style of the Mercury Dynasty, the ocean and starry sky style of the mermaid, the steam style left over from the industrial age, etc.”

"Things from Eastern culture are considered one of them. There is no need to specifically target them. The Federation is still very tolerant in this regard."

"That's it." The girl thought for a long time.

"These cultures or style preferences can be said to be traces of human history."

“Because the historical environment of that era created a completely different style of life and life philosophy from today. Compared with baseless fantasy works, these things at least have a basis in reality, are more comprehensive and real, and are easier for people to immerse themselves in. "

"As for why we are looking for this kind of cultural style that no longer exists in reality, it is of course because humans are naturally repelled by boredom, full of curiosity, and like new and interesting things."

"Tilan is thinking very deeply." Odni said with a smile.

"Although I agree with Sister Luo Fenghua's idea, I am not as persistent as her. To me, the white swan is also a very beautiful creature. I don't think that just because there is no story about the white swan in ancient oriental classics, I don't use this as a title. "

"As long as they are beautiful things, I like them all. If I have to look at all kinds of things with a critical eye all the time, it would be too tiring."

"Yeah." Tilan nodded. In fact, she had another idea in mind, but she didn't say it out loud.

Of course we have to inherit everything in the past, but if we just immerse ourselves in it and refuse to make any changes, in the end it will just become a shadow of the past and we will be unable to make new changes.

Everything in the world is changing. Even ancient things are constantly iterating in development. Blindly retrograding will lead to inferiority.

Since she grew up in this new era, she had to develop new things. Although she liked the various classics and secrets passed down by Qingluan, she would not live like the disciples of the ancient Qinglian Sword Palace.

If she can, she will probably explore a path suitable for more people in the future and pass on this inheritance in a new way.

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"Ah, I almost forgot about it. In fact, the reason for inviting Tilan over this time is to sign a mutual aid treaty with Tilan." Only then did Odni reveal the reason for inviting Tilan as a guest.

"Because our star cluster is in the middle, such a place of four battles is too dangerous. If we don't find a reliable rear, it will be difficult to resist attacks from all parties."

"I know that such a treaty will not be of much benefit to you, so I just ask you not to attack us." Odney blinked.

"What about the end?" The girl thought about it. It's impossible for only two teams to be left and not fight.

"If there are only two of us left, I will admit defeat and give the first place to Tilan. I will just take the second place." Odney patted her chest lightly, indicating that it was completely fine.

"It doesn't matter if you win or I win. We are all good sisters."

"This..." Tilan was surprised.

"Among the singers, Tilan and I have the best relationship. We are both descendants of the Five Phoenixes. We have similar personalities, hobbies and blood ties. This is normal." Odney was puzzled when she saw Tilan's surprise.

"I didn't think about this aspect." Tilan shook her head.

To be honest, although she has oriental blood, she actually has a vague feeling about this matter. It was not until today that she realized the closeness and mutual trust in the oriental culture.

Just like some righteous men in ancient times, they could sacrifice their lives for a promise and achieve justice. This kind of belief and idea is actually quite rare in other cultures.

"I understand. If you are in danger, Odney can ask me for help. I will try my best to protect you." Tilan nodded and agreed.

"Then I will be relieved." Seeing Tilan agreed, Odney was particularly happy and even wanted to high-five with Tilan.

However, the two did not high-five in the end. They just held hands and stood on the terrace together to enjoy the night view and talked about many past events, such as the funny story that Odney was asked to recite ancient poems when she was a child, and asked her brother Feng Jianxue to cheat and was caught, and Tilan's distress when she ate her mother's experimental pastries at home. In order not to make her mother sad, she secretly hid the pastries and finally fed them to her father.

The next day, after bidding farewell to Odney, Tilan stepped on the boat again, went down the river, and returned to the star cluster base.

The sixth day of the competition was relatively peaceful. Audney and Tilan signed a cooperation agreement, agreeing that the two sides would not attack each other, and in critical moments, one side could ask the other for help to protect each other's singing girl. Pulin's side was repairing and recovering after the war. The star cluster where Orles was located began to tentatively spread the detection unit in three directions. The members led by Blanche completed the task of the neutral force "Blood Steel Knights" with difficulty and obtained 20 powerful Blood Steel Knights to join. Although these Blood Steel Knights could not use other war machines and firearms due to the restrictions of the rules, their own full-coverage heavy armor and saw chain swords were enough to deal with many enemies.

Returning to the safe base in the mountain, Tilan came to the underground warehouse, and the long-awaited elite technician reported to her.

"President Tilan, based on the previous continuous experiments, we have found the most suitable template plan, named it "Black Kite", and assembled about 10 "Black Kite" class fighters today."

After speaking, he stepped aside, revealing the large black fighters placed side by side in the back.

"The shells of these fighters are made of the 12th generation materials, which are only one generation behind the 13th generation materials currently used by the military. They can easily travel at supersonic speeds in the atmosphere and provide extremely fast support to the battlefield."

"At the same time--" he pushed his glasses and spoke with a little excitement.

"They can also transform and be used as small mechas."

"Hmm?" Tilan turned her head with doubt in her eyes.

"Although I am not a student majoring in military engineering, I also know that this kind of deformation will sacrifice a lot of structural strength. Is it necessary to do this?"

"President Tilan, let us explain to you."

"Indeed, deformation will sacrifice a lot of strength, but if it is a mecha, even the simplest mecha, with a member of Sequence 6, it will increase its combat effectiveness exponentially."

"This is a multiplication of combat effectiveness, far better than the sacrifice of strength."

"As for why it is a mecha, rather than a higher-level fighter, it is because the popularity of mechas as combat units has made the relevant technology extremely mature, and there are many public templates that we can use very quickly. If we design a fighter with the same combat power, although the technical difficulty is low, because the usage scenarios are not as many as mechas, there are few people who are good at it."

"Many of us are quite familiar with mechas, and this modification plan is more in line with the current situation. In short, if you are not good at something, pull it into your familiar field to fight."

"I understand." The girl raised her hand, so that he didn't need to continue.

"If we use the existing points to exchange, how many similar fighters can we build at most."

"If you exchange points for the same parts or props, there will be a discount after reaching a certain number. The more you exchange for the same things, the cheaper it will be. If we use all the points resources to exchange for 'Black Kite' class fighters, we can reach 100!"

"Even if we don't have enough people to drive, we can add AI modules and use them as autonomous combat units."

"This will take a lot of time. In fact, everyone is not good at driving mechas." Tilan thought for a while.

"Yes, it will take about 4 days to assemble these 'Black Kite' class fighters. If everyone wants to be familiar with the driving of the fighter, it may take a few more days."

"However, there are only 8 days left before the end of the confrontation." Tilan sighed.

"Well, this is probably enough." She jumped up lightly and landed on a 'Black Kite' fighter, touching the slightly cold frosted shell with her hand.

"I'll leave it to you after that." She stood up.

"Yes, Lord Tilan!" The technicians below stood at attention, looking quite like soldiers. In fact, many of them were military academy students.

Just like every singer has her own frustration, although Tilan does not want to get involved in the complicated political struggle of the Federation too early, as she is from the military-industrial star field, it is difficult for her to get rid of this label. The military-industrial atmosphere of the Four-Leaf Crystal has always existed, and many geniuses in the star field also yearn for the glorious era four hundred years ago.

Since there are people joining the army here from generation to generation, the military upper echelons will naturally have some affection for Heshia Tilan, who was born in the Four-Leaf Crystal star field.

This mutual choice is often silent and unconsciously affects the future direction of each singer.