Miss Witch doesn't want to be a diva

Good movies, fun games, delicious snacks, these things that Blanche thought she would always like and never get tired of, are no longer attractive.

What kind of movies and games are more impactful than what happens in reality? The scene she is seeing now makes her heart silent.

This is a city in the Gravel Star Region, a city with a population of about 5 million, but it looks gray.

The broken cracks on the road surface seem to be older than her grandmother, and the deposition of coal ash powder can be vaguely seen in it. There are towering billboards on the side of the road, and under the erected billboards there are out-of-place old cart sheds, where local workers are sitting and eating noodles.

Most of them are dusty and numb, while the billboards not far away are still playing the other side of the world that is extremely bright and beautiful.

There is nothing to praise in the Gravel Star Region. The only thing that can be said is probably a kind of rare black flint associated with the local coal mines. This kind of black flint can be used to make top weapons and is sold at a high price.

However, the local workers may never have seen these high-priced top weapons in their lives. The only thing they know is that every month, a high-security super-light-speed aircraft will land and take away a suitcase of refined black flint, which is the biggest source of income to support the entire city.

The waste coal soil produced during the excavation process is everywhere. These things used to be good fuel and industrial raw materials, but they are worthless here.

There is no large-scale industry that needs coal mines in the local area. The cost of transporting these cheap minerals is several times the selling price, and no one does this at all.

"Mr. Mo Xun, did you bring me here just to let me see these scenes?" Blanche asked a young man with short silver-gray hair standing next to her. He looked a few years older than Blanche.

"Yes, I admit that my purpose is not pure, but what I said is not a lie." He pushed his glasses and came to Blanche's side.

Before he spoke, the ripples of the sound that had been isolated by special means overflowed, and their trip today was very sudden. Even the plainclothes accompanying the Tribunal could not be arranged in such a remote area in advance, which gave him and Blanche the opportunity to communicate alone.

"Time is limited. The people from the Tribunal will catch up at any time. I will try to be brief."

"We need you, Lady Blanche. People in many star regions in the northwest regard you as the hope of the future. You also need to see the real and cruel side of the northwest region."

Because of Blanche's previous proposal, the Federal Central Council gave some benefits to appease the people, which made many people in the northwest star region see hope, and Blanche's reputation also spread rapidly in these star regions.

"You are walking in an extremely dangerous field." Blanche is not the naive girl who just entered college three years ago. In the three years of the Golden Flame Flower, even though she has been influenced by her ears and eyes, she has slowly grown a lot.

"I will not agree easily. I am not only responsible for my own behavior, but also, as you said, I am carrying the expectations of many people."

"Thank you for not refusing directly." The young man is not a fool. He can see that although Blanche is angry, she still hasn't said it.

It seems that your plan has succeeded, Yade. This singer still has some innocence and kindness, unlike those older singers, who are completely impervious to oil.

"I will explain to you in detail why we do this, and the source of many tragedies." He bowed to Blanche, but unfortunately Blanche turned her back and left him with only her back.

...

About a month later, Blanche continued to visit many cities in the northwest star region under the advice of the young man named Mo Xun, and witnessed the decline of places with her own eyes. Most of these star regions are poor, and many infrastructures are still built hundreds of years ago. The local education and medical care are far below the average level of the Federation, not to mention the comparison with the central star region.

"I remember that in some large hospitals, broken arms can be regenerated." Blanche looked at the man eating with one hand at a roadside stall.

"Yes, but you should also know that this kind of medical plan is expensive and not something they can afford. Maybe the money they earn from working for a lifetime with their healthy bodies is not enough to buy back that arm, so even if they know there is such a medical plan, what does it matter?"

"Where did the money go?" Blanche looked up.

"The money was taken away by the parent company. Do you see the letter icon on the building opposite? 'Wells' Enterprise."

"Most of the profits of the goods produced here were taken away, and none were left for the local area."

"Normally, when the company makes money, the employees get a good salary, and then use the money to consume locally, or the company continues to invest in the local area, it can slowly revitalize the local economy, but this is not the case."

"Even the employees of the company's branch receive very low salaries, which can only maintain their basic needs and cannot support the expansion of the market."

"Why do they do this?" Blanche continued to ask.

"Because they can do this. The local human resources are not valuable. With such a salary, they can recruit good people. Why spend more money?"

"So?" Blanche knew he must have something else to say.

"As for why they don't continue to invest in construction, it is also because these industries have low technical content. Once production is expanded, the number of similar products increases, but the price cannot be raised, resulting in increased costs and reduced profits."

"So they will not invest the money they earn in this place where they can't see the future. They will definitely look for more suitable business opportunities in the central star field."

"Does the local government agency not care? After all, a lot of profits have been created, but the money has run away." Blanche was puzzled.

"It's difficult. The company's headquarters is not here. If high taxes are imposed by force, they will leave. In addition, the tax rate is not easily changed by the local government."

"The whole situation can be simply compared to the source of a river. It depends entirely on workers to draw water and pour it in, so that water can flow downstream to feed various animals."

"But at present, the workers who draw water are getting more and more tired, but the money they earn is getting less and less. The amount of water drawn by the workers has not changed, and more and more people are drawing water in the middle, and many animals downstream are dying of thirst."

"If the workers can't make money, they will naturally stop drawing water. There is less and less water on this river, and everyone's life is getting more and more difficult."

"Then can we give the workers more money?" Blanche asked.

"No one will give." Mo Xun looked at the silent workers on the street and answered softly.

"There are many people fetching water in the middle, and everyone thinks that they don't have to bear the responsibility of paying the workers."

"Everyone has done it, why should I pay more? This is what many people think."

"Even if one or two people are kind-hearted, it can't change the general trend."

"You ask if this is the case, won't the people fetching water in the middle have nothing to drink? They won't worry about this because they don't live by this river." The young man pushed his glasses and told the truth.

After hearing this, Blanche was silent for a long time. To be honest, she was not good at analyzing such complex economic issues, but she could see that there must be problems.

"I'm not in a good mood now, let me be quiet for a while." After saying that, Blanche turned around and left here.

In the following months, she began to slowly investigate the various economic data and local living conditions in the Northwest Star Region, and more and more real data and images made her even more silent and uncomfortable.

"Why?" Even though she became a singer, it has only been 3-4 years, and her life is still relatively simple. The experience of studying in the Central Star Region in the past few years has also made her have a certain good impression and expectation of the federal officials, but the reality now revealed to her is so cruel.

In order to escape from this depressing environment, Blanche returned to the Central Star Region again. She wanted to talk to other friends alone, but unfortunately, among the singers of similar age, only Orles was there, and the "Blue Bubble" Meilulu who had just entered school.

Facing Orles, who was born in an elf family and might be the main reason behind the current situation in the Northwest Star Region, what Blanche wanted to say became difficult to say. Should she question Orles? She felt that she might not have the courage, after all, the other party was a singer who had been famous for many years, confident and powerful.

After staying aimlessly in the Academy City for several days, she found the bodyguard "Rin" who had protected her.

The two met in a private restaurant, and Blanche directly communicated with her consciousness and told her about the recent troubles in her heart.

'Rin is also from the Hemu Star Region, you have been in the Central Star Region for so long, can you tell me, has the truth always been like this? '

The cold and hard woman opposite did not answer, but simply glanced at the environment, then shook her head and looked out the window.

Afterwards, Rin took Blanche to an underground shooting range to practice shooting.

"The posture of holding the gun should be adjusted like this, and then the three points are in a straight line, and the trigger is pulled." Rin replaced Blanche with a heavy rifle.

Afterwards, Blanche only felt a shock in her shoulder, and the impact made her particularly painful, and the target in the distance was also shot off.

"Such a firearm is very powerful, so it is enough to tear apart the enemy with more and more defensive means. I was trained and started to use it when I was 16 years old. After the first training, I felt that my entire arm was not my own."

"But this is not a painful thing. In the next mission, I was hit by the enemy, my whole body flew out, one side of my body lost consciousness, my eyes went black, and my consciousness was difficult to support. At that time, I thought I was going to die, and I was extremely scared."

"Afterwards, I was dragged to a safe area by my teammates and then sent to the hospital. I saved a life. I am very grateful to my teammates and said that he kept me alive."

"But that teammate told me that he saw When half of my body was gone, I was severely stimulated. The bloody scene made him unable to sleep for a long time, so since then, he quit this business and did other ordinary jobs. "

"You see, it was me who was going to die, but I scared others."

"Everyone has to face different situations. Whether it is acceptance or rejection, there is nothing wrong. The only difference is that you are willing to do it, you want to do it, instead of relying on various reasons given by the outside world to convince and hypnotize yourself."

"I am still doing dangerous work, and my friend lives a life that makes him feel at ease. We don't regret that choice." After answering, Rin handed his hand to Blanche.

"Miss Blanche, are you willing to continue to employ me?" This move made Blanche's heart ripple.

"Of course." This answer made Rin smile under the sunglasses.

What a simple and easy-to-talk child, but it was also because of this that she dared to take the risk to say what she said just now.

If Blanche refused at this time, Rin would definitely be investigated by the court for what she said just now, because her words were suspected of leading the singer to deviate from the image.

Blanche was not like Tilan, who had been instructed by military intelligence personnel. Her usual actions and conversations were all monitored by the court, and she did not realize how dangerous her abrupt actions during the day were. Fortunately, Lin reacted at the time and did not answer immediately, but found another opportunity to answer Blanche's questions in an obscure way with metaphors.

In the following time, Blanche also became cautious and careful under Lin's guidance, and gradually learned to cover up her motives for her actions.

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On the other side, Tilan also arrived at the southern Prolong star field, which is a star field with many military enterprises.

"Welcome Miss Tilan to visit." The local famous military enterprise sent people to greet her.

"Hello." The girl nodded and looked at the row of people behind the representative. These people each wore different badges and seemed to be representatives of many local companies.

So grand, the girl thought, maybe the previous contact made the military enterprise notify internally, otherwise with her current status, these big companies would not be so welcoming and enthusiastic.

"Please follow me." The reason for Tilan's visit this time was to help the Four-leaf Crystal Star Region find some cooperation projects and restore the local economy. After all, the Four-leaf Crystal has a military industry foundation, and some industries can also be connected with the military industry.

In the next three days, Tilan visited several large local military manufacturers, including a high-end mecha manufacturing factory.

"What is being produced here is the 'Fire Phoenix-A1' mecha, which is known for its excellent heat output capacity and long endurance." The accompanying personnel introduced to Tilan.

The mecha placed in the assembly rack is very magnificent, about 60 meters high, which is nearly 15 stories high. The mecha is made of 'fire color steel' with a gradient of fiery red. This kind of extraordinary material has a strong tolerance to high temperatures and a strong ability to absorb heat energy, and can shuttle across the surface of the sun.

"The main means of output for the mecha are the double-barreled Vulcan cannons on the shoulders, the two 'rolling slashers' built into the leg armor, and the 'fire phoenix jet' that is activated from the core of the chest after accumulating heat energy and magic power."

"After testing, if it is driven by a Sequence 6 transcendent, after the complete accumulation of heat energy and magic power, the 'fire phoenix jet' launched can cover a fire flow basin with a diameter of five kilometers, melting the steel within the range."

The group walked on the high platform corridor, looking straight at the huge war machine in front of them. The fighter planes that Tilan had seen in the past seemed to become children's toys in front of this mecha.

"Can it only be driven by a Sequence 6 transcendent?" She heard the staff's description just now.

"Yes, even if there are conduction and cooling methods inside the mecha, the heat will still penetrate and diffuse, especially when it is running at full power. The scorching magic power is transmitted throughout the body. If it is not a Sequence 6 Transcendent, it is impossible to survive in the cockpit."

"According to our experiments and calculations, the most suitable ones should be Dragon Sequence or Light Feather Sequence Transcendents, both of which have a much stronger tolerance to high temperatures."

"There are also some optional auxiliary equipment here, such as the 'Phoenix Wing' aircraft that can be installed on the back, which can convert the mecha's own heat flow into high-speed jet airflow, giving the mecha a stronger propulsion force."

"In addition, there is an ion spear that compresses thermal energy to create a more penetrating shot." The staff took Tilan to the other side, where a rifle of the same color material was erected on a steel column. It was about 40 meters high and probably had to be carried on the mecha's shoulder.

"In addition, there are 'shield pedals' that adapt to multiple terrains." The octagonal red shield stood, with jets on its sides and outer edges. It can fly on its own and be placed under the mecha to facilitate the mecha to obtain frontal defense when entering the atmosphere, and to spin on its own in battle to become a blocking shield.

Afterwards, Tilan continued to visit many local military products. The display of these war machines made her feel more deeply the powerful force of the military that was hidden in the peaceful era.

If a powerful Dragon Sequence 6 driver was used to operate the recent 'Fire Phoenix-A1' mecha, I am afraid that only one would be enough to destroy the former Arpeggio City. After all, it is difficult to dissipate heat underground, and the hell caused by burning can easily kill the residents hiding underground.

Alas, success is due to strength, and failure is also due to strength. It is precisely because the Federation has such a powerful force that it will be dismissive of many problems. After all, this is not ancient times, and uprisings can rely on numbers.

The generation gap between weapons is so large that the resistance of many ordinary people has become a joke.

It's not necessarily that the top leaders can't see the flames of resistance and dissatisfaction, but that even if they do see it, they don't care. After all, who cares about what a little bug thinks, unless you have the power to talk to him on an equal footing.