Miss Witch doesn't want to be a diva

"There are still five days until the Fifth Fleet arrives at the Shark Star Region." Tilan sat at the desk next to the bed in the dormitory and wrote this line in her diary.

For the current federal subject, the entire western star region is like being shrouded in a black fog and the situation is unknown. Although it is difficult for the two to have a huge change, this unknown situation has also aroused some people's concerns.

Closing the diary, Tilan came to the mirror, slightly tidied her hair, then put on a black beret and walked out of the room.

"Have you considered participating in the development of new mechas, Tilan?" Arnansha found the girl yesterday and told her about the recent situation.

"Many research institutes know about your situation and want to invite you to participate in the experiment. These requests have been blocked by me at present, but there are also good options. If you are interested, I will send you the information."

So today, Tilan met with representatives of several research institutes that had agreed.

Arriving at the conference room on the side of the actual combat camp, as soon as Tilan entered, he saw many representatives in research uniforms. They were wearing different badges and their styles were also very different. After a brief introduction to each other, everyone sat down.

After reading the information they handed over, Tilan nodded slightly, and had a general understanding in her mind.

Among them, there are three research institutes with the best conditions, namely the 'Sacred Feathered Serpent Research Institute', the 'Sixteen Prism Research Institute', and the 'Meteoric Red Lotus Research Institute'. The slightly inferior ones, but more in line with her ability style, are the 'DS Research Institute', the 'Three Phase Sword Research Institute', and the 'Time Seed Research Institute' that she had contacted some time ago. Although the other research institutes also extended olive branches, they were either simple in strength or stingy in treatment, and they were not particularly concerned.

After that, Tilan closed her eyes and recalled the words of the representatives of the remaining six research institutes at that time. She felt that the representative of the 'Sixteen Prism Research Institute' was hiding something, so she crossed it off the list. Among the other institutes, the 'Meteoric Red Lotus Research Institute' focuses on weapons in the areas of 'burning fire' and 'annihilation', and the 'Sacred Feathered Serpent Research Institute' focuses on the 'glory', 'thunder', and 'giant snake' systems, which are not compatible with her nature, so she silently crossed it out. The direction of the 'Three Phase Sword Research Institute' is almost all close combat, which is too single, and she also silently crossed it out.

Of the remaining two, the 'DS Research Institute' focuses on frost and ice, while the 'Time Seed Research Institute' is one of the few research institutes involved in the field of time and space.

"Let's choose the 'Time Seed Research Institute'." Tilan hesitated for a long time and chose this one. Although they didn't have any particularly outstanding products in the past, this is also one of the few research institutes involved in the field of time and space.

However, if there are deficiencies in conventional weapons, we can find the 'DS Research Institute' to supplement it, but I don't know if they are willing to cooperate.

...

"I am very happy to cooperate with Miss Hecate, and I am very grateful for your trust." The blond flat-headed man with gold-rimmed glasses bowed and then took Tilan to visit the Time Seed Research Institute.

"Our institute is sponsored by two giant companies, Alice's Watchmaker and Lone Star. The institute also participates in military projects and has completed many advanced military projects, such as the core architecture of the large Titan-class flagship."

"Although this is the first time we have been involved in mecha projects, we have done enough preparation. We have not only invited engineers with many years of experience in mecha design to participate, but also provided technical support from Lone Star."

"Lone Star is currently the most advanced hyperspace engine manufacturer in the Federation. It is unique in the fields of space and speed. This is also the confidence that we dare to venture into new fields."

On the wall of the main hall of the institute, the rabbit pocket watch and the rising rocket are arranged side by side, and below is the license certificate of the Eighth Fleet.

"We sincerely welcome your arrival."

In the next two days, in addition to participating in daily training, Tilan came to the institute to assist in data collection and adapt to the mecha cockpit that was still under trial.

"This cockpit is connected to a magic resonance furnace with a power of 40 million mana. When you sit on it, input your own magic power into the magic furnace and it will start."

"The magic furnace will gradually resonate with you, and then you have to use your mind to control its internal core, so that it will gradually work together, and the magic power generated by the magic furnace will gradually be consistent with your own magic frequency."

"40 million mana." Tilan blinked. She remembered that the elite mecha 'Black Letter' served by Siye Jing was only about 10 million mana, and this one was directly expanded by four times. It seems that the technical level and strength of the central star field are far superior to the local star field.

"Let me try it first." After all, the power of the training machine that is usually driven is also about 2 million mana. This one is directly expanded by 20 times, just like driving 20 training machines at the same time.

"No problem." The researcher believes in her strength more than Tilan.

So Tilan sat in the cockpit and started to connect the neural signal.

[Detected a new driver entering, started recording data, created a file, temporarily named ‘Qualified Person 004’]

[Neural connection successful, started detecting synchronization…]

[Synchronization successful, please input magic power gradually.]

[Detected magic power input, started the magic furnace…]

Then Tilan felt the seat behind him become slightly cold, like a black hole that absorbs magic power, no matter how much magic power is put in, it can’t make a splash.

Fortunately, this feeling did not last long. About 30 seconds later, a burst of strong energy was transmitted from the magic furnace, and the entire cockpit also lit up. The data on the side appeared blue, and the entire cockpit also appeared around it. However, this is not enough. A whirlpool-like halo lights up on the ear side of Tilan's helmet. Its color gradually changes from white to blue, from blue to purple, and then from purple to deep red. Finally, there is the ever-flowing golden ring.

The entire cockpit was surrounded by magic that seemed to be substantial. This magic was extremely full, and slowly turned into a golden liquid, submerging Tilan. With such high concentration and high activity of magic, even a simple thought can trigger a violent extraordinary event. Effects, such as small spells that could only light candles, can now be transformed into bombardments of flames that explode hundreds of meters.

Such an environment...

Tilan has never felt that her mind is so clear and her thinking is so quick. It seems that due to insufficient energy supply, her performance has not been fully utilized in the past. Just a thought, hundreds of people in the institute scanned her consciousness, and everyone's heart was Emotions and vague thoughts are known to her.

Not only that, as her thoughts and perception continued to expand, she could sense the positions of hundreds of thousands of people in the entire base. She even 'saw' a staff member eating in a corner of the kitchen. The other person was in a particularly good mood and said something in his mouth. Still humming a tune.

The lives and work of hundreds of thousands of people appeared in her mind like high-definition movies. She vaguely felt that she could connect to the consciousness of hundreds of thousands of people at the same time, talk to each one, and even influence their movements. Be aware of their moods and reactions.

Trying her best to take a deep breath and suppress the desire for knowledge in her heart, Tilan gathered her mind and began to focus on the changes in time and space.

The previously fuzzy perception of space and time has become clearer at this time. Under normal circumstances, people cannot see the curvature of space. Black holes are rare entities in the universe that can distort space. The space there will collapse toward the center of the black hole. Any 'Things' will slide involuntarily.

The time and space here is very stable, or the special structure in the space maintains the stability of the space and time of the star field to prevent external interference. Looking along the source of this structure, Tilan saw the fortress-like star in the Corolla Star Field. planet.

As a legacy of the Mechanical Council of the Glorious Era, this planet really has something special. No wonder it was chosen as the capital of the Federation. If this hyperspace defense network is turned on, it will be driven purely by the power of the starship itself, from the periphery of the galaxy to the fortress city. , at least ten years.

…

Half an hour later, Tilan ended the test and gradually turned off the magic power, and then the liquefied Ajika particles in the cockpit also dissipated.

After walking out of the cockpit, Tilan felt as if she had escaped from a high-level state and became extremely weak. In fact, she was the same as usual now and was fine. It can only be said that she was too much during that period of time. Powerful, creating some kind of illusion.

No wonder some people say that operating a mecha is addictive. Once you are used to that powerful state, there will be a gap when you return to reality.

"How do you feel, Miss Hecate?" Before Tilan could fully return to the laboratory, several researchers and doctors rushed to the mecha warehouse, looking at her eagerly, nervously, excitedly, and worriedly.

"It doesn't seem to be a big deal." Tilan thought for a while and answered with a slight tilt of her head.

"Wow! I can't believe it." The researcher who was very elegant and calm before was now grabbing his hair, looking extremely excited, and seemed to have endless joy waiting to be vented.

"Hecate! You...are simply...completely...indescribable." Another tall researcher on the side had difficulty organizing his words because of his emotional excitement.

"You actually sat there for half an hour without feeling tired at all." Someone finally said the reason.

"Huh?" Tilan didn't understand. Is there anything special about this? She usually trained for several hours.

"The power of the training machine is only so low that it has not even been fully loaded. And even a skilled elite mecha pilot will not always turn on the magic furnace to the maximum power. It will only be adjusted to this stage during the most critical battles."

"Generally speaking, if a mecha with 40 million mana power fights at full power for 5 minutes, it will become a very strong-willed and physically strong pilot. If it takes 8 minutes at full power, it will be in danger of blacking out. If you increase the excitement, If the potion is fully turned on for 10 minutes, there will be a risk of nervous breakdown and mental disorder. During normal navigation and low-intensity combat, turning the power to 30% is usually enough. "

"You can jog with someone for a long time, but if you accelerate at full speed for less than a minute, you will feel muscle soreness, lactic acid accumulation, and it will be unbearable. An excellent driver will be very good at allocating his full power time and can always find gaps in the battle. , to ease the pressure on nerves and will, instead of being reckless.”

Originally, they were going to let Tilan turn off the engine after three minutes of testing. Unexpectedly, Tilan was in good condition from the beginning to the end, with no abnormalities in her consciousness, so they watched her with fear as she continued the test operation. After the last half hour, the supervisor I was really afraid of any accidents and irreversible sequelae, so I stopped this experiment.

"A miracle, simply a miracle. Sure enough, this world is advanced by some kind of extremely rare genius. Unfortunately, I always thought it was slowly accumulated over time. It turns out that the real world is so illogical." Three words from a researcher The world has undergone drastic changes.

"Ahem." Tilan actually disagreed with this sentence, but it seemed a bit Versailles for her to say it. In the end, she opened her mouth slightly and chose to remain silent.

"Today's test is over. We have to do a big job. We will use today's test data analysis to thank Miss Hecate for participating." The supervisor wanted to shake hands with Tilan excitedly, but the girl avoided him calmly because she was afraid of his crazy look.

"Yeah, I just contributed a little bit of insignificant strength. No need to thank me so much." She waved her hand and left the institute with a little fear.

Shortly after Tilan left, a group of people in dark blue uniforms blocked the entire institute. As a patrol officer of the Tribunal walked in with his ID card, every researcher here was taken away from the scene and received "education". Unfortunately, Tilan did not see this scene, and the next time she was notified to participate in the experiment was three days later.

In the actual combat camp, because of what happened that night, the students of the same period had an unconscious awe of Tilan. Although the girl was still as gentle as usual, no one dared to joke or comment in front of her since then.

Joking? The officers who molested the girl before have not come out yet. No one knows where they went. Some say they were put in solitary confinement, some say they were transferred out of the base, and there are outrageous rumors that they were executed, but no one believes this.

After another day of training, Tilan jumped down from the mecha lightly, his body passed through the air, and when he was about to land on the ground, he was slightly lifted by the airflow, and then he touched the ground with his toes and stood safely.

"Hecate~" Maggie came to Tilan holding two boxes.

"This is the supply for this week." There were black and dark blue stripes and a string of numbers and letters on the two boxes. If you don't know clearly, you might think there are ammunition inside.

"One of the boxes contains 12 bottles of T4-level drinks 'Hummingbird Honey Tea' and 12 bottles of T4-level drinks 'Star Energy Liquid'. The former is good for maintaining body shape and removes impurities, toxins and excess fat in the body. The latter can quickly replenish energy and physical strength, and restore a certain amount of magic power."

"The other box contains six boxes of T4-level 'Compressed Nutrition Biscuits' and six boxes of T4-level 'Green Plum Snowflake Cakes'. The former can quickly replenish nutrition and physical strength, and the latter can relieve neurasthenia and has a good effect on drivers."

"Thank you." Tilan was about to take it, but Maggie took a half step back.

"I'll take it to the dormitory for you. It's not convenient for you to take it alone." Maggie moved her shoulders, showing her broad arms and muscles. Compared with Tilan's slender figure, it was indeed much easier.

"This, then thank you Maggie." Tilan didn't want to refuse the other party's kindness, so she nodded and agreed.

After that, the two walked on the way back to the dormitory, talking about recent things.

"Ordinary supplies are once a week, all of which are T4-quality food and drinks. At the end of each month, there are special supplies. The quantity is small, but it is T3-level."

"Generally speaking, only lieutenant officers have T3-level supplies, but as elite mecha pilots, we are treated the same as lieutenants. If we get military merits and promotions in the future, we can also get the treatment of school-level officers."

"Few people eat the 'compressed nutritional biscuits' in the supplies. Many people will keep them and take them home to share with their families or sell them. Other drinks and foods are different in categories depending on the position and camp. Sometimes people will take them to the hall for exchange and choose their favorite flavors."

"I see." Listening to Maggie talking about life in the barracks, Tilan nodded and felt interesting.

"No one has disturbed Hecate recently?" Maggie asked casually after saying that.

"No, everyone seems to be much quieter these two days." The girl recalled the recent training.

"This... It should be that everyone recognizes your strength." Maggie wanted to say that everyone was stunned by you, but she changed her mouth and said it a little more tactfully.

"That's how the military camp works. As long as you show enough strength, you can reduce a lot of unnecessary troubles, and the superiors will also value and protect you."

"I understand." Tilan blinked, indicating that she remembered it.

"Hehe, Hecate is great. Next time I will teach you some powerful skills. Let me tell you, when I was in college, my teacher was once the ace pilot of the Federation..."

Maggie and Tilan walked and talked about their college life until their figures slowly disappeared at the corner of the corridor.

The sight shifted to the projection screen in the dormitory hall, and a short message below slowly passed by.

[The Fifth Main Fleet will arrive at the Western Shark Star Region of the Federation at 21:46 today...]