Miss Witch doesn't want to be a diva

The valley covered by black smoke was as dim as dusk even in the daytime. Along the winding valley, there were roaring factories half-hidden in the mountain walls. Boiling molten iron was shaking in huge crucibles and then poured into giant molds below. The sizzling water vapor overflowed from the holes on the mountain walls, then floated up and mixed with the black smoke in the sky of the valley.

The whole valley was filled with the pungent smell of sulfide after burning coal, and this valley was a huge living steel mill, swallowing up coal and ore from all directions.

"Toot————"

The sound of the whistle came from far away in the valley, but soon became clearer and clearer, accompanied by the rhythmic sound of steel transmission collisions. The wheels cast in gray iron ran on the rails, which were full of scratches. The exposed silver metal gave life to the body covered with coal ash.

The armored train, about a kilometer long, passed through the mountains. The white steam from the chimney at the front of the train was like a column. The dark coal stones piled up into small hills behind it were soaked in water, reflecting some of the light of the sky.

Accompanied by the long friction sound of the wheels, the armored train stopped, and a group of unloading workers walked out of the open space on both sides. They only wore shorts covering their key parts, and their bodies were as black as coal.

With the efforts of nearly a thousand slave laborers, all the goods on this train were unloaded in four hours. After that, these coal ores will be sent to the steel mills in the valley and put into the huge steam-burning furnace to provide power for the entire valley.

After unloading, the front of the armored train sounded the whistle again. At this time, it was filled with water and coal and could be started again. However, today it did not return as usual, but drove into another tunnel to wait.

Wearing solid forged plate armor, holding fully automatic black rifles, wearing steel helmets on their heads, and carrying enough marching supplies, the combatants boarded the train amid the endless roar of the factory. They stood in the carriages full of coal dust, solid and gray, and full of discipline.

When the orange coal lamps on the rock wall above the train shone through, the uniform pattern on the helmets of these soldiers could be seen clearly, hammer, scepter, lightning, three things intersecting each other. If there were knowledgeable people here, they would definitely recognize that this was the symbol of the "Ford Alliance", which represents the steel alliance entrenched in the mountains and wilderness, sheltering millions of people.

At the top of the valley covered with steam and black smoke, three figures in luxurious clothes slowly climbed the tower and looked down at the train and soldiers ready to go below.

"About 3,000 soldiers are ready, they are all the most loyal and brave warriors of our iron core species." One of the short and fat men looked at the soldiers below proudly.

"Iron Valley, Ford City, and Berry Market will each send troops, totaling nearly 10,000 soldiers to the south to support the Heshan Rescue Association." The tall and thin man in the lead looked at the telegram order on the yellowed paper in his hand.

"This is almost all the power we can use." He put down the paper.

"Too many sacrifices." A taller and fat figure on the left shook his head.

"Although the Heshan Rescue Association gave us a lot of help in the early days of the alliance, and even some valuable technical support, but..." The fat figure still shook his head.

"I have always disagreed with sending soldiers to fight against that kind of natural disaster to save a group of dying people."

"According to scholars in the alliance, the insect plague will spontaneously die as long as it sweeps over all visible life in sight. They are biological weapons created during the battles between ancient suns. As tools, the key is efficiency, convenience, and disappearance when not in use."

"These insects are often used to do the final cleaning of the planet. They will devour and eat all the creatures on the planet, and then self-destruct after losing food, leaving the winner a clean planet."

"As long as we don't provoke them, these insects will spontaneously dissipate after eating everything in the southern wilderness. If we insist on saving the group of people in Heshan, it would be like drawing fire to ourselves." He continued to add, shaking his head, and his long tentacles swung beside his collar.

"It's the same in the main city of Ford. After arguing for nearly a week, it was finally "King Ironbeard" who overruled the opposition and finalized the plan to send troops." The tall and thin man put the paper in his hand behind his back.

"Hmph, you are so short-sighted." The short and fat man of the Iron Core species was dissatisfied.

"If we sit back and do nothing at this time, how can we explain to the leaders of the settlements in the alliance? Is our Iron Covenant so fragile? Don't forget how the alliance was first established." He was a little angry.

"Also, we Iron Core species are the main combatants in the alliance. I didn't say anything. What are you dissatisfied with?"

"Yes, calm down. Forney is just a little reluctant. After all, those warriors below are valuable assets of the alliance." The tall and thin man in the middle had to speak out to comfort him. After that, the voices of the three people gradually became less, and the armored train below was also loaded and ready at this moment.

"Beep--"

"Beep--"

"Beep--"

The sound of the whistle was longer and longer, and then the wheels slowly started, accompanied by the transmission gears and rockers, and continued to move forward, carrying the roaring armored train to the distance.

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Under the starry sky in the wilderness, Heshia lay on a soft straw stack, her long black hair and skirt spread out, with a mysterious beauty. Looking up at the Milky Way star sand above her head, her thoughts were flying in her mind, and the carriage carrying Heshia was being pulled by a large mechanical shield beetle on the mountain road.

"What are you thinking about, Heshia." Lololia flew over from the other side, and a little air flow sprayed from under her thick armored skirt, making it land steadily on the straw stack.

"I'm wondering where this is in the Milky Way." The girl answered casually, and then turned her eyes to the mechanical girl who was leaning over.

Unlike the cold AI she imagined, Lololia has a personality similar to her appearance, or even more lively and curious, which reminds Heshia of a theory, that is, the actor is often more like the "real person" than the real person.

This is because the "real person" that the public is familiar with is often the most famous image of the other party. The real individual will be more complicated, so there is a slight gap with the "real person" that the public expects, but the actors do not need to consider these. They will take this image as the whole and adapt to the simulation, so that the best among them will be closer to the public's expectations than the real person.

Whether the emotions of mechanical life are the result of self-awareness or the result of personality coefficient setting, this makes Heshia a little puzzled and curious.

"This is not the galaxy coordinate position when I followed everyone to attack." Lololia sat next to Heshia, hugged her knees naturally with both hands, and then turned her head to look at Heshia next to her.

"When I came, this planet should be located in the middle of the Centaurus arm, which is also the place where the forces of all parties interweave most fiercely and frequently."

"Now I judge based on the position and coordinates of the stars that we should be at the end of the Orion arm."

"In other words, the entire planet has crossed most of the Milky Way, right?" Tilan was surprised.

"Such a method would be extremely difficult for the suns at that time to do. Lololia couldn't tell who was so abnormal." She looked back at the Milky Way star sand above her head.

"If any sun really did this, it must be a last-ditch effort."

"Maybe it's to find a way out for yourself. This planet should be covered by a special shielding and hiding force field, otherwise it would have been destroyed long ago." Tilan combined the history after the establishment of the Federation. Unless the Federation's starships and probes did not discover this planet, it would have been destroyed by the Rose Federation's fleet long ago.

"Lololia lost the connection with the mechanical sun. I don't know what happened."

"However, Heshia is from a civilized society, and you are a native human. Does that mean that we won the final battle?" Lololia looked at the girl with expectation.

"This..." Heshia looked at Lololia, who was like a naive 15-year-old girl, and chose to tell her the truth.

"Yes, we won, but the mechanical sun Rou also died in the distant past."

"Since the end of the last battle, the entire galaxy has gained nearly a thousand years of peace and stability. Everything is as expected by those pioneers. We have ushered in a beautiful and stable era. There is no crazy genetic modification, no inhumane war, and no genocidal policies." Heshia tried to make her voice soft and told Lololia about the beautiful moment when the Sixth Era was created.

"It's great. Although we all died, it's good that you survived. Now humans can definitely create more lovely and powerful mechanical life than me."

After listening, Heshia lowered her head and shook her head slightly.

"No, after the advent of the new era, because of the huge gap between mechanical life and native humans, they were finally divided into two countries. Your successor is the Sigma Mechanical Council, and I know very little about their situation and news."

"Alas, they are separated. It's boring not to be with humans." Lololia blinked.

"Many of my behavior and action templates are from real humans. If I lose the object of observation, wouldn't I just have to keep repeating the old data? That's too boring."

"Will mechanical life also feel bored?" Heshia asked with her head tilted.

"Yes, this is one of the settings of the original code. The reason for this setting is to prevent some logical dead loops and use the triggering of boredom characteristics to automatically free from dead threads."

"In addition, according to the main brain sisters, the existence of boredom will also urge us to continue to learn and explore new things, which is conducive to the normal development and evolution of the entire race."

"That's great." Tilan sighed softly. At this moment, she believed that mechanical life had a real self and emotions, not just a mechanical AI that only knew how to execute orders.

Why did the Federation and the Mechanical Parliament part ways back then? If the two lived together harmoniously after the end of the Fifth Era, they should be able to create a larger and more vibrant civilization.

Unfortunately, it was difficult for her to get the answer on this planet at the edge of the Milky Way. She had to go back to the center of the Federation and learn the truth from the Fortress Star in the Crown Star Region or the Sigma Mechanical Council.

The two talked a lot more until they saw the night sky full of fire in the distance.

"That is..." Heshia stood up slowly and looked at the blazing flames that illuminated the sky red.

"I'm afraid I can't chat with Loloria now"

Heshia's body slowly rose into the air. In the surprised eyes of the people below, she slowly raised one hand, and countless air currents passed through her side, forming a high-speed wind tunnel.

Her hair and skirt fluttered, and a little blue light gathered, forming transparent and thin wings behind Heshia, which made people think of the fairy clan in mythology.

"I will return to Shilin Mountain Castle to check the situation. You should be careful." Several people present suddenly heard the girl's clear voice, as if it sounded directly in their minds.

When everyone's attention turned to the night sky again, the girl's figure was no longer there. Only a twinkling star disappeared at the end of the night sky, just like the stars above, no longer visible.

"So fast, faster than Loloria." In mid-air, the mechanical girl looked at the direction where Heshia disappeared in great surprise.

"Are the native humans so strong now? No wonder they no longer need our help."

In the night sky, Heshia flew faster and higher. Her figure exceeded the speed of sound, broke through the atmosphere, and reached the sky ten thousand meters above. It seemed that every cell was running at high speed to adapt to the environment at this terrifying speed.

Since the Winter Festival Competition many years ago, this was the first time that Heshia pushed her speed to such a level. At first, it was a bit difficult, but the more she went on, the more flexible and smooth she became. Her body gradually adapted to the state of crossing a thousand meters in one second. Heshia felt that this was not the limit. If she advanced to Sequence 7, she could really touch the threshold of the mythical goblins of the past.

In less than a minute, Tilan had arrived above the Stone Forest Castle. Today, the Stone Forest Castle has long been a sea of ​​fire, with burning buildings everywhere. There was no one on the streets, and no living animals could be seen. If it weren't for the various bloody bones left in the streets and buildings, Heshia would have thought she had come to the wrong timeline.

Orles...

The girl was nervous and worried. She swooped down from the sky, penetrated the roofs of the city, and landed directly in the house at the corner of the mountain fortress.

The room was still clean and tidy, without any signs of damage, but there was no sign of Orles.

Where did she go? Tilan pressed her fingers on her chest, and a light silver halo spread from her eyebrows and flew in all directions.

This faint light passed through various stones and buildings, reflecting everything within a radius of 20 kilometers in the Stone Forest Mountain Fortress in her consciousness.

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Finally, in the wilderness west of the Stone Forest Mountain Fortress, the team that escaped with difficulty under the pursuit of the insect swarm was "seen" by Heshia.

So it was there. After "seeing" the familiar silver-haired figure of Orles, Tilan breathed a sigh of relief, and then became a little angry.

Speaking of which, her temper has always been good. Unless it was an unforgivable bad behavior, she rarely got angry, but this time, seeing the collapsed buildings and countless piles of broken human bones in the entire mountain fortress, her emotions still fluctuated a little.

What can I do on this unknown planet without the attention of the Federation and the follow-up of the Inquisition...

Under the night sky, long silver-gray hair fluttered, and silver tracks crossed the dark sky. In the unknown sky, suspended water vapor began to gather and condense, and ice crystals of biting cold bloomed in the dark night.

Bursts of snow and ice wind blew, and the whole earth entered the harsh winter again. The silent frost spread across the desolate land and spread to the distance. Countless flying insects in the air flew lower and lower in the cold current, and finally fell to the ground and became a grain of dust on the earth.

In ancient legends, Brunard was the original angel known for harshness and coldness, and the cold wind and silver ice were her decrees.