Miss Witch doesn't want to be a diva

Without the small plane, the speed of the few people is still not slow. Lololia and Celitia can fly naturally, and Tilan can also use magic to weave wings. It is a little difficult for Orles. Her magic level is indeed enough to perform, but after losing her memory, many spells she learned in the past have to be relearned, and this kind of flying ability is also.

Barely maintaining the ice-blue wings, Orles and Tilan held hands and moved forward in the sky. The group finally arrived at the ruins before dark.

However, someone has arrived here first.

There is a crescent-shaped pit formed by explosions and collapses on the ground. It is full of rubble and blasted soil. You can also see a lot of broken mechanical body fragments. Next to this huge pit, there are more than a dozen long poles with searchlights hanging on them. There is also a small gray transport plane parked next to it.

They are members of the Slami Association. They are wearing bulletproof vests and holding electromagnetic guns. They are guarding the ruins. It seems that some members have gone underground.

After landing on the ground, Tilan did not approach immediately, but observed nearby.

Have all the mechanical bodies in the ruins run out? There are not many left here. She thought about it and looked at the people around her.

Loloria looked at the deep pit not far away with interest, Orles looked at her feet, trying to find a big stone to stand on, and Celitia was curious about the equipment of the Slami Association.

Everyone has different focuses. Tilan decided to contact the members of the Slami Association first.

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"Stop, who are you?" Before the four people approached, the resident association members raised their guns to warn.

"We heard that there are ruins here, and they have caused unrest in the mechanical bodies." Tilan wanted to explain the reason, but judging from the other party's attitude, they seemed to be very unwelcome.

"Back off, don't get close, otherwise we will open fire." The other party didn't want to hear this at all.

Several people stopped, and Celitia looked at Tilan at this time, wanting to ask her how to solve it.

It's a bit troublesome. These people from the Slami Association seem to regard this relic as their property.

Just as Tilan was thinking about whether to break in directly or call Fran to negotiate, there was a burst of gunfire and explosions in the deep pit.

Several fully armed fighters retreated from the passage under the deep pit while shooting, and the silver metal mechanical mantis that forced them back was different from the common mechanical bodies. Its appearance was beautiful and streamlined, and the alloy material used was far better than ordinary machinery. There was no rust. Even if it was shot by bullets, there was no trace left on it, but it slid away and bounced away directly.

There were constant clicks, and the close-range shooting of several submachine guns brought up a lot of flying sparks, but these shots were basically useless. The mechanical mantis manipulated its flexible limbs to jump and move in the tunnel, and then quickly approached, and the sharp blade flashed, directly dismembering the fighter in front of it.

Then it attacked again and rushed to the next target.

The members of the Slami Association, who were at a disadvantage, had to retreat continuously until they reached the surface.

"Request support! Let the heavy firepower in the camp attack it!" One of the members shouted anxiously.

Soon, Tilan and others saw a square-shaped war machine rushing out of the temporary shed built by the Slami Association. Its lower body was similar to a tank, with a tracked chassis structure, and a semi-human structure that could rotate on the upper body. The mechanical arms on both sides held the cannons. As the internal fire control system adjusted, it began to aim at the mechanical mantis jumping out below.

With a clang, one of the cannons fired directly on the ground, blasting ten meters high in the soil, followed by another shot.

Such an attack finally caused some damage to the mechanical mantis. At least the shock wave caused some damage to its internal precision electronic parts. After that, the movement and jumping were somewhat deformed, and it was not as flexible as before.

"The shockproof structure is not good. It is probably not a separated module inside, but a hard bridge connection. This does not look like the first generation work." Lololia commented.

"But compared to those cheap replicas outside, this guy is pretty good."

Although its movements were not as flexible as before, the mechanical mantis that rushed into the enemy camp still caused a lot of casualties. Facing the mantis moving at close range, the war machine had difficulty aiming and keeping up with the speed of movement, so it changed its strategy and began to shoot with the two machine guns on its shoulders.

Dense bullets hit the mechanical mantis, some leaving scratches on the armor, and some falling into the mud behind it. Then the mechanical mantis also began to approach the war machine and cut off the barrel with a sharp blade.

However, the subsequent battle was not so smooth. Although the mechanical mantis cut off some external accessories, it did not have a good way to deal with the war machine that was as hard as an iron lump. The sharp blades of its forelimbs were not enough to cut through the heavy and solid cast armor.

This armor, which was nearly half a meter thick, was like metal hydraulic concrete. If the sharp blade cut into it, it would get stuck.

After several rounds, the war machine had no means of attack, but the remaining body was still difficult to destroy directly, which made the mechanical mantis locked around it and gave the surrounding combatants a lot of opportunities to fire.

Under the continuous shooting, its armor began to be damaged due to high temperature and metal fatigue, and then exposed the internal electronic parts until it was destroyed and shut down.

Half an hour later, looking at the mechanical mantis that was completely motionless, the members of the Slami Association breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, when they looked around again, they found that Tilan and others had disappeared.

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In the passage of the underground ruins, the four people moved forward slowly, exploring the situation inside.

There are many traces of new excavations here, and they were done by several groups of people. Some were dug with the most rudimentary hoes and shovels, some were dug with drills, and some were traces of explosions.

"Celitia, do you know much about the Mechanical Council?" Tilan asked the Silver Wing companion walking beside him.

"I know a lot." Celitia looked at Lololia who was exploring the way ahead.

"As Lololia said, we have been fighting with the Mechanical Council for a long time in the past."

"The main body of the Mechanical Council is artificial angels, and then there are a large number of vassal mechanical bodies. Unlike low-level mechanical bodies that only know how to execute orders, artificial angels have a lot of autonomy and are not completely controlled by codes and orders." Hearing this, Lololia snorted, but did not object.

"There are many remaining mechanical bodies on this planet now, but there are almost no artificial angels who can control them, mobilize and command them."

"From what I know, the artificial angels are almost extinct. After all, they cannot reproduce naturally. If new artificial angels are to be created, the planet does not have the technical conditions to do so." Celitia said bluntly.

"Without the leadership of the artificial angels, the remaining mechanical bodies have become rigid and rigid, which has given many races a chance to survive."

"Do you hate the Mechanical Council?" Tilan continued to ask.

"Hate it, because these guys are just a bunch of lunatics who destroy civilization without any care." Celitia said her inner thoughts.

"That's because you did bad things. Obviously, we are maintaining the real human civilization." Loloria was dissatisfied.

"What is real? Aren't we human beings?" Celitia retorted.

"Are we born to be slaves of native humans?" She spoke again.

"The original humans are greedy and selfish. They try to enjoy comfort forever. They let us work for them and then use us as toys for them to enjoy. In the end, they are exterminated. Isn't this what they deserve?"

"Stop calling back the souls of those dead things. It is inevitable that the original humans will be eliminated in this era, just like the countless animals that have been eliminated and extinct in nature."

"You!" Lololia was so angry that she turned her head to look at Tilan and wanted to teach her a lesson with her fist.

"Stop first." Tilan stopped Lololia's violent tendency and then spoke.

"It seems that I asked too sharp a question." She also understood how the new races in the past viewed the original humans.

In a sense, Celitia's concept is understandable and it is also a fact. The corruption and darkness of the fifth era made the original humans lose their justice and were replaced by many new races. They took over this sea of ​​stars with confidence and claimed that they were the future of mankind.

However, what Tilan wants to say is that although the resistance of the new races is just, their subsequent behavior is not much better. The original humans exploited and enslaved the new races they created, and there was also enslavement of the lower species by the upper species within the new races.

There are also some differences. After many historical revolutions, the original humans have formed a certain consensus. At least they still respect the consensus of equality for all. They will not openly reverse history. Even if they do, they will do something in private. No one dares to really restore the feudal hierarchy publicly.

But the new races are different. Perhaps they are used to this easy-to-manage hierarchy in the early stage of creation. Their structure is actually very similar to the ρ Mechanical Parliament. A small number of upper species rule a large number of lower species without independent consciousness. A large number of lower species generally have no freedom. From birth to death, their thoughts and spirits are in a highly unified brainwashing state.

Only in this way can a large number of lower species with unified ideas support the Crown of the Sun. It is impossible to accomplish such a feat with just a small number of upper species.

However, on this planet, it is probably because they are too far away from the era of the dark sun. Because there is no control and suppression of the dark sun, many new races that were once inferior species have also gained freedom and take it for granted.

The original humans in the past were indeed wrong, but in the later period, they slowly changed in the struggle of life and death, which led to the revival of the sixth era.

Regarding Tilan's mediation, the two put aside their dispute for the time being, and then they were diverted by the discovery in the ruins.

"Found it, this is the crashed spaceship." Loloriya looked at the spaceship in front of her, which was mostly buried in the rocks and soil.

The four people could not estimate how big the spaceship was, but from the structure that appeared in front of them, it was estimated that it was at least 300 meters long.

There were many corpses lying around here, including those of the mouse-eared tribe, members of the Slami Association, and many mechanical wreckages.

"Go in?" Celitia looked around and was a little reluctant to enter the spaceship. It was probably because the silver-winged species were naturally repelled and hostile to machinery.

"Is Celitia afraid?" Tilan blinked, but didn't force her.

"If you feel uncomfortable, why don't you stay outside and keep watch for us."

"This..." Although this option is good, she also wants to know what is in the spaceship, whether it will threaten the safety of the Silver Wings, etc.

"I'd better go in. Since we are here, it will always be a pity to stay outside."

So the four of them crawled into the small hole and entered the interior of the spaceship.

This place has a clear style of the Mechanical Council. The passage is a standard hexagon, and there are magnetic tracks at the corners for the mechanical bodies that shuttle inside to be adsorbed and driven.

Walking through the passage, several people saw that several rooms on the road had been opened. They were in a mess, with many electronic devices removed and blood stains remaining.

"It should have been done by the Mouse-ear clan during the excavation." Then they moved forward again.

A few minutes later, several people were stopped outside a closed gate. There were still signs of fighting. It seemed that someone had tried before, but still could not open it.

"Let me give it a try~" Lololia volunteered, while Oresi touched the silver stool beside her, wanting to sit on it and try it out.

Loloria then stepped forward, stretched out her right hand, and sprayed out high-temperature flames from her palm, melting and cutting the closed door.

Not long after, the door burst through and collapsed, revealing the dark passage inside.

A light ball passed through the passage, illuminating the facilities on both sides, and finally stopped in front of the circular valve cabin on the inside.

"That should be where the hyperdrive engine is." Tilan jumped into the passage, tapped her toes, and quickly approached.

But at this time, spots of light appeared on the walls on both sides, and then dazzling lasers shot out at each other, dividing the entire passage.

If ordinary people faced such a trap, they would probably be burned to pieces on the spot, but the black-haired girl calmly disappeared and then reappeared in front of the three people.

"There is still energy to trap here." Tilan complained a little.

"I'll do it." Celidia also wanted to show off at this time, so Tilan moved out of the way.

She saw her hands clasped together, and the center of her eyebrows shone with silver light. Soon a faint halo appeared above her head, and then a mercury sword was held in the palm of her hand.

Facing the passage full of lasers, Celidia did not rush directly. Instead, after infusing magic power, she threw the mercury sword out, refracting various lasers along the way and constantly flipping them, allowing the lasers to burn various structures in the passage. , and finally cause it to destroy itself.

Finally, the sporadic laser light also stopped as the mercury sword pierced the stimulation port, and the entire passage became dark again.

"That's enough." Her golden eyes showed a little pride, and then she invited Tilan to go in with her. As for Lololia, she was naturally ignored.

The two entered the passage in front, Lololia and Orlais followed, and soon the four of them stopped in front of the engine cabin. After Lololia inserted the interface to decipher and unlock it, the hatch opened, revealing the most powerful thing inside. Core facilities.

A dim and emerald light ball floats in the transparent glass ball. From time to time, electric light flashes on the surface of the glass ball, bringing out a little light.

When the four people came here, they could feel the special ripples constantly emitting from the light ball. It swayed the surrounding space. Although it did not break, it made the surrounding space structure no longer stable and fragile.

It is conceivable that in its heyday, such an engine should be able to break through space and make ultra-long distance jumps.

"No wonder they all became eager and eager. This is indeed an extremely rare complete engine." Celidia stared at the dancing emerald light ball in front of her.

"Can we use it to leave this planet?" Tilan asked Lololia.

"Theoretically it's feasible, but in practice, I'm afraid there are many problems." Lololia is not optimistic, because in her eyes, such an engine is still too crude and not enough to support navigation across the star field. At most, it means flying out of the star system in front of you.

Just as the four of them were discussing how to use this treasure, there were rapid footsteps outside, mixed with the sound of mechanical transmission.

Soon, groups of reinforcements from the Slami Association arrived. They were wearing uniform white uniforms, holding special electromagnetic rifles, and were assisted by some floating drones beside them, constantly scanning the surrounding environment.

"Get out of the engine room, you fools."

When the combatants were in place, a man wearing brown sunglasses walked over with his hands behind his back. There were two powerful warriors wearing mechanical power armor beside him. Looking at their neat and clean clothes, it was certain that they had just arrived. .

"I am the executive officer of the Slami Association, Seldon. Everything here will be taken over by our Slami Association."

His voice was decisive and unquestionable, and then groups of soldiers rushed into the engine room and aimed their electromagnetic rifles at the four people.