Miss Witch doesn't want to be a diva

On the earth covered with hot sand, three autonomous units like dragonflies swooped down from the sky. They vibrated their wings and their electronic compound eyes constantly observed and recorded the surrounding environment.

The dry and crumbled soil, the remaining scratches of black carbon powder, and the metal that solidified after melting at high temperatures all indicate that the area has recently experienced a severe high-temperature shock.

After inspecting the scorched land, the three autonomous units vibrated their wings again, flew forward and explored, recording various situations.

Anomalies in the southern continent are recorded by these cruising autonomous units, and are gradually fed back to the slowly moving mechanical clusters.

Such a large number of traces of intelligent life activities stimulate the central system of the mechanical cluster. After receiving more and more data, they begin to make logical decisions.

From their perspective, after these years of constant cruising, there should be no traces of a large number of intelligent creatures on this planet. Wherever they went, there were no new races thriving. However, this discovery triggered their logical thinking. If this planet is really what they judged to be a conflict, there should not be such violent traces of battle. The hot wasteland and sand left on the scene all show the results of the bombing with modern weapons.

[It is determined that there are traces of intelligent biological activity in this area]

[Negative, based on the recent retrospective records, there are no intelligent creatures in this area. ]

The flashing lights keep alternating, making it difficult to break out of the logical loop of thinking.

As time passed, the giant airship patrolling in the night sky suddenly loosened its logic, jumped out of the loop of thinking, and began to perform its duties.

A large number of flying units spread out from the airship. They flew in all directions and began a carpet-like search in various places.

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Star Chaser Covenant, City of Red Stone.

With the arrival of early spring, the plants on the grassland sprout green buds again, and the residents here also come out of their rooms trapped in the harsh winter and start their lives in the new year.

Everything revives, those running animals appear again on the grassland, and there are more lively birdsong on the treetops.

This season should have been joyful, but Tilan was sitting in the meeting hall, looking at the information reported in front of her with a solemn look.

"We lost all signals from the southern continent. The ships that used to arrive at the port every half month did not arrive as scheduled, and none of the long-distance aircraft returned."

Half-kneeling in front of her were a group of Slami Association members from overseas bases. A month ago, they gradually lost contact with the headquarters, and there was no feedback from various attempts. All of this vaguely expressed something terrifying. result.

"A month and a half..." She had just asked about various possibilities, but the members in front of her said that it was impossible for the headquarters to have no contact and personnel exchanges for a month and a half.

"That is to say, you suspect that there is some kind of horrific natural disaster in the southern continent, and you hope that I can send personnel to find out the situation there." She understood the purpose of the group in front of her.

"Yes, respected Lady Hesia." Although the members of the Slami Association used to have a sense of arrogance, now the situation is strange and they have become fragile and uneasy.

After losing the headquarters, relying on these sporadic strongholds overseas, it is impossible to maintain the normal system of the Slami Association. They cannot produce various weapons and products of the industrial age like the headquarters, and they cannot resist the various special abilities of the locals. new ethnic settlements.

The reason why they came to Heshia was because among the several forces in the southern part of the Northern Continent, only the Star-Chasing Covenant led by Heshia had strong strength and strong vitality.

The once prosperous Iron Rat Kingdom, Heshan Rescue Society, Wolf Blood King Camp, and the Stone Forest Castle built on the mountain are all now a thing of the past.

"I will let the subordinate members pay attention, but you should also understand that this is not a mission that our covenant members must complete, so don't expect too many exact results." She told the other party in advance.

"I don't dare to offend His Highness Heshia. I just ask you to tell us the answer after you get certain information." After that, these personnel carefully said goodbye and left.

A few minutes later, the hall became quiet again. Fran, who had been standing next to Heshia, took off his hooded robe, not looking away from the backs of the group of people who had just left.

"What do you think?" Guy on the other side of Tilan asked. At this time, in addition to them, there were a few senior leaders of the covenant in the room. However, they did not dare to speak in front of Hexia so boldly. Listening to the reactions of these two elders with some curiosity.

"What do you think? I'm probably a little sad." Fran shook his head.

He was from the Slami Association, and he did not betray the association. However, after his position within the Star-Chasing Covenant increased, he deliberately reduced the frequency of contact in order to avoid suspicion. Unexpectedly, so many amazing changes had occurred in just one year.

"The generators, TVs, and independent radio stations they just donated should be fine. I have recently received some information from some acquaintances. As they said, there is a serious problem at the headquarters." Fran said with some worry. answer.

"We don't know yet whether there is really a problem. It may be that changes in geomagnetism and solar wind have interfered with the communication and forced it to be interrupted." Someone on the side comforted him, but this did not reassure Frank.

After a discussion, the remaining staff gradually dispersed, leaving only Tilan, Fran, and two scholars whose faces were hidden in the hall.

"It seems that the situation recorded by the sages of the past has reappeared." Lindsay also felt some complex emotions. He was indeed the inheritor of history, but he did not expect to witness some drastic changes now.

"Is it the work of the Silver Wings, or the cluster of the Mechanical Council..." Tilan closed her eyes and pondered.

"I can only send someone to take a look." She was thinking whether to go in person or let Loloria go.

But soon, someone made a decision for her.

A member hurried into the hall and reported to Heshia who had not left yet.

"Your Highness, we received a telegram from the Southern Jungle Development Team-" He was panting and very anxious.

"They found a large number of migrating mechanical clusters, passing through the Land of Meteorites and heading north."

"North, that is to say, according to their route, once they pass through the jungle area, they can reach the southern part of the grassland." Tilan knew the terrain distribution of the surrounding area.

"Yes, Your Highness." Seeing that Heshia understood the urgency and importance of the reported information, he was particularly excited.

"I understand. Are there any other details?" Tilan asked some more questions later, but the information conveyed by the telegram was limited, and there was no more intelligence.

"First, the southern continent, and then the mechanical cluster in the south." Tilan rubbed her eyebrows, feeling that things had become complicated all of a sudden.

She could guarantee that she still had a few people who survived the large-scale attack, but now the Star-Seeking Covenant has tens of thousands of members. If you add the various ethnic settlements incorporated on the grassland, the total number may be hundreds of thousands, nearly a million.

You can't just abandon everyone and run away by yourself.

It seems that this time she must go and see the situation in person.

The girl got up from her chair and began to arrange various matters in an orderly manner, making plans for various emergencies and preparing all parts.

"Spring plowing still cannot be abandoned, otherwise even if the enemy does not come, hunger will cause a large number of deaths."

"As for the war..." Tilan thought about it.

"We should start the new weapons factory with all our strength and produce as many weapons as possible. Perhaps we need to unite more forces to cope with this drastic change." She thought of other forces on this continent, such as the Ford Alliance in the north and the ancient forces in the east.

After doing this, she said hello to Orles to avoid her worrying, and then she set out with Loloria, and the two flew to the southern jungle.

After a year and a half, Tilan came here again. Thinking back to that time, she helped the weak Orles through the rainforest. The other party was afraid and carefully avoided all kinds of insects. Tilan still remembers that look now.

There is not much change here. She glanced at the dense trees and vegetation below, and occasionally saw some insects and reptiles moving in the shade and silt.

Continuing forward, after flying over the green jungle area, it is the barren meteorite zone, where there are many meteorite craters of different sizes, the land is scorched, and there is no vegetation covering.

The geomagnetic environment here is very special. If there are meteorites from the sky, they will easily deviate and fall here. Over time, the surface bombarded by meteorites will no longer have vegetation, forming a barren and empty terrain.

After arriving here, she and Lololia immediately stopped and stopped far above the sky, because in their vision, the ground below was full of advancing mechanical clusters. They were made of dark gray alloys and had different shapes. Some were similar to mantises, some were similar to beetles, some were similar to centipedes, and some were similar to stink bugs. These mechanical clusters seemed to be inspired by a certain command, constantly converging, and pulling out long lines on the ground, slowly advancing forward, like layers of waves made of gray iron.

Such a magnificent scene surprised those who saw it. This was probably the first time in the past hundred years that the mechanical clusters had such a large-scale activity. They did not wander around aimlessly as in the past, but had a clear plan.

The mechanical clusters that acted without a plan and scattered were already a natural disaster, causing the extinction of many races. Once they were allowed to gather together, there was almost no force on this land that could resist them.

Seeing this, Tilan shook her head. Even she was not sure that she could completely clean up this huge number of mechanical autonomous units. The number of the other side overwhelmed the horizon and there was almost no end in sight.

"Can Lololia try to communicate with them?" She asked the girl beside her.

"No, I have tried many times, but the key for their authentication of enemy and friend has long been changed and will not accept rewriting and changes." Lololia's voice was a little discouraged, and she felt that she was too useless.

"I am also a mechanical body, and an artificial angel. There is no reason why I can't beat these stupid guys."

"Tilan, give me some manpower, and I can also start to build my own autonomous unit factory and mass-produce war machines to fight against them." Lololia took the initiative to propose.

"I'll try my best." Tilan and Lololia increased their altitude again, avoiding the detection of the mechanical cluster below, and flew towards the sky above the mechanical cluster.

Through the clouds, she looked at the mechanical units below that were plowing the soil like a plow. Wherever they went, trees fell, grass turned up, and various small animals that were hiding were exposed and dealt with by these mechanical bodies.

If they were allowed to spread, I am afraid that before the so-called restraining force could take action, all life on this land would be destroyed.

As the two continued to fly south, their speed became faster and faster, and finally arrived at the southernmost coast of the continent an hour later.

On the distant sea level, storms gathered, dark clouds rolled, and lightning flashed in the clouds from time to time. With the help of the light of the lightning, Tilan also saw the outline of the giant airship floating in the clouds.

"So they use natural lightning to replenish energy." She finally understood why these large floating warships had never been seen on land. It was probably because there were very few such lightning on land, which was not convenient for replenishing energy. These floating warships usually floated on the sea.

The two of them were suspended in the air, quietly observing the giant crab-shaped mothership emerging in the sea of ​​clouds. At this time, the floating mothership in the sea with lightning discovered something, and a bright crimson particle stream shot out, piercing the atmosphere and submerging the two people.

After a few seconds, the dazzling particle stream dissipated, and Tilan was unharmed at night, but flashing spots appeared on the surface of her body.

She separated from Lololia and turned rapidly in the sky. Soon after, another particle stream passed through the atmosphere and hit Lololia's position.

"Ah——" In the particle flow, Lololia's eyes turned from green to red, and the mechanical wings behind her protected her body to resist the continuous impact of high-energy particles.

In just a few seconds, the mechanical wings made of special alloy melted and sublimated. Fortunately, these few seconds also allowed Lololia to escape from the bombardment range of the particle flow.

"What a strong force." Lololia exclaimed while dodging. Although it was very dangerous just now, she kept accelerating, and the particle flow behind her became more and more difficult to hit her.

After a few minutes, she could even reverse the logical loopholes of the opponent's fire control system and float in the air easily. She only needed to turn her body every few seconds to avoid the particle flow passing through her side.

"You can't hit me like this, I'm your senior." She even had time to wave and say hello to the floating mothership in the distance.

After teasing for a while, Lololia retreated under Tilan's order and no longer approached the floating mothership.

"Let's go back. We need to come up with a mature plan." Close-range combat is much more dangerous than it is now. After all, those drones surrounding the mothership are not for show.

"Okay, Tilan." Lololia replied, a little unsatisfied, but she still obediently left the battle quickly and gradually got rid of the scanning and pursuit of the mechanical body behind.

"My equipment is more advanced than yours, so it's natural that you can't see me."

After circling in the sky for a few times and collecting data, Lololia and Tilan returned to the north.

Looking back on what he saw along the way, Tilan felt that this planet had been playing a reincarnation game for thousands of years, and he was afraid that this time it would not end as smoothly as usual.