Chapter 53-53- Before leaving

As the instigator of the sudden incident, Yvette hadn't intentionally caused such a large-scale incident. On her way to the Hive, she'd simply killed the Hive Master, mistaking him for a Level 2 Aberration. This had prematurely drawn the Hive's attention and prompted a counterattack, leading to the accumulation of so many Aberrations. It could only be said that the Hive's ability to gather monsters was simply too strong.

If you look closely, you will find that in addition to the dried corpses, there are also many traces of magical bombardment, but they are not so eye-catching.

She also didn't expect that Bingyu would be so eager to go further the next day and go so deep that the scene was discovered in advance.

Now she could only hold back for a while, she thought, hoping it wouldn't attract the attention of the Machine God.

Soon, after the emergency retreat, along with the gunman's report, the entire mysterious incident spread throughout the small puppet kingdom like a gust of wind.

The description of the process also gradually evolved from the initial objective facts to a supernatural event, which made the residents of the town very nervous. Wherever they went, they could hear discussions about the incident.

"This must have been done by a vampire! I saw it in a human book!"

"How terrifying! Will we be lying on the ground like those deformed creatures tomorrow morning?"

"Impossible, we are not human, why would you suck us?"

"Maybe vampires also suck motor oil?"

The Great Elder was also very cautious and serious about this matter. He went directly to the temple to communicate with the gods, but the feedback he finally got was "investigate on your own first."

How could the great elder dare to do that? This was the first strange incident the kingdom had encountered in 30 years.

Previous major events, whether it was the infighting between the Hive factions or the attacks of high-level aberrations, all had traceable clues. How could so many people die suddenly in one night? And in such a horrifying way?

So it could only declare martial law for a few days, and everyone was asked not to go out and stay inside the kingdom. It would wait until the deformed ecology in the colorful light zone recovered a little before organizing people to go and take a look.

On the other hand, unlike the Great Elder who was trembling with fear, Yvette felt much more at ease after learning that the God of Machinery was not paying attention to this matter.

During her conversations with the residents of Puppet Town, she learned that there was a combat unit called "God's Grace" at the headquarters of the Temple in Silver Mirror Continent.

According to the description, the Divinely Blessed are selected from those who have reached a higher level in "human cultivation." Under the Divine Blessing, they will be reborn, gaining a powerful and brand-new body, becoming the top warriors to safeguard the peace of the kingdom. Moreover, each Divinely Blessed has a combat power comparable to that of top-tier weapons before the apocalypse, and can easily kill fourth-stage and even fifth-stage aberrations.

Judging from this description, the God-Blessed One must be a magic mecha, not an old, weak, or sick type like the "Gunner", but a brand new, cutting-edge type.

Magical mechas of this caliber typically possess extremely powerful military-grade magic barriers and weaponry, resulting in top-tier combat capabilities. Relying on a civilian terminal with only 60,000 rune points, Yvette doubted that in the event of a conflict, her spells might not even be able to break the opponent's shield.

Of course, it will be different if you turn on "Black Eye".

Over the past 200 years, although the tentacles hadn't evolved any new functions, their defense and attack power had been increasing, far surpassing her spells and alloy battle blades. However, she didn't want to use her distortion magic sparingly, as she didn't want to waste it when it was not necessary.

I don't know if there's any "Dream Mist" in the ruined city of Agashe... I'll ask around later. If there is, I'll go in and get some military-grade equipment, especially the magic terminal. I can't be limited by the 60,000 symbol point cache anymore...

Yvette thought silently and decided to keep a low profile for a few days, make plans and gather intelligence first, and then resume hunting after the storm has passed.

…

In this way, time passed quietly, and the chirping of cicadas in late summer had been swept away by the golden leaves on the branches by the late autumn wind.

Three months had passed in the blink of an eye during Yvette's temporary stay in this remote place.

During this period, the "mass death of deformed creatures in the colorful light zone" became more and more outrageous and was no longer different from a ghost story. It was destined to leave a strong mark in the history books of the kingdom and become an enduring historical mystery.

Yvette would regularly go hunting in the ruined city, gradually increasing her distortion magic from 40,000 to 43,000. However, she was too far away to be noticed by the residents of the Puppet Town.

At the same time, her long-term life in the small town has made her more familiar with the residents of the Puppet Kingdom.

For example, she taught the elder the details of the tea ceremony, how to prevent tea leaves from getting damp, why they should be kept clean, why boiling water should be used to make tea, what posture requirements there are, etc.

She assisted the judge in studying a civil code left by mankind, helping her better understand the historical background of the birth of many laws.

In her spare time, she would watch the town's gardener at work and learn from her how to trim flowers and plants. She would also watch the training of the Royal Guards, and then be dragged by Bingyu to guess who would win.

So, on days like this, she gradually regained some of the feeling of living in the manor with her students in the past. However, in comparison, this place was much more lively. Through her hard work, the puppet town seemed to have truly given birth to the atmosphere of fireworks that only human society could have, which occasionally made her feel a little dazed.

…

It was a late autumn morning, and the entire town was covered with golden fallen leaves. Occasionally, a few leaves were picked up by the wind, drawing graceful arcs, flying over the rusty iron sheds, over the pointed old church, over the statue-like meditating puppets, and finally landing on Yvette's fluffy silver hair.

Then she shook her head from side to side, shaking the leaves off, and continued walking forward, intending to go to Mr. Film and look at his collection of many human books that had never decayed.

Soon, Bingyu appeared from the narrow alley next to her. She greeted her, "Hi, Miss Kindhearted! Good morning!"

"Good morning."

"Can I ask you a question?"

"Ask."

"I want to ask, you've been here for so long... When do you plan to leave?"

"A long time?" Yvette was slightly startled, then she realized that the three months that passed in the blink of an eye in her eyes seemed quite long in the eyes of the young puppet girl in front of her. She thought for a moment and replied, "Almost."

"Is it almost there? How about we go together?" Bingyu asked expectantly, her eyes sparkling.

"Together?"

"Yeah, since you're traveling alone and I'm traveling alone too, why not travel together? Two people are definitely safer than one, right?"

“…”

Yvette didn't want to refute her, but she felt a little embarrassed.

She didn't dislike this cheerful puppet girl, but she certainly wouldn't go with her. The biggest problem was that Bingyu's presence would limit her ability to use her tentacles to devour the aberrations. She didn't want to gamble on Bingyu's ability to keep her secret, and who knew what the God of Machinery had in store.

So after thinking about it, she said, "I like someone."

"Eh~~Why? Can't we go together?" Bingyu said disappointedly.

"This is my way of cultivation." Yvette used an invincible excuse.

This method really worked, and Bingyu immediately fell silent. In the mechanical race's worldview, in order to become a human being, each mechanical race member would have his or her own way of cultivation, and this path might be full of quirks that others could not understand, so no matter how unreasonable things were, they would become normal under this excuse.

"Okay." She became disappointed and said in a somewhat lonely tone, "Then I will leave first... Miss Kindhearted, I hope we can meet again in the future."

"Are you leaving? When?" Yvette asked.

"Tomorrow morning." Bingyu looked at her pitifully. "Miss Kindhearted, you must get up early to see me off. Don't sleep until noon."

"……knew."

The next morning, Bingyu, riding her motorcycle, bid farewell to the residents of Puppet Town and departed. Although she was alone, she had good self-defense equipment. Her destination was another Puppet Kingdom dozens of kilometers away. If she drove fast enough, she would definitely reach it before dark, so the danger wasn't that great.

After she left, in the next few days, perhaps because she was the only outsider, or perhaps because the binding force of the icy rain was missing, Yvette felt a little out of place here.

As expected, all good things must come to an end. She thought it was time for her to leave.

But before that, she went to the ruined city of Agasa, firstly to conduct a final carpet hunt, and secondly, she discovered a hidden dream fog there. Before leaving, she wanted to use it to return to the original civilization.

I had something to do during the day, and the loose structure of the second volume also caused me to be stuck, so the update will be late. I'm sorry.

(End of this chapter)