The 'cozy' daily work life of a witch lady in a cyberpunk interstellar era, occasionally also a passionate epic.
She is a timid girl growing up in a cyberpunk city.
She is a cry...
Chapter 205 The Reverberation of the Fiery Fire
The Iron Energy Headquarters.
Compared to the bustling scene outside, this place is much quieter and cooler. Perhaps because of the strict defense, the guards can't help but be affected by the atmosphere and rarely speak.
Inside the solid underground fortress, Broad looked at the images and information displayed on the screens in front of him, occasionally contacting the regional leaders to adjust their actions, and let the commanders in the group handle the rest.
'The third mecha team broke through the A3 area and arrived at the A2 area. It is currently intercepted by a small number of enemy personnel and is being handled. '
'The guard point in the B5 area was bombed from the enemy's rear B1 area. Currently, the personnel are being transferred and looking for a suitable shelter. '
'The commander of the central unit sent an application, hoping to use the rear long-range rocket to clean the enemy's bell tower C2 position. '
Various voices sounded one after another, and Broad handled them in an orderly manner, but he also felt a sense of fatigue at this time. After all, he has been highly nervous for a whole day.
It seems that I have to temporarily delegate power to the commanders on the front line. It is not a good thing to insist on it. I have to save some energy.
With this in mind, he called his adjutant and prepared to take a rest today.
He took off his headphones and leaned back in his chair to close his eyes for a while. At this time, the door of the conference room opened and light footsteps walked in. Although the sound was not loud, it was very obvious in this empty and quiet room.
Is it the adjutant? Broad was about to get up, but suddenly felt something was wrong. His adjutant's footsteps would never sound like this, so he suddenly opened his eyes and fell sideways from the chair.
With both hands, he quickly pulled out the prepared pistol from under the table. Broad turned over, then half-crouched on the ground and aimed and shot.
The whole process was smooth and the bullet hit the figure in the room, but it did not achieve the desired effect.
A light blue barrier appeared in the air, and the bullet was embedded in it, unable to move forward. Then the barrier shattered, and the bullet fell with it, making a crashing sound.
Behind the barrier was a figure that was not tall. She did not hide her appearance. She just stood there quietly. She raised one hand slightly, and a faint blue light sand emerged from it. It floated past like a breath of air, and Broad was fixed in place, turning into a stiff statue.
Looking around, the girl looked at the environment with a little curiosity, and then walked up to Broad, took the gun in his hand, and put it aside.
"Are you the leader of Fen Tie Energy?" The girl's voice was very clear, like a clear spring in the mountains. It can be heard that she is not very old, with a kind of youthful beauty and tenderness.
"I am." After finally being able to move, Broad took a few steps back and answered with a frown.
Although he was very afraid, the girl did not seem to mean to kill him, and he did not want to provoke her to cause any accidents for the time being.
"I'm sorry for your sudden visit, but I have some ideas that I want to tell you." Sitting across the conference table, the girl spoke, looking at the man in front of her.
"You can talk about it." Broad's emotions eased a little, and he sat down again.
"I hope you can immediately cease fire, sit down with Black Hammer for peace talks, and then negotiate the future of Lebion."
"Cease fire?" Brod shook his head slightly.
"We can't stop the war just because we want to. Miss, don't think too naively. The current situation between the two sides is like sitting on a chariot that slides into the abyss. Unless one side falls completely, the chariot will not stop."
"The conflict will not end because of the ceasefire. The current situation only allows one industrial group in Lebion to survive." If the other party's strength was not unpredictable, he would not have the patience to explain this.
"I know the reason for your conflict." The girl opposite was not surprised by this.
"The continuous decline of the entire North Second District has led to a step-by-step reduction in the market, and as the only remaining industrial group, you are also facing overcapacity step by step. If you want to survive, you can only eliminate your competitors, right?"
"Since you know this, why do you still make such a naive suggestion?"
"Yes, it's very naive." The girl seemed to sigh as if she was also sighing.
"But I still want to try."
"Because, even if you defeat Black Hammer, the future is nothing but slow death. The population of North District 2 will never recover, and the Federation will not support it. In the end, it will only end a few years later."
The black-haired girl sat upright on the chair, wearing a dark blue dress with blue eyes. Although she was not tall, she had a kind of momentum.
"So what? It's not your turn as a little girl to worry about our group's affairs." Broad was a little unhappy about this, and at this time he had contacted the guards with the help of the button under the table.
The ceiling of the conference room suddenly opened, and soldiers wearing black and red skeleton armor fell down one by one. They picked up their rifles and fired at the figure on the seat. At the same time, a dozen soldiers put up explosion-proof shields to cover Broad's continuous retreat.
After a burst of fire and smoke, the chair that was placed in front of the conference table had been swept into pieces, but there was no blood. Just when everyone was surprised, Broad met the black-haired figure again on the road of retreat.
Compared to before, she was undoubtedly much more fierce at this moment. Her black hair was reflected in the firelight. One hand was slowly raised, and blue crystals condensed to form a silver blade.
"Fire!" The captain of the guard immediately ordered, followed by another storm of metal bullets.
The dense bullets were tilted, but these bullets were shot into the air. The figure of the girl in front of her flashed, as if she had turned into a virtual body and passed through these metal storms, and directly attacked her.
The silver blade was like dancing in her hand. The dark blue dress swung with the blade. The movement seemed slow, but it brought up a blue phantom, as if three people were fighting at the same time. The sword arc brought by the sword slashed on the exoskeleton mecha, bringing up sparks. As she approached step by step, the elite soldiers fell one by one.
"This..." Looking at this amazing scene, even the knowledgeable Broad couldn't help but be surprised.
The opponent definitely did not have Sequence 6, and might not even have Sequence 5, because the fluctuation and amount of Aigeka particles were not large, but in terms of magic power utilization and combat skills, this person had almost reached the peak of what he knew, and it was hard to imagine that the opponent was a young man who was not even 20 years old.
He had never even heard of such a genius, and he would definitely not be a local resident of the North Second District. Even in the Central Star Region, such a genius was estimated to be extremely rare, so how could he appear in such a remote corner.
"Who are you?" Broad couldn't help but speak as he saw the other party approaching step by step and the number of guards around him was getting smaller and smaller.
"Me?" The girl opposite thought for a moment and was about to answer.
"Zi--" A stream of crimson hot particles passed through the ceiling and shot into the place where she had just stood, submerging it.
Two crimson mechas tore open the structure on the ceiling and fell into the underground fortress. The electroplated metal shell reflected the surrounding firelight. The power system inside the mecha roared, pushing them to use mechanical arms to tear open the surrounding steel and metal structures, protecting Broad in the middle, and then quickly jumped up and rushed out of the ground.
Just as Broad was brought out of the ground by the mecha and breathed the cool air in the night, a faint blue light point also rose from the ground and appeared in the night sky.
She is not dead yet? How did she avoid being hit directly by the high-energy particle cannon of the mecha? Broad was unable to react for a while, and at this time the mecha beside him also started a second round of attack.
First, the machine gun on the shoulder rotated and fired rapidly, and the bullets submerged the tiny figure like a storm, and then several hot particle light beams flashed in the night sky.
Although the noise was powerful, it was like a cannon hitting a mosquito, and none of them hit the flexible and changeable figure.
"What a tough guy, but you are just one person." The warrior driving the mecha stared closely, and the chip on the helmet automatically locked the constantly moving figure according to his sight focus, and then fired continuously.
First, two mechas, and then the twelve mechas guarding the headquarters stood at various commanding heights to shoot, and the sky was as lively as fireworks.
After dozens of seconds of uninterrupted shooting, the shooting module of the mecha began to overheat and the frequency dropped, but the figure in the sky still did not fall.
So the ultimate strength of these mechas can only reach this level, Tilan analyzed silently in her heart, feeling a little disappointed. She originally thought it would be difficult, but it seems that this type of old-fashioned fourth-level mecha still has many defects.
After the novelty wore off, she no longer procrastinated, and her figure kept rising, like a shining morning star.
The Eka particles in the atmosphere slowed down and paused at this moment. The mechas that were originally roaring and roaring were now silent. These Eka particles quietly floated in the night sky, and then recondensed.
In the night sky, the figure with black hair and blue eyes hovered in the firelight, surrounded by thousands of floating fireflies and quicksands. Then these fireflies and quicksands turned again, as if outlining the traces of wind and the trajectory of stars. They continued to converge and finally formed a huge moon.
Stop, condense, the strings of time, the sound of the sky...
Finally, a gray full moon appeared in the sky. Under its reflection, white frost spread on the earth. Wherever it went, the mechas stopped running, and the guns also silenced. The war-torn land was covered by the ripples that continued to spread outward under the full moon, and gradually became quiet.
"Damn it, what on earth is going on?" The frontline soldiers who were fighting were shocked when their guns suddenly misfired. Then they were furious when they saw that they could not attack the enemy so close, but the enemy also had a similar expression, unable to fight back and defeat the enemy.
However, when they found that they were not the only ones in this situation, but the whole city gradually fell into silence, only the sound of sporadic flames continued, and the original gunfire and artillery fire in the city slowly stopped.
"Is it over...?"
A seriously injured soldier slowly crawled out from the corner of the wall. His legs had been blown off. He was desperate and waiting to die, but the situation seemed to have changed. This also rekindled some hope for him. He struggled to take out the emergency medicine in his arms and sprayed it on the broken part of his leg, enduring the pain to disinfect and stop bleeding.
The civilian residents in the city heard the cessation of artillery fire and gunfire outside, and finally plucked up the courage to carefully open the doors and windows to wait and see, guessing the reason for the ceasefire.
"Look at that, look at the moon in the sky."
Compared to what you usually see, this gray-white full moon is much larger, and there is even an illusion that the moon is close at hand, giving people a huge sense of oppression. In this cold full moon, a black-haired girl quietly bathes in the moonlight, with a faint moon mark on her forehead, overlooking the city.
She closed her eyes slightly, experiencing this fresh and unfamiliar feeling.
Although it is not the first time that her own innate ability has been used, today is particularly different. This is the first time she has combined two talents together.
The "Crystal of Healing" represents condensation, crystal, healing, and repair, and the "Sound of Time Strings" represents the singer, time, dyeing magic, and affecting people's hearts.
The "Crystal of Healing" that originally only affected herself and a few people around her was diffused and dyed by the "Sound of Time Strings". A large number of Aigeka particles also carried the characteristics of their own innate characteristics, and gradually covered the entire city.
In this way, everyone should be able to listen to my singing and future in peace.
Just as the girl was about to convey her thoughts and ideas to the people in this city, a violent roar broke the silence again.
Under the headquarters of 'Fentie Energy', the structure that had been closed for many years slowly opened under the gate of mechanical power, and accompanied by the twisting of gears and the collision of steam engine cylinders, the long-sealed underground elevator slowly pulled up, and a different mecha slowly appeared on the surface.
The outline of the mecha is similar to that of a human, but the joints of the human body are definitely not like this. The calves and feet are covered with heavy armor, and there are eight nozzles on each side of the back. The thighs are slightly thinner, which makes the lower body of the body form a stable trapezoid. The core body parts in the center of the body are very symmetrical compared to the developed limbs. They are roughly elongated hexagonal prisms. The armor on the shoulders is particularly thick. From the appearance, it can be seen that heavy weapons are equipped inside.
The main color is gray-white steel, but the edges, shoulders, and head are painted with fiery red, giving people the illusion that steel is burning. The exaggerated structural distribution and sharp edges all carry the atmosphere of the war era, unlike today's mainstream mechas, which have smoother and more comfortable edges due to changes in social trends.
When the mecha was pulled to the top by the rotating elevator, the elevator frame hit the rusty structure, making a clanging sound, and finally stopped. Then the indicator lights on the surface of the mecha also lit up one by one, as if suddenly alive.
'The 16th Squadron of the Third Fleet, codenamed 'Fen Tie-6412', applied for an attack. 'The old voice sounded in the cab, and then the atomic reactor in the center of the mecha's chest started, the orange-red spiral pattern lit up, and then gradually rotated, and the hot flames violently spurted out to the center, but were firmly restrained by the position.
Finally, a dazzling orange sphere appeared in the middle of the chest, and the energy it emitted continued to spread throughout the body, lighting up the circuit-like Aigeka patterns inside and on the surface of the body. The abundant magic power gradually dissipated, and the entire body was like a small sun, emitting suffocating light and heat, slowly melting the steel structure under the feet and around.
Even though everything around was shaking and blurry in the scorching air, this special mecha was still intact, and there was even an illusion that this was just the beginning.
A huge stream of orange heat gushed out from the back of the machine, its feet, and its shoulders, allowing the extremely heavy machine to gradually break free from the constraints of gravity and rise into the sky.
"Finally, we did it."
(End of this chapter)