Chapter 697 Heading to the Eye of the Storm
The wind was still whistling by my ears. The sky in the evening was quite peaceful and comfortable. If I didn't look down, it would probably be a beautiful sunset.
Slowly descending from the sky, her toes stepped on the soft sand, and her fluttering dress slowly stopped. Tilan took a few steps, her eyes swept over the scattered debris in front of her, looking for slightly intact mechanical fragments.
Soon, she stopped in front of a piece of debris half-covered in the sand, her fingers carefully reached out, pulled out a small memory chip from it, and then put it away.
After that, she turned around again, and seeing that there was no extra gain, she took off again and inspected the land near the jungle.
At night, the black-haired girl returned to the mansion where she lived and handed the chip to Lololia.
"This was found on the attacking mechanical body. Can I get some information from it?" She put the chip into Lololia's palm.
"Let me try." Lololia pressed the chip into the slot on her wrist and quickly cracked and read it.
For a high-level "artificial angel" like her, ordinary mechanical bodies are like crude building blocks, and there are not many secrets.
After a while, Lololia finished reading and ejected the chip.
"The cluster is going to move forward further. Today's batch is just the vanguard." Lololia was a little worried.
"That means the number will increase in the future, right?" Tilan tapped the ground with her toes, shook off the dust on the soles of her shoes, and then walked into the courtyard.
"Yes, the number will only increase. They don't seem to be ready to wait for the ground troops to clear the jungle."
"The speed has increased again." Tilan whispered.
"If we destroy one of the floating motherships, can we slow down their progress?"
"This is possible in a short period of time, but it may stimulate the remaining floating motherships and attract more intense attacks."
"That is to say, we can only keep delaying time for now." Tilan turned his head and looked at the street lights and the lights of various houses on the main street behind him, feeling a little reluctant.
It was not easy to build a town here so that everyone could live and work in peace and contentment. I don't want to abandon this place so soon and go to hide in the mountains and underground.
After a night.
The next day, Tilan began to arrange the transfer, and at noon that day, the city received another alarm about a large number of mechanical bodies appearing in the southern sky.
"You guys make the arrangements as I said, I'm going to go out for a while." Tilan left the meeting.
Flying to the top of the sky, she found the right direction and moved forward at high speed again, arriving at the settlement that issued the alarm.
Once again, she used the inherited secret technique, and the shining silver holy sword descended, holding the hilt for the girl, and then sweeping across the entire airspace. The swift sword light chopped the flying cockroach metal that released fire thorns in the air into pieces.
However, after eliminating this place, the matter was still not over. Other places also sent out emergency signals one after another, so she had to speed up and rush into the sky again.
Six hours later, the sun set, and on the hills illuminated by the sunset, the holy sword inserted into the ground was stretched by the afterglow. The surroundings were all scorched land, and there were still some dark red scraps of iron and exposed electronic components. The cool evening breeze blew away the smell of burning in the air.
Next to the holy sword, the delicate girl sat down a little tired. Although she was gifted, she was a little exhausted in such a high-intensity battle.
Leaning against the sword, she looked at the sunset in the distance, smoothed her hair curled by the sweat on her ears with her fingers, opened her mouth slightly, and took a deep breath.
After a few minutes, Tilan finally recovered some strength and barely stood up.
Under the breeze, the sweat on her forehead and ears gradually dried up, and her breathing became much calmer.
At this time, another slight reminder sounded from the earphone clip on her collar, telling her where to go.
Are there any more? There are so many mechanical bodies. She understood why the mechanical sun Rou fought against four alone, and several black suns had a hard time fighting.
These guys are really too fast to expand and replicate.
Pulling out the wide holy sword that is as tall as herself, Tilan kicked her foot and jumped into the air again, turning into a meteor and disappearing into the night.
At night, the teams on the ground held up torches and formed a long dragon on the ground, moving forward to the north. Many residents of the settlements in the Star-Seeking Covenant gathered here. Under guidance and arrangement, they took advantage of the night to move.
Compared with the daytime, the activity of mechanical bodies at night is much lower. Although they have the ability to observe night imaging, they are not as sharp as during the day. Considering efficiency and cost-effectiveness, low-level mechanical bodies will not be equipped with too good accessories, which makes the mechanical cluster more inclined to be active during the day, unless encountering special circumstances.
Sitting on the top of the high hill, Tilan pressed her legs with her fingers to relieve the pain and watched the team below go away.
Today is the weaker settlement members, tomorrow is the residents of the surrounding camps, the day after tomorrow is the residents of the Redstone City, and finally the remaining combatants. After about 7 days, the residents of this grassland will be able to move and enter the relatively safe mountain area, where the terrain is dangerous and can also use the mountain geography to resist the large-scale impact of the mechanical cluster.
After taking a bath, the girl soaked in hot water for a while, and finally stopped to rest at night.
On the morning of the third day, she received a signal that the mechanical cluster appeared again.
After quickly changing her clothes, the girl set out on the road of putting out fires everywhere.
Holy Sword, Transformation, Attack, Cleanup, Transfer, and then deal with the flying mechanical bodies in front of her again.
This process was repeated continuously on the third day, the fourth day, and the fifth day. Finally, our invincible Black Songstress was tired. This was the first time that Tilan encountered a huge setback in battle. The long battle turned the shining genius into a quantifiable data symbol. As long as the number continued to pile up, it would eventually be slowly dragged down.
Just when Tilan felt that she could not hold on and was about to enter a dormant state, Celitia arrived unexpectedly, bringing with her hundreds of floating whales that filled the sky.
These floating whales, called "Arbiters", were the creations of the Silver Wings. Their huge bodies were filled with many supplies and a large number of combat mechanical units. When they shuttled through the atmosphere, they made a dull whistling sound.
"I'm back, Tilan." She flapped her snow-white wings, flew across the sky, and landed beside Tilan. She helped the tired girl up, then raised her hand to command. The floating giant whales in the sky fired their cannons, and many particle beams penetrated the atmosphere, smashing the approaching mechanical cockroaches.
Looking up at the huge figure flying slowly overhead, Tilan couldn't help but ask: "Are these all the creations of the Silver Wings?"
"Yes, they are the combat units of the Silver Bird Court where I am. I spent a lot of effort to convince the city lord sister to let me command them to come to support." Celitia held Tilan's hand, stood on a high place, and looked at the distant sky, where there were still mechanical clusters that had not dispersed. In
the subsequent battle, the two did not need to take action, and these floating arbitrators destroyed many mechanical units on the scene.
After the battle, Celitia talked about what happened in the past few days.
She first returned to the Silver Bird Court to rest, and then consulted a lot of information in the library to find the origin of her own race. Unfortunately, she did not find anything. After all, it was difficult for them to understand what happened before the birth of their own race.
Afterwards, Celitia learned about the difficulties encountered by the world on the ground through the observation equipment of the Silver Bird Court, and then it was difficult to find the city lord to negotiate support.
"Although the city lord sister finally agreed to my request, she said that this support can only be used to cover your retreat, and cannot be used to directly attack the headquarters of the mechanical cluster to avoid causing greater conflicts."
"That's nothing. It's already a rare opportunity to have someone help cover the retreat." Tilan nodded gratefully.
With the help of these arbitrators, her pressure was greatly reduced. In the next two days, she only needed to dispatch sporadically to maintain the most critical battles to ensure the safe evacuation of the members of the Star-Seeking Covenant. In the past few days, she gradually realized the combat effectiveness of Celitia. Although she was more modest, Tilan also saw that this angel-like girl was not a weak individual who only knew how to study and read.
The golden light filaments condensed to form the outline of the blade, and then the glass-like sword gradually condensed into shape, transparent and hard, and could easily pierce the mechanical body close to her.
Celitia moved quickly in battle, and the wings behind her were not only beautiful, but also matched with various spell abilities, so that the wings could be used to borrow power and change postures in the air. As an extraordinary race, the wings could also allow the Silver Wings to better absorb Aigeka particles and manipulate magic power, which was worthy of being one of the highest masterpieces of the sixth generation of gene editing technology.
In this way, with the assistance of Celitia, the transfer was finally completed perfectly. Except for a small number of extraordinary people who stayed in the Red Stone City, all the residents moved to the mountains, passed through the mountain tunnel dug by the Ford Alliance, entered the train tracks inside, and continued to move towards the distant north.
On the eighth day, the two people who were free walked in the empty town, as if they were doing a farewell ceremony, and took a final look at this newly built town.
"When I first came here, this was still a small valley on the grassland. I met the first few companions there." Tilan recalled. "
Did Tilan and Orles land on this planet together?" Celitia asked with some curiosity.
"Yes, but Orles was injured and can't remember many things." Tilan felt a little regretful, but on second thought, this might not be a bad thing. After experiencing that tragic war, if Orles remembered everything, she would probably be left with a serious psychological shadow.
"What is the world where Tilan grew up?" Celitia wanted to know the outside world for the first time.
"The planet I grew up on was probably a declining industrial planet, and when I was a child, I lived in a deep underground city. It was an industrial city built during the war years..." Tilan recalled and narrated.
Listening to Tilan's story, Celitia felt very fresh, and also had some understanding and sympathy. Indeed, the situation of the original humans was not good. It was estimated that they had a hard time surviving in the struggle between many dark suns.
"... Later, after I entered high school, this gloomy life slowly ended, and everything began to get better." Tilan stepped on the abandoned wooden boxes on the side of the road, like walking on a balance beam.
Anyway, there were no outsiders at this time, and there was no need to care too much about her image. The slightly playful girl's temperament was reflected in her again.
Looking at Tilan's slightly childish behavior, Celitia wanted to laugh, but she still held it back. However, Tilan was really a very special girl. Sometimes she would be particularly serious and melancholy, as if she was immersed in the long historical cycle of civilization, a scholar who was constantly looking for a way out. Sometimes she was just like an ordinary girl, who liked to sleep and be lazy, and also loved to eat what she liked.
Sometimes it is lively, sometimes it is quiet, just like a flower that changes with the seasons, showing different styles and colors, with a fresh vitality that is completely different from that of its own kind.
Is this the original human being? Although there are many shortcomings, these shortcomings together have a strange vitality.
Celitia thought while walking this farewell journey with Tilan.
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A few days later, Tilan came to the residence prepared by the Ford Alliance for the members of the Star Chasing Covenant in the northern mountains. It is a narrow valley with a small river inside. The space is not large. Only part of the sky above can be seen. It is estimated that it cannot be used for farming, but such a place also gives people a strong sense of security. You can enter the abandoned mine at the bottom of the mountain at any time. The roads there are intricate, and there are also some large spaces that can be used for rest and living.
"Now we can only stay here temporarily." Sura, Guy and others discussed with a group of members after checking the surrounding areas.
"It's not a big problem in the short term, but in the long run, without sufficient food sources, it will definitely not work." Fran held a pen and tapped the cardboard full of forms in front of him.
"The ground leads to a cold spring, where we can raise some fish to supplement our nutrition." The moose boss talked about the results of the exploration just now.
"We have a technology that can carry out soilless cultivation, but it requires a lot of electricity. If this can be solved, we can produce some food for survival." Mingshan, the representative of the Heshan Rescue Association, said.
"Electricity, I'm afraid we have to ask the electric marrow species for this. They are a special race that can generate electricity by themselves. Apart from the thunder wing species, they are the best at this." Sura thought of the thin and tall electric marrow species in the Ford Alliance.
"It should be feasible to ask them for help, but according to the agreement of the North Wind Alliance, we also have to exchange some valuable things."
"We can't give them food. We have to make strategic reserves for the future. It seems that the Ford Alliance can produce other things by itself, so it doesn't make much sense." Sura continued to analyze.
"Let Lady Heshia try?" Someone asked in a low voice. Now Heshia is famous in the 'North Wind Alliance' and is called one of the 'Four Giants' together with the three members of the Ford Alliance, or even better.
"It's too shameful to let Lady Heshia go empty-handed." Lu Qing, the representative of the foxtail species, objected. The tail behind her was still fluffy and agile.
"This..." Sura rubbed her hair and thought about what valuable treasures she had hidden.
"Those things seem to be quite useful, such as generators, telegraph stations, and repaired small airplanes." She was reluctant to part with them.
Just as the few people were discussing, Orles came in, followed by several little guys with moth wings. When Tilan was too busy, these little guys were under Orles's care.
"What, things?" Seeing that everyone stopped talking, Orles tilted her head in confusion.
"We need some valuable things to exchange with other forces." Fran explained the reason in concise language.
After Orles heard it, her eyes blinked and she quickly thought of something. She hugged a silkworm moth species hiding behind her. The wings behind this little guy were fluffy.
"Silkworm moth, weaving cloth, very good." Orles said her thoughts, and then several little guys took out the woven silver silk cloth from the boxes they carried and placed it in front of everyone.
The snow-white, silvery fabric felt extremely smooth to the touch. It stretched in the air with a slight shake, without any wrinkles, clean and soft, and had both warmth and protection effects. It was a rare treasure. Everyone appreciated it and nodded, noticing that there was a group of people who could weave in their organization.
"Are there so many silkworm moth species?" Fran only vaguely remembered the first few, but now he heard from Orles that there were probably nearly a hundred silkworm moth species in the Star-Chasing Covenant.
"Yes, their living environment was excavated by my organization." Guy nodded.
"All settlements that join the Star-Chasing Covenant will be counted and checked. If there are silkworm moth species, we will directly recruit them. Together with the refugees from the Stone Sword Alliance and the Iron Rat Kingdom, the number is now nearly 100."
"Silkworm moth, cute and obedient." Orles also nodded and touched the head of the silkworm moth species in front of her.
"Rare fabrics are rare even in the Ford Alliance. Some rich people and upper-class people really like them. We should be able to exchange a lot of things." Sura nodded and thought it was very good.
"I'll go with you this time. Try to exchange as many supplies as possible. In addition, it would be even better if we can purchase and redeem some silkworm moth species from other forces." Guy took the initiative to petition.
"I'll go too." Lindsay said that he wanted to visit the Ford Alliance this time. Although he had a lot of knowledge, he also needed to combine it with the current situation to make use of it.
"Okay, then let's arrange it this way." Everyone thought it was good and nodded in agreement.
In this way, the members of the Star-Chasing Covenant gradually settled down in this valley. Occasionally, everyone could see those little guys with snow-white moth wings coming out, but they were very shy, and they would not refuse to resist, so they had to be led by someone they trusted. Sometimes this person was Heshia, and sometimes it was Orles.
When Sura took people to the Ford Alliance for trade and exchange, the last long journey of Heshia and others was also on the agenda.
"Are you ready, Tilan?" Celitia came to pick her up alone this time.
Because the last trip was particularly dangerous, only the two of them plus Loloria participated.
"Okay, let's go."
Riding on the unique bird shuttle of the Silver Wings, the two began to head to the stormy sea, breaking through the thick lightning clouds and reaching the base camp of the mechanical cluster.
(End of this chapter)
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