Miss Witch doesn't want to be a diva!.

Chapter 587 The Black Curtain Wall Moving Forward

An old tape recorder-like player was on the table, with two discs slowly rotating, playing an ethereal and distant song. This was a song created when humans first entered space in the Fourth Era. The female voice in the song was particularly empty, as if people could see the people who followed the fleet into the vast universe to explore. Most of them would spend their entire lives on the spacecraft, and only when their grandchildren's grandchildren were born would the fleet arrive at the destination. Boarding the ship meant saying goodbye forever to all relatives and friends on Earth.

In a corner of the room, the sound of water came from the shower room. After taking a shower, Tilan shook her hair slightly and looked at herself in the mirror. Although her appearance and height had not changed in the past few years, her temperament was indeed different.

Her eyes were still clear, but compared to the timid purity in the past, they were now more calm like diamond. In addition, Tilan looked down and pinched her thigh. It seemed that she had a little more meat than before and was not so thin.

Recalling the past in her mind, Tilan tied her long hair into a high ponytail, then picked up the soft black hairband on the table, tied it into a bow, and adjusted the symmetry behind her head. After doing this, she put on her bathrobe and walked out.

Tilan took off her slippers and knelt on the bed. There was no light in the room. This was a very high building, and one could see the neon night scene outside through the blue floor-to-ceiling windows.

Closing her eyes, the girl continued to listen to the particularly old and nostalgic song on the player, imagining how small and lonely humans felt in space at that time. After a long time, when the player stopped playing, she slowly opened her eyes.

She originally thought that after graduating from university, she would have nearly ten years to travel around the federation, constantly traveling and studying, slowly accumulating experience and knowledge, and then gradually expanding her influence to slowly change the people and things around her.

However, reality does not seem to give her so much time. The situation in the Federation changes three times a day. Even if she wants to live a quiet life, the people around her are full of anxiety. She has already sensed this emotion.

Blanche, Orlais, Shui Yanqing, Audney... Tilan recalled these familiar names, and the familiar scenes from the past emerged and then disappeared.

It seems that we can no longer go back to the simple and carefree life of the past.

There is no sadness, just some emotion. The train of time moves forward relentlessly, and everyone inevitably changes.

……

After Blanche delivered her speech on May 5, the flames of resistance spread like ignited alcohol in the blink of an eye. As of June 25, power seizure movements had occurred in about 6 star regions in the western star region, with the independence faction supporting Blanche and the conservative faction that wanted to maintain the unity of the federation fighting each other.

Battle tanks are speeding on the streets, star ports in various star regions are closed, and patrol fleets are descending over inhabited planets to intimidate and suppress resistance forces. Even so, battles are still taking place in various places.

The Shark Star Region is a bridgehead star region close to the central part of the western star region. It has a relatively good economy, so there are more people who support conservatives.

On June 6, 12 superluminal fighters raided the space station where the governor of the star field was located. The conservative governor who had been suppressing the situation with an iron fist died on the spot in the explosion of the space station. The next day, the situation in the star field began to get out of control, and the two sides fought fiercely in various areas of the inhabited planet.

In East District 2, thick blue smoke suddenly appeared above a street that was originally crowded with people. Then, projection isolation tapes were urgently raised on the main street. These isolation tapes appeared with bright red warning words and a yellow and black background. Then, tanks about ten meters high rushed to the scene at lightning speed.

"We now declare all members of the Holy Blue Cross sect to be illegal armed elements, and all riot control units and military and police personnel are authorized to open fire on them."

"Anyone who sees any member of this faction may report to the authorities and will be rewarded—" The floating autonomous unit broadcasting above the street had not yet finished speaking when it was abruptly stopped by an explosion of blue flames.

"How boring! We are the official ones now." A figure who looked very young, like a teenager, walked out of the smoke and dust, with a blue flame still on his hand.

The reason why he looks like a teenager is because his strength of Tidal Sequence 7 is not something that a sixteen or seventeen-year-old can possess.

"Keep a low profile, Axel. You haven't won yet, hehe." Another tall and mature woman also walked out of the smoke and dust and stood next to the blond boy. She wore black-framed glasses and a professional suit. If it weren't for the chaos around her, one would probably think she was a senior secretary of a company.

"Hmph." The young man dodged the teammate who wanted to put his hand on his shoulder, and then rushed into the sky, sweeping away more than a dozen riot control autonomous units that dived down from the sky and opened fire, turning them into scrap metal burning with blue flames.

Some of the burnt debris crashed into the nearby building, some fell to the ground and melted the metal guardrails on the side of the street, turning them into dark red molten iron, and some of the debris splashed onto the shop signs on the street, bringing up bursts of piercing and burning green smoke.

It seemed that the flames that were then swung made the solid alloy melt like mud, evaporating on the spot, and a pungent smell filled the air.

Passers-by and tourists on both sides of the street saw this fierce battle and countless screams were heard. There were sounds of running everywhere, and some people were not afraid of death and held up their personal terminals to record the scene.

Just as thick smoke was curling around the main street, the huge main battle tank used the magnetic structure of the main street ground to move quickly. The vibration and wind pressure brought by its heavy and huge body just passing through the street was terrifying.

It passed through the winding route at a very high speed until it reached the intersection in front of the street where the riot occurred. Then four main battle tanks lined up in a row, and the twin-barreled turrets that were originally facing forward began to turn.

[Meteoric Stream-V No. 1481 has found its target and is beginning to lock onto it…]
[Pipeline starts preheating, select mode: Huiqiao mode β level]
At a distance of more than 800 meters, the double-track gun barrel on the tank began to gather golden-red particles and spread along the barrel, and the array inside gradually lit up.

[Quadrant sighting activated, sighting and locking started...]
[Locked successfully, launch!]
In an instant, a dazzling golden-red jet crossed the street. At this moment, the sun in the sky dimmed a little, causing passers-by on the street to cover their eyes in panic to avoid being blinded.

After a few seconds, the golden-red jet dissipated. The place where the two people had been standing was like the surface hit by a meteorite. Dark red magma flowed slowly, and the surrounding area was a huge burnt hole. A few hundred meters behind the two people, the original building had a large dumbbell-shaped hole in the middle. Some people ran out of the building crying, and soon the building slowly collapsed and hit another high-rise building next to it. The sky above the street was also blocked, forming a huge man-made shadow.

"Are those two people dead?" some passers-by asked anxiously and cautiously.

"Look up in the sky, there!" Following someone's surprised instruction, many people turned their eyes to the sky above the street, where two people were standing suspended in the air. They were the ones who had just been targeted.

Although the two men were not missing any limbs, they looked a little embarrassed. At least the corner of the boy with blond hair and blue jacket was burnt, and the woman next to him was also covered in gray and black. "Tsk tsk, I feel that I am already very unkind, but I didn't expect that Councillor Hook across the street was even more ruthless. He actually requisitioned military tanks to open fire on the street." The woman took off her glasses, wiped them carefully, and then complained.

"Stop talking nonsense, it's coming again." The young man at the side pulled the girl away, and then the blazing golden-red jet passed through the two of them again.

"You're just going to stand there and let others beat you? Aix." The woman complained, then opened her hands. The blue barrier spread out like a spider web, blocking the entire street.

"Heh." The boy did not answer, but a certain blue symbol flashed in his eyes. Then he raised his hand and aimed at the tank in the distance.

A blue fireball appeared in front of him, the flames in it kept rolling and rotating, and gradually expanded. The heat spread violently, and the flowers and plants on the road began to emit green smoke. The high temperature of the street caused the air close to the ground to twist and shake due to the heat absorption and concentration. After seeing this scene, the people who originally wanted to watch desperately ran away from this terrifying fireball.

As the blue fireball continued to expand, it was like a sun slowly rising in the city. The heat waves that spread out were almost visible to the naked eye. The materials blown by it dried up instantly, burned in the air, and turned into black ash.

At this time, the four tanks on the opposite side fired again, but were blocked by the barrier set up by the woman, causing hot sparks to fly. The splashing jets penetrated and eroded the surrounding buildings, and the buildings on both sides slowly fell down.

"Hurry up!" the woman urged.

"Got it, hum." The young man urged the expanding fireball, which bloomed in the sky. The high temperature heat in it turned into a blue hot stream similar to that of a tank turret, sweeping across the streets, piercing and detonating four tanks weighing thousands of tons.

"Let's go." Then the two flew across the street and rushed to the core area of ​​East District 2.

Such scenes were also happening in various places in East District 2. Fully armed soldiers stood in a row with guns raised, firing continuously at the approaching members of the "Holy Blue Cross Faction". Some of them were shot dead on the spot, but many rushed directly into the middle of the soldiers, and then flames broke out, and many soldiers were burned to death on the spot.

Because of their full support for the singer Blanche, the 'Saint Blue Cross Faction' is now wanted in various areas of the West. In this emergency, the military and police have received orders to immediately open fire and kill anyone they encounter.

There is no longer any process of arrest and trial. Now the various star fields in the west are experiencing a real civil war, but it is still confined to the ground and has not spread to space.

"Has the support not arrived yet? We can't hold on any longer!" The streets near the core area were charred black. The originally blocked blocks were littered with tanks and autonomous units that had been burned into scrap metal. There were also many dead soldiers lying on the ground. The only enemies they faced were only 21 Sequence 6 elites of the 'Holy Blue Cross Faction'.

The elite of these factions also wore white exoskeleton armor, blue analytical goggles, and carried top-notch firearms and lightsabers. Their equipment was no less powerful than that of the military. And because of their high sequence levels, they cooperated well with each other and defeated the blockade forces that were several times their number.

The military and police soldiers wearing dark gold exoskeleton armor kept retreating. The leading officer had only one arm left. At this time, he held up the communicator and kept asking for help with an excited expression.

"You bunch of traitors!" he cursed through gritted teeth, then pulled out his only remaining pistol and opened fire.

"Where are the military's mechas? Why haven't they shown up yet? Are they just watching?" As military police, although they have the word "military" in their name, they are still a police agency after all. Their equipment is limited and not as good as that of formal military forces.

Unfortunately, the military forces stationed in the Shark Star Region are also facing a fierce internal power transfer and have no time to take care of other things.

"So, at this time, we are the only ones who can help the congressman from East District 2." High in the sky, the brown-haired woman in the shuttle bit a tobacco and overlooked the corrupt battlefield below.

"This is a big deal." She saw the members of the 'Holy Blue Cross Faction' moving around and fighting on the ground, and the unilateral goggles on one side kept analyzing the opponent's strength and data.

"That's it, let's get to work!" She tore off the single-sided goggles on the side of her ear, and then jumped directly out of the shuttle's hatch.

The heavy black steel smashed into the ground, breaking the magnetic floor of the street. Then a burly figure about two meters tall walked out of it. She was covered in extremely thick and sturdy heavy armor. In one hand, she held a huge square shield as tall as her body, and in the other hand, she held a heavy machine gun. When she stood in the middle of the street, she was like a black city gate. The golden and red enchanted bullets fired from her gun swept across the battlefield like a storm, forcing many members of the 'Holy Blue Cross Faction' who were originally chasing the fleeing soldiers to temporarily hide and find cover.

Just as she continued to turn her head and search for the next target with the hot barrel in her hand, a heavy sniper bullet came from a distance and hit her helmet directly. It was like the collision of a large bell, causing the sound waves to spread. However, even such a powerful bullet still did not penetrate her heavy armor, but only left a silver bullet mark on the helmet.

Soon, more bullets and attacks came from all directions, hitting her and splashing all kinds of sparks, but she simply held her shield upright and stood still.

"What a bunch of naughty brats, haha." She raised her arms, and then the same dense orange-red flames burst out from behind her. Many bullet streams passed through the battlefield and rushed towards the lurking 'Holy Blue Cross Sect'.

The bunkers that were originally used for shielding were turned into a hornet's nest by these dense and surging bullets, and the member who wanted to launch a surprise attack and kill with a lightsaber was also activated by the dense storm of bullets and was blown up halfway. The exoskeleton armor on the surface of the body burst into bright sparks and debris. If it weren't for his teammates rushing to save him at the risk of their lives, this reckless member would probably have died on the spot.

Soon after, the shooting stopped, and the members of the 'Holy Blue Cross Faction' who were breathing heavily on the opposite side could see the fighters wearing heavy black armor walking out from behind the smoke. Each of them was like an iron tower, wearing completely sealed super-heavy armor. Every step they took brought heavy vibrations, and when these warriors stood in four rows with huge shields in their hands, they blocked the entire street like an insurmountable city wall.

There is a transparent horizontal window in the middle of the shield, and below the window is a brown-gold flame. Although it is called flame, the lines are extremely hard, giving a heavy sense of oppression.

The security contractors under 'Jiehuo Heavy Industry' are well-known mercenaries in the Federation. As security contractors of branches, they are even more famous than the parent company. The company has an excellent reputation and often appears in various extremely dangerous environments. They often accept official commissions to protect important people or things.

At this moment, in the Sharpnose Shark star field, not only the independents and conservatives in the society are fighting, but also various forces stationed in the Sharpnose Shark star field, the combat forces of many giant companies, members of religious factions, and security forces of various local companies have also swept in.

In order to seize control of the star field and to take sides in the future, various forces began to make choices.

(End of this chapter)