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Chapter 697 Heading to the Eye of the Storm

The wind was still whistling past my ears, and the evening sky was quite peaceful and comfortable. If I didn't look down, I would probably see a beautiful sunset.

Descending gently from a great height, her toes stepped on the soft sand, and her fluttering dress slowly came to a stop. Tilan took a few steps, her eyes sweeping over the scattered debris in front of her, looking for some relatively intact mechanical fragments.

Soon, she stopped in front of a piece of debris half-buried in the sand, carefully reached out her fingers, pulled out a small memory chip, and put it away.

Then she circled around again, and seeing no additional gains, she took off again to survey the land near the jungle.

At night, the black-haired girl returned to the mansion where she lived and handed the chip to Loloria.

"This was found on the attacking machine. Can we get some intelligence from it?" She put the chip into Loloria's palm.

"Let me try." Loloria 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 do not contain many secrets.

After a while, Loloria finished reading and ejected the chip.

"The cluster is going to push forward further. Today's group is just the vanguard." Loloria 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, their numbers are only going to increase. They don't seem to be prepared to wait for the troops on the ground to clear the jungle."

"The speed has increased again." Tilan muttered.

"If we destroy one of the helicarriers, will that slow them down?"

"This is possible in the short term, but it may stimulate the remaining helicarriers and lead to more violent attacks."

"That is to say, for now we can only keep delaying time." Tilan turned around and looked at the street lights on the main street and the lights of various houses behind him, feeling a little reluctant.

We have finally built a town here and let everyone live and work in peace and contentment. We don't want to abandon this place so soon and 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 once again received an alarm about the appearance of a large number of mechanical bodies in the southern sky.

"You guys make arrangements according to what I said. I'm going to be 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 sounded the alarm.

Once again, the inherited secret technique was performed, and a holy sword shining with silver color descended. The girl held the hilt of the sword, and then swept across the entire airspace. The swift sword light chopped the metal of the flying cockroaches that released flaming spikes in the air into pieces.

However, after the elimination here, things were not over yet. Emergency signals were sent out from other places one after another, so she had to speed up and rush into the sky again.

Six hours later, the sun set in the west. On the hills illuminated by the sunset glow, the holy sword inserted into the ground had its shadow lengthened by the afterglow. The surrounding area was scorched earth with some dark red scrap iron and exposed electronic components remaining. The cool evening breeze blew away the burnt smell in the air.

Next to the holy sword, the delicate girl sat down tiredly. Although she was gifted, she felt a little exhausted after such a high-intensity battle.

Leaning her body against the sword, she looked at the sunset in the distance, smoothed the hair curled by sweat on the side of her ear with her fingers, opened her mouth slightly, and took a deep breath.

After several minutes, Tilan finally recovered some strength and managed to stand up.

As the evening breeze blew, the sweat on my forehead and ears gradually dried, and my breathing became much calmer and quieter.

At this time, another slight reminder sound came from the headphone clip on her collar, telling her where she was going.

Are there any more? There are so many of these mechanical bodies. She finally understood why the Mechanical Sun Rou had to fight against four alone, and several Black Suns had a hard time fighting.

These guys multiply and replicate really fast.

Pulling out the huge holy sword that was as tall as herself, Tilan took a step and leaped into the air again, turning into a meteor and disappearing into the night.

At night, the teams on the ground held up torches, formed a long dragon on the land, and moved towards the north. Here gathered residents of many settlements within the Star-Chasing Alliance. Under guidance and arrangements, they moved under the cover of night.

Compared with daytime, the activity level of mechanical bodies at night is much lower. Although they have night imaging and observation capabilities, 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 mechanical clusters more inclined to be active during the day unless encountering special circumstances.

Sitting on the top of a high hill, Tilan pressed her legs with her fingers to relieve the pain and watched the team below go away.

Today they are the weaker members of the settlement, tomorrow they will be the residents of the surrounding camps, the day after tomorrow they will be the residents of the City of Redstone, and finally the remaining combatants. In about 7 days, the residents of this grassland will be able to move into the relatively safe mountainous area, where the terrain is dangerous and the mountain geography can be used to withstand the large-scale impact of mechanical clusters.

After taking a shower, the girl soaked in the hot water for a while, finally stopping to rest for a rare night.

On the morning of the third day, she received another signal indicating the appearance of a mechanical cluster.

After quickly changing her clothes, the girl set out again to put out fires.

The holy sword transformed, attacked, swept, transferred, and then dealt with the swarms of mechanical bodies flying in front of it again.

This process was repeated over and over again 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 numbers kept piling up, she would eventually be dragged down.

Just when Tilan felt that he could not hold on any longer and was about to enter hibernation, Celitia arrived unexpectedly, bringing with her hundreds of giant floating whales that filled the sky.

These giant floating whales called "Arbitrators" are the creations of the Silver Wings. Their huge bodies are filled with a lot of supplies and a large number of combat mechanical units. When they shuttle through the atmosphere, they make 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 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 over for support." Celitia held Tilan's hand, standing on a high place, looking into the distance at the sky, where there were still some mechanical clusters that had not dispersed.

In the subsequent battle, the two of them did not need to take action, as these floating arbitrators destroyed many mechanical units present.

After it was over, Celitia talked about what had happened in the past few days.

She first returned to the Silver Bird Garden to rest, and then consulted a large amount of information in the library to find out 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 current predicament faced by the world above ground through the observation equipment in the Court of the Silver Bird, and then it was difficult to find the city lord to negotiate for 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 directly attack the headquarters of the mechanical cluster to avoid causing a larger conflict."

"That's nothing. It's already a great honor to have someone to help cover the retreat." Tilan nodded in gratitude. With these arbitrators sharing the burden, 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 these few days, she gradually realized Celitia's combat effectiveness. Although she was relatively modest, Tilan also saw that this angel-like girl was not a weak individual who only knew how to study and read.

The golden threads of light condensed to form the outline of the blade, and then the glass-like sword body gradually solidified into shape, transparent and hard, able to easily pierce through nearby mechanical bodies.

In battle, Celitia moves swiftly, and the wings behind her are not just beautiful. Combined with various magical abilities, the wings can effectively gain leverage and change posture in the air. As an extraordinary race, the wings can also allow the Silver Wings to better absorb Aigeka particles and manipulate magic power. It is worthy of being one of the highest masterpieces of the sixth-generation 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 into the mountains, passed through the mountain tunnel dug by the Ford Alliance, entered the railway tracks inside, and continued to move towards the distant north.

On the eighth day, the two people who had some free time walked in the empty town, as if they were performing 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, where I met my first few companions," Tilan recalled.

"Did Tilan make an emergency landing on this planet with Ores?" Celitia asked curiously.

"Yes, but Ores was injured and can't remember many things." Tilan felt a little regretful, but then she thought that this might not be a bad thing. After experiencing that brutal battle, if Ores remembered everything, she would probably have a serious psychological trauma.

"What is the world like when Tilan grew up?" For the first time, Celitia wanted to know about the outside world.

"The planet where I grew up 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 narrated as he recalled.

Listening to Tilan's story, Celitia felt very fresh and had some understanding and sympathy. Indeed, the situation of the native humans was not good. They were probably struggling to survive in the battle between the many dark suns.

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"... 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, walking across them as if she was walking on a balance beam.

Anyway, there were no outsiders here at the moment, and she didn't have to worry too much about her image, so her slightly playful girlish nature was reflected in her again.

Looking at Tilan's slightly childish behavior, Celitia wanted to laugh, but she managed to hold it back. However, Tilan was really a special girl. Sometimes she was extremely serious and melancholy, as if she was a scholar immersed in the long historical cycle of civilization, 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 vibrant vitality that is completely different from its peers.

Is this the original human being? Although there are many shortcomings, these shortcomings together give it a strange vitality.

Celitia thought about this as she and Tilan walked the farewell journey.

……

A few days later, Tilan arrived at the residence prepared by the Ford Alliance for the members of the Star-Chasing Covenant in the northern mountains. It was a long and narrow valley with a small river inside. The space was not large and one could only see part of the sky above one's head. It was probably not possible to farm there, but such a place also gave people a strong sense of security. One could enter the abandoned mine at the bottom of the mountain at any time. The roads there were intricate and there were also some large spaces that could be used for rest and living.

"We can only stay here temporarily for now." Sura, Guy and others discussed with the other members after checking the surrounding areas.

"It's not a big problem in the short term, but in the long run, without a sufficient source of food, it will definitely not work." Fran held a pen and tapped the cardboard in front of him that was full of forms.

"There is a cold water spring underground, where we can raise some fish to supplement their nutrition." The moose boss talked about the results of the previous exploration.

"We have a technology that allows for soilless cultivation, but it requires a lot of electricity. If this problem can be solved, we can produce some food for survival," said Mingshan, a representative of the Heshan Rescue Association.

"As for electric energy, I'm afraid we have to ask the Electric Marrow Race. They are a special race that can generate electricity on their own. Apart from the Thunder Wing Race, they are the best at this." Sura thought of the tall and thin Electric Marrow Races in the Ford Alliance.

"It should be possible to ask them for help, but according to the agreement of the North Wind Union, we also have to give out some valuable things in exchange."

"We can't provide food, so we need to make strategic reserves for the future. It seems that the Ford Alliance can produce other things on its own, so it doesn't make much sense." Sura continued to analyze.

"Let Lady Heshia try?" someone asked in a low voice. Now Heshia is very famous in the 'North Wind Alliance'. She is known as one of the 'Big Four' together with the three members of the Ford Alliance, and is even more famous than them.

"It will be too embarrassing 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 his hair, trying to think about what valuable treasures he had hidden.

"Those things seem to be quite useful, such as the generator, the telegraph station, the repaired small airplane and so on." She was reluctant to part with them.

Just as they were discussing, Ores walked in, followed by several little guys with moth wings. When Tilan was too busy, these little guys were under the care of Ores.

"What, what happened?" Seeing everyone stop talking, Orlais tilted her head in confusion.

"We need some valuable things to exchange with other forces." Fran explained the reason in concise language.

After hearing this, Orlais blinked and quickly thought of something. She hugged a silk moth hiding behind her. The wings on the back of this little guy were fluffy.

"Silkworm moths, weaving cloth, very good." Ores said her thoughts, and then a few little guys took out the woven silver silk cloth from the boxes they carried and placed it in front of everyone.

The snow-white cloth with a silvery tint felt extremely smooth to the touch. It stretched in the air with a slight shake. It was wrinkle-free, clean and soft, and had both warmth-retaining and protective effects. It was a rare treasure. Everyone appreciated it and nodded, only then did they notice that there was a group of people who could weave in their organization.

"Are there so many species of silkworm moths?" Farlan only vaguely remembered the first few, but now he heard from Orlais that there were probably nearly a hundred species of silkworm moths in the Star-Chasing Covenant.

"Yes, their living environment was excavated by me." Guy nodded.

"All settlements that join the Star-Seeking Covenant will be counted and inspected. If there are silkworm moth species, we will recruit them directly. Together with those who have fled from the Stone Sword Alliance and the Iron Rat Kingdom, the number is now close to 100."

"Silkworm moth, you are cute and obedient." Orlais also nodded and touched the head of the silkworm moth 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 them for a lot of things." Sura nodded, thinking it was very good.

"I'll go with you this time, and try to exchange as many supplies as possible. In addition, it would be even better if we could 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 put it to good use in light of the current situation.

"Okay, let's arrange it this way." Everyone thought this was a good idea and nodded in agreement.

In this way, the members of the Star-Seeking Covenant gradually settled down in this valley. Occasionally, everyone could see those little creatures with snow-white moth wings coming out, but they were very shy and would not refuse or resist, so they had to be led by someone they trusted, sometimes Hessia and sometimes Ores.

When Sura took his people to the Ford Alliance for trade and exchange, the last long journey of Heshia and others was also put on the agenda.

"Are you ready, Tilan?" Celitia came to pick her up alone this time.

Because this last trip was particularly dangerous, only the two of them plus Loloria participated.

"Okay, let's go."

Boarding the Silver Wings' unique bird shuttle, the two began to head towards the stormy sea, breaking through the thick lightning clouds and reaching the base camp of the mechanical cluster.

(End of this chapter)