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

Chapter 657: The Hidden Race in the Underground Cold Storage
The caravan continued to move forward, but this time there were 6 more foxtail members. They were all women, wearing smart brown leather jackets, trousers for easy movement, tactical bandages, daggers, and rifles in their hands. They were elite combat members of the foxtail species, and the foxtail species that Heshia first met that day was also among them.

"My name is Molly."

Facing Heshia, who was slightly shorter than her, the black-haired, gray-eyed fox-tailed creature felt a little uncomfortable. The pair of fox ears on her head stood straight up, reflecting her nervousness and vigilance.

"The name is very concise." Heshia always felt that the people who created the foxtail species should be oriental forces. Whether it was their names or their clothing styles and habits, they all had a lot of oriental traditions.

Later, there was another carriage in the caravan to carry the six of them and some of the cargo. The six foxtails were divided into three groups, taking turns as guides and occasionally responsible for finding water sources. Judging from their appearance, they should be very familiar with the surrounding environment.

With these local members around, the trade of Tilan and her caravan became much more normal and smoother in the following days, and there were no situations that required Heshia to appear and take action.

"We just seized this thing last month. Although not many people in our settlement know anything about electronic machinery, you can see that this thing is quite useful."

Several young men with cockscomb haircuts wearing short-sleeved shirts and vests were selling Guy and Molly this big iron lump next to him. It looked like it should have been part of a large machine, but here there was only a fragment.

"Dangdang——" As they spoke, several people knocked on it with the back of their knives again.

"Listen, this is obviously good steel. It is also a very good material for making weapons. I will sell it to you. Just exchange it for 10 buckets of fish." The other party said a few more words.

"How can this be worth so much money? It's heavy and bulky. If you want to refine it into a weapon, I'm afraid you won't be able to separate it even if you try for a long time..."

Tilan heard the discussion between Guy and the other party in front of her. She thought for a moment, put on a black veil, pulled up her hood, and walked out of the carriage. Because her figure was shrouded in a dark robe, outsiders could not see her figure and appearance clearly.

Seeing her walk out, Loloria, who had been eager to try, followed her in small steps. She was also wearing similar clothes to Tilan, but she was obviously smaller in stature.

After approaching, Tilan first kept his eyes on the few people for a few seconds, and then shifted his attention to the mechanical wreckage placed aside. This piece was about 3 meters high, partly covered with armor like stacked shells, and partly exposing some of the complex structures inside. It was all gray-silver metallic color, with signs of oxidation, so that the surface was slightly rough like fog.

"Can Loloria tell what this is?" Tilan asked.

"I can't tell, but the material is familiar. It should be Mefia Alloy, a structural material commonly used in the Mechanical Council to make some middle and lower class mechanical bodies." Loloria searched the database.

"Mephia alloy is easy to smelt, and the raw materials are easy to obtain. In addition, its strength meets the standard, so it has been used in large quantities to manufacture low-end mechanical bodies."

"However, its corrosion and oxidation resistance are relatively poor, which means that it has to be phased out and replaced with new parts every few years. Later, as our resources gradually became more abundant, we gradually phased out the use of Mephia alloy and switched to Idia alloy, which has high corrosion resistance and higher material strength."

"The two rows of rooms outside the hall where I slept have all mechanical bodies made of Idia alloy. Even after more than a thousand years, they are still as bright and clean as new."

"What should this component be?" Tilan thought about it.

"It might have been created after I fell asleep, because its structure is not in my database. Logically, even a small part of it should be searchable from the design drawings." Loloria replied.

While the two were talking, Guy in front of them had also finished negotiations with several local youths, and finally made a deal for two sets of steel breastplates and a rifle from the caravan.

"Okay, now the question is how to pull it away." Guy looked at the mechanical debris in front of him that was taller than him, and turned to look for Loloria.

He went forward to bargain with the other party because he knew that Loloria could cut this big guy in half. Otherwise, it would be inconvenient for the team to carry such a large piece of wreckage.

"I'm here, I'm here~" Loloria ran over with brisk steps. The few young men who were selling the wreckage had already returned to their settlement not far away, and were surrounded by caravan members.

Without worrying about exposing anything, Loloria raised her hand, and then as she injected energy, slender light blue light spikes spurted out from the palm of her hand. This should be a modified and simplified version of the lightsaber.

As the light blue rays of light slowly cut through the parts, more details inside were exposed. It looked like this should have once been the joint part of some large machine. No wonder it was so strong and there were parts similar to knee armor on the outside.

After cutting and separating the mechanical debris step by step, the remaining members carried the scattered debris onto the car and sealed them in wooden boxes.

As the caravan continued to move forward, the settlements in this area began to become denser. Heshia could see three or four passing settlements a day. Some of them had only about forty people, while others had over a hundred.

It was another place that looked like a settlement. Slanted rocks were stacked like sheets, emerging from the ground, and the settlement was in the gap between the layers of rock and the surface. However, things were not peaceful at this time. There were obvious signs of an explosion at the entrance of the settlement, and there were several corpses lying next to it. Occasionally, gunshots and roars could be heard coming from deep in the cave of the settlement.

"It looks like there's an attack going on here. Should we go up and help?" a member nearby asked the girl on the carriage.

Tilan stuck her head out of the car window, stared at the settlement in the distance for a few seconds, then nodded.

"Let Loloria follow you. If anything unexpected happens, she can help you solve it."

"Loloria will definitely protect everyone~" The mechanical girl was very happy to hear that she could go out too. Although she couldn't reveal her identity casually, it was still the best as insurance.

So, five people were quickly separated from the caravan, and they rushed forward quickly, especially the young man of the gray-feather species, who was extremely fast, worthy of being a race that was born to be an assassin.

As for the others, they followed the convoy forward at a leisurely pace.

More than ten minutes later, Tilan got off the carriage. It was rare that she didn't wear a hood today. Her soft hair fell on the hood and shoulders, with a small part slightly curled, which looked somewhat natural.

When we walked to the entrance of this small settlement under the cliff, the air became slightly cooler. It seems that the people here chose a good location. The air here is flowing and it is not too sunny. I just don’t know what the situation inside the cave is like.

I lowered my head slightly and walked down the stone steps at the entrance. It was very dry here, with a few pieces of sand and gravel remaining on the ground. As I walked inside, the light gradually dimmed. I saw two other dead bodies along the way. I couldn't tell their specific race from their appearance, but they should be ordinary people with mixed blood.

There is a small lobby with an area of ​​about 30 square meters. Stone sofas and chairs can be seen here. It seems that they are well maintained.

Tilan's light blue eyes turned slightly curiously and looked deeper into the cave, where a member of the caravan returned with a gun in hand.

"What's going on in there?"

"There were originally three attackers, and we killed them all. As for the survivors, we are still searching for them."

Tilan nodded slightly, then closed her eyes and let her consciousness spread out, and after a few seconds, she pointed him in one direction.

"It seems there is a survivor there. There is also some kind of aura deep underground." She tilted her head and thought about it.

"Yes!" The other party went to the direction pointed by Tilan with high morale.

An hour later, the caravan members temporarily gathered in the front hall of the settlement. Tilan sat alone on a stone chair, with a group of people surrounding her and two elite foxtail warriors with guns standing beside her. Against the backdrop of these members who looked tough, the girl in a black gauze dress looked particularly mysterious. Although she looked quite delicate, the young man in a white shirt sitting opposite her did not dare to look up. His hands were placed on his knees nervously, shaking slightly.

"Can you tell me exactly what happened? Don't worry, we are not here to attack or rob." Tilan said a few words, and then the foxtail species next to her handed her the freshly brewed hot coffee.

"I..." The young man in white shirt opposite still had a trembling voice due to fear.

"I don't know either... This is what happened." He described the whole process in an unclear manner.

In fact, he was not originally a member of this settlement, but was sold here by a looting team half a year ago. Because he had some knowledge of mechanics and electronics, he was valued by the leader of the settlement and was asked to maintain some equipment in the settlement. It is said that the original member in charge of this died accidentally in the battle.

"Are they nice to you?" Although it was a rough stone chair, when the black-haired, blue-eyed girl sat on it, it looked like some kind of ancient throne, making her temperament seem natural.

"They are a bit fierce and often come into conflict with nearby settlements, but they are pretty nice to me."

"A portion of the food and delicious food available in the settlement is always left for me." In many settlements, this is a treatment only available to core members.

"You don't have to do any heavy work on weekdays, just maintain the equipment and solar panels in the base." "But when it comes to some major decisions in the settlement, they won't ask for my opinion." The young man in white shirt spoke a little clearer now.

"Last month, the leader got an electromagnetic gun from somewhere. He felt the time had come, so he led his men to attack another nearby settlement, intending to conquer it."

"But since they left, they never came back. So there are only me and six other members left in the base. Most of them are not combatants. Two of them are cooks, one is a doctor, one is a gunsmith, one is responsible for simple sewing and cleaning, and the remaining one is the leader's nephew. He has a full set of battle armor and is quite capable."

"The leader hasn't returned in the past month. We are very worried, but because we are short of manpower, we dare not go out to look for him casually. It was today that we were finally attacked."

"Do you know the identity of the attacker?" Tilan picked up the coffee and took a sip.

"I don't know them, but my companions said that they don't look like people from the local settlement. They should be wandering abandoned wolf bloods."

"Now that everyone in the settlement has died in the battle, what are you going to do in the future?"

"I definitely can't defend this place by myself. Please take me away. It's okay. Everything here is for you. You can take it all. Just don't kill me." When he said this, his voice trembled with panic again.

Tilan shook her head slightly at his statement and did not express her opinion immediately, but continued to ask out of curiosity.

"Have you ever guessed the reason for the leader's disappearance? If the attack on other settlements failed, the enemy should have fought back. It is impossible for them to leave you alone for a month."

"I can't guess. I've been staying in the cave working for them and basically never going out." He looked completely powerless to fight. No wonder the members of this settlement were not worried about his escape.

"Is that so..." Tilan thought about it.

"Do you know what's deep underground in the settlement cave? It seems to be particularly unusual there."

"There? That should be the cold storage. Although I am responsible for maintaining the refrigeration equipment on weekdays, I don't have the key to the door inside. It has always been in the hands of the two chefs."

Hearing this, Tilan looked up, and soon a member searched the chef's body and took the key.

"Is this the key?" The key was silver-gray and slightly rough.

"Yes, that's it. I saw the chef use it, and he even secretly gave me extra meat." Thinking of his experiences over the past six months, the young man in white was filled with emotion.

"Then let's go down and take a look." Tilan stood up and asked several members to accompany the young man in white shirt, and several people walked in front with torches.

The passage leading to the underground cold storage is quite long and winding, which is very different from the style of the upper part. Looking at the smoothness of the wall on one side, one can't help but wonder whether this underground warehouse came first, and then the cave settlement on the ground came later.

A few minutes later, several people stopped in front of the thick sealed door. The young man in white shirt nervously inserted the key and twisted it left and right. After a while, with a faint sound, the door slowly opened, revealing the cold air accumulated inside.

In front of us were various animal carcasses hanging, as well as separated and boneless pieces of meat, all frozen hard. Going further in, we saw some bagged offal in the corner. It seemed that they were not popular and very little was eaten, and the ice on top was also particularly thick.

The members behind Tilan walked out and searched carefully in the cold storage of nearly 100 square meters. Soon everyone returned.

"I didn't find anything special, it's just..." A member was about to say something but stopped talking. Soon his companions patted his hands and shook their heads at him.

"Nothing, Lady Heshia, just some frozen meat."

Why are they hiding this from me so obviously? From the looks of them, it seems like it's for my own good. The girl was a little confused and couldn't help but want to know more.

"Just tell me, don't be so secretive."

"This..." Several people hesitated.

"Forget it, let me do it." Guy walked over and whispered something in Tilan's ear.

Then Tilan turned her gaze to the pieces of meat hanging in the cold storage, her eyes swept over some of the details, and then looked away.

"Is that so..." Her voice was slightly depressed and she stopped asking everyone why.

"But." Then, she raised her head again and looked directly at the innermost wall of the cold storage.

"There should be a passage here." After saying that, she walked slowly forward and lightly pressed her fingers on the frozen wall.

Then, as if by magic, the ice on the entire wall melted instantly, turning into flowing water and sliding down, revealing a faint crack on the wall.

Tilan blinked her eyes, and a faint cold light emerged from her fingertips, which lightly swiped across the wall. After a few seconds, a hole as high as a person appeared in the wall, revealing the space inside.

"What is this?" Everyone looked inside curiously.

Inside there is a four-meter-long metal structure passage with an iron door on each side. Judging from the rust on the passage and the various graffiti and waste paper that have not been cleaned up, it should be quite old. Tilan came to an iron door, held the door handle tightly, turned the valve on it, and then the iron door opened, revealing an extremely narrow small room inside.

A fluorescent tube emitting extremely faint light was tied to the ceiling with wire. In the almost invisible weak light, a figure with fluffy moth feathers was kneeling among the old blankets and velvet. Small balls emitting soft light appeared at Tilan's fingertips, and as they flew closer, they illuminated the uneasy and fearful pair of blue eyes.

She was plump but not tall, and wore extremely simple clothes, or perhaps it was more like a piece of torn cloth. Although her clothes and situation were extremely simple, the snow-white down feathers extending from her back were like moth wings magnified many times, with fluffy hair at the base and a slightly smoother tip with a little scale powder faintly visible, which kept her body clean and avoided moisture and odor.

She may not be as tall as Tilan, but with her snow-white moth wings like a cloak and her plump figure, she always gives people a feeling of being much more mature, yet still has a bit of cuteness of her petite figure.

Under the reflection of the light ball, the most amazing thing is the beautiful hair like silver snow, which has the beauty of a rare thing.

"Is this... a species of silkworm moth?" Fran looked at the figure kneeling on the ground in shock and surprise. He had only seen the description of this species in records.

"Yes, this is the species of silkworm moth." Guy stepped forward, slowly squatted down and took a closer look at the frightened and shrinking figure in front of him.

"It is said that all silkworm moth species had their aggressiveness removed when their genes were designed. They dare not resist anyone's orders and are afraid of any bloody scenes. Their hair is the finest silk, very beautiful and has a self-cleaning effect. In the past, it was welcomed by all new races."

"At the same time, their body organs can adapt to any humanoid species and will not cause rejection reactions. If you want to use her to save people, she will be very happy because she can be put to use."

"No matter how you bully her, as long as you give her a little encouragement and reward, she will forget the pain you brought her."

"Thousands of years ago, many new races would raise these silkworms. They were the best livestock and maids. But later, the situation continued to deteriorate, and the various forces no longer had the money to raise them."

"Does that silkworm moth have intelligence?" Tilan also came to the frightened silkworm moth, bent down carefully, and stretched out her hand to show her goodwill.

"Yes, according to the records in the association's library, silkworms are as intelligent as normal people, or even a little smarter, but no one teaches them much knowledge." Fran recalled what he had learned.

"Can you understand what I am saying?" Tilan blinked slowly, touching the back of the other person's hand that was retracted in the embrace with her fingers, trying her best to convey her gentle kindness to the other person.

This silkworm moth seemed to be particularly sensitive to emotional activities. It sensed the kindness released by the girl in front of it and was no longer as nervous as before. Its eyes were wide open and it looked at the girl in front of it, as if it wanted to remember this face.

"My name is Olenna, are you... my new master?"

(End of this chapter)