Chapter 1373: Chapter 1373

"Tilan." She softly called the girl's name, causing her to look up from her thoughts.

"What is it, Celestia?" She curiously looked at this winged companion across from her.

It must be said, Celestia really was too much like the image of an Angel, with white wings behind her and a temper both gentle and strong, having helped Tilan handle many camp affairs during this time.

"How do you view the different species?" She hugged her knees, resting her chin on them.

"Me?..." Tilan brushed Ores' hair as she thought.

"I guess they're all just different individuals swept up by the era." She couldn't say she particularly loved any group, nor did she completely despise any.

Celestia had some different thoughts about this answer, so she continued to ask.

"If now, among your subordinates, you have different individuals like A and B, one is very smart, works quickly, but the other is very clumsy, does things badly and slowly, and messes up some tasks."

"Would you reward them equally?" Celestia asked this.

"In that case, I would probably give more reward to the one who did well, as it's deserved."

"But doing so would make the clumsy one feel bad, how would you handle that?" Celestia probed further.

"I would try to teach him, let him catch up and complete simpler tasks." Perhaps anticipating what Celestia would ask, Tilan continued explaining.

"If he still can't learn, it's likely due to innate factors, I'd try comforting him, telling him not to be sad."

"Comforting has an end too, doesn't it?" Celestia thought aloud.

"He'll finally have to face reality."

"And what would Celestia do?" Tilan was curious about her thoughts.

"I..." Celestia thought for a moment, not responding immediately.

"I haven't decided yet." She actually had a vague answer inside, but didn't voice it then.

Noticing Celestia's hesitation, Tilan didn't expose it; as a Songstress, she'd seen too many people whose hearts didn't match their words, not everyone held malice, just each had their reasons or feared saying it too bluntly would hurt each other.

The two skipped the topic, turning to the Slami Association they met today.

"They seem to have a complete industry, able to equip soldiers en masse and produce advanced aircraft and armored vehicles." Tilan thought about the scenes she saw during the day.

"Those power armors really are quite advanced." Celestia nodded.

"Ordinary bullets and explosions can't penetrate; they can fend off mechanical bodies at close range."

The two discussed the electromagnetic weapon production line and the possibility of building it in the camp; at this moment, a flash appeared on the horizon, followed by explosions in the distance. This text is hosted at novel-fire.net

"That is..." Tilan saw it was the direction of the ruins.

"There's a battle happening by the ruins." Originally resting on the treetop, Loloria jumped down, streams of air sprayed from the soles and hem of her dress, hovering in mid-air.

"Looks like the Mechanical Cluster has returned." Her optical radar could see very far.

"Should we head over, Tilan?" Loloria was eager.

"You go ahead, try to control those mechanical bodies." Tilan nodded.

"OK, commands received, Meilinkast System activated!" Loloria's figure rose, quickly flying towards the ruins, in seconds turning into a flash.

"She's so fast." Celestia was amazed.

"Of course, after all, she is an Artificial Angel." Speaking of Angels, Tilan glanced at Celestia's wings, suddenly curious about who would fly faster, Celestia or Loloria.

"Let's head over too." Tilan lifted Ores from her knee, taking the still somewhat dazed Ores into the air.

The three flew towards the incident location.

Members stationed here from the Slami Association were fighting against the swarming mechanical bodies; several machine guns were constantly firing, sweeping through the mechanical bodies in view, a few tracked mecha combat vehicles stationed in the frontline kept firing to assist.

In the night sky, sporadic red points flickered, Mechanical Flying Cockroach spiraled and dove, shooting fiery red spikes, wounding members on the ground but were quickly shot down by anti-air guns, crashing onto the ground.

During the battle, a large number of mechanical bodies surged forward, forcing the frontline Slami Association members into melee; flesh was evidently struggling against steel, apart from a few members equipped with power armor holding the line, many ordinary combat members were knocked down.

In the chaos, Sheldon led some personnel carrying dismantled engine cores out of the ground, moving them towards the aircraft parking area, as several mechanical bodies attempted assaults, making their movement difficult.

At this time, a flame moved rapidly from far to near; Loloria directly collided with various mechanical obstructions, jets of air from her legs and back slowed down her body to hover in mid-air, followed by invisible electronic pulses sweeping and dispersing, temporarily disabling all mechanical bodies on site.

At this moment, the shocked members of the Slami Association saw Loloria in the air, recognizing her as a member who was with Tilan earlier.

"You're an 'Artificial Angel'?" Sheldon somewhat incredulously spoke the legendary name.

"Yes, I'm the Artificial Angel Loloria, here to help due to Tilan's order." During the dialog with these people, various data flashed in Loloria's emerald eyes, as she began interfacing with the mechanical bodies on the ground, trying to input commands to control them.