MTL - Electromagnetic Tyrant-Chapter 35 airship

Chapter 35 Airship

Ji Xinghuo got up as soon as it dawned.

Jiangnan Caiyi got up earlier and made breakfast for everyone.

 After breakfast, everyone picked up their bags packed last night and walked out of the villa.

Chi Zhonglin walked at the front. He put on a stretchable elastic fiber suit, carried a lava gun on his shoulder, and carried a huge military bag.

This marching backpack contains the entire team’s tents, sleeping bags, inflatable rafts for crossing the river, several bundles of nano-ropes with a total length of more than one kilometer, 500 arrows newly purchased by Ji Xinghuo and various other supplies and tools, weighing more than 60 kilograms, almost as heavy as his spear.

 As the only powerful stranger in the team, he can only bear the task of carrying the luggage.

 The scales in the pool have long been used to it.

Ji Xinghuo and Ren Mian were walking in the middle of the team.

Ren Mian put on the hat again and covered her face with a scarf. She was still wearing a women's war skirt. She had an extra multi-functional belt tied around her waist than usual, with a row of checkered pockets on it, each pocket containing Plant samples.

Each plant witch has such a multi-functional belt. When fighting, he can take plant samples from it to release supernatural powers.

Ji Xinghuo is also fully armed.

He put on composite ceramic armor, wearing gale boots, with a thunderbolt hanging on his waist, and carrying a composite hunting bow and quiver on his back. Others would know he was a ranger at a glance.

Jiangnan Caiyi walked at the back, a few steps behind Ji Xinghuo and Ren Mian.

She is also covered with a black scarf, only her eyes are exposed, her black armor fits her whole body, and she has two knives, one long and one short, hanging on her waist. She is completely different from the gentle and sweet person she was at home, and her whole body is filled with the aura of keeping strangers away. .

 The four of them were speechless all the way.

 Leave the villa area and get on a steam bus.

When the passengers in the car saw their appearance, they knew that this was a hunting team that was leaving the city, and they stayed away intentionally or unintentionally.

 A moment later, the four of them got off the car at the airship landing site in the east of the city.

"Are we going to take an airship?" Ji Xinghuo asked in surprise as he looked at the steam airship slowly rising above him.

"Um."

Ren Mian nodded slightly, "The surrounding area of ​​Olympia City has been almost cleared. There are not many valuable prey. We have to leave the range developed by humans."

Ji Xinghuo asked: "Where to go?"

 “The City of Freedom.” Ren Mian replied: “Go to the City of Freedom first, and then go west.”

 Ten minutes later, the whole team boarded the airship.

This kind of passenger airship is more than 200 meters long. The largest part is the huge airbag on the top of the head. The cabin hanging underneath is only more than 30 meters long. From the four walls to the floor, the lightest materials are used, like a A thin-skinned bus with hundreds of passengers inside.

 “This is too unsafe.”

Ji Xinghuo complained in his heart that although the interior decoration of the airship cabin was quite luxurious, there were safety risks everywhere.

 The biggest hidden danger is the air bag on the head.

Although the interior of the airbag is also designed with compartments, so that it will not explode completely after breaking a hole, but such a large target is flying in the sky, and the protection is too weak. If it encounters a group of flying creatures or powerful monsters shooting from the ground, One shot and it might crash.

Ren Mian sat next to Ji Xinghuo, seeming to see his worry, and smiled: "Within the scope of human control, the safety of the airship is still guaranteed."

Ji Xinghuo nodded.

"I suggest you take the train in the future. Although it is a bit slower, it is safer." Chi Zhonglin, who was in the front row, turned around and said.

Ren Mian didn’t listen, “Let’s talk about it next time.”

Ji Xinghuo had some vague guesses. She should have a way to ensure that even if the airship crashed, the entire team could land safely.

The airship quickly took off, propelled by its steam-powered propeller, and flew toward the west.

Ji Xinghuo overlooked the entire Olympia from a high altitude for the first time and truly realized how big the city was. The speed of the airship was about 100 kilometers per hour. It took half an hour to fly from east to west, then crossed over the city wall and left the city.

Outside Olympia is an endless forest, where two large meandering rivers meet, and the rushing river water provides the city with sufficient water.

 Several roads have been opened in the human forest leading to other cities.

There are towering trees on both sides of the road. Trees tens of meters high can be seen everywhere, and it is not uncommon to have trees over 100 meters high. However, the types of trees are different from those on earth.

 The further you get from Olympia, the less visited it becomes.

Ji Xinghuo's eyesight can clearly see scenes thousands of meters away, and he can see more things than others.

 In just a few minutes, he discovered at least twenty different species of beasts and birds in the forest. The ecology was much larger and more complex than on earth.

 A rift appeared on the land ahead, splitting the forest in half.

When the airship flew over, Ji Xinghuo looked into the rift valley but could not see the bottom. It was dark and foggy inside, like a maze.

There is an arch bridge built over the rift valley. A train happens to pass over the bridge at this time, as if it is flying over a natural chasm.

Ji Xinghuo muttered: "It doesn't seem safe to take the train."

The star realm is not the earth. Not only are natural disasters more frequent, but the biggest unsafe factor is the creatures in the star realm. Their destructive power is no less than that of natural disasters. It is not very difficult for them to destroy an arch bridge or a train track.

  He looked up into the distance and could not see the end of the rift valley, which was estimated to be hundreds of kilometers long.

 The train tracks cannot be bypassed at all.

There are six cities to the west of Osipia, most of which belong to the participating countries of the "Western Alliance". More than four hours later, the airship passed through two cities and arrived at the Free City, which is more than 300 kilometers away.

 The Free City was built in a valley and was only one-fifth the size of Olympia.

 As the most important stronghold of the Western Alliance in the Star Boundary, the City of Freedom has a population of more than three million, which is definitely considered a big city.

Ji Xinghuo and the four of them got off the airship. Most of the strangers walking around were blond and blue-eyed, and they were citizens of the Western Alliance.

 But there are also many strangers from other countries, so they are not eye-catching.

Except for Ji Xinghuo, the other three people had been to the Free City many times and did not stay in the city. They quickly left the city through the west gate and left the Free City. All the way to the west.

At first, they were still walking on the main road, but the team's progress accelerated. By dusk, they had already left the Free City for more than 100 kilometers.

On the way we met many teams, all of whom were out hunting. The teams would keep some distance between themselves to avoid misunderstandings.

 Hunting teams left the road at different locations and entered the boundless primeval forest.

As we get further and further away from the Free City, the roads become narrower and narrower, the traces of civilization are diminishing, and there are no other teams around.

 The starry night falls.

 The whole team just took a short break to eat and then continued moving forward.

The day in the star world is too long, and it is impossible to set up camp just after dark. During the starry night, the "silver obsidian" in the sky and the reflection of the Milky Way provide enough light and will not affect the alien's progress.

Of course, starry night is certainly more dangerous than daytime.

However, the reason why the aliens go out is to hunt. To a certain extent, they need the opportunities brought by danger to let the prey come to their door.

 After walking for more than an hour in the starry night, the road cut by humans has completely disappeared.

 There is an unknown area ahead.

 “Spark.”

Ren Mian reminded: "Next, you have to pay more attention throughout the whole process."

“Understood.” Ji Xinghuo nodded slightly.

 The shooter's responsibilities in the team are mainly divided into two parts. One is to provide long-range attacks during combat, and the other is to act as the "eyes" of the team, detecting dangers around the team and warning teammates in advance.

 In many cases, reconnaissance is more important than long-range attack.

If the team lacks long-range attack capabilities, they can make up for it in close combat. However, if the reconnaissance ability is insufficient, they will always lose the initiative and be attacked passively. Sometimes, the enemy is approaching or even surrounded without even knowing it, and the entire team will be wiped out with one careless move. .

 A team can be without shooters, but it cannot be without “eyes”.

 There are many methods of investigation, usually various types of perception.

 The stalker's eagle eye and elephant trunk skills, the evil wind traveler's air flow perception, the earth walker's touch of the ground shaking, etc.

 There are also some unique tools for other professions.

To be on the safe side, many teams have at least two or even three types of senses such as vision, hearing, smell, and touch. Cross-detection is safer.

 Ren Mian took out a transparent juice and distributed it to the team.

Ji Xinghuo imitated them and applied the juice under his nose.

 Suddenly, a pungent and weird smell rushed into my mind, which seemed to be squeezed from some kind of plant.

 A few seconds later, he found that his sense of smell had become sharper.

 The smell can be smelled dozens of meters away, and the source of the smell can be roughly distinguished and whether the source is moving.

"In the past, we relied on the sap of the 'flyweed' to sense the location of prey." Ren Mian introduced, "This olfactory sap needs to be replenished every three hours, and the smell is not good, but it can barely use."

Chi Zhonglin said in a muffled voice: "I'm sick of smelling this smell."

Jiangnan Caiyi also covered her nose and frowned slightly.

"It's up to you, Starfire." Ren Mian chuckled, "If your perception is strong enough, we won't have to apply such unpleasant smelling stuff."

“We are all counting on you!” Chi Zhonglin looked expectant.

Ji Xinghuo looked at his teammates and suddenly said: "This Venus Flyweed juice is really not easy to use..."

 “What’s wrong?” Chi Zhonglin was a little strange.

 Ren Mian's expression changed.

Ji Xinghuo had quickly taken off his compound hunting bow, pulled out a few arrows and held them in his palm. One arrow had already been strung up and aimed at the sky on the left.

 “A monster is coming.”

"a lot of."

“It’s a large group of spiders, the number is 25, 28, 35, and counting…”

While he was quickly reporting the number to remind his teammates, Chi Zhonglin had already untied his backpack and put it aside. He was holding a long gun to block the front of the team, and his body expanded in a circle to enter combat mode.

Jiangnan Caiyi drew out her two swords, her figure became transparent and disappeared in an instant.

Ren Mian lightly pressed her right hand on her chest, and immediately her voice sounded in the minds of Ji Xinghuo and the others: "Xinghuo, don't say anything. If you have any information, tell us directly through the thought link."

"good."

Ji Xinghuo nodded. He quickly adapted to this kind of spiritual communication and said in his mind: "It should be the latent wandering spider."

 He had seen information about this kind of spider monster before and recognized it quickly.

"Understood."

Ren Mian responded immediately, took out a sapling from his belt and threw it to his feet. The sapling, which was originally only finger-long, grew to four or five meters high in a few seconds. The trunk was as thick as a thigh, and the body was silvery white. Hundreds of leaves looked like It burned like a block of magnesium, dispelling the darkness in the woods and making it as bright as day.

Ji Xinghuo was not distracted by this.

With the bright white light of "Fire Trees and Silver Flowers", he saw a huge spider exposed in his field of vision. It jumped out from the shadow behind a big tree and silently jumped to another tree.

Whoosh!

Ji Xinghuo's arrow shot out.

 (End of this chapter)