Electromagnetic Tyrant

Chapter 35 Airship

Ji Xinghuo got up at dawn.

Jiangnan Caiyi got up earlier and prepared breakfast for everyone.

After breakfast, everyone packed their bags 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, 60 arrows newly purchased by Ji Xinghuo and various other supplies and tools, weighing more than kilograms, almost as heavy as his spear.

As the only powerful alien in the team, the task of carrying the luggage can only be undertaken by him.

Chi Zhonglin has long been used to it.

Ji Xinghuo and Ren Mian walked 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.

Every plant witch has such a multi-functional belt. When fighting, plant samples can be taken out to release supernatural powers.

Ji Xinghuo is also fully armed.

He put on composite ceramic steel armor, Gale boots, Lei Chi hanging on his waist, and a composite hunting bow and quiver on his back. Others could tell 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.

After leaving the villa area, we boarded 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 intentionally or unintentionally, they stayed away.

After a while, the four people 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 his head.

"Ah."

Ren Mian nodded slightly, "The surrounding area of ​​Olympia City has been cleaned up, and there are not many valuable prey. We have to leave the scope of human development."

Ji Xinghuo asked, "Where are you going?"

"City of Liberty." Ren Mian replied, "Go to City of Liberty 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.

"It's too unsafe."

Ji Xinghuo complained in his heart. Although the interior decoration of the airship cabin is quite luxurious, there are hidden safety hazards everywhere.

The biggest hidden danger is the airbag on the head.

Although the interior of the airbag is also designed with compartments, it will not burst open with a single 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 and shoots it from the ground, it may crash.

Sitting next to Ji Xinghuo, Ren Mian seemed to see his worry, and said with a smile: "Within the scope of human control, the safety of the airship is still guaranteed."

Ji Xinghuo nodded.

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

Ren Mian didn't listen, "Let's talk next time."

Ji Xinghuo vaguely guessed something, she should have a way to ensure that even if the airship falls, the whole team can land safely.

The airship quickly took off and flew westward, driven by its steam-powered propeller.

For the first time, Ji Xinghuo overlooked the entire Olympia from a high altitude 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 meandering rivers meet, and the rushing river water provides the city with ample 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 exceed a hundred meters, but the types of trees are different from those on earth.

The farther you get from Olympia, the more inaccessible 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 beasts and birds in the forest. The ecology was much larger and more complex than on earth.

A rift opened in the land ahead, splitting the forest in two.

When the airship flew over, Ji Xinghuo probed into the rift but couldn't see the bottom. It was dark and misty inside, like a labyrinth.

There is an arch bridge built on 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 seems that taking the train is not very safe."

The star realm is not the earth. Not only are natural disasters more frequent, but the biggest unsafe factor is the astral creatures. 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, but he couldn't see the end of the rift valley, which was estimated to be hundreds of kilometers long.

There's no way around the train tracks.

There are six cities to the west of Osipia, most of which belong to the various 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 coming and going around were blond and blue-eyed, and they were citizens of the Western Alliance.

But there are also a lot of aliens from other countries, so they don't stand out.

Except for Ji Xinghuo, the other three had been to Liberty City many times and did not stay in the city. They quickly left the city through the western city gate.

All the way west.

At the beginning, they were still walking on the main road, but the team's progress accelerated. By dusk, they had already left the City of Liberty 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 each other to avoid misunderstandings.

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

As they got farther and farther away from the City of Liberty, the roads became narrower, the traces of civilization were decreasing, and there were no other teams around.

The starry night falls.

The whole team just took a short break to eat and then moved on.

The day in the astral world is too long, and it is impossible to set up camp when it gets dark. The "silver glow" in the sky and the reflection of the Milky Way provide enough light to not affect the advancement of aliens during the starry night.

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

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

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

The front is the unknown area.

"spark."

Ren Mian reminded: "Next, you have to pay 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 in battle, and the other is to act as the "eyes" of the team to detect dangers around the team and warn teammates in advance.

In many cases, reconnaissance is more important than ranged 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 passively attacked. 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 a shooter, but it cannot be without "eyes".

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

The eagle eye and elephant trunk of the stalker, the air current perception of the evil winder, the trembling sense of the ground of the earth walker, and so on.

There are also some unique means of other classes.

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.

Immediately, a pungent and strange smell rushed into my mind, as if it was squeezed by some kind of plant.

After a few seconds, he found that his sense of smell had become acute.

The smell can be smelled dozens of meters away, and the source of the smell can be roughly identified 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 can't smell the smell."

Jiangnan Caiyi also covered her nose and frowned slightly.

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

"We're 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 quickly took off the compound hunting bow, pulled out a few arrows and held them in his palm, and one arrow was already on the bowstring, aiming at the sky above the left.

"A monster is coming."

"a lot of."

"It's a large group of spiders, the number is 25, 28, 35, and it's still increasing..."

While he was quickly reporting the number to remind his teammates, Chi Zhonglin had already unbuttoned his backpack and put it aside. He was holding a spear in 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 pressed her right hand lightly on her chest, and her voice suddenly 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."

"it is 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 spider monster before and quickly identified it.

"understood."

Ren Mian responded immediately, and took out a sapling from his belt and threw it at his feet. The sapling, which was only as long as a finger, grew to a height of four or five meters in a few seconds. The trunk was as thick as a thigh, and the whole body was silvery white.

Ji Xinghuo was not distracted by this.

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

Whoosh!

Ji Xinghuo's arrow shot out.