Chapter 1381 Extreme Racing

After crossing Congshan Mountain, the three of them turned westward and headed towards the Impasse Mountain Range.

In less than half an hour, Maisie was defeated first.

In the airspace of 1,500 meters, the Phoenix easily flew at a speed of 400 kilometers per hour with its two engines. Although Maisie's Haiyan form can also reach this speed, it can only last for a short time. Facing the tireless new fourteen-cylinder engine, it will be a matter of time before she is thrown away.

"How is it?" Tilly covered her mouth and asked.

"...I, I can still fly...chirp!" Maisie was panting over there.

"You've done your best, let me do it next."

Lightning took his partner who looked unyielding into his arms and took over the second stage of the competition.

One man and one machine started a new chase in the gray sky.

The scenery under her feet shrank smaller and smaller, and the mountains that separated the human kingdom gradually turned into a winding ink line. Tilly could see the red mist slowly flowing down from the spine of the continent in the distance, flowing over Eternal Winter and Wolf Heart, like a A turbid barrier. The earth in the barrier has undoubtedly been filled with scarlet, but as long as it can reach the sky, the true appearance of the world can be seen again.

"Is this your limit?" Lightning's voice rang, "I can fly much faster than this!"

In terms of flight speed alone, the opponent's ability is indeed unmatched by anyone. Even the Lord of the Sky, who has the power of teleportation, has suffered losses at her hands.

But for Tilly, winning or losing is not the most important thing.

It is a pleasure to drive this huge but flexible machine and push its performance to the limit.

She retracted her gaze, smiled slightly, raised the nose of the plane, and flew towards higher airspace.

Lightning also followed, and always remained about a hundred meters in front of the plane.

According to the introduction in the instruction manual, the Phoenix has been technically optimized from the dream world, and the key parts are all processed by Anna herself. It has basic qualities that far exceed those of the Skyfire - the top speed in level flight can reach 550. kilometers per hour, with a maximum range of more than 1,500 kilometers. The twin-row radial engines are also equipped with a turbine system, so that their performance will not be significantly degraded when flying in airspace of more than 3,000 meters. This is all mass production. Things the model cannot do.

But this is not the biggest feature of the Phoenix.

Its body structure has been strengthened by Candlelight and Doris, and its strength and durability can be said to be greater than the material itself. It can be regarded as the first aircraft to combine industrial technology and magic.

Tilly knew that the propeller was most efficient at low speeds, and as the speed increased, its propulsion efficiency would decrease rapidly, so it was almost impossible to touch the back of Lightning with its own power.

She must seek help from other forces.

After lifting to a high altitude away from the clouds, Tilly suddenly increased the accelerator to the maximum and pressed down the joystick hard.

The engine suddenly roared loudly!

The Phoenix turned sharply and entered a dive state.

In order to keep herself at the forefront, Lightning also adjusted her direction and fell quickly. Just to avoid mutual influence, she extended the horizontal distance to about one kilometer, while the vertical distance was still the same hundred meters - at this height and speed Below, the "light film" of the magic synchronization is very obvious, and the shining ripples form a protective layer around her to prevent her from being affected by the cold wind and low pressure.

There is no doubt that the magic power consumption of lightning in this state is much greater than that of normal flight.

Roland even mentioned when testing his ability that the reason why Lightning cannot fly at supersonic speed for a long time is probably not because flying itself requires too much magic power, but because the consumption of magic power synchronization is greatly increased when the body is in an extremely short environmental state. .

Therefore, she rarely enters the speed of sound during normal patrols.

For witches, it is very dangerous to waste magic power at will.

Of course, Tilly was not feeling well at this moment. The thin air in the sky made it very difficult for her to breathe. The engine running at full speed and the strong wind blowing in her face caused the noise and tremors in the cockpit to rise sharply. Without the protection of magical synchronization, she could only Rely on your body to hold on.

According to the airspeed indicator, the Phoenix was approaching a speed of 800 kilometers per hour.

This greatly exceeds its top speed limit.

Although Lightning still kept steady in front of the nose of the plane, he no longer had time to use the listening sigil to talk to her.

That's right, what Tilly wants to borrow is gravity.

When she flew a biplane before, she discovered that when the accumulated altitude was converted into speed in one go, she could easily exceed the limits of the aircraft.

However, the risks brought by this excessive speed cannot be ignored. At worst, it may not be able to be pulled up again, or at worst, it may disintegrate directly in the air.

If she hadn't been able to sense the critical point with her ability, she would never have boldly adopted a dive to increase speed during the test flight.

But even so, the chances of catching up with Lightning are slim.

She remembered Roland saying that due to the limitations of the propeller principle, a piston aircraft would have to pay a huge price if it wanted to exceed the speed of sound. In other words, the gains outweighed the losses, so that jet engines quickly replaced propellers after they came out. Lightning can break through the sound barrier at any time, and the gap between the two is not on the same level.

So she also needs help from other things.

As the altitude dropped rapidly, the dense dark clouds entrenched in the airspace of 2,500 meters hit the two people like the earth.

The Phoenix roared into the dark clouds, splashing a "fog pillar" on the clouds!

At this time, the plane's speed had exceeded 900 kilometers per hour, and the tremors began to spread from the body to the wings. She could feel the wings cutting through the viscous airflow in front of them like blades. This high-speed friction made the air no longer ethereal, but Like a thick solid wall.

The lightning disappeared from sight.

Tilly knew her opportunity had come.

She focused all her attention on the control of the plane - at this speed, the thrust provided by the propeller was almost equal to the drag. What ordinary people should consider is how to pull up the plane again instead of letting it dive faster. Only Tilly could maintain precise control under such violent vibrations and use the rudder adjustment to further increase speed.

Although the acceleration is not large, it is enough to close the distance with the leader.

When the Phoenix approached its own limit, she flew out of the clouds!

The vast expanse of land came into view again.

Lightning also appeared at the same time - compared to the previous stable lead of 100 meters, she was now on the same level as the new aircraft. After realizing, the latter instantly entered the speed of sound, but soon slowed down again and turned to move closer to the cockpit of the aircraft.

"As expected of the eldest princess," Lightning's expression did not show much frustration, but more admiration, "You can actually take the clouds into consideration."

"If it were any thinner, I wouldn't be able to catch up with you." Tilly replied with a smile as she flattened the fuselage.

Her plan from the beginning was to use natural dive to allow Lightning to adapt to the steady acceleration, and finally complete the overtake under the cover of dark clouds - although it was only for a moment, the Phoenix did close the gap.

"Wait, where are we flying to?" Maisie poked her head out of Lightning's arms.

"Uh..." Tilly looked sideways and realized that there was an unfamiliar scenery below, and the Impasse Mountains were far behind them. I was so engrossed in the chase just now that I didn't even notice how far I flew to the northwest. "Maybe this is also part of the Fertile Plains, right?"

"It can't be wrong," Lightning took out the observation glass, "it's just a fertile plain that has never been set foot in before. If we follow the route, we should be to the east at the junction of Wolf Heart and the Kingdom of Everwinter, and directly ahead is The spine of the continent—"

At this point, her voice suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong?"

Tilly looked in the direction she mentioned, then froze on the spot.

The mountains hidden in the clouds and mist are looming in the distance. They are much taller and more majestic than the mountains in the desperate situation. However, since I have already learned about its existence from Agatha and the expedition group, I will not be too surprised when I see it for the first time.

What shocked her was the mountains.

I saw a gloomy dark red cloud entrenched on the top of the mountain, with countless electric lights flashing in it, like a storm made of blood.

There is no doubt that it is not a celestial phenomenon that can be formed naturally.

The red cloud gave her an extremely uneasy feeling.