Chapter 241 Large Sky Island

Compared to the small island of only a few square kilometers where the outpost was located, the edge of this large island in front of us can hardly be seen at a glance. Below, the peaks extend like an inverted mountain range, while above, it is like an endless green field, with countless figures flapping their wings rising and falling in it.

The water flowing down the edge of the island is like a rainbow, falling into the cloud curtain.

Just getting a little closer can make people feel its grandeur.

A horizon stretching in the sky.

An inverted mountain range.

"Where do we land?"

The pilot controlling the transport ship asked the observer standing next to him, while trying his best to control the flight joystick in his hand. The mechanically driven flight joystick is as hard as a rusty lever even with the help of runes.

The Seagull-class has a movement speed of only 4km/h, which is not even as fast as infantry, but it is much better than the large roller that they captured from the adventurers with a speed of only 3km/h.

‘Seagull-class airship’

‘Armor strength: 140’

‘Full load speed: 4km/h, empty load 8km/h’

‘Airstone engine: This unit uses a lot of airstone as its own material to resist gravity and reach the sky. Its manufacturing and maintenance require a lot of airstone. ’

‘Modular frame: This unit can replace its own transport joints to achieve the effect of transporting different units. Infantry transport pod, structural suspension, material pod. Maximum frame capacity: 5. ’

‘Mobile shooting: The units stationed in this unit can fire at approaching targets through the shooting window. Shooting accuracy decreases by 10%-30%. ’

‘A special airship with specialized carrying capacity, with excellent carrying capacity and general protection capabilities. ’

The officer heard the driver's question and turned to look at Changheng standing behind him. The other party waved his hand and asked him to make a decision. Turning to lean against the window to observe a layer of cloud curtain separating the sky from the ground. Only when the weather is good can they glimpse the scenery on the ground in the gap between the clouds.

"Professional things should be done by professionals. You have been sent to receive observer training for a period of time. I believe in your ability."

Hackett was also brought on board with them. He was the first person to arrive at the Sky Island in an old-fashioned airship. They brought him on board in the hope that he could have some experience to help the team preparing to land on the island.

Unfortunately, he didn't. He was as fascinated as seeing a large Sky Island as if he saw a golden mountain.

"The height is not enough, go up a little bit, the view here is too poor."

The officer retracted his gaze to the distance. The island became clearer in his pupils, and a fairly flat landing point appeared in his sight.

"3 o'clock direction, approach that side while lifting."

As the officer who was most proficient in using the Eagle Eye technique, he was naturally assigned to the position of observer, serving as an observer on the leading Seagull-class transport ship.

There was no telescope, no compass, only a compass and a scale map.

They didn't have to worry about the base not being able to find them. As the lord, Ji Lin could confirm the position of everyone in his expeditionary force at any time.

If they landed on the ground, Ji Lin could also see a signal mark on the ground representing the expedition team.

Soft landing is OK.

If it is a hard landing, he probably won't be able to see this signal mark.

The driver turned on the luminous rune and used intermittent flashes to prompt the following ship to follow and enter the ascending state.

This is a byproduct of the reverse research of the rune lamp by the School of Engineering. The rune can emit light stably and was used by Ji Lin to replace the signal flag as the information exchange between the ships.

At the same time, slowly increase the output power of the floating stone engine and raise its body upward.

"Received, ascend, follow."

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Before arriving at the sky island, the small creatures on the sky island came to greet them.

They flew around these strange-looking "big things" and showed amazing curiosity about this iron-gray creation they had never seen before.

These little things are not afraid of large creatures that are much larger than them. In their cognition: the larger and slower the creatures are, the less interested they are in these little things.

It just so happens that the airship has both.

Small predatory creatures saw the bones reflecting in the sunlight, and knew that these outsiders must be uninvited guests. The thick armor that could diffusely reflect a faint luster in the sun made it impossible for them to get close.

The officer even saw blue-feathered birds among them, and their number was much larger than the small group seen at the outpost, and he also saw where they usually lived.

The inverted mountains of the floating island are not lifeless and exhausted. On the contrary, it has an ecological environment that is completely different from the ground. After the airship approached within visual distance, the officer saw dark green vines taking root on the inclined cliffs, and they were endless.

Like mosses growing on stones, they can grow vigorously even on cliffs.

The cliffs, combined with the continuous vines, food, and environment, are the most perfect natural residence for these herbivorous creatures.

The officer watched as shadows kept coming in and out of the vines, as if this sky island had become a highly developed port. The small shadows were as small as sesame seeds, while the large ones could rival the 30-meter-long Seagull-class transport ships.

He wanted to take something out of his pocket to feed the various birds flying outside the window... and the winged... fish?

They use air as water and swim in it, making the airship fly slower.

The officer tried several times but failed to find anything in his pocket, then he remembered that he was not allowed to bring snacks during combat missions.

"That's the cloud whale, it's really big."

A slightly hoarse voice came from beside him. The officer turned his head and saw that his leader was also using the unskilled eagle eye technique to observe the biological community under the sky island.

A creature with dark brown smooth skin, several times the size of their carrier, rushed out of the cloud curtain and cruised at the bottom of the sky island. It was focusing all its attention on destroying a large piece of vines in front of it. It opened its huge mouth and bit off and tore the vines like a cow eating grass, swallowed them into its stomach, and then shook its side fins to move forward.

With each bite, a large number of vines were cut off. Some vines were not bitten off and were pulled by the cloud whale, and then they were pulled down in pieces along with the residents on them. The pores extending on both sides spewed out white cloud curtains, just like steam spiders spewing steam naturally.

There was a feeling that he would not give up until he had eaten all the vines.

The green field was covered by a replacement cloud curtain, and the airship passed by and cast a shadow.

"Are you going to land here?"

The driver had already seen the relatively flat plain on the ground and was ready to lower the output power of the airship engine.

"No, don't move, I think I saw something interesting."

The officer stared at the edge of the green field for several times, and finally confirmed that he had not seen the target wrong.

A wisp of smoke rose up.

Animals can't make fire.

"Sir, we found human traces at eleven o'clock."

Changheng nodded and issued a combat preparation order.

He remembered Ji Lin's instructions before the mission, if he saw other lords, he could freely judge whether to launch an attack.

The best way to eliminate danger is to control the initiative in your own hands.

They can use their first-hand advantage to conduct high-altitude reconnaissance to determine whether the enemy has weapons that can threaten them. If it is a light force that cannot threaten the airship...

"Notify the entire fleet! All infantrymen reload! All units enter firing positions!"