Chapter 296: Liana and Tilting

He grabbed a handful of grass, looked at the comparison between his arm and the grass, and shook his head.

This amount of grass was not even as much as a fish, and it was even less than the fish swallowed by the cloud whale. Maybe this little grass had been snatched away by the patrolling fish before the cloud whale came.

In the warehouse on the collection platform, there was still some green grass tied up in bundles with hemp ropes, filling the temporary warehouse on the collection platform.

The area of ​​the collection platform is about half an acre, 30 meters long, 10 meters wide, and has a total load of 100 tons - the load of a modern train section is about 60 tons.

The area is not large, but there is more than enough for a cab and lounge, a cargo warehouse, a berth for a single-person airship to take off and land, and some auxiliary tools.

Ji Lin looked at the driver who was teaching the fishermen how to operate the auxiliary airship not far away, and turned his attention to the pile of grass in front of him.

The hemp rope is pulled by a crane, and the tail of the hemp rope is used to tie the tied hay together and secure it with a knot.

With the platform as the central fulcrum, the winch is rotated to lower the tied hay and the fresh hay that is not far from being harvested from the air.

The collection platform is equipped with an early crane used to pull materials in the fishing port. The main body is cheap wood, but a large number of steel parts are used to reinforce and enhance the structural strength and improve the flexibility of key parts.

These wood and steel equipment are used as auxiliary tools in the territory. Under the promotion of Ji Lin, they have been popularized to every corner of the territory that needs to lift heavy objects.

This is the universal technology of all civilizations, architectural engineering.

It was used to lift materials onto cars in the past, but now it is used to send materials to airships.

The popularization of large-scale mechanical auxiliary tools means that civilization is moving from one stage to another, and moving forward requires the introduction of external energy to assist.

For example, steam engines or rune-driven technologies that can really have a great impact on reality.

Ji Lin rotated the winch and slowly let the hay fall from the sky.

Another goal of this crane towing rope is to tie it to the tail of the airship, so that it can be directly towed and recovered after the other party loses power due to an accident. Or when danger comes, the collection platform can quickly tow the airship back to the mothership to complete the recovery.

He has reservations about the effectiveness of this plan. The cable will reduce the flexibility of small airships and reduce the flexibility of airships.

After all, the technology of the territory is not very advanced, and the ropes that can be made are thick and heavy.

"Click."

The winch is locked, and the cable has reached its limit.

One hundred meters, barely passing the highest point at the bottom of the floating island. The yellow-green grass is hanging with a rope and swaying in the air, floating in the air, almost saying that it is actually a bait.

There may be another hundred meters to the sea of ​​clouds.

It looks close, but after actually throwing the rope, it feels that the sea of ​​clouds is still some distance away from the sky island.

Not knowing whether the creature will come to eat, Ji Lin looked at the empty sea of ​​clouds again, and turned his sight to the fishermen who have begun to control the airship.

Some fishermen were slightly excited and wanted to try to board the boat, while others were hesitant.

They were afraid of heights, and the driver was already quite experienced in dealing with people who were afraid of heights. There were also some soldiers in the territory who were afraid of heights. As long as they would not die, they only needed to help them overcome their psychological difficulties.

"Can we get closer?"

Ji Lin asked the driver, pointing to the cliff not far away.

The other party nodded.

The floating platform soon arrived in front of the cliff in a posture that was about to hit the cliff, and stopped 20 centimeters away from the green vine wall.

With the increase in human activities, the number of predatory cloud-dwelling creatures decreased, and the number of herbivorous cloud-dwelling creatures increased.

The enrichment of herbivorous creatures made the vine flora at the bottom of the floating island more developed and luxuriant.

From the beginning, it looked like a gray-brown inverted mountain range, and gradually revived a bit of green vitality. These vines looked the same green from a distance, but when you look closer, you can clearly see that a vine community is composed of a large number of different types of long vines.

Plants with teardrop-shaped leaves as slender as infusion tubes, a large number of vines with round leaves that are thicker than arms, and vines as thick as fingers with small red fruits, some of which show obvious signs of being bitten off.

Some bite marks even appear on the leaves, and young leaves are also on their menu. Yunqi creatures use these plants as their staple food.

The roots of vines are firmly embedded in the soil and rock formations, firmly fixing their bodies in the rock formations. Even if the people who have been strengthened by blood purification try their best, it is difficult to completely uproot a plant from the rock formation, and at most they can tear off a section.

They can collect plant samples standing on the floating platform, just like standing on the flat ground and reaching out a little to touch the small hillside full of various plants.

As long as they want, they can pick them at any time.

Ji Lin broke off a leaf and held it in his hand, spreading his perception along the gap, and the all-pervasive source substance turned into a probe to search for living animals on this vine wall.

Only he could use the source essence in such a fine way. The control methods of others were too crude compared to his. The three blood purifications greatly enhanced his perception ability. Too crude, so crude that it could not expand a large radius to feedback information to them.

Birds would build nests in trees, and the cloud creatures would have their own nests on this vine wall.

Their nest...

Spread, spread, with itself as the radius, a 50-meter penetration scan without blind spots.

Found it.

Ji Lin opened his eyes, and the source essence told him the target as if his mind tentacles were his. There were actually a lot of animals living in this vine wall - in groups.

From the vine wall, there was no flaw in the place completely covered by vines.

He pushed aside the vine closest to him, and the source essence condensed in his hand and transformed into a short knife, cutting it open.

A nest of small fish fry with faint silver light was revealed, and they were jumping around in a small spherical nest. The big shining eyes almost occupied two-thirds of their heads, and the two long fins with a faint purple glow were shaking and flapping.

A little frying would make it look like the long dace in the dace can he usually sees.

Fry it in oil, sprinkle some spice powder and seasoning powder, and it will be a delicious and fragrant delicacy.

Ji Lin looked at this nest of small fish fry and couldn't help thinking badly.

Reach out and grab a small silver fish to feel what it feels like - to be honest, these little things are really fast, even the floating rays can't catch up with them, and the slow airships in the territory can only wait for them to come to the door.

Didn't catch it.

Ji Lin was stunned.

Did he not determine the position, or was the little fish jumping...

No, it was the floating platform that was tilting.

The floating platform was tilting in a certain direction...?

The driver reacted immediately and felt the abnormality of the floating platform. His feet were faster than his brain and pulled him to the control console to focus the few thrusts to counter the external force.

When driving the airship, he would occasionally encounter this kind of imbalance of the ship. It was his first task to quickly get to the position and control the reset.

The external force was transmitted to the platform along the crane on the platform, pulling it in one direction. It must be said that the long rope produced in the territory is of very good quality. There was no sign of breaking until cracks appeared on the wooden structure and the iron fixing parts began to leave their positions under pressure.

"Hold the railing and hold your body!"

The driver realized what was going to happen in an instant and raised his head and shouted loudly.

"Snap."

The crane, which could not bear the weight, announced the end of the wrestling with a crisp explosion, and wood chips and twisted steel parts fell.

Part of the crane drew an almost perfect arc in the sky, and then accelerated its fall under the traction of another section of the long rope.

The floating platform hit the rock wall directly, making a loud noise, smashing the vine wall so that the green juice splashed all over the edge of the boat. The fishermen fell to pieces, and no unlucky ones fell in this accident.

When Ji Lin rushed to the railing, he saw the cloud whale making a long cry representing joy, shaking its leaf-shaped tail fin, leisurely holding a dark brown long rope and the rest of the crane, and plunged into the cloud, leaving only a small white pit in the sea of ​​clouds.