Chapter 340 Investigator

The lightweight floating reconnaissance ship was suspended at an altitude of 3,000 meters, faithfully and clearly reporting all the obvious observable movements in the camp to the headquarters.

Since the camp began to send out the magician flying reconnaissance team, the floating ship has risen from an altitude of 1,500 meters to an altitude of 3,000 meters and maintained at this extremely high altitude.

If they had to rely on the window of alternating stratus clouds at 1,500 meters, they could use the clouds and fog to cover their own ship body while observing the ground.

At an altitude of 3,000 meters, they did not need to specifically find stratus clouds to cover themselves... There was nothing missing here, but there were large patches of thick white clouds, which blocked the enemy's sight while blocking their sight.

The reconnaissance ship could only conduct reconnaissance when the strong wind tore through the clouds and revealed a crack in a large stratus cloud where the ground could be observed.

"Who will be the next shift?"

The driver exhaled a breath of white air in his seat, stretched his waist, and turned to look at his colleague leaning against the cabin.

There were still a few hunting spiders fighting in the cabin. They were allowed to be brought on board by the lord to entertain the pilot. Seeing these guys who were a little bigger than the usual hunting spiders fighting, the pilot felt much better.

This larger hunting spider was covered with a thick layer of fluff, which was more suitable for resisting low temperature than the ordinary hunting spider.

"The two-hour shift is over. It's really cold at this altitude. I have to get a cup of brown sugar ginger tea."

High-altitude reconnaissance is an extremely boring thing that requires extremely focused attention.

Sometimes the wind stops, and you will feel that the whole world seems to stop for a moment, and the breeze that blows into the ship from the porthole disappears.

But the chill will not subside, and it still tightly entangles everyone who dares to step into the sky.

After a few moments of trance, time began to flow again.

The temperature drops by about six degrees Celsius for every kilometer above the ground. At this time, the scouts fastened all the buttons on their uniforms and put on a warm cotton coat.

"You're right, it's really cold."

A scout exhaled a breath of white air, put down the cards in his hand, and covered them up.

"Is it my turn? Help me get a cup of ginger tea with a few spice leaves."

Some people just like the spicy taste of ginger tea. Let the ginger boil in water to get its juice, and then add some spice leaves produced in the territory to enhance the flavor.

After taking a sip, the whole body is warmed up.

The key to maintaining temperature and a happy mood may be a cup of slightly stimulating taste after work, or a cup of sugar-rich beverage.

The territory is not short of all kinds of refreshing drinks for soldiers to drink, and Ji Lin is also thinking about whether to build a few tea gardens in the future.

Scouts never return home, they live in the sky, tracking the enemy's traces.

A reconnaissance ship carries only eight scouts, and Ji Lin also left a frame on it to install a ground observation telescope. The front half of the airship is the work area, and the back half is the rest area for people to rest.

The airship uses the lowest speed among flying units in exchange for nearly unlimited endurance. As long as the rune array is not damaged due to excessive use, it can stay in one place for a long time.

The pilot stood up after locking the control lever of the airship, and another scout took over his work.

"Have you finished eating the berries?"

The pilot looked at the other scouts who were playing cards, and then saw a hunting spider holding a berry in its mouth. It seemed to notice that someone was watching it, shook its head, lowered its head and chewed the last berry into pieces and swallowed it into its stomach.

It didn't even spit out the core of the big berry.

Well, he found the culprit for the rapid consumption of berries on the reconnaissance airship.

Fresh fruits and vegetables are always consumed the fastest on the ship, and those meats that are dried for long-term preservation - only omnivorous hunting spiders like to eat those things, and they can't be eaten without stewing for two hours.

"Well, you didn't even boil any hot water when I was away."

The driver took a look at the boiler, which was extinguished. The water inside had already become cold in the low temperature at high altitude.

"Does anyone else want tea?"

He opened the small iron window of the iron boiler, threw in crystal ore like clear natural quartz, and used tongs to break the crystal ore in the furnace. Use tongs to flatten the scattered crystal ore and put some ignition materials on it.

Then.

Ask a scout who can cast ignition to light the furnace.

For territories that can use some magic, ignition does not need to bother making fire starters. It only needs a caster who has mastered the lowest level of ignition.

It is amazing that the low-level spell of ignition does not require any casting materials, and can summon a floating flame at your fingertips or anywhere.

Simple and practical small spells are the most popular, and even if they are cast through source conversion, they can be maintained and maintained for a long time.

He knows how to light fire, so he doesn't need help from others.

"Give me a cup of sugar water, don't add anything else."

He loves sugar.

"When the water boils, leave me a cup of boiled water."

He only likes to drink boiled water.

"Boil a potato for me, boiled... Don't grill it with charcoal, it smelled burnt the last time."

He's not full yet.

He shrugged and lit another stove. Then he took out a pot from the stove modified above his head, lit it, and heated it.

Standing aside, he watched the flames rising from the crystal mine in the furnace with a light blue edge. The rising blue-orange flames licked the bottom of the pot, which had become somewhat charred due to the high temperature.

Potatoes were captured, and they found a large number of various types of food that were easy to preserve for a long time from the advance team's supplies and the warehouses of local civilizations.

Potatoes are one of them.

Drivers like this plant that only needs to be cooked briefly and sprinkled with some light fine salt to eat, or mashed into a puree and sprinkled with some dried meat, salt and berries.

The driver thought that if he could retire, he must open a small restaurant in the territory.

After closing the lid, the driver stood aside and waited for the two pots of water to boil. The cold water in the two small iron pots began to emit tiny bubbles under the licking of the light blue flames.

The order given to them by the lord was to mobilize large-scale troops as soon as they saw it - a mobilization of troops visible to the naked eye.

Report immediately.

"There is a gap ahead, prepare to start a ground reconnaissance mission."

The scout sitting in the driver's seat controlled the mechanical transmission lever of the aerostat, and used his voice to remind his colleagues that it was time to start working, so that the aerostat could move towards the nearest crack.

The investigators who were sitting in a circle on the ground immediately stood up, dropped the playing cards in their hands on the ground, and picked up their own white paper fixed on the hard wooden board.

Walk to the porthole, let the eagle eye technique cover your pupils, and observe the sea of ​​clouds...and the earth from high in the sky.

There are eight crew members, all of whom have awakened their source of talent and have standard spell-casting abilities.

There is always someone at the post who can perform the task.

"receive."

The clouds were torn into two sections by the criss-crossing wind currents, exposing the base of the camp scattered in the circle in front of the aerospace ship. The flying spellcasters with their wakes were still hovering above the clouds.

No one noticed an enemy eye watching them from the rift in the clouds torn by varying wind speeds.

Higher in the air.

The scouts relied on the constantly moving outlines on the ground to create an extra shadow area compared to before. The light yellow outlines that continued to grow into a long line were still visible at an altitude of three thousand meters.

The information reached Ji Lin through the skitarii standing guard on the floating ship.