The airship blueprints weren't just one, but a bundle of blueprints. Each one represented an important part.
The blueprints were optimized by the Research Institute, and the various parts were manufactured through the workshop and transported to the mountain platform for assembly.
Everything was done in accordance with the improved manual and assembly blueprints. The first successful airship assembly had no problems.
Inspection was a double insurance. After all, it cost more than 2.3 million spirit stones to build.
… …
The airship was an important part of the territory's next layout. People who had access to it were very concerned.
The news of the first flight spread, and the followers came one after another.
Roger was wearing a black combat suit, his muscles bulging. He had just come from the gravity room with sweat on his face. As soon as he saw the huge object parked in the center, his resolute face couldn't help but show a shocked expression.
Shay appeared out of nowhere and stood in front of the airship's huge cannon, muttering something.
Elaine and Nancy flew directly from the castle and landed steadily on the airship's platform.
The two looked up at the same time and sighed.
"The airship … it's spectacular."
"Is the airship delicious?"
Tang Yu was speechless. Didn't Nancy learn from Elaine for a while? How could she still ask such a childish question? As for whether the airship was delicious or not, of course … he didn't know!
… …
"Ready, let's get on the airship."
On the side of the airship, a long slope unfolded from the deck to the ground.
The slope was wide enough to accommodate two cars side by side, and there were guardrails on both sides to make people feel safe and secure.
Roger and Chen Haiping walked along the slope, walked quickly, and boarded the deck in a flash.
Elaine and Nancy floated up and flew to the deck.
Shay's eyes lit up. He bent his legs and shot into the sky like a cannonball, landing steadily on the deck of the airship.
Leaving a spider web-like crack on the ground, the soil below was clearly visible.
"… Next month, it'll be deducted from your salary."
Tang Yu glanced at him, ignoring Shay's collapsed face. He stepped on the air as if stepping on a ladder. Each step could raise him by a few meters. After a few steps, he reached the deck of the airship.
Yang Wei and the others were dumbfounded.
They wanted to wait for the big shots to leave first before following behind. However … the big shots did not take the usual route!
He immediately ran up the slope.
…
Airship, main control room.
Tang Yu held a rune ball in his hand, and mixed information poured into his mind.
Controlling the airship, taking off, turning, and controlling the various runic arrays … was very complicated.
"This control is much more complicated than the Floating Chariot. Even with the help of the AI, I can only perform some simple operations."
At the very least, he couldn't do fancy drifting airships.
Hum –
Hum –
Hum –
Some of the runes in the control sphere started to glow.
Rings of invisible energy fluctuations spread out from the bottom of the airship. Accompanied by a series of tremors, the airship slowly ascended.
The surrounding trees and mountains were disappearing into the distance.
Kevin stood on the edge of the deck, his hands grasping the guardrail, looking excited, "It's a success, it's a success-"
He had studied the airship blueprints for a long time, and he was very curious as to who had designed the airship. It was very likely to be a Grandmaster, but even a Grandmaster could not design such a large and complicated object on his own … It was very likely that it was a team led by a Grandmaster and a dozen or so master designers that had been able to design the airship.
It might take a few years, or even a few decades.
But Kevin also saw an important shortcoming of the airship. It was designed too perfectly, making it extremely difficult to build. In his opinion, it would take at least a few years to build an airship. Some of its parts required extremely high precision, and some key runes required an advanced runemaster or even a master runemaster to be able to inscribe them.
The slightest mistake would cause the entire airship to be scrapped, and all the money and materials invested would be wasted.
But now, the Lord built it, and the actual airship was even more perfect than the blueprints showed!
If Kevin didn't know that he couldn't learn that special manufacturing method, he would've shamelessly worshiped the Lord to learn it.
The airship rose to a height of hundreds of meters, surrounded by misty white clouds. Looking down, he could vaguely see the other side of the mountain, the Tree Shade Shelter's buildings.
"Strange, there seems to be no wind?"
Yang Wei was surprised. He didn't dare to walk to the edge of the deck. Even if the guardrail was as tall as a person, it didn't give him any sense of security.
What if the wind blew it away? Yang Wei was very self-aware of his weight.
The others were the same. They wanted to get closer to see the ground, but the deck was too empty, and they lacked a sense of security. What did they look like? They were kneeling on the deck, shivering.
Suddenly, they froze.
That's right, why was there no wind?
"Look, the airship is flying at high speed."
Someone pointed outside. The clouds were like flickering lights and passing shadows, rapidly receding.
They didn't feel anything at all. It was as if they were standing on the ground, much more stable than an airplane.
Yang Wei slowly stood up with his arms, his legs were still a little trembling.
He calmed himself down and found that the airship really wasn't shaking. He slowly moved to the edge of the deck, tightly grasping the iron bars of the guardrail with both hands and looking out.
The white clouds were like water, and the airship was shuttling freely.
"I guess there must be something covering the outside of the airship. I just don't know if it can stop people from falling."
Yang Wei couldn't guess, and he didn't want to test it himself. He still held the guardrail tightly, his hands were a little red.
The others also slowly walked closer, their faces full of amazement.
"I don't know how fast the airship can fly. Will we have the opportunity to go to other shelters in the future … uh, travel?"
"You think too much. How can this kind of strategic-level weapon be used casually to carry passengers?"
"Hey, look, it's a big demonic beast. It's flying over here!"
This demonic beast had huge fleshy wings, brown hair like steel needles, and dark red vertical pupils turned around. For a moment, Yang Wei and the others had goosebumps, their blood seemed to freeze.
With a single flap of its wings, it could fly dozens of meters away. Its ferocious appearance was reflected in the eyes of Yang Wei and the others.
Whoosh!
A slender beam of light gradually disappeared in the air.
The oppressive aura dissipated. Yang Wei stared at the brown-haired demonic beast with fleshy wings. A bowl-sized bloody hole had been opened in its head. The fleshy wings fluttered once or twice, and its huge body fell to the ground under the effect of gravity.
Yang Wei glanced back. On the side of the airship, a beam cannon was set up on the top. The light above it was slowly fading.
He could see more than a dozen of these cannons on the deck.
He was relieved.
However, at this moment, the alarm sounded.
… …
The alarm on the top of the airship flashed with a glaring red light.
The voice of the airship's intelligent machinery reported to every corner, "We're about to encounter a group of flying demonic beasts. Thousands of enemies detected; we're about to …"
It was broadcasted three times in a row.
Chen Haiping's face was solemn.
His view was different from Kevin's. Whether the airship could successfully fly or not wasn't the key. Only by resisting the attack of demonic beasts could they prove the value of the airship.
A long-distance voyage across the region.
In the distance, a dark swarm of flying demonic beasts had appeared in their field of vision, like a dark cloud.
The number might not be comparable to the demonic wave on the ground, but the high-altitude flying demonic beasts weren't low-level. They flew extremely fast. Fighter jets could only helplessly avoid them when they encountered them. Once the demonic beasts approached, they would be surrounded and destroyed.
Intermediate and advanced flying demonic beasts could easily break through the sound barrier with a flap of their wings, even surpassing the flight speed of fighter jets. As the overlord of the sky, advanced flying demonic beasts were much more flexible. Human fighter jets were just one of their prey.
After a few breaths, the dark swarm of flying demonic beasts was only a kilometer away from the airship.
Chen Haiping gazed into the distance, his tightly clenched palms were soaked with sweat.
Five hundred meters away, the demonic beasts' crimson eyes and hideous faces were clearly visible.
They had thin dragonfly-like wings, and the front half of their bodies was dark green. They only had a pair of forelimbs, and on their black hooked claws, there were still some brownish-red bloodstains that had dried and solidified on their black claws, highlighting their ferocious reputation.
The back half of their body was fleshy red, their abdomen was swollen and beating like a heart. Their tail was connected to a thick black needle, like a bee's sting, making people's hair stand on end.
At this time,
Several guys that were obviously one or two times bigger flapped their thin wings, separated from the group, and accelerated to fly up.
"It's the Red Belly Demonic Bee! There are so many of them! "
Three hundred meters.
The first few Red Belly Demonic Bees slightly folded their thin wings, and a terrifying aura had spread over.
Two hundred meters.
Their two black front claws began to stretch out, revealing a cold glint.
Chen Haiping held his breath, his hand unconsciously placed on the hilt of his knife. His eyes seemed to meet the scarlet eyes of the demonic bees.
One hundred meters.
In a flash,
Several white beams of light shot out from the open muzzle of the beam cannon at the bottom of the side of the airship.
The condensed energy particles penetrated the air layer by layer. In a split second, the flying posture of the Red Belly Demonic Bee was fixed in the air. Its swollen abdomen was pierced, like a leak. Red and green intestines and internal organs flowed out from the puncture, scattered, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
In the air not far away, the energy particles condensed into a line, faint, intermittent white marks like a dotted line slowly dissipated in the air.
Gulp.
Chen Haiping's palm slightly loosened, but his eyes widened again.
The follow-up swarm of Red Belly Demonic Bees had flown close!
One hundred meters.
… …
Fifty meters.
… …
Twenty meters.
… …
Ten meters.
A fishy smell came to his nose.
His hand once again grasped the hilt of his knife and slowly pulled it up.
Suddenly,
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The Red-Abdomen Devil Bee that was flying towards him seemed to have hit air.
Outside the iron railing, mysterious runes emerged one after another, forming a transparent but indestructible thin curtain. The Demonic Bee's sharp black hooked claws grabbed, its abdomen bulged, and its tail stinger slammed into the transparent light curtain. There was no ripple on the transparent light curtain.
Chen Haiping breathed a sigh of relief.
Yang Wei and the others? The newbie fell to the ground on his butt.
At the bottom of the airship, the beam cannon on the ship's deck whizzed and fired continuously. All kinds of white lines intertwined.
Tang Yu walked out of the main control room with his right palm held up. A light ball composed of multiple runes was suspended a few centimeters from his palm.
[Runic shield slightly damaged, 99.6% energy remaining …]
[Runic shield slightly damaged, 99.1% energy remaining …]
[Runic shield slightly damaged, 98.7% energy remaining …]
Tang Yu controlled the beam cannon to shoot down the Red Belly Demonic Bees.
As the captain of the airship, he had the highest authority. He could control any of the rune arrays and facilities on the airship, including the beam cannons on the exterior. However, it was not convenient to control them. Compared to the feeling of controlling the defensive structures with ease … it was a far cry from the feeling of controlling them.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have to wait for the Red Belly Demonic Bees. After all, the beam cannon had just started shooting.
"It's best to have a dedicated gunner. If the beam cannon can be fully used, these Red Belly Demonic Bees won't be able to approach the airship at all."
… …
Two minutes later, all the Red Belly Demonic Bees that attacked the airship were shot down.
The only regret was that there was no way to collect the spirit stones and materials from the flying demonic beasts.
The airship flew steadily.
Tang Yu also came to the edge of the deck and looked at death.
"Bang!"
The airship that was as stable as flat ground shook violently.
He staggered, stood with his legs apart, and quickly stabilized his center of gravity.
His gaze swept. Yang Wei, who was standing by the iron railing, lost his grip and leaned forward over the railing. Like an upside-down scallion, he fell headfirst out of the airship.
The others around him couldn't help but scream. Yang Wei's face was pale.
"Bang!"
Yang Wei's stomach was on the railing, his center of gravity was off balance. When he fell headfirst, he didn't fall out of the airship. Instead, his forehead hit the invisible light curtain.
He fell back to the deck, half-lying on the ground, gasping for breath.
The airship had two layers of shields, one for the outside and the other for the inside.
At this time, the control light ball sent a feedback message.
[Rune Shield Moderately Damaged, 91.9% Energy Remaining …]
Tang Yu's face was solemn, his eyes swept into the distance.
A golden figure swept through the air.
Each of its feathers was larger than a door panel, as if it was cast in gold. Its wings spread out, covering the sky and the sun. It was even bigger than the airship. Its beak was like an inverted hook. A pair of sharp eyes coldly overlooked the people on the airship, like a king standing in the clouds.
"It's that giant golden eagle!"
It circled around the airship for a while and suddenly approached again. Its two front claws stretched out, and the wind whistled.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
The airship shook violently.
He saw Yang Wei and the other weak people were like being locked in a washing machine, unable to control themselves.
The feedback from the control light ball appeared like raindrops.
[Rune Shield Moderately Damaged, 85.6% Energy Remaining …]
[Rune Shield Moderately Damaged, 78.3% Energy Remaining …]
[Rune Shield Moderately Damaged, 78.3% Energy Remaining …]
Nancy came to his side and stretched out her white palm. The thick ghost power gathered into a giant black sword. She coldly stared at the giant golden eagle outside the shield.
Tang Yu shook his head and signaled Nancy to slow down.
It's not the most critical moment yet.
Under his control, the beam cannon condensed on this side. In an instant, more than a dozen beams shot out in front and back. The condensed energy particles shook the layers of air, pierced the clouds, and blasted towards the giant golden eagle.
It flapped its wings and quickly flew up. Only one beam hit its wings, but it didn't penetrate. It left a little black mark on its golden feathers.
It proved that it had penetrated its extraordinary force field.
Screech!
The injury wasn't serious, but the golden eagle was in pain. Its attacks became more violent and crazy. The wind it rolled up formed a huge wind blade visible to the naked eye, slashing at the rune shield.
The energy rapidly declined.
"I'll go control the main cannon." Shay quickly said. He had already rushed into the cabin.
Tang Yu frowned and thought for a while. He looked at Roger, "You also go control the other main cannon."
In just a few seconds, the shield's energy had dropped to less than half.
The sound of the airship's siren became louder.
Tang Yu no longer controlled the beam cannon. Instead, he struggled to control the airship to maintain stability and control the shield's energy to converge on the side of the golden eagle's attack to increase defense strength and reduce energy consumption.
The main cannons on both sides of the airship began to charge and hummed.
The air trembled visibly with the naked eye.
The Flame Dragon Roar on the left and the Thunder Spear on the right. At the beginning of the airship's design, these two main cannons were powerful enough to kill a transcendent. In other words, the airship itself was a combat unit that could fight against a transcendent!
Tang Yu turned the airship's direction. When the golden eagle attacked again, the right main cannon was charged to the limit.
A bluish-purple beam of light burst out from the huge cannon's muzzle!
Flashing lightning surrounded the beam of light, emitting a harsh hiss. The line of sight was almost bluish-purple. A huge circular hole was pierced through the clouds in the sky!
"… Missed!"
The Thunder Spear and the golden eagle brushed past. Half of the eagle's body feathers stood up. Many of them were charred black by the lightning. But it didn't affect the eagle's combat power much.
Tang Yu's eyes were focused. He didn't have time to think about it. He immediately controlled the airship to change direction and even increased the power output to approach the golden eagle. The left muzzle firmly aimed at him!
Boom!
Flames covered the sky, and the golden eagle screamed.
The air was filled with a scorching smell. The water had been completely evaporated.
The Flame Dragon Roar gradually dissipated. Tang Yu looked at it intently.
The golden eagle had turned into a black eagle. Its lusterless feathers fluttered down from the sky like layers of ashes.
"It didn't hit completely … and a transcendent beast's life energy is too strong."
Tang Yu could feel the golden eagle's aura had dropped a lot. It had been severely injured.
He saw it flapping its wings and quickly flew away with a look of fear.
He opened the shield. Nancy flew out and chased for a while, but she couldn't catch up with the dual-nuclear giant eagle. In the blink of an eye, the golden … black eagle disappeared from everyone's sight.
Nancy was quite depressed. Tang Yu also felt it was a pity.
Chen Haiping and the others were excited.
The power of the airship was still deeply imprinted in each of their hearts.
In the past.
The flying demonic beasts occupied the sky.
The golden eagle was the overlord of the sky.
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