Chapter 611: Chapter 427 Airborne Vehicle_2
"Otherwise, it’s impossible to explain how he approached the skeletons that don’t rely on vision to search for targets. After all, we’ve now confirmed that skeletons do not rely on vision to locate their prey. Otherwise, creatures hiding behind cover couldn’t possibly be detected by them directly."
Hearing this explanation, others in Command Headquarters nodded in agreement, as it seemed quite reasonable to them.
After hearing the analysis from Command Headquarters through his earpiece, Wesson immediately stood up and carefully scanned their surroundings. Although he found nothing, Wesson spoke out loud, "Comrade who helped slay the skeleton, I believe you must still be around here. Thank you for the assistance just now. Please rest assured, we hold no ill will towards you."
The reason he said this was that the fog remained stationary while they were binding the other skeletons. Although it slowly drifted towards their position, the pace was abnormally slower compared to its usual speed.
Wesson thought that the person must have been fighting the skeletons in the fog at that time, which was why the movement of the fog became so sluggish.
Unfortunately, Wesson didn’t know that the slow movement of the mist at that time had nothing to do with Dong Tianyu. It was purely because the skeleton with slightly higher intelligence and red soul fire tried not to get bound together with the others and allowed its body to shatter into pieces.
The reason for staying still and the slow movement was due to the time needed to reassemble the body, and after reassembling, it took some time to adapt to the reformed body.
Dong Tianyu, staying high in the sky, knew that Wesson had confirmed his existence through the headless skeletons on the ground, but Dong Tianyu also understood that Wesson didn’t know his exact location. So at this moment, it was just an empty shout.
Therefore, Dong Tianyu did not reveal himself, remaining quietly in the air, watching Wesson’s ’performance’.
After repeating himself three times and seeing that Dong Tianyu still didn’t appear, Wesson regretfully gave up on continuing to invite his unseen ally and, guided by the drones in the air, proceeded to the next location of the skeleton group to test new weapons.
Upon realizing there wasn’t a significant difference in the items obtained from dismantling skeletons of different levels, Dong Tianyu had intended to pick up the remains of the headless skeletons after the Sharp Blade Team led by Wesson left.
However, Dong Tianyu could never have imagined that the Imperial Court, so recklessly wealthy, had left drones patrolling the skies above every battlefield site.
Not wanting to attract the attention of the Imperial Court, Dong Tianyu was forced to give up on picking up the skeletal remains left on the ground.
Looking at the skeletons gradually getting covered by the snowflakes falling from the sky, Dong Tianyu felt somewhat remorseful. After all, waste is shameful, and even a mosquito’s leg is meat. At least when Dong Tianyu dismantled skeletons, it wouldn’t affect other survivors.
As the early morning sun rose, despite the light snow still drifting from the sky, the sunlight bathed the earth. The drones observed that the skeletal remains left behind after the battle, even covered by snowflakes, were now melting rapidly like snowballs facing the scorching sun under intense heat.
With daylight brightening the sky, the Sharp Blade Team had also started on their return journey. However, because Wesson was insistent on being the test subject, they couldn’t return directly to camp. Instead, following the new coordinates from the earpiece instructions, they moved to a quarantine zone for rest.
After fighting through the previous night, coupled with the incident of being quarantined, although they had a victorious night exceeding the mission objectives set before departure and there were no casualties in the team, the atmosphere among the team was still somewhat somber.
But when Wesson lifted his hands, the previously charred skin on his hands had now turned a deep brown, and even the gruesome wounds that remained seemed much more bearable to look at.
Each time they eliminated a group of skeletons during the night, Wesson would take a photo of his hands after absorbing all the soul fire from the skulls, to compare the changes before and after absorbing the soul fire.
When Wesson took out the first photo he had taken and compared it with his own hands at the moment, his eyes became moist with excitement. It is said that "a man does not easily shed tears," but who knows this only applies until the heart is truly touched.
Wesson’s hand condition was something that Dong Tianyu had been observing all along. Although it was confirmed that absorbing Soul Flame could heal some injuries that were currently untreatable, no one knew if there would be any side effects from using Soul Flame for treatment. Thus, Dong Tianyu left a mark on Wesson to check his condition a few days later.
Dong Tianyu, who had not returned home all night, first went to wash up in the Cave, then practiced cultivation in the Hall of Longevity, had a meal on the Wave Rider at noon, and only then did he leave the Cave.
Looking at the light snow falling from the sky, Dong Tianyu suddenly wondered about the condition of the Saxon County Camp where his parents were located.
Was it attacked by skeletons, with the whole camp defending together, or was it like when the Bug Race descended, with all skeletons attracted to the mysterious giant tree in Pengcheng, unwittingly entering the area covered by its shade?
Thinking of that giant tree, Dong Tianyu could not figure out how the giant tree in Pengville Plaza had appeared in the first place.
After arriving in Kyoto, Dong Tianyu had also tried to inquire indirectly, but he hadn’t heard of such a phenomenon occurring anywhere else. The giant tree in Pengcheng was now unique to that place.
That being said, there should be no need to worry about the safety of the camp. After all, Pengcheng was one of the nine major military regions before the disaster, and Saxon County Camp was directly merged with the troops stationed there when the camps were combined.
So, the security of Saxon County Camp was actually not weaker than many first- and second-tier cities before the disaster, especially considering that city ranks were assessed based on economic and cultural factors, rather than the number of troops stationed.
Were it not for the persistent light snow, Dong Tianyu actually felt an urge to fly back to check on things himself.
At this thought, Dong Tianyu suddenly realized that he seemed to lack a long-distance flying vehicle.
For land travel, Dong Tianyu had the Black Car, which although had the least carrying capacity, was the vehicle that had lasted longest with him. It was now stored inside the Cave by Dong Tianyu.
Undoubtedly, for water travel, it was the Wave Rider. This vessel was a Magic Artifact that Dong Tianyu himself had refined, and after several upgrades, it had barely reached the rank of Magical Weapons. Despite now being turned into housing for the Canaries, the Wave Rider did not lack any protective and offensive magic formations a warship should have.
Nowadays, going out into the sky largely relied on Sword Control, after all, who didn’t dream of being a sword immortal as a child? But as time went by, the experience turned out to be just so-so. Without the filter of fantasy, in terms of traveling, short distances were fine, but long-term Sword Flight was truly troublesome.
You see, the most fundamental aspect of Sword Control is to stand on the Flying Swords while maintaining balance, and the simplest way to maintain balance is to find the equilibrium point and stand on it without wobbling.
Under normal circumstances, Sword Flight involves standing on a Flying Sword, maintaining one posture for a long time, which is why most people choose to stand tall and hold their heads high while controlling the sword.
Beyond showing off, the main reason is that one can only have the widest field of vision when standing upright, and long-distance travel by Sword Control is like riding a grand motorcycle back home. Although passers-by may look on with envy, the hardships involved are known only to the rider himself.
Before, Dong Tianyu never cared about airplane flights, but now that they had stopped, he suddenly realized that he lacked a flying vehicle for the sky.
