A breeze disturbed the sea of clouds, like ripples, gently scattering the cotton-like clouds, blowing on Fang Plover's face, and messing up the hair on his forehead.
He looked at the dark communication crystal in his hand, and there was a rustling voice from Sylvide being disturbed by the magic power inside: "Then you should be careful."
"I will."
Sylvide responded and said softly: "Waiting for you to come back."
The thin voice seemed to be spoken close to his ear, which made Fang Yu's heart beat faster.
He turned off the communicator, raised his head and looked in one direction. Everyone was changing into flying wing backpacks and retreated into the previous cave to prevent being discovered by enemies who suddenly appeared on the trestle. There was a dedicated platform on the outside platform.
The people are responsible for monitoring the trestle. There is no movement there yet, but a few minutes ago, someone went to the trestle to patrol.
Wu Xiaopang and the others brought telescopes - through the brass telescope, Fang Plover saw the appearance of those patrolling - judging from their attire, they looked like guards of smugglers, wearing turbans and thick robes.
He is still wearing magic leather armor underneath, and the specific model of the magic furnace behind him cannot be seen because it is too far away, but he can roughly tell that it is a smart one.
Because the dexterous magic furnace needs to be small and light, taking up as little weight as possible.
He withdrew his gaze, took two steps forward and walked to the edge of the cave. He rested his elbows on the stalagmites and leaned forward to look at the situation outside.
A voice came from behind him: "Has the leader had similar experiences before?"
Fang Yu didn't need to turn around to recognize that it was Alyssa's voice. He silently stared at the 'strait' below, while letting the breeze flutter the collar of his alchemist coat, and shook his head slightly.
It's strange to say that when he heard Wu Xiaopang's bold plan, his first reaction was not to worry about what would happen if he fell, but whether the plan was feasible. When he came to his senses, he couldn't help but ask himself,
Have you ever had such an experience yourself?
The last similar scene seemed to be in Dawn Star, but that time it was only a few dozen meters, and the situation at that time did not allow him to think too much. This time, he used an ornithopter to span more than a mile.
The strait, below is the blue bottomless abyss. This kind of thing should be daunting to people, but there is only a strange tranquility in his heart.
Thinking about it, it was probably because of the responsibilities he shouldered. The heavy responsibility of being the leader of the group left him no time to think about the things he was afraid of. If he was really worried, it might be because he was worried that his mistakes would put everyone in a disadvantageous situation.
I'm worried about everyone in the team, I'm worried about Sylvide, I'm worried about everyone.
He knew that he was inexperienced and still had many things to learn. He even knew that he was a little careless, but because of this, he could not relax. There were enough things to think about, so much that he forgot the emotion of fear.
He did not answer, but his frowned brows and tightly pursed lips seemed to let Miss Nightingale see through his thoughts. A shallow arc appeared on his lips. She smiled slightly and had to admit that she had become mature.
The man is quite charming.
It's a pity that the name 'flower' has an owner.
"I haven't flown this far," Fang Plover then said: "But as an alchemist, I still have some research on ornithopters. If you are really worried, you can come closer to me later and I will think of a way.
Guide you to fly."
Alyssa smiled: "Instead of worrying about me, you should worry about Jita. She is trying to show off her strength. You should be able to tell that."
Fang Yu nodded: "Jita is more serious than us. You can help me keep an eye on her later."
Alyssa looked at him a little curiously: "Wait, you really think so?"
Fang Plover turned around and said, "What else?"
Miss Nightingale's eyes flickered, and she couldn't help but feel a little funny, but she thought about it for a moment and didn't say anything else.
Seeing that she didn't speak anymore, Fang Yu felt a little confused, but he didn't think too much - he just stretched out his left hand, and a silver light shot out from the information crystal on his chest, which intertwined on his gloves to form two silver shuttles.
's construct.
Alyssa recognized it as a new alien clockwork fairy he designed, with six pairs of silver wings flapping gently, shining with a charming light. It was really beautiful.
Fang Yu held up his hand, and the two clockwork goblins turned into two rays of silver light flying into the canyon above. Her eyes flashed slightly: "The speed is much faster than before."
"Because the power is stronger, but at the cost of loss of maneuverability," Fang Yu pulled down his goggles and replied: "The flexible structure of the classic model is the product of countless actual combat tests. Although it may not be perfect, at least it is not perfect.
Obvious shortcomings.”
"The heterogeneous structures designed by later generations are usually specialized in order to strengthen the characteristics of one aspect, but the result of breaking the balance will often lead to the weakening of another aspect."
"Of course, there are also classic designs among the variants."
"Like an angel?" Alyssa asked.
Fang Yu nodded: "The Angel Power is a very perfect type of variant, but it comes at the cost of higher computing power and energy consumption, and the required level is higher than that of ordinary sword holders. It is different from Type III sword holders.
Comparing people is actually a bit unfair."
He paused: "The same goes for 'Wasp-I'."
Every time Alyssa heard this name, she couldn't help but think of Parker's pitiful experience, and couldn't help but want to laugh a little. The leader really didn't have the ability to name. She even remembered the joke about 'Jita's Big Bomb'.
But Fang Yu obviously didn't think so. He controlled the two clockwork goblins with his right hand to fly upwards, but it did not prevent him from moving his left hand to pull out the two light pages and make them visible to Miss Nightingale.
Alyssa couldn't help but be stunned when she saw the two pages of light emerging between the two of them.
The scenery on the light page was changing rapidly, as if it was moving between clouds. The next scene was further away than the previous one, and a silver spot could be vaguely seen flying in front of it. She was slightly startled before she recognized it.
It's a scene recorded by two clockwork fairies.
Fang Yu then said: "Alyssa, your reconnaissance level is much higher than mine. Please help me pay attention to the surrounding situation."
"This is not possible," Miss Nightingale couldn't help but shook her head.
"Captain, you should know that the system's investigative skills are based on the collection and feedback of information. It is the system that subconsciously controls our five senses to capture subtle information and analyzes it to draw conclusions - of course I admit that my eyesight is pretty good.
, but if I just look at this picture, I can’t see anything.”
“Isn’t vision one of the five senses?”
"But the resolution of your second-hand picture is not as good as my own eyes, Mr. Captain."
"Then let's make do with it."
Alyssa couldn't help but sigh and compromised: "Okay, what does the leader want me to see?"
"The Enemy's Clockwork Goblin."
Miss Nightingale couldn't help being slightly startled when she heard this.
…
"Boss Ed, here we are——"
After everyone put on their flying wing backpacks, carefully checked the equipment they carried, and set up the fixed-point teleportation scroll, the fat boy Ouranos walked over excitedly, ready to tell the two that everyone was ready to go.
However, when he saw the light page next to Alyssa and Fang Pliance, he couldn't help but stop what he was saying.
Several people came with him. Seeing this scene, they subconsciously blurted out:
"Is this a picture of a clockwork fairy...?"
"The boss is investigating?"
The flying speed shown on the screen is not slow, but flying in the air and sea does not actually require any skills. In addition, most of them fought side by side with Fang Plover last time, so they were not too surprised to see this.
.
All in all, they are mentally prepared for the big boss's operational level.
But the little fat man turned around, booed everyone, and whispered: "Don't disturb the boss."
Then he looked at the picture and asked tentatively to Alyssa on the side: "Miss Alyssa, why is the boss flying upward? I remember correctly that the trestle is under the canyon. I just flew into the clouds. Is it in the wrong direction?"
Already?"
But Alyssa shook her head.
"There's something in the clouds."
"What?" The little fat man was slightly startled: "We have flown here several times, and there is nothing."
But as soon as he finished speaking, the vision of the first page of light stopped, and then turned in one direction.
In just a moment, everyone saw two golden rays of light whizzing past not far from the screen. They couldn't help but open their mouths, and then through the second screen, they saw clearly that they were two tiny black dots, surrounding
The 'inverted mountain' not far away flew around 360 degrees.
Then disappeared behind the cliff there.
Fang Plover adjusted his goggles, and then said: "The opponent has the best view in this direction. If they have combat craftsmen, they will definitely arrange clockwork goblins to patrol here. If I were on the opposite side, I would also
I will choose this route. But I will choose a place lower down. Although the view is not as good as here, it is more unexpected and less easy to be discovered."
He paused and asked again: "Have you seen clearly? How many are there?"
"Four."
Before the little fat man opened his mouth, Alyssa had already answered.
"I only saw three," Fang Plover replied, "It seems to have some effect."
"But I can't guarantee that there are more on the cloud." Miss Nightingale also added.
"No more," Fang Plover shook his head: "The vision crystal of an ordinary clockwork fairy cannot penetrate such thick clouds and fog, and you will not be able to see anything further up."
Wu Xiaopang opened his mouth and looked at the two of them: "Boss...what are you talking about?"
Fang Yu put his hands away and let his clockwork fairy hover in the clouds. Then he turned back and lifted his goggles and said to everyone: "I suspected that the other party would have combat craftsmen, so I checked it in advance, and I didn't expect it to be true.
"
"That's the clockwork fairy?" Wu Xiaopang thought of the two black shadows that flashed past, and suddenly felt his scalp numb: "But wait, aren't they two?"
"There are three in the picture," Alyssa answered for him: "It's just that you didn't pay attention to the second picture at first. The field of view there is wider. As for the fourth one, only a very faint trace of clouds was left.
You don’t have enough investigative skills, so naturally you can’t see it.”
The little fat man couldn't help but look back.
A man in scout attire behind him couldn't help scratching his face. Of course they didn't know that Alyssa was from the elite brigade of Listening to the Rain. Although the Listening to the Rain couldn't be said to be a first-line guild, it was at least more independent than them.
The adventure group is much stronger.
What's more, they are just ordinary members of Rufu's Shield.
Wu Xiaopang thought for a moment, suddenly felt something was wrong, and said again: "But wait, if there is a clockwork goblin in this direction, then we should have been discovered by the opponent a few times before when we sneaked there?"
Fang Yu thought about this question again and replied: "——There is such a possibility, but it is also possible that you are lucky."
"Luck...lucky?"
"Because the clockwork goblin cannot be used in this place for a long time, the other party may use intermittent patrols. As long as you happen to miss the other party's patrol time every time, the other party may not discover you."
Wu Xiaopang was speechless: "How is this possible? Since we started testing this plan, we have flown back and forth at least five or six times. We can't be so lucky every time, right?"
"Indeed," Fang Yu nodded: "So the second possibility is that the other party has already discovered you, but did not attack you directly, perhaps because they think you are not a threat, and you also have a fixed-point teleportation scroll in your hands. They
I’m not even 100% sure of taking action.”
Fang Yu looked at the few people and asked: "You have been staying here these days, have you ever returned to Tansnir?"
The little fat man shook his head in confusion.
"That's right," Alyssa also said: "Since you pose no threat to them, they should only worry that you will return to Tansnir to inform you. But as long as you don't leave, they have no reason to alert you."
She raised her head and looked around: "If this is the case, the other party should have eyes nearby, but at least until now, I haven't felt this way."
"Maybe there is a third possibility."
"Third possibility?"
But Fang Yu was not sure about this after thinking about it for a while. He just thought of a possibility and changed the topic: "Speaking of which, have you ever seen a group of mystics passing by this place?"
"Mystic?" Wu Xiaopang replied: "You mean those guys from the Eye of Revealing. They never leave Tansnir. How come they are here."
"By the way," he asked again: "Speaking of which, boss, how did you think there would be a clockwork fairy in that place?"
"Guess."
Fang Plover replied.
However, he did not say the real reason. He just temporarily thought of those wandering alchemists who have mysterious connections with blind followers. If the wandering alchemists are really related to the attackers, then there is no way that the other party will not fight.
Craftsmen are the right ones.
I didn’t expect that it was just a try, and it turned out to be true.
"Well, the boss is indeed a boss," Wu Xiaopang couldn't help but feel a little frustrated: "But if this happens, wouldn't our plan be ruined? The other party is already prepared. Wouldn't we have killed him in the past?"
But Fang Yu looked in that direction and didn't think so.
He looked at a few people and replied: "That's not the case."
"Not that much?"
"Actually, I agree with Alyssa's statement. Judging from the flight path of the other party's clockwork goblin," Fang Pulver then replied: "We should not have been discovered, although I don't know exactly what the reason is. If the other party has spies in this place,
, their Clockwork Fairy shouldn’t take this route.”
"The reason why I scouted that direction beforehand was actually to test this point."
Wu Xiaopang looked at him a little surprised.
Fang Pliance then continued to speak - although he still had little experience as a captain, in the professional field of combat craftsmen, he thought that he was not inferior to anyone - he only said lightly:
"So we should proceed as planned. As for the other party's clockwork fairy, leave it to me."
