"Captain, we have arrived at Jaffatron, the 'Land of Giants'!"
Anna shouted excitedly in the control room.
Several crew members of the "Ghost Group" heard the shouting and walked out of the cabin one after another.
When everyone saw the giant vine that towered into the clouds, with its top still not visible, they were all stunned.
Although Colin, Lulu and the others had heard about the tallest tree in the world in the land of giants, this was the first time they saw it with their own eyes. Everyone's eyes were filled with excitement, and they all marveled at this "miracle of creation."
The long-awaited destination arrived. Lulu seemed to have seen the experimental sample and waved to him, "Wow... finally here. I hope I can find the sample corresponding to the 'golden blood' this time. I have carefully screened the blood recently.
A kind of 'giant gene' was discovered in the gene sequence. Not surprisingly, the giants are definitely related by blood to the mysterious 'tentacled monster' in the seal on the Demon Island..."
Anna also had a wonderful expression on her face as she longed to discover the New World, and murmured: "I finally arrived at the magical 'Giant Kingdom' recorded in the notebooks of those great adventurers! I heard that everything there is huge. This will definitely be my "
A highlight in "The Ghost Voyage Log"..."
Colin was more interested in the structure of the giant tree that reached the sky, and exclaimed: "It's unbelievable! For such a tall tree, the material strength alone is definitely not enough to support the nearly endless mass. So, what kind of structure does it have?
Only if the structure exists can he grow so tall?"
The fat cat looked up at the end of the vine, with a look of eagerness: "Wow... I really want to climb it and see if there really is an ancient country on the top of the tree."
Monkey Jiji: "Zhizhizhizhi..." (Note: I am best at climbing trees.)
Raymond smiled bitterly as he listened: "Every year, countless adventurers try to climb the 'Tongtian Sacred Tree', but every year, countless people fall to death..."
There are many players seeking death in the game, but I have never heard of anyone actually climbing up it. Even after climbing for several months, the tree is still covered with lush green vines, with no end in sight.
The sky in this great nautical world is definitely different from the earth. The sky here is infinitely high...
Even whether the sun and moon are stars is a question worth pondering.
Various signs and expressions may really exist in the way recorded in mythological stories. The sun and moon are divine objects that are pulled out to shine at regular intervals by gods driving carriages.
The "Land of Giants" is also the country in the world where the most obvious traces of the existence of "mythical civilization" can be found.
"The Kingdom of Giants, our 'Ghost Pirates' are here!"
Everyone was playing around, and the "Golden Ghost" also drove at full speed towards the giant tree at the end of the field of vision.
...
After a while, the giant tree in everyone's field of vision grew bigger and bigger, and something else gradually appeared on the horizon.
Under the "Tongtian Sacred Tree", you can see a lush green island. These islands are all reached by the roots of the Tongtian Sacred Tree, so broad-leaved elm trees hundreds of meters high are everywhere, with towering canopies, and there is a faint sound of unknown
The roar of the beast came. All the tribes of the Giant Kingdom, large and small, were hiding in the dense forest on the island.
"Hey...it's actually a large city ship island!"
Raymond looked at the sea not far from the Green Islands, where white gas from steam boilers rolled out from countless chimneys, creating a bustling sea city scene.
Taking a closer look, it turned out to be three human steam steel ship islands.
At this moment, the three ship islands are fully armed and ready for war. Armored shields cover the surroundings of the city. Various giant artillery protrusions stand around the ship islands, like hedgehogs, guarding the steel city...
These artillery pieces are enough to destroy any enemy who attempts to attack the ship island.
The colorful icon of "Golden Pickaxe" is printed on the island's defense armor plate, declaring the identity of the owner of the island.
Raymond was no stranger to this icon and guessed the origin of this ship island. It was the noble coat of arms of the mining giant "David Family".
Seeing this, he murmured to himself, "The David family members actually brought the warship island here... It seems that they are ready for a long-term war."
Three large city ships have been stationed on the island, and there will be an endless supply of backup support. Looking at this situation, it seems that the "control of the sea" in the mining area has been firmly controlled by the David family.
Those wooden sailing ships of the giants are probably incapable of breaking through the "Steel Ship Island", humanity's ultimate war machine.
Moreover, the defense of the ship island does not stop there.
Raymond looked out from a distance and saw that tens of thousands of large and small sea-going ships were densely packed beside the three steel ship islands.
These are mercenaries recruited by the Davis family with high commissions. There are pirate groups, adventurers, and professional warmongers...
"Eh... is that the banner of the [War Emperor]? Those warmongers have also come to join the war..."
Raymond frowned slightly as he looked at the uniformly black "Sea King" class ship formation among tens of thousands of ships.
The fleet's flag is flying the "Artillery Skull and Bones Flag", which is the second legion "Red Furnace Legion" under the [War Emperor], one of the "Eight Endless Emperors".
There is a very special overlord-level existence in "Eight Endless Emperors", and that is the [War Emperor].
[War King] started out as pirates and robbers, but now they have gradually become the largest "professional mercenary" team in the world of navigation. They even abandoned the squad structure of the pirate fleet and instead used the "legion system" of the regular army.
", the squad leader is the legion commander.
Wherever there is a large-scale war, there must be a group of professional war-mongers like the "War Emperor Pirates" who work for money!
Their army is well-equipped, its members are all desperadoes, and its combat effectiveness is extremely high. It is now so powerful that even the navy acquiesces to their existence.
Raymond also knew that there was a certain tacit understanding between the [War Emperor] regiment and the World Headquarters. In certain large-scale wars where it was inconvenient for the navy to intervene, there must be someone from the [War Emperor].
They do what the navy doesn't dare to do; they take care of what the navy doesn't dare to control; they kill what the navy doesn't dare to kill...
This group of cold-blooded warmongers who only seek money and have absolutely no humanity to speak of will not hesitate to fulfill their employer's employment requirements, whether it is to destroy the country, massacre, clean up... any inhumane war crimes,
They can all do it.
That pirate identity covered up too many brutal behaviors for them!
In the past games, Raymond, as a player, only enjoyed killing monsters and leveling up, and had no interest in participating in any NPC conspiracies. Now that he has personally participated in some "big events", he has finally seen clearly some of the plans of those conspirators.
At this moment, he extremely doubted that the "War Emperor Pirates" were the pirate force supported by the World Headquarters!
...
At this time, Anna asked: "Captain, do we want to get closer?"
The goal is in sight, so they must go there. If they want to obtain the "Rainbow Ore", they must go to the David family ship island.
Raymond nodded: "Well... let's go..."
He was about to say something when his expression suddenly changed!
Because at this time, he heard the sound of violent air friction, like the sound of the engine of a spray-painting aircraft, which made his ears roar.
"Something happened!"
Raymond looked up and saw countless small dots appearing in the sky.
In no time, those little dots turned into meteorites with long tails of fire!
Everyone in the ghost group also saw the strange phenomenon in the sky through the telescope, and exclaimed: "A meteor falling from the sky?"
At this moment, a large "meteorite rain" fell over the three large warship islands of Davide, the speed became faster and faster, and the flames on the meteorites gradually turned into a long, almost white tail of light.
Without bias, all the meteorites fell densely towards the sea area where the ship island was located.
"No, this is for the Steel Ship Island!"
The Gorgon's pupil in Raymond's right eye suddenly shrank, and the focus shrank to the limit. At this moment, he suddenly saw a group of sharp-mouthed monsters with fleshy wings like bats appearing above the clouds in the sky.
Birds, and the animal skin bags under their paws are holding bulging stone balls.
"Pteranodon! This is...the giant priest of the 'Voodoo Tribe' taking action!"
He looked at those giant birds with wingspans of more than two to three hundred meters, and suddenly recognized these famous monsters in the game.
This is a specialty of the Giant Kingdom, a flying dinosaur raised by the giant priests of the Voodoo tribe!
Looking at the long-tailed meteor shower again, Raymond's expression changed drastically, and he complained in his heart: "Meteorite, your sister, that's a 'rune stone bomb'!"
Seeing the densely shining runes on the meteor, he seemed to have seen something terrifying, and hurriedly said to Anna beside him: "Anna, let's retreat quickly, the battle is about to begin!"
Although the ghost group on the side didn't understand what happened, they saw Raymond's serious expression and immediately took action.
The Iron Toad, which had been moving ahead just now, quickly turned its bow and retreated at full speed.
...
The "Golden Ghost" quickly evacuated in the direction opposite to the Steel Ship Island.
After the ship's course changed, everyone in the ghost group ran to the deck out of curiosity to watch the battle.
They looked at the exaggerated "meteor shower" scene in front of them and were all amazed.
Colin on the side was obviously very interested in this "air attack" method, and asked: "Captain, you said... meteorites are the attack method of the giants?!"
Raymond was also shocked: "Yes... the flying dragon controlled by the giant priest deliberately threw the 'rune bomb'."
In the game, he had seen a scene where a single voodoo giant drove a pterosaur to attack a human ship. But this was the first time he had seen such an amazing scene of hundreds of pterosaurs attacking in front of him.
A "rune bomb" can easily blow up a ship. What is the concept of hundreds or thousands of bombs?
This... is simply like a bomber formation dropping bombs, its power is simply unimaginable... This kind of devastating blow will definitely be a devastating disaster to the steel ship island on the sea below!
"Air supremacy! Why did you forget this thing..."
It’s not surprising that the giants are good at controlling beasts.
But Raymond didn't expect that the giant tribe actually raised so many pteranodons, and also used a tactic that was almost "blank" in this world - large-scale cluster bombing tactics.
If it hadn't been for this war, no one would have known how powerful they were in the air.
Sure enough, no matter which world, air superiority is the most powerful existence.
Hearing Raymond's words, Colin's eyes sparkled and he obviously understood.
He murmured to himself: "Air control... This should be the general direction of the future development of mechanical technology!"
Nicole also realized it and echoed: "That's right! As long as you fly high enough, you don't have to worry about attacks by ocean beasts. The current top airship technology in Hex City cannot fly that high, and there is room for improvement.
Very big..."
"Maybe... the airship idea is wrong. We should..."
"Indeed, the existing inflatable airships are too clumsy and slow. If the flying machine cannot have 'speed' and 'height', it has no meaning..."
"Well...this is the breakthrough direction we need to start researching..."
"..."
As these two scientific research madmen chatted, they actually began to discuss the feasible direction of "aircraft manufacturing".
There are many low-altitude urban airships in the world of navigation, but it is impossible for airships with a maximum height of 1,000 meters to fly in sea areas outside human territory.
Swaggering in the sky, the target is as big as the bright moon in the night sky. The only result is that it attracts some powerful beings from the bottom of the sea and is destroyed in minutes.
...
"Look, those meteorites are going to hit the island!"
After a while, the meteorites in the sky had fallen to the point where they were visible to the naked eye. The runes on the stones had become extremely bright, as if the fuse of a powder keg had burned out. The violent reaction had reached its extreme and was about to explode.
At this moment, the man on the island naturally noticed something strange in the sky. But the bigger the island, the slower the response. It is absolutely impossible to avoid such a sudden directed air attack! The island only
You can choose to resist hard!
At this moment, the ships anchored in the temporary harbor were also in chaos. The major adventure groups and pirate groups drove their ships to flee in a hurry to avoid the dense fireballs falling from the sky.
The originally planned defensive battle circle was instantly destroyed because of this chaos.
Rumble...
The rune meteorite with a diameter of several meters had fallen to a very low altitude, and the desperate roar signaled the beginning of the war.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang...
Raymond and the others heard a sound like hail falling to the ground from a distance, and the violent explosion sound waves shook the sea like water droplets dancing.
In the field of vision, dense rune bombs hit the defensive shield of the steel ship island and exploded with a bang.
Those rune stones fell from a high altitude. They could easily smash through a steel ship with just the force of the fall, not to mention the "rune bomb" secretly made by the secret giant voodoo priest?
"It's too exaggerated..."
Far away, everyone aboard the "Golden Ghost" looked at the bursts of fire that exploded over the steel island in the distance, like fireworks that would explode into huge sparks, one after another.
Every time there is an explosion, the magic energy defense shield of the steel ship island will become dimmer. This round of hundreds of "rune bombs" directly bombarded the shield above the steel ship island in the blink of an eye.
Those "rune bombs" had no barrier and fell directly between the buildings on the city's island. Like missiles, there were explosions everywhere...
Finally, the most tragic scene of the large-scale war appeared.
Under this intensive bombing that destroys the world, the top-level extraordinary people can still survive, but the middle- and low-level extraordinary people can only wait for death in despair... There are explosions everywhere, and there is no way to avoid them.
Like firecrackers thrown into a hornet's nest, the flames and explosions reap human lives...
At the same time, many "rune bombs" fell into the sea.
The ships in the temporary harbor are so dense that a random falling boulder can easily hit the ship, explode with a bang, and immediately set off a burst of fire, which will also affect the surrounding ships.
Even if the "rune bomb" failed to hit the ship and fell into the sea, the local huge waves set off by the violent explosion would be enough to overturn the large ship...
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"Oh my God, large wars are really terrifying..."
It was almost the first time for Anna and the others to see such a high-level large-scale war. The violent explosions made everyone pale. Their eyes reflected a sea of fire. The feeling of destruction.
, it was beyond human power to resist, making everyone feel powerless in their hearts.
They couldn't imagine that if the "Golden Ghost" arrived at the port of the Davis family's steel ship island a few hours earlier, wouldn't it be inevitable that it would hit this "air attack?"
The consequences can be imagined...
Rune bombs were as dense as rain, and no matter how excellent the Iron Toad's performance was, its situation would never be any better than those of the sunk ships.
"Fortunately we missed it... If we had entered the port early, it would have been dangerous at this moment."
Everyone was so happy that they began to breathe a little rough.
"The giants' move caught the Davide family off guard..."
Raymond also didn't expect that the giants would have such an "air attack". Only this unexpected attack method could break through the heavily defended warship island!
He was also extremely happy.
really,
If you want to be an idiot in the dangerous world of sailing, strength and luck are both indispensable.
Suddenly, he felt a refreshing feeling coming from the green leaf pendant on his chest, and he couldn't help but think: "Could this be the benefit of having high luck?"
...
This round of "air strikes" directly caused the steel defense circle of the David family ship island to be broken, and the fleet defense line was also washed to pieces. Even the defense mask of a major city ship island was smashed...
A hole has been torn open in the impenetrable defense line, and the decisive battle is about to begin!
Anna exclaimed: "Look, those are... giant sailing ships of the giants!"
At this time, everyone in Raymond watched as countless white giant sailing ships emerged from the vicinity of the Davis Mining Steel Ship Island. They were blessed with wind-attribute magic patterns. They were as fast as speedboats, leaving a trail of trails on the sea.
White waves.
"It is very difficult to make rune bombs for the giants, and the reserves will never be too large. After the air attack, there will definitely be a fierce battle."
Raymond swallowed his saliva, his eyes shining brightly.