Chapter 735 Historic Feat (Additional update for the leader’s ‘dream helplessness’)
Looking at the sunset in the distance, it’s not even dark yet, are they about to fly out of the mountainous area?
Zhou Xu, who had little experience in this area, never expected that the movement efficiency of a hot air balloon could be so fast.
When he conducted a mobile test between Black Rock City and Huangsha City before, his feeling was not so strong.
The fundamental reason is that there are mountains and mountains below!
The previous test was the ratio of riding efficiency on flat ground to flying efficiency in a hot air balloon.
But now, hiking in the mountains is as efficient as a hot air balloon!
Climbing mountains takes more time and effort than walking on flat ground. This is something everyone knows.
The biggest advantage of a hot air balloon is that it can ignore the terrain that requires climbing up and down, take the shortest route from a completely obstacle-free altitude, and fly directly to the destination.
Even if calculated based on the efficiency of ten kilometers per hour, that is two hundred and forty kilometers per hour in twenty-four hours, not to mention that under Silk's operation, their speed will not stop at ten kilometers per hour. kilometer?
Besides, you are tired from hiking, so you need to rest, right? You have to sleep at night, right?
But hot air balloons don’t need it! As long as there is enough fuel and two people are arranged to take shifts in the morning and evening, where does the hot air balloon need to rest?
Of course, under this premise, Silk's 'driving skills' and Zhou Xu's mantra strengthening methods also played a vital role in this feat!
If the two operators of Silk were replaced by ordinary human operators, it would be impossible to achieve this efficiency.
As for Zhou Xu’s two blessing mantras, he has now begun to think about finding opportunities to give them to those hot air balloon operators.
Not to mention anything else, these two mantras of his can indeed effectively increase the stability and safety of hot air balloon flights and improve flight efficiency. They can be used as standard mantras for hot air balloon operators in the future.
Bringing back his thoughts that had accidentally wandered away, Zhou Xu cheered up, wrapped himself in a thick animal skin blanket, put his hands on the bamboo basket of the hot air balloon, and looked outside.
As expected, from where they are now, they can already see the towering rock wall in the distance!
Starting from the station at the foot of the barren mountain, that area is connected to a large stretch of barren Gobi desert, and there are towering rock walls on the outside, which are suspected to be a large continuous mountain wall.
Standing in the desert area, looking up at the mountain wall, you can basically not see the top at a glance, and the steepness of the mountain wall is almost 90 degrees vertical, and there is no place to climb. Less than.
In this state, they would never have thought of climbing up the mountain wall to see what was on the top.
That is no different from seeking death.
But things are different now, they have hot air balloons! Now he is flying directly in the sky, higher than the mountain wall!
“Silk, fly over and take a look.”
Zhou Xu pointed to the mountain wall in the distance.
"It's time to open the map."
Zhou Xu has no plans to directly explore the top of the mountain wall for the time being, but he is flying in the sky now, so what does it matter if he takes a look first?
At this position, in order to land at the foot of the mountain relatively accurately, Hilke has begun to slowly lower the flight height of the hot air balloon.
Now that he had received the order from their king, he did not panic. He maintained the current height and flew for another distance after looking in the right direction. The scene at the top of the opposite mountain wall soon came into view. In Zhou Xu's eyes, it was really a mountain range running across.
Only the side facing them, the mountain wall is too steep and impossible to climb. This also makes it impossible for them to climb over it under normal circumstances, let alone It’s time to explore.
Faced with this situation, Zhou Xu fell into brief contemplation.
[This mountain range stretches from here to the grassland area. When it reaches the grassland area, it passes through the original tribe of the grassland elves. If you continue to go north, you may be able to touch the foot of the mountain with a gentle slope. 】
The situation is similar to the situation here in the mountains area. I was busy dealing with the lizard people at the beginning, but there was also a place in the grassland area that I had not yet explored.
Of course, having said that, they have actually been there.
Earlier, the grassland elves' village was destroyed by the attack of the lizardman army. The surviving grassland elves fled north along that route. They had known this route for a long time, and originally wanted to free up manpower for exploration after the matter was resolved.
Who would have thought that more and more things would happen later. As time went by, this matter was temporarily forgotten by Zhou Xu, and he didn't think of it until now.
"Your Majesty, can we land?"
Although Silk and the others showed excellent hot air balloon operation skills with their perception of the wind element, they could not change the landing. error will occur.
If they continue to fly, Hilke is really worried that they will accidentally fly to the other end of the rock wall.
Zhou Xu, who also realized this, was unambiguous and immediately signaled Silk to land.
But it is difficult to land completely accurately outside the mountain station.
During this period, the guards at the inn noticed their presence and directly chased them out on horseback.
Seeing this, Zhou Xu quickly got out of the bamboo basket and shouted at the guards below...
"Grab this rope!"
While talking, Zhou Xu threw down a bundle of thick ropes.
“Hold the rope and find a place to tie it!”
This thick rope is used to assist the hot air balloon in landing. If it works well, the hot air balloon can perform relatively precise movements. of landing.
But having never cooperated before, their cooperation at this time was obviously not very good.
One of the guards was so busy that he was almost dragged to the ground.
In the end, they flew for almost a kilometer before successfully landing on the deserted beach.
Stepping off the hot air balloon, Zhou Xu looked around, then turned to look at the hot air balloon and the mountains they had flown over. His whole state was filled with uncontrollable excitement. Excited, my heart was beating wildly.
"Hahahaha! Hilke, can you believe it? We flew over the mountains so easily!!"
At this time, Hilke can completely understand their king. Why so excited.
Even as people who have personally experienced the whole thing, they still feel that it is unreal.
Especially under the premise that they have personally crossed these mountains with their legs before.
It is no exaggeration to say that this flight is enough to go down in history! It’s a historic feat! !
Of course, he was excited. He had something serious to do when he came back this time, and he would not forget it.
However, the sun has set now, and they have been tired for the day. It is not wise to travel all night, so Zhou Xu decides to rest one night at the inn at the foot of the mountain.
The next morning, after breakfast, the group mounted the horses prepared for them by the inn, took the disintegrated hot air balloon, and rushed towards Black Moon City as quickly as possible.
(End of this chapter)