Feeling a cool breeze on her cheeks, Sophia woke up from her sleep.

When I opened my eyes, I was lying in a moving carriage.

"Huh!? How...? She was blinded, and her consciousness immediately came to her senses, and she sat up nervously.

"Huh, finally awake?"

It was Ask, who was sitting across from him, looking at him with a smirk.

"How... Where is this? She clutched her slightly swollen head and looked out the window, surrounded by endless grasslands, where she could occasionally see a few wild animals foraging for food on the roadside.

"I'm on my way to District 5 now~" Capella poked her head and reached out and knocked on Sophia's head.

"Huh?" She tilted her head as if she were still in the dark.

"Anyway, you really can't get any alcohol at all~" Dr. Doneley's laughter came from the side.

She remembered that she had been talking to Dr. Medway on the rooftop last night, so much so that she took a sip of the beer from his hand when she was excited, and then, no more...

"When we set out in the morning, President Credder watched us carry you to the carriage with the 'Flying Fish,' and the delicate look on his face was so stunning that I will never forget it!"

"To avoid embarrassment, he didn't forget to say, 'It seems that Sophia is confident in this exploration plan!'. I almost couldn't hold back! Capella clutched her stomach and laughed.

"Huh!?" Sophia's eyes widened as she looked at Asker, the squad leader, to get the truth of what Capela said from his gaze.

However, even if he didn't speak, the expression on his face that couldn't help but laugh said it all!

"What should I do!!! Shame on the dead! She squatted on the ground with her head in her hands, and even began to regret that she shouldn't have gone up to the rooftop last night to get some air!

'Bang! The carriage jolted violently, and the luggage on the shelves fell upside down and fell on her head.

"Are you alright!?" Asker hurriedly stepped forward and asked.

"Hahaha! Are you unlucky? Capella laughed even more.

At this moment, the driver of the carriage lifted the door curtain, and the cool breeze from outside the carriage blew into the carriage.

"Hmm~" Everyone shuddered together, and their eyes focused on the coachman.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the carriage has been pressed against something hard, and the wheels have been damaged and need to be stopped for repairs for a while, so please get out of the carriage and rest for a while."

……

The cool breeze was blowing through everyone's clothes, and although it wasn't cold, it was still a little too cool compared to the warm climate of Zone 2.

Fortunately, everyone prepared a jacket for cold protection in advance, and turned it out of the suitcase to wear on their bodies.

"Did you knock down the rubble?" Dr. Meddoley approached the driver to see what was causing the damage to the wheels.

"I don't know, you see it's over there," the driver said, moving his gaze to a black dot in the middle of the road not far away.

"Wait, it looks like something like armor!" Medori muttered, "Agua, you go over there and have a look!" ”

He said, pointing to the black dot.

"Okay!"

The steel arm folded behind his back began to deform, and the originally thick and three-dimensional arm began to fold, turning into a pair of flat and wide steel wings in the blink of an eye.

'Shhh The mini-jet at the tail of the wings spat out a stream of blue and red flames, and then drove the agua to shoot out!

"Huh!? This can't be the legendary 'Styx Warframe', right!? It's too handsome! The coachman stopped what he was doing, attracted by the sound of flamethrows.

"I didn't think you knew enough!" Dr. Calloli said with a slight pride.

"People in our line of work have a strong hobby of all kinds of transportation, especially me, I like to study the different characteristics of transportation in different regions. For example, the 'jet boxcar' in the first district, the traditional horse-drawn carriage in the second district, and the 'flying fish' in the third district......" the coachman told with his head held high.

Soon, Agua returned with the black object.

A small mechanical arm extends from behind her waist, clutching an object resembling a black cylinder.

"It's a helmet, it's burnt." As she spoke, she placed the thing in front of the crowd.

"Can you parse its material?" Medóli asked.

"Well, I've done it just now. The material is some kind of old-fashioned alloy, harder than ordinary metal, because of the severe damage, there is no effective DNA left on it to determine the identity of the deceased, but from the scorch marks, it can be roughly judged that the deceased experienced a very fierce battle before death! Agua analyzed.

"Whew," Medóli exhaled and looked at the driver, "How far is it from District 5?" ”

"About forty kilometers!"

"Sure enough—" He lowered his head, his gaze fixed on the charred helmet underground.

"What's the problem, Doctor?" Agua leaned over and asked.

"It's a barren area, and there's little chance that it will be the site of fighting, which means that the owner of the helmet is most likely from District 5..."

"Could it be a resident of District 5!?" The crowd asked.

"No... More likely left by someone who escaped from there! ”

"Wait!" Asker interrupted him, "Why is only the helmet left, and where is the rest of the body?" ”

As soon as the question came up, everyone fell silent.

Sophia's frightened gasps could be heard, probably in the mind of countless horrific images.

"Let's go as soon as possible!" Medóli suggested.

"However, the wheels of the carriage cracked due to the impact just now, and it will take half a day to repair, and if you set off now, I am afraid that the wheels will be completely shattered before you reach the destination!" The coachman sighed.

"It doesn't matter, just enough for you to get a glimpse of the super-tech products in District 1!" Doneri smiled and winked at Agua.

"Huh?" Agua tilted his head, not understanding the meaning.

"Fool, I'm telling you to take out the 'self-guided towing vehicle'!" He covered his head and looked embarrassed, he couldn't imagine that he had worked with him for so long and didn't even have this tacit understanding.

"Well... Good! Agua scrambled and placed the huge suitcase in his hand on the ground.

After repeatedly pressing a few buttons on the surface of the box, Agua motioned for everyone to retreat to the rear.

With a violent shake, the outer shell of the box began to change, opening layer by layer from the inside and out, as if gradually deforming and assembling, and finally changing into a large bird-like object with outstretched wings.

"Is this...?"

"I named it 'The Flyer'! This is one of my proudest inventions! Medóli exclaimed.

Under the operation of Agua. Two long frames protruded from the tail of the hover, which firmly stuck the entire carriage in the rear.

"Get in the car!" As he spoke, Medoli was the first to enter the carriage, followed by the crowd and the coachman.

"Hold on!" As soon as Agua gave the order, there was a roar of flamejets outside the carriage, and the entire carriage took off into the air and was dragged into the sky by a flying plane!