Chapter 20 The Return Trip
"On the port side, the port side is lowered by twenty-seven centimeters and descends at a uniform speed. On the high platform, the staff who had been wearing bright red and black clothes and holding two red flags in their hands kept waving flags in the air, conveying the orders of the ground control platform to the floating boats floating in the sky: "Target East Second Pier, speed seven card positions, turn right fifteen degrees, reduce the height by thirty card positions, speed down to four card positions, continue to drop in height, buffer preparation, reverse propulsion array open, stop." ”
The huge float boat, under the guidance of the flag, smoothly sailed into the airport and landed on the special shape of the pier, several hatches on both sides of the float slowly opened, and the workers who had been preparing for the dock quickly entered the cabin and began their work.
On the eastern outskirts of the City of Knowledge, there is a high-security space, completely cordoned off by high walls, with only two gates for entry and exit, and for twenty-two hours a day, the area is under close surveillance, and anyone who does not have access is blocked from the gates.
It had been a vacant lot not so long ago, but after only a month, it had become what it was now, and it was rarely frequented in normal times, except on very special days, when a few heavily armed adventurers escorted a few ordinary-looking carriages into the gate under the high wall. Of course, if you keep observing this area, it is not difficult to discover the secrets within the high walls, every time the convoy enters the front and rear of the high wall, a floating boat will land or leave, after that, those ordinary looking carriages will drive out of the high wall under strict protection, and enter the capital of knowledge along the gate of the mage district, or enter the range of the Star Tower, or drive into the city lord's mansion, or all the way to the adventurer's guild.
For ordinary people, under the increasingly thick shadow of war, this mysterious airport is the best talking point, and for the news organizations of the Holy Capital, the news about the airport is also the news that can attract the attention of the public, and there are constantly heroic reporters who use various methods to hope to infiltrate the airport. Of course, without exception, they were all blocked out of the high walls, and some reporters with less honorable means would be invited directly to the reception of the guards by the city guards, and the hospitality would be released for ten days, but this did not extinguish the enthusiasm of these good deeds, and when they were blasted out of the city guards dirty and hungry, they would soon devote themselves to a new round of exploration.
However, in fact, the airport is not so mysterious, in fact, most of these reporters, including the residents of the holy capital, know very well in their hearts that this well-defended mysterious airport must be related to the upcoming war, and even many people have guessed that this is probably the airport for transshipment of some special materials, in order to prevent the destruction of materials, there will be such strict defense. Therefore, everyone's enthusiasm for exploration is just to satisfy curiosity, and no one will really force their way into the airport, more just ...... Play?
"That's right, it's just playing, and it's a lot of fun. Pannis nodded to the people beside him, and said with a very serious expression: "Don't look at them shouting slogans that we want to see the truth, and then being captured by the city guards, as if they were very heroic, in fact, looking at their expressions, it is just a very exciting game, En, think about it carefully, it is indeed fun, hey, don't pinch, I didn't say that I want to go down and play with them." ”
On the familiar airship, there stood a familiar captain. A year ago, the adventure group took a floating boat to the city of a thousand lakes to complete the commission of the sea clan, and happened to take the floating boat operated by the old captain, but did not expect that after such a dangerous event, the old man did not retire, but after resting for a period of time, he once again boarded the floating boat that he loved as a child, and soared in the sky again, not to mention that he met the members of Nelly's adventure group again by such a coincidence.
Recently, almost all civilian float boat routes have been temporarily canceled, and among the four float boats belonging to the Chamber of Commerce, except for one temporary standby, the other three have been temporarily modified for the air transport of special goods and personnel, among which the old captain's float boat is responsible for the route from the capital of knowledge to the border of the Lost Forest, but on the morning of three days ago, as soon as the special personnel uploaded, the old man got a surprise, but he didn't expect it to be a partner who had fought side by side.
"These people are not just playing, or rather, President Odin can tolerate such an important occasion and let this group of reporters mess around at will, and it also has his own considerations. The old captain was obviously very high-natured, and while following the flag to direct the floating boat to land, he explained to everyone: "But I don't understand much, after all, I'm just a captain, and what I just said was overheard when I was carrying Prince Nicholas in the east a few days ago." ”
"Well, I can understand what the elders think. Catherine nodded: "For the ordinary people of the Holy Capital, war seems to be a very distant thing, and those who participate in the war are basically professionals. It is also a safe way for ordinary people to gradually come into contact with the news of the war, which will not put too much pressure on the people at once, and can make everyone gradually mentally prepared. ”
"Boom", the floating boat shook slightly, representing a smooth entry into the airport. However, the girls did not rush off the ship, after all, the float boat voyage was mainly for the purpose of transporting goods, and everyone was able to board the ship, it is said that because the load was just free, so the girls consciously stayed on the deck temporarily, giving priority to the people who transported the goods.
"I don't know what this shipment is. Lina leaned against the side of the ship, her eyes shining with curiosity: "I am afraid that it is a very important thing to use air transportation." ”
"Yes, it's important. Pannis nodded: "The high-quality spars of various attributes transported from the Mountain Country, as well as the finest enchanted arrows transported from the Elven Forest, the spars are estimated to be transferred to the floating island that is ready to rush to the front line, and the arrows should be delivered to the main force of the first batch as quickly as possible, and will be distributed to the group of high-level rangers." ”
"Well, that's important. Lina suddenly reacted and asked in surprise, "How do you know what's in those eight containers?" ”
"Because I secretly opened it and looked at it. Pannis gave a thumbs up and smiled smugly: "Although each container is supervised by more than four guards for twenty-two hours, I still secretly watched, hehehehe." (To be continued.) )