Although the airrider and airship are large in appearance, the basic construction of both is the same. For example, their torsos are made up of skeletons and skins, and the sides of the torso are also flanked by wings that control the flying posture. Despite the need for function, the wings of the Airship are larger and more flexible than those of the Airship. As for the manufacturing materials, the skeleton and skin of the airship are usually made of wood, while the skeleton of the airship is made of stronger bones than wood, and the skin is more made of monster skin.

Wood, bones, and monster skins, although at first glance seem to be unrelated, if you analyze their connection, you can see that they all have one thing in common - that is, they are all part of biological tissue. Whether it is wood, bark, bones, or animal skins, the material used to make a flying machine can only be the tissue part of a certain living being. And the reason for this limitation is due to the nature of the "empty stream" itself.

You must know that the "air current" is the circulation of magic energy scattered in the atmosphere, which is not only the power of the monsters, but also the source of power for all aircraft. In contrast to the conduction of air flow in biological tissues made up of organic materials, inorganic materials such as metals can hinder the conduction of air flow. For this reason, metals and other mineral elements were kicked out of the list of main materials used to make flying machines, and in the remaining shortlist, wood was arguably the cheapest and most readily available material, so it was a matter of course that it became the material for airships.

Of course, airships that don't require a lot of performance can be made of wood, but airriders cannot.

Unlike airships, which are purely means of transportation, airriders are aircraft born for battle, and have far more performance requirements than the former. The fragile wood simply cannot withstand the forces of inertia that change dramatically in battle, so the skeleton of the airrider must be made of stronger bones than wood. In the bones, the material is divided into three, six, nine and so on, among which ordinary monster bones are secondary, and monster bones are superior.

In addition to the skeleton, the skin that covers the surface of the skeleton is also a very important part of the body. Since the skin of the Air Rider plays a decisive role in the body's defense, wood that cannot withstand bullet penetration is not considered, and the monster skin, which is extremely tough, is the best choice. However, due to the rarity of such high-grade materials, more air riders use monster skins as body skins, and take various measures to wrap metal in key parts to increase defense.

The structure of the wings of the air rider is similar to that of the torso, but for the need for flexible manoeuvring, it is often made of lighter materials and designed to fold in a structure that can be folded to facilitate storage and mooring.

Basically, the skeleton, skin, and wings make up the main exterior of the Air Rider, while the interior of the Air Rider is mainly composed of three parts: the Floating Mechanism, the Engine, and the Cannon.

The "Floating Mechanism" can be said to be the heart of the Sky Ride, and its principle is to use the energy of the "Air Driftstone" to create an air flow loop around the body, and resonate with the air flow scattered in the atmosphere, so as to generate buoyancy that cancels the gravitational force. Since the circulation of air generated by the Levitation Mechanism is also the source of power for the engine and cannon, it is appropriate to think of the Levitation Mechanism as the energy tank of the Aerial Rider.

The "engine" is usually directly connected to the float mechanism, and relies on the energy provided by the float mechanism to drive the propeller to rotate, thus providing the air rider with the propulsion required for high combat.

The "cannon" is the fangs of the air cavalry, a weapon that uses high-kinetic bullets to kill and damage the target. The cannon is also powered by the air circulation generated by the floating mechanism, so the bullets used must of course be made of organic materials. In fact, most of the bullets in the cannon are made of animal teeth, although the teeth of monsters can be used to make more powerful and lethal bullets, but they are special ammunition that can only be configured by a few models.

Whether it's a skeleton, skin, or bullets, basically, air riders made from the tissue materials on monsters usually have higher performance than other air rides, but due to the high cost of construction, only advanced pilots can configure them.

To the surprise of the Kirin, the "Wolf Flame" given to him by Noyin is such a high-level air ride.

The skeleton of Wolf Flame is made of the bones of the Deep Sea Demon Ray, which is extremely strong, and even after the huge impact of the fall, the skeleton as a whole has no signs of deformation at all. It's a pity that several defensive stiffeners on the back wound were broken in two because of the heavy blow from the monster, and the middle part was completely shattered, which made the Kirin feel distressed for a long time.

If the slight damage to the skeleton was barely acceptable to the Qilin, then the scarred skin of the wolf flame's exterior made him almost faint. Wolf Flame's skin is made from the skin of the Krodo dragon, a famous monster that haunts volcanic areas and is covered with scales that cannot be pierced by an armor-piercing sword, and there is little way for humans to catch them, except for using poison traps. The air rider armed with such a monitor lizard scale armor should have been an indestructible existence, but the skin of the wolf flame was full of scars, large and small.

Some of the scars were as thick as fingers, some were the size of fists, and there were several claw marks connected together, plus a huge wound that ran through the back, so that when they were peeled off the skeleton, they shattered into dozens of pieces on the spot. Kirin looked at the half-human-tall pieces of skin stacked in the corner of the hangar, and showed an expression of wanting to cry without tears.

"Uh-huh, it's broken like this, and even if you sew it again, you won't be able to use it......" Kirin muttered, grabbing a piece of shredded skin and looking at it, wondering if he might just grab a few Korrodo dragons to skin.

"Hey, help me get this out. Xiude's voice sounded behind him, and Qilin looked back, only to see Xiude, who was dressed in overalls, laboriously dragging something out of the wolf's body.

"It's ...... Cannon?" Qilin went over to help Xiude move things out, but when he saw that the originally straight barrel of the machine gun had been bent at a right angle of almost ninety degrees, his face suddenly became bitter.

"This one doesn't work either. The impact at 6 o'clock not only destroyed the barrel, but also deformed the chamber, and it was faster to rebuild it as scrap metal than to spend time repairing it. Without waiting for Qilin to ask, Xiude first said his conclusion, then shrugged his shoulders and exhaled a long breath. As a result, all four cannons were scrapped, plus the engine that was beaten to pieces by monsters, two of the three major pieces of the empty rider had been scrapped, and if it weren't for the miraculous preservation of the floating mechanism, there would be no need to repair this aerial rider at all. ”

The Levitation Mechanism is the heart of the Sky Rider, and it is also equivalent to the soul of the Sky Rider. For an airrider, all parts except the levitation mechanism have some kind of replaceability, but only the levitation mechanism cannot be replaced. Once the levitation mechanism is damaged, even if the other parts are intact, the aerial ride is equivalent to death, but on the other hand, as long as the levitation mechanism is not in serious trouble, no matter how severe the wound is, it can be repaired - at least in theory.

"It's good that the floating mechanism isn't broken, but so many scrapped parts ......" Kirin casually threw the cannon to the corner of the hangar, and Xiude's gaze also moved away. There has been a mountain of discarded parts, accounting for two-thirds of the total number of parts that have been broken, and it has also become the material for the two of them to lament and sigh in the past few days.

"Yes, these parts are enough to assemble a half-overhead ride, it's a shame that you can sort them all out......" Xiude looked at the thick list of damaged parts in his hand, showing a headache expression. "Anyway, fix the parts that can be repaired first, and then the rest...... That's until then. ”

"We'll talk about it then......" Kirin glared critically at the pile of broken parts. "If I can't help it, do you want me to fly into the sky with no engines, no wings, and no rudders?"

"Hmm, this one, it's more difficult...... Xiude broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead, and nodded in acknowledgment of Qilin's opinion. "Again, if you can't find a replacement for the damaged part, then it's useless to fix the other parts. But the question is, where do we go to find these replacement parts......"

“...... I said, is there any place where I can buy it? It's better not to have money. Kirin asked.

"Money is not a problem, the problem is that if you have money, you may not be able to buy these parts, unless it is a 'black market' ......" Xiude looked at the list in his hand with a sad gaze.

"Black market?" the Kirin's ears pricked up. "What's that? Can you get parts?"

"Well, the 'black market' is an illegal trade network all over the world, and there is nothing they can't get......" Xiude looked embarrassed. "But the problem is that the price of black market goods is usually several times the market price, and if you actually buy these parts from the black market, the price may be about the same as a new air ride. Moreover, the black market has never done business with strangers, and even if you have money, you can't find it if you don't have a way. ”

"Besides, I don't have any money...... "Kirin lowered his shoulders and sighed heavily.

"Damn! If there is no other way, just sneak into the air base and disassemble the parts from the empty horse parked there and replace them......" Under Xiude's gaze, this young man named Qian Suffering from the Great Wilderness bit his fingers and began to plan a certain criminal plan.

“...... That, let me ask, are you serious?" Seeing a faint fierce light flashing in those dark pupils, Xiude couldn't help but shudder.

"No, I'm just thinking about it......" Qilin restrained the fierce light in his eyes, but the words he said made Xiude even more frightened. "For example, instead of simply dismantling them, how about replacing the good parts with these bad parts? Although it seems that there are so many, they are distributed to the heads of dozens of empty riders, and each aerial rider has a very small burden. As long as you grasp the timing and don't expose your tracks, even the existing damaged parts should be treated as natural wear and tear, so there is nothing wrong with that?"

Xiude looked at Qilin blankly, as if he knew him for the first time. If he hadn't heard such an evil and definite plan, Xiude would not have been able to imagine how the extra expenditure in the treasury would have come out in the future. Although he couldn't help but want to applaud Qilin's brilliant plan, from the position of the monarch, Xiude felt that he should still stop him.

"Well, I guess it's not that easy to sneak into the air base, is it?, besides, it's a felony to get caught?" Xiude reluctantly reminded Kirin.

"No problem, no one will be able to catch me on the ground unless I go out on air. Kirin confidently assured. "And as long as you act at night, you don't have to worry about being spotted at all. ”

For the Great Wilderness warriors who can even confront monsters head-on, the vigilance of the air base is just child's play. Even during the day, with the skills of the unicorn, you can go in and out of the realm as if no one is there, let alone at night. Although Xiude has not yet had a chance to see the strength of the Qilin, he is full of confidence from his tone. And for someone who is uneasy by nature, sneaking into the air base under the cover of night to wreak havoc sounds so tempting that it overwhelms the responsibility of being the monarch for a while, making Xiude frown and fall into a situation where heaven and man are at war.

"First of all, we must figure out the layout of the air base, I saw it roughly on the airship last time, it should be like this......" Kirin found a piece of paper and drew a plan of the base with the general impression in his head.

"The hangar is in this location, and it only takes five minutes to get there from here, but the problem is the sentinel on the way...... Hmm, isn't it better to touch the reality tonight first......" Staring at the floor plan, Kirin had already begun to conceive of the steps to carry out the criminal plan in his mind.

"Wait!wait!Wait!Wait!" As a king, his ethics narrowly prevailed at the last minute, and Xiude urgently stopped him. "If you want to find replacement parts, you don't have to go to the air base, I know a better place. ”

"A better place?"

"Well, I just remembered it...... Xiude wiped the sweat from his forehead and said to Qilin, "Have you ever heard the name of 'Empty Riding Cemetery'?"

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The so-called "empty horse cemetery", according to the literal interpretation, is the place where the scrapped empty horse is placed. Although the service life of an empty ride is theoretically more than ten years, in practice very few empty riders can reach the theoretical service life. From quality hazards to training accidents, there are many reasons why an air vehicle is scrapped early, and the biggest reason is combat attrition. In the case of the Kingdom of La Velis, although its air force has been independent from the management system of the 6th Army for less than 20 years, it has to face a heavy load of more than ten times its own number of air pirates, so the loss rate is much higher than the average of other countries.

So far, more than fifty airriders have been buried in the Empty Horse Cemetery in the Kingdom of La Velis, which is almost half of the total number of airframes in the Kingdom's air force. However, it is worth thanking that the loss rate of the pilot is far lower than that of the air rider - in any case, whether it is a forced landing on the spot or an emergency return, the fact that the air rider can land on the ground in a recoverable state proves that the pilot has a stronger battlefield survivability than the airframe.

In fact, an excellent pilot who has crossed the line of life and death is a priceless treasure, and even if he uses more than ten empty horses in exchange, he will not hesitate to organize it. In this sense, the twelve air cavalry wings of the kingdom of La Velis may be worth more than 1,200 air horses. Despite this, the reality is that due to the sheer numerical disparity, the air force of the Kingdom of La Velis has never achieved any advantage in the battle against the air pirates.

There are only two ways to overcome this disadvantage, one is to improve the quality of pilots, and the other is to increase the number of pilots. For example, if pilots are divided into ordinary pilots, elite pilots, and ace pilots from low to high, about half of the 120 pilots in the air force of the Kingdom of Naravillis can be classified into the rank of elite pilots. Although this proportion is quite high in the air forces of various countries, when it comes to the more superior ace pilots, there are only three hundred commanders in the entire air force, including Nuoyin.

If the ratio of ace pilots were to rise to 1/10, the La Vellis Air Force would in turn be able to form an overwhelming advantage over the air pirates, but this situation is an almost impossible miracle. Therefore, in order to really eliminate the air thieves, it is more practical to use the second method, which is to increase the number of pilots. For the La Velis Air Force, whose human resources are strictly stretched, even one more elite pilot will have a great impact on the situation, not to mention the ace seed that even the "Brilliant Thunder Dome" is impressive and has an unlimited future.

Xiude concluded that the Qilin was of great value, so he planned to draw him into the kingdom's air force at any cost. Under such a premise, the ban on the empty horse cemetery issued by the former Auxiliary Princes himself is just a spice to make the adventure more enjoyable for someone whose personality deviates at the extremes of "loose" and "dangerous".

So, on a night when they couldn't see their fingers, two sneaky figures appeared in front of the heavily guarded empty horse cemetery......

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