Chapter IV: Reconnaissance Missions
Lighthouse Conference Hall.
The warm yellow lighting reflects the horror scenes that seem to be only seen in horror movies.
The tiger firefly was hovering on Yan Jing's side, its pitch-black and hideous head sticking out, its mouthparts opening and closing, and its mouth full of fangs flashing with a cold light.
Thunder outside the lighthouse rang out at exactly this time.
The sudden wind and rain seemed to cheer for the appearance of this killing machine.
The experience of several worlds, coupled with Yan Jing's cultivation and the sharing of power to a certain extent in the blood contract.
Today's tiger fireflies have long surpassed the insect beasts that once ravaged the Yujiang Mountains.
Even if it is just revealing the figure, it still brings a sense of heaviness that is difficult to ignore to everyone present.
However, after a few minutes, the horror in everyone's hearts was quickly replaced by surprise.
Kaka ~ giggle ~
The tiger firefly emitted a low hum continuously.
The insects that poured out of the Kunpeng space came to the side of their future masters, squatting in front of the latter in a well-behaved posture that should never appear on these insects, and calling softly.
After many rounds of cultivation and running-in, the hive has long been handy at cultivating alien insects that can cooperate with humans, and with the massive strange fish obtained from outside the conference hall of the League of Nations not long ago as an energy supply, the hive has really developed considerably.
Before Yan Jing arrived, he had equipped the leaders of each Sky Dragon Boat with corresponding high-level insects.
Under his guidance, everyone cut their palms one after another and fed their own blood to the insects, which can be regarded as a formal confession.
Although it does not achieve the effect of the blood contract, it can create a communication bridge between humans and insects, eliminating the barrier to a certain extent.
Soon, Fu Shudao and the others fell in love with these insects that they thought were particularly terrifying not long ago.
A few daring captains of the guard have even begun to let their companions perform such little talents as lying down and playing dead like pet dogs, and the latter has no intention of refusing at all.
With the exception of Yan Jing and Tiger Firefly, the master's orders will make them instinctively obey.
Yan Jing glanced at Hu Ying, who had already returned to the appearance of an orange cat, and didn't care at all that the killing machine he had cultivated was "played" with, after all, it had fought with Yan Jing like this when he was a child.
For Shen Qiong, Shirley and others, who have been fighting on the front line in the apocalyptic world all year round, after a short period of lifting, they have ignored the hideous appearance of the alien insects, noticed their true value and were excited by it.
Insects can communicate with their masters, absolutely obey orders, have strong vitality and adaptability to the environment, have the potential for self-evolution, and can be seen from their appearance alone.
They don't even need to bother feeding.
Monsters corrupted by evil energy are the best food......
Could there be a more suitable being to be their ally than this creature?
"It's not enough, we need an army of insects, and I can't do it alone."
Seeing that everyone was already familiar with their fellow insects, Yan Jing added,
"Each of the insects you have contracted has a lot of intelligence, and their real strength lies in their ability to reproduce, nurture and even control their own race, and what this means, I don't think I need to say more."
In order to break through the empty harbor where the monsters are entrenched, Yan Jing needs an army of alien insects, and the energy in the Kunpeng space is difficult to meet the conditions, so he needs to take advantage of the special environment of the Shenzhou world.
It's hard to find a special gene that can make alien insects evolve in this world, and this world is full of them!
"In a week's time, I need you to breed enough insects for us to launch a campaign, as for how to cultivate them, I think you should know more about the situation of the nearby floating islands than I do, just bring the insects to the place, and leave the rest to them."
Patting Tiger Firefly's forehead, Yan Jing was fully confident in these alien insects.
If racial talent can be concretized, then there should be two things that the alien race is full of: aggression and evolution!
With the addition of powerful allies, the atmosphere of the meeting is pushed to a climax.
Lin Qin, Saikesen and others contacted the transport teams on their respective dragon boats, asking them to come to the lighthouse as soon as possible and transport the alien insects and a large number of insect eggs assigned to them back to the ship first.
Immediately afterwards, Yan Jing took out another batch of strengthening potions that he had purchased from the Torch Bazaar.
The Moonlight-level apostle authority plus the large number of fire points accumulated in the past were enough for him to reinforce the combat members on the Sky Dragon Boat and improve their combat effectiveness as a whole.
The effect may not be as good as the potion used by Shen Qiong and Shirley, but it is enough for them to take a big step forward from the original.
In order to be able to complete the only main quest this time, Yan Jing was undoubtedly out of the way.
After all, failure is equal to obliteration.
There is no point in keeping these torches at that time.
The first phase of the meeting came to an end for the time being, and the captains of the seven dragon boats left one after another, and they needed to immediately go to coordinate the placement of alien insects and eggs, formulate a follow-up action plan, and distribute the boosting potions.
As for why the action plan for the next two phases had not been discussed.
The reason is very simple, Fu Shudao has not yet formulated a detailed plan and regulations, not that he is lazy, but the premise of follow-up actions is that he must have a certain degree of understanding of the current situation of the airport.
It's just that at this stage, they are hindered by the monster groups gathered near the airport, and they have never approached at all, so naturally they can't make it.
This is also the main reason why the Chengshu Dao Masters stayed.
"I don't need to participate in the first stage of preparations, this reconnaissance mission of the airport is carried out by me, and I will leave a few people behind, just to understand the situation of the airport as much as possible."
Seeing the captains of the guards take the insects and rush back to the empty dragon boat in a transport vehicle, and the remaining few people sat down again, Yan Jing glanced at the time, and did not talk nonsense, and said his thoughts directly.
The airport is the ultimate goal of this expedition, and if you want to recapture it, reconnaissance in advance is essential.
In other words, the more detailed the intelligence obtained from the reconnaissance operation, the greater the help for the follow-up operation, and the reconnaissance mission is destined to be impossible for large-scale operations, and it is the right choice to operate in small units.
As the strongest person in the fleet, Yan Jing naturally would not shirk this most arduous task.
"Before the Dragon Kite evacuated the airport, it deliberately kept a copy of the airport design plan at that time, in order to counterattack and recapture it from the hands of the evil spirit, thinking that there would be no chance to ...... again."
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He Jiangzi, the leader of the Dragon Kite, took out a well-preserved metal box from the satchel on his waist and said with emotion.
When many dragon boats evacuated the airport, they thought it was just an expedient measure, and when the time was right, they would recapture it, but they didn't think that this time would be decades later, and all their hopes were almost completely wiped out.
Thinking of this, everyone's eyes couldn't help but focus on Yan Jing.
The last hope is tied to one person!
Activate the switch on the side of the metal cassette, and the surface is unfolded.
A fist-sized player poked out of it with the sound of the machine working, and Fu Shudao got up to turn off the lights in the lighthouse.
Light blue lines of light and shadow spread throughout.
The result is a presentation of the airport and its surrounding area on the conference table.
Although the name of the airport carries the word "port", it does not mean that it is a harbor that the dragon boat hears.
In fact, the port is only part of its function.
In the light and shadow presented by the metal box, Yan Jing saw a huge floating city, and the island area where it was located was at least nearly a hundred lighthouse islands combined.
The geographical environment of the island is not like a large plain like Lighthouse Island, judging from the image alone, the entire airport city is built on the mountain, the outer area is a harbor where the dragon boat docks, and the central area is a large area of factories, mines and even all kinds of large equipment.
Located in the core area of the island, the architectural style of the airport city is different from any world that Yan Jing has experienced, if I have to say, it is somewhat similar to the city of Xudu, but in terms of mechanical technology.
The entire city looks like a fortress of the apocalypse, abandoning all beauty and elegance in order to fight against the invading evil of another world.
It's no wonder that every boat dweller is obsessed with retaking the airport.
Compared to the dragon boats in the sky that are exposed to monsters, the sprawling fortress city is obviously more secure.
"Retaking the airport is what we want to do in the third phase, and before that, the first thing we have to take is the guard island outside the airport, Venerable, which is also the key point of our next reconnaissance mission."
Fu Shudao walked to the front of the stage and raised his hand to the several floating islands surrounding the Airport City.
In order to combat the dark disasters and animal tides caused by evil spirits, the airport was built with the importance of the outer buffer zone and warning points in mind.
Judging from the images and the descriptions of several Chengshu Dao masters, the floating islands on the outskirts of the airport are not large, almost all of them are small islands similar to Lighthouse Island, and they have all been built into war fortresses without exception.
The reason why Fu Shudao cares so much about these outlying islands is not that they are occupied by monsters, what he wants is the weapons and equipment accumulated in these war fortresses and all kinds of heavy medium and long-range artillery!
These weapons were built with durability in mind to deal with the erosion of evil energy, and since the monsters simply don't use them, and they don't have any interest in dead things, it's likely that some of them will be saved.
They were able to be used to intercept incoming beast tides.
Now they can be used by them to fight against the evil that is entrenched in the airport!
Not only that, but these war forts were so versatile that, with a little repair, could immediately become a base for the expeditionary fleet, not only for battle, but also as a temporary medical outpost.
"We don't need to recapture all the outer forts, we just need to reconnoiter and choose an easier direction to break through, occupy the forts in this area, and open a passage for the expeditionary fleet."
Don't look at the peaceful scene on Lighthouse Island right now.
Once the Great Expedition begins and the fleet arrives near the airport, the evil will definitely react.
At that point, it would obviously not be a good idea to spend a lot of time fighting for all the outer fortresses.
"I need a ship, a squad that is familiar with reconnaissance missions, I don't need too many combatants, the important thing is that the team members need to know something about the situation in the air port and the outer fortresses, go and come back quickly!"
Yan Jing's gaze wandered back between the images, and he said bluntly after he had a bottom in his heart.
It was only a reconnaissance mission, and Yan Jing didn't need anyone to help him fight.
As long as someone can show him the way and explain the situation on the spot.
"The Storm is equipped with a state-of-the-art small ship that can accommodate seven people, and it is fast enough that it only takes about five hours to get from Lighthouse Island to the area where the airport is located."
Each Sky Dragon Boat has its own focus, for example, the Thunder takes the path of combat strengthening, while the Wind is known for its speed, and in the past it was also responsible for reconnaissance and transportation and support.
With Yan Jing leading the team, the rest of the issues became trivial, and everyone made arrangements for the reconnaissance mission in a few words.
Just then, there was a knock on the door outside the lighthouse.
"Report, the signal station has just received news that the leaders of the three nearby settlements hope to come and pay a visit to the Venerable tonight!"
When the correspondent entered the door, he first straightened his waist and saluted, looked at Yan Jing, and said in a loud voice.
"Looks like your action to take out the supplies in public just now has worked."
Hearing the correspondent's news, Fu Shudao did not feel anything else.
Several settlements near Lighthouse Island were originally their target for recruitment, and unlike those settlements that had not yet been too anxious, the former had been coming to the market for a while to communicate, and they had already established a basic mutual trust with each other.
In the face of the increasingly harsh environment, the willingness of these settlements to join the fleet is very obvious.
Now that the Venerable Yan Jing has descended, they naturally have to make a statement.
"It's just the right time to come and I'm going to have a party to cheer you all on."
Yan Jing got up and clapped his hands, and said with a smile.