Chapter 174: Glider
Since ancient times, people's desire for the sky has always been the same, and even if someone paid for it, it did not diminish people's desire to fly in the slightest.
But countless failures have also made people realize that flying is not something that ordinary people like them can master.
As a result, countless literati and writers could only write countless poems about the only way to fly after dreaming back at midnight.
"I want to dream of Wu Yue, and fly to the mirror lake and moon in one night"
"I want to go back by the wind, I am afraid of Qionglou Yuyu, and the height is unbearable."
"The neon is the clothes and the wind is the horse, and the kings of the clouds are coming down one after another." ······ In contrast to the whimsical descriptions of the literati and writers, the Mohists have been obsessed with turning this imagination into reality.
Among them, the most likely ones are the Kong Ming lantern and the paper kite. However, according to the Mohist classics, since ancient times, no one has really used these two things to successfully send people to the sky.
Of course, there are also records about wooden kites in the Mohist classics. It is said that this kind of thing was made by the public loss class in the pre-Qin period, and according to the records in the book, this kind of wooden kite can not only send people to the sky, but also soar in the sky for three days and three nights without landing.
Shi Fangzheng and Jin Kai didn't believe it at all, and when they saw this record, they all regarded it as a myth.
After all, there are still many such mythical records in the Mo family's classics. And this matter was done by the public loss class, and at that time, the public loss class and the Mo family patriarch had a competition in the machine, although the Mo family patriarch won the public loss class, but the children of the Mo family in later generations have been sparing no effort in order to elevate their ancestors. After the death of the public loss class, the Mo family began to slowly encroach and finally annexed the public loss class.
This is the origin of the later Mojia craftsman. So the record of the wooden kite has become very mythical, and no one knows what the actual situation is.
"Master, is this the wooden kite recorded in ancient books?" Looking at this strange-looking thing, Jin Kai asked with some hesitation.
Although he saw Li Yi's companions confidently carrying this thing and rushing towards the edge of the cliff without hesitation, he still doubted whether this thing could fly.
"Although I don't know if this thing is the wooden kite recorded in my ancient Mojia books, I can be sure that the name of this thing should be called a glider." Shi Fangzheng stared at An Su with burning eyes, and one of them ran towards the edge of the cliff with a glider.
At this time, he also very much hoped that this thing could really fly, although in this way Li Yi's companion would escape because of this.
"Master, how did you know that this thing is called a glider?" Hearing such a strange name, Jin Kai felt very puzzled.
He had read many of the classics of their Mo family carefully, and he was also very familiar with all kinds of organs, but he had never heard of such a thing as a glider.
"I knew it was called a glider, but I hadn't seen the real thing, not even the drawings." Speaking of this, Shi Fangzheng's face was full of regret.
"Could this be the mechanism recorded in the mysterious disappearance book you mentioned, Master?" Jin Kai instantly thought of the magical machine book that Shi Fangzheng often mentioned.
This can be regarded as the biggest regret of Shi Fangzheng or the entire Mo family. The things recorded in that magical machine book back then can be said to have completely subverted their understanding of mechanism techniques.
It can even be said that it has guided Shi Fangzheng and many high-ranking members of the Mo family to a new avenue of mechanical arts.
It's just a pity that they only read a few pages of the book and disappeared mysteriously, and afterwards the entire Mo family sent a large number of people to find the whereabouts of the book, but still didn't find any clues.
At that time, Shi Fangzheng also participated in the study of the first two pages of the table of contents of this organ book, although the table of contents of this book is only three pages and the table of contents on the first page is still seriously damaged, but the things recorded on these two pages of table of contents alone opened Shi Fangzheng's eyes.
In particular, on the last page of the catalogue, it is written: the Water Department and the Flight Department. There are various types of ships recorded in this water department, including steamships, unpowered sailboats, submarines, yachts, aircraft carriers, and so on.
In the flight department, there are hot air balloons, hang gliders, wingsuits, jetpacks, airplanes, etc.
At that time, Shi Fangzheng was very interested in this, so he wanted to study the flight department at the first time.
But when he flipped the book to the flight department, he found that most of the pages of the flight department were so torn that it was difficult to read the words on it.
Finally, he managed to see a rough description of the glider in the torn pages.
"That's right, it's a pity that the organ book of the year has disappeared, otherwise we would have studied that book thoroughly, and maybe we would have been able to make a trap that flew into the sky." Although the pages in the organ book back then were seriously missing, in Shi Fangzheng's opinion, as long as he studied the contents of the previous ones thoroughly and understood the principles of these mechanisms, he might really be able to restore the organs of the Water Traveling Department and the Flying Department in the back.
It's a pity that the book was gone, and now they only have lamentation and regret.
"Master, so many of us in the Mo family failed to make that so-called flying department, so I don't believe that just by relying on these young guys, they can make the glider recorded in the strange book." Jin Kai looked at the glider in the distance, which was five or six meters long, with disdain on his face.
Although he was not able to get a close look at the so-called glider, Jin Kai could tell that it was completely made of some bamboo and cloth.
The material is so ordinary, and the structure is very simple, how can such a thing be that mysterious glider, and how can it take people into the sky?
"Although I don't really believe that this thing is a glider, but you can see that these people have no fear on their faces at all, which doesn't make sense!" Shi Fangzheng and Jin Kai's attention at this time was completely attracted by those gliders, and they even forgot to pay attention to the battle between Li Yi and Mu Jianfeng and the city guard camp here.
While Shi Fangzheng and Jin Kai's master and apprentice were discussing the glider, Li Yi and Mu Junhe were still fighting with the soldiers of the city guard camp.
Although the soldiers of the city guard battalion were all wearing heavy armor, the weapons of Li Yi and Mu Junhe did not achieve the expected effect.
However, with their nimble posture and quick moves, the two still left wounds on the necks and legs of many soldiers of the city guard battalion.
But the soldiers of the city guard battalion also relied on their strong defenses to force Li Yi and Mu Junhe back step by step.
There were even several times when the soldiers of the city guard battalion shot together and almost cut Li Yi. Faced with this situation, Li Yi and Mu Junhe had no good way, they could only fight while retreating in the direction of the east.
Just when Li Yi and the others were fighting and retreating, Ansu and their side were already ready. He had already strapped himself to the glider by this time, and they had rushed to the edge of the cliff.
"Childe, I'll be one step ahead!"
"Li Yi, you and Brother Mu have to take care!"
"Senior brother, we'll see you down the mountain!" ······ After everyone shouted, they pushed their gliders and stepped out of the cliff.
The next second, the gliders disappeared from everyone's view. When these gliders disappeared, Shi Fangzheng and Jin Kai's hearts couldn't help but tighten, as if they had been grabbed fiercely.
The two of them immediately ran towards the edge of the cliff, wanting to see if the gliders could actually fly.
Even if these gliders can't fly, they have to see them fall off the cliff completely, so that they can completely relax.
Just as they ran to the edge of the cliff, they saw several gliders flying away a few feet away like butterflies dancing in the air.
"Wow! I actually flew. With a hearty shout from Qi Chao, his voice continued to echo in the mountains.
Listening to the wind whistling in his ears, Qi Ning had an incomparably wonderful feeling. She felt like a fish swimming freely between heaven and earth, and this feeling directly diluted the fear in her heart.
Originally, her legs would be weak when she stood on the top of the purple jade and looked at the peaks below the cliffs, but now she looked at herself floating on these peaks without the slightest fear, just extremely excited and excited.
Compared with the excitement of the two, Ansu, who was once the leader of the bandits, was somewhat unbearable.
At this point, he didn't dare to look under him, his hands quietly gripping the hang-glider bracket, even though he knew that he was now completely strapped to the glider.
And Li Yi had already carefully explained to him the methods and precautions for operating the glider in advance, but An Su was still terrified at this time.
At this point, he felt like his heart was about to jump out of his chest.
"Sanqing Dao Venerable, bless us with a safe landing!" To dispel his fear, he could only whisper prayers.
It's just that the wind in his ears is too loud, even he can't hear the prayer he made, and it is estimated that Sanqing Daozun can't hear his prayer even more.
As the first Keiko to jump off the cliff, he was much more indifferent when flying with a glider.
Although he had never flown before, he had seen too many strange things under the influence of Taijizi as a disciple of Guigumen.
Therefore, he is much more receptive and adaptable to new things than others. Although he was very excited in his heart, the excitement was not the thrill of the flight itself.
The reason for his excitement was that he had developed a keen interest in the glider, and he had decided that he would study the rationale as soon as he landed safely.
Even by this time he had begun to take a closer look at the structure of the glider. As for the last person, Yu Zhenlei was looking at the sky with his eyes wide open and trying to look towards the sky against the wind.
Although his eyes were blown with tears by the wind, he still looked at the sky persistently, and he was reluctant to blink his eyes, as if he was afraid of missing something.
"Morton, my son has now flown into the sky, and I heard that every Xianbei who died will return to the arms of the wolf king god, and the temple of the wolf king god is high above the clouds, and one day the son will fly up the high clouds in the plane that the son said to see you. When the time comes, I'll bring lots and lots of burning stones so that you won't get cold. Yu Zhenlei was also praying quietly like An Su.
It's just that Ansu is begging Sanqing Daozun to bless him, while Yu Zhenlei is praying to his mother.
And as the gliders of these people flew farther and farther, Shi Fangzheng and Jin Kai's hearts were as excited as the others.
"It's a real glider, it's real, hahaha!" Shi Fangzheng suddenly laughed as if he was enchanted.
"Master, we must get our hands on these gliders, once we master this kind of trick, then in the next chaos, our Mo family will definitely have an advantage." Saying that, Jin Kai's eyes were fixed on the several gliders flying farther and farther.
"Yes, as long as the mystery of this glider is thoroughly studied, then I am afraid that the mechanism in the flight department back then will be able to hope to be made." Shi Fangzheng was also extremely excited at this time, and at this time he seemed to have seen the scene of soaring between the sky on a glider.
"Send someone down the mountain at once, give me a few people in the sky, and once they land, bring me all these gliders, and I want his head if there is one less part." Jin Kai grabbed a soldier from the city guard battalion and ordered.
The soldier, who was originally going to continue the siege of Li Yi and Mu Junhe, immediately agreed and ran down the mountain.
He had to pass the news to the city guards stationed on the various mountain roads as soon as possible.
"Master, our trip today is too straight, not only did we see the glider, but we have also forced Li Yi into a dead end." Jin Kai looked at Li Yi and Mu Junhe, who had been forced to the edge of the cliff step by step by the soldiers of the city guard battalion, and said with a smile.
"Don't be careless, their companions have fled on gliders, there is no reason, only to leave them down to die." Shi Fangzheng did not get carried away because of this excitement.
"Master, I have carefully observed just now, there is no longer a glider on the top of this purple jade, and now this Li Yi and Mu Junhe have no way to escape, unless they jump directly from this cliff." Jin Kai looked disappreciative.
Indeed, as he said, there were no other gliders on the top of this purple jade.
"No matter what, if you want to capture this Li Yi alive, I think they should know the whereabouts of that mysterious organ book back then." At this time, Shi Fangzheng was no longer at all in the death of the prince of Yue, even if the king of Yue now gave him more benefits and asked him to kill Li Yi, he would agree.
But at this moment, Li Yi and Mu Jun roared angrily, and suddenly the weapons in their hands danced even faster.
The soldiers of the city guard battalion who were originally besieging them immediately began to retreat, and Li Yi and Mu Junhe's original pace of retreat finally stopped.