Chapter 431: Mist
"Frigga, fly higher!"
After separating from Aurora, Jiang Chanji urged Frigga to quickly increase his altitude, because the place where he was going to fly today was relatively far, just as Aurora was experimenting with the new use of her abilities, he also wanted to develop Frigga's limits as much as possible.
In the past, he was always careful with Frigga in his control, and except in very special circumstances, he would never let it fly too high, too fast, or rise and fall sharply, and even if this happened, it was only a short time to pull up or fall.
However, as the saying goes, sweating more in peacetime and bleeding less in wartime, it is not necessarily a good thing for Frigga to be too comfortable, usually try to squeeze its limit, and it will be safer for him and it in an emergency.
Today, the place to fly is relatively far, he wants to try how high it can fly, because a well-known common sense is that the higher the altitude, the lower the air density, which is the reason why the cruising altitude of the passenger plane is at least above 10,000 meters, in the stratosphere above 10,000 meters, the air is thin, and most of the bad weather can not be affected, the air resistance is small, and it flies briskly and safely.
A very small number of birds have a record of flying to an altitude of 10,000 meters, Frigga must not fly so high, its oxygen consumption and orthodox birds can not be compared, but even if it can only fly to about 2000 meters, the air density is only eight folds of the ground, Friggia's frontal wind area is much larger than that of birds, and the effect of reducing air resistance is more significant for it than birds.
Recently, Jiang Chanji was reminded by the equestrian teacher, and found a very interesting thing, Friggia's limbs are thinner than before, but the wings and the muscles connecting the wings on the back are more developed than before, which may be the evolution theory of "use in and out" in effect, after all, it now runs less time, more time to fly, even it itself prefers to fly, even when walking in the horse farm, it will flutter its wings a few times to make its body light.
The decrease in the mass of muscles in the pectoral muscles and limbs, and the increase in the mass of muscles in the back and under the ribs are obviously a good thing for its flight.
Frigga seemed to be encouraged by his passionate voice, and became equally eager to try, climbing upwards at a 45-degree angle with one man and one horse, and to Aurora on the ground, he and it almost seemed to him to be flying towards the sun.
The higher you go, the cooler the air gets, and the heat from motor vehicles near the city ground is thrown far below, and the strong, cool wind takes away the heat from Friggia's thick hair.
Jiang Chanji looked back and saw that Beishan, which was only three or four hundred meters above sea level, had become a mound under his feet, and he could see that Frigga had risen to seven or eight hundred meters in the air, but its climbing angle had not slowed down, proving that it was more than enough to cope with the current situation.
Disturbed by the sunlight, Aurora could no longer see them, and returned to the car waiting for her on the side of the road alone, back to school, still thinking about Layla's unusual behavior on the way.
Buzz –
Something passed not far away, it was a drone, it could be a fat house playing, after seeing Friggia, he immediately leaned over and wanted to get closer to shoot, but was blown by the strong wind brought by Friga's wings, and suddenly lost his balance, rolling and falling to the ground.
Frigga began to be stirred by catkins around her, and every time she walked through them, she felt a chill and a dampness on her face, which proved that it had flown to a height of more than a kilometer, and the campus of Momiji Academy looked like a sand table in the sales office, and even the whole city could be seen.
Jiang Chanji squinted his eyes and looked up, and the slightly thicker clouds were not far away.
"Come on, Friggia!"
Frigga still had some strength to spare, just as a strong updraft was blowing from the ground, and it flew into the clouds with Jiang Zen in one go, and then drilled out of the clouds.
Earth, fields and crops disappear at your feet, and the altitude should be between 2,000 and 2,500 meters.
If you look down there...... To be honest, I was a little dizzy, and my palms were sweating, after all, this height was too high, this was not a plane, and if there was a mistake, he and Frigga would have to fall into meatloaf.
Fortunately, horses are plain animals, and their sense of height is relatively poor, otherwise Frigga might be scared when she looks down.
Friggia's climb had slowed down on its own and turned into level flight, and he estimated that it should be three kilometers above the ground, and he had been in Aurora's private helicopter, which felt like a helicopter flying three kilometers high.
The air density at this altitude is only three-quarters of that at sea level, and when the air is thin, the lift of Frigga flapping its wings will also decrease, and at present this altitude should be a balance point of drag, lift, and oxygen content, and it can cruise for a long time at this altitude, and it is not impossible to rush upward, but it can only sprint for a short time.
Frigga flew flat in the southeast direction, which is the direction that Squid Whisker has been pointing, and the direction has not changed since the 15th and Zhao Man left last night, proving that they have not changed their position.
Frigga had now learned to glide in the updraft to conserve stamina, and the flight distance was greatly increased, after about two hours of flying, his legs could feel the rhythm of Frigga's chest fluctuations starting to spread out slightly, and his stamina was already a little exhausted, but the eastern coastline was far away, and unless the 15th made his home at sea, they were about to reach their destination.
He made a slow landing gesture to Friggia, who stopped flapping his wings and gradually lowered his altitude in a gliding state as he approached the shoreline.
There is no city near this area, there are only one or two towns a little farther away, Jiang Chanji figured out No. 15's intention to hide here, she must have her reasons for choosing here, otherwise no matter what she does, it is more convenient in the city.
There is a foggy area ahead, but there are no mountains there, and it is generally only near the mountains that clouds and fog are easy to form near the mountainside and the summit due to the convergence of hot and cold air currents.
There is no fog in other places, the fog only exists in that area, and it looks fake from the air, just like the kind of fish tank bonsai used for modeling, the fog is confined to that area and does not overflow.
The squid's whiskers are finely pointed, pointing to the area shrouded in mist.
When Friggya's altitude was further reduced and he was closer to his destination, Jiang Chanji saw a little more clearly, it seemed to be a depression, and the fog was deposited in the depression due to the large water content, and he could vaguely see strange peaks and strange rocks in the fog occasionally showing grandeur.
Below, a simple asphalt road in disrepair leads to the depression, and there is only one of them, and the quality of the pavement is quite poor.
There didn't seem to be a house nearby, and I didn't see a single car on the road, which saved a lot of trouble, so I didn't have to worry about someone seeing Frigga and didn't have to worry about Frigga being harassed by idlers.
Jiang Chanji didn't dare to fly too close, so he drove Frigga to land two or three kilometers away from the depression, leaving Frigga to find food on her own.
Are No. 15 and Zhao Man hiding in a mist-shrouded depression?
When in the air, he observed the surrounding terrain, the depression only has an entrance and exit along the road, although it is not impossible to jump into the depression from the surrounding higher places, but after all, it is blocked by the fog and cannot see the ground, God knows what is going on inside the depression, in case it is a swamp, it will be disgusting.
"Squid whiskers, keep an eye on your surroundings, and if anyone is moving around, be sure to remind me. ”
He felt that Squid Whisker should have a number in his heart, but he still reminded him.
He himself watched his surroundings as he approached the depression along the road, and found nothing unusual along the way, and then at the end of the road, near the entrance to the depression, he saw a dilapidated warning sign.
The warning sign reads: Foggy ahead, easy to get lost, idlers stop.
It's quite rhyming.
After a few more steps, a faint fog began to appear around him, and then he saw a car parked on the side of the road.
The car is in perfect condition and is by no means an abandoned vehicle.
The car was empty. 5599
Under the cover of the fog, Jiang Chanji jumped to the side of the car and looked inside the car through the window, but he didn't see anything useful, only a plastic bag containing a few empty food packaging bags and drink bottles.
Then, he faintly heard something.
The terrain of the depression is lower than the surrounding area, and the sound waves reverberate inside the depression, which is not easy to disperse for a long time and travels farther.
Is it a bird call?
He didn't care about it at first, but then he thought about it, could there be birds in foggy places? Birds are animals that rely heavily on vision, and the fog is so big that they can fly and crash headlong against the wall, right? It's not a bat that flies on ultrasound.
He listened intently.
Smack- Slap-
When he heard what the voice was, the roots of his hair stood on end, and the spirit shivered.
It's snapping your fingers!
The first thought that came to his mind was - was discovered by the 15th?
Wouldn't he? He'd been more careful, and told the squid to be on guard, which could be discovered by the 15th? Or was there any other accomplice besides the 15th and Zhao Man?
He had a headache with the snapping fingers of the 15th, this thing is not something that can be dealt with by any existing means, the squid must not be disturbed by snapping fingers, it can point him in the right direction, but snapping fingers interferes with the brain's judgment of the body's posture, and even if he knows the correct direction, his movements will be deformed.
He was already planning to slip away with oil on the soles of his feet first, and how to apologize to No. 33 for startling the grass and snake after returning was even more of a headache for him, but when he listened carefully, the sound of snapping his fingers was far away, and it was not from near him.
When I heard it again, the direction of the snapping fingers changed again, as if the 15th had moved its position.
So, did she really move her position, or did he "think" she did?
The direction of the squid whiskers has not changed, so it should be the latter.
After waiting in place for a while, the snapping fingers did not stop, but neither the 15th nor Zhao Man appeared, which is not normal, if they found him and knew that he couldn't beat them, there was no reason to continue hiding.
Don't...... Number 15's snap fingers weren't coming against him?
Jiang Chanji immediately thought of the sect master, if the sect master had been trapped here for this time, the situation seemed to be explained.
At the moment he was still on the edge of the depression, looking at the thicker fog in front of him, he hesitated for a moment, and finally decided that he should not get lost if he came and he had squid whiskers to guide him, as long as he didn't get lost, he wanted to run, and they shouldn't be able to keep him.
There was no way ahead, and he slowly walked in the direction Squid Whisker pointed.
A row of improvised houses suddenly emerged from the mist.
The snapping of the fingers did not come from the house, but from the depths of the fog farther away.
There was silence around, and Squid Whisker did not react abnormally, and he had the courage to push open the doors of each house one by one.
Most of the houses were empty, covered in dust, debris, and construction debris, and only one house showed signs of human activity.
The house was stacked with a lot of daily necessities, mainly food and water, and there were two sleeping bags on the floor, and a large pile of girls' clothes were thrown next to the sleeping bags.
Jiang Chanji is not a pervert who likes to flip girls' clothes, he took a cursory look, the clothes are all new, and there are more brand new clothes in the bag.
Obviously, Zhao Man, who is not bad for money, is used to a luxurious life, and his clothes are like the rich lady in Hongye Academy, each of which is thrown away after a day or two, and directly replaced with brand new clothes.
But what made him wonder was that there was still a small speaker on the windowsill, the kind powered by batteries, after all, there was no water, no electricity and no WiFi in this place.
If it's a radio, it's understandable.,Listen to the radio to relieve boredom when you're idle and bored.,What's the use of a speaker here?Is there nothing to do square dancing?
In addition, there were other things stacked in the corner, several large, heavy cardboard boxes, one of which was open and filled with shiny round cakes.
The carton reads: Powerful permanent magnet.
He didn't dare to tamper with anything here, so after a brief inspection, he exited the same way, returned the door to its original state, and continued to walk deeper into the fog.
The snapping of the fingers is getting louder.
The surrounding scenery also changed, and the strange peaks and strange rocks he saw in the air appeared in front of him one after another, these mountains and rocks were strangely shaped, some looked like animals, some looked like buildings, and some even looked like people, suddenly emerged from the fog, startling him.
If you know geology, you will immediately recognize that these are karst formations formed by limestone that has been eroded by flowing water for many years.
Jiang Chanji couldn't recognize it, he could only intuitively feel that it was very weird here, and it was not an exaggeration to say that it was ghostly.
Something even stranger happened, he walked and walked, many times it was obvious that he had bypassed the strange rock blocking the way, but after getting closer, the strange stone suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, and sometimes he walked towards the strange stone, but he passed by the strange stone.
Needless to say, it's definitely the snap of the fingers on the 15th that affects his sense of direction, and maybe not even the sense of direction, as long as it affects the sense of balance.
When people walk, the cooperation between the eyes and the feet does not need to go through the brain, while thinking about other things can automatically bypass the obstacles, who will not see the garbage bin blocking the road when walking but still hit headlong, but the intelligence of the human body here has the opposite effect.
Even if he realizes this, his brain tries to take over his feet, but under the influence of snapping his fingers, his brain's judgment of his walking posture is actually wrong, and he can only walk more and more chaotically.
He suddenly figured out what the magnets in the house were for.
More magnets must be scattered all over the depression to interfere with the local magnetic field.
Even if he came in with a compass, he couldn't get out.