Nancy felt the strong wind blowing in her face, lowered her center of gravity, and tried to keep stable as she was familiar with it, but she was surprised to find that... the smoothness of the road was beyond her expectations.
After hesitating for a while, she relaxed her perception a little and analyzed the condition of the carriage.
Soon, she discovered... what kept them stable:
Whenever the car is jolted by bumps on the road, there is always a mysterious force that appears in the opposite direction, canceling each other out, thus creating an incredibly comfortable riding experience.
"It's amazing..."
The experienced and talented captain of the executor team couldn't help but sigh, and he rarely felt that he was very short-sighted.
Inside the carriage, Qi Ji seemed to remember something. He reached out from his cloak and took out a silver bracelet covered with engraved patterns. He handed it to Daisy who was sitting next to him:
"promise."
"Ok?"
Daisy took the bracelet curiously, gently pinched the two ends with both hands, and carefully held it in front of her eyes to examine it, as if she was holding a very precious and fragile thing:
"Sister Mage, this is... for me?"
She always felt that this gift seemed a little familiar.
Qi Ji nodded silently, and then said:
"I checked it out. It's very safe and has no side effects. It's suitable for you to play with."
After hearing what the wizard sister said, Daisy suddenly remembered the origin of the bracelet.
This afternoon, when the well-dressed old man disguised as a wizard sister attacked them in the alley, this bracelet appeared on his wrist!
This was one of the original "trophies"!
"This is a spiritual device that can conceal the user's figure for a short period of time," Qi Ji explained as he watched Daisy playing with the bracelet. "You've seen the specific effect twice, so I don't need to explain it in detail."
Daisy nodded in understanding. She remembered clearly every detail of what happened this afternoon and yesterday midnight.
"Uh, Miss Yaoliuliu, where are we going now?" Seeing that Qi Ji and his daughter had finished their conversation, Gary took the opportunity to ask, "I, I remember that Bangshan is not in this direction..."
Bangshandu is one of the cities closest to Loen City and is slightly larger than Loen City. Originally, the destination of this trip was there, but after observing just now, he found that the direction of the carriage seemed to be quite different from that marked on the map.
"The Church of Life also has influence in Bangshandu," Qi Ji glanced at him and said briefly, "We will not stop in between and go directly to Sunset Harbor."
"what?"
The couple both showed expressions of disbelief.
What surprised them in the other party's words was not that Bangshandu also had the influence of the Church of Life, but the second half of the sentence.
"But it's nearly a week's drive from here to Sunset Harbor!" Gary was confused. "Even if you can keep this carriage running at its current speed... it will take three or four days without stopping."
His wife, Renee, sat up straight and said, “We can’t possibly stay in the car that long.”
"Three or four days? Who said that?" Qi Ji raised an eyebrow and said with a smile.
Without waiting for the couple to respond, she gently tapped her chin and whispered, "That's about it."
Then, the two small and delicate hands clapped lightly, and a crisp and loud "pop" sound came from between the two palms.
"Long——"
The entire car vibrated immediately, and a rough, heavy friction sound came from under the feet, very similar to the sound of brakes.
But when he looked out through the small windows on both sides, he found that this strange-looking carriage did not slow down at all. Instead, it showed signs of accelerating, and the scenery was sweeping away faster and faster.
"...Yao Liuliu, what happened?!"
The first person to react was Nancy, who was sitting in the carriage outside. She turned around hastily and shouted to Qi Ji through the small window, with a hint of worry in her tone:
"If you can't hold on any longer, you can slow down a bit. The Life Church's pursuers shouldn't be that fast."
After she felt that something was not right with the carriage and the undead horse, the first person she thought of was Qi Ji, who was maintaining it all.
"Even if I use the spiritual item, it will definitely put a burden on my body..." She frowned and thought, "I wonder if she is willing to give me the spiritual item. If we take turns, we can last a long time..."
She looked behind her and was about to say this suggestion when she was suddenly stunned.
In her field of vision, the strangely shaped, dark-colored, metallic carriage seemed to come alive; its frame, partitions, roof and other structures were rapidly wriggling and its shape was changing rapidly.
First it expanded, then it bent. The wonderful material was like soft plasticine, deforming under the invisible force, extending in four directions, and then the edges rolled up and closed on top of the head.
In less than ten seconds, the small carriage that could only accommodate four adults became extremely spacious, accommodating me who was originally outside!
Looking at the Gary family who appeared completely in front of her because of the loss of the carriage barriers, and Yao Liuliu who was sitting next to them with a playful smile on her face, she was stunned for a moment, and her brain went into a state of shutdown for a short time.
"Okay, take off!"
Qi Ji stood up suddenly, and walked towards the horse like a little girl, her face full of pure childish excitement.
Oh, right, horse...
Nancy came to her senses, turned around quickly and looked in front of her.
I saw that the place where the undead horse was originally was also included in the "indoors" of the suddenly enlarged carriage, and at that position, the undead horse had disappeared, leaving only a... very strange thing.
It was a tabletop made up of countless panels and curved arms of a style never seen before, covered with a variety of buttons and screens, and dotted with different lights.
Behind the table, an angular, equally oddly shaped armchair is placed on the floor.
As for the front of the countertop...
It was a curved transparent barrier, a bit like glass, but so clear and clean that it was almost completely transparent, and much larger than any glass Nancy had ever seen.
"I've wanted to make this for a long time," Qi Ji jumped up and sat down on the chair, "Wuhu, take off!"
At the same time, she raised one hand high and solemnly pressed the big red button in the center of the panel!
Everything around him began to shake violently again.
Chapter 179 "Canglan's Track"
Glorious Plantagenet Empire, Western Airspace, Imperial National Law Enforcer Corps, Third Squadron Air Control Fleet, "Canglan Trail" Rune Airship.
As one of the seven rune flying ships belonging to the "Imperial National Law Enforcer Corps", the "Canglan Trail" is an aerial fortress that demonstrates the majesty of the empire. It is over 300 meters long and is a well-deserved giant war machine.
At this moment, this sword of the empire, the symbol of hegemony, is cruising in the western airspace of the empire according to a predetermined route, under the escort of a dozen smaller flying ships, carrying out routine air patrol missions.
Inside the spacious and bright bridge, a large number of magical and strange runes and light paths are suspended in the air, floating and moving quickly, complexly, but with a certain regularity.
Four "magicians" in charge of data processing sat silently at the four corners, with dense runes and patterns lingering around their bodies, emitting various bright colors of light, which was dazzling.
“This is the last node in West District 6.”
In the center of the bridge, a man with a stern face sat on a leather chair with a backrest. He carefully reviewed the information that appeared in front of him and reminded others:
"Keep it tight and don't miss anything."
As soon as he finished speaking, someone reported: "Captain, there is a situation at 37 degrees north by east."
"Call it out." The man's serious face showed no emotion at all, he just gave the order in a steady tone.
"Yes."
A blurry image popped up in front of the man's eyes out of nowhere.
It was obviously a real shot, with a background of dim sky and ground that gradually faded into darkness. As for the main body of the picture, it was a very hazy block of color in the center, and it was difficult to distinguish the outline.
The person who just reported explained: "This is the real-time image recorded by the 'rubbing instrument'. The fleet's spiritual fluctuation perception ritual did not find any abnormalities in that direction."
"Is it a non-spiritual entity or a malfunction of the instrument?" The captain calmly stated the possible results.
"Not sure, we're still too far away," the reporter shook his head, "If we get closer, we should be able to get more specific information."
The captain sat quietly in the chair for more than a second, then ordered in a decisive tone:
"'Canglan Track' maintains the original route, and dispatch 'Frontier' to check. Please keep a safe distance. If it is confirmed to be an actual object, report it immediately."
"Yes."
Following his instructions, a flying ship on the periphery of the formation slowly turned around and, propelled by the spiritual light spots gushing from its tail, slowly headed towards 37 degrees north-east.
This is the "Frontier", with red and white colors, a flat shape, a sharp spindle shape, and a body length of over 100 meters. It is undoubtedly a behemoth.
But compared with the "Canglan Trajectory" which is nearly 300 meters long, it is as small as a toy.
Soon, under the watchful eyes of countless perception and detection rituals, the "Frontier" left the formation thousands of meters away and approached the unknown entity that was blurred on the "rubbing device".
Immediately afterwards, a short piece of data was transmitted to the formation through a special magic communicator and projected onto the bridge of the "Canglan Trajectory".
At this moment, dozens of control personnel in the bridge gasped, and even the four "magicians" who had been sitting in the four corners with their eyes closed and silent, felt their bodies visibly shaken.
"Sunset, what is this..."
"St-monster?!"
"..."
Amid the crowd's slightly panicked exclamations, the captain's pupils shrank, his eyelids twitched slightly, and his left hand on the armrest suddenly clenched.
"……calm."
His expression did not change much. He gave a low but powerful command, which immediately suppressed the restless situation.
However, their gazes towards the image suspended in the air were still filled with unconcealable disbelief and fear.
In the real-time picture with dusk and earth as the background, an indescribable red and black shape is crawling in the sky.
It was a huge lump of meat, estimated to be nearly a hundred meters in size. It was hard to tell what shape it was, but it felt like a collection of maggot-like creatures entangled together, with countless soft tentacles and fleshy tentacles dancing blindly and foolishly.
"Is this some kind of...creature?" After a long while, someone in the dead silence of the "Cang Lan Ji Ke" ship hesitantly spoke out his guess, "An advanced alien species?"
The captain did not answer, but spoke loudly to the screen:
"'Frontier', report the situation."
The degree and duration of silence on the other side of the screen were much more significant than on this side. After the captain's words fell, there was a delay of ten seconds before a slightly hoarse male voice came out, with an uncontrollable panic in the tone:
"No, this is all the information... There is no spiritual fluctuation, no divine aura can be detected... Your Excellency, our ship requests to return to the team."
"The request is rejected."
The captain refused without hesitation. He was silent for a second or two, then gave the next order:
"'Frontier', attempt an attack."
"Sir, with all due respect, I believe that this target is beyond the ability of our ship to respond." The hoarse male voice on the other side paused for a moment before saying, "Our ship once again requests to rejoin the team."
"Repeat, Frontier, attempt to attack," the captain said without any emotion or explanation, but repeated the original order coldly, "This is an order."
"Sir, the target is clearly a supernatural entity, but our ship is completely unable to detect any supernatural aura, which means that the target's uniqueness is far beyond our ship. Even if we launch an attack, our ship's firepower may not be able to seriously damage it."
The captain of the "Frontier" on the other side seemed to be holding back some emotions, and explained in a very serious tone:
"Under this premise, rashly showing ill intentions will only cause our ship to suffer a counterattack from the target... Your Excellency, given the size and tonnage of the target, even the simplest collision is enough to make our ship lose its combat effectiveness."
"Try to attack, Captain Greve. I don't want to repeat it for the third time." The only response he got was a cold command.
Just when the two sides were in a stalemate, a voice that was not as pleasant as the sound of nature, but was also very clean and crisp, came from the sky:
"Captain Taylor, I think Captain Greve is correct."
Captain Taylor of the "Canglan Trail" heard the objection, without turning his neck, but just glanced in that direction:
"Ke Luo, you have no right to speak here."
Following his cold and inexplicably arrogant gaze, you can see a beautiful girl with long golden hair and a proud temperament.
She did not sit behind her own desk like the other control personnel, but sat on the edge of the bridge. The clothes she wore were different from the military uniforms of the others. She seemed not to be one of them, but an outsider who was temporarily stationed there.
Facing Taylor's icy eyes, her expression froze slightly, but she was not afraid. She continued to speak neither humbly nor arrogantly:
"If 'Frontier' really angers that creature, or annoys the master who controls that creature, it will only cause more trouble. Not only may it lead to the sinking of 'Frontier', but it will also increase potential enemies.
"A more prudent approach would be to report the situation to the 'hub' and send ships to continue tracking it, alerting it to approach towns, villages and other densely populated areas..."
"I don't remember your father ever saying that you can give orders under my command," Taylor interrupted her without hesitation, "Keep your proper bystander attitude. This is my ship, my fleet."
"…Sir Taylor, the target has disappeared!"
Suddenly, the shocked and hoarse voice of Captain Greif of the Frontier was heard.
The blonde girl Koro and Captain Taylor both turned their gazes towards the image in the air, but they only saw a dark sky and earth.
The strange, twisted, ugly, hideous, horrible and indescribable shape suddenly disappeared, as if it had never existed.
