A light knock sounded on the airship captain's cabin door. Zhang Tie interrupted his cultivation of the Great Wilderness Scripture's secret chant and opened the door, finding one of the Fool's crewmen standing outside.
"Captain, ahead is Aosili, the capital of the Sacred Golden Orchid Empire. The first mate asked me to inform you."
"Oh, all right. I'll be at the command cabin shortly."
The crewman saluted and departed. Zhang Tie straightened his clothes, put on his cap, and headed for the command cabin.
At this moment, Zhang Tie wore a dark green Jin-Yun Kingdom militia uniform with no rank insignia. If not for the airship captain's badge pinned to his chest, no one would have believed that he was the captain of the imposing Gale-class war airship before them.
The captain's bedroom was the best room on the airship and close to the command cabin. After passing through the broad central corridor of the Gale-class airship, wide enough for three people to walk abreast, then descending a short flight of stairs, Zhang Tie entered the command cabin.
"13:58, April 7th. The captain has entered the airship command cabin and assumed command of the airship!"
Seeing Zhang Tie enter, the first mate, standing at the captain's command station beside the helmsman, immediately announced in a booming voice. At this moment, aside from the volunteers who were not in uniform, everything aboard the Fool was exactly like a war airship formally setting out on campaign, with strict operating procedures and regulations. As soon as the first mate finished his loud announcement, the second mate in the command cabin immediately marked it down in the airship's charting and flight logs.
Everyone in the command cabin saluted Zhang Tie, and Zhang Tie returned the salute. He then stepped onto the command station, which