"The Mayfly Reconnaissance Sensors are ready. Deploy them?"
"Deploy!" At the Alpha Wolf's command,
one Long-Range Support Missile after another shot skyward from the Razor Forward Deployment Base, trailing flames.
Half an hour later.
The Long-Range Support Missiles reached their designated positions.
The missiles broke apart, leaving fist-sized Mayfly Reconnaissance Sensors hovering high in the sky, concealed in the icy mist as they monitored everything overhead.
Meanwhile, armored fighting vehicles clad in Mechanical Armor passed through the Civilization War Fortress and emerged onto the surface.
At the rear of the convoy, however, were twenty oddly shaped aircraft.
Unlike conventional aircraft, they had neither rotors nor fixed wings.
They were Antigravity Aircraft.
Each resembled a beetle, with a specialized, biologically streamlined structure encased in a geometrically patterned shell.
Two pairs of adjustable antigravity engines were mounted along the sides and rear of each craft. They served as both hover engines and landing supports.
Changing the engines' orientation allowed the craft to perform vertical takeoffs and landings, highly maneuverable flight, stationary hovering, and exploration in extreme environments, including sea, land, air, and vacuum.
They also featured Energy Deflection Shields and adaptive optical stealth for defense.
Their Pulse Oscillation Cannons and Laser Burst-Fire Systems ensured they would not be outmatched in combat.
This was Yu Yuan's newest aerial combat unit—the Ground Flyer Squadron.
After a period of training and fighting in the Greenwood World, they were finally ready to make their debut.
Inside the Hunter Training Camp's command room.
Reconnaissance feeds appeared one after another.
Five directions, five views.
"Reporting in. Mayfly Reconnaissance Sensor deployment complete. Signal strength is good. Detection systems are functioning normally."
Before long, movement appeared on the feeds.
A brilliant streak of red light swept across the sky. It was a soaring phoenix, and as it passed, the scene