Steam-powered aircraft

Hundred Lands Mountain Range, Flying Sky Stockade.

Under Yu Guo's command, Yinglong transformed into various animal forms and quickly traversed mountains, streams, and majestic peaks, finally noticing a unique mountain surrounded by water on all sides.

Unlike five years ago, when it was only connected to the outside world by a single hook rope.

Today, Flying Sky Stockade has several iron chain bridges, which, through pulleys, hooks, windmills, waterwheels, and tireless modified Bronze Beast, form a semi-automated transmission chain.

The grain from Flying Sky Stockade was continuously transported to the outside world, while supplies from the outside world were constantly being brought into the village.

Most importantly, by combining the technology of Xingtian City, Wu Zhen surprisingly created a practical steam engine and applied it to every corner of the village.

Although these steam engines were far inferior to the Bronze Beast after Wu Zhen's modification in terms of both efficiency and function.

However, these steam engines did not require precious bronze, as Flying Sky Stockade could mine and cast them themselves, making them self-sufficient.

The ubiquitous steam pile drivers are a perfect example.

Using the power generated by a steam engine, a heavy hammer was repeatedly lifted and lowered, thus solidifying the entire mountain peak in the most primitive way.

It was as if an invisible giant hand had forcefully pressed down on the mountain peak.

At the highest point of this mountain—where the peak once stood—a vast, almost flat area suddenly appeared.

Even more outrageous is that with the continuous ramming of those [steam pile drivers]...

This vast flat area continues to expand outwards, seemingly threatening to flatten the entire mountain.

What is that?

Transforming into an eagle soaring in the sky, it took Yinglong a while to come to his senses.

Looking down at the steam-powered pile drivers still trembling and bombarding the summit, words like "speechless" couldn't adequately describe his feelings at that moment.

If a mountain peak were leveled by Divine Power, Yinglong would not be surprised in the slightest.

The problem is, it's not some god that's currently flattening the mountain.

Instead, they were strangely shaped, yet possessing a mechanical beauty—"clumsy, large, and dark."

Moreover, besides those [steam pile drivers]...

Several high-intensity searchlights shone into the night sky, turning the original darkness into daylight.

[None of that matters, look over there.]

Just then, Yu Guo reminded Yinglong to look at the distant sky.

Directly above the platform, illuminated by several "searchlights," a strange-looking aircraft was circling erratically in the night sky.

The high-speed rotating propeller is the basis of its flight, and the rumbling steam engine inside is the source of its power. In order to maintain balance to the greatest extent, the aircraft also has straight wings on the left and right sides like dragonflies. If this were Li Boyang's previous life, such a hybrid of helicopter and glider would definitely be regarded as a freak by everyone.

However, in this mythical age, such a creation that could fly without any Divine Ability Law Technique, relying solely on primitive mechanical structures, seemed somewhat exaggerated.

The most outrageous thing is that there were several Mountain Folk wearing simple gliders flying alongside the aircraft.

It's clear that those gliders have a simple design.

However, the material used to weave these gliders comes from specially made silk threads produced in Li Household Village.

Light as gauze, tough in texture, and even possessing a certain degree of buoyancy, the sharp-eyed Yinglong even noticed the words flowing on those gliding suits—they were completely different from the Talisman Seal Script learned by ordinary Mountain Folk.

Talisman Seal Script are simplified versions of Maxims Talismans.

It was a compromise created by Li Boyang in order to popularize education and lower the barriers to entry.

Every student who graduated from the Hundred Lands School had studied Talisman Seal Script.

However, the content about Maxims Talismans is an elective course for senior students aged fourteen to sixteen at Hundred Lands School.

Furthermore, this elective course requires extremely high intelligence and knowledge reserves, and ordinary students are simply not qualified to take it.

"Am I seeing things?"

"How can someone in such a remote place understand the language?"

Staring wide-eyed in disbelief, Yinglong knew how sought-after those graduates were in the Hundred Lands Mountain Range.

Even in a large town like Gao Village Town, there are only a handful of graduates who possess extremely high intelligence and knowledge reserves and are qualified to study Speech Talisman Incantation.

This is especially true of a village so remote that it is almost completely cut off from other villages.

[That makes sense. She's known as a "knowledge glutton," so how could she not study the Maxims Talismans left behind by Wu Yao?]

For some reason, Yinglong seemed to detect a hint of expectation in Yu Guo's voice, but this expectation was mixed with undisguised apprehension.

"Hello?"

Wu Zhen, who was piloting the aircraft, suddenly looked up and stared intently at the eagle in the distance.

Although they were hundreds of meters apart, the eagle showed no signs of abnormality.

But Wu Zhen still ordered the Mountain Folk who were flying around to land, and he himself piloted the aircraft to slowly land on the huge platform.

This is when the unusual features of this aircraft became apparent.

Despite being a mechanized structure made of steel, it is surprisingly lightweight.

The moment it landed, the aircraft didn't even stir up any dust; only the high-speed rotation of the propellers created a strong wind. Clearly, the metal that made up the aircraft was not any known metal on Earth, but a special product unique to this mythical era.

Considering the unique influence of Yuan Qi on various substances.

The metal used to manufacture this aircraft was most likely produced by Wu Zhen using weapon-refining techniques.

Whew! Whew! Whew!

Using the strong winds generated by the propellers, the Mountain Folk who had accompanied them folded up their gliders and landed steadily on the ground.

"Get down! Do I have to ask you to?"

With a leap, Wu Zhen jumped out of the aircraft and looked up at the sky again, shouting.

The next second, the eagle flapped its wings and landed.

Then, the instant it landed, it rolled and transformed into a golden-haired child with two horns and a dragon tail.

"...

The moment Wu Zhen saw Yinglong's image, she couldn't help but frown.

"You really know how to cause me trouble, Yu."

The moment Wu Zhen called out the name "Yu Guo," a look of confusion appeared on Yinglong's youthful face.

But then, an aged voice came from Yinglong's mouth.

"I'm not trying to cause you trouble, I'm just desperate and that's why I'm coming to you."

"After all, besides you, I really can't think of anyone else here who would be willing to help me."

Unexpectedly, after hearing Yu Guo's remarks, Wu Zhen suddenly revealed a cold smile.

"Shall I help you?"

"Let's set aside the issue of our respective positions for now."

"If you really wanted my help, would you have brought this huge trouble upon yourself?"

Wu Zhen's gaze lingered on Yinglong's youthful face for a moment, and she made no attempt to hide her disdain.

"This is Deception Rabbit darling, a fellow whose name is registered with the Celestial Person."

"You brought him here, do you want me to die sooner?"

"I've already assured that Celestial Person that I won't cause him any trouble, no matter how."

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