In the bridge of the frigate, Zhang Xiaoqiang stared at the image on the screen with an ugly expression. Behind him, Huang Tingwei and Li Haiyun were both stunned. Zhuo Mingyue and the other girls were also shocked by the changes below. Only Xiao Fei was biting her finger and drooling as she stared at the tree on the screen. Meow was the first to react. He yelled, "Ah, the Dragontooth Fruit is gone. What are we going to do in the future?"
Not only was the Dragontooth Fruit gone, the whole valley was gone. The town, the Zombie Research Institute, and the other buildings were all torn to pieces by the tree below. After three hours of expansion, even the open space of the military camp had been swallowed. Luckily, there were no casualties. Everyone had been evacuated to the frigate. Even more than ten level 2 mutant monkeys and dozens of mutant beasts below level 3 had been moved out of the virus research institute.
"Zhang Xiaoqiang, did you do this?"
Li Haiyun swallowed a mouthful of saliva and opened his mouth with difficulty. Previously, he had thought that it was a miracle that the seed had grown into a towering tree that specialized in bearing pagodas. Now, it seemed that the towering tree was just a stunted sapling. That strange tree had now enveloped the entire valley. Looking down from the sky, there was not even a gap in the rugged branches. If it wasn't for the aerial escort airship, perhaps more than half of the nearly one thousand people below would have been killed by the tree. However, if the aerial escort airship had not come, this kind of danger would not have occurred.
"I don't know either. Maybe the Sea Race knows..." Zhang Xiaoqiang knew that it was the work of the meteorite fragments. He turned to look at Xiang Hai'er, who was standing in the corner. She seemed to be in a daze as she stared at the image on the screen.
"There are a lot fewer pagodas …" Yang Ke 'er was bored as she counted the pagodas on the branches. Although the treetop had expanded to over 10 square kilometers, there weren't as many pagodas as before. There were less than 30 to 50 pagodas scattered about. These pagodas were different from before, they were all of the same size, with 21 segments. Including the triangular spikes at the tip, they were all about 100 meters tall. They weren't as thick at the bottom and thin at the top as before, they were as uniform as pillars. They were at least 30 meters in diameter, looking slender but not slender.
"But they have become more beautiful..." Yang Ke-er added. The magnified image showed the details of the pagodas. The exterior of the pagodas was smooth and smooth. The delicate surface seemed to be inlaid with countless lines of nerves and blood vessels. It had a breathtaking beauty. At first glance, it looked like a jade sculpture, but it also looked like a blood agate.
"It would be great if it could be transformed into an airship. The only thing that Australia can't make is the shell of an air corvette. The breeding base of that thing must be in Europe. If it works, maybe in less than three years, we can get dozens of air corvettes..."
Huang Tingwei touched his chin and pondered. Li Haiyun's eyes suddenly lit up, but then dimmed again. She said helplessly, "We don't have the tools to cut the shell, whether it's high-pressure water cutting or laser cutting. If we can hollow out the inside, as long as we have enough power, we can even fly out into space. It would be a piece of cake to make the shell of an airship..."
"Ah, I don't know if it can grow bigger. It would be great if it could grow to the size of a mountain. We can tie a few balloons to it and drag it up to the sky to make a palace..." Yang Ke-er had already started to imagine. She basically didn't suffer any hardships in the apocalypse. Even if she was timid and cowardly before, after killing zombies, she treated it as killing monsters to level up. Later on, she had a cheat-like premonition, so she didn't have to suffer any hardships. Therefore, she retained her innocence, which was what Zhang Xiaoqiang admired the most.
"Then let's go down and have a look. Maybe we can really make a palace for you in the sky..." The air corvette had released many small reconnaissance helicopters that were obtained from the US military base in Okinawa. These helicopters were only the size of books, and they had already reported the situation under the tree crown. The movement of the roots had already subsided, and it was basically safe.
"Zhang Xiaoqiang, should we send a small team to investigate first? It would be a bit reckless to go down like this..." Huang Tingwei was afraid that Zhang Xiaoqiang would take action. Every time Zhang Xiaoqiang would make an accident and disappear. First, he went to Japan, and then to Australia. Following Zhang Xiaoqiang would cause heart problems.
"No need, Zhuo Mingyue will go down with me. Everyone else, stay on the ship..." Zhang Xiaoqiang didn't care if there would be any accidents down there. As long as he brought the little loli and Zhuo Mingyue, it would be equivalent to bringing two peerless trump cards. What was there to be afraid of?
Zhuo Mingyue coldly looked at the little loli in Zhang Xiaoqiang's arms. The little loli was no longer six or seven years old, and already had the embryonic form of a young girl. However, the little loli did not have the self-awareness of a young girl. As soon as she got close to Zhang Xiaoqiang, she would habitually lean against him. She simply didn't know what bashfulness and bashfulness was. The wind whistled through the opened cabin door, making it hard for people to open their eyes. Zhang Xiaoqiang was about to try looking down when he suddenly felt something tighten around his waist, and he flew out with the little loli.
Falling from a height of a thousand meters was not fun, but neither Zhang Xiaoqiang nor the little loli were afraid. Instead, they looked up at Zhuo Mingyue, who was descending with them. Zhuo Mingyue liked luxurious and loose ancient clothing, so when Zhang Xiaoqiang saw her snow-white thighs under her long dress, he immediately felt his nose heat up. Before he could think of anything, he had already reached the top of the huge tree.
The tree was no less than a thousand meters from the ground, so it wasn't far from the frigate. This was also why Zhang Xiaoqiang dared to jump down without any protective measures. After he stood on the top of the tree, the little loli jumped out of his arms and ran to a pagoda like a little monkey. She laid on top of it and used her little teeth to tear at the hard outer shell. Clearly, she still thought of the pagoda as a Dragontooth Fruit.
Zhang Xiaoqiang didn't care about the little loli and said to Zhuo Mingyue, "Go down and see if there are any changes. I'll try to see if I can chop that thing off …"
Zhuo Mingyue looked at the little loli who was gnawing on the pagoda and said, "Why don't we go down together? Maybe when we come up, the little girl will have already gnawed it off?"
Zhuo Mingyue's cold joke wasn't funny. Zhang Xiaoqiang took out his serrated broadsword and jumped to the little loli's side. He looked up at Si Fei, who was lying on the pagoda drooling, and shouted, "Girl, hurry up and come down. You need a knife to open a can …"
"Why is it so thin?
It's not even ten centimeters. I really don't know how it grew to such a big size … "
Yang Ke-er stood in the hole inside the pagoda and poked at the outer shell that had been cut off by the serrated broadsword. The 30-meter-wide equilateral hole was deep and vast, and Yang Ke-er's clear voice echoed inside. Compared to the fallen pagoda, she was like an ant. This made the people around her a little afraid of the little loli next to Zhang Xiaoqiang. Before, they had seen Zhang Xiaoqiang use all his strength to cut off a little bit of the outer shell, but the little loli was cutting through the outer shell like butter. Cutting down the huge pagoda on top of the tree was already beyond the scope of a human. Even the strongest evolvers might not be able to do it.
Zhang Xiaoqiang squinted at the huge pagoda with his arms crossed. He had thought that the pagoda might be hollow, but when he saw what was inside, he couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised. Li Haiyun and Huang Tingwei were right. This was not a pagoda, it was the outer shell of a frigate, and it was even better than the Pearl Tears. It should be known that the Pearl Tears were gathered bit by bit, and the annual production of each Pearl Tear was not enough to fill a bowl of soup.
Since the discovery of the Pearl Tears, Yin Meng had expanded the planting area and killed countless zombies. Even then, the Pearl Tears that were less than half the area of the pagoda could be saved.
What's more, the Pearl Tears had found a new use. If the Pearl Tears were used in mines, the drill bit could be used for ten or even a hundred times longer. If it was used in machinery, the wear and tear would be reduced to an unimaginable level. If it was used in weapons, even if it was a high-speed machine gun, it could increase the use time of the same barrel by tens of times, and it could extend the use time of the barrel infinitely. In the past, after firing a few hundred shells, the cooldown would stop, but now, after firing a few thousand shells, the barrel would at most get hot. As long as there was enough ammunition, the power of a machine gun would be at least three times stronger than before.
The Pearl Tears had become a jack of all trades. If they were to rely on the Pearl Tears to build airships, it would probably take ten years to build a fleet.
Zhang Xiaoqiang and the hundreds of people behind him were all standing on the top of the tree. Even the frigate was parked on the top of the tree. This place was like a garden in the sky. The smallest tree trunk was seven or eight meters wide. Humans standing on it were like ants, and they seemed even smaller around the pagoda. However, everyone's heart was burning with passion. If all the pagodas were transformed into air frigates, then their power would undergo a tremendous change...
"From now on, the valley is classified as a top secret. Immediately contact the Australian side and ask them to produce the engines and supporting equipment for the air frigates. Speed up the production of Yin Meng's frigate factory. I want Yin Meng to be able to build our own air frigates in the shortest amount of time..."
Zhang Xiaoqiang resolutely gave the order to Huang Tingwei. Huang Tingwei was even more excited than Zhang Xiaoqiang and said, "Right now, Hubei and Yin Meng are advancing and retreating together. With Minister Zhang Huai An in charge, we can gather all the resources to build the air frigates. In addition, the materials of the tree pagodas are even better than the frigates. We can completely experiment with the ships that are suitable for us. When the time comes, we can build air cruisers, air battleships, and even air carriers. Let's see who dares to provoke us..."