The interior of this spar engine, which has been overloaded for many years, has long been filled with gaps that are invisible to the naked eye.

Under Meng Chao's guidance, countless components resonated and immediately tore the gap to the point where a hair or even a finger could be inserted.

Spiritual flames surged out from the gaps and spread to the propellers and the spiritual energy pipes behind the engines.

The propeller and spiritual energy pipe caught fire without any accident.

And under Meng Chao's exquisite control, thermal energy and kinetic energy were compressed into a very small space.

It wasn't until the destructive energy accumulated to the limit that he released it instantly, forming a small-scale explosion.

boom!

Countless components with extremely sharp edges, including the shell fragments of the main engine, turned into a torrent of steel with a temperature of thousands of degrees and shot towards the skin of the air bag.

Although the skin is made of special materials with extremely high ignition points, it is also filled with inert gas and will never burn or even explode.

But the sharp blade-like fragments tore dozens of large holes in the skin, seven to eight meters long, or even more than ten meters long.

At an altitude of hundreds of meters, the airbag began to leak air "chichichichichi" and shriveled up at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The airbag of this "Pegasus-2" adopts a partitioned structure design. The main airbag is divided into six mutually independent areas, and four auxiliary airbags are also installed.

Even if half of the inert gas in the air bag leaks out and the air bag completely dries up, it will still be able to slowly fall to the ground.

But under Meng Chao's careful calculation and clever guidance, a large number of fragments of the airbags were torn apart, all concentrated on the left side.

After the main engine on the left exploded, due to the unbalanced thrust, the load on the other engines on the left suddenly increased. Two more engines caught fire, and thick black smoke came out of two more engines.

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In other words, the left airbag and engine were almost completely destroyed.

Just like a speeding vehicle, the left wheel suddenly bursts.

Naturally, it deviated from the normal direction.

The pilot of this "Pegasus-2" is also Lao Jianghu.

Back then, in the airspace where dozens of Sky-Splitting Demonic Eyes were floating, they could kill seven in and seven out, and the clouds were stained red with blood.

Even if there is only one engine left, there is a way to drive the armored airship back to the airport.

The small scene in front of him naturally couldn't stop him.

In order to ensure balance, the driver actively released 10% of the inert gas in the right airbag.

The output power of the right engine was reduced by 70%.

It almost turned the armored airship into a hot air balloon, hovering in mid-air and slowly descending at a very safe speed.

At the same time, he also got in touch with the airport not far away.

Under the command of the airport, they were rescued by two armored airships on the nearby route.

These are all routine operations.

Everything is under control.

There is really no need to panic.

But not before help comes.

Affected by strong winds.

The armored airship, which lost power, was swaying and drifting with the current, and was blown directly above the "Horizon" breeding base.

This is something that cannot be avoided.

The wind is very fast and strong today.

The entire "window period" is only a few minutes.

Right below the burning main engine.

Meng Chao was not disturbed by the flames with a temperature of over a thousand degrees. He blinked rapidly, his eyes shining brightly, like the camera system of a spy satellite.

Within a few minutes, hundreds of extremely high-definition aerial images were "photographed" from different angles.

All the details of the deep jungle within a radius of dozens of miles of the "horizon" are deeply engraved on the cerebral cortex.

The "Horizon" drone detected something unusual about the armored airship.

But when the "buzzing" mechanical swarm flew near the armored airship, Meng Chao had already ended his aerial reconnaissance and got back into the cargo hold.

Soon, a rescue team consisting of two larger armored airships also rushed to the scene.

The fault of this "Pegasus-2" was too serious and it lacked the ability to continue performing its mission through aerial maintenance.

The rescue team can only throw out a cable as thick as an arm and drag it back to the airport.

The "Pegasus-2" landed in the open-air maintenance workshop attached to the airport, emitting thick black smoke.

With the help of the black smoke, Meng Chao easily escaped everyone's sight and joined Ai Lei.

Although the aerial reconnaissance program was quite successful.

There was no joy of success on Meng Chao's face.

Instead, he frowned slightly, his face full of confusion.

"Senior, how's it going?"

Ai Lei said nervously, "Have you seen the situation around the Horizon clearly?"

"I saw it clearly, but there is a certain deviation from my guess. I didn't find many abnormalities. At least, there are no abnormalities within ten kilometers of the 'horizon'."

Meng Chao told Ai Lei that within a ten-kilometer radius of Horizon Biotechnology Co., Ltd., there was nothing suspicious about the topography or jungle vegetation.

He found no traces of artificial construction, such as secret entrances and exits, parking aprons, cooling wells, sewage pipes and other facilities.

No signs of radiation, pollution, or mutation in the vegetation were found.

On the contrary, in the northwest direction of the "Horizon", deep into the hinterland of the Raging Waves Mountains, there are several jungles that are colorful, as if they have been contaminated and mutated by psychic radiation.

But that's too far.

It is more than thirty kilometers away from the "horizon".

After the explosion of the red jade veins, Nutao Mountain was riddled with holes. There were gaps everywhere on the surface of the mountain, like a boiler that had been in disrepair.

The spiritual energy contained in underground mineral veins can easily penetrate into the surface through the criss-crossing gaps, affecting local flora and fauna, thereby changing the shape of the jungle.

It is too difficult to connect the changes in the shape of the jungle twenty or thirty kilometers away with the weirdness of the "horizon".

"It is unlikely that Horizon will lay secret sewage pipes all the way to more than 30 kilometers away. The amount of work would be too large, and people will definitely be discovered during the construction."

Meng Chao said, "You must know that the Nutao Mountains have rich vegetation and many types of monsters. It is second only to the Kirigakure Territory and is the most popular hunting ground for monster hunters.

"To this day, there are still many monster hunters who like to go to the hinterland of the Raging Waves Mountains to hunt, meditate, and practice.

"'Horizon' is low-key and far from being so big that it can cover the sky with one hand. How can it not be discovered when it is carrying out construction in a big way deep in the jungle?

"However, if there are no energy sources, cooling wells and sewage pipes, no matter what tricks Horizon is doing, the scale cannot be too big, so how can it attract the attention of the tailless monkeys?"

Meng Chao began to wonder if he had overlooked any clues, leading to wrong assumptions.

Just when he wanted to completely overthrow his own ideas and start over.

Suddenly, his peripheral vision caught a familiar face.

The airport is not large in size.

The passenger waiting area and the open-air maintenance yard are close together.

After all the trouble just now, it was already past ten in the morning.

The number of passengers waiting to board the plane gradually increased.

Everyone was bored and gathered together to watch the "Pegasus-2" being repaired.

I also heard the pilot of the "Pegasus-2" complaining loudly to the maintenance staff, saying that he had known there was a problem with the armored airship for a long time. During the previous few flights, he heard abnormal noises from the main engine and fired it several times.

The report calls for an overhaul, but the operation tasks of various crystal mines in Longcheng have been very heavy recently, and the transportation capacity is too tight, so the overhaul date has been postponed again and again, and so on.

"I know him."

Meng Chao narrowed his eyes and focused on a seemingly ordinary passenger.

But he only glanced at it before pulling Elle aside.

"What, who?"

Ailei's gaze crossed Meng Chao's shoulder, but before she could see clearly, "Senior, have you met your former friends?"

"It wasn't before, it was just now."

Meng Chao said, "In your nine o'clock direction, the second guy from the right, with dark skin, a short head, some big eyes, carrying a hiking bag and a travel bag, I was there at 6:47 in the morning.

Saw him."

Ailei thought for a while and said in surprise: "At that time, we were observing the breeding base of 'Horizon'!"

"That's right."
To be continued...