The reconnaissance mission ended successfully.

It was late at night when the airship returned to Lighthouse Island.

Compared with the state before leaving, the lighthouse island became more and more lively after nightfall.

Although it was not as grand as yesterday's bonfire dinner, the addition of new members still made each dragon boat in full swing.

The light of the lighthouse shines in all directions.

Devices that were previously shut down due to various issues were turned back on.

The resources and manpower brought by settlement relocation filled the gap, allowing long-abandoned factories and workshops to quickly come into operation.

Projects in various areas of the dragon boat began one after another.

The members of the community who entered the new environment worked extra hard to defend their new homeland in the coming war.

Not only that, but the settlements that have survived on the dangerous floating island have provided a large number of excellent soldiers.

These warriors, who have grown up in years of natural disasters and beast tides, are now fully armed.

The improvement of combat power is by no means just one level.

Each guard captain sent elite soldiers from the team to train them.

It is not to teach how to face monsters, but to make them familiar with the light and heavy weapons on the dragon boat as soon as possible, especially the heavy turrets and machine gun towers installed on the dragon boat. In the subsequent battles, most of the new soldiers will be responsible for these firepower points.

Front-line hand-to-hand combat is the job of armored warriors.

A reconnaissance airship descends from the sky.

The hatch opened and the moment Yan Jing walked out, sounds from all directions filled his ears.

The rhythmic hum of machines, the shouts of soldiers explaining the characteristics of equipment, and the noise of workers working. All these sounds together should make people feel noisy.

At this time, Yan Jing's expression suddenly calmed down.

The boredom of thinking about how to break into the airport along the way also dissipated at this moment.

Because he heard the roars from the seven flying dragon boats, the smoke emitted when the energy was burned seemed to become the air flow exhaled by the seven giant dragons. They had been dormant for a long time and couldn't wait to take off.

Make the strongest sound of this era!

After standing on the deck and watching for a while, the news of the return of the reconnaissance airship was immediately conveyed to the leaders of each flying dragon boat.

Just like last night's meeting, everyone gathered in the lighthouse hall again.

Yan Jing noticed that Fu Shudao and others were in high spirits, with excited expressions on their faces.

"It seems that the preparations for the first phase are going well?"

The scene he just saw also made Yan Jing feel excited, and he asked with a smile.

"Yes, the large amount of resources you brought and the dinner last night have far exceeded expectations. Not today alone, it should be said that so far, the number of settlement people we have received has been close to 2,500, and

This number keeps rising!”

Holding the report in his hand, Fu Shudao's excitement in his tone was undisguised.

"What's more important is that nearly 70% of these people are young men and women, and most of the remaining 30% are infants and young children. The former can immediately play a role in various departments of the expedition fleet, and the latter is the hope for the future!"

You must know that the number of boat residents on the Xiantian is only over a thousand, and due to past disasters, the birth rate has been exaggeratedly low.

To put it bluntly, if Yan Jing had not appeared, Xingkong Dragon Boat would not even have the manpower to sail the boat in a few years.

The number of 2,500 people may not sound like much at first, but this is only the first day, and the work of joining the settlement has just begun. As the expedition fleet continues to grow and more people join the settlement, the speed of news spread will continue to increase.

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Many settlements that were originally waiting and watching will also gradually change their stance when they see the expedition fleet becoming increasingly powerful.

Everyone knows the dangers of the Great Crusade, and there are always people who want to wait and see to save their lives.

But when most of the settlements choose to join, the remaining ones have to start considering two issues.

That is, once the Great Expedition, which attracted a large number of people, failed, would the remaining settlements be able to maintain their current life if there were no sky dragon boats to attract the attention of evil spirits and monsters?

To say the least, the Great Crusade was truly a success.

So what will be gained by waiting and watching at this moment? Will there be a place for them in the airport?

At that time, the members of the settlement watched the boat people from the expedition fleet settle in the airport openly and have a beautiful home that could be protected by the domain gate. Who should bear the resentment caused by the psychological gap?

This is why Fu Shudao is excited!

Once the wave of people joining the settlement is set off, more people will follow!

"Everyone is doing a great job. Phew~ It's just that at this juncture, I have to tell you some not-so-good information, which is the intelligence obtained from today's reconnaissance. The situation near the airport is worse than we imagined."

He took out his glasses and placed them on the table. The detection balls flew out from the frames on both sides and began to play various scenes taken during the day. Naturally, the first ones to come out were the weird people.

At this time, not only the scouts, but also the leaders of the flying dragon boats stood up in surprise.

Taking out two temporarily sealed weirdos and a metal cylinder containing a human brain from Kunpeng's space, Yan Jing glanced at everyone present one by one and asked directly,

"I suspect that this ethnic group was created by evil spirits in the airport. Have you encountered similar existences in the past?"

Everyone looked at each other, and finally Fu Shudao gave the answer,

"No, we have encountered monsters of various forms before, whether it was the beast tide caused by the dark disaster or our actions on various floating islands, but there are absolutely no such guys in the video. They have even learned to use human weapons.

Tools, and flesh balloons that appear to be used for reconnaissance, this is simply incredible!”

This answer was expected by Yan Jing, but it also made his expression a little more serious.

"According to my observations, there is a connection between the weirdo group and the evil spirits in the airport. Coupled with the reconnaissance of the flesh and blood balloon, I am afraid that such a large movement on our side has been noticed."

While speaking, Yan Jing cast his eyes towards the scout team members next to him.

The latter understood immediately, took out the data collected along the way, and continued,

"Through the analysis of the evil energy concentration data in the environment, it can be seen that the evil energy in the airport and its peripheral defense lines is constantly rising, and the number and strength of evil spirits and monsters continue to increase."

What the torch can do is to use the power of the origin of this world to prevent higher-level evil spirits from coming, but it cannot prevent low-level evil spirits from coming through the cracks in different spaces.

"We don't have much time to prepare, now it's time to race against time."

Yan Jing stood up, looked at everyone present, and said in a deep voice,
Chapter completed!