CHAPTER 277: CHAPTER 143 OASIS_3

The shadow did not linger over the oasis and quickly flew past, while the small dots that had appeared before remained over the oasis, gradually increasing in number and growing larger.

"Damn... are those parachutes?" Shale widened his eyes, finally able to see what those things were.

As those small dots grew larger, it finally became clear that they were black parachute-shaped objects falling from the sky, unmistakably looking like parachutes.

"Is this some kind of ghost sighting? Could that really be an aircraft? How could there be aircraft in the Land of Trial, and damn it, with parachutes? Is someone playing airdrop games here?" Shale tilted his head back and kept staring, cursing under his breath.

Li Xiu was accustomed to Shale’s personality. He’s not a good person, but he’s not a bad person either. At least for Li Xiu, Shale was someone trustworthy.

Li Xiu remained silent, staring intensely at those black parachutes. He removed the Dark Mirror, allowing him to see more clearly than Shale.

Those things that looked like parachutes were indeed parachutes, but beneath them were not paratroopers, nor were they any skydiving athletes, and not even demonic spirits.

After clearly seeing what was beneath the parachutes, Li Xiu’s pupils contracted sharply. He shouted for Shale to run and summoned the Pink Nightmare, leaping onto its back.

Shale was still in a daze; he hadn’t seen what was beneath the parachutes yet. Li Xiu, riding the Pink Nightmare, rushed over and pulled him onto its back, charging at full speed towards the gate of the village.

Shale didn’t have time to marvel at Li Xiu having a mounted demonic spirit; by now, he could see what was beneath those parachutes.

Under the parachutes were green oval-shaped objects, with tails resembling arrow feathers and fronts like a shark’s head.

They were the shapes of bombs dropped by bombers, and judging by the size of those bombs, they’re much larger than those typically dropped by bombers.

A dozen giant bombs were dropped from the sky, targeting the oasis. If they exploded within the oasis, not to mention the oasis itself, even hundreds of meters outside it wouldn’t be safe.

"Run faster!" Shale was now more anxious than Li Xiu, watching as those gigantic bombs got closer and closer to the oasis. He wished he could lend his legs to the Pink Nightmare.

Now the two had no time to think about why there were bombers and bombs in such a place, nor to ponder why parachutes were attached to the bombs; they just wanted to get as far away from the oasis as possible.

When the Pink Nightmare charged through the gate, Li Xiu effortlessly retrieved both the Jedi Knight and the Love God Shooter, maintaining speed as they continued rushing into the desert.

They had rushed out about two or three hundred meters when they heard a loud boom from behind; the foremost bomb had already smashed into the oasis.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

One bomb after another fell, some hitting inside the oasis and others outside.

The closest giant bomb to Li Xiu and Shale landed less than a hundred meters away.

Oddly enough, those giant bombs struck the ground, creating deep craters, yet none of them exploded.

A dozen giant bombs, not one exploded, each with a part buried into the sand, leaving more than a meter-long portion exposed, thicker than a bucket.

The parachute cords attached to the tails were loosely falling along with the parachutes.

Even though those giant bombs didn’t explode, Li Xiu still only watched from afar, daring not to approach them.

Shale was still in shock, eyeing those bomb-like objects from a distance and said, "Something isn’t right. What kind of bomber drops bombs and ties parachutes to them? The parachutes are obviously meant for deceleration. Could those things not be bombs at all?"

"I don’t know." Li Xiu noticed those things looked like green metal, while the parachutes and cords were black silk and couldn’t make out any reason for them.

There were no characters or markings on the parachutes or green metal objects. If they were the product of human civilization, there wasn’t a single human mark or symbol.

If they weren’t human products, why would demonic spirits make parachutes and such things?

Crack!

While the two men speculated, they heard something cracking open.

It startled them both, thinking the things might have a delayed explosion function and were finally about to explode now.

But upon closer inspection, they realized it wasn’t the thing about to explode, but rather a door-like seam that had opened on it.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

Those giant bomb-like metallic objects continually emitted sounds, with each one opening a door-shaped seam, and then they fell silent again.

Li Xiu and Shale looked at each other, their predicament having surpassed their understanding, unable to fathom what was happening.

"Is there a possibility," Shale guessed aimlessly, "that some humans live here, worried about the oasis dwellers going hungry, and dropped some supplies with these things? Maybe these things are just tools for storing supplies?"

Having experienced the Black Death City shipwreck incident, Li Xiu was no longer surprised by such things.

However, he was still a bit shocked. If the technology involved in making sailboats isn’t very high, then planes, parachutes, and airdrop pods involve extraordinary technological prowess.

"Could demonic spirits also engage with technology? Or could there be human forces within the Land of Trial, having developed to the extent of building aircraft?" After mulling over the airdrop pods opening door seams and falling silent, Li Xiu summoned the Black Death Demon again, sending him toward the nearest airdrop pod.