Throne of Vientiane Civilization

During the test, a small unexpected situation allowed the two testers to take a crucial step and accumulate experience in judging the wind direction and controlling the hot air balloon to move up and down to adjust its position.

Later, when the two formally conducted this test, the entire state was obviously much calmer, and even the operation became much calmer.

However, in the following days of testing, many unexpected situations still occurred.

Not only does the wind direction in each airflow layer in the sky differ, in fact, even on the same airflow layer, the wind may be blowing eastward one moment and start blowing northward the next.

Under this premise, the first day's test was mainly to let them get used to the feeling of flying with the wind on a hot air balloon, so it didn't matter even if they followed the wind and flew all the way, and the take-off or landing location was completely different.

But when it comes to the back, it definitely won’t work. It has to be controlled within a certain area.

This requires the two hot-air balloon operators to confirm the wind direction at all times and then adjust the height of the hot-air balloon.

You know, the wind is the most elusive thing. Before, they were flying with the wind, and they couldn't feel the difficulty of it. Once they needed to control it relatively accurately, they immediately felt overwhelmed by it.

"Calm down, what you have to do is not to fight the wind, but to feel the wind..."

In this day and age, it would be a foolish idea to try to control the wind.

After several days of training, although the two operators were able to take off and land proficiently, they were still flying messily in the sky.

Occasionally, they flew to the designated location smoothly once or twice, and that was because the wind direction was good that day. To put it bluntly, it was just good luck, and it had nothing to do with their skills.

It was now close to noon. In addition to these two operators, Zhou Xu arranged for four new operators, a total of six people, divided into three groups for rotation.

After all, when the hot air balloon is officially put into use, only two operators may not be enough. It is best to arrange a few more groups and let them take turns to train. This will not only give each group of operators time to rest and adjust, but also improve their performance. Training and testing efficiency.

At this moment, Zhou Xu was pointing out the problems of the two operators, and the other two groups of operators also gathered around to listen.

In addition to their lack of experience, the two of them had a mental problem.

The wind direction in the air kept changing, and the frequent situations made the two of them impatient. They always wanted to control the wind and fight against it, but the result was getting worse and worse, making a mess.

In this state, if you continue to let them practice, it is estimated that there will be no good results. It is better to let them rest for a while, take it easy, and change a group of people to practice.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, as the captain of the soldiers, Hilke, who had been following Zhou Xu, raised his hand thoughtfully after listening to the story.

"Your Majesty, we seem to be able to do what you said."

"..."

The situation in front of him was really beyond Zhou Xu's expectation. He would never have thought that Silke would speak out at this time.

Sensing the somewhat doubtful look in their king's eyes, Silk then added another sentence.

"We prairie elves have a natural affinity for the wind element in nature. According to what you just said, judging the wind direction is not a problem for us."

"That's okay, you go up and try."

Zhou Xu then thought about it, if his own soldiers could control the hot air balloon, it would save him a lot of trouble.

After all, he will definitely need to take a hot air balloon to and from the two places from time to time. However, the hot air balloon cannot carry many people, which also makes it impossible for him to bring his own soldiers. But if his personal soldiers operate the hot air balloon, then This problem can be easily solved.

"Do I need to teach you how to operate?"

"No, we all know."

The operation of the hot air balloon itself is not complicated. As soldiers, Hilke and the others followed Zhou Xu every day. They had to listen to and watch it many times a day. After a while, they all knew how to memorize it.

Now with Zhou Xu's permission, Silke took action personally, casually ordered a subordinate and got on the hot air balloon.

Don't mention it later, it really gave Zhou Xu a big surprise.

Although they still lack experience in operating hot air balloons, the prairie elves' perception of the wind direction is indeed accurate. On the first day they got started, their performance was obviously better than that of the three groups below, which made the six people below have a look on their faces. He was full of embarrassment, and his whole state was like sitting on pins and needles.

But in fact, Zhou Xu didn't mean to blame them. In his opinion, this was the normal behavior of ordinary humans.

As for Hilke and the others, it can only be said that the prairie elves are really talented.

[It would be nice if the Elf population were larger. 】

According to the talents of the elves, if the population were to increase dozens of times, they would be able to easily handle many special jobs.

Unfortunately, Hilke's population base is too small. It is basically impossible to expect them to increase their population size through childbearing in a short period of time.

Considering that the growth cycle of the elves is calculated in units of hundreds of years, it is estimated that there will not be much change in his lifetime. It is better to see if other elves can be discovered in the future, and then incorporate them to expand the population.

"Speaking of which, why are you interested in this matter?"

Looking at Hilke getting off the hot air balloon, Zhou Xu felt a little curious.

After all, in his impression, Silk was not interested in most things.

When Hilke heard this, the tips of his ears turned red, and he felt a little embarrassed.

He really doesn't have much interest in other things, but this is Feitian! Who wouldn't be interested in this? ! He had been holding back for so many days before he found a chance to speak out. He had already gathered up the courage.

In the next few days, Hilke's main task became to practice the control of the hot air balloon.

Because they have a very keen sense of the wind element, after becoming proficient in the operation process, their control of the hot air balloon is constantly improving every day.

That whole improvement in efficiency made the three groups of human operators who practiced together start to have self-doubt.

Fortunately, Zhou Xu had made it clear to them from the beginning.

This hot air balloon will definitely be put into use on a large scale in the future, and the corresponding hot air balloon operators will also need a lot of training. They are the first batch, but they will definitely not be the last batch.

As for Silk and the others, although they have outstanding talents, it is impossible for prairie elves with a limited population to join the profession of hot air balloon operators.

Compared with this industry, the Enchanting Department and the Population Registration Department undoubtedly need them more at this stage, especially the Population Registration Department.