Genius Club

Chapter 319: Chapter 23 Flying to the East Sea_2 Chapter 319: Chapter 23 Flying to the East Sea_2 “`

“Are you too narcissistic?”

“Believe it or not,” Lin Xian couldn’t be bothered with it.

“But… there are indeed many bizarre things on this car.” The trash can robot moved its treads to the front wheel area.

Then it raised its mechanical clamp, pointing to the delicate handwriting on the windshield:

“Miss Zhao Yingjun wrote on the glass that this is the first car in human history to fly in the sky… but actually, it’s impossible, unrealistic.”

“Because this antique car uses an outdated internal combustion engine and fossil fuels that have long been obsolete, and it doesn’t have any flight propulsion equipment, so… this antique car can only travel on the ground, it simply can’t fly in the sky no matter what.”

“But due to Miss Zhao Yingjun’s lofty status in Rhine Sky City, and the fact that she indeed loves this car very much, nobody believes Miss Zhao Yingjun would lie about such an obvious thing.

Therefore, up to this day, all historians and critics are baffled… Why did she say this car could fly?”

Heh.

Lin Xian chuckled lightly:

“Want to know why?”

The trash can robot VV nodded its head.

“Then bring me a car,” said Lin Xian.

He believed this would be a piece of cake for VV.

Although VV calls himself the King of Rhein for its medieval fantasy, in reality, it is the true king of Rhein, controlling everything in Rhein City, from the nuclear fusion engines to a simple street-sweeping robot, omnipotent.

However…

The trash can robot VV tilted its head, obviously not understanding Lin Xian’s request:

“What kind of car do you want?”

“The fastest car.”

Lin Xian stroked the Bentley Continental GT that had once leaped over the Donghai Overpass:

“Get me…the fastest car in the entire Rhine Sky City.”

…

Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!!!!

The piercing sound of the wind soared past the ears.

A purple convertible raced through the high-rise buildings, so fast that almost leaving afterimages in the line of sight!

Strapped haphazardly in the passenger seat with seatbelts, the trash can robot raised its mechanical clamps high:

“So this is how exhilarating it feels to ride shotgun, no wonder Miss Zhao Yingjun loves sitting here!

But… aren’t you driving too fast?

If we really hit something, I don’t care, but you might be dead.”

“I’m not that easy to kill.”

On the dashboard, the speedometer showed a terrifying 400 kilometers per hour, reaching a third of the speed of sound!

And this wasn’t on a professional racetrack, it was amidst the complex cityscape!

Even though VV had cleared the way for Lin Xian by managing all the automated cars in the sky, those towering buildings were still immovable.@@novelbin@@

Lin Xian leaned his elbow on the car door, propping his cheek, looking perfectly at ease.

He first pulled the steering wheel, aiming the convertible to the highest point of Rhine Sky City, aligning it with the square where Zhao Yingjun’s statue stood.

Then, he found a rooftop of a skyscraper, flat and broad.

Clang!

A harsh shock resounded as the high-end convertible smashed onto the rooftop, and then Lin Xian slammed the accelerator to the floor!

Rapid acceleration!

Sparks burst from the friction between the car’s chassis and the rooftop surface, but the speedometer kept moving right, speed ever-increasing!

“Uh… this car doesn’t have ground travel capabilities, there are no wheels underneath.”

The trash can robot turned its head, kindly reminding him:

“And the button you just pressed turned off all automation programs, including the flight function.”

“Exactly.”

Lin Xian was unfazed, gripping the steering wheel, aiming at the square where Zhao Yingjun’s statue was:

“Otherwise, how could it be called flying?”

Whoosh————————

The undercarriage, already glowing from abrasion, ejected from the side of the skyscraper, plummeting towards Memorial Square, towards Zhao Yingjun.

The trash can robot was too slick all over, a pure cylinder, and as the seatbelt lost friction, half of its body was flung out.

Bump.

Lin Xian freed his right hand to press down its top cover forcefully, pressing it back into the parabolic descent of the car’s passenger seat.

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“600 years ago, that Bentley flew just like this.”

“No wonder the inside of that car was in such a mess…

And this way of flying, it can hardly be considered the first in history,” VV remarked.

It was like that night when the moonlight was so beautiful.

The powerless flying car glided through the sky, over the moonlight, and into Rhein Memorial Square under the most basic inertia.

The moment it entered the no-fly zone, the dashboard went completely dark.

But in an instant, it lit up again, obviously because VV had lifted the flying restrictions on the vehicle, allowing it to activate its flight mode in the last few dozen meters before landing and to come to a stylish stop on the pedestal where Zhao Yingjun’s statue stood.

Lin Xian lifted the trash can robot out of the car.

They stood before the white jade statue, each holding a trash can and looking up at the highly respected great woman.

Lin Xian looked at Zhao Yingjun’s countenance, which was the same as the last frontal photo in the projection gallery.

In her thirties.

More mature than during her MX Company days, but still beautiful and dashing.

“VV, Zhao Yingjun didn’t leave behind any old photos from those years, it was you who helped her delete them, right?”

“Yes.”

The trash can robot VV replied:

“I can assure you, nowhere in the entire Rhine Sky City will you find a photograph of Zhao Yingjun in her later years.

However, due to the limitations of my base code, I can’t leave Rhein City, nor can I interfere with or control any information from the outside world.”

“So…

if you want to find photos of Zhao Yingjun in her later years, you should be able to find them in other Sky Cities.”

“That won’t be necessary.”

Lin Xian shook his head:

“She has always been like this.

In my mind, Zhao Yingjun will forever be this young and proud…

she can’t lose these, without them, she wouldn’t be Zhao Yingjun.”

“You seem to have said something quite cryptic,” VV also looked up, gazing at the towering white jade statue with Lin Xian.

Not sure if it was an illusion.

Today’s statue…

seemed gentler and more content than its usual solemnity.

Lin Xian searched around the statue once more, in every nook and cranny, but found nothing related to the Mirror, nor any other clues.

By now he had essentially decided that he had likely guessed wrong about Huang Que’s “Mirror Puzzle,” and it was probably not related to his dreams or to Zhao Yingjun.

He would have to wait until he returned to the real world to search for other clues.

For now…

There was only one thing left to do.

“VV, I have the highest authority in Rhine Sky City, right?”

“That’s right.”

The trash can robot’s eyes twinkled green:

“While calling you the King of Rhein is a joke, it’s practically true.

I will follow all your commands, even if they go against the Three Laws of Robotics, because you are not a robot, you don’t need to obey these.”

“That’s good.”

Lin Xian chuckled lightly, turning around.

He folded his arms and looked at the night sky towards which Zhao Yingjun’s statue gazed, and the increasing points of light gathering on the ground:

“Blow up all 6,000+ nuclear fusion engines below the Sky City.”

“Blow them up?”

The trash can robot’s eyes blinked faster:

“If you just want to bring the Sky City down to the ground, we can simply shut down those cold fusion engines, there’s really no need to blow them up.”

“No, they must be blown up.”

Lin Xian walked to the edge of the platform and looked down at where they had started their journey, now gathering more and more white points of light.

No doubt the surface dwellers, having seen the three of them land successfully, had spread the word, and more and more people were gathering, waiting for a miracle…

“I promised a little girl I’d blow up a city for her.

Unfortunately, I broke my word last time.”

“But I think the opportunity now is also quite good.

Those 6,000+ nuclear fusion engines blowing up should be even prettier, right?”

Lin Xian turned back, smiling at the trash can robot:

“Let’s give that little girl…

the grandest fireworks display in the world!”

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