Chapter 390: Heading to the Military District
Chapter 390: Heading to the Military District
"Mr. Ke, is this the alien vehicle you captured? It looks so cool!" A young man in his twenties jogged over, his eyes wide with envy as he gazed at the floating car.
He reached out to touch the car but hesitated, unsure if it was safe to touch an alien object. His hand froze mid-air, looking awkward.
"It's Uncle Ke! Uncle Ke, can you sign my homework?" A little girl, around 7 or 8 years old, wearing a red coat, ran over from the backseat, holding her homework book high in the air. She stopped in front of Su Yu and raised the book even higher.
Su Yu's forehead creased with three black lines. "Just call me big brother. I'm not quite at the 'uncle' level yet."
He took the homework book and carefully signed it.
The little girl's parents were visibly shaken, their faces pale as if they thought Su Yu was some kind of monster.
After Su Yu finished signing, they quickly scooped up the little girl, muttering "I'm sorry" repeatedly as they hurried away.
A middle-aged driver with a beer belly, however, was flushed with excitement. He was using his phone to take rapid photos of the floating car while speaking to Su Yu with a warm smile.
"I couldn't sleep all night after watching your news last night, and I never thought I'd run into you in person this morning! Comrade Xiao Ke, are you from the capital too?"
"Uh, I'm from East Sea City. I'm here on official business," Su Yu explained.
"But can this alien car run without a local license plate?" the uncle asked, concerned.
Su Yu's lips twitched slightly.
"Don't worry, Uncle. This car doesn't run; it flies. The police don't regulate that."
At this moment, Xue Wenli had already approached the floating car. Su Yu waved his hand lightly, and her sports car was stored away in the necklace.
"Let me show you all now."
Su Yu helped Xue Wenli into the car, switched to the free-drive mode, and the vehicle immediately sprang 3.5 meters into the air as if it were on a spring, eliciting gasps from the onlookers.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm off! I'm taking this car to the experts for a thorough study, hoping to achieve mass production soon so everyone can use this alien technology in their floating cars!"
Su Yu waved goodbye to the crowd from the rear window of the floating car. The white light strips on the car's body lit up, and it shot forward like an arrow.
"Goodbye, Comrade Xiao Ke, be safe!"
"Mr. Ke, be safe!" the onlookers waved back enthusiastically.
After bidding farewell to the crowd, Su Yu drove the floating car toward the military district in the northern part of the city.
The standard flying height for the floating car was 3.5 meters, which was the most energy-efficient.
The car could fly higher, up to 30-40 meters above the ground, but the higher it flew, the more fuel it consumed.
So, Su Yu kept the car at a height of 6 meters, allowing it to fly over other vehicles and avoid traffic jams and red lights.
As he drove, drivers on the road noticed a "UFO" zipping past above their heads.
The floating car could reach speeds of up to 300 kilometers per hour, and Su Yu's vehicle disappeared in a flash, leaving behind a group of bewildered drivers.
Xue Wenli, sitting in the car, was also extremely excited, touching and examining everything.
"Ke, this car must be quite expensive on Skrull, right?" She looked around at the luxurious interior, noting the Skrull cultural symbols.
"Not too bad," Su Yu smiled lightly. "This is the latest and top-of-the-line floating car from the Lekter Alliance, called 'Lek Power.'"
"The market price is 350,000 Luncret Coins. If we convert that to gold and then to Zhonghua Coins, it would be around 700,000."
"700,000? That's so cheap!" Xue Wenli exclaimed in surprise. "On our Blue Star, there are plenty of luxury sports cars that cost millions. Wait, you mean we can buy the top-of-the-line car for such a low price?"
"Of course," Su Yu shrugged. "The high price of sports cars on Blue Star is mainly due to their luxury status and added value. For example, a Lamborghini that costs millions might only have a few hundred thousand in actual manufacturing costs, with the rest being the brand's value and the ego of the wealthy."
"On Skrul Star, cars are everyday consumables, much like our computers—quality for the price, so the prices are very reasonable."
"I see," Xue Wenli nodded, understanding.
She usually lived in the military camp and had some knowledge of the high premiums on luxury goods, though not much.
She joked, "Then you must be rich! Your necklace has a lot of space, right? Next time you go to Skrul Star, bring back a bunch of hover cars. I bet there would be billionaires lining up to buy them at two million each!"
"Sorry, I don't need money," Su Yu smiled and shook his head. "Not to mention real money, I have a hundred billion game coins."
"Uh..." Xue Wenli's smile froze.
Su Yu's life was simple, but he was indeed a hidden super-rich individual.
Su Yu entered the command, opened the manual driving module of the hover car's control panel, and activated the "Cold Fusion Jet Module" at the bottom of the interface. He then said to Xue Wenli:
"Alright, now let me show you the top speed of this high-end hover car!"
"Top speed?"
Before Xue Wenli could react, she felt a massive force pushing her back.
Then, the scenery outside the window became a blur, and the hover car's speed increased from 300 km/h to 600 km/h in just a minute, nearly twice the speed of a helicopter on Blue Star!
The hover car seemed to transform into a streak of black light, zipping through the city's steel jungle.
Ten minutes later, Su Yu's hover car arrived at the entrance of the capital's military district, saving at least an hour compared to the time it took in Xue Wenli's car.
After the hover car stopped, Xue Wenli steadied herself and shakily got out, her legs feeling weak and unsteady.
The acceleration of the hover car was too intense for her human body to handle.
Luckily, the trip was short; otherwise, she would have passed out!
Xue Wenli took a deep breath and walked to the guard post to complete her identity verification.
Then she got back into the car, and Su Yu manually drove the hover car into the military district.
"Turn left, then go straight to the third fork and turn right," Xue Wenli directed according to her memory.
This was Su Yu's first visit to the military district, and he curiously observed the buildings around him.
Following Xue Wenli's directions, Su Yu smoothly arrived at an underground base below the military equipment department.
At the entrance of the underground base, Commissar Zhang was already waiting, with several dozen engineers and scientists standing behind him.
As soon as Su Yu got out of the car, the engineers and scientists eagerly gathered around the hover car, discussing it animatedly.
Commissar Zhang also walked over to Su Yu with a smile.
He took a red box from his pocket and handed it to Su Yu, "Comrade Su, after a unanimous decision by the higher-ups, we are awarding you this 'June 1st Medal' in recognition of your contributions to Blue Star!"
(End of Chapter)
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