Chapter 152 Exclusively published on Jinjiang: Brothers Going Out Together (1st Update)...
Bullet comments:
[Host, are you drunk and confused?]
Why did you suddenly buy a flying machine?
Is it to achieve a consumption quota?
[My spending power is still tens of millions short; buying a small aircraft worth one or two million is less worthwhile than buying other larger items.]
[The streamer clearly only went for the low discount to save points, not for achievements.]
Lu Xuan said, "I'm planning to go out tomorrow. The rainy season is almost over, don't you guys want to go out for a stroll?"
Live stream viewers: !!!
[The streamer is going out!?]
I've been staying here since leaving Yangshan County, for over a month now. I'm really bored, so I'm just wandering around!
[It's good that the broadcaster has a cell tower; even if he flies far away, he doesn't have to worry about losing contact with his family.]
That's right, fly farther, ideally circling the entire planet!
[There's no need to be so greedy. Flying to more places with different terrains, or checking out other disaster victims' shelters, would also be helpful.]
Lu Xuanxin said, "I was planning to go a little further away and hunt some different prey, but I didn't say I wanted to contact other disaster victims."
Lu Xuan didn't immediately say anything to dampen their spirits; instead, he temporarily stored the newly purchased aircraft in the system, planning to retrieve it the next day.
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"This is an aircraft?"
Li Tie circled the silver-white flying vehicle that Lu Xuan had placed on the open space, looking puzzled. "It looks quite different from a hoverbus or a motorhome."
The aircraft is smaller than a modern sports car. Its white fuselage is oval-shaped with silver lines. The front window is a dark gray-black. There are four drive units around the fuselage. Overall, it looks very high-tech.
The other villagers gathered around the aircraft, chattering excitedly.
"This aircraft looks a bit like an overturned egg, and there are lights on in the four rings around it!"
"The front window is huge, you can see inside. Hmm? There are only two seats, does it only seat two people?"
Zhang Chengming turned to Lu Xuan in confusion and asked, "It's called a flying machine because it can fly? But can't a hovercar fly too?"
Lu Xuan: "The hoverbus has a height limit, with a maximum flight height of only fifty meters, and its speed is also limited. However, the aircraft can directly soar into the clouds and fly up to an altitude of ten thousand meters."
As long as it doesn't break out of the atmosphere, it can fly at altitudes of 10,000 to 20,000 meters at will, and its top speed can reach ten times that of a hoverbus.
"Wow—!" The villagers exclaimed, their mouths agape in amazement.
Lu Xuan had already told the village chief about his plans to go out during breakfast, and the other villagers had also received the news.
This wasn't the first time Lu Xuan had gone out alone, so no one was particularly panicked or worried. Instead, after learning about the aircraft's capabilities, they all showed envy, and many even had their eyes fixed on the co-pilot's seat inside the aircraft, itching to get behind it.
"Lu Xuan, the seat next to you..."
"Brother! Take me with you!" Before Zhang Chengming could finish speaking, Lu Chen rushed over and hugged Lu Xuan's leg.
The little guy tilted his head back, blinking his big, watery eyes repeatedly, his face clearly saying, "I want to go, please take me with you."
He's the older brother's own younger brother, so of course he'll be taken care of first, and everyone else will have to step aside!
Even Dafu and Xiaofu's father can't take him away!
Lu Xuan and Lu Chen met eyes and hesitated for a moment.
Standing to the side, Lu Qing said, "If it won't be too much trouble, bring Chenchen along and let him see the world with you."
Lu Xuan thought that Lu Chen had never left the village except for Baisong Town before the cataclysm, so he patted Lu Chen's head and said, "Alright, I'll take you with me."
Lu Chen jumped up and down excitedly: "Yay!"
The children, including Xiong Dabao and Zhang Dafu, who were following the adults, were so envious that their eyes turned red. They glanced at their own fathers with resentment, their eyes filled with disappointment.
How could you be so disappointing!
I wonder if we could also experience the feeling of being carried away!
Zhang Chengming, Xiong Mao, and others: "..."
Lu Xuan said to Li Tie, "I will probably be back in five to seven days. Please be careful of the hail tomorrow morning."
Li Tie patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, nothing will go wrong."
Lu Xuan then turned to Lu Qing and Lei Yan, saying, "Contact me anytime if you need anything."
Lei Yan said, "Don't worry, I will take good care of your sister."
Lu Qing no longer worries about Lu Xuan being in danger as she did before the catastrophe; if anyone is in danger, it's someone else or another beast.
She smiled and said, "It's rare for you to go out like this, so remember to bring us back some fresh supplies when you come back."
Lu Xuan nodded. "Yes."
He nodded to the others as a farewell, opened the glass door of the aircraft, and led Lu Chen to sit inside.
"Welcome aboard XM-430 aircraft. Pilot, please select the flight mode and enter the destination coordinates." The intelligent system announced as soon as the control panel was turned on.
Lu Xuan said, "Activate autopilot, free flight mode, flight direction: southwest, depart immediately."
As soon as he finished speaking, the aircraft began to slowly rise into the air in the eyes of the villagers, and in the blink of an eye, it flew to a height of over a hundred meters.
The villagers below stared in disbelief, their mouths agape. It was so high!
After hovering in the air for a moment, the aircraft suddenly shot off at an extremely fast speed and disappeared into the rain in the blink of an eye.
"So fast!"
"It vanished in an instant!"
"It's definitely completely different from the hoverbus!!!"
Lu Qing and Lei Yan looked surprised, with the former's eyes burning: "When Ah Xuan comes back, I want him to take me flying too!"
They don't need to fly too far; just letting them experience the feeling of flying up to the clouds and looking down at the earth would surely be exhilarating.
"Alright, alright." Li Tie clapped his hands and said, "The person is gone, you should all go do what you need to do, don't just stand there like idiots."
Undeterred, the villagers stared intently at the sky for a while before regretfully turning away and dispersing.
As Lu Qing and Lei Yan walked back to Ship No. 1, they were still talking: "I wonder what Ah Xuan will bring back when he comes back."
Lei Yan guessed, "Maybe they'll bring back a lot of meat?"
Lu Qing said, "Then it would be best if it were meat that we've never eaten before."
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Thousands of meters in the air.
The streamlined, silver-white aircraft maintained steady flight while continuously ascending.
Lu Chen pressed himself against the window and exclaimed, "So high! So fast! The boats at home are completely out of sight now!"
His gaze fell upon the endless floodwaters and the dwarfed mountains below, his bright eyes filled with awe.
When the plane pierced directly into the nimbostratus clouds ahead, Lu Chen exclaimed in surprise again.
"We're inside the clouds!!! Brother, I can't see anything!"
"Don't worry, you'll see soon."
The aircraft continued to fly upwards, and after about three minutes, it broke through the thick nimbostratus clouds, revealing a clear blue sky that was almost unseen during the rainy season.
"Wow—!" Lu Chen exclaimed, his eyes shining, "What a beautiful sky!"
He also noticed that it seemed like there was no rain outside the window and exclaimed in surprise, "Brother, it seems like the rain has stopped."
Lu Xuan explained, "It's not that the rain stopped, but that the rain was falling below the clouds. We flew over the nimbostratus clouds, so the rain naturally didn't get on our heads."
Lu Chen looked like he had just learned something new. "So that's how it is."
Lu Xuan checked the different flight modes on the control panel and noticed a 'stunt flight' mode with a demonstration animation.
Lu Xuan became interested after looking at it and waved to Lu Chen, who was still looking around, "Come on, Chenchen, look at this. Do you want to try flying like this?"
After watching the animation, Lu Chen excitedly exclaimed, "I want to! Brother! Can we fly like that too, flipping and turning?"
Lu Xuan: "As long as you're not afraid, of course there's no problem."
Lu Chen shouted, "I'm not afraid!"
Lu Xuan said, "Then fly. Switch from automatic mode to aerobatic flight mode."
Upon receiving the command, the intelligent system quickly changed the flight mode, and the aircraft soon began to perform various acrobatics above the clouds, including loops, somersaults, rapid turns, and zigzag maneuvers.
Lu Chen, wearing a seatbelt, felt his vision constantly changing and couldn't help but scream and laugh at the same time.
"Ah—! This is so much fun, hahaha—!"
Lu Xuan didn't call out, but his expression remained relaxed and cheerful.
Viewers in the live stream experienced stunt flying alongside the two brothers, and the chat was filled with various interjections and emoticons.
Living in the interstellar age doesn't mean everyone has the opportunity to ride in a spacecraft, just as not everyone in modern times has ever flown in an airplane.
It's a rare opportunity to experience the thrill of a first-person perspective with all five senses engaged, and even interstellar citizens who are usually reluctant to ride in spacecraft are thoroughly enjoying themselves.
The aerobatic flight lasted for about ten minutes before the aircraft returned to stable flight.
Seeing that Lu Chen's face was slightly pale but his expression was still very excited, Lu Xuan glanced at another function on the control panel and asked, "Want to try something more exciting?"
Lu Chen, his heart pounding, turned his head, his eyes sparkling: "What else? I want it all!"
Lu Xuan quickly tapped the virtual control screen twice to change the system parameters at the bottom, then said to Lu Chen, "Look down."
"Huh? What? Ahhhhhh—!" Lu Chen, who subconsciously looked down, saw the ground beneath his feet suddenly disappear, revealing the clouds below, and at the same time the plane suddenly descended rapidly, which frightened him so much that he screamed.
"Brother—! We're going to fall—!" His voice cracked towards the end.
Lu Xuan reassured him, "Don't panic, you haven't fallen. Look closely, the ground beneath your feet is still there." As he spoke, he slowed his descent.
Lu Chen clutched his wildly beating chest and nervously stomped his foot, only to find that he wasn't really suspended in mid-air; he could still touch the ground.
My heart, which had been in my throat, finally settled down. After realizing that this was the new thrill my brother had mentioned, my tense face began to relax.
He was terrified; he thought he was really going to fall from such a height.
He secretly wiped away his sweat, then cautiously looked down again. The bottomless sky was dizzying to look at, so Lu Chen quickly looked up again.
After a while, I felt a little restless again, so I looked down again, and wow! I felt dizzy, so I quickly looked up.
Looking down again, I still felt dizzy. I looked up.
Lu Xuan and the audience were amused by his repeated probing actions.
[Hahaha, Chenchen is a typical example of someone who's both addicted to playing bad games.]
[It reminded me of my timid friend who absolutely loved watching horror movies. He'd be frantically choking me while we watched, and several times I thought I'd been strangled to death before the ghosts scared me to death.]
【What?! You haven't broken off contact with them yet?】
If he returned this to me, Bangbang would punch him twice and knock him unconscious!
...
While the two brothers were playing exciting games, half an hour had passed without them realizing it.
The intelligent system alerted him that they had reached the airspace over the southwest region. Lu Xuan corrected the parameters on the ground beneath his feet and issued a descent command.
When the aircraft broke through the thousands of meters thick rain clouds and returned to 'the human world', what appeared before the two of them was a boundless grassland, on which herds of animals could be faintly seen scattered in different areas.
Lu Chen exclaimed in surprise, "Brother, there's no flood here!"
Lu Xuan: "The altitude here is high, so the water flows to lower places."
But the rain that was supposed to fall still fell heavily on the grassland, and Lu Xuan saw more than one group of large animals silently enduring the rain on the open grassland.
Lu Chen also saw the animals and wondered, "Why aren't these animals taking shelter from the rain in the caves?"
Lu Xuan countered with, "Do you see any possible locations nearby where we could find a cave?"
Lu Chen blinked, craned his neck, looked around, and exclaimed, "Ah! It's all grassland, no caves!"
Since it's called a cave, it must exist in the mountains, not on the grasslands.
There aren't many tall trees on the grassland, and even if there are, the animals' instincts will tell them that it's not safe under the trees.
Small animals can find shelter in tall grass, but large animals? They can only silently endure it.
Just below where the aircraft was falling, there was a large herd of long-haired cattle, a species unique to the plateau, numbering in the hundreds.
Although there is still plenty of beef to hunt in the Yunlu Mountains, you can never have too much delicious beef.
With over a hundred cows, it's not unreasonable for him to take a dozen or twenty, is it?
Lu Chen, who also loved beef, exclaimed, "That's not excessive! Everyone else in the village loves beef. Brother, you can sell more beef at the general store after you hunt down the cow."
Lu Xuan nodded: "Good idea. I'll go hunt cattle now. You wait here."
He casually switched the aircraft to hover mode, took the remote controller with him, opened the hatch, and jumped down without warning.
Lu Chen: "!!!"
Live stream viewers: "!!!"
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Author's Note: Special thanks to Changyushan for throwing a grenade today.
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