Chapter 288 Ski Resort
Officer Maudie and Detective Evans came in carrying fruit baskets. Their eyes lit up when they saw Xia Lili.
"Miss Xia!" Modi hurried forward excitedly and pointed at his right ribs. "You're amazing! Last night, a jerk tried to stab me there with an ice pick."
He sighed to Xia Lili, "If I hadn't put on the armor in advance, I would be lying in the ICU right now!"
Officer Evans, with his massive mustache, laughed and stroked his beard. "I checked the surveillance footage, and at 2:48, there was indeed a gangster attacking from behind with a baseball bat!" He mimed dodging. "Luckily I remembered your warning. I dove sideways and sent the bastard tumbling into the champagne tower!"
They both gave a thumbs-up and praised in unison: "Eastern metaphysics, amazing!"
Xia Lili's ears burned with praise, but she remained calm and responded, "Just some superficial stuff."
Next, Evans still had some case details to discuss with Li Qihan, so Xia Lili and her brother withdrew first.
Xia Lili recalled that she was able to escape unscathed this time, and even escape danger many times in the past, all thanks to the various cutting-edge security equipment provided by Professor Tian Siqi, a good friend of Professor Ren.
She called Professor Tian with gratitude.
"Professor Tian, this time it's all thanks to your equipment..." Before she could finish her words, she was gently interrupted by the other party.
"Lili, you're so polite." The male voice on the other end of the phone was smiling. "You're Lao Ren's savior. Besides, your purchase of equipment is also supporting my scientific research."
Xia Lili couldn't help but smile while holding the phone. Professor Tian's words were really too modest.
The cost of the equipment she bought was just a drop in the bucket for a laboratory that often needs tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars in research and development funds.
"How about this," Professor Tian suggested enthusiastically, "How about visiting our Science and Technology Industrial Park when you have some free time these days?"
"We're currently developing security products for the general public, and we need advice from professionals like you."
He added: "Especially for women's night travel protective equipment, I'd love to hear your actual experience using it."
Xia Lili's eyes suddenly lit up: "Great! I'll come visit tomorrow and be sure to be on time!"
All kinds of novel safety equipment were already emerging in her mind, and she couldn't wait to see the latest results of Professor Tian's laboratory.
The next morning, Xia Lili stood in front of the silver-gray gate of the "Shield Technology Industrial Park".
The entire building complex crawls on the edge of Silicon Valley like a giant mecha beast, and swarms of drones shuttle between the glass curtain walls like patrolling albatrosses.
"Iris verification passed—"
A blue laser grid swept across her pupils as a cold electronic sound rang out.
The second alloy door slowly opened, and the voiceprint system asked her to read out the dynamic password.
After going through numerous security checks, Xia Lili finally entered the industrial park.
At the last gate, Professor Tian Siqi's face appeared on the screen: "Let him in. This is our special advisor."
Professor Tian came up to me in his white lab coat, his cuffs stained with solder. "Lili, let me show you the latest achievements in civilian security."
The experience hall displays many seemingly everyday items.
"Try this?" Professor Tian handed over a dark green cashmere scarf.
As Xia Lili grasped the tassel, the scarf suddenly emitted a tiny electric current, sending the nearby meter off the scale. "It's a high-voltage pulse, but it won't be fatal."
Professor Tian pointed to the embroidered pattern and smiled, "The capacitor circuit is embroidered like a work of art."
Xia Lili couldn't help but marvel at the fact that there was a product that could combine technology and art so well.
Professor Tian's assistant demonstrated a self-defense lipstick. The lipstick tube sprayed out red mist as it rotated, and the experimental sensing dummy five meters away began to "cough" violently.
There was a palm-sized armor plate embedded in the student's backpack, and even Professor Tian's fierce chopping with a machete left only white marks.
The most terrifying thing is the sonic bracelet. When it is triggered, the glass in the entire hall vibrates, comparable to a jet flying overhead.
Throughout the morning, Xia Lili saw a lot of new and interesting things and had already decided what to order from Professor Hetian.
The afternoon sun was shining brightly. Professor Tian glanced at his smartwatch and said, "There's a new ski resort on the hill behind the industrial park. Some of my doctoral students are planning to go there."
He smiled and pointed out the window. In the distance, a snowy trail stretched like a silver thread across the mountains. "I have visitors to receive. Would you like to ask the young man to show you around?"
Xia Lili held the "gift" she had just received in her arms.
Smart heating gloves, nanomaterial ski goggles, and the scarf and lipstick she just bought. Her eyes lit up when she heard about it: "Of course!"
There is no ski resort in Yangcheng, and Xia Lili has never experienced skiing.
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The ski resort was bustling with people, and ski suits of various colors were moving like rainbows on the silver slopes.
The two students brought by Professor Tian have very different styles.
The boy's name was Peng Lang. He looked like a happy husky. He had already rushed towards the intermediate trail with his snowboard on his shoulder. His shouts echoed in the snow.
The girl's name is An Zhaoyan. She looks cool and aloof, like a snow sculpture. Professor Tian said she is a ski expert, but she stayed to help Xia Lili put on her ski equipment and teach her some basics.
The dark green ski suit made An Zhaoyan's skin look even colder and paler. She was carefully helping Xia Lili adjust the straps of her ski boots.
"Lean your center of gravity forward and bend your knees slightly." An Zhaoyan's voice was as cold as an ice spring, but her fingers wearing black tactical gloves nimbly helped Xia Lili fasten the helmet buckle.
As she adjusted her goggles, a few strands of her long hair slipped down from the edge of her snow cap, shining like obsidian in the sunlight.
When Xia Lili was able to smoothly slide out the S-shaped curve on the beginner's track, An Zhaoyan looked at the black diamond track on the top of the mountain.
The professional-level track, which requires a cable car to reach, has steep slopes dotted with giant diving platforms and U-shaped pools.
"I'm going to tackle Storm Ridge." She checked her bindings, her goggles pushed up onto her helmet, revealing her sharp eyes. "You keep practicing your turns, and don't go crazy with Peng Lang. Call him if anything happens."
Xia Lili just nodded in agreement, and the moment her eyes met An Zhaoyan, she suddenly felt dizzy and rippled in front of her eyes.
The hallucinations came unexpectedly.
In the first scene of the hallucination, the cable car that An Zhaoyan was riding was slowly climbing to the top of the mountain, and the snow-capped peaks were glowing with a cold blue light in the twilight.
The Black Diamond Road was so difficult that it was rarely visited. Only An Zhaoyan's bright red figure was speeding down the steep slope.
In the illusion, she suddenly leaped into the air, her skis drawing a sharp arc in the air, and the snow mist splashed when she landed was like a broken galaxy. Every movement was done with knife-like precision and elegance.
Xia Lili couldn't help but wonder, could such a skiing expert experience a fall accident today?
The hallucination comes to Act 2.
The sky had sunk into dark blue. When An Zhaoyan glided back to the cable car station, she found that all the indicator lights were off.
The staff was anxiously shouting into the intercom: "The main cable is broken! We need two hours to repair it!"
The strong wind blew snow particles against her frosted goggles. She was the only one among a few other skiers on the entire mountaintop, and the thermometer showed minus ten degrees Celsius.
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