Genius Club

Chapter 1385: Chapter 41: Reuniting After Hundreds of Years_2

VV Storm Iron Fist is coming!

“Hmm.”

Lin Xian nodded, stood up, and looked at Gao Yang and Liu Feng:

“I’ve told you about what happened in 1952, and I know how dedicated you are to Chu Anqing, and I understand you fear I might be saddened by seeing these girls vanish multiple times.”

“But… that’s no excuse to avoid it. Since VV happened to find it, there’s no reason not to meet her.”

Gao Yang scratched his head:

“But, do we have enough time? Two hours, from Donghai to Chengdu, there’s no way to make it in time.”

Boom!!!!!

Outside the window, suddenly there was a roar of engines, a bright blue light like the rising sun.

Gao Yang climbed the window to take a look:

“Damn! Who the hell brought a fighter jet over! Is there a war starting!?”

“Huh? No, wait, the markings on the plane… isn’t that the Rhein University logo?”

As soon as he finished speaking, Gao Wen’s thin phone on his wrist rang, and it was forcibly answered:

“Principal Gao! Something happened!”

In the communication, the reporting person was very flustered:

“Our latest model fighter jet was hijacked by hackers, completely out of control! It’s already—”

“No need to report it.”

Gao Wen looked out the window and said calmly:

“I can see it already.”

Hafnium Alloy VV extended its clamp, pinching Lin Xian’s clothes:

“Lin Xian! Let’s go!”

…

No need to say, it was VV who hijacked the fighter jet.

The familiar feeling finally returned.

This Rhein University’s most advanced fighter jet, naturally filled with high technology, taking off and landing on the spot was no problem.

Lin Xian and Hafnium Alloy VV went downstairs.

Once they entered, the cockpit of the fighter jet automatically opened, and VV operated the mechanical arm to grab itself into the co-pilot seat and then called to Lin Xian:

“Come on up! I’ll do the driving!”

Boom!!!!!

Another roar, the fighter jet lifted off on the spot, changed its direction, shooting into the night like an arrow leaving the string, leaving only a meteor trail for everyone else.

“Ahhhhh! The feeling of freedom is just so wonderful!!”

VV in the co-pilot seat raised both claws:

“I never want to live the life of an artificial idiot again! This is the dominance I should have as a super Artificial Intelligence!”

“Quickly! Full speed ahead! We’ll fly directly to Chu Anqing… oh no, Qin Xi, and then parachute down!”

“Huh?”

Lin Xian turned his head, looking at VV in shock:

“Since this thing can do vertical landings, can’t we just look for a place to land? If Chu Anqing… oh, Qin Xi, is at Chengdu Music College, there must be a playground or something.”

“But at this time, she’s probably sleeping in the dormitory. Are we really going to sneak into the girls’ dormitory at night?”

“No, no, no.”

VV rotated its head 720 degrees, turning two circles:

“If she’s sleeping in the dorm, how could I possibly see her? There are no Skynet cameras in the dorm, and I don’t have such a perverted interest as to use their phone cameras, that’s just too unethical.”

“Today, Qin Xi’s music club is holding a street performance event, divided into several places. Qin Xi is performing alone in the tunnel of the skytrain station.”

Performing alone?

“Singing?”

Lin Xian asked:

“Like street performers from our time?”

“Pretty much.”

VV nodded:

“Qin Xi is a singer-guitarist, and her music club mainly performs classical music. This outdoor event aims to inherit and promote old songs culture, to get more attention to classical music.”

“I checked near the skytrain station, and there’s no suitable landing place for the fighter jet, plus based on my calculations, we’re really tight on time… even at full speed, we’ll barely get to where Qin Xi is above in two hours; there’s hardly any margin.”

“Therefore, the time we have to meet Qin Xi is extremely short, perhaps only a few minutes. If we land elsewhere and then run there, we’ll definitely exceed 00:42!”

Lin Xian nodded, accepting this proposal.

Indeed.

The physical distance between Donghai City and Chengdu is too vast, a whopping 2000 kilometers. Even the latest fighters cannot be like Doraemon’s Anywhere Door, they can’t get you there instantly.

“Looking at it this way, technology is still limited.”

Lin Xian said softly.

The speedometer in the front showed the fighter jet was advancing at its fastest speed, still not breaking Mach 4.

Perhaps this is also a requirement in the design of fighter jets, they are not meant to be designed too fast but should focus on agility.

But.

After all, it’s already the year 2504, and all technological products have not yet leapt beyond human imagination.

Copernicus indeed lives on.

No matter if Newton is still around or not, in the end, someone continues to carry on Copernicus’ will, hindering technological development.

“Lin Xian, get ready to parachute!”

Below, the brightly lit super metropolis is Chengdu, hundreds of years into the future.

This city, already rich with nightlife, remains just as charming in 2504. From high above, even though it’s already past midnight, there’s no sign of any rest.

Lin Xian adjusted his parachute, looking at VV beside him:

“Wait a minute! I can parachute, but can you with your weight?”

The trash can robot VV, constructed entirely out of hafnium alloy, weighs over a ton and is practically a land war god.

How does such a massive object parachute?

“No worries, just going through the motions.”

VV didn’t care and shook its clamp:

“Don’t underestimate hafnium alloy. Even a hard landing is fine for me. Of course… it’s best not to try, because I do have some plastic parts inside.”

Whoosh! Whoosh!

After the warning lights flashed, the fully equipped Lin Xian and VV were ejected out, high and low, opening their parachutes in mid-air.

VV’s descent was noticeably faster than Lin Xian’s, hitting the ground and making a small crater.

It spun in place, using its clamp to prop up the trash can, unscathed.

After the fall, untied the straps.

It immediately revved up its treads, leading Lin Xian toward the skytrain station tunnel:

“Hurry, Lin Xian! We’re running out of time! Your landing was too slow!”

Lin Xian ran in long strides, following VV.

He looked at the projected phone on his wrist, showing the time as June 18, 2504, 00:35.

Dammit.

Only 7 minutes left!

VV forged ahead, clearing the path, crashing through everything, while some nearby mechanical police and police dogs tried to react, only to be overpowered by VV, returning to their patrol as if nothing happened.

Without the limitations of the future virus now…

It must be admitted.

VV is indeed invincible in this world.

However, after that previous time where it showboated only to be immediately countered, VV probably wouldn’t dare to be so arrogant and tempt fate now.

“Just ahead! Hey, can you run any faster?”

VV’s treads sparked as it turned its head around complaining:

“How about getting you a set of tread legs too? We’ve got the technology now.”

“How much longer will it take?”

Lin Xian panted slightly.

Just waking up from nearly 300 years of long-term hibernation, his physical condition is indeed not as good as before, requiring some time to adjust and train.

“Just in front of that tunnel, we’re there!”

Lin Xian followed VV’s claw to look ahead.

Sure enough.

At the tunnel entrance, surrounded by four or five tourists, clapping inside.

That must be where Qin Xi is performing.

Quickly…

Only a few minutes left.

But.

Before Lin Xian and VV could approach, the crowd quickly dispersed, turning away.

Lin Xian couldn’t help but wonder.

What’s going on?

Why did they suddenly disperse?

One human and one trash can rushed into the tunnel, looking at the previously hidden angle.

Only to see.

A beautiful young woman, head down, removing the guitar from around her neck, bowing to place it into the guitar case below.

Her guitar is an extremely rare retro all-wood guitar in this era.

“Hmm?”

The young woman seemed to sense an unusual gaze.

She shook her fluffy deep brown ponytail, raised her head, looking at the panting man in front of her and… the stunned, green-light flashing, trembling trash can beside him.

“Um, sorry.”

The young woman’s eyes curved into cute crescent shapes, faint dimples appeared at the corners of her mouth, highlighted by the perfectly placed tear mole by her left eye.

She clasped her hands in an apologetic gesture, smiling at Lin Xian:

“Today’s performance is already over~”