Chapter 70 (1/2)

”P129T1081815W4298 has been reached.”

Huang Xuan walked out of the pa.s.sage with excitement, timidity, and pride. When his feet touched the ground, he felt as if he had just got off the Mayflower with the desire to conquer and a heart looking forward to peace. He was wearing a common cloth garment. The lining was made of an alloy by Rolin with two million kWh of energy. A gun case was fastened on his back, in which there was a 30-shot small gun. Huang Xuan thought that only if he carried enough bullets could he stay safe. So despite Rolin's objection, he had asked him to make a small-bore pistol with great force, which was much more advanced than the light-duty weapons of the 21st century. It had cost at least four million kWh of electricity.

Huang Xuan was wearing a leather hat, the lining of which was also made of alloy. Because people had different haircuts in different times, Huang Xuan had decided to put on a hat. Among the diverse hats, the leather ones were the most common, and there were few differences between styles. In addition, more kinds of metal could be stuffed in the lining of a leather hat. It could cover the whole face if needed. Hence, it was the ideal product for both trips and time travels.

Along with Huang Xuan were over ten tons of wheat, hundreds of kilos of sugar and spice, some handicrafts and meat, and a little canned food without packaging in case he entered somewhere remote and had nothing to eat. However, Huang Xuan had told Rolin that he had brought the canned food because such food would sell well. The most important wooden chest was filled with munitions. Each piece cost at least three million kWh of electricity. The transport had cost a fortune too. To obtain the techniques of making arms in a nearby plane, Rolin had consumed five million kWh of electricity.

This time Huang Xuan had spent a lot of his riches on the materials, but he was still worried that he had spent too little and the materials wouldn't be enough to protect himself against danger. If it hadn't been for his grandfather, he would have never agreed to go.

It was warm, and the air was pretty moist. Huang Xuan took a deep breath and looked around at the wilderness.

”Rolin, where are we?”

”The similarity is 97%. We are in a plane similar to P112. The location is a suburb of Lyon, France. The city is 10 km away in the south. We are in the time period of 108. We can stay here for 8 days.”

The increase of energy had made Rolin more accurate. The more precise the time period was, the more time the traveler got. It was a basic, yet the most difficult issue.

Once again, Huang Xuan had to walk. He started taking steps reluctantly, although he had been used to walking a long distance. ”Couldn't the travelers in the big plane times pick a place near the city?” Luckily, he had put on a pair of Nike which had been revised and fit just like the customized ones. It could absorb shock and make the road flat as he stepped on it. It had been worth 300 dollars, but Rolin had spent 100,000 dollars on it. Such a waste!

However, France and Lyon had intrigued Huang Xuan. His mom had collected a few works of the romantic artist, Théodore Cha.s.sériau, which were valuable. Ever since the Renaissance, Paris had become the cultural center. For modern collectors, the mature Paris had more creativity than Florence, meaning the price of the works in Paris would be higher.

Rolin was excited too. Although he sounded calm, he couldn't stop talking about their surroundings. Huang Xuan listened spiritlessly. ”I would rather go to school in s.h.i.+cheng than listen to Rolin.”

”A similarity of 97% means this plane is almost identical to P112. This is a s.p.a.ce desert. If it were in big plane times, with a similarity of 80%, we would be able to earn enough money for us to spend forever. If it were 100,000 years ago, this place would be colonized by the standard plane out of protection,” Rolin kept babbling.

”What is 'colonized out of protection'?” Huang Xuan wasn't interested in similarity at all. The planes he had experienced all had a similarity of above 90%. He couldn't understand the madness of the people living 100,000 years ago.

”To let it develop well, not to exploit it. Just like your conservation areas.”

Huang Xuan shrugged and moved on. ”Lyon is built at the confluence of the Saône River and the Rhône River. It's spring now when the landscape is picturesque. A good timing for an outing.” Huang Xuan was comforting himself.

Lyon was a famous historical city. In around the year 1998, it had been listed among the World Heritage Cities. But as a famous historical city, its culture was deep enough.