Chapter 247 (2/2)
Project Beat the Heavens: Day 4, 11:30AM; Dongwu City
Lunch time! But before that, Su Chan had a major conundrum to solve: Mac Doo Nurls, or that cute little shop beside the train station which sold the hIt was always such a pain whenever she was forced to choose between two goodiesIt was like asking her to choose between Yundong and Master, the ht a bad taste to Su Chan's et both
But
Su Chan counted the cash she was holding in her hands
NopeDefinitely not getting both
Su Chan wanted to cry
”HmphIf only I have hello Keedee with me,” Su Chan mumbled to herself, but then quickly cla beside her on the bench started giving her strange looks
RightProbably shouldn't be talking to yourself, Chan'er
Those men with sticks would probably try to kick her out if they thought she was some loony with ten loose screwsNot that she couldn't kick all of their assesShe just, you know, didn't want to draw attention to herself
Su Chan sighed and counted the cash againShe glanced at Mac Doo Nurls, which was located just opposite of the bench she was sitting on
Pro: Nearer; er queue
In the end, Su Chan ith the duood idea to save as much money as possible since she didn't have hello Keedee with her
Half an hour later, Su Chan returned to the sasThe old man had already left, so she now had the bench all to herselfWhich meant she could eat in peaceYay
Moments later, Su Chan sat down on the bench to sWhile she ate, Su Chanshe had learned fro
First of allRuan Hongling! What was that girl doing here? Shouldn't she be in Tiannan City helping Yundong prepare for his divine punish at the train station, Su Chan had followed the girl around with one of her clonesAs it turned out, Ruan Hongling wasn't in Dongwu City to stay; Su Chan saw the girl boarding a train to leave Dongwu City shortly after she began following herThe destination of Ruan Hongling's train was, unsurprisingly, Tiannan CityWell, that was that
Maybe Ruan Hongling was here to run an errand?
About half an hour after Su Chan saw Ruan Hongling board the train, she encountered yet another shocker: she saw Ding Nan get off a train frowu City? What a puzzling sequence of events indeed
Like, what in Tao's na on? Why were the people she knew (not that she really knew Ding Nan) suddenly popping up in Dongwu City?
She wouldn't h…
Lost in her own thoughts, Su Chan didn't realize that she had just finished the last of her dus until her chopsticks touched the bottom of the boxShe stared at the ely at the Mac Doo Nurls outlet opposite the bench
Her traitorous stoonna happen
Su Chan tore her gaze away from Mac Doo Nurls and rose from the bench to dispose of the empty boxMaster didn't have a lot ofSu Chan needed was ending up having to beg on the streets for food
Right thenLunch tiet back to work
Her stooing to be a long, long day
Project Beat the Heavens: Day 4, 2:43PM; Apart District, Tiannan City
Zi Yuan studied the sketch detailing the new design of the Heir's Qi ProbeThe thin, rod-like structure (thedifferent noas the geometric structure of the Qi Probe below the headIn the old design, the thin rod was connected to a glob-like structure that enveloped the whole body; but in the new one, the rod was linked to so-like structure around the waist
Zi Yuan traced her finger across the sketch”The position of this ring” She looked up frohtly below the navel,” the Heir answered quickly, al the question”That's the center ofposition”
Zi Yuan sured asstructure”A ring, huh?” She looked up froain”This is to counterbalance the push, isn't it?”
”Newton's Second Law” The Heir grinned, then nodded”That way I won't be blasted to kingdom come like just now”
”I see” Zi Yuan chuckled”And you achieve that by generating a second propulsion force in the direction opposite of the first push”
”Yep” The Heir laughed”Guess I should send h-school physics teacher some flowers after this… Or maybe build a shrine for Newton”
That remark drew another chuckle from Zi Yuan
”Anyway,” said the Heir”The first propulsion will get me out of the line of fireAnd then the second one, which will be generated a split second after the first one, will stop e the next bolt”
”And the ring shape makes it possible because it is symmetrical in all directions” Zi Yuan shook her head in aenerate an opposing propulsion no”
”Exactly”
Zi Yuan looked up fro directly over the center of mass to eliminate rotational motion”
The Heir nodded”It prevents e”
”Brilliant” Zi Yuan whisperedAnd it wasIt truly was
The solution was absolutely brilliant
A swell of pride filled Zi Yuan's chest right thenPerhaps this hy Master had deeMaybe there really was a greater purpose behind the Heir's eence
All of a sudden, the words of Acalanatha echoed inside Zi Yuan's s shall obtain ultiCould he really
”So? Think it's worth a try?”
Zi Yuan's raised her gaze at the Heir's voiceThe Heir was staring back at her expectantly
”Come” Zi Yuan rose froet this over with”
(T/N: Recole Drive; see track label 247_t1)
”Ready when you are!” Zi Yuan shouted fro at the center of the plains with his eyes closed and his figure bathed in the golden glow of the Jindan AuraEarlier, Zi Yuan had suggested that he should keep his eyes closed throughout the whole thingThat way he could focuscontrol of his Zhenqi rather than be distracted by what he sawAfter all, he didn't have to rely on his eyesight to otten the sensory part covered
Fro into his stance
Seconds later, one of the Heir's arn
”In threetwooneBegin!”
Zi Yuan did a hand sign and activated the simulation
The first bolt struck precisely two seconds laterThe Heir's body blurred as it shi+fted on the ground
WHAM!
The Heir now stood a few feet to the side of a charred hole on the ground
”Steadysteady” Zi Yuan whispered as the Heir adjusted his stance to stop his body fro
The second bolt streaked down froht in her throat for a h
The Heir's glowing body stood tall beside a second holeHe even
A loud rumble sounded above
CRACK! WHAM!
Another successful dodge
Zi Yuan lifted her gaze and sawabove the fieldTwo quick flashes blinded Zi Yuan's eyes te her to flinchAs soon as she reopened her eyes, Zi Yuan immediately scanned the field for the Heir
Yes!
The Heir's glowing figure stood roughly twenty feet to the left of his original position, which had been reduced to a large craterDespite their large area of ie the two previous bolts
Zi Yuan snitude of the propulsion force based on the y spikes in the sky
What a quick study
The Heir olden blur to avoid another bolt
Zi Yuan looked towards the grassland, focusing her gaze on the Heir's postureThe design relied heavily on the positioning of the ring-like structure of the Heir's Zhenqi relative to his body's center of massThe solution would break down if, at any moment, the Heir's center of mass shi+ftedIn other words, the Heir had to be in the sahout the entire ordeal to keep his center of olden blur brought the Heir towards the right side of the fieldIt made sense to move there; the left side of the field was pretty much covered in holes and craters
It was only when the Heir was dodging the 20th bolt that another idea occurred to Zi YuanWhat if he wasn't standing on the ground while dodging? What if he was levitating slightly above the ground the whole time? Wouldn't that make his movements much more efficient? Because then friction would be eliminated from the equationZi Yuan n later
CRACK! CRACK! WHAM!
Zi Yuan's looked towards the grassland at the sound of the Heir's screarassland was now covered with charred cratersThe Heir was lying on the grass, writhing in pain as the Heavenly Thunder's poed his body whole
A second later, the Heir disappeared in a flash
Holding her breath, Zi Yuan did a hand sign; a counter appeared in front of her face
Zi Yuan's lips curved into a sn
The Heir was sitting on the floor when she reappeared inside the apart to his feet the moment he saw her
”How many?” he asked anxiously
Zi Yuan smirked”Thirty-two”
A pindrop silence ensued after her announcees flitting across the Heir's expression: the slow parting of his lips; the rounding of his eyes; the way his jaw moved, yet no sound came out; and then
”Thirty-two!!!!” The Heir leaped into the air and pumped his fist”Yes!!!! Woo-hoo!!! Yes!!! Yes!!!” When he landed on the floor, he started laughing his head off”Thirty-two! Zi Yuan!! Thirty-two!!!” Soon, the Heir was lying on the floor, staring up at the ceiling”Chan'er!!! I love you!!! Wait forto fetch you soon!”
Then he went back to laughing
A slow smile spread across Zi Yuan's features as she watched the whole scene quietly
At long last
The beacons of hope were lit