Chapter 194

"What Demon King?"

Miss Suzumiya's eyebrows instantly shot up — had she heard some incredible keyword?

Simultaneously, she looked directly at the youth beside her.

"Don't look at me, I don't know either." Facing the girl's puzzled, questioning gaze, Xia Zhi said with his face unchanged: "Seems this isn't our era, should be further in the future, probably some Future World disaster."

"Future World disaster? What kind of situation would that be?"

"Who knows, maybe an Artificial Intelligence Crisis or something, they just mentioned keywords like nanomachines and artificial intelligence." The Magician swiftly casually scanned the surroundings, his gaze sweeping across those future anti-gravity high-rises and the distant Space Elevator in turn.

"Artificial Intelligence Crisis?"

Miss Suzumiya was somewhat baffled, but hearing the city surroundings rapidly become chaotic, explosions and firelight bursting forth together, she still felt more or less uneasy.

At this moment, she finally looked like a girl, a trace of apprehension and fear showing on her pretty face.

"Why would we come to this era?"

"Could it be we can't go back?"

She subconsciously gripped Xia Zhi's hand tight, looking around worriedly, only to see the street had already thoroughly fallen into chaos, people wearing novel-style future clothing screaming as they sought cover and shelters, some even issuing Mors Command to personal flying vehicles.

Probably this era had already abandoned comparatively conventional ground transportation, simply couldn't see any so-called cars at all.

All were various models of shuttlecraft, flying vehicles, etc., they suspended in the city's upper air, relying on sufficiently advanced intelligent navigation and driving technology, almost no traffic jams or traffic accidents would occur…… but that was under normal circumstances, and now was abnormal circumstances.

When many people all crowded on one street, simultaneously wanting their personal flying vehicles to descend to the ground, to come to their side——

Then, the jam that should happen still had to happen.

"In any case——" Facing such chaotic, disorderly, order-collapsing scene, Haruhi Suzumiya tightly pursed her lips, she took a deep breath, striving to calm herself down, she proposed: "Should we leave here first? Continuing to stay here, we might get caught up in it, right."

"Works, then let's leave first."

"Do you know where to go?"

"Don't know, how about we also snatch a flying vehicle, anyway pull away distance first." Xia Zhi said with a straight face, pulling Team Leader-sama preparing to stage the classic Grand Theft Auto scene.

"Better not…… you think this is filming a movie?" Team Leader-sama was pulled forward by him, reacted and instantly wore a strange expression: "And that's a Future Era flying vehicle! You, a Material Information Mage, would know how to drive this thing?"

"One correction, about this you actually remembered wrong."

Xia Zhi very seriously raised one finger, shook it once——

"I am an Ideal System Cultivator, Itsuki and Ryoko are the Material Information Mages."

"Eh? Is that so…… wait! No no, that's not the point! The point is this is a future flying vehicle, can you drive it?"

The girl first blanked slightly, immediately then reacted and shook her head repeatedly.

This fellow fundamentally didn't grasp the point, whether he's a Magic User or Cultivator, can he really figure out these future high-tech things?

"This of course I can drive, won't have any difficulty."

Xia Zhi gave her a reassuring gaze, just short of patting his chest and boasting.

His Riding Skill was very high-grade, omnipotent to almost all mounts or vehicles, even to phantasmal beasts, divine beasts freely drivable extent. Even for "Riding" in abstract concepts, he had absolute driving ability…… could be vehicles, animals, humans, even some abstract objects.

——That is to say, if being a bit perverse, as long as defining humans as mounts……

——Then he grabs a pigtails and can directly go high speed.

"Really?"

Miss Suzumiya still somewhat doubtful, could it be he had already experienced Future Era in previous time travels, so learned relevant operation knowledge?

Although subconsciously feeling it should be such a matter, she still couldn't help asking uneasily: "Then how is it driven?"

"This I how would I know now."

Xia Zhi naturally shook his head, he also hadn't contacted those flying vehicles, nor planned to apply to the future for cross-border intelligence download targeting this, naturally wouldn't master future transportation driving methods.

But this fundamentally wasn't important, as long as he entered the driving cockpit, started operating, then everything would be easily resolved——

Riding (A+): Driving, forced domination, control these extended meanings also included. Therefore even using not his familiar mount, he could in two seconds immediately learn highest-grade riding way.

"……You say you don't know?" Miss Suzumiya wide eyes.

"Don't know now, but this thing definitely very easy to drive, sit on it one glance can see clearly."

"What do you mean one glance see clearly…… you better not tell me you only know something like LT key reverse, LB key downshift, left stick control direction type stuff."

Team Leader-sama vigorously shook head, she began suspecting his driving technique was learned from some wonderful places.

Bang!!

While the two heatedly discussed, the distant Suanrao had already spread open, seemed war imminent, and rapidly entered white-hot battle phase, massive giant Sky Mother Ships descended on the firmament, as if cooperating with Orbital Cannon firepower, brazenly entering Battlefield.

Those like future warriors black dots, from Sky Mother Ships directly parachuted, then displayed extremely rare swift mobility and agility, unfolded fierce battle.

Yet couldn't gain advantage, explosions and firelight still emerged endlessly.

Looking from afar, near those few giant Sky Mother Ships, the air from time to time appeared a patch of ripple-like light spots, that was Shield manifestation in atmosphere, also phenomenon of encountering attack.

Sky Mother Ships all somewhat staggering, also unknown how long Shield could hold.

Precisely the opposite side couldn't even see enemy, at least surface seemed truly none, because that fundamentally wasn't some conventional enemy.

And also in this spreading open, as if wanting to swallow entire city into Battlefield Suanrao, began many shuttlecraft, flying vehicles etc. malfunctioning, unknown what influenced them, staggering from high altitude nosedived down.

Just now's one loud boom, was a flying vehicle smashed into roadside.

And right beside the two people.

Haruhi Suzumiya directly startled a jump, heart pounding, pretty face somewhat pale. Like walking on road, side suddenly smashes a flowerpot, anyone would be scared badly, let alone now falling from sky not flowerpot, but room-sized metal lump.

Even knowing now here already Battlefield, in chaos anything possible, from stray bullets to explosions……

She also couldn't immediately adjust cognition, hadn't fully made psychological preparation.

Just as Team Leader-sama scared not lightly, alarmed and uncertain, that flying vehicle's cabin door suddenly opened, a person from inside struggling climbed out, after strenuously standing up, even directly ran off, fundamentally no stopping, not a word said.

"This shock absorption tech really awesome……"

Xia Zhi praised a sentence, also didn't reach out to stop this survived-great-disaster fellow.

Or also can't count as great disaster, although somewhat bedraggled, but that person clearly not much injured, body not even a bit blood stain. Clearly from such high height nosedive fall, this result already pretty good, estimate flying vehicle safety coefficient high enough, also future people's intelligent clothing also comparatively technical.

He had already discovered through observation that the Time Travelers' attire seemed rather uniform.

They appeared to have wildly different styles, trendy and novel, each person distinct. However, in reality, they seemed to be essentially the same Intelligent Clothing, merely capable of freely changing shape, color, and style.

It was like a second layer of skin for the Human Body, and seemed to have additional functions as well, such as Recycling energy generated by body movement to wirelessly power other equipment worn on the body.

From the looks of it now, its Defense Art capability also seemed quite high.

Of Course, Xia Zhi's attention was mostly on that flying Vessel; he stared at it for a moment, then nodded as if realizing something.

"OK, just as I was dozing off someone delivers a pillow — this one it is—"

He turned back to greet the Team Leader: "Come come come, get inside."

"Th-This thing isn't broken down, is it?"

"How would it be? He just doesn't know how to fly it. Anyway, I have a Method to Solve it."

Xia Zhi said with a face full of certainty, extending a Finger joint to Gently tap the Vessel's outer shell; like a Miracle, the Cracks, dents, and other damaged areas on the unknown metal shell's Surface suddenly Wriggled, rapidly beginning to Repair Integration on their own.

In just a Blink of an Eye, the Vessel was brand new again, as if it had just left the factory.

—Is this also some kind of miraculous Dao Technique or similar power?

—Did he use a professional Skill belonging to the Qi Refining Cultivator profession?

The Team Leader witnessed this scene with her own eyes and immediately made the Connection; at the same time, she viewed Xia Zhi's solemn vow in a new light, feeling he might genuinely have some Method, rather than baseless confidence.

The Vessel's Internal Space was quite spacious, and the Driving Cockpit's layout was sufficiently advanced; a random clip shot here could be taken to Hollywood and edited into some high-tech themed Sci-fi movie, and there would surely be no sense of Discord at all.

"Sit tight, fasten your seatbelts."

"Where are there any seatbelts!"

"Then just sit tight."

Xia Zhi took the driver's seat as a matter of course; a casual sweep of his gaze, and it seemed the entire Vessel was directly Activated by his line of sight, corresponding Instruments and indicator lights lighting up, swiftly entering Standby State.

"Take off. Just leave the Battlefield in the opposite Direction."

He had already mastered the correct piloting method through the Riding Skill, but at this moment it was clearly no longer necessary for him to operate manually, so he simply issued a Mors Command directly.

No vibration was felt, nor was any warm-up startup needed.

The instant the command was issued, the Vessel rose vertically; the Scenery and Height changes outside were visible.

"Huh? Is it that simple?" Miss Suzumiya, watching the whole process beside him, instantly couldn't comprehend; a giant question mark popped up over her head.

Just like that? It actually worked just like that?

No operation needed at all, just Voice Control works? Then wouldn't she be able to do it too?

"Where's it simple? You just didn't see what I did." The youth coughed lightly, Explaining simply.

"Oh oh, I knew it! Indeed it's using some Dao Technique or the like?" Haruhi Suzumiya's eyes immediately lit up, clearly very interested in this topic.

"No, it's Magic."

"Emmmmmm... aren't you an Ideal System Cultivator?"

"Qi Refining Cultivators can use Magic too. I just used Magic targeted at mechanical repair, then used electromagnetic Interference superpowers, Utilized Hacker Technique to unlock the Vessel's own Permissions, then communicated with it directly. After all, this kind of Vessel internally all have a Spirit of the Tool..."

The youth said with a straight face: "Thus, the Machine Soul was delighted, and it decided to directly take us flying out of here, leaving this Place."

"This..."

Haruhi Suzumiya Frowned.

How come the composition feels a bit Complex, with a strong sense of discord like the Great God Father Wang Lama of the Shaolin Temple's Wudang Mountain Office opening his mouth and shouting Allahu Akbar.

"Forget it, since it can fly there's no problem... I'm going to the back to look!" Perceiving the Vessel was running very smoothly, Haruhi Suzumiya didn't dwell on it, instead saying Casually; she seemed to very swiftly Transfer her attention elsewhere.

The Driving Cockpit here was clear at a glance, nothing worth seeing.

Although there were some things she was Curious about, right now was during the flight process; no matter how Willful or Casual, Miss Suzumiya still didn't plan to randomly touch anything in the Driving Cockpit.

"Go on go on, just don't run around randomly..."

Having sent the Team Leader away, Xia Zhi then Turned Back; on his Retina appeared a Projection ordinary people couldn't see — streams of Data Stream—

—"Highest Permission detected..."

—"Proton Entanglement Mail received, Key Verification passed..."

—"Protocol passed... According to Agreement Content, beginning execution of Plan Zero..."

While the display frame information on his Retina kept Appearing and refreshing, a Prompt Sound only he could hear rang in his ear — not a mechanical-textured, gender-indistinguishable Artificial Intelligence voice, but an Abnormally pleasant and clear timbre.

"Hello, Master from another Time Node. Gray Wind reports to you. Do you need a Designated Title?"

"..."

"..."

Brief Silence.

Xia Zhi pinched his chin, examining this Vessel completely hijacked and assimilated by Nano Intelligence, his Tone extremely Subtle: "It actually developed to this extent... seeing it with my own eyes is still somewhat surprising... hmm, this voice — could it be you even installed Lie Kexingdun's Voice Mod?"

He did not Suspect for a moment this was his own handiwork, because this Bad Taste was exactly like his own.

And facing the question he raised.

That pleasant timbre transmitted from the Grey Gu Cluster Consciousness gave an answer—

"Lie Kexingdun believes you are the World's master; everyone should become your loyal slaves."

(Chapter End)