Chapter 61

"320 meters? per second?!!!"

Hearing this, Wang Yaqin could no longer hold back, letting out a sharp explosive sound from her mouth!

If it were just a flying vehicle not too fast, flying it would be fine; Harbin Institute of Technology still has some prestige in Ice City.

But now you're telling me that this little gadget just over a meter long has actually reached subsonic speed?!!!

Don't think subsonic speed is worthless; nowadays planes casually reach several times the speed of sound, and missiles are even more ridiculously dozens of times the speed of sound!

But you don't even look—what kind of technology is this? Even a few of the five permanent UN rogue states might not be able to produce something of this level!

That represents the pinnacle of aviation technology on Blue Star!

Wang Yaqin hasn't forgotten that Li Mingyang just said this gadget has a full fifteen minutes of endurance!

Even if that's an exaggeration, cruising at that extreme speed would shrink a trip to the city to just ten minutes—that's still a huge deal!

320 meters per second converts to a full 1,152 kilometers per hour!

Even with just ten minutes of flight time, this little plane could fly over two hundred kilometers—what else could it be but the sky falling?

To test-fly such an aircraft, you must apply and register in advance!

Thinking this, Wang Yaqin hurriedly walked up to Li Mingyang's side:

"Junior brother, take advantage of now, quickly fly the aircraft back—don't ever fly it again, flying it again will really cause trouble!"

When Wang Yaqin arrived beside Li Mingyang and looked at the numbers on the display, her vision instantly went black, then black again!

Not only did the flight speed reach that outrageous subsonic level, but the flight altitude also directly surpassed one kilometer!

Is this really the level expected of a freshman who just entered university not long ago?

"Okay, okay, senior sister, I'll have the aircraft return right away."

Hearing this, Li Mingyang also didn't dare be careless; he readily complied, directly operating his aircraft to return.

Although I'm not quite sure why my senior sister changed her attitude a full 180 degrees in less than a minute, she just performed an outright about-face.

But Li Mingyang knows a principle: heed others' advice to eat your fill; in unfamiliar fields, it's more stable to listen to seniors' opinions.

"Phew! I was scared to death! Looks like nothing happened after all!"

Watching the little plane return to the runway in just a few dozen seconds, Wang Yaqin let out a long sigh of relief.

Thank goodness, thank goodness—the plane returned in time, and came back intact; hopefully nothing happened.

"Little junior brother, if there's any other aircraft to test-fly in the future, especially this kind of high-altitude, high-maneuverability aircraft, remember you must definitely file a report beforehand."

"Then the school will arrange a professional test site; we shouldn't have such reckless tests like today again!"

"Good thing nothing happened; otherwise we might have to spend New Year's Eve eating the reunion dinner in prison!"

Originally Wang Yaqin thought she had already overestimated her little junior brother's abilities as much as possible, but she never expected it to be due to some of her own oversights.

She actually overlooked the aircraft's own performance.

Yes, at this point Wang Yaqin's term for Li Mingyang's 'model aircraft' has directly become an aircraft.

It can achieve subsonic flight, with a range of over 200 kilometers and an endurance radius exceeding 100 km; calling such a thing a model aircraft is no longer appropriate.

"Little junior brother, today it's the senior sister's fault—I forgot to ask you about this aircraft's specific performance."

"But since nothing major happened, how about this: later I'll contact the school to see if we can quickly arrange a professional test site?"

Barely stabilizing her expression, feeling her heart still pounding violently in her chest, Wang Yaqin felt somewhat like she had snatched back her life.

Domestic aviation regulation is already strict, and in Ice City it's even more so.

Because many state-secret-level factories and research institutes are distributed here.

If any aircraft could fly into the sky without restraint, it would undoubtedly be a severe challenge to the confidentiality of the nation's top-tier technology.

But fortunately, this time I discovered it in time, so it probably hasn't caused any particularly serious problems… right?

Thinking it over, even Wang Yaqin herself isn't very confident, but since nothing has happened so far, it's likely nothing major.

"Thank you, senior sister, but no need—I've already tested Stellar Vessel's performance; the limit data is just what we saw earlier."

"There's no need to waste the school's resources by finding a professional site to retest."

"Besides, this is just a practice piece—not worth much attention; I'll get in touch later when I've researched something more impressive."

For Li Mingyang, he already has the data he wanted in hand, and there's no need to further test the Stellar Vessel he holds.

Like Iron Man's Mark 1 in the movies—once it's broken, it's just tossed into the desert, attracting no attention whatsoever.

The Stellar Vessel is the same for me—just my first insignificant little work in life.

Perhaps in the future the Stellar Vessel's significance will be nothing more than sitting in my collection as a mere keepsake.

Hearing Li Mingyang's words, Wang Yaqin couldn't help but feel a black line—before, they'd still been discussing in the lab, but now this kid's level has reached what point?

Although everyone had already overestimated as much as possible, they still unanimously thought at most he'd barely reached the level they had when they first entered graduate school.

Now it seems… they still vastly underestimated my little junior brother's ability, and his genius!

Wang Yaqin has no doubt that giving her little junior brother a year or so, the skies over Harbin Institute of Technology will surely echo with the pleasant sounds of aircraft… sonic booms!

Just as the senior and junior siblings were researching what to eat for lunch soon and which restaurant near the school gate was decent.

In a concealed military base not far from Ice City:

"Report, chief: an unidentified flying object was spotted in the skies over Ice City five minutes ago; should we trace its source?"

Upon receiving the report from his subordinates, the major in charge of security couldn't help but his face turned cold.

How could an unidentified flying object still infiltrate Ice City—are those hostile forces acting too arrogantly?

Just as he was about to order a strict investigation, the major suddenly thought of something?

"Do we have the aircraft's specific trajectory?"

"Yes, according to the flight path captured by our radar, this thing likely flew out of the Harbin Institute of Technology campus."

"Based on estimates, there's an eighty to ninety percent chance it was from the school's internal aircraft test site."

Hearing this, the major couldn't help but feel a black line:

Forget it, forget it; since it flew over from there, that shows this must be the handiwork of which student!

Moreover, the other party seems to have also realized their mistake; from the aircraft taking off to returning, it was only about two minutes.

This time let it go, but if similar situations happen again in the future, we really ought to warn the little guys inside!

But this time let it go; I imagine their teacher, upon learning of this matter, will likely offer criticism.