Chapter 5

Deng Jianguo nodded hurriedly, as if he had just realized it.

The next second, in the radio communication channel, came Zhou Zhou Zhou Yonghui’s roar like a pig being slaughtered.

“This isn’t right! I don’t know how to fly this plane either!”

“How did it take off!!!”

“I’m doomed!”

“Someone help!! Save me!!!!”

“Zhou Zhou Zhou Yonghui!”

Zhao Lao’s voice rang out: “I am Zhao Zhao Keqin, please stay calm!”

“Now, please control the plane and land immediately!”

“I repeat, please land immediately!”

Listening to Zhao Lao’s voice on the radio channel, Zhou Zhou Zhou Yonghui looked blankly at the dense buttons in front of him.

Damn it, which one is the landing button!

They didn’t even label it...

Right!

There’s the manual, I still have the manual!

Zhou Zhou Zhou Yonghui, as if grabbing a life-saving straw, flipped out the manual Song Qi gave him.

No!

This manual is clearly written in Chinese, why can’t I understand a single word!

Is there a mistake!

Now I’m really screwed.

Flying a fighter jet you don’t know how to fly at all is simply joking with your own life.

Past memories flashed in front of Zhou Zhou Zhou Yonghui like a slide show, and his heart was full of unwillingness.

Could it be that I, a dignified ace pilot, am going to die in such a place!

Zhou Zhou Zhou Yonghui smashed his right hand hard against the control panel, venting the hatred in his heart.

But as luck would have it, this punch happened to hit a red button.

In an instant.

Inside the cockpit, which had been extremely quiet, a series of emotionless mechanical female voices suddenly rang out.

“Ding! No. 0 aircraft automatic cruise system activated...”

“Ding! System automatically detects the current status of No. 0 aircraft!”

“Dragon Soul engine is normal! Total engine thrust is 1300 kilonewtons.”

“Air-space integrated radar system self-check normal, detected nine unidentified flying object targets at high altitude!”

“Air-to-air missile system self-check normal, carrying gk-8 model missiles...”

“...”

“Official takeoff countdown: 60 seconds!”

“59!”

“...”

At this moment, not only Zhou Zhou Zhou Yonghui and Deng Jianguo, but even Zhao Lao, Liu Lao, and the group of academicians behind them were confused.

What the hell?

Fighter jets also have automatic cruise systems?

Do you think a fighter jet is a drone? Can it automatically cruise in the sky?

The missions performed by fighter jets are inherently complex, and the situation changes in an instant. In the entire Blue Star, there is no operating system that can install an autopilot system on a fighter jet.

As for the Dragon Soul engine behind it, that’s even more ridiculous.

It’s simply a fantasy!

You know, even the Freedom Country’s most advanced F-22 uses dual-turbine engine technology, and the engine thrust is only three hundred kilonewtons!

Even so, the F-22’s power system is enough to stand out among fighter jets!

This so-called Dragon Soul engine, starting at 1300 kilonewtons, are you fooling ghosts!

“It’s simply nonsense!”

Zhao Lao was so angry that his beard was blowing and his eyes were staring. At this moment, he was absolutely certain that the plane in front of him was a prank.

“Who on earth modified this F-8, there’s no scientific spirit at all!”

“Do you think it’s fun to tease us old guys?”

“Just the performance reported by this plane, not a single one can be achieved, who on earth is it!”

On the side, Deng Jianguo saw that he couldn’t hold it back anymore, so he could only lower his voice against Zhao Lao’s fury: “Zhao Lao, it was Song Qi who modified it...”

“Song Qi!”

Flames of anger flashed in Zhao Lao’s eyes.

“It’s this kid again!”

“I thought this kid had become honest, but I didn’t expect him to be as unruly as before!”

“If this kid can enter our Sky Sword Research Institute in the future, I, Zhao Zhao Keqin, will take the same surname as him!”

“If this model plane can achieve the performance it claims, I will resign from the Academy of Sciences directly and let this kid Song Qi be the academician!”

“Where is Song Qi! Call this kid to me!”

“Hey... hey, okay.” Deng Jianguo wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and nodded continuously.

He gave a wink to the person beside him, and the person immediately understood and left quietly.

“Ding! Dragon Soul engine adjusted to the best state, current power 1500 kilonewtons!”

“Takeoff countdown: 10!”

“9!”

“8!”

“...”

“3!”

“2!”

“1!”

“Take off!”

The next second.

An unparalleled sense of push-back instantly swept through Zhou Zhou Zhou Yonghui’s entire body.

The huge roar of the engine resounded in all directions.

Zhou Zhou Zhou Yonghui clearly saw the scene around him retreating rapidly in front of him, and the clouds in the sky getting closer and closer!

“Holy crap!”

“Report to the Chief!”

“I’m in the sky!”

“It’s really damn exciting!”

If at the beginning, Zhao Lao’s attitude towards the J-8 modification was questioning and disdainful.

When he saw the fighter jet rushing straight into the sky, he realized that what he had just said was a bit too full...

I saw four engines at the bottom of the fighter jet emitting blue light, rushing into the sky!

In an instant, the fighter jet disappeared without a trace.

The speed was so fast that it was staggering!

“This takeoff speed, I’m afraid even the J-20 can’t catch up...”

“This is still a vertical takeoff; if it were allowed to take off with a run, the speed would definitely be twice as fast as the J-20!”

Looking at the fighter jet rushing straight into the sky, Zhao Lao swallowed hard.

His own bold words just now were still lingering in everyone’s ears, and the next second, Zhao Lao was slapped in the face.

Even with Zhao Lao’s city, he felt a bit unable to hold his face at this moment.

In the radio communication channel, Zhou Zhou Zhou Yonghui’s screams of fear and horror came.

“Re... report to the Chief!”

“The fighter jet’s flight speed is extremely fast! It is rapidly climbing! The dashboard shows the target climbing altitude is 24,000 meters!”

“Damn it, it’s really exciting!”

“I’ve never flown such a powerful fighter jet in my life!!!”

Under the influence of the hormones produced by high-speed flight, Zhou Zhou Zhou Yonghui had completely forgotten himself.

Every word he spoke was a national essence (curse).

On the side, Zhao Lao, Liu Lao, and the group of academicians heard Zhou Zhou Zhou Yonghui’s report and were stunned.

Wait?

Did I hear that right?

Expected climbing altitude, 24,000 meters?

Is this damn altitude a fighter jet should climb to?

You know, even a fifth-generation fighter like the J-20 has a climbing limit of only about 20,000 meters!

The legendary Blue Star number one fighter—the F-22 Raptor—has a limit altitude of only 22,000 meters, and it’s always in the news for accidents because it flies too high.

You come up and it’s 24,000 meters?

Are you fooling ghosts!

Generally, the only planes that can reach this altitude of 24,000 meters are the Freedom Country’s U-2 reconnaissance planes.

But they are reconnaissance planes!

They are just responsible for taking pictures and such.

Why are you, a fighter jet, competing with others to see who flies higher!

You’re somewhat neglecting your proper work, huh!

At this moment.

Zhou Zhou Zhou Yonghui’s little heart in the cockpit was pounding wildly, almost jumping out of his throat.

I’m just an ace pilot, not an ace astronaut.

Is this sitting in a plane!

Even rockets don’t have such a fast climbing speed...

I just asked that kid Song Qi to touch up the paint and wax it!

What on earth did this kid modify into?

The person is flying in front, and the soul is chasing behind.

It’s damn exciting and damn fierce!

It must be said that Zhou Zhou Zhou Yonghui’s psychological quality is really strong; if it were an ordinary person, they would have been scared to wet their pants long ago.

After all, he was also a pilot, and he relied on his flying skills to be awarded the rank of Major.

He had the ability, but he just wasn’t very reliable.

About five minutes later.

A fighter jet, silver-gray all over and with an incredibly cool shape, appeared at an altitude of 24,000 meters above Blue Star.

At this altitude, all weather phenomena disappeared, and the sky was as blue as a wash.

It was terrifyingly quiet.

“Zhou Zhou Zhou Yonghui! How is your situation over there!”

In the radio communication channel came Zhao Lao’s anxious voice.

Zhou Zhou Zhou Yonghui swallowed hard.

“Re... report to the Chief!”

“I have arrived at an altitude of 24,000 meters, and I still haven’t gained control of the plane. Currently, the plane is cruising at a speed of 7,000 kilometers per hour...”

“Hey! No!”

On the other end, Zhao Lao heard this, and his head was full of question marks.

“Whose fighter jet cruises at Mach 6!”

“Zhou Zhou Zhou Yonghui! Are you crazy or am I crazy!”

Mach 6 is six times the speed of sound, equivalent to running two kilometers in one second.

In other words, flying this fighter jet, it would take only ten minutes or so from Beijing to Shanghai...

What the hell is this monster!

Not only Zhao Lao, but even the group of researchers behind him, heard this message.

They were also stunned on the spot as if struck by lightning.

This damn thing, even novels wouldn’t dare to write it like this!

“Ding! Radar system detected a fighter jet at an altitude of 18,000 meters!”

“Ding! Radar system detected three fighter jets at an altitude of 16,000 meters!”

“...”

One notification sound after another rang out in the radio communication channel.

At this moment, Zhao Lao and the others fell into a strange silence.

The reason is very simple; what this fighter jet’s radar scanned was exactly the other ten fighter jets participating in the military exercise.

Not one more, not one less.

What’s even more terrifying is that the other fighter jets didn’t detect the trace of the fighter jet Zhou Zhou Zhou Yonghui was flying on their radar at all.

After this J-8 modification flew into the clouds, it was as if it had disappeared into thin air.

Let alone the fighter jet radar, even the ground-based scanning radar dispatched by the Northwest Military Region couldn’t find its trace...

This also shows that the stealth performance of that fighter jet far exceeded everyone’s imagination!

“Damn it!”

“What’s the point of playing anymore!”

Even Zhao Lao couldn’t help but curse at this moment.

This is simply too bullying!

The J-20, which he painstakingly studied and spent countless efforts on, was like a joke in front of this fighter jet.

This is just a J-8 modification!

It’s just a mere second-generation fighter!

As a result, regardless of the engine, flight speed, or even radar and stealth performance.

It directly crushed the J-20, a fifth-generation fighter, until not even a residue was left!

An unprecedented sense of defeat surged into Zhao Lao’s heart.

And thinking that this fighter jet was actually modified by this kid Song Qi.

In Zhao Lao’s heart, a feeling that time is like a knife, and every cut makes people old, couldn’t help but arise.

“Re... report to the Chief!”

In the radio communication channel, Zhou Zhou Zhou Yonghui’s voice came again.

“The fighter jet I’m flying seems... seems to be heading towards our own fighter jets...”

“Let it go!”

Zhao Lao frowned and continued.

“I don’t believe that ten fighter jets, one fifth-generation and nine fourth-generation, can’t last ten minutes in its hands!”

This aviation exercise uses blank ammunition, so even if the plane is hit, it won’t cause much damage.

Naturally, it won’t cause casualties either.

Since that’s the case, it’s better to let the aviation exercise continue!

It’s just that Zhao Lao also knew in his heart that from this moment on, the protagonist of the military exercise had changed from the J-20 to the J-8 modification modified by Song Qi!

As long as the J-20 he designed can last ten minutes in the hands of the J-8 modification!

That’s a success!

On the side, Deng Jianguo witnessed Zhao Lao’s language change with his own eyes, especially after hearing about lasting ten minutes.

He couldn’t help it and burst out laughing.

“What are you laughing at! Senior Colonel Deng!”