Chapter 1705: The Roaring Giant Beast

The two evolved Border Collies got out of the car and ignored Tang Huai, staring only at Yan Long behind him. Tang Huai immediately made introductions, "Professor Wu, Huanhuan, Lele, this is…"

"We've already met." Yan Long cut Tang Huai off directly, nodding to Wu Chengyu.

Huo Zhun spoke cheerfully, "Sister Qing, Professor Wu, Sister Huan, Brother Le." After greeting everyone in turn, Huo Zhun cheerfully reported to Wu Chengyu, "Professor Wu, the foundation platform and coordinate red lights have all been set up according to your requirements, right over there. Do you think it will work?"

Wu Chengyu nodded, "Good work. May I fly a small drone to confirm the placement?"

Huo Lei, who had just finished his work and run over, replied respectfully in a deep, muffled voice, "Of course. Is there anything I can help you with?"

"Not right now. After the helicopter lands later, I'll need everyone to help the inspection team check whether the equipment being transported meets safety management requirements."

Wu Chengyu opened the case Wu Le was carrying in his mouth, flew out a palm-sized drone, checked the placement of the ground perimeter fog lights on his phone, then nodded, "The placement is precise. Good work, Brother Huo."

Huo Lei broke into the same pig-slaughter honest smile as Huo Zhun, "Not at all. It's my honor to assist you."

Huo Zhun quietly shuffled behind Captain Yan. His old man's worthless look — the last time he'd seen it was back when his mother was still alive. After so many years, seeing it again still gave Huo Zhun goosebumps.

Xia Qing, who had spent several months as an apprentice at the Huo family knife shop, wore a calm expression. She had long known how much Huo Lei worshipped Wu Chengyu, which was one of the reasons she had recommended Wu Chengyu temporarily settle in Territory Eleven.

Fifteen minutes later, the two Border Collies' ears twitched, and they turned to look north.

Wu Chengyu, who had been chatting casually with Huo Lei, noticed the dogs' movements in his peripheral vision. He checked his phone, looked up, and said with obvious joy in his voice, "The helicopter is coming."

Zhang Jingwu reminded everyone, "The downwash from a giant helicopter is extremely dangerous. Please return indoors or into your vehicles immediately."

Xia Qing took Wu Chengyu, the two evolved Border Collies, and Tang Huai, who had shamelessly tagged along, back to her off-road vehicle. Less than half a minute after closing the door, she heard the faint, deep roar approaching.

The fog was too thick today — visibility under 20 meters. Even though Xia Qing was a level nine-and-a-half visual evolver, vision alone couldn't penetrate the dense fog to see anything in the air.

She asked, "Sixth Brother, will turning on the vehicle's infrared night vision and millimeter-wave radar interfere with the helicopter?"

Tang Huai's ears immediately perked up: Sixth Brother? Where does that form of address come from?

Wu Chengyu replied gently, "No, it won't."

Xia Qing turned on the equipment. The two screens on either side of the driver's seat and the central screen lit up one after another, showing only a blurry dot. This was too unusual. Xia Qing enlarged the image and examined it carefully.

Wu Chengyu leaned over to look at the data and blurry image on the vehicle display, explaining to Xia Qing why the imaging was unclear: "The materials and coating films used on the helicopter and the cargo being airlifted can, to a certain extent, shield this vehicle's radar and infrared monitoring. If Sister Qing needs it, once I'm done with this busy period, I can upgrade your vehicle's reconnaissance equipment."

Xia Qing replied immediately, "I need it. Thank you, Sixth Brother. I'll pay the market rate."

Tang Huai quickly followed, "Sixth Brother, if you have time, could you upgrade my vehicle too? I'll pay the market rate as well."

Wu Chengyu, who needed points to build his territory, nodded, "Sure."

Tang Huai got excited at once. He was just about to start chattering away when he faintly heard the helicopter's sound, and immediately pricked up his ears to listen.

The helicopter's roar grew clearer and clearer. Outside was still a blanket of fog, but on Xia Qing's vehicle display, another blurry shape had faintly appeared.

She could hear only one helicopter, so why were there two blurry outlines, one above the other? Xia Qing stared at the screen, growing more and more curious.

After listening for a while, Tang Huai couldn't help asking, "Sixth Brother, I've never heard an engine and propeller sound like this before. The one moving your house — it can't be the Giant Kun helicopter you just designed, can it?"

The super-heavy civilian helicopter Giant Kun, which Lanyi Base had already begun preliminary promotion for and planned to launch for sale next April? Xia Qing also looked up in surprise, watching Wu Chengyu in the back seat through the rearview mirror.

Wu Chengyu nodded, "This is the Giant Kun's first long-distance test flight."

Tang Huai was so excited his voice trembled along with the thick fog, "I can't believe the Giant Kun is already built! There's still over a year until it goes on sale. No wonder you said taking photos and uploading them would get a huge fine from Lanyi!"

Lanyi Base sending the Giant Kun to deliver goods was certainly because they wanted the former, seriously ill chief designer Wu Chengyu to complete the core component inspection and data analysis after this test flight. Xia Qing stopped looking at the two blurry blobs on the display and stared at the thick fog outside the window, listening carefully to the sound of Blue Star's first super-heavy civilian helicopter — the Giant Kun.

Other helicopters, including Xia Qing's Giant Eagle Claw helicopter, all made noisy sounds in flight — the only difference was how loud the noise was. But the helicopter flying over now sounded as if it were truly the roar of some giant beast, deep and oppressive, inspiring an involuntary sense of awe.

The lords of Northern Zone One simultaneously stopped their farm work, walked out of their greenhouses or rooms, and looked north.

At the sheep pen of Territory Three, the wolf-dog Lao Er's fur stood on end as he glared murderously at the fog in the sky. Behind him were Sheep Elder Brother and the little yellow calf huddled together, and in the haystack behind them, a plucked yellow weasel and little Bai Mao curled up in a ball.

In the northern buffer forest of Territory Three, three red squirrels huddled in the same nest, trembling.

Zhao Ze of Territory Four had covered his rabbit cages with his own cotton quilt, afraid the rabbits would be scared to death by the helicopter's roar.

In the meeting room of Territory Seven, the experts in the middle of an academic exchange also stopped talking and pricked up their ears.

In Territory Twenty-Three, Tao Ying, the female nurse who had followed the injured Xu Cunchao into Territory Twenty-Three, secretly turned on the micro-camera on her glasses.

"Attention all lords, attention all lords: heavy helicopter LYK1 is about to enter the airspace of Northern Zone One…"

Tan Junjie's solemn announcement sounded again, reminding the helicopter's landing site and surrounding territories to take precautions.

The land of Northern Zone One was shaken by the warning of massive fines and the deep roar of the Giant Kun helicopter, and the thick fog in the air was forced to flow and swirl.

It's here!

Relying on her excellent visual evolution ability, Xia Qing saw four red navigation lights blinking in the thick fog.

Although she knew this was a man-made machine, an inanimate object, accompanied by the low roar and the trembling of the earth, Xia Qing still felt a power no less than that of Xiong Wang and Tiger King roaring in the dark night.

Just as Xia Qing was worrying about her companions in the territory, the Giant Kun helicopter's six huge main rotors tore through the fog with a low roar, revealing its massive outline in the sky.

Xia Qing's eyes widened involuntarily. Beneath this enormous helicopter was… a two-story house!

No wonder the vehicle detection equipment had captured two blurry outlines!

Tang Huai beside Xia Qing couldn't help howling excitedly. Huo Lei, the lord of Territory Eleven who had been hiding inside, rushed out into the wildly flying snow foam and gravel, gesticulating wildly.

For the first time, Xia Qing had an intuitive and stunning understanding of the words "top precision instrument R&D boss." This was absolutely a boss standing at the top of the universe's pyramid alongside Third Brother — only such a person could build such a helicopter and house!

At this moment, Xin Yu's little white building held no appeal for Xia Qing. She would stop at nothing to have a house like this!

"Woof woof woof!!!"

Wu Le in the back seat, unable to stand Tang Huai's screaming any longer, let out an angry roar.

Two hours later, when Xia Qing dropped Wu Chengyu back at Territory Seven and returned to her own territory to continue driving the micro-tiller to clear snow, her mind was full of the two-story steel fortress that the Giant Kun helicopter had airlifted 1,500 kilometers, from Lanyi Safe Zone inner city to Territory Eleven in Northern Zone One of Hui Three.