Star Hunter.

Chapter 263 is really a vegetable pancake.

Volume 1, Chapter 263: It really is a vegetable pancake.

It's not that there aren't super-intelligent flying cars, but those are mostly custom-made, non-competitive models. After all, the technical requirements, circuit design, and manufacturing processes for super-intelligent flying cars are far more demanding than for other types. This is why Flake isn't optimistic about his incorporation of super-intelligent technology. (Please remember our website address.)

In many cases, over-reliance on superintelligence is not a good thing, as it can affect the decision-making of drivers and navigators during races. Therefore, more racing cars tend to focus on defensive and computational intelligence rather than superintelligence that far surpasses both and is on par with a high-end robot.

Adding super intelligence would undoubtedly make a flying car more eye-catching, but it would also attract ridicule from many, as those in the know understand the risks involved. The costs are high, the influencing factors are significant, and the losses outweigh the gains.

Of course, both Xilin and Naimi had their own considerations.

"Will it really work?" Naimi circled the "vegetable pancake" and then asked Xilin, "That plan is very risky, isn't it?"

Xilin sat down on the ground, watching the "vegetable pancake" flip like a coin, and laughed, "It was just an experiment, wasn't it?"

"I really want to see the expressions on those people's faces when they see our amazing performance."

You'll find out when the time comes.

Naimi chuckled. In fact, the Szel family members all felt they knew Naimi well, but not many truly understood him, otherwise Fleka wouldn't have been so surprised.

There was no rush to drive the "vegetable pancake" away. Xilin had just finished work and was very tired from working for the past few days. Without changing his work clothes, he leaned against a pile of parts to rest.

Yes, there are still a bunch of parts left. Xilin was prepared to try again if he failed once, but unexpectedly, the assembly went very smoothly this time. Moreover, Xilin felt that he had never assembled a machine so focused before, not even when he was in Mo Heng's workshop.

When Xilin finally finished the assembly, installed the system, set everything up, and then checked and confirmed that everything was perfect, he realized that nine days had already passed.

Naimi rubbed her hands together, clapped them, and said to "Caibing," who was excitedly flipping around because of her arrival in this world, "Come on, Caibing, sing a little tune for your brother!"

"Cai Bing" stopped flipping and asked in a childlike voice, "What do you want to hear?"

Naimi thought for a moment, "I want to hear the classical version of the imperial national anthem!"

Xilin, who was resting with his eyes closed, found this amusing. He couldn't believe that Naimi would like the classic version, since that version was usually only liked by older people, while young people preferred the popular version.

Xilin fell asleep to this piece of music, which features classical instruments and rhythms that symbolize that distant era.

He didn't sleep for very long, waking up the next day. Compared to his usual sleep duration after long work hours, this was a very short sleep. However, despite the relatively short rest, the quality of his sleep was remarkably good; at least by the time he woke up the next day, Xilin had regained his energy.

On the tenth day, Fleck deliberately put down his work and came to this factory. He had been standing in front of the door for more than 30 minutes. He had not turned on the monitor inside, so he did not know what was going on inside. However, he was too proud to ask the two guys to open the door, so he pretended to be instructing the people to repair the flying car in the workshop not far from the site. He was not as gentle as usual, and his aura made the repairmen feel scared.

Those being instructed understood what Fleckka meant. All they could think was: "You two little devils inside, hurry up and come out! This guy is putting too much pressure on us!"

Just as Flecka was suppressing his anxiety, the factory door opened.

Almost the instant the door opened, everyone stopped what they were doing and looked over. Normally, Fleka would have already given them a dressing down; he didn't like anyone suddenly stopping in the middle of repairs. But now, Fleka had no time to pay attention to him at all; his eyes were fixed on the disc-shaped flying car, about seven meters in diameter, that flew out from inside.

Many people here knew that Xilin and Naimi had been assembling flying cars inside these past few days, but they didn't know what kind of flying car Xilin and Naimi were going to build. Now, seeing this large disc, everyone except Fleka was thinking the same thing at the same time: a vegetable pancake? How could it be a vegetable pancake?!

"Vegetable pancake" is undoubtedly a very negative term in the racing world; it's always been ridiculed. But for Naimi, the young master of the family, to actually build a "vegetable pancake" racing car—isn't that a disgrace to the Szel family? One can only imagine the reaction of Naimi's father and grandfather when they find out. His father will probably regret agreeing to let Naimi participate in the competition.

Unlike these people, Fleka was now staring intently at the "Cake Pancake" flying car. When it flew out, he had noticed a pile of unused parts in the arena—not broken, but genuinely unused. So, the flying car didn't actually cost fifty million Lansa coins?

The metallic-colored "vegetable pancake" flying car, now ridiculed by many, hovered steadily in the air. Naimi's triumphant voice blared from the external speaker: "Vegetable pancake, say hello to everyone!"

As Naimi's voice faded, and everyone below focused their attention on the "vegetable cake" flying car...

A simple smiley face appeared on the smooth chassis of the flying car, its sky-blue flowing lines giving the impression that the smile was a warm, radiant one, as if it were looking down from the sky.

  

"Hello! My name is '■饼,' I was born yesterday, it's nice to meet you!"

The group of people below gasped simultaneously.

We're all industry insiders; we've all been in this business for years, at least five, if not ten. Naturally, we know what that voice represents. A super-intelligent system! Not like the primary and secondary operating systems of other flying cars, but a super-intelligent system!

He can determine whether a machine is super-intelligent and how well its super-intelligent technology performs simply by listening to a single sound.

And this flying car, this flying car that everyone calls an obsolete historical artifact, is actually equipped with a super-intelligent system! Even if this super-intelligent system isn't extremely advanced, it's not insignificant either. Keep in mind, this is a racing flying car. Why equip a racing flying car with a super-intelligent system? Isn't it a great deal?

Fleka was beyond shocked; he found it unbelievable. How exactly did Sirin manage to do that? The ring design and the super-intelligent equipment—they were all finished?!

Flake's professional instincts kicked in again. He wanted to bring Xilin over to study the super-intelligent system it was equipped with. Right now, he felt like he was being scratched by a furry claw, but he was helpless because after saying hello, Naimi left with the words "I'm going out to try out the flying car" and flew away.

Neither Xilin nor Naimi piloted the flying car. They had already discussed the test flight route, and "Caibing" would continue flying along this route. Xilin and Naimi also wanted to see how "Caibing" would react to obstacles with its current, not-so-high-end configuration.

The flying car first flew to the rainforest area, below which was a dense jungle. Birds would sometimes take flight. The officially marked track, marked with a cursor, was only about ten meters away from the top of the trees below. In this rainforest, there were many moving plants. Those vines with thick branches would swing their branches to knock down prey in the air, then wrap the vines around the prey, and the sharp thorns would pierce the prey to absorb nutrients.

Besides the vines and trees, you might occasionally encounter some large birds. When these birds are in a good mood, they will ignore you; when they are in a bad mood, even if they are full, they will still target any object flying in front of them. This is what people usually mean when they dislike you.

Moving trees, large birds, animals that run on rocks, and other flying predators will all create obstacles for flying vehicles passing through this area.

Because the race track was closed off, with a fence flashing with electricity blocking the way, no birds or other animals were allowed to approach within a 50-meter radius.

"Caibing" flew at the same altitude as the racetrack, more than 100 meters away. Its flight speed was neither fast nor slow. While flying, it recorded what it saw, heard, and received from external signals, quickly comparing and updating the existing data.

"Huh, that isolation net emits a kind of wave frequency. This wave frequency will keep animals away from here, but strangely, the plants are not afraid of it. Some of the plants that can move even move closer to the isolation net!" Cai Bing said in surprise.

"Not bad, at least you knew how to analyze these things." Xilin was very satisfied.

"Someone once thought he was clever and simulated the frequency of the isolation netting while passing through this section. Although he drove away the attacks from the large birds and other animals, he was attacked by even more plants and was eventually swept away by vines. He was only saved because the security personnel arrived in time," Naimi recounted with a smile.

"Caibing, continue collecting external signals, especially audio and non-audio signals emitted by plants and animals at the top of the local food chain," Xilin instructed.

"OK!"

As Caibing dodged the attacks of the birds and branches, Xilin and Naimi were noting down all the things to pay attention to, so they could take appropriate measures when they got back, so as not to mess things up in the official competition.

The deeper the flying vehicle flew, the more attacks it encountered. Seeing that it could no longer dodge and was even whipped by branches a couple of times, the vehicle's appearance suddenly began to change. It was still disc-shaped, but it looked like a disc covered with branches and leaves, becoming similar to those vine trees. Not only its appearance, but even the smell of those vine trees was simulated.

As a result, attacks from vine trees have decreased, and attacks from other plants besides vine trees have also decreased significantly. Now, the main focus is on dealing with animal attacks, greatly reducing the burden.

"Not bad, quite clever!" Xilin praised.

The vegetable pancake let out a smug chuckle, but the next moment it was scratched by a large bird, leaving a claw mark on its shell.

"Don't get too cocky. See, you're getting your comeuppance now," Xilin said, patting the car seat.

"Oh," Cai Bing said with a bitter voice, standing in front of me with her head down like a child who had done something wrong.

Naimi laughed heartily, then patted the car wall and said, "Then go fight back and show your brother what you're capable of! If you're bullied, you have to bully back!"

Xilin glanced at Naimi but said nothing.

Seemingly encouraged, Caibing began analyzing the surrounding situation. Through the control panel display, both Xilin and Naimi could tell what Caibing was analyzing.

"Could it be that this guy is going to..."

Before Naimi could finish speaking, beams of light shot out from the vegetable pancake, severing the branches of the vines below. The severed vines used the momentum to fly upwards; as they passed, mechanical arms popped out from the edge of the disc, gripping the branches tightly and lashing them at the birds.

Xilin: "..."

It's a truly violent scene.

Bird feathers fluttered in the air along the way, and the incessant bird calls carried far through the rainforest.

It has to be said that this method is quite effective. Those birds and animals are not without intelligence, and many of them kept their distance when they saw this situation.

After a long silence, Xilin said, "During a race, when you're in a speed-up state, there aren't many opportunities to draw birds."

Cai Bing, who was smoking a bird, paused for a moment. Fortunately, not many birds were flying over to cause trouble. He was about to leave the rainforest and was not attacked during this brief pause.

"You've made a mistake again," Xilin said.

Clearly, Caibing knew that the brief pause he had taken earlier was inappropriate.

"Alright, alright, this isn't even the official match yet. You're handling the situation quite well," Naimi said.

"It's really good, but I'll take over driving during the race. You should also take notes on what you learn in this race; there are many important things you can only learn in a race." Xilin said the last part to Caibing. He hadn't originally planned to use the super-intelligence throughout the entire race. This was only for a specific part.

"Okay!" Cai Bing seemed very expectant.

After flying through the rainforest, the car flew at the same speed through muddy swamp sections, howling glaciers and snowfields, vast desert sections, and winding mountain roads.

Three racing cars were parked on a cliff edge on the mountain road section. Several people were leaning against the cars, laughing, drinking, and chatting about the race.

Suddenly, one of them spat out the wine in his mouth.

"Holy crap! A vegetable pancake! Am I seeing things?"

"Look at your skills, you can't even handle this much... Damn! It really is just a vegetable pancake!"

"These days, someone actually sells vegetable pancakes and parades around like that?" The man seemed to find it hard to accept this fact.

"Where did this come from? A museum? An exhibition hall?"

The vegetable pancake flew over the mountain in a flash. It didn't fly over the part of the mountain where there were no people, but it resumed flight mode after detecting that there were people there.

Sitting in the car, Naimi rested her chin on her hand, looking at the people standing on the cliff shown on the screen, her fingers tapping lightly on the back of the seat.

Is vegetable pancakes something to be ashamed of? Looking at those guys' expressions of disgust, Naimi really wanted to smash a brick in their face.

Flying cars have no shame; they shouldn't have shame, nor should they bear the heavy burden of this word. They carried people through an era, and even though they were later criticized for their many flaws and imperfections, their achievements cannot be denied. They were not failures; they shone brightly in their time, the most dazzling star. Without them, there would be no later improvements like the Crescent Moon or the Sharp Knife.

When Naimi was very young, when he first saw that round, lonely flying car parked there in his own family's, which was also the largest and most comprehensive flying car museum in the entire empire, Naimi suddenly felt as if he could feel the mournful cry that suddenly came from that flying car.

While other booths were surrounded by people, each spectator vying to comment and praise, and those with self-proclaimed "professional" badges were rattling off their opinions on the flying cars in front of those booths, Naimi suddenly felt that the flying car in front of her, which had been belittled as a "cake pancake" by those "professionals" and so-called "flying car enthusiasts," was lonely and waiting for salvation in a desolate atmosphere.

Compassion, understanding, and dignity are all fundamental human qualities, yet these qualities are not reflected in their attitude towards flying cars. Many people cannot understand the Szel family's feelings towards flying cars, only seeing them as a means of making money for the Szel family. However, not everyone feels this way. At least Naimi doesn't love flying cars for profit.

The sudden, intense emotions she experienced as a child have stayed with Naimi for so many years.

So when it came to naming this newly built flying car, Naimi suggested simply calling it "Vegetable Pancake," and Xilin laughed. Xilin thought that "Vegetable Pancake" was indeed a very good name.

A successful and illustrious person doesn't need to choose a name with profound meaning, because once they succeed, their name will naturally acquire a shining aura. Similarly, a successful car doesn't need a flamboyant name that seems designed to make people aware of its aspirations for glory; once it succeeds, the meaning will naturally emerge.

Naimi and Xilin wanted to elevate this abandoned circle back to its peak, and accompany it to that peak, so that people would recognize their mistakes and remove that heavy word from its body.

"Caibing, we'll win!"

"Of course, I also think I will win!" Cai Bing said confidently.

"Stop dreaming and solve the current problem first," Xilin interrupted the conversation between the man and the car.

"What's the problem?" Naimi asked, puzzled.

"Did you bring any food?" Xilin asked Naimi.

Naimi: "...Fuck!"