God of Technology: Creating the Internet in Another World-Chapter 456: Ultra-High-Speed Rail Transit System

The Clarkson patriarch stared at the rails on the ground, his eyes growing more and more intense.

If everything matched his guess, their family would be revived in just a few days.

This era really was full of surprises at every turn!

A huge crowd, wearing expressions of disbelief, was guided into the city.

The next morning, everyone was brought to the departure station.

Besides these big shots, there was also a huge gathering of merchants. The whole place was buzzing with noise and energy.

Everyone stared with weird expressions at the bizarre-looking steel beast in front of them.

The head of this steel beast looked extremely sharp, reflecting cold light that made it look fierce. Behind the head followed over 20 train cars.

Even more ridiculous—this steel beast seemed to be floating above the steel tracks.

How was it floating?

If it was floating, why build steel tracks at all? 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

Questions swirled in everyone’s minds.

Looking at the steel beast before them, quite a few people felt their hearts trembling.

"Welcome everyone to witness the completion ceremony of the ultra-high-speed rail train. Currently our ultra-high-speed rail train has 24 cars total, each car can seat 120 people. Everyone can board the train and experience our most advanced technology."

Viscount Roster didn’t want to waste words. The ultra-high-speed rail didn’t need him to explain much anyway.

In a bit, he’d stuff all these important people on the train, run it for a distance, and they’d naturally understand what kind of thing this ultra-high-speed rail train was!

For this era-defining creation, words alone wouldn’t do it justice.

As Viscount Roster’s voice fell, the scene immediately filled with quiet chatter.

"Ultra-high-speed rail train? Ever heard of it? How fast can it go?"

"I think I heard about it online a long time ago. I always thought they were bullshitting."

"It hasn’t been built this whole time, didn’t expect it to suddenly be finished."

"Feels kind of pointless though. Seems like it can only run on tracks like these."

"The cost is just too high. How much steel can they even produce right now? Wanting to cover lots of places is basically impossible, and it’s not flexible at all."

"Wait, Viscount Roster already bought up basically all the steel futures. Is he manipulating steel futures? Suddenly dropping this huge project, steel futures prices go up, then naturally lots of people will buy."

"You’re overthinking it. Who’s gonna buy steel futures now? Are they crazy? People just barely got rid of theirs."

"..."

While people were quietly chattering, Viscount Roster had already led the important figures into Car 1.

"Car 1 is different from the cars behind it. This is the noble car I specially prepared. The seating here is relatively more spacious. After official operations begin, riding this car will come with lots of premium services."

Viscount Roster explained to them, having everyone sit in their assigned seats.

These seats were all enhanced with dozens of magic runes. Through these runes, the entire journey would become extremely comfortable.

The seats even had built-in massage functions.

Reclining functions were naturally a given.

Anyway, way more comfortable than anything Ren had seen in his previous life.

Magic runes always showed remarkable power at times like these.

Once everyone was seated, service staff came by asking what drinks they wanted.

There were also some little snacks available.

Everyone curiously examined everything around them, especially those huge transparent windows.

These transparent windows used glass, which still hadn’t been widely adopted. Only new-style buildings in tech-upgraded areas used some.

For these nobles, it was somewhat unfamiliar.

But unfamiliar or not, they weren’t stupid.

If their residences used lots of this building material, it would definitely greatly enhance the living experience.

Though safety might decrease a bit.

Meanwhile, the people waiting outside at the station were also being guided onto the train one after another.

This train could carry over 2,000 people at once, so fitting these people was no problem.

Compared to Car 1, the cars behind weren’t as fancy—just regular rows of seats.

Of course, these seats weren’t super cramped either. People wouldn’t feel squeezed.

People are often filled with fear toward new things.

They didn’t want to board.

They didn’t even dare get close.

But after Viscount Roster led a whole group of big shots inside, they got bolder and went in one after another.

Of course, they also didn’t dare not go in.

They’d already come this far—what choice did they have? Every seat was assigned. You could tell at a glance who showed up and who didn’t.

The ultra-high-speed rail train wasn’t like a regular train—it didn’t make a huge racket when running.

The moment the time came, it suddenly began slowly accelerating.

Through the windows they could see people standing outside starting to move backward like crazy.

Faster and faster.

Quite a few people inside the cars were trembling.

Most of them couldn’t imagine scenes like what was outside the windows.

How fast would you have to be going to create that effect?

Was it really safe to move around in a train like this?

Faces went pale as they watched the scenes outside. Plenty of people were shaking, afraid, trembling.

But the Clarkson patriarch was different. He was trembling too, but from excitement.

They’d just started and he already felt an unparalleled speed.

He could clearly feel this was still in the acceleration phase.

Soon the train shot out of the city. What had been the largest city now looked smaller and smaller through the window.

The others gradually calmed down too.

Looking at the scenes outside, they couldn’t help but be dumbfounded.

"Oh my god! How fast is this going?"

"It feels so stable though. Doesn’t feel like we’re moving at all."

"This carriage is actually more stable than a horse-drawn one."

"Look over there, how fast are we going? We already can’t see the city!"

The original screaming and wailing calmed down after the train smoothed out, after they saw the scenery outside.

One by one they opened their eyes wide watching the landscape fly past outside. Many of their original thoughts started disappearing.

Finally, the high-speed rail train reached its normal operating speed.

The big shots in Car 1 gradually came to their senses too.

"Viscount Roster, may I ask—how much cargo can this train pull? How many people can it carry at once? Just how fast can it go?"

Finally someone couldn’t help asking.

As top-tier big shots, their vision was relatively broader.

They’d instantly thought of many possibilities.