Legend of the Planet Builder-Chapter 119 - s 118 and 119 Super High-Speed Rail Test
Chapter 119 -s 118 and 119: Super High-Speed Rail Test Run! (Double Monthly Ticket Bonus Chapters)_2
Chapter 119 -s 118 and 119: Super High-Speed Rail Test Run! (Double Monthly Ticket Bonus Chapters)_2
“Get ready!” responded the backstage.
“We will first introduce our latest research achievement, the ‘Dragon Bone’ super high-speed train!” He Xingzhou said to the audience, “Please watch the demonstration!”
After he finished speaking, a tooting whistle sounded from the station platform.
The attention of those present followed the camera’s lead to a transparent glass tube.
Here, it wasn’t yet connected to the vacuum tube, so the demonstration was visible through the special glass, allowing for inspections and maintenance of the super high-speed train.
In view, through the camera lens, a bullet-shaped high-speed train slowly emerged, its silver-white body reflecting a metallic sheen. Its surface was utterly smooth, and at this moment, it was already hovering, with no contact between the bottom of the train and the tracks. While moving, aside from the sound of the train’s horn, there was no noise at all!
He Xingzhou explained, “When the Dragon Bone is in actual operation, there also will be no noise pollution, as it travels within a vacuum tube, so there is no sound from air friction!”
The trial-run Dragon Bone train consisted only of a locomotive and two carriages, so it wasn’t very long, allowing everyone to see its entirety clearly.
On the electronic screen, there was also footage of its interior.
The interior was a refreshing mix of black, white, grey, and blue, which looked very simple. The seats inside the carriage were all independent ergonomic sofas, equipped with electronic display screens, smart glasses, foldable trays, and footrests.
With amenities comparable to an airplane’s first-class cabin, it was comfortable, bright, and clean!
“Wow, that’s so cool!” the audience exclaimed in admiration.
“Yeah, it has that certain feel, so silky smooth! Like it just slid right over here!”
“I really want to sit in it and take a look!”
“It’s just too luxurious inside!”
“Beep beep, student card!”
Seeing its appearance, the host and guests of “Emergency Moment” commented again.
“It’s all flash and no substance! This high-speed train is just a big bullet!” Brother Pickle critiqued.
“This kind of showcase is meaningless. We can make something that looks like this too. The key is to see if it can really run!” Professor Tea Egg said.
“It’s completely a waste of space!” Brother Field Mouse analyzed sharply, “The construction cost of your super high-speed train is so high, and you’ve only arranged a few seats, isn’t that wasting space?”
“Maybe it’s possible that their load-bearing capacity is limited, and they can only arrange these few seats!” added a nearby expert.
“That’s right!” A few of them sang their agreement, forcibly explaining.
He Xingzhou continued his commentary, stating, “Because the super high-speed train has to maintain high speeds, direct boarding is not possible. Therefore, we designed moving platforms—that is, capsule elevators—for boarding and disembarking…”
He explained the function of the capsule elevators and immediately followed up with, “Considering this is the first trial run and carries certain risks, no passengers will be aboard. Instead, we’re using experimental monkeys as substitutes.”
The capsule elevator also moved into the ready position, and through the transparent glass tube, the audience could see a group of monkeys secured in their seats. Their seats were small elevators that could be intelligently controlled so that passengers wouldn’t need to move to and from the carriages.
The audience heatedly discussed the sight:
“I’m so envious of these monkeys!”
“My mom says I’m a monkey too, can I sign up?”
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“Poor monkeys have no idea what they’re about to face!”
At this point, all preparation work was completely done.
Backstage, all staff were anxiously waiting. This was not only a test of their work results but also an essential part of the Xuanwu Plan.
“Only success is allowed, failure is not an option!” Qin Peng also arrived on the scene, speaking in a grave tone.
Should it fail today, it would directly affect the progress of the entire Xuanwu Plan!
Inside the station, He Xingzhou was ready to give the command, and under the watchful eyes of everyone, he shouted loudly, “Dragon Bone, launch!”
“Toot toot toot…” The whistle of the Dragon Bone resounded through the station as the electromagnetic hover power unit and the traction ahead propelled it to fly into the vacuum magnetic tube.
The audience had already lost sight of its physical form, and could only observe it through the monitoring devices installed inside the tube.
At this moment, the straight-line traction force created by the magnetic field began to act. At first, the audience could still glimpse a shadow on the electronic screen, but seconds later, they couldn’t even see the shadow anymore.
“??? Is it that fast?”
“I reckon I didn’t even have time to react, did the monitoring camera not react either?”
“Didn’t you see it? It’s slowed down by a hundred times and still, you can’t see clearly!”
“Look at the speedometer, it has broken through two thousand kilometers per hour, it’s already supersonic, and it’s still climbing!”
The Dragon Bone is accelerating in the vacuum tube, and at this time, the capsule must start to accelerate too.
Together with the Dragon Bone, the capsule also enters the vacuum tube, but the acceleration of the capsule is slower to avoid adverse reactions in passengers.
Through the surveillance cameras inside the capsule, everyone saw a group of monkeys, bewildered as they were strapped to the seats, and one monkey kept eating bananas, seemingly unaware that they had entered a state of supersonic motion.
“Hehe, using monkeys means they are not confident,” Brother Pickle and others commented. However, as the speed of the Dragon Bone continuously increased, their voices gradually diminished.
At that moment, Brother Field Mouse and Professor Tea Egg stopped talking and pretended to ponder while looking at the screen.
“The speed is three thousand kilometers per hour, the power system is normal, the balance system is normal, the pressure system is normal…” At first, the announcer reported every time the speed increased by one thousand kilometers per hour.
But soon, due to the rapid acceleration, the announcer reported only once at every three thousand kilometers per hour.
Every increase in speed seemed to make people’s heartbeats quicken!
“The speed is ten thousand kilometers per hour, the power system is normal, the balance system is normal, the pressure system is normal…”
When the speed broke ten thousand kilometers per hour, the experts from the Light Country’s super transportation railway company were stunned.
They had top experts, and they were even collaborating with the experts from Russia, but they have not yet conquered the super high-speed rail at two thousand kilometers per hour, and others have already accelerated past ten thousand kilometers per hour!
When it reached twenty thousand, that would be a tenfold crush!
At this moment, he felt like he had lost all hope in life, even if they worked hard to develop it, they would still be trailing in the dust behind Shen Zhou!
“The speed is twenty thousand kilometers per hour, the power system is normal, the balance system is normal, the pressure system is normal…” The Dragon Bone finally accelerated to twenty thousand kilometers per hour, at this time it was continuously circling in the test loop of the vacuum tube!
“Twenty thousand kilometers an hour!” Cheers erupted at the scene, people waved their hands and kept shouting.
“Prepare to connect the capsule!” He Xingzhou called out on the communicator.
The capsule accelerated in another loop tube, and as soon as it accelerated to the same speed, the docking process would begin.
Human reaction time could not keep up at such speeds, so the entire process was completely computer-controlled.
When the Dragon Bone came to the double-layer vacuum tube section of the station again, the capsule poised stationary on top of it.
“The docking device is connected!”
“Air valve check, no air leak!” This vacuum docking technology was adapted from spacecraft docking and had contributions from aerospace engineers.
“Docking completed!”
On the internal monitor, the monkeys’ seats were being transferred by a lifting device from the super high-speed rail lifting channel to the inside of the super high-speed rail.
The monkeys were howling, and some looked completely dumbfounded, unaware that they had become the first passengers to ride the Dragon Bone Super High-Speed Rail!
“Look at those monkeys, they’re all fine, it must be a success, right?” Even if the audience didn’t understand, they knew from the state of the monkeys that there were no issues with the docking process.
“Just wait a bit more; there should be a disembarking process.”
The Dragon Bone ran several more circles along the test loop of the vacuum tube, and the “disembarking process” began.
Opposite to the earlier procedure, the monkeys were once again transferred by the lifting seats to the capsule.
When it came to the station, the capsule separated from the super high-speed rail and slowed down on its own loop.
At this time, the super high-speed rail was also slowing down.
“The speed is ten thousand kilometers per hour, the power system is normal, the balance system is normal, the pressure system is normal…”
The announcer kept broadcasting until he said, “Speed zero kilometers per hour, all is normal,” and the whole venue erupted with cheers like a mountain collapsing and a tsunami!
Audiences in front of electronic screens across all platforms were frantically congratulating each other!
He Xingzhou hadn’t declared success yet, because they still had to check the condition of the test monkeys.
As soon as the capsule finished decelerating, staff immediately went to check the monkeys’ vital signs, and the information was reported in real-time.
