Picking Up Supreme Treasures in the Dream Realm-Chapter 424 - 313. Pay protection fees to Great Xia
Luotuo Kingdom.
Landeya.
The snowflakes continue to drift down, creating a blanket of thin snow on the roads despite periodic snow-clearing vehicles.
Thus, vehicles on the roads generally travel at slower speeds.
When the cold wave disaster first hit, even the usually snowless Oil Peninsula experienced heavy snowfall.
Many Luotuo People lacked experience dealing with snowy weather, leading to frequent traffic accidents on the highways.
Now, months have passed, and Luotuo drivers have managed to gather some experience driving in the snow amidst bumps and brushes.
Faisal was one of the unlucky ones.
Recently, he had four consecutive accidents and once even totaled his car.
Now, with car prices soaring, he had no choice but to spend a hefty sum to purchase a new vehicle.
At this moment.
Faisal tightly gripped the steering wheel with his hands while chatting with his wife in the passenger seat.
"Actually, cars made by Eastern Great Xia are the best in quality, but unfortunately, they’re unavailable now."
His wife asked, "Why are they unavailable?"
If it were in the past, she wouldn’t believe her husband when he said, "Great Xia’s cars are the best."
Great Xia cars?
Never heard of them!
Now, with the dramatic rise in Great Xia’s influence on Canglan Star, surpassing the Carmenia Federation, she naturally believed her husband.
Faisal replied, "Because Great Xia has diverted more resources to more important tasks, like relocating civilians from remote areas and manufacturing a large number of weapons and equipment, so car production has greatly decreased."
His wife nodded in understanding, "Great Xia has 1.8 billion people; the officials have so much to prepare to protect so many people."
Faisal asked, "You know about the Super Crystal Battery, right?"
She nodded again, "Of course, a few months ago, TV and the internet were flooded with news about it."
Faisal said, "The new generation of Great Xia’s cars are equipped with this Super Crystal Battery, which can run thousands of kilometers on a single charge. If only I could buy one."
His wife smiled, "I think Great Xia’s car production will eventually recover, and the Kingdom could import Super Crystal Battery cars from Great Xia, then you can buy one."
Faisal asked, "Do you know how many cars Great Xia produces annually?"
She hesitated for a moment, then said, "It should be about 10 million, right?"
Faisal chuckled, with a "Prepare to be shocked" tone, "In 2056, the year before Canglan Star merged with the Primordial World, Great Xia produced a record-breaking 45 million cars, the highest annual production by a single country in human history. I remember the news vividly."
His wife was greatly surprised, "Are Great Xia People really that incredible?"
The couple’s conversation indicated their strong belief in Great Xia’s capacity to overcome crises.
Because normal car production would mean the country’s economy is fully back on track.
Only a country that has overcome its crisis can achieve this.
(Note: The novel is fictional; the data differs from reality, please do not compare fictional data with reality.)
(Note: Real data showed a record of over 30 million in 2023, also a historical first, truly a miracle of human industry.)
Faisal said, "It might take ten years for Great Xia’s car production to return to 45 million per year."
His wife disagreed, "Great Xia People are exceptional, they’ve already started mining gold in the Primordial World, maybe they can recover in 5 or 6 years..."
Before she finished speaking,
She abruptly stopped.
Because her peripheral vision caught sight of a humanoid object emitting blue light rapidly flashing by the car window. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎
She instinctively turned her head, seeing one blue light figure after another swiftly streaking past.
They formed a straight line like a dragon of light.
Faisal was startled too, his hands trembled involuntarily, causing the car to veer off course.
Fortunately, he reacted quickly, releasing the accelerator with his right foot and correcting the steering wheel.
If it were before, he would surely slam on the brakes, and with snow on the road, the car would likely skid out of control.
But having been in several accidents, he gained snow-driving experience and avoided making mistakes.
Faisal blurted out, "What is that thing?"
His wife couldn’t help but exclaim, "Oh my God!"
In a split second,
The luminous dragon was already far away, turning into a string of light dots.
Faisal collected himself, full of astonishment, "That speed was at least 200 mph, utterly crazy!"
She was a bit scared, "What is happening now, could a disaster be coming?"
Faisal looked perplexed, "No idea."
His wife urged, "We better get home quickly."
Faisal nodded, "Alright!"
Remembering her husband’s previous accidents, she reminded him, "Drive slower."
Faisal was utterly speechless.
You want to get home quickly and yet want me to drive slowly, are you kidding me?
Faisal was about to speak when suddenly a thought flashed in his mind, and he excitedly exclaimed, "I remember now; it should be Great Xia’s Tianfu Craft One exoskeleton."
Regardless of whether it’s the standard Tianfu Craft One or the stronger Tianfu Craft Two, the exoskeleton units are equipped with blue light warning lights, and the arrangement is the same.
Turning on the blue light in urban or night environments can alert those around and prevent unnecessary accidents.
