Chapter 127: Chapter 110: Magnetic Levitation Car
"As expected." Hu Kaikang nodded slightly. He was very calm; at least on the surface, he showed no signs of dissatisfaction.
"In that case, I’ll be heading back." Hu Kaikang was no longer striding vigorously as before. He turned, trembling once more, and shuffled toward the flying car.
Chu Bamboo: "..."
’You old bastard, what the hell is with the act? When you were out fishing, you didn’t look like you were about to collapse on the ground and fake an injury!’
Zhang Hai: "???"
’Wait, what the—? Hold on... he’s leaving already?’
’I... I haven’t even had the chance to host him! Is this some kind of joke?!’
"Don’t look at me like that!" Chu Bamboo noticed Zhang Hai’s incredulous gaze shift from Hu Kaikang to himself. Realizing what he was thinking, Chu Bamboo pursed his lips. "Lao Hu definitely didn’t come here to help you solve that crisis! Or rather..."
"If I’m here, even if there really is a mastermind behind the scenes, they wouldn’t dare make a move, would they?" Hu Kaikang slowly finished Chu Bamboo’s sentence.
He glanced sideways at Zhang Hai and shook his head slightly. "And that’s why... I really don’t know what to say about the younger generation of the Holy See these days!"
’They can’t even see something so obvious. But what’s even more pathetic is that a church Host like Zhang Hai isn’t an isolated case!’
’That’s why I value Chu Bamboo so much more... None of the current Hosts in Jinghai City—no, not even the Hosts of the great cathedrals in the Celestial Capital—can compare to Chu Bamboo...’
’What a pity!’ Bishop Hu sighed internally again.
Zhang Hai: "..."
’Chu Bamboo always looked down on me, and I accepted that... But how could you be like this too, senior?!’
"Oh, right." Something suddenly occurred to Chu Bamboo. He looked at Hu Kaikang and asked, "That car of yours, why does it fly? Does it involve..."
Chu Bamboo stopped abruptly. He looked at the people around Zhang Hai and narrowed his eyes. He didn’t say the word "Extraordinary"... This was because he wasn’t sure if everyone with Zhang Hai was a Transcendent.
"This?" Hu Kaikang paused in the middle of opening the car door. He gently rubbed the door, pondering for a moment. "It has nothing to do with *that*... Besides, you should know, right? That matter can’t be revealed to ordinary people! If it really had to do with *that*... how would I dare fly it around in the open?"
’So... it really is an Ancient Relic?’ Chu Bamboo’s thoughts were a tangled mess.
"As for why it flies! I’m not too sure either. I’m not an expert on this stuff, after all!" Hu Kaikang thought for a moment. "But based on my feeling—er, my guess, it should be like a normal electric car, related to lightning! But, compared to a normal car, it seems to be wrapped in a strange power that can be interconverted with lightning?"
Hu Kaikang sounded a little uncertain.
’Electricity?’ Chu Bamboo’s brow furrowed. ’Although the old man said it was a guess, he had probably perceived it using his Extraordinary Power...’
’So, electrical conversion? What does the electricity convert into?’
"If you’re interested!" Hu Kaikang suddenly turned to look at Chu Bamboo, a wide smile on his face. "If you’re willing to become my disciple right now, I can make the decision to give you one!"
"Get lost, old man," Chu Bamboo said, waving his hand speechlessly.
Hu Kaikang shrugged and slowly got back into the car. He rolled down the window. "I’ll say it again! I’ll be waiting for you... When you’ve truly made a decision, you can let Host Zhang know! Have him call me."
Then, streams of light once again rose from the car’s surface. It took off and sped away.
The scene fell silent.
The Hosts’ and Priests’ gazes toward Chu Bamboo kept changing, finally settling on envy and jealousy. ’Dammit! He rejected him several times, yet that man still said that before leaving!’
’If that man had said that to them, they would have dropped to their knees and shouted "Godfather"... ahem, "Master"!’
’Do you have any idea how valuable it is to be a Bishop’s disciple?’
’And yet you rejected him again and again!’
’Can’t think about it anymore... The more I think about it, the angrier I get.’
Meanwhile, Chu Bamboo...
"’Electricity! Electricity, conversion... Huh?!’"
Chu Bamboo’s pupils suddenly contracted. He was a top student, after all. Combining the use of electricity, its conversion into some strange power that lifted the flying car, then considering its connection to C Company, and the fact that C Company’s main products were batteries, wireless charging, room-temperature superconductors, and nuclear fusion devices...
Countless pieces of information collided to form a vague answer!
"Is it... a magnetic levitation car, developed based on room-temperature superconductors?"
For a moment, Chu Bamboo didn’t know what kind of expression to make. Although it wasn’t confirmed, he felt he was probably on the right track.
At least, the theoretical logic for magnetic levitation cars existed in reality. And the technical hurdles had indeed been overcome by C Company.
As for anti-gravity... that was just science fiction!
"Let’s go inside." Zhang Hai walked up to Chu Bamboo, pointed toward the church in the distance, and spoke in a complex tone. It was like a complaint, a sigh of helplessness, a hint of bitterness, and perhaps even a bit of self-pity.
Chu Bamboo didn’t exchange a single word with him and walked straight inside.
Zhang Hai stood stunned for a moment, his mouth agape. In the end, he silently followed behind.
...
Time ticked by.
「Five o’clock in the afternoon.」
「The church narthex.」
"Have the enemies... not arrived yet?" Lei Tong, the Host of the Fourth District, spoke in a slightly hoarse voice. He was sitting cross-legged on a cattail hassock, eyes slightly closed, facing the statue of God in the center of the church as if in prayer.
"Who knows!" Lu Yun, a high-ranking Priest from the Second District ranked third, had a noncommittal expression. He picked up a peeled apple from the fruit platter, took a bite, and then glanced impassively at Chu Bamboo.
If Bishop Hu hadn’t personally come earlier, treated Chu Bamboo with special regard, and even directly promised to give him a flying car if he became his disciple, Lu Yun would have definitely been making sarcastic remarks right now, perhaps even questioning the source of Chu Bamboo’s intelligence.
Lu Yun’s impression of Chu Bamboo was very poor.
’In his eyes, the people of the world were all ignorant sheep. And as Extraordinary members of the God Worship Sect, they were born to be the shepherds who carried out God’s will—’
’But what about Zhang Hai, this Host of the Third District?’
’To trust Chu Bamboo so unconditionally!’
’Back when he heard Zhang Hai say on the phone that although there was no evidence, he trusted Chu Bamboo, he had almost laughed out loud.’
’If the Host of Zone Two hadn’t personally ordered him to come, he absolutely wouldn’t be here!’
’Because in his eyes, Zhang Hai’s stupidity made him completely unworthy of being an agent of God’s will! To trust a Heretic like that, to be manipulated by a Heretic?’
’If it weren’t for the Archbishop backing him, could he have become the Host of a major district? Ptooey!’
’But now that Hu Kaikang was involved, the situation had changed... Even if Zhang Hai also had a Bishop behind him, a local Bishop and a Bishop from another region were ultimately different—even someone as arrogant as him felt only deep reverence for that great figure in the First District.’
"Since it’s come to this," Zhang Hai pursed his lips and sighed at the heavens, then looked at his disciple, Zhang Xu. "Let’s eat first!"
With a dark expression, Zhang Xu turned and went to the Church kitchen to get the food.
Suddenly, Zhang Hai’s expression changed drastically. He straightened his back, his foot tapped lightly on the ground, and with frightening speed, he moved to shield the Priest from the neighboring Zone Two.
The Priest from Zone Two, Lu Yun: "?!"
In the next instant, several believers in white robes rushed in from outside. They knelt on the ground piously.
"Host, Priests, we... have committed a great sin!" The leader’s voice trembled slightly.
A flood of thoughts flashed through Lu Yun’s mind. Without the slightest hesitation, he attacked.
He just clenched his fist, and the muscles on Lu Yun’s body swelled, stretching his originally loose priest’s robe so tight it looked like a bodysuit.
"Take this, Straight Punch!" Lu Yun’s figure moved with terrifying speed, appearing beside the believers almost instantly. He slammed his hand down toward their necks.
It was too fast!
By the time he had knocked the first person unconscious, the others had just begun to react...
"AHHHH!"
"Kung Fu! It’s Kung Fu!"
"He’s killing people! The Priest is killing people!"
The group was in a panic. But they couldn’t escape even if they wanted to! The terrified words had barely left their lips before they were knocked unconscious one by one, collapsing to the ground with a THUD.
Standing among the five fallen people, Lu Yun faced away from Chu Bamboo, Zhang Hai, and the others, his head held high, exuding the air of a master.
"Is he posing?" Chu Bamboo watched for a good while before speaking tentatively.
Lu Yun: "?"
’To be honest, he almost lost his composure!’
"Could you please be more polite! This guy is a member of the Templar Order!" Zhang Hai said quietly to Chu Bamboo, who had walked over to his side. His tone was strange, laced with emphasis. "He’s a Third Realm Body Cultivator!"
’Zhang Hai was truly speechless. ’How strong are you, anyway? It’s one thing to act like this toward me, but why are you like this with everyone?’’
’Do you have no sense of reverence at all! Do you really think everyone will just put up with... Oh.’ Zhang Hai suddenly remembered that Chu Bamboo had faced down a Bishop and called him an old bastard, an undying coot... ’Never mind, then!’
"?" ’So in other words, he’s stronger than Li Kang?’ Chu Bamboo pondered.
’No, wait, why does it feel like everyone is stronger than Li Kang?’
’Is this reasonable? How did Li Kang secure his position? Or is the overall strength of the Third District really this weak?’
"The number of Body Cultivators is the highest among all the sects!" Zhang Hai shook his head and said with emotion. "Not to mention the difficulty of breakthroughs for Cultivators... Although a Cultivator’s power is superior to a Body Cultivator’s at the same realm, because of the Extraordinary-isolation policy, when it comes to dealing with ordinary people... Body Cultivators are more adept!"
"After all, Body Cultivators can disguise their Extraordinary Power as normal Kung Fu! But when a Cultivator makes a move..."
Chu Bamboo was lost in thought. ’So, in other words, Cultivators are actually more for dealing with Body Cultivators? While Body Cultivators deal with ordinary people...’
’Oh, well, it’s not really about ’dealing with’ them! They’re just better at handling situations involving ordinary people...’
’No wonder he was the first to act when these ordinary people showed up! No wonder his attitude was so awful earlier... It turns out he knew he’d be the one doing most of the work!’
