Chapter 00210: Bigger is Better
# Bigger is Better
Chapter 210
Novel: AFK Game: Portal to Another World
Chapter 210 Bigger is Better
The day after Audel came to Earth again happened to be the October 1st National Celebration.
Students and office workers were all on holiday.
Those with energy went out to travel, while the lazy ones stayed home.
Li Chengxi’s convenience store had almost no business during such a long holiday.
Only Xue Wenshu had come by once in the morning to buy a lot of snacks and drinks, saying he was going out with his classmates.
Other than that, there were no other customers.
On the screen, he could see Yang Yiyi and the others had boarded a carriage early in the morning, continuing their journey to Peaceful Dominion City, the capital of the Liu Prefecture Kingdom.
He spoke a few words through the microphone to ask, but it seemed nothing worth mentioning had happened.
At most, Yang Yiyi was just bored out of her mind sitting in the carriage every day, scratching the walls.
This young lady was used to being busy since she was a child.
At home, she helped with chores, and at her sect, she did laundry, cooked, and trained.
Making her stay idle was more unbearable than keeping her busy.
Looking over at Viola, she was literally scratching the walls.
During prayers, she appeared composed on the surface but was panicking inside.
After returning to her office, whenever she was alone, she would start scratching the walls and clawing at the floor.
Seeing her in such distress, Li Chengxi figured that since he was already tending to one sheep, he might as well herd two.
He might as well pull Viola over too.
"You can't spoil her. Viola has a lot of work to do recently, and we need to send someone to contact Count Fran. This is the most crucial stage of preparing for the counterattack; she can't just leave."
As if she had read Li Chengxi's mind, Audel's words directly extinguished his thought.
Li Chengxi dejectedly moved the screen with his mouse and chanced upon what seemed to be a new person in the castle he hadn't seen before.
Judging by her dress, she seemed to be a young lady.
Her grand skirt was almost like a tent.
What caught Li Chengxi's attention was that she had standard white hair.
It was a direct hit on the aesthetic of the nation's men.
"Has anyone come to the castle recently?"
As Li Chengxi asked, he opened the person's ability panel and saw the name column read 'Greta Or Fran'.
"I don't have much impression of this person, but she's probably Count Fran's daughter."
"Why would Count Fran's daughter be with Viola?"
"She's a hostage."
Audel said as she walked out from the shelves:
"According to tradition, feudal lords must send their children to the capital until they come of age. This is a method the royal family uses to restrain the feudal lords. It's also how we got to know Wendy. Given Count Fran's loyalty, it's very likely he sent her to Viola's side on his own initiative to show his undying allegiance."
Feudal lords were not allowed to enter the capital at will, and their children had to be sent to the capital to be raised.
This meant they might not see their own children for over a decade.
The world of nobles doesn't seem to be all good things...
Li Chengxi let out a small sigh, then switched from the game screen and clicked open a webpage to watch a live stream.
As for what was being streamed, it was, of course, the National Day military parade.
Li Chengxi wasn't a military enthusiast, nor was he very interested in understanding a bunch of dazzling military terminology and specifications.
He just liked watching heavy equipment like planes and tanks, and he made it a point to watch the military review every year.
Just then, Audel walked over.
She looked at the screen and exclaimed:
"Is this the army of the Divine Realm? What terrifying discipline, they move as if they were one person!"
When Li Chengxi was little, he thought all armies in the world marched in lockstep like the PLA, as if it were a clone attack.
But when he grew up, he realized this was unique to the Celestial Empire.
Every time he watched the military review, he would feel a sense of awe.
It seemed even a transmigrator could understand this shock.
Just the opening ceremony had captivated Audel.
She squeezed in next to Li Chengxi, her eyes glued to the infantry phalanx, and the armored vehicles, tanks, and cannons that followed.
When the DF-41 intercontinental ballistic missile appeared on the screen, Audel pointed at the launcher vehicle and said:
"This one is good! It must be an extremely powerful weapon!"
"How can you tell? Do you recognize missiles?"
"Missiles? I don't recognize them."
Audel pointed at the slowly passing missile launcher vehicle and said:
"This thing is huge, so its power must be huge too."
Bigger is better, more is beautiful, a billion turrets bring a billion glories.
Audel's standard of judgment was just that simple.
In fact, this wasn't complete nonsense.
Even in the cold weapon era, larger weapons were generally more powerful.
As for how far a missile could fly, how high its accuracy was, and the yield of the nuclear weapon it carried, those were details one would only know after in-depth study.
The first impression was simply that it was big.
Audel stared intently at the missile launcher vehicle, her eyes...
Well, they weren't exactly normal.
From the looks of it, she seemed to want to jump into the screen and dismantle the missile to see its internal structure.
Just then, Li Chengxi's phone rang.
The caller ID showed 'Qian Sen'.
"Hello? Are you all at home? I've made the arrangements on my end. I'm coming to pick you up now."
Section Nine was quite efficient...
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Not long after he hung up, before the military parade had even finished, Qian Sen arrived with his men.
Besides Qian Sen himself, Section Nine had sent three other staff members.
Since Lei Lei had gotten permission from her master to go as well, Gan Xiaoyan was also included in the entourage.
Due to the number of people, they didn't take the usual black SUV that Section Nine often used, but a minivan instead.
The group then headed straight for the airport.
Li Chengxi was wondering just how far they were going that required a plane.
It was only when they entered the airport that he realized they weren't taking a commercial flight.
Instead, to satisfy Audel, they were taking a helicopter first.
This was a simple matter for Section Nine to arrange.
They had their own helicopters; all they needed to do was apply for the flight path in advance.
It wasn't just Audel's first time in a helicopter; it was Li Chengxi's first time too.
He had only seen them in movies and games before.
The whirring of the propeller was a bit intimidating.
Especially when walking closer, Li Chengxi kept feeling like the propeller would hit his head, and he couldn't help but duck and cover his head as he boarded.
The feeling was even more terrifying when the helicopter took off.
When flying on a commercial plane, as long as you didn't get motion sickness, you didn't really feel anything, much like you can't feel how fast a high-speed rail is moving.
But a helicopter was different.
It shot straight up from the ground.
Wearing large headphones, Li Chengxi tightly gripped the cabin door handle, constantly feeling like he was about to be thrown out.
He really wasn't used to it.
Audel, on the other hand, showed no fear at all.
From the moment she saw the helicopter, she began scribbling in her notebook.
Li Chengxi glanced over and saw that she was able to clearly and accurately sketch the helicopter's overall form and a rough diagram of its structure with a fountain pen.
He figured she planned to go back and study how this thing managed to fly.
Because there were many people, one civilian helicopter couldn't fit them all.
This time, a total of two took off.
Before long, the helicopters had flown out of the city, and Li Chengxi could see the highway and mountainous areas below.
However, they didn't fly too far.
It felt like only ten minutes or so had passed before the helicopter landed at the airport in the next city.
Audel seemed a bit disappointed it was over so soon.
Then, the group boarded a minivan pre-arranged by Section Nine.
This time, they took what seemed to be a newly built road and drove for another twenty minutes before reaching their destination.
As the vehicle slowed down and made a turn, Li Chengxi saw a large sign by the road that read, 'Welcome to Golden Bull Mountain Scenic Area'.
He grumbled to Qian Sen, who was sitting in the front row:
"We took a helicopter and a car, was it all just to go to a farmhouse inn?"
(End of Chapter)