They drove past the border of Rong Gui’s “hometown” that night.
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It’s Rong Gui himself who decided where the border lay.
Then they came to a place called “Braredor”.
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The name was given by Xiao Mei, who was forced by Rong Gui to do so.
Probably around the time they passed a boulder, Rong Gui announced that they had left Si Ping Town and entered a new place.
The former land was gone, and before them was a huge rocky land.
According to Rong Gui, since he got to name the last location, it’s now Xiao Mei’s turn to name this new place. After enduring Rong Gui’s chatter for half an hour, Xiao Mei gave a random name.
“Braredor” meant “bumpy ground” in a certain language, a very unimpressive name indeed.
But Rong Gui didn’t know about it~ So he had been praising the classiness of this name given by Xiao Mei all the time.
Although Braredor sounded like a classy name, they had an extremely hard time driving through this place. There were more and more rocks along the way, and soon the car was stuck.
Just as Rong Gui was thinking “oh no”, “it’s over”, “big trouble”, Xiao Mei calmly jumped out of the car. In a panic, Rong Gui hurriedly jumped out of the car with him. He saw Xiao Mei reaching into somewhere up above the wheels which stayed concealed from his sight. After a few tugs, Xiao Mei slowly pulled from inside –
A long section of track?
Staring at Xiao Mei, who had already begun to install the tracks, Rong Gui was once again dumbfounded:
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“Wow wow wow! Isn’t it a tank? I’ve never thought that one day I would be able to sit in a tank!!!” Rong Gui, who had also got onto the car, became excited once more. He couldn’t help but stretch out his head to look down frequently, hoping to see how exactly the tracks were functioning.
“Come back quickly to pedal.” In the face of the excited Rong Gui who looked as if he had just been injected a shot of chicken blood, Xiao Mei merely sped up his pedaling pace.
Fortunately, Rong Gui was just a little curious, and when Xiao Mei called him, he immediately sat back obediently to continue his work. Yet, his heart was still full of excitement, so he asked Xiao Mei: “Since you have long prepared the tracks, why not use them from the beginning?”
Wouldn’t it save them much more trouble if the tracks were installed at home?
This was what Rong Gui thought.
“Our materials were limited, and the lifespan of the tracks were also limited, so we have to avoid wear and tear as much as possible.” Operating the steering wheel with both of his hands, Xiao Mei continued to pedal at an even speed. “Moreover, once we begin to use the tracks, we will need to use the engine to provide power, which inevitably doubles the energy consumed.”
“From now on, the energy that we have previously accumulated will start to be consumed rapidly.” Xiao Mei added.
Rong Gui’s excitement immediately cooled down upon these words. He became anxious instead.
Right away, he increased his pedaling frequency. If he’s still in a human body, such action could perhaps indeed produce more energy. Yet, since he’s currently in a robotic body, soon, the alarm monitoring the remaining energy in his body went off.
And Rong Gui had to stop to replenish some energy.
While he was recharging, Xiao Mei was still pedaling aside at an even speed. Watching Xiao Mei, who was working seriously, for the first time, Rong Gui didn’t say anything.
He came down from the charger just after his energy was half replenished, and pedaled according to the pace of Xiao Mei next to him. For the first time, the highly stable frequency of his action made him look like a real robot.
Despite their effort, the energy that they had worked so hard to preserve was still being consumed rapidly. When their energy deficiency was about to reach the alert level, they made a turn at another boulder. Since then, Rong Gui suddenly felt that something was different.
He had stayed puzzled for a long time before realizing what was different.
It’s wind –
The wind was blowing!
Lacking a perceptual system, Rong Gui only realized that the wind was coming when he was almost blown off the car!
Clutching the seat tightly with both of his hands, Rong Gui found in horror that the wind was about to blow him apart!
In the whistling wind, he heard Xiao Mei’s voice: “Fasten your seat belt.”
Er…so there’s also a seat belt?
Glancing at Xiao Mei next to him, who had fastened the seat belt dutifully, Rong Gui hurriedly spared his hands, struggling to fasten his own.
With his body firmly strapped to the seat, Rong Gui finally felt safe again. It’s only at this point that he had time to turn to Xiao Mei and complain: “Xiao Mei! Did you build the car from the soybean curd? It’s so shoddy that even if the car has a closed body, it’s still not windproof at all!!!!”
The wind was so loud that he had to raise his voice to the point of roaring.
Xiao Mei’s reaction had been very calm since the beginning: “I deliberately made the car to allow the wind to penetrate. There are many vents on both sides of the car, which help to generate energy when the wind pass through. Were it not for this reason, why did I need to build the car sides? They would have been a waste of materials.”
Rong Gui: ……
He should have known – how could Xiao Mei, the ultimate pragmatist, do anything useless?
The wind turbines on the car sides probably had been working for a long time. It’s just that the wind was not strong enough previously to make him notice.
“There are also many vents on your body, which can be opened once you launch the wind power mode. By launching this mode, you may generate electricity as well as reducing the damage of the wind to the body.” Said Xiao Mei. Countless small holes were suddenly revealed on his body surface, through which the wind from the outside instantly passed, leaving behind a stream of strange, whimpering sounds.
“You should have said this earlier!” Said Rong Gui. Following Xiao Mei’s instructions, he indeed found the activation button of the “wind power mode” inside his body. After he pressed it, the metal covering his body surface went down as well, revealing the numerous holes hidden underneath.
Ah, the clarinet is back – with this thought, Rong Gui immediately felt a lot more relaxed. The resistance of the wind diminished as it flowed away from the holes, and Rong Gui was eventually able to securely fix his body to the seat.
They stayed in place for a long time to store energy as well as to reduce the damage of the strong wind to the car.
So the two little robots, both strapped to the car seats, remained motionless, allowing the gale to whistle through their bodies. Every time when the wind became stronger, their bodies would creak and screech, as if they could be blown apart anytime.
In fact, Xiao Mei’s seat belt was indeed blown apart during a strong gust of wind.
With quick hands and sharp eyes, Rong Gui grabbed him in time. Firmly holding around Xiao Mei’s waist, he used his own seat belt to support the weight of the two people.
Since the wind never seemed to subside, he had to keep sustaining this position.
It’s dark all around.
In the darkness, Rong Gui whispered: “The wind is so strong…”
“It’s so scary…”
“Were it not for you, I would never have been able to walk out of this place alone.”
“I’m lucky to have you here~”
Xiao Mei remained silent.
Yet, after a long, long time, Rong Gui felt Xiao Mei also raised the arms to wrap around his shoulders.
With you in my arms, and me in yours, the two little robots snuggled with each other in the the howling wind to pass the night.
Ah, so cute! 😊
Thanks for the chapter!
Glad you like it😘
The last part is so cute! Them being there for each other just melts my heart.
Thank you for this interesting and heartwarming chapter! ╰(°▽°)╯