Chapter 59: I’m not an Outlaw!
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Ye Chong was absolutely terrorized. He changed the direction of his engine in panic and landed the F-58 harshly. Zeep! The white laser skimd through the forehead of F-58 and created a bottomless-looking crater on the ground, steaming.
The imnse force made the F-58 land like a beast on four feet, to buffer the pressure produced due to sharp turning. And almost imdiately after, the F-58 launched itself like a jaguar into the crowd.
Ye Chong had switched to ground-mode of the F-58 and considered himself familiar with the dynamics behind dashing by the beast. He mastered it fast and moved on fluidly. There was a certain rhythm in his running. The F-58 was also built with an avant-garde buffering system, so Ye Chong had an easier ti piloting it on ground. Imagine bumping in the urban jungle without it, Ye Chong might need a comfort bag and all the asly amount of stamina left might just go into the drain along with his pukes.
The white ch was alerted by sothing as he stopped firing. He just silently followed Ye Chong behind.
Ye Chong had fully adjusted the F-58’s posture after a while but remained very close to the ground, with legs bent. Certainly a very strange posture to fly in… Ye Chong was helpless of this in actuality. F-58 was unard and keeping the sa height with the sniper would be fatal. He could only try to ground the sniper by flying extrely low. That was his re hope to fight back or else… he would be running for his life and probably get shot and no more. There were a lot of monts where a shot could have been made, yet it never happened. Ye Chong was confused. What was holding him back? Or was it a miss?
Ye Chong would never let the chance slip if he was the chaser. He would fire at every possible mont to nail the enemy. That was what living on the Trash Planet had taught him all these years - the blatant, crude, primal, supre law of survival. He believed that such law might not be actually applicable in this society, especially after the incident the day before, but he believed that there were way more things unknown to him. He didn’t encounter the unknown, he was literally thrown into the unknown. Thus, like what all humans would do, he would pick the thod he trusted and knew best to conquer the unknown.
Well, it seed like Ye Chong still had a long journey down the road to understand society and change himself…
The curved legs might appeared to be awkward, however it would be the most effective way so far to dodge any incoming beam by changing the course using the leap of the legs.
It could be a golden opportunity to have so circus tricks but Ye Chong did not fancy the idea. The non-orderly wavy leap, the classic Thomas’s Spin, there are always tis for those but not now! If I wanted to commit suicide there are better ways! Thought Ye Chong as he changed his direction from ti to ti between the densely grouped buildings at an attempt to confuse the opponent. This would give him temporary cover too!
The white ch seed to have no counter for this. He stayed up high following Ye Chong. Ye Chong went lower and lower and tried his best to pick places with more buildings. That was a headache to the white ch because Ye Chong travelled like a phantom, sneaking from one spot to another. He would more likely to miss him if he were to lower his ch in the run.
Out of the blue, the black ch in front of him disappeared!
Ye Chong actually discovered a giant building in front, an extrely tall foundation. He got an idea and he rushed towards the corner of the building. Right when the white ch lost him, he jumped out of the cabin instantly and warped the F-58 back into the alternate dinsion before he touched the ground. The people were staring at him in perplexity. He quickly subrged into the crowd and vanished.
He walked with the flow and cautiously glanced at the white ch, halting in the sky a few tis on the way, "You did improve I guess." Mu praised.
"Well, this is the best I could pull off." Ye Chong replied.
"The location to claim your card is right at the central building in 500 ters."
"Got it."
The central building was about 300 floors tall, coated in tallic texture with glasses of dim blue. It was a futuristic building in cold colors. And there seed to be a parking space for ch or miniature aircrafts at every 3 floors.
The interior was gently lit, decorated with walls of silver and countless cubicles separated by partitions of glass both transparent and half-transparent. The lobby contained a number of hologram projectors that kept rolling out the procedures of any form of application. There were also a few processors nearby for custors’ inquiry.
Ye Chong walked to one of the kiosks there. His fingerprints were scanned along with his retina, followed by his skeletal structure. A diprotic scan was also perford. These were the essential procedures for verification purpose. And Ye Chong’s identity was proven.
"The application of recreating your identity card has been completed. You may receive your card at your right. Please take good care of it and if you lose it again, do co to us soon." A chanical voice of a female rang at the kiosk after the verification process. Thup! A pale green card was spat out of the automated machine, "Have a nice day!"
He looked at his card with curiosity. It was about the size of his wrist, slightly smaller. "Ye, this is your identification docunt. You’re no longer an outlaw. This took way longer than I thought. The security at the residence info center was hard to get through. It took a lot of effort just to get in. I almost got caught too! But luckily I’m fast." He laughed proudly.
The card contained his full na, gender and other personal information. There was also a unique logo of Fal galaxy. The identity card could be snapped after fingerprint verification to obtain the very core of the card, being the microchip. The chip could be placed into a specific kind of decoder to get more data. Well, of course, this was only useful for specific departnts.
Ye Chong kept his card carefully.
He exited the building and headed back to his shop. The first wave of custors were coming anyti soon. He had got to make it back fast! He was tempted to re-summon F-58, yet… Ye Chong looked around. The white ch could be watching from anywhere. He wouldn’t want another round of reckless race into the unknown…
For what reason that white ch wanted to kill so much? What did I do wrong?
Ye Chong was puzzled. So may have suggested the use of Mu but that idea was long out of reach for Ye Chong, considering how Mu was so sassy to not let him have a ride for ergencies. Sigh, I’ll just walk on my feet. He ran on his feet fast, all the way to the shop!
The pedestrians at the side held their steps as they watched a road runner passing by.
"What the heck? This is impossible!"
"He’s too fast!"
"Am I high? Am I seeing things?"
They were probably thinking these thoughts while looking at a grown man rushing through the street in rumbles.
Ye Chong had to rush because the custors flooded the shop recently and most of them happened to be regular and returning custors.
I made it!
Right before the first wave of starving custors intruded.
That was a miracle, until… I’m tired… The custors of the shop were very self-aware of it seed. There were only 32 seats in Grandpa Qian’s shop. So anyone could tell the seats were very insufficient and the custors left the mont they finished their food. They never stayed and they gave the seats to the coming custors. It was good but… that simply did not give a mont for Ye Chong to even catch his breath. He was usually much more energetic, however he drained himself too much during the escape in the morning.
"You seed worn out, my boy. Are you okay?" Grandpa Qian asked unsettlingly upon seeing how Ye Chong was not his usual self. "Yeah, yeah, I’m fine." That was his reply for every regard he received that day.
Till the very last custor left in satisfaction, they finally got to start their al.
The rice tasted sweeter than usual. Everything just felt tastier. Ye Chong gargled the soup.
In the midst of leisure, soone bashed into the place.
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