Reshaping
"Then doesn't that mean Old Lu is in danger?" Yang Xiao frowned. "Then should we still let him go?"
"We still don't know the other party's details right now. Taking action rashly is not sensible... Moreover, didn't you hear? Behind him, there are other people keeping an eye on Lu Xun."
"Then at least we shouldn't have given the car to him, right? What if he gets there faster than us?"
"If we don't give the car to him, he will still go and buy a car further back. Not to mention..."
The corners of Chen Ling's mouth slightly curled up.
He looked at the vehicles driving over from behind and spoke calmly:
"Driving that car, it's absolutely impossible for him to be faster than us."
...
While driving the car, the young man hung up the phone and focused all his attention on the road, having already slammed the accelerator to the floor.
But to his surprise, even so, the car's speed still couldn't increase, maxing out at only one hundred and fifty kilometers per hour... He frowned and stepped on it forcefully a few more times, but several strange noises came from under the engine hood.
"This shouldn't be... This car looks like a new model, it shouldn't have been driven for long... Has Mercedes-Benz already become this trash?"
The young man muttered a few words.
He somewhat regretted choosing this car, but after all, he spent six hundred and fifty thousand, so he was definitely reluctant to abandon it halfway. He wasn't wealthy and imposing to that extent yet... Fortunately, this speed right now was enough. After entering the city in a while, it would be completely impossible to run this fast.
But very quickly he discovered that he was still too optimistic.
Five kilometers later, the original limit speed of one hundred and fifty dropped to one hundred and thirty. After another five kilometers, only one hundred remained...
The young man had a dumbfounded expression, but still bit the bullet and drove forward. Yet the speed of the car got slower and slower. Even the entire car body was emitting creaking sounds, as if it was about to fall apart.
It shouldn't be!
It doesn't make sense!!
The young man was both anxious and angry. Coupled with the bursts of honking coming from behind, he became incredibly irritable... In the end, even an Elderly Lady riding an electric tricycle selling oranges could match his speed.
Seeing this car's speed so slow, the Elderly Lady hesitated for a moment, then pulled out a fresh and plump large orange from behind and knocked on the car window:
"Boss, want some oranges?"
"..."
Just as the young man was about to curse something, the next moment, a loud bang came from beneath him.
Chug chug chug chug—
Billowing black smoke surged from under the car's front hood. Even though he had already slammed the accelerator to the floor, under his despairing gaze, the vehicle still slowly stopped in the middle of the road...
"What the hell is with this car?!" The young man couldn't bear it anymore. He cursed loudly, then unbuckled his seatbelt, about to pull open the car door.
But as soon as he touched the door handle, the entire car door of the driver's cabin directly detached, smashing onto the ground with a bang... This was like some kind of signal. The next moment, the tires, the undercarriage, the front and rear outer wraparound structures, and even the windshield wipers all fell apart and dropped, with all kinds of parts exploding all over the ground!
"Hey look, what's going on over there?"
"I don't know, I saw that car just fall apart all at once... Is it a prop for filming a movie?"
"..."
At the same time, the surrounding passersby also stopped one after another. They couldn't help but take out their phones and frantically record this scene, while also covering their mouths and laughing about something.
Within the only remaining car frame, the young man looked at the scrap metal all over the ground with an expression of having seen a ghost.
At this moment, no matter how slow-witted he was, he also realized he had been played... He couldn't help but pull out the steering wheel and smash it fiercely onto the ground, instantly shattering it to pieces like a biscuit!
"Fuck your mother!!"
...
At the same time.
In the passenger seat of a brand new car, Yang Xiao was boredly scrolling through his phone.
As a potential video from nearby was pushed to him, Yang Xiao's expression suddenly turned strange... Looking at the car frame with parts scattered all over the ground amidst comical BGM, and that familiar figure with a dumbfounded expression on the car, he couldn't help but turn his head and glance at Chen Ling, who was calmly driving.
"... How did you do it?"
Chen Ling smiled slightly. "Just a little trick."
The [Material Reshaping and Material Ultimate Strength] drawn from Lou Yu was even more powerful than Chen Ling expected. And just now, when he patted that car, he had already silently altered the material ultimate strength of the parts inside the car.
The so-called material ultimate strength was the maximum stress a material could bear when subjected to a load. It was a threshold. The higher this value, the tougher the material. And the lower it was, the easier it was to be damaged... Of course, Chen Ling's current control over this threshold was limited, but even so, destroying an ordinary sedan was still incredibly simple.
"This way, it delayed him by about twenty minutes." Yang Xiao couldn't help but sigh emotionally. "The gap has been widened."
"Twenty minutes?"
Chen Ling raised an eyebrow. "... It's definitely more than that."
As his voice fell, after confirming there were no other vehicles in front or behind, Chen Ling slowly extended his hand out the window, his palm pressing against the upper door frame...
Strands of electric light rapidly swam along the car body, and an indescribable power surged from Chen Ling's palm into the car!
"Reshaping." Chen Ling spoke indifferently.
The next moment, the entire vehicle's appearance began to change. From the initial ordinary family sedan shell, it transformed into a low-slung streamlined appearance, minimizing wind resistance to the lowest. At the same time, the silver car paint was also transformed into fiery red!
The original engine was continuously strengthened under Chen Ling's skill. Its material ultimate strength rapidly climbed, and after breaking past the limit, it surprisingly emitted a roar no less than any world-class sports car engine!
Within just a few short seconds, an ordinary Volkswagen had transformed into a supercar capable of breaking limit records!
[Audience Expectation Value +3]
Yang Xiao looked at all this in astonishment. The terrifying push-back feeling pressed him against the seat, and his heartbeat continuously accelerated with the soaring speed. He tightly gripped the handle and couldn't help but say:
"Is this... a Transformer?!"
"Dr. Yang Xiao, times have changed." Feeling the lightning-fast speed brought by this ability, Chen Ling smiled slightly and said, "From now on, I won't need to squeeze onto the subway anymore."
"???"
Yang Xiao didn't know about Chen Ling's experiences during his first return, nor could he understand Chen Ling's brain circuitry. He only knew that he was very nervous right now. After struggling for a long time, he still gave up on advising Chen Ling to drive slower...
He silently closed his eyes, choosing to resign himself to fate.
VROOM—!!
A streak of red lightning swept past the road, heading straight towards the neon-flashing city in the distance.
...
Shanghai.
At a bustling Crossroads, a figure was leaning under a streetlamp. Allowing the surrounding pedestrians to shuttle back and forth, he remained motionless like a sculpture... His gaze stared intently at the surroundings, as if looking for something.
The next moment, a vibration sounded from his pocket. He took out his phone and pressed the answer button.
"Hello?"
"..."
"Found Dr. Lu's whereabouts? Where is he?"