220: Chapter 221 Now electric vehicles are truly free of anxiety.

The test track in the suburbs of Tianhai City.

The winter wind howled, and the temperature had dropped to minus fifty degrees.

The biting chill in the air was enough to freeze an ordinary person's lungs solid.

Under such extreme cold, let alone ordinary electric cars, even those expensive fuel-powered sports cars struggled to start their engines, wheezing like an old woman.

However.

A black Tesla was racing along the track like a wild horse off its leash.

It wasn't just driving; it was "flying close to the ground."

"Old Chen, are you sure you didn't tamper with anything?"

Jiang Chen leaned against the railing of the test platform, holding a can of steaming warm cola, watching the black sedan frantically lapping the track. "Isn't this range a bit too outrageous?"

Academician Chen Shuyin held a display screen, her eyes filled with a touch of madness.

It was the fanaticism of a researcher witnessing the truth.

"Jiang Chen, you call this a battery?"

Academician Chen Shuyin pointed to the power curve on the screen, which was perfectly still, without even the slightest fluctuation, her voice trembling slightly with excitement:

"That spirit stone you brought back, it's not chemical energy at all!"

"I tried embedding it into the energy module; not only did it not deplete, but it kept drawing free spiritual energy from space to replenish itself. This isn't a battery; it's basically an eternal star installed in the car!"

"The range... it has already run for three thousand kilometers."

She looked up and pushed up her glasses, a heart-stopping glint flashing behind the lenses:

"And the battery level is still displayed at 100%."

"In this extreme environment, even if you run the air conditioning and heater, and add the full-power entertainment system, it could run for ten thousand years."

"This is simply a... dimensional slaughter of the traditional energy industry."

Jiang Chen took a sip of the warm cola, watching the black sedan still frantically circling, its taillights almost creating a phantom trail, and couldn't help but let a wicked smile tug at the corner of his mouth.

"Ten thousand years? Then there's really no need to worry about range anxiety."

"From now on, forget about electric cars running out of power. I reckon that even when this car is scrapped, that spirit stone won't have consumed even a tenth of its energy."

"So, can this thing be popularized?"

Academician Chen Shuyin sighed, shoved the tablet to Jiang Chen, her eyes full of helplessness:

"The technology is fine. But if you want to popularize it worldwide, or even just in our own country, the oil and power giants will probably be sending you razor blades overnight."

"After all, who would want to see a world where a single stone can keep you running for ten thousand years?"

"The appearance of this thing means that electricity prices will completely drop to zero."

"It means that things like 'rising oil prices' and 'tiered electricity pricing' will all be headed for the trash heap of history."

"So, we aren't just selling batteries; we are revolting against those monopoly giants."

Jiang Chen casually tossed the empty can; it traced an arc in the air and landed precisely in the trash can.

He looked at the snowy wasteland in the distance, his eyes revealing a calm, heartless composure typical of a capitalist.

"Let it be a revolution then."

Jiang Chen had his hands in his pockets, his posture so relaxed it was as if he were discussing the price of Chinese cabbage at the neighborhood market:

"It just so happens that I've long been displeased with those guys who monopolize energy all day and raise prices for any random reason."

"Starting today, I want all electric cars in the world to bid farewell to range anxiety."

"I want to make that thing called an electricity meter a collector's item in museums."

"However..."

Jiang Chen suddenly turned his head, looking at the complex expression on Academician Chen Shuyin's face, and changed the subject with a wicked grin:

"If this thing is too cheap, won't our charging pile business go bankrupt in the future? I think those few newly built supercharging stations need to be quickly converted into... free WiFi sharing kiosks, right?"

Academician Chen Shuyin rolled her eyes at his wild imagination.

This guy, his head is full of ideas on how to blow the ceiling off the industry.

In the time they were talking, the test car that had driven a full three thousand kilometers finally stopped in front of the test platform.

Before the hood was even opened, there wasn't even a speck of dust on the car body.

The driver jumped out of the car, his face flushed with excitement.

"General Manager Jiang! Academician Chen! This car... this car made me dizzy from driving it!"

The driver was incoherent with excitement. "Top speed the whole way! Air conditioning and heat cycling! Audio volume at max! But the power... it didn't move at all!"

Jiang Chen smiled.

This car, in the future, will not just be a means of transportation.

It will become the most fundamental unit for the people of the Dragon Kingdom to venture into the stars.

"Alright, wrap it up."

Jiang Chen brushed the dust off himself, preparing to check on the progress of the aliens mining.

But just then, his phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated.

It wasn't that cross-dimensional call.

It was a top-secret message sent from within the country.

It was the dedicated line from the Supreme Command.

[Comrade Jiang Chen: Regarding the "National Cultivation (Fitness)" program, the elderly in the pilot area have developed a sense of Qi, and the lethality of their square dancing has multiplied; last night, they accidentally shook down a residential compound wall.]

[The leaders are very troubled.]

[This gymnastics routine, we still have to trouble you to... modify it again?]

Looking at this text message, Jiang Chen fell silent.

The elderly practiced gymnastics and tore down a wall?

What kind of god-tier combat power is this?

I just casually released a cultivation technique, why does it feel like I'm going to turn the whole world into "supermen"?

"Forget it."

Jiang Chen sighed helplessly. "It seems I have to go modify this broadcast gymnastics routine myself."

"Otherwise, this Earth will sooner or later be dismantled by those square-dancing elderly ladies."

He turned his head and looked at the puzzled Academician Chen Shuyin, waving his hand casually:

"Old Chen, I'll leave this to you for now."

"I need to go cool down the elderly across China."

"By the way... I need to modify our 'Foundation Establishment Broadcast Gymnastics'."

"After all, I don't want to wake up tomorrow and find all the walls in Tianhai City have been practiced out of existence."

"Oh, right."

Jiang Chen took two steps and stopped, turning back to wink at Academician Chen Shuyin:

"You said earlier that if this thing is popularized, it can change physiological functions?"

"Yes."

Academician Chen Shuyin pushed up her glasses, a flash of fanatical scientific zeal in her eyes.

"Then... can we make this thing more interesting?"

Jiang Chen's smile became somewhat meaningful. "For example... not only can it strengthen the body, but it can also... extend life, and even develop some other little skills?"

Academician Chen Shuyin looked at his troublemaking demeanor, and a sense of foreboding suddenly arose in her heart.

"What are you trying to do?"

Jiang Chen walked up to her, lowered his voice, and whispered in her ear:

"I want to... add a 'passive skill' to this exercise routine."

"Our citizens need to have some self-defense techniques, right?"

"What do you think?"