Chapter 76 made Xiu's scalp tingle.
In the official livestream room of Baishui City Television, the number of online viewers had already broken through the 600,000 mark and was continuing to climb at a terrifying speed.
The high-definition aerial view provided by the news helicopter clearly displayed the unprecedented chase on the highway below to millions of viewers across the country.
Facing this ghost car, which had a speed exceeding two hundred kilometers per hour and could occasionally perform optical tricks, the pursuit operation by the Baishui City police had now entered its final, frantic stage.
"All units pay attention! All units pay attention!" On the radio channel, Traffic Police Detachment Captain Zhang Jianguo was in charge of the on-site command. His voice had become somewhat hoarse from prolonged shouting. "The target is about to enter the number three pre-set interception point! Barrier team! Barrier team! No matter what, you must stop it for me!"
Three kilometers ahead at the site of an old national highway toll station, a dozen heavy trucks loaded with sand and police anti-riot vehicles had blocked the entire eight-lane road in every direction, helter-skelter. This line of defense made of steel and sand—let alone a small car, even a main battle tank would have to think twice before attempting to cross it.
This was their last hope.
Under the gaze of the television helicopter and nearly a million viewers across the internet, dragon knight no. 1 transformed into a black afterimage and charged toward the seemingly impassable steel barrier without slowing down in the slightest!
"What does it want to do? Is it crazy?!"
"It's going to crash! Stop it, quickly!"
In the livestream room, countless Netizens let out exclamations.
However, just when everyone thought a tragic car accident was about to happen in the next second, dragon knight no. 1, under the precise control of its AI, performed the most jaw-dropping scene of its journey so far.
Less than two hundred meters from the barrier, there was a slightly upward-sloping maintenance ramp on the side of the highway used for road maintenance. The AI's processor calculated the angle of the ramp, its own speed, and the height of the obstacle ahead in a fraction of a second.
It jerked the steering wheel, and the small car body precisely charged up the inclined ramp at a tricky angle!
The ramp became a natural ski jump!
Under the immense kinetic energy, the front of dragon knight no. 1 jerked upward, its four wheels left the ground, and the entire car body turned into a black parabola, drawing a breathtaking arc in the air, actually flying directly over the tops of the two heavy trucks!
A children's version of a flying car stunt was thus performed in reality, under the gaze of the entire internet!
After traveling nearly a hundred meters through the air, the vehicle landed heavily on the ground. The specially made suspension system and sturdy car body structure absorbed the vast majority of the impact force. The car only jolted slightly twice before regaining its stability, and afterward, it even accelerated again with ease, speeding away and leaving dust in its wake.
The scene was silent.
All the pursuing police officers subconsciously slammed on their brakes, staring blankly at the black afterimage that had already gone into the distance.
Traffic Police Detachment Captain Zhang Jianguo was personally commanding from the front line. His high-powered police motorcycle was parked on the side of the road, and the face beneath his helmet was filled with an expression of confusion and breakdown. In his thirty years on the job, he had never seen such an absurd scene.
He felt that his worldview had been completely shattered in that instant by the leaping action of this small toy car.
He slowly took off his helmet, his bloodshot eyes staring blankly ahead, his lips trembling. Finally, he grabbed the walkie-talkie and, in a hoarse, desperate voice with a hint of a sob, shouted to the command center and the entire police channel of Baishui City the words that would circulate for a long time in the Eastern Country traffic enforcement field:
"Command Center... Command Center..."
"Ground units... are unable to intercept..."
"Requesting..."
He took a deep breath, used all his strength, and roared: "Requesting support from aerial units!!!"
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Meanwhile, public opinion on the internet completely exploded after this near-miraculous jump over the barrier and quickly slid in another direction.
At first, everyone was still marveling at the performance of this miracle car and celebrating the legend of the ghost car. But soon, as the helicopter camera zoomed in, everyone clearly saw that the person driving this killing machine was actually a child who looked at most eight or nine years old!
This discovery instantly ignited the anger of all parents.
"My God! It really is a child driving! This is too dangerous!"
"What kind of toy is this? This is no longer a toy! This is a moving coffin!"
"Which unscrupulous manufacturer made this thing? We must doxx them! Make them go to jail!"
"That's right! Disregarding a child's life just to make money? This kind of person deserves to be executed!"
"I'll say this timidly, but this kind of toy is more suitable for adults."
"Get lost, it must be condemned."
On major parenting forums and social media, the trend reversed instantly. The marvel at the miracle car was quickly drowned out by angry condemnation of the manufacturer. Countless agitated parents flooded the official accounts of Baishui City Television and the police, demanding severe punishment for this toy factory that treated human lives like grass.
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And at the very center of all this storm, Li Jiajun, after finishing bragging to his sparse livestream room, closed the stream with satisfaction.
He was completely unaware of the upheaval in the outside world.
He leisurely lay back in his newly purchased ergonomic boss chair, with his feet up on the desk, opened his company's official website backend, and looked at the single order. It showed that dragon knight no. 1 had been shipped, and a gratified, fatherly smile appeared on his face.
He began to unconsciously mutter his narration, planning the magnificent blueprint for his toy factory:
"Once the reputation of this dragon knight no. 1 spreads among the children's circle, I will be the Porsche of the children's car world! I really am a business genius!"
He took a sip of the goji berry tea in his thermos and continued to imagine happily:
"By then, those parents will definitely be begging me, crying and shouting to purchase. After all, what is my design philosophy? It's safety! Absolute safety! Which parent wouldn't want to give their child the best safety guarantee?"
"The parents of this Long Aoao kid must be moved to tears by now, maybe they're even preparing to send me a silk banner!"
The more he thought about it, the happier he felt, as if he could already see the spectacular scene of countless parents lining up, waving money, crying and shouting, begging him to sell a few more dragon knight no. 1 units.
But what he didn't know was—
On one side of the lens where he was, was his smug face imagining parents crying and begging to buy.
But, on the other side of the lens, were the angry comments of parents on the internet crying and shouting to send him to jail.
This strong dramatic contrast was truly numbing.
If he knew about it later, he might also feel his scalp tingle.
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