148: Successfully reached the Karman line! Is this the terror of the seventh-generation fighter?

34,196 meters;

47,983 meters;

59,192 meters;

......

Just as General He was wailing, the numbers on the hangar screen continued to climb.

Almost in an instant, the five-digit number that originally started with a three quickly jumped to a five!

And...

This number was still jumping!

69,197 meters;

77,618 meters;

86,574 meters;

......

“Hahaha! This feels great! I didn’t expect that even though I couldn’t become an astronaut, I could achieve a similar experience as a test pilot?”

“This is simply…”

“A blessing in disguise!!”

Although his whole body was immersed in the composite fluid, which prevented Yang Boyu from speaking, with the help of the non-invasive brain-computer interface…

The comfort in his heart still floated out!

Not only Lin Qi and the others heard it, but even military personnel like Fang Yingxuan and General He couldn't help but twitch their lips.

General Fang Yingxuan and General General He, in particular, couldn't help but be filled with envy, emotion, anticipation, and a little… tiny bit of jealousy.

“Hmph! Look how happy this brat is. It seems he still has too much energy and his training volume isn’t full and sufficient!”

“That’s right! It’s time for the Test Flight Institute to add more training. They must at least learn to control their thoughts!”

The Staff Officers: “......”

Although everyone knew these two old men were a bit “petty,” no one had expected that while the person hadn’t even come down yet, the two of them had already started scheming…

No!

It shouldn’t be called scheming, but rather publicly declaring that they would give the other party extra training and promotions?

This was simply…

“Too horrible to look at!”

“Extremely malicious!!”

“What are you two muttering about over there?”

Hearing General He’s voice, the two staff officers standing nearby immediately shivered!

They quickly waved their hands and said, “Nothing! Nothing at all! We didn’t say anything just now! You must have misheard, General! Maybe it was just the wind blowing by?”

“That’s right! It must have been the wind! I just saw the control tower door move!”

The locked door: “......”

......

Yang Boyu, who was in the air, was completely unaware of the commotion on the ground.

Nor did he have time to care about it.

One must know that when Wang Peng piloted the Qingluan Fighter Jet and soared to 30,000 meters, he could already see the curved horizon in the distance.

And even the deep universe above his head!

But now…

The suzaku fighter had soared to 90,000 meters and showed no signs of slowing down, still rushing towards the starry sky above at an 89-degree angle!

That peculiar feeling of hurtling towards an abyss, even in a trance, not knowing whether he was flying up or falling down…

Made Yang Boyu’s heart race.

All sorts of thoughts flew through his mind, almost causing the electrodes fixed on his head to crash!

Fortunately, when Chief Engineer Lin designed it, he had already considered this situation, so he specifically had the programmers of the computer team add restrictions.

This ensured that the Suzaku mainframe could allocate more resources to the fighter jet itself, rather than to these messy and useless places.

Otherwise…

Who knew if it would really crash the Suzaku mainframe!

“Alert: Approaching the Karman Line. The fighter jet’s status is good. The pilot can decide whether to continue ascending based on the mission content.”

Suddenly!

Just as Yang Boyu was fully immersed in his excitement, the voice of the Suzaku intelligent system immediately brought him back to his senses.

He glanced at the altitude information in his helmet.

Yang Boyu took a deep breath.

Trying to calm his excitement, he said, “Chief Engineer, this is Suzaku. The fighter jet has currently reached 94.3 kilometers and is about to cross the Karman Line.”

“Should I continue to ascend?”

“Continue.”

Looking at the constantly changing numbers on the screen, Lin Qi did not look at Fang Yingxuan and the others beside him, who had completely fallen silent, and immediately spoke to Yang Boyu.

Upon hearing this?

Yang Boyu nodded.

He pushed the throttle valve with his left hand. Under the automatic switching of the Suzaku airborne intelligent system, this throttle valve had already changed from injecting fuel to accelerating the explosion frequency.

95,000, 97,000, 99,000…

104,198 meters!

“It’s past!”

“It’s past!!”

“Hahaha! It’s past!!”

When the number on the screen instantly jumped from six digits to seven digits, everyone except Lin Qi cheered excitedly.

Even Fang Yingxuan and General He celebrated with clenched fists in different places.

Their faces were full of excitement!

Regarding this.

Although Lin Qi saw it all, he did not join in.

After all, even though the suzaku fighter had reached its goal, he also saw the fighter jet’s limit.

One must know that near the Karman Line, an aircraft needs to reach orbital velocity, which is 7.8 kilometers per second, to maintain enough lift for long-duration flight.

Otherwise, it will continue to accelerate and consume energy, eventually falling back from the Karman Line into the atmosphere, or even crashing onto solid ground!

And considering that in a high-altitude environment, the speed of sound will suddenly drop from 340 meters near the ground to just over 240 meters.

So…

This means that even if Suzaku could fly at a theoretical 16 Mach, it would only be equivalent to 4.19 kilometers per second.

Far below the theoretical 7.8 kilometers that would allow an aircraft to fly at this altitude for a long time.

‘Sigh…’

‘It seems it’s still a bit short!’

“Chief Engineer Lin, you are…”

Seeing Lin Qi’s calm expression, with even his brows furrowed in thought, Fang Yingxuan quickly noticed the anomaly and couldn’t help but ask.

Upon hearing this?

The surrounding crowd, who had been celebrating, also stopped their actions and turned to look at Lin Qi.

Lin Qi waved his hand.

“Nothing, I just feel a little disappointed. After all, the upper limit of this power system should be higher than it is now.”

Fang Yingxuan: “???”

Everyone: “......”

‘Is that a human thing to say?’

Look at the qingluan vi fighter, still at an altitude of 30,000 meters, eagerly looking up at the sky and the universe, wishing it could come over but unable to.

‘Chief Engineer, don’t you think what you’re saying now is a bit too much of a humblebrag?’

Lin Qi smiled.

He also knew what everyone was thinking.

However…

Not reaching it means not reaching it.

Even if the power system of the Zhuque VII fighter was already quite impressive in the eyes of Fang Yingxuan and others, Lin Qi still decided that after the maiden flight, he would go back into seclusion to continue researching the power system.

Until he could achieve his goal!

“Ahem, well… Chief Engineer Lin, don’t be so strict with yourself. After all, this is just a fighter jet, not a rocket!”