175: Chapter 176 Chariot Drift! The straight man, a forceful kiss activates photosynthesis.

30,000 kilometers above the equator.

This is Earth's "waistline," and also the wildest, most illegal drag racing scene in the entire Solar System right now.

Jiang Chen felt like he was about to fall apart.

Not from being burned by the True Sun Fire that could melt steel, but from being shaken to pieces by this golden chariot's suspension system.

"Woohoo—! Liftoff!"

In the driver's seat, the Sun Goddess, known as the ruler of time and light, Xihe, currently had one foot on the chariot's pure gold railing, her flaming whip waving like a windmill.

The nine mountain-sized Golden Crows in front, looking like they had just downed a few tons of fake alcohol, were pulling the chariot and "drifting through the gutter" at the edge of Earth's atmosphere.

With every drift, their massive golden wings scraped an aurora band thousands of kilometers long across the atmosphere, swatting passing Starlink satellites like mosquitoes into iron pancakes.

"Too slow! Too slow!"

Xihe laughed wildly, adjusting her sunglasses, roaring at the Earth below, "Let these mortals feel the temperature of the sun! Burn! My little universe!"

Jiang Chen, sitting in the passenger seat (actually just a small stool), gripped the handle tightly, his face already blown into a frozen mask by the supersonic airflow.

He looked at the goddess beside him, who was as excited as a college girl who had just gotten her driver's license, and the cold, domineering image he held of her was collapsing at eighty miles per second.

Where is the goddess in this?

This is clearly a veteran patient in the late stages of "chuunibyou"!

"Hey! That pooper scooper!"

Xihe suddenly turned her head, her golden slit pupils flashing with a light that made one's scalp tingle, "Don't play dead there! Cooperate with my aura!"

"Co... cooperate with what?" Jiang Chen asked, trembling.

"The lines, obviously!"

Xihe tossed her long hair, striking a highly embarrassing pose, similar to an anime villain making an entrance, pointing her finger at the sky:

"I will recite a line, and you shout 'Goddess is mighty' on the side, understand? It needs to have momentum! Let the ants below hear it!"

Jiang Chen: "..."

Just kill me.

Honestly, rather than suffering social death here, I'd rather go back to the moon and be pinched to death by Change.

"Hurry up!" Xihe whipped the air, sparking a burst of flames.

"Yes, yes, yes..." Jiang Chen surrendered.

And so, the following scene was broadcast to the whole world via every astronomical telescope and surviving satellite on Earth.

In the image.

The blindingly golden chariot hovered above the Pacific Ocean.

Xihe stood with her arms crossed, the nine suns (Golden Crows) as her backdrop, her voice amplified by divine power, resounding through the clouds:

"I am the ruler of the Eternal Blazing Sun! The weaver of time! The incarnation of the fire of the end!"

Beside her, Jiang Chen looked lifeless, raising his hand, shouting mechanically: "Goddess is mighty... Goddess is awesome..."

Xihe seemed very dissatisfied, frowning: "The voice is too small! Didn't you eat? Again!"

She pointed to the yellow Sahara Desert below, her tone becoming weathered and profound:

"See that golden sea of sand? Three hundred million years ago, when I fought the Void Lord, I accidentally sneezed... In that instant, the vast ocean turned into mulberry fields, and the forests turned to scorched earth."

"This is the price of power! This is the fate of loneliness!"

Jiang Chen looked at the desert, his mouth twitching wildly.

Big sister, as far as I know, the Sahara was formed by climate Change, right? And three hundred million years ago, this place was an ocean, wasn't it?

You're bragging so hard that geologists are going to have trouble keeping their coffins shut!

But looking at Xihe's expectant little eyes, Jiang Chen could only bite the bullet and play along:

"Wow! So amazing! So the desert was made by your... ah no, your sneeze! With that lung capacity, it's a shame you don't blow up balloons!"

"Hmph, I suppose you have an eye for talent."

Xihe patted Jiang Chen on the shoulder with satisfaction, almost shaking him apart, "Spread the word like this when you go out in the future. Although I'm not in the Jianghu anymore, the Jianghu must have my legend."

On Earth.

Billions of viewers watched the live stream, falling into collective silence.

Lei Keming sat in the command hall, holding emergency heart pills, looking at his Director acting along with the crazy woman on the screen, tears streaming down his face.

"Director Jiang... you've been wronged."

"For the sake of Earth's sunlight, you've sold not only your body but also your soul and intelligence..."

"This counts as a work-related injury! It must count as a work-related injury! Pay the mental damages at the highest standard!"

Just as Jiang Chen felt he was about to die from advanced social anxiety.

"Beep—"

A very slight sound of spatial fluctuation, which only he could hear, rang in his ear.

Immediately after, a familiar green tea... ah no, orchid fragrance drifted into his nose.

"Husband~ Acting must be exhausting, right?"

A transparent figure clung to Jiang Chen's back like a ghost.

It was Gu Liuli.

This Star Alliance Princess, who possessed the ability of "Phase Shifting," had actually bypassed Xihe's perception and sneaked onto the chariot.

"Gu Liuli?!"

Jiang Chen's eyes lit up, as if he had seen a savior, "Quick! Take me away! This woman is a lunatic!"

"Don't be in such a hurry."

Gu Liuli's figure flickered in and out of existence, her fingers gently tracing Jiang Chen's spine, bringing a tingling electric sensation, "I'm here to deliver a 'package' to you."

"Package?"

"Your system."

Gu Liuli smirked, "It got stuck at 99% yesterday and wouldn't move, making you vibrate constantly. Now, while this crazy woman is posing, let's fill in that last 1%."

"How do we fill it?"

"Of course by... stamping it."

Before the words faded.

Gu Liuli suddenly materialized.

She held Jiang Chen's face and kissed him hard and forcefully on those lips that were somewhat chapped from the wind.

This was not a dragonfly skimming the water.

This was a data transfer filled with Star Alliance technology.

Jiang Chen only felt a massive data stream, carrying a pink glow, rushing straight to the top of his head along his lips.

In his mind, the system that had been playing dead for a whole day instantly revived!

[Ding—!]

[Core key detected! Data packet integrity: 100%!]

["StarCraft · Soft Rice Module" installation complete!]

[System rebooting... Reboot successful!]

[Congratulations to the Host! Unlocked new passive skill — [Photosynthesis (Soft Rice Supreme Edition)]!]

[Skill Description: The highest realm of eating soft rice is not asking for it, but "automatic absorption." The Host's body has been remodeled into an "All-Energy Converter." Any form of energy released by the other party (limited to high-energy female organisms) towards the Host (including but not limited to: anger, affection, True Sun Fire, Primordial Sword Qi, high-dimensional radiation) will be forcibly absorbed by the Host and converted into attribute points for himself!]

[Current conversion efficiency: 100% (not wasting a single drop)!]

[Bonus effect: The Host will be immune to all "Fire Attribute" damage and enter the "Overlimit Burst" state after absorbing energy!]