Chapter 401: Private Sky Shuttle
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Edited by Aelryinth
Zhang Che spent the next two days leisurely.
On Huang Juyun’s side, the information regarding the various beast worlds was not ready yet. However, today he brought Zhang Che a piece of exciting news.
“Xiaoche, are you interested in buying a private sky shuttle?”
Zhang Che went into a daze when he heard this.
-Is father-in-law teasing me? Would this kind of advanced technology be unrestricted and allowed for private purchases?-
However, after thinking about it for a bit, it didn’t seem like it should be restricted, either.
There were no weapons system on the sky shuttles. There truly was nothing to be apprehensive about. Weren’t there many mid-tier beastmasters who directly flew across the globe on their aerial beasts?
Speaking of danger, with the exception of nuclear warheads, modern equipment was really incomparable to powerful beastmasters.
After all, if a powerful mid-tier beastmaster went crazy and caused chaos in the cities, the destruction they could cause would be unimaginable if no one stopped them in time. A district might be brought to ruins in mere minutes, leading to countless deaths.
So, his father-in-law was probably not just teasing him, right?
Zhang Che was immediately moved!
A sky shuttle that belonged to him! Wouldn’t that mean he could set off whenever he wanted, wherever he wanted, without having to accommodate those airline companies?
“Uncle Huang, you have a way to buy one?”
It went without saying that Huang Juyun surely had a way to buy one since he brought the matter up. Otherwise, why would he make the call?
“Mhm. Hua Xia Airlines just happened to design a new model of sky shuttle. In order to make up for the huge investments in their research, they decided to venture into private flights and accept purchase orders. Won’t you be moving around frequently soon? I thought it’d be much more convenient for you if you had a private sky shuttle.
“Alright, we’ll talk about this in detail when we’re at Hua Xia Airlines. Wait at home first. I’ll come meet you shortly.”
After ending the call with his father-in-law, Zhang Che was feeling very excited.
Like Huang Juyun had said, it would be much easier for Zhang Che to travel across the lands if he had a sky shuttle of his own. He would be able to save a large amount of time, and his safety was guaranteed.
As of now, exotic beasts that could catch up to the sky shuttle were basically non-existent.
Even if there were, the sky shuttle could fly to outer s.p.a.ce, shaking them off.
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The Hua Xia Airlines’ headquarters wasn’t inside Bei Du City, but in an industrial satellite city to the northwest of Bei Du. The whole city was basically built for industrial services, and had a low population. Even so, the security was unusually tight.
Despite the fact that Huang Juyun and Zhang Che were in a custom luxurious car that ordinary people could never afford, they still had to go through several security checks before they were allowed to pa.s.s.
The two were directly led to the airline company’s office building.
As the airline company had no plans of selling sky shuttles previously, they didn’t have a specialized sales department. The person attending to Huang Juyun and Zhang Che was an engineer who was personally involved in the design and production of the new sky shuttle model.
“h.e.l.lo, Engineer Li. I am Huang Juyun from Bei Du. I contacted your company previously, and we’re here today to take a look at the new sky shuttle model.”
Huang Juyun was the first to reach out his hand, shaking this engineer surnamed Li’s hand warmly with a smile.
After a short chat, Huang Juyun introduced Zhang Che to the engineer. “This is my prospective son-in-law, Zhang Che. You can just call him Xiaozhang.”
Engineer Li nodded. He didn’t act too politely, and went straight to the point, saying, “Since you’re here to view the goods, let’s go to the warehouse directly. It just so happens that the first new sky shuttle unit is still in the warehouse. If you’re satisfied with it, you can buy it directly.”
Zhang Che and Huang Juyun were overjoyed. Afterwards, they couldn’t help but find it a little strange. Could it be that Hua Xia Airlines was going to manufacture a large number of sky shuttles? Otherwise, why would there be a warehouse inventory, not to mention allowing direct purchases so casually?
Well, it didn’t seem very likely to be because of the Huang family’s status, either. The Huang family couldn’t be considered a first-rate clan in Bei Du City. They didn’t have that much influence. At the most, they would be able to get the product as soon as possible after placing an order.
Harboring doubts, the two followed Engineer Li and took an electric sightseeing bus. They pa.s.sed through a few tall buildings and two more check points before arriving at the airline company’s warehouse area A.
After entering the warehouse that held the sky shuttle, Zhang Che and Huang Juyun’s gazes were immediately drawn to a machine surrounded by gla.s.s walls.
Unlike the slightly awkward, squarish appearance of the sky shuttles used in commercial flights, the new model had a beautiful streamlined appearance. It was about fifty meters long, ten meters tall, and the widest area was about thirty meters across.
The sh.e.l.l of the plane was greenish-purple in color, with a decent visual impact.
-Hmm? Right, is there only one sky shuttle here?
-We came here and they happened to have just one plane in stock. Isn’t this too much of a coincidence?-
Zhang Che and Huang Juyun looked around, but the surrounding areas were blocked off by the walls, leaving them unable to see what it was like in the other areas of the warehouse.
Engineer Li probably realized what the two were thinking inside. He smiled faintly and explained, “You don’t have to look around. After the design was finalized, our company only manufactured one of them. The rest are still on the a.s.sembly line. It will be some time before they’re worked on.”
Zhang Che found it strange. He immediately asked, “Uh, why don’t you manufacture a few more? Didn’t you say the higher-ups are letting go of the flight routes? Shouldn’t there be many people who are coming to buy their own sky shuttles?”
“Build a few more?” Engineer Li widened his eyes. He pointed at the sky shuttle in front of him, saying, “We want to do that too, but we have already exhausted all of our cash flow to build this perfect new model. We can only wait until this unit is sold before we can continue working on others.”
Seeing the confused looks on Zhang Che and Huang Juyun’s faces, Engineer Li continued explaining, “Do you know how much purple-gold crystal is added to just this sky shuttle alone? Over five tons worth!
“If nothing else, its defenses could withstand the physical attacks of a mid-tier epic-quality exotic beast without suffering much damage. Even a divine-quality exotic beast wouldn’t be able to destroy the plane in one hit. The safety factor is simply incomparable!
“Also, in order to make the first private sky shuttle’s design as perfect as possible, we also added large amounts of other rare minerals from the beast world, and applied the most advanced technology available.
“The take off and landing, for example. This sky shuttle doesn’t need to rely on huge airports. It can take off and land vertically on a large piece of flat land.”
“…” Both Zhang Che and Huang Juyun’s mouths were slightly agape when they heard Engineer Li’s explanation.
Their first reaction wasn’t in admiration of the sky shuttle’s incredible attributes, or how awesome it was. Instead, they were surprised by how many resources the airline company had invested into producing a single unit of the perfect private sky shuttle.
Well, with a little bit of calculation, the production costs of this private sky shuttle would be no less than a hundred and fifty million purple crystal points!
How many people in this world could afford to spend that much money?