Mechanical Ascension, Caught Red-Handed During a Test Flight?

"Finally done!"

Chen Yi was so moved he almost cried.

He picked up the laptop next to him, connected the hard drive he had just removed, and then transferred the two study materials inside into the virtual consciousness machine.

He put on the helmet and activated the learning state.

Instantly, Chen Yi felt his head become groggy, and his vision began to blur.

Several seconds later.

His head jolted.

Chen Yi regained his spirits, but the scene before his eyes had already changed.

A familiar teacher, dressed in professional attire, was walking gracefully towards him.

Although the image was a bit blurry, like a dream, it was precisely this hazy, dreamlike feeling that made him feel even more excited and thrilled.

"This learning is amazing!"

Chen Yi cheered in his heart.

Wasn't the effect of this learning more engaging than any AR?

After a period of exciting preview, Chen Yi entered the real learning state.

Through the virtual representation of his memories, under the control of his will.

He returned to his high school days, back to Class 907 in his senior year.

However, unlike before when he could only study for three minutes and was easily distracted, a slacker.

Now, he was a true academic prodigy.

Shielded from the influence of his physical body, his concentration was unparalleled, and his mind was incredibly active.

He could maintain concentration for over ten hours without distraction, his thinking was as sharp as if he had a cheat code, and he could quickly grasp the key points of any math or physics problem.

It allowed him to truly experience the joy of learning and understand that the joys of a top student and the sorrows of a slacker are not the same.

Top students felt their studies were enjoyable, while slackers thought top students were just showing off.

Even more exaggerated, Chen Yi discovered that his time seemed to flow differently from others.

When studying alone, he had gone through hundreds of practice papers and leisurely read over a dozen books, feeling as though at least two to three months had passed.

But when he snapped back to reality and finished his review, he found that only one night had gone by.

In this state, in less than a week.

Chen Yi reviewed all the knowledge points from his six years of middle and high school, easily scoring 743, and then began to self-study university courses.

For his self-study of university courses, he chose rocket and aerospace engineering, and the design and manufacturing of aircraft.

After a period of diligent study, he successfully designed a super drone model that was both versatile and capable of supersonic flight within the atmosphere as well as entering Earth's orbit.

The moment the model successfully completed its test flight and soared into space, amidst the cheers of his classmates and friends, he felt as if he was waking from a dream.

"Hiss!"

Snapping back from the virtual learning state, Chen Yi gasped!

It was too terrifying.

This virtual learning state was truly terrifying.

The equipment was cold and emotionless.

By directly connecting to the brain through virtual equipment, it eliminated external environmental interference, bodily hormone influences, and the limitations of physical strength and energy. The entire person's mind and spirit could be described in two words.

The flesh is weak.

Mechanical Ascension.

This state, combined with the virtual equipment's bullet time, could only be described as terrifyingly powerful!

"The only regret is that it requires a certain cool-down period, and my body feels somewhat drained."

He took off the helmet.

Chen Yi looked at the morning sunlight streaming through the window and suddenly felt a sense of mental fatigue.

It felt like staying up for three days and three nights, then sleeping for ten hours and waking up, seemingly recovered but not entirely.

Although the virtual learning state was subconscious learning and did not affect independent thought or consciousness, similar to dreaming.

Even too many dreams could lead to mental exhaustion and the collapse of the subconscious.

"It will probably take about a week for my subconscious to recover."

Chen Yi reflected on his experience in the virtual state.

The details of other characters had become as hazy as a dream, but the knowledge was firmly imprinted in his mind.

With a thought, the knowledge emerged instinctively.

The feeling of knowledge filling your brain, of mastering it with ease, was truly captivating.

If it weren't for his subconscious not having recovered yet, and the risk of sudden death from further virtual learning, Chen Yi would definitely have grabbed the helmet and gone for another round.

"Bring the drones from the warehouse over."

Chen Yi held his laptop, beginning to analyze point by point the technology contained within this super drone capable of visiting the moon.

"The fuselage's aerodynamic layout tends towards perfection. If the wing angle is advanced by 0.1°, the lift coefficient will drop by three percentage points. If adjusted backward by 0.1°, the drag coefficient will increase. Only the current angle is a perfect balance."

"The engine nozzle is also particular. It can be confirmed to be a rotating detonation engine, but if the size of this engine's central cone and its inclination angle are changed even slightly, the thrust efficiency in the atmosphere will decay. If the engine's nozzle diameter is a bit larger or smaller, the thrust efficiency in space will also be affected."

"The key points of this engine structure can also be referenced a lot when manufacturing Hall effect thruster drones later."

Chen Yi jotted down technical points and wrote lines of formulas on his laptop.

The super drone, whose mysteries he couldn't understand before and could only exclaim "awesome" at, had lost all its secrets in his eyes at this moment.

Even if someone asked him about it, he wouldn't falter.

From the drone's design to engine manufacturing, from the drone's avionics control to aerodynamic layout.

He could talk for three days straight without repeating himself.

"Let's take it for a test flight and see how the immersive control experience of the drone with the virtual helmet is."

Confirming that the knowledge he gained from virtual learning was real and effective.

Chen Yi took out the control antenna and connected it to the drone.

Then, he turned on his laptop, which acted as a bridge between the drone and the virtual helmet.

He put on the virtual helmet and opened the avionics system on his laptop.

Beep.

The drone's first-person perspective appeared in Chen Yi's mind. He felt as if he were sitting inside the cockpit.

Ahead was a secluded suburban road behind the workshop's back door.

Beneath his feet were the rudder pedals.

Beside him were the control stick and throttle lever.

And various buttons and switches for throttles, radar imaging, avionics systems, and more.

In the center of the cockpit, there was a large instrument panel displaying the drone's real-time image. Next to the image, parameters like altitude, speed, and acceleration were also labeled.

"This is a bit like playing an immersive flight game at an arcade, but it's much more advanced and realistic."

Chen Yi felt it, opened the throttle switch, ignited the engine, and then pushed the throttle lever.

Boom! The entire screen vibrated realistically a few times, and the scenery ahead began to zoom in rapidly.

The drone accelerated!

After accelerating for about a hundred meters, Chen Yi pulled the control stick.

The drone's nose quickly pulled up, the perspective shifted upwards, and the drone successfully took off.

"Liftoff!"

The camera turned on.

The scenery of Penghai City below came into view.

On the streets, the endless flow of traffic.

Office workers in short sleeves, shorts, shirts, and skirts, carrying backpacks, hurrying along.

Beautiful women carrying shopping bags, enjoying the summer coolness, strolling and chatting in small groups.

At a roadside cafe, someone was eating while working on their laptop.

At a street breakfast stall, someone gestured to pack their order while their phone remained glued to their ear.

The entire scene, though a bit blurry, clearly depicted a microcosm of daily life in a first-tier city, showing the busyness of people constantly striving for their lives.

"Brother Yi, someone's looking for you. They say they're from the Penghai Police!"

Just as Chen Yi was controlling the drone, capturing the bustling scenery of Penghai, Suddenly, a shout echoed in his mind.

The voice came from outside.

The Penghai Police?

Chen Yi's expression faltered, then his face changed.

He seemed to have forgotten to report the drone's test flight this morning. Could they have found him this quickly?!