"Is that mechanic with the Lungmen Guard Department?"
The answer was not hard to find. Mayer merely asked Amiya and promptly got the result: Inspector Ch'en had called Rhodes Island before, and the big robot she coveted came from Lungmen.
"Does Lungmen have some especially amazing mechanic? And one with an official background? I don't remember anyone like that."
Still, there were so many recluses in the world that she was not surprised.
Lungmen...
Mayer returned to her workshop, tidied up a little, took her mechanical otters, and set off. Her expression was somewhat tense. Her hands clenched and relaxed as she could not resist flooring the accelerator, racing like the wind.
Mayer was thrilled.
Before long, she reached Lungmen's territory. Though it was a wilderness, the mobile city would periodically move slowly through this area to avoid potential catastrophes. Entering this region meant she had arrived at Lungmen.
"The last time I came to Lungmen, I think I helped the shrine build its gate. So many days have passed in the blink of an eye."
Mayer muttered to herself in the car.
She soon reached the Lungmen Outer Ring. The bumpy gravel gave way to smooth roads. Confident in her driving skills, Mayer not only failed to slow down but seemed to be accelerating further. A long, narrow shadow flashed across the overpass so fast that its license plate could not be seen at all.
"Warning. You are speeding."
A calm prompt sounded from the side. Mayer looked over in surprise and saw a massive drone hovering beside her window, keeping pace with the car in a rapid lateral flight. It flew so steadily that it appeared completely motionless.
Mayer glanced at the dashboard again.
Current speed: 226 mph.
The speed was already nearing the engine's limit, and that