Facing the Challenge Head-On

"Run!"

"Mommy, I'm so scared!"

"Damn it, where the hell did that thing come from?"

The Amusement Park descended into chaos in an instant. Zhang Hongxing scooped up Wenwen in one arm and Lele in the other, then bounded far away in just a few leaps.

"Lele, Wenwen, stay right here. Grandpa's going to save those people."

After giving the two little ones his instructions, Zhang Hongxing leaped back into the Amusement Park. This time, he unleashed the full strength of his Golden Core Realm cultivation.

The people inside the Amusement Park were already desperately fleeing, so Zhang Hongxing focused on rescuing those who had fallen, along with the elderly and children who had been left behind.

Fortunately, the thing trailing flames from its rear was not an actual rocket, and it was not moving very fast.

As it drew closer, its entire shape finally came into view.

It was actually a train with only two carriages.

A train flying through the sky!

Everyone who saw it was struck with astonishment.

Of course, the thing flying through the sky was no ordinary train, but an aerial Maglev Train. There was a reason it had appeared up there and was heading toward the Amusement Park, trailing flames.

It had malfunctioned—a malfunction no one had anticipated.

At that moment, everyone at the Maglev Research Center was panicking. The Maglev Train, still in its testing phase, had suddenly flown into the sky and was heading toward the crowded Amusement Park. None of them could bear the consequences.

"Professor! Is there really nothing we can do?"

Everyone pinned their last hopes on Professor Yang in the main control room. But little did they know that the pressure Professor Yang faced was greater than what any of them felt.

"There's no hope. Notify the emergency medical services and the fire department right away. Twenty minutes is the absolute limit of how long I can keep it under control."

"If you can still control it, why not steer it into the mountains?"

"It's not that I don't want to. I can't. Almost all the control equipment on the train has stopped working because of the fire. This braking device is our only backup measure."

"If you have backup measures, why didn't you build another control system?"

"Of course there's a backup control system, but we can't activate it now. It's our last one-in-ten-thousand chance. If the flames suddenly go out completely before the train hits the ground, that backup system will be able to take over."

Professor Yang no longer cared who kept pressing for answers.

All of Professor Yang's attention was fixed on the burning Maglev Train on the large screen.

At that moment, utter desolation filled Professor Yang's heart.

It even felt like dying before the campaign had truly begun.

Would the Xia Kingdom's pursuit of maglev technology really come to an end in my hands?

I couldn't accept that.

"Professor, look at the video feed from the Amusement Park."

Lin Mo had spotted Zhang Hongxing in the footage. The figure darting about at incredible speed like a ghost left him stunned, but also gave him an idea.

"Th-this is Mr. Zhang Hongxing, isn't it? I never imagined he was this powerful."

"Professor, should we try contacting him?"

"Yes. Contact him right away."

"All right."

Lin Mo got Zhang Hongxing's phone number from his younger brother and quickly dialed it. But at a time like this, how could Zhang Hongxing have time to answer?

Even though Lin Mo kept calling desperately, again and again, the result remained the same.

The hope that had finally emerged was dashed because they could not reach him. Professor Yang slumped into the chair, while Lin Mo continued calling without pause.

Time ticked away. In another five minutes, the train would crash into the Amusement Park.

Professor Yang's eyes lost their focus.

Lin Mo's forehead was also covered in sweat from the tension.

"Professor, what exactly are you doing? Have you found some new way to stop the Maglev Train?"

A researcher watching from nearby could not help speaking up.

"We're trying to contact that man in the Amusement Park. If he can put out the flames on the train, we'll be able to regain control of it."

"Really?"

"What does it matter whether it's true? Zhang Hongxing won't answer our calls."

Having heard the commotion, Professor Yang interjected helplessly.

"My older brother works at that Amusement Park. Maybe I can try contacting him."

Without waiting for Professor Yang or the others to respond, the researcher took out his phone and called his older brother. Even more fortunately, his brother answered after just three rings.

"Xiao Wu, you saw what's happening here at the Amusement Park, right? Don't worry, I'm fine..."

"Brother, hold on. I'm calling about something important. Can you get to the Amusement Park's broadcasting room right now? Professor Yang and the others have a way to stop the Maglev Train in the sky, but we need you to make an announcement asking Zhang Hongxing, the man rescuing people all over the Amusement Park, to get onto the train and put out the fire."

"Xiao Wu, can you say that again? I don't quite understand what you mean."

The researcher's older brother was bewildered. He had only just escaped the Amusement Park, and now he was being asked to run back inside. No matter how he looked at it, this sounded absurd.

"Brother, there's no time to explain. Just hurry to the broadcasting room and tell Zhang Hongxing to put out the fire on the train."

The researcher spoke at a frantic pace.

"Xiao Wu, do you know what you're saying? Do you have any idea what's happening at the Amusement Park right now? Never mind whether Zhang Hongxing can put out the fire on that flying train—even if he can, there's no way I can reach the broadcasting room in time. The whole Amusement Park is packed with people running out. I..."

"Who wants me to put out the fire?"

Zhang Hongxing suddenly appeared in front of the researcher's older brother. When his name had been mentioned repeatedly, his ears had naturally picked up on it.

"Professor Yang, it's Zhang Hongxing! Hurry..."

Before the researcher could finish, Lin Mo, who had been calling nonstop, rushed over.

"Zhang Hongxing, this is the Maglev Research Center. I'm Lin Kui's older brother, Lin Mo. As long as you can put out the fire on the Maglev Train, Professor Yang will be able to steer it."

"I can try."

With every second critical, Zhang Hongxing naturally wasted no words.

After briefly surveying his surroundings, he rushed off. In less than a minute, he gathered seven or eight fire extinguishers, then carried them as he bounded rapidly up the tallest Ferris Wheel.

Upon reaching the top of the Ferris Wheel, he channeled true qi into his legs, then pushed off with tremendous force.

Crack!

The Ferris Wheel let out a deafening noise and sank downward as a whole.

Using that immense reaction force, Zhang Hongxing shot out like a cannonball, heading straight for the Maglev Train in the sky.

He was still a little short of the Nascent Soul Stage, after all, and could not yet manage even brief flight.

But with his Golden Core Realm true qi, he could still change direction in midair or briefly halt his movement.

The burning train drew ever closer. Just as he was about to collide with it, Zhang Hongxing immediately released his true qi.

With a swallow-like flip, he landed steadily on the front of the train.

Then he kicked through the specially made tempered glass of the window and climbed inside.

Pull the safety pin.

Aim the nozzle at the flames.

Press the handle.

Spray!

That was how Zhang Hongxing had learned to use a fire extinguisher from a fire safety training video.

At this moment, it came in handy.