The Cotton Candy bounced open, flipped over onto its back with its belly facing up, and its tail sputtered into a ball.
Su Wei squatted down and reached out to turn it over.
"Behave yourself."
Cotton Candy clearly didn't understand the specific meaning of the sentence, but the passive effect of [ Animal Affinity ] allowed it to understand its owner's emotions.
There is no danger; you can relax.
It simply stopped standing and lay down on the ice, its front paws resting on Su Wei's boots, and squinted its eyes.
At 8:00 AM sharp, Su Wei finished collecting all the equipment.
The tripod was folded, the camera body was returned to the dehumidifier box, and the GoPro was removed and stuffed into the zippered pocket of the jacket's chest.
The Cotton Candy were put back into the flight case, and the lid was closed.
He carried all his equipment back to the cabin, put the things on the porch, and didn't go inside.
I turned directly into the garage, opened the Raptor's door, and started the engine.
The temperature reading on the dashboard shows an outside temperature of -19 degrees Celsius, and the heating system will take eight minutes to heat the cab to a normal temperature.
Su Wei loaded the flight case and equipment bag onto the back seat, secured them with the straps, and reversed out of the garage.
At 8:12, the Raptor drove onto the county road and headed towards Kodiak Town.
In the back compartment were Polaris's cardboard box, the black and gray windbreaker, and accessories. He planned to take them to the Apex modification shop in town and take some still photos of the outfit while waiting.
The phone lit up briefly on the passenger seat.
Su Wei glanced at it.
This post comes from the Anchorage Mineral Testing and Metallurgy Laboratory.
"Your expedited rock sample testing progress has been updated: matrix separation stage completed, spectral analysis stage initiated."
Su Wei withdrew his gaze and stared at the one-way road outside the windshield, which had been cleared by a snowplow.
In the rearview mirror, the outline of Pillar Mountain was shrinking, the gray-white ridgeline sinking into the bottom of the clouds, and finally disappearing into the darkness of the churning snow and fir forest.
His right hand gripped the steering wheel, while his left hand unconsciously touched the folded confidentiality agreement in the inner pocket of his windbreaker.
The paper was cold and stuck to my ribs.
Chapter 226 Violent Modification!
The Raptor drove smoothly on the highway.
The reflective stickers on the road sign ahead gleamed in the sunlight, revealing the eastern outline of Kodiak Town.
The snow was piled up on both sides of the road, forming two white barriers.
The black ice on the road reflected a strong light, and the tires crunched over the broken ice, making a continuous cracking sound.
Slow down and turn the steering wheel.
The Raptor turned onto a side road.
Two hundred meters ahead, a blue corrugated iron factory building stands on an open space.
The factory number was painted in large characters above the main gate.
A bright orange shipping container was parked at the entrance.
The side features the black Apex Polar Power logo.
The factory gates were wide open, and three high-powered industrial heaters were humming.
Heat waves surged from inside the factory, mingling with the cool outdoor air to form large plumes of white steam.
Su Wei stepped on the brakes.
The Raptor landed on the open ground in front of the factory.
The massive black vehicle stood out starkly against the snow, its engine idling.
A white man dressed in all-black winter work clothes walked out of the factory.
He wore goggles on his nose, held a tablet computer in his hand, and had a tactical lanyard around his neck.
Two technicians in identical attire followed behind, carrying heavy metal toolboxes.
Su Wei pushed open the door and got out of the car.
The cold air instantly enveloped my entire body.
He slammed the car door shut with his other hand, making a dull metallic clanging sound.
" Su Wei."
The white man stepped forward and extended his right hand.
His hands were rough, with thick calluses on his knuckles.
Daniel Ross, Technical Lead Apex North America Special Projects Team.
Su Wei grasped his hand with just the right amount of pressure.
"Has everything arrived?"
"They're all in containers, airlifted overnight from Seattle."
Daniel withdrew his hand, his gaze passing over Su Wei and landing on the black Ford Raptor.
He walked around the front of the car, tapping his fingers twice on the scratches on the fender.
He then crouched down to check the suspension clearance of the front wheels.
"The suspension travel has reached its limit, and there is slight deformation on the lower right side of the front bumper."
Daniel stood up and brushed the snow off his gloves.
"The fact that this factory-built car could survive a blizzard of the magnitude of Pyramid Mountain without any damage is 90% due to driving skill."
Daniel turned to look at Su Wei, his words revealing a straightforward assessment.
"Our technical department analyzed the video frame by frame."
"With an ordinary driver, this car would be lying in the Black Ice Ravine by now."
"The axle may even have broken."
"Apex needs this kind of extreme testing data; we need people who can push cars to the point of being totaled."
A tech geek's straightforward approach, no fluff.
This communication method greatly improves the efficiency of business cooperation.
No need for pleasantries, let's let our results speak for themselves.
Su Wei nodded slightly.
Daniel waved his hand.
Two technicians approached the orange container and unlocked the hydraulic latches.
The heavy metal door slid open to both sides, the hinges making a scraping sound.
The interior of the container was illuminated by cool white LED light strips, which lit up the cargo inside.
Su Wei stepped forward and stood at the edge of the container.
The outermost layer is a set of FOX 3.0 bypass shock absorbers with DSC dual-speed compression adjustment.
The robust aluminum alloy barrel gleams with a metallic sheen and is coated with an polar antifreeze layer.
Neatly arranged next to it are specially made reinforced upper and lower swing arms.
The joints use racing-grade spherical bearings.
Below are two massive aluminum alloy chassis armor plates, each eight millimeters thick.
The edges are polished smooth, and professional water and snow channels are provided.
This not only protects against the impact of loose rocks, but also provides better gliding ability in deep snow.
In the corner were several black square boxes with the English abbreviation for "Polar Independent Heating Source" printed on them.
There were also several thick braided steel wire hoses piled up; these were antifreeze circulation pipes specially designed for polar environments.
Su Wei stopped in front of the shock absorber and extended his right hand.
My index and middle fingers rested on the cold aluminum alloy bucket.
[ Mechanical Repair LV3 Passive Effect: System Diagnostics has been triggered.]
Within three seconds, a series of light blue data streams popped up in the field of vision.
[Component: Polar Special Edition Dual-Speed Compression Adjustable Shock Absorber (Front Left)]
[Condition: Brand new, never installed. Extremely high assembly precision.]
[Internal structural integrity: 100%]
[Damping fluid activity: extremely high (special formula, suitable for extremely cold environments down to -40 degrees Celsius).]
[Metal fatigue level: 0%]