Chapter 41: Slap on Wings and It's a Plane

Linyang City Traffic Management and Dispatch Center.

The dispatcher looked bewildered.

???

A low-speed electric vehicle?

A senior mobility scooter?

Did that really warrant calling for backup?

They rarely encountered a single vehicle running through a checkpoint all year round.

Even when they did, it was always a motor vehicle.

A mobility scooter running a checkpoint?

Not to mention why it would run a checkpoint in the first place—

You could outrun that piece of junk on foot; did it really require police reinforcement?

The dispatcher sounded rather listless. "Received. Which detachment are you with?"

"I am Li Zhonghai! Enforcement Detachment!"

As soon as those words were uttered, the dispatcher instantly snapped to attention.

A person's renown casts a long shadow.

Captain Li was the head of the enforcement unit, and everyone knew him.

The dispatcher figured Captain Li must be on some publicity assignment and happened to catch an outdoor duty.

"Understood! Captain Li! I will arrange for police units immediately!"

"Alright, make sure you instruct the dispatched officers that this old fellow's vehicle is extraordinary. Have them ride motorcycles if possible!"

"???"

The question marks on the dispatcher's forehead deepened.

*Just how extraordinary could it possibly be?*

*Does it require deploying traffic motorcycle police?*

Still, he gave a firm reply: "Arranging it immediately."

...

A few minutes later.

At an intersection eight kilometers away.

Two motorcycle officers who had just come off the highway arrived at the scene.

Luo Yan, the veteran officer filling in for the shift, still found it hard to believe.

"You really see everything nowadays."

"They're having us motorcycle cops intercept a senior mobility scooter?"

"Can this mobility scooter fly?"

Luo Yan and his colleague belonged to the highway detachment and were the closest police force available.

The CFMoto motorcycles they rode could reach a top speed of 250 kilometers per hour.

Their zero-to-hundred acceleration instantly crushed fuel vehicles, putting them on par with electric cars.

Thus, being reassigned by superiors to support the national highway felt like using a butcher's cleaver to slaughter a chicken.

Furthermore, the dispatch center hadn't made things very clear.

They were told to intercept a mobility scooter?

It sounded like a prank.

The subordinate officer, Huang Hao, was also a bit curious.

He leaned against his motorcycle and made casual conversation.

"They probably considered the motorcycles' superior maneuverability, I suppose."

"What I'm more curious about is, what kind of old man has the nerve to pull this off?"

"Daring to run a checkpoint?"

Right at that moment!

Vroom—!

A roaring sound echoed from not far away.

Luo Yan raised his head immediately. "Who's street racing out in the middle of nowhere?"

He was very familiar with that sound.

It wasn't the traditional roar of a combustion engine.

It sounded like some object violently frictioning against the airflow.

He looked up!

The sound grew closer and closer.

A gray SUV was hurtling toward them at an extreme speed.

Because the tall vehicle body lacked any aerodynamic design, the airflow constantly slammed against it, emitting a noise resembling a fighter jet.

"Holy cow!"

"That has to be doing at least 150!"

Huang Hao was completely dumbfounded.

As a member of the highway detachment, he was extremely sensitive to speed.

With just a glance, he could roughly judge it.

It was definitely 150!

And most importantly—

Judging by the vehicle's bulk, it weighed at least several tons!

With a vehicle this heavy, driving at 150 must make it float all over the place!

And this was a national highway, of course!

How could anyone dare to do that?!

One careless move, and it would be a fatal crash!

"Get on the bike, quick!"

Luo Yan had no time to overthink.

At that speed, trying to intercept it head-on was completely out of the question.

So he and Huang Hao immediately mounted their bikes, switched on their police lights, and gave chase.

The speed and maneuverability of the motorcycles were indeed formidable, but in front of this mechanical behemoth, they felt somewhat inadequate.

Luo Yan twisted his right throttle almost until it smoked, yet he could only barely manage to stay behind the vehicle.

Seen from behind, what the hell kind of mobility scooter was this?

It was clearly a Land Rover Range Range!

Aside from the green electric license plate, it was identical to a regular motor vehicle in every way.

The crucial point was—

Even a Range Rover couldn't handle like that!

You had to understand, a national highway was not an expressway.

The road conditions were terrible.

Full of twists and turns, with an uneven surface.

Even a sports coupe with a well-tuned chassis couldn't glide across such a road as if it were flat ground.

Yet the vehicle before their eyes was clearly nothing like that.

Its massive body remained rock-steady.

Even at extreme speed, it maintained its center of gravity steadily while executing steering maneuvers.

Its body posture was utterly graceful.

"Is this even a car driven by a human?"

Questions swarmed through Luo Yan's mind as he followed behind.

The three-kilometer chase transpired in the blink of an eye.

Seeing that they were about to enter a densely populated area ahead, if this vehicle maintained its current top speed through it, his own life wasn't the issue—striking innocent civilians would make it impossible to answer for.

"Xiao Huang, take the dirt road off the highway!"

Leveraging the maneuverability advantage of his motorcycle, Luo Yan made the most correct decision.

To the right of the road was a short stretch of unpaved shortcut.

Cars couldn't pass through, but motorcycles could handle it with ease.

The nearly one-kilometer length would leave just enough window for an interception.

Huang Hao experienced a flash of inspiration and immediately swerved onto the dirt road.

Fortunately, his driving skills were top-notch, and without losing much speed, he managed to get ahead of the target vehicle.

He parked his motorcycle horizontally across the middle of the road.

Huang Hao continuously waved his arms to signal the vehicle to stop.

At that very moment, Old Man Yang sat in the driver's seat, his body tightly secured by the safety harnesses.

He was actually rather enjoying himself!

Aside from ensuring his entry and exit were secure, Wei修 had also modified the seats.

Track-level safety protection.

It felt fantastic, truly fantastic!

The young lady really knew how to drive steadily; fast and steady!

Aside from feeling a bit nauseous, there was really nothing to complain about.

It seemed that in the future, he could even let go of both hands when picking up his grandchild.

Right at that moment, the in-car voice assistant chimed in:

[Pedestrian detected ahead!]

[Automatic obstacle avoidance system engaged!]

[Please hold on and sit tight!]

Only then did Old Man Yang realize that a motorcycle was parked right in the middle of the road, with a traffic police officer standing beside it.

"Young lady, take it easy!"

However, the autopilot system gave no response, nor did it slow down.

Huang Hao, standing right in the middle of the road, felt a chill grip his heart!

A one- or two-ton behemoth was hurtling straight toward him; who wouldn't be terrified?!

"Stop the car!"

"Stop the car immediately!"

"What the fuck!"

They saw the vehicle's front wheels tilt slightly, precisely bypassing Huang Hao and drifting past along the hard shoulder!

Cold sweat poured all over Huang Hao's body!

Damn it!

Cornering through a drainage ditch—who the hell taught you to drive like this on a national highway?!

A few seconds later, Luo Yan hurried over, the engine of his motorcycle hot enough to fry an egg on.

"Where's the car??"

Huang Hao pointed toward the rear right. "It turned and got onto the highway; the driver is acting like a complete lunatic!"

"I'm seriously fed up, do they think this is America?!"

Luo Yan was burning with anger.

Now, he no longer had any doubts about the information provided by the command center.

Ordinary traffic police simply couldn't catch up to this car.

Good grief, he had flown over at top speed while prioritizing safety, maintaining an average speed of at least 140.

Yet he couldn't even see the tail lights of this vehicle.

What did that mean?

It meant this vehicle had maintained a speed of 150 the entire way without slowing down.

Was this even driving?

This was putting one's life on the line.

Knowing he could no longer catch up, Luo Yan picked up his walkie-talkie and cursed furiously.

"Command Center! What is the meaning of this?!"

"You only dispatched two people to chase this kind of lunatic?!"

The command center was also bewildered by Luo Yan's reprimand.

"What do you mean? You didn't catch him?"

Luo Yan continued, "Catch him my ass! He's faster than a bullet train, there's no way we can do it!"

"But the target is a mobility scooter!"

Luo Yan snapped, "My ass! Slap wings on it and it's an airplane!"

Luo Yan was boiling with rage.

Yet right now, there was an even thornier issue at hand.

This vehicle had been forced by the traffic police right toward the highway interchange.

Once this contraption got onto the highway, it would truly be in its element.

"The suspect vehicle has entered the direction of G32 Pingshui Lake."

"We will continue to tail it; send people to intercept it on the highway!"