The Most Random System

Chapter 1041: Chapter 472: This Scene Has Style, But Having Style Is Unlikely (Part 2)

"Mr. Lin, tidy up below, put the things you want to take into the gourd, and then we’ll go up." Zhu Ning looked at Lin Li, her voice somewhat tense.

"This is for you."

Lin Li nodded and simultaneously took out the "parachute" prepared for Zhu Ning from the "Fire Separation Sword Nourishing Gourd"—a multi-layer nested flexible container bag filled with energy-absorbing gel particles inside.

Once triggered, it can instantly expand, wrapping Zhu Ning in her slime form into a giant elastic ball, cushioning the impact with gel deformation and air resistance.

It won’t work for humans, but it will for slimes.

And it should have some effect.

"Alright, thank you."

Zhu Ning did not refuse Lin Li’s kindness. When it’s just a man and a woman alone, it’s indeed necessary to take safety measures.

The two of them boarded the flying device, and Lin Li didn’t participate in the operation—not because he didn’t understand. With Lin Li’s current understanding, he had not missed learning these aspects during this time. However, the components in this world were designed considering users in slime form.

One could say Lin Li has mastered the software, but his hardware is incompatible.

Forceful participation would only reduce efficiency; leave the professional work to professional slimes.

This is where the system is advantageous—it directly provides tailored molds.

Accompanied by a few operations by Zhu Ning, the flying device roared to life—

"Vroom—Boom!!!"

The intense vibration instantly made the metal framework beneath emit a painful groan. Lin Li braced himself in a specially designed "groove," watching Zhu Ning shake out the last ripple.

Slimes indeed aren’t shockproof.

"Hold on tight!"

Zhu Ning still managed to remind Lin Li, but her voice was almost drowned out by the engine’s roar.

The rudimentary flying device suddenly broke free from the silt at the bottom of the canyon and surged upwards!

The thick, ink-like fog was torn and churned by the flying device’s violent air currents. The invincible searchlight—handheld version by co-pilot Lin Li—created a bright beam that arduously cut a path through the fog, but it only illuminated craggy rock walls streaking past, littered with gigantic mecha carcasses.

The ascent process was extremely rough.

Due to the complex air currents within the canyon and the flying device’s own instability, it sometimes jostled violently and at other times spun out of control. Zhu Ning concentrated fully on controlling it, and even her gel body trembled slightly from the intense precision required.

But nothing went wrong.

Feeling the climbing altitude, especially when sensing the fog seemed to be thinning, Lin Li felt a slight anticipation in his heart.

Zhu Ning also carried irrepressible excitement; due to her physical constitution, she could clearly sense the field’s silence starting to weaken.

So far, everything was going smoothly!

But when you feel invincible, enemies come from above.

So far, it’s been smooth, so trouble came afterwards.

After climbing for over ten minutes, unexpected obstacles arrived before tomorrow.

"Screech—Boom!!!"

A piercing metallic tearing sound followed by a dull explosion suddenly erupted. freewebnøvel.com

Around a vector nozzle on the rear right side of the flying device, the roughly welded metal casing, under continuous vibrational stress and maximum thrust, couldn’t bear the burden and tore open a large hole.

The nozzle immediately twisted and deformed, and the ejected airflow lost its direction, becoming chaotic and violent turbulence.

Zhu Ning and Lin Li remained relatively calm.

To be honest, neither of them, especially Zhu Ning, had high hopes that such a hastily assembled flying device could run smoothly all the way through, despite their expectations.

Unfortunately, although they anticipated it, Zhu Ning still felt distressed when the issue actually occurred.

She quickly operated with both hands and feet—those appendages should be called feet—on the flying device’s rudimentary control panel, busily engaged.

Zhu Ning seemed to be trying to readjust the thrust of other nozzles and the rudders’ directions to rebalance the attitude.

But progress was minimal, with sparks bursting from the rudimentary dashboard and warning lights flashing like crazy.

The flying device trembled and spun vigorously in the fog, its descending trend slightly slowed for a moment, but only just.

"What’s the situation now." ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com

Lin Li remained calm because even if something went wrong, they wouldn’t die, although the mission’s completion seemed infinitely distant now, he frowned and asked.

"The damage to the outer shell is too severe, the structural stress is beyond limits, I can’t stabilize it completely." Zhu Ning replied hurriedly, "The metal has reached fatigue limits, forceful control would cause instant disintegration, not sure how much longer it can hold, but we’ll mostly stall and crash eventually."

As if answering Zhu Ning, the flying device spiraled down again.

Lin Li materialized the "Invisible Sword," attaching it to the corresponding damaged structure to forcibly hold it together.

But after barely patching the east wall, the west wall broke, and the flying device’s body gradually became overwhelmed, with more and more areas starting to emit metallic squeals of friction.

"What’s the strength of the field’s silence at this height? Is it viable for me to materialize a mecha now?" This wasn’t a long-term solution, thus Lin Li questioned again.

"Not enough," Zhu Ning, who could sense the field’s strength, focused on maintaining the flying device while dismissing Lin Li’s proposal:

"The altitude is still lacking a bit, even if you materialize a mecha, you can’t pilot it right away, and during the process of entering the mecha, it might still fall quite a bit due to gravity, without sufficient altitude buffer, even with your high mecha synchronization index, the risk is substantial."

"Can it still hold together?" Sensing the changes in the flying device, Lin Li inquired,

"I’m afraid not, I’m sorry, Mr. Lin, my skills aren’t enough, I’ve let you down." Zhu Ning apologized.

"As long as the flying device’s structure remains stable, it can still ascend normally, right?" Lin Li wasn’t disappointed, just earnestly and swiftly queried.