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Chapter 143: The Sky Train
Chapter 143: The Sky Train
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In an era where moon travel has become a reality and people can shoot energy waves from their hands, there is not much to be amazed by.
The fact that a train could fly in the sky was not that impressive either.
Korea had already sent tanks flying during the East Asian War.
It was not one or two, but a whole legion that moved. And after the war, they were widely praised as the Flying Tank Shock in the US and other places.
Even now, military enthusiasts could easily find videos analyzing the situation at that time on Mitube.
NASA’s rocket experts also commented on the efficiency of the ion thruster and claimed that it was not strange to float a ship with it.
“Especially, the thrust-to-fuel ratio is miraculous. It can push a huge weight with very little fuel, but even after testing it hundreds of times, it is hard to believe.”
“It is more efficient in space than in the atmosphere. With an ion thruster, we can reveal all the secrets of the solar system planets.”
“The only regrettable thing is that this efficiency we are amazed by is not real. There seems to be room for improvement... But maybe only he knows the true nature of it.”
The ion thruster was so powerful that it could easily lift a train, and people were not surprised by that.
What shocked them was that there was no ion thruster attached to the bottom of the train.
“Where did the golden plasma go?”
“Is there no ion thruster?”
“Come on, that can’t be...”
The train literally floated in the air without any propulsion.
As people murmured, Arma’s calm voice echoed throughout the venue.
“You are about to watch a demonstration of the supercavity train. It is still under development, but it has enough features to show you.”
The main features were creating an ether field to ignore gravity and float, and laying rails in the air to run at a maximum speed of Mach 10.
When the broadcast announced that passengers would not feel any shock during the process, people muttered in disappointment.
“Europe was making a fuss about gravity shows, but we skipped that step and made it practical.”
“Wait a minute, if we can run at Mach 10, do we need airplanes?”
“Do we have to sell all our airlines?”
Soon after, the noise subsided and the supercavity train began to move slowly.
Its movement as if sliding in the air was truly admirable.
The train drew the attention of tens of thousands of people and soon accelerated with the ion thruster and flew away.
But that was not the end.
Large trucks erected huge QLED screens all over the highway.
The screens showed the footage of the supercavity train running at full speed.
People were startled to see a huge city in just a few minutes.
“What? Is that Pyongyang already?”
“That’s not Pyongyang, that’s Mega City North. Anyway, the land is huge.”
“And it’s incredibly fast.”
The supercavity train quickly passed Mega City North and left North Korea in no time.
Soon after, people could see a big mountain below them.
It was Mount Baekdu.
As they looked down at the sky and earth, people cheered.
“Is that Mount Baekdu already? That’s unbelievable...”
“No way, if we go at this speed, we can climb Mount Baekdu in one day?”
“I’ll have breakfast in Seoul and lunch in heaven.”
And about 17 minutes later, a wide sea appeared.
People thought it was the Sea of Okhotsk, but it was not.
Arma announced through the broadcast that it was East Siberia Sea.
“The supercavity train has arrived in East Siberia near the Arctic in about 20 minutes. Now we will slow down and turn around to return here.”
A while later, the supercavity train arrived above the highway.
People gave a generous applause to the amazing thing that ran 8,000 kilometers back and forth.
After the parade was over, many reporters rushed to cover the supercavity train.
Yu Ji-ha easily brushed off the barrage of questions from them.
“Why did you reveal the train at the parade? It’s more efficient to announce everything at once.”
“What is the relationship between ether particles and gravitons? If you figure that out, you’ll win a Nobel Prize in Physics for sure.”
“The introduction countries are only Korea and United Human Federation. Russia? We’ll go back to square one and negotiate again.”
The last sentence raised doubts among reporters.
Yu Ji-ha had never said anything bitter about Russia until now.
Russia was the only country that could introduce new technology cheaply, except for Korea and United Human Federation.
But he said he would negotiate again, and reporters couldn’t help but be surprised.
“Is there a change in Korea-Russia relations?”
“This is a scoop. There’s no time to confirm with the desk, so send it right away.”
Until now, Korea and Russia had been almost like a joint destiny, sticking together.
But Yu Ji-ha’s remark today suggested that there might be a change in that policy.
Now the reporters went to cover the supercavity train.
Despite running at Mach 10, the body was lukewarm and seemed to have no problem with the function.
The door opened wide and people looked inside, which was no different from any other train.
“Mach 10 is much faster than supersonic passenger planes, right?”
“It means that the earth becomes a single living zone in a true sense. Of course, only for the countries that pay and introduce it...”
“Airplanes, of course, and even high-speed trains will be completely replaced. If we introduce this, we don’t need to lay rails.”
“There will be more than one or two countries that will run with money...”
“That’s why Korean airlines withdrew from the business.”
As the reporters’ coverage spread around the world, Yu Ji-ha called the bureaucrats, including Bae Seong-min, the chief of staff of the secretary’s office, and the minister of land and transportation.
“There will be some minor changes in mass production compared to the prototype. But the core function will not change, so proceed with the plan as planned.”
“Yes.”
“Mr. President, may I ask when mass production will be?”
The minister of land and transportation asked, and Yu Ji-ha thought for a moment and said.
“We are making mass production machines at the smart factory right now. The first delivery will not exceed May.”
They must have thought that pushing him would give them an advantage in the next presidential election.
Borchenko had to make some achievements like this, since his rival Dmitry was pouring a lot of effort into the conquest of Estonia.
And then it was break time.
The MPs of the United Russia Party, who supported Borchenko, stopped Deputy Prime Minister Mikhailov, who was about to leave after attending the plenary session.
“We believe that the consensus of the parliament has been clearly conveyed. The executive branch should follow suit.”
“...”
The elderly Deputy Prime Minister Mikhailov looked at the MPs with a blank stare.
Since when did the parliament have the power to tell the executive branch what to do?
Russia was technically practicing the separation of powers, but the executive branch had a strong power.
The parliament was nothing but a servant of the executive branch.
It was Putin’s dictatorship for 30 years that made it that way.
Borchenko was trying to create cracks in that solid system to gain power.
When he got power, he would try to strengthen the executive branch again.
Deputy Prime Minister Mikhailov asked slowly.
“The only thing left is to convey it to Korea. Have you coordinated with President Yu Ji-ha?”
“Coordination is the responsibility of the executive branch. We will trust and wait.”
It was an absurd remark that they would pass on the responsibility and only take the credit.
Deputy Prime Minister Mikhailov approached them closely and said.
“Do you think President Yu Ji-ha will sit still if you demand a renegotiation? He will surely reconsider our relationship.”
“Deputy Prime Minister, you don’t know. Korea has so much hatred that their industry won’t work without our raw material exports.”
“Didn’t you see for yourself what happened to China, who pressured them with their precious raw materials?”
“Do you think he will go to war with us? Our nuclear power is different from China’s.”
China and Japan must have thought so too.
They were different from Iran or Pakistan.
But Yu Ji-ha made them panic with his bold declaration of war and forced them to surrender by deploying his core forces to their capitals.
Deputy Prime Minister Mikhailov was not a military expert, but he was skeptical whether he could stop the combat walker units from entering Moscow and St. Petersburg.
But he couldn’t refuse the MPs’ demands in the end.
If he annoyed Borchenko, who was mentioned as a successor after Putin’s death, he could be kicked out of his deputy prime minister position right away.
His influence in Russia’s politics and economy was not low.
Unfortunately.
“...I’ll discuss the request with the bureaucrats for now.”
“I hope you notify the Korean side as soon as possible. Estonia must not surrender first.”
It was when the deputy prime minister was about to leave the building.
One of his secretaries ran up to him with a tablet in his hand.
“I’m sorry to interrupt you. Korea has made a major announcement.”
Borchenko MP snickered.
“Didn’t they say they were having a parade? Sure, those machines are impressive, but don’t forget that we have over 7,000 nuclear weapons.”
“That’s not it. They also announced a new supercavity train.”
“What train?”
He snatched the tablet in confusion.
As the MPs watched around him, Deputy Prime Minister Mikhailov also peeked his head in.
As the parade was almost over, a train rose into the sky.
“They flew tanks, so a light train... Wait, there’s no ion thruster underneath this. How did they fly it?”
“Despite several trains being connected, there was no movement when they soared into the sky. It’s an amazing technology.”
As the MPs admired, the train sped through the sky.
When it was revealed that its maximum speed was Mach 10, the MPs around him opened their mouths wide.
“What do you call this... A miracle?”
“Doesn’t that train completely replace the Siberian railway?”
“That railway is so outdated... It’s hard to repair and it would be much better to introduce this one.”
“But what’s the principle behind this? It seems like they control gravity with ether fields, but I don’t understand...”
“That’s not important.”
Deputy Prime Minister Mikhailov interrupted their conversation.
“Did you hear what President Yu Ji-ha said as he passed by? He said he would renegotiate from scratch.”
“What negotiation? We just have to introduce it as we have been doing.”
“Where else do we have a tier 1 partner country besides us? Korea treats us specially...”
One MP couldn’t finish his sentence and mumbled.
He wondered if he could introduce this train if he went into territorial renegotiation.
Yu Ji-ha’s remark that he would renegotiate from scratch raised doubts.
Everyone’s eyes turned to Borchenko MP.
“Did you contact President Yu Ji-ha?”
“I suddenly had something come up...”
Borchenko MP tried to make an excuse and get away, but Deputy Prime Minister Mikhailov’s words stopped him.
“Don’t you know him yet, even though you were by his side? He will overturn the ground itself if there is an obstacle in front of him. Why did you provoke him?”
Borchenko, flustered, emphasized that the supercavity train had entered Russia’s airspace.
“They must not have notified us either. This is a problem.”
He couldn’t help but sigh.
Russia was about to lose its partner status, and he was making a fuss about entering the airspace.
One MP heard the details and frowned.
“That supercavity train has the same introduction conditions for Korea and the United Human Federation. It means that we have to spend an astronomical budget to replace the entire Siberian railway.”
Deputy Prime Minister Mikhailov added.
“I assure you, this is just the beginning. Do you still think it’s valid to lead a territorial renegotiation with the raw material export issue?”
“...”
The MPs looked at Borchenko in unison.
His face was stiff with displeasure.