Not everything devised by high intelligence is bound to succeed; in reality, success, like that of Jiang Miao and her colleagues, often stands upon countless failures.
This yellow light shield is an unsuccessful creation by one of their colleagues.
The original intention was to develop a bulletproof force field, which indeed proved effective in stopping bullets. However, it failed to address the issue of unidirectional resonance wall breaking, rendering this force field virtually useless.
To put it simply, this force field is bulletproof in both directions. When you’re protected by the force field, bullets from outside cannot penetrate, but alas, your bullets cannot go out either.
If bullets can’t go out, how can one engage in combat? For the military, this is just rubbish.
There was also consideration for using it as a shield for the wealthy and powerful, but again, there arose issues.
While the elite are safe inside, no one from outside can harm them with firearms. However, if they’re blocked from the front and back, the elite… can’t escape.
Moreover, the elite have long legs; they can’t be rooted to the ground. If one intends to kidnap them, they could simply be pushed away along with the shield.
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“Mydyjy,” pbl pyup, “tlv sd xu cynj!”
Mydyjy: “Twb?”
“R’zz nyaau usw!” pbl pyup.
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And he lands on Jiang Miao’s back.
Jiang Miao instructs him, “Hold on tight!”
Tanaka quickly complies, staring nervously at the two burly men with guns slowly approaching. He anxiously asks, “And then?”
But Jiang Miao just says, “Uh, uh, uh!”
Tanaka is impatient, “What uh are you uh-ing? What do we do now?”
As he looks down, Dr. Jiang is forced to stick out her tongue by Dr. Tanaka’s pressure!
“…,” Tanaka released his arm from around Jiang Miao’s neck, “Oh!”
“Oh, for heaven’s sake!” Jiang Miao said irritably, “Hold on tight!”
This time, Tanaka didn’t dare to grip Jiang Miao’s neck again. He tightly embraced her shoulders, and his legs encircled Jiang Miao’s waist so tightly! Tight enough!
The two men opposite demanded, “How did you come out? Turn around! Go back immediately! Do you hear me?”
Jiang Miao ignored them, took a deep breath, and started running!
The two kidnappers shouted a few times, then finally started shooting!
The bulletproof force field was very reliable; bullets couldn’t penetrate it! And Jiang Miao began to accelerate!
Although this force field was useless for combatants and elites, when it enclosed someone from a high-gravity planet, it turned into a mobile bulletproof tank!
“Stop them! Stop them!” the kidnappers shouted loudly!
From the far end of the corridor came the sound of scattered footsteps; evidently, other kidnappers had also been alerted!
But Dr. Jiang wasn’t afraid!
Dr. Jiang charged forward!
The two kidnappers were sent flying by the force of her charge and slammed into the wall!
Dr. Jiang rushed forward!
She reached the intersection of the corridor, turned in the direction of the noisy footsteps and shouts. So, led by the minor leader, five or six kidnappers who were rushing over collided head-on with a human bowling ball, and they were the pins that were knocked down in a strike!
“Charge! Incredible Strength Woman!” Tanaka excitedly extended a fist, mimicking a superhero flying pose, “Go!”
“…,” Jiang Miao said irritably, “If you dare shout ‘Go’ one more time, I’ll make you fly too!”
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry!” Tanaka hurriedly placated, “That way, that way! The control room is over there!”
Jiang Miao and Tanaka’s main direction of attack was the ship’s weapons; they were very familiar with various spacecraft structures. This ship was just a small private spacecraft, and the two of them effortlessly found the control room.
There was surveillance in the control room, and the people inside must have seen everything that happened in the corridor just now, so they closed the door to the control room.
“Don’t be afraid, Jiang! Let’s go!” Tanaka started to get excited!
Jiang Miao had been maintaining this speed and couldn’t be bothered to stop; she simply followed the inertia and crashed into the door. With a loud “bang,” a large hole was knocked into the metal door of the control room, and Jiang Miao and Tanaka rushed in.
There was no one else in the control room, only a pilot. When the debris from the broken metal door flew out and hit him, he was knocked unconscious on the control panel, which saved them the trouble!
Jiang Miao deactivated the bulletproof force field, and Tanaka jumped down, dragging the person from the driver’s seat and taking his place.
“Can you drive this?” Jiang Miao asked.
“Of course!” Tanaka said, “I have a Class C spacecraft license. I was actually planning to buy a private spacecraft this year. I considered this model from the same series, but… the handling isn’t good, really not good. Forget it, I’m giving up on this series!”
Jiang Miao had already seated herself in the adjacent seat, swiftly bringing up the control interface, attempting to deactivate the shields.
“You don’t have the authorization, please verify your identity,” the AI was triggered.
Jiang Miao immediately got up, lifted the driver lying on the ground, and forced his eyes open for the AI to scan.
“Identity confirmed, welcome, Driver Steve Ostrovsky,” the AI mechanically announced.
“What kind of crappy AI is this?” Tanaka complained, “No, this ship, I really don’t like it anymore! I want to take another look at other brands, other series!”
“Do you think your own ship would still use this kind of factory AI? Of course, you’d upgrade it yourself,” Jiang Miao said, “Look at my Xiaona, I’ve added so many modules to her; that’s how she is now. Alright, the signal has been sent.”
“Oh, Jiang, they’re waking up!” Tanaka glanced at the monitor screen and exclaimed.
Jiang Miao leaned over to take a look.
Although Jiang Miao had been brave just now, she wasn’t a warrior after all; she had only knocked those people unconscious by brute force. Now, those people were slowly waking up.
“Gum!” Tanaka glanced at the door of the c*ckpit that Jiang Miao had knocked a big hole into, “In the left pocket.”
Jiang Miao reached into the left pocket and pulled out a square-shaped piece of candy wrapped in orange paper. She tossed it to Tanaka.
Tanaka unwrapped the candy and popped the hard block into his mouth. After a couple of steps, the candy had already softened in his mouth. Tanaka chewed on it, using his saliva to moisten it thoroughly.
“Hurry, they’re starting to search for us!” Jiang Miao turned and shouted.
Tanaka had completely softened the candy by now. He spat it out from his mouth, pressed it against the damaged door frame, and pulled. It stretched into a long strand, sticking to the other side of the door frame, and pulled again…
Several times like this, he used the strands of gum to form the shape of “米” over the hole.
Tanaka spat on his fingers, and the gum detached from his fingers but remained tightly stuck to the door.
Tanaka stepped back.
After ten seconds, as the footsteps of the awakening kidnappers grew closer and turned from the end of the corridor, Tanaka waved at them with a smile, “bye~”
The fine strands of gum, triggered by enzymes in the mouth, fermented in the air for ten seconds, and suddenly began to expand!
In just a few seconds, a large lump of expanding chewing gum blocked the hole Jiang Miao had just knocked out.
The kidnappers watched as that damned guy waved at them, then a strange lump expanded. The leader didn’t hesitate; he immediately raised his gun. Bang! Bang! Several shots were fired, bullets hitting the expanding gum, making a biubiu rebound sound. The bullets bounced off the ceiling and then bounced back to the floor, sparking before finally ceasing.
There were only two shallow bullet marks on the chewing gum.
“What was this thing originally designed for?” Jiang Miao wondered.
“It seems like…” Tanaka recalled, there were too many crazy ideas floating around, not all of them worth remembering, “What if I were kidnapped, escaped, and was surrounded by gunfire with no cover?”
“Oh, right! Build cover!” Jiang Miao remembered too.
But this was also a failure.
Although it hardened when it expanded, withstanding even bullets, the method to defeat it was also very simple.
“Give me a bomb,” Tanaka said, listening to the continuous gunfire outside, unwilling to let these guys continue wreaking havoc.
“Are you sure? That could cause serious harm,” Jiang Miao hesitated, “The cow we used for experiments behaved like it was going crazy, and it took several days to recover.”
“No one will die,” Tanaka said.
That was indeed true.
While the doctors designed weapons of mass destruction capable of destroying entire planets, when it came to making protective gear for themselves, they carefully controlled the power of miniaturized bombs to the extent that they wouldn’t kill anyone.
Jiang Miao unbuttoned one of the buttons and handed it to Tanaka.
Tanaka sucked on his finger disgustingly.
“Gross!” Jiang Miao grimaced.
Tanaka was annoyed, “It’s not like I designed it!”
With that, he tiptoed and used his saliva-moistened finger to poke at a slightly higher position, poking out a small hole.
Yes, such sturdy expanding material, triggered by enzymes in the mouth, could be softened just as easily with a little saliva. It was as simple as that.
So why was it called a failure?
Outside, people were concentrating their firepower on the center of the expanding substance, trying to break it open. Bullets ricocheted around, and no one noticed the small hole Tanaka had poked from the inside at a slightly higher position.
Tanaka activated the mini-bomb and threw it out of the small hole. Then they listened intently.
After a “bang,” the spacecraft fell silent.
Jiang Miao checked the vital signs inside the spacecraft.
“Very good,” she said, “All the living people on the ship are inside and outside this door.”1I guess she meant nobody died.
The two of them completely relaxed.
At this moment, everything suddenly went dark.
“They’re here,” Jiang Miao craned her neck and looked up.
The rescue team from the garrison received the location signal and rushed over. The spacecraft appeared directly above Jiang Miao and them, blocking the light of the stars and casting a huge shadow.
“Tsk, only a cruiser came,” Tanaka leaned his elbows on the back of the chair, a little dissatisfied, and pinched his waist, “With our security level, they should have sent a battleship at least!”
Jiang Miao laughed and scolded, “I think you should change your name to Chewing Gum!” Look how swollen you are!
“Hmph, what’s the use of coming so late, we’ve already handled it ourselves,” Tanaka thought about it, even more dissatisfied.
Jiang Miao also crossed her legs, leaned back against the backrest, and hugged her chest. “I told them not to come. They didn’t believe me.”
Tanaka sneered, “The muscle-heads probably think that we researchers are all weaklings. Do they even understand the victory of intelligence?”
Thinking about the achievements on the ship, the two of them felt proud for a moment, even high-fived each other, feeling extremely cool!
After the high-five, Jiang Miao swiveled her chair and suddenly froze.
“Hey, Tanaka,” she called out, “The chewing gum is still blocking the way. How are they going to get in later?”
Tanaka: “…”
“Damn it.” Tanaka rushed over, “Quick, quick, quick, let’s dismantle it before they arrive, otherwise it’ll be embarrassing!”
Although Jiang Miao was very reluctant, she had no choice but to get up and follow along.
They had to dismantle that thing before the soldiers boarded; otherwise, they wouldn’t be able to continue looking cool!
So…
“Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey, ptooey, ptooey, ptooey, ptooey, ptooey, ptooey, ptooey, ptooey, ptooey, ptooey, ptooey, ptooey, ptooey!”
“Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey, ptooey, ptooey, ptooey, ptooey, ptooey, ptooey, ptooey, ptooey, ptooey, ptooey, ptooey, ptooey, ptooey!”
Dr. Jiang and Dr. Tanaka, spitting out saliva frantically.
All for the sake of looking cool in front of others.
Sansukini: So all the things they used are failed experiments. Lol.
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Lmao this is soo funny. But i bet that john or james guy is involved in this kidnapping. I hope that Tanaka or Jiang are not fooled by him.