Chapter 27: Building a high-speed railway on the roof of the world, is that crazy?

As the number "367km/hour" was captured by the camera in the live broadcast room, there was an uproar in the room.

"How is this possible? Impossible! It's only been a few minutes since the train started, how could it possibly accelerate to such an outrageous speed of 367 km! There is no such terrifying acceleration technology in the world, how could China possibly do it!"

"Ha, you actually took that number seriously? Forget it, I don't plan to watch it anymore in my live broadcast room. You can tell at a glance that the number is just random. After all, the people on the train can't count the numbers accurately. Isn't it just Huaxia's own random nonsense? 367? How dare they fake it like that!"

"That's right! Even our Shinkansen has a top speed of no more than 350 km/h. How can China accelerate to 367 km/h in just a few minutes? If this is true, then their top speed would be over 400 km/h? I'm afraid even science fiction novels wouldn't dare to use such an exaggerated number!"

"I also think this is fake. Did you notice the bottle of mineral water that Martha brought into the car? Except for some slight shaking when just starting, the whole bottle of water was very stable throughout the whole journey. Not to mention the speed of 367km/h, I usually drive at 70km/h and I have never seen the water in the car be so stable!"

"I can give you another proof. The signal in this live broadcast room has always been very stable. But how can a speed of 367 km/h maintain such a stable signal? The number must be fake!"

"Oh, China's counterfeiting technology is really amazing. I was almost fooled just now. But fake is fake after all. Look, all these flaws are exposed, right?"

"Tsk tsk, I'd better change my previous opinion. China does have a technology that is unrivaled in the world, and that is their counterfeiting technology!"

All the new foreign netizens who came to the live broadcast room today ridiculed the “fake” number 367!

Even the guy from the United Arab Emirates who had been following the live broadcast since yesterday felt a little unconfident.

——Could it be that everything that the Chinese boy showed us yesterday was really fake? We are just too ignorant to see it?
Otherwise, why would the truth be revealed so clearly today?
Looking at the messages in the live broadcast room, Martha was stunned.

367km/h, is this number fake? Can't she understand it?
All the scenes outside the window were left behind in an instant. If you didn't look carefully, you couldn't see anything clearly. If the speed was not over 350km, how could such an incredible and wonderful scene appear!
She wanted to justify the high-speed rail's speed, but she herself had no knowledge about it and could not explain any doubts. She could only watch the live broadcast and stamp her feet in anger.

Lin Yan was not happy about this.

I just want to show off quietly, but you guys insist on putting your faces close to me so I can hit you. Isn't that so embarrassing?
"Martha, are you shocked by the speed of the high-speed train? Do you find it unreal? For a moment, do you think this number is made up to fool people?"

He did not directly name the "friend" in the live broadcast room, but took the initiative to speak in an official tone with Martha.

Martha's eyes lit up and she understood immediately.

It's strange to say, even though Yan and I have only met for less than a day, we always have a tacit understanding on some things.

Martha pouted in a wronged manner: "Because that's too fake, Yan! The best high-speed trains in the world have a top speed of only 350 kilometers per hour, but your Chinese high-speed trains only need a few minutes to accelerate to a stable speed of 367 - oh no, now the speed has slowed down a little, only 360. If this number is not fake, then doesn't it mean that China has the best high-speed trains in the world?"

Lin Yan secretly gave Martha a thumbs up, thinking that Martha was really good at putting on airs.

"We Chinese have always been very modest and never actively boast to others about how powerful we are. Therefore, it is understandable that some people who do not know China's strength would think they are invincible."

Martha chuckled.

"So, my Chinese friend who never brags about how great he is, are you going to start bragging now?"

Lin Yan said sternly: "How can this be called bragging? I emphasize again that we Chinese never brag about ourselves. But we also respect all objective laws in this world, so we are not bragging, but stating the facts - our Chinese high-speed rail is the best in the world, what's wrong with that?"

Chinese netizens immediately applauded!

"Well said, Brother Yan!"

"A bunch of people who have never been to China and have never ridden the Chinese high-speed rail are complaining here all the time. I am almost laughing at them." "Is it fake? Come to China and see for yourself. A plane ticket is not expensive."

"As for the Shinkansen, it's like everyone has ridden it before. It's slow and shaky. It's a pity they dared to brag about it all over Blue Planet. They cheated a lot of people!"

"Speed? Ha, among the many achievements of China's high-speed rail, this is the least worthy of boasting! If it weren't for the past... Alas!"

"The entire Chinese high-speed rail network, deep mountains and old forests are connected to high-speed rail, the western wilderness is connected to high-speed rail, and even the roof of the world is being built! My hometown is a small village that was so poor that there was no road to build. But because of the high-speed rail, life has become better all of a sudden. I just want to ask you if you are afraid!"

what?
Listening to the Chinese netizens bragging and "elaborating on the objective facts", Martha blinked. Even she felt that it was a bit outrageous.

She has not been to the deep mountains and old forests yet, so she dare not speak rashly. But, is a high-speed railway being built on the roof of the world?

Is that place accessible by car? And by high-speed rail?

She whispered to Lin Yan:

"Aren't they exaggerating a bit?"

She felt this way, and other netizens sneered:

"Blow, you Chinese keep blowing."

Lin Yan was even more unhappy:
"I want to emphasize this again very seriously: I am just stating the facts. How can this be called bragging?"

He glanced at the scenery passing by outside the window and curled his lips.

"You don't believe the speed outside the window, right? Fine, let me slap you in the face with actual data! Martha, do you have a GPS positioning system on your phone?"

Martha blinked.

Of course she has this on her phone! Not only the phone, she also suspected that her father installed something else on her that could be used to locate her, for fear that his precious daughter would go missing!
But, this shouldn’t be what Yan meant, right?

"Yes, Yan, what do you want this for?"

"This type of navigation system has a similar function, which was originally intended to provide navigation services to car owners while assessing speed to prevent speeding, but now it can also be used to measure the speed of high-speed rail."

Lin Yan said with a smile: "Brothers in the live broadcast room, you always suspect that we Chinese are cheating, but you can't not believe your own GPS, right? It would be interesting if the GPS itself measured that our speed was not fake."

Martha glanced at Lin Yan in surprise.

"So GPS has such a magical function? Yan, to state the facts, you are really too smart. I didn't even know this!"

Lin Yan: "...No, if you have driven a car and used a navigation system, you will know about this kind of function. What you are doing is called 'bragging', and it's just awkward bragging, not 'stating the facts' at all."

Martha: “…”

I'm so sorry I haven't driven it myself.

(End of this chapter)