CHAPTER 70: CHAPTER 70: NEXT STOP, ICE AND SNOW WORLD AND BRAISED PORK

"Uncle, where do you want to go for fun?"

"With the New Year celebration, I want to visit home."

"Alright, shall we make Harbin our next stop?"

Uncle seemed a bit excited: "Are you serious?"

Wang Fan directly took out his phone, typed "Binzhou Town, Harbin City" into the navigation, showing him just how serious he was with his actions.

Uncle suddenly fell silent, sighed, and said: "No need to go to Binzhou Town, just find a good spot for street vending, and we can stay in the car."

Wang Fan was momentarily stunned and asked, puzzled: "Why’s that?"

Uncle suddenly waved his hand impatiently: "Don’t ask, just listen to me."

Seeing that Uncle clearly didn’t want to say more, Wang Fan didn’t press further, and a rare silence fell between them.

They checked out from their rental in front of the regretful landlord, driving away in the car.

The landlord was quite gracious, refunding them the full deposit even though they canceled the lease on short notice.

While driving, Wang Fan silently said to himself: "System, activate."

"Ding, system activated successfully."

"Detected that the host has a desired destination, adjusting the task."

"Task issued: ’Start street vending at Harbin Ice and Snow World within the next week, continuously for five days, and sell at least 10 pounds of braised meat.’

"Task reward: Braised meat recipe (already delivered, will be retracted along with the memory if the task fails), braised meat pot (white, cannot be upgraded, will be retrieved if the task fails)."

"Special task: Start street vending at Harbin Ice and Snow World within five days, continuously, and sell at least 100 pounds of braised meat."

"Task reward: Lucky Four-leaf Clover (already delivered, will be retracted if the task fails.)"

"Braised meat pot, with ’Never Spoil’ feature, can purify all carcinogenic components in the braised meat, ensuring it’s clean and hygienic."

"Lucky Four-leaf Clover, daily earnings from food sales will randomly increase by a percentage (ranging from 1%-20%)."

The products from the system seemed to follow the rule of "existence is reason enough", even if a big pot and a palm-sized four-leaf clover ornament suddenly appeared by Uncle’s feet, he didn’t find anything unusual.

Uncle looked at the big iron pot that appeared abruptly, scratching his head curiously: "How did this pot get into the living room? Did I forget to put it back when tidying up?"

Grumbling about growing old, Uncle stood up and moved the big iron pot to the kitchen in the RV.

Wang Fan chuckled and no longer paid attention, focusing dutifully on driving the car.

The distance from Beijing to Harbin is nearly 1300 kilometers, and at Wang Fan’s speed of 70 mph, it would take at least 20 hours without rest.

Adding in rest time, it would be good to arrive in two days.

It’s now Friday, and factoring in the two-day delay, Wang Fan reckoned that on the first day of next week, he might not have enough time to make braised meat.

"Ding, detected that the destination is quite far, do you want to activate the L5 level autonomous driving function?"

Wang Fan looked curiously at the suddenly popped-up screen, wanting to tap it but hesitating.

Mostly because he didn’t know what L5 actually meant.

After taking a careful look, he found a small question mark beside L5 and decisively tapped on the screen.

Then, a mechanical voice sounded in his mind: "L5 level autonomous driving means fully autonomous driving, with no need for driver involvement. Once this function is activated, the vehicle will be driven through the perception and computation of the onboard computer, enabling all-weather and all-terrain autonomous driving, and will be able to adapt to environmental climate and geographical changes with a safety factor far exceeding human driving."

Wang Fan nodded, not fully understanding what was explained but feeling impressed nonetheless.

However, the phrase "safety factor far exceeds human driving" was something he understood.

Feeling anxious yet intrigued, Wang Fan confirmed it, directing his nervous gaze ahead.

"L5 autonomous driving function activated, planning route."

"Route planned successfully, autonomous driving activated, have a pleasant journey."

Wang Fan felt a noticeable acceleration push, and then the vehicle speed instantly surged to a high limit of 120 mph.

With numerous people returning home, more and more vehicles started appearing on the highway.

Wang Fan hovered his hands over the steering wheel, nervously watching the cars ahead, afraid that the autonomous driving might suddenly speed up and crash into someone.

But his concerns were clearly unwarranted.

This L5 autonomous driving was evidently more advanced than what was installed in the Seven-Star Hong Guang, not only weaving adeptly between vehicles but also utilizing computations to determine which lane had a faster travel speed. All along the journey, this Nine-Star Hong Guang attracted numerous amazed glances.

Wu Qian was leisurely driving his Lamborghini on the highway.

Even though his top speed was 350 km/h, he was forced to crawl along at 40 mph.

Out of boredom, as he turned his head, he suddenly saw a white figure whiz by.

"Holy crap, what was that?"

Startled, Wu Qian gripped the steering wheel, and upon closer inspection, he saw a white RV intricately weaving through five cars in a classic "Z" pattern, maintaining a speed of at least 70 mph or more.

Wu Qian was amazed: "What kind of person can drive an RV so skillfully and so quickly? There’s no reason I can’t do the same!"

Gritting his teeth, Wu Qian slammed the accelerator, the engine roared, and he pursued the RV.

The driver in the adjacent lane was startled by the engine noise, realizing it was a Lamborghini, and instinctively slowed down, not wanting to risk a potential high-cost scrape.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Wu Qian changed lanes to continue the pursuit of the RV.

But no matter how he tried, the distance between him and the RV kept growing, until it disappeared from his sight.

Wu Qian angrily patted the steering wheel, but couldn’t help remembering the back end of that RV.

It seemed there was a trademark logo stuck on the rear?

Suddenly feeling a bit unsure, Wu Qian thought if it had been a race, would he have had to take off his car’s emblem and stick it on the back?

Forget it, forget it, can’t mess with a Hong Guang warrior!

Wu Qian was heading to Harbin for fun, as Harbin’s Ice and Snow World was quite the sensation online lately.

He wanted to experience the authentic northern world as well.

After a series of high-level maneuvers, Wang Fan was now fully confident in the L5’s capabilities, relaxing into the seat, and began studying the recipe he had just obtained.

He had eaten braised meat before but never really delved into it before.

Opening the recipe, he realized there was so much to it.

It turns out braised meat is categorized into nine major series: Red-braised, Salt-baked, Spicy, Pickled Pepper, Roast Duck, Sauce-flavored, Five-spice, Seafood, and Cold-dish.

Characteristic flavors include being dry, aromatic, crisp, tender, soft, smooth, without broth, non-greasy, with a glossy color, and can be found everywhere, from urban to rural, in restaurants, hotels, and along street stalls and alleys.

The deeper Wang Fan delved into it, the more absorbed he became, not even noticing that the world outside the car had turned into a snow-white wonderland.

Harbin—arrived.