The experiment began.
As its rotational speed increased, the Infinite Electric Fan became increasingly ridiculous.
The airflow grew comparable to a real industrial fan, accompanied by a deafening roar.
Shen Xi had to hold her silver hair with one hand to prevent it from getting sucked into the blades.
Five thousand RPM…
Ten thousand…
Twenty thousand…
As the fan approached Shen Xi’s predicted range, ripples spontaneously appeared across the lake ahead.
Cheng Fei, standing behind the fan, also felt a noticeable suction force.
He quickly widened his stance to remain stable.
At thirty thousand RPM, the rangefinder still showed no sign of disruption.
Cheng Fei already considered the next two dinners secured.
Then—
The rangefinder’s readout flickered.
For an instant, he thought he saw the words:
[No Signal]
Shen Xi noticed it too and narrowed her eyes.
Cheng Fei suspected he had imagined things.
He kept increasing the speed toward thirty-five thousand RPM.
The words [No Signal] began flashing repeatedly.
It was as though the laser traveling between the rotating blades was being periodically obstructed, making its return increasingly difficult.
Finally—
At 33,773 RPM, the rangefinder’s reading stopped changing entirely.
[No Signal]
“Stop!”
Shen Xi immediately shouted and quickly recorded the data.
Cheng Fei fell silent.
Shen Xi switched off the fan.
As the blades slowed, everything returned to normal.
“Looks like someone owes me dinner.”
Shen Xi sneered.
“Impossible.”
Cheng Fei rolled up his sleeves and thoroughly examined the equipment.
“That was definitely a bug.”
“Again.”
He realigned the laser rangefinder, confirmed it was properly aimed at the lighthouse reflector and producing a reading, then restarted the fan.
Shen Xi watched coldly.
As the blades accelerated, persistence of vision made them appear to slow.
Once the speed passed thirty thousand RPM, exactly the same phenomenon occurred.
The rangefinder reading began to flicker.
The frequency increased.
Finally—
[No Signal]
Shen Xi looked remarkably pleased as she recorded the numbers.
Cheng Fei repeated the process five consecutive times.
Every time the fan entered a particular speed range, the rangefinder failed exactly as theoretical predictions suggested.
“That’s enough.”
Shen Xi calmly closed her notebook.
“Next, Site Two.”
“Because the distance is greater, the No Signal point should appear near twenty thousand RPM.”
Her confident words sounded almost as though she had already witnessed the future.
“Yes, Professor Shen.”
Cheng Fei looked miserable as he helped move the equipment.
…
Half an hour later.
Reality.
Cheng Fei changed into comfortable clothes and headed toward the Wanda Plaza near his apartment.
The pedestrian street was crowded.
Beneath a streetlamp stood a cool-looking girl with long black hair, a small shoulder bag hanging at her side.
Ignoring every gaze around her, she concentrated on a sheet of scratch paper.
The moment she saw Cheng Fei, Shen Xi held the paper directly in front of his face.
The triumph of victory was written all over her expression.
“The experiment was extremely crude.”
“However, ten data sets were collected at two locations.”
“The final calculated values for the speed of light all deviated from three hundred thousand kilometers per second by less than ten percent.”
“Would Cheng Fei like to personally verify the calculations?”
Cheng Fei took the paper and glanced over it carelessly.
“You win this one.”
“I’ll buy dinner.”
“I expected you to refuse to admit defeat.”
“I honor my bets.”
“Don’t underestimate me.”
“What about the reality of the game world?”
Shen Xi looked satisfied.
“Any new opinions?”
“Opinion?”
“My opinion is that this game’s developers are insane enough to simulate pointless details like this and cost me a meal.”
“Absolutely unforgivable.”
Truthfully, Cheng Fei didn’t particularly care whether the game was real or not.
It had no practical meaning for him.
“You still think this is the result of programming?”
Shen Xi’s expression chilled.
“What else would it be?”
“The experimental equipment consists of game items.”
“The developers probably anticipated that someone would eventually do something this pointless and scripted the result in advance.”
“As expected of a short-sighted, comprehension-deficient, ignorant, stubborn so-called realist.”
Shen Xi’s face became cold.
“One failure clearly isn’t enough for you to learn anything.”
“I admit that I lost the bet.”
“But this experiment only proves the game possesses detailed physics.”
“It doesn’t prove the game is reality.”
Cheng Fei spread his hands.
“Also, doesn’t making that title longer every time get tiring?”
“Memorizing a phrase of this length places no burden on my intellect.”
Shen Xi smiled coldly.
“You may continue thinking that way.”
“I’ll perform one hundred experiments.”
“One thousand.”
“I hope you can remain this stubborn forever.”
Cheng Fei refused to back down.
“So what if you perform a thousand?”
“Perform ten thousand for all I care.”
“You can win countless times.”
“But I only need to win once.”
“And I absolutely will win eventually.”
“Human calculation can never account for everything.”
“No matter how sophisticated the program, a program is still written by people.”
“If humans wrote it, there will be flaws.”
“Then I’ll prove myself correct every single time.”
Shen Xi’s beautiful face was icy.
Cheng Fei smiled carelessly.
“Fine.
We’ll see.”
“We’ll see.”
Shen Xi sneered too.
The extraordinarily attractive boy and girl walked side by side.
As though sulking after an argument, neither spoke.
Both wore irritated expressions and deliberately refused to look at the other.
Pedestrians instinctively moved around them.
Everyone independently reached the same conclusion.
A young couple having a fight.
After a while, Cheng Fei finally spoke.
“What are we eating?”
“I heard there’s a Michelin three-star kaiseki restaurant nearby…”
Shen Xi casually looked around.
Cheng Fei’s eyelid twitched.
“Leave people some room to survive, Shen Xi.
We may need to meet again someday.”
The girl gave him a delightedly malicious smile.
“Forget it.”
“I don’t want anything too greasy tonight.”
“We’ll just find a Cantonese dim sum place.”
Only then did Cheng Fei sigh in relief.
At least this woman possessed a trace of humanity.
Academy City recruited students from across the world, so its streets naturally contained food from every region imaginable.
The two found a reasonably good Cantonese restaurant.
Shen Xi ordered shrimp dumplings and sampan congee.
Cheng Fei added stir-fried beef chow fun and steamed spare ribs.
The noodles carried the aroma of beef and wok char.
The ribs were soft, juicy, savory, and rich.
Good food partially soothed Cheng Fei’s aching wallet.
After a while, the middle-aged owner, speaking with a Cantonese accent, approached Cheng Fei.
“Handsome boy, your girlfriend’s beautiful.”
“This steamed chicken feet is on the house.”
He put down the bamboo basket and left.
Cheng Fei looked at Shen Xi.
The girl, drinking congee with lowered eyes, glanced at him and gave a soft snort without comment.
Cheng Fei happily picked up one of the soft, braised chicken feet and started eating.
“Professor Shen, I have a question.”
“You can refuse to discuss it.”
Shen Xi put down her spoon.
“Ask.”
“What quality in men generally has the greatest effect on women?”
“Why are you asking?”
“Nothing particular.”
“I’ve recently been researching the most efficient way to improve my attractiveness.”
Shen Xi shook her head.
“Every woman has different preferences and standards.”
“A healthy body and clean appearance are both important.”
“But if I were forced to choose one specific characteristic…”
“I would say a smile.”
“A smile?”
“Yes.”
“A smile is humanity’s most universal expression of positive emotion.”
“An appropriately timed smile can instantly reduce emotional distance between people.”
“No one can reject a genuinely friendly smile.”
“Women are no exception.”
“I see.”
Cheng Fei nodded.
“I learned something.”
“However, I’m an exception.”
“If someone I consider stupid smiles at me, I only find them more disgusting.”
“You, for example.”
“I strongly advise you not to smile at me.”
Shen Xi added that last part.
Cheng Fei continued nodding.
“Don’t worry.”
“I wasn’t asking because I wanted to appeal to you.”
“Good.”
Shen Xi narrowed her eyes.
Then she turned away expressionlessly.
“Boss, you have black-pepper beef short ribs, right?”
“One portion to go.”
Cheng Fei:
“?”
…
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