Picking Up Supreme Treasures in the Dream Realm

"In the not-too-distant future, the Great Xia should legislate to ban human-driven vehicles, of course, special vehicles are excluded."

As Meng Yuchen enjoyed the seat massage, he said a sentence to his phone.

Earlier, he entered the underground waiting area of Zhongshan Agricultural University and used his phone to summon a "Red Stallion" driverless intelligent vehicle.

The underground waiting area is standard equipment for every community, school, and shopping mall within Great Xia’s territory. In the era of rampant cold disasters, this is also a necessary safety facility.

Antai Air Hostess Napatthan witnessed the whole process through a video call on her phone.

Deep red driverless vehicles drove over, their doors automatically opened, and students orderly got on board.

Each car only had four luxury seats, no steering wheel, no brakes, or accelerator pedals.

This sight gave Antai Air Hostess a slight sense of shock.

Nowadays, Great Xia is truly a beacon of civilization. She knew the origin of the name "Red Stallion"—one of the eight steeds from ancient Great Xia mythology.

"In a certain sense, human drivers are actually the most uncontrollable aspect of traffic safety.

"Before the Age of Calamity, many painful accidents occurred every year due to inadvertent acceleration, and accidents caused by failing to follow traffic rules were even more common.

"An intelligent AI program absolutely adheres to regulations, doesn’t suffer from road rage, nor drives under the influence or fatigue, and can avoid accidents to the greatest extent."

With eloquence, Meng Yuchen spoke.

Napatthan listened very attentively.

Nowadays, driverless intelligent vehicles have entered a large-scale promotion phase in Great Xia. Currently, fifty cities have been selected for the first batch of promotional cities.

Zhongshan City is one of them, as the Great Xia Intelligent Transportation Group deployed 200,000 vehicles all at once.

"The driving efficiency of smart driverless vehicles is actually not inferior to human drivers, and indeed is much higher in situations like traffic lights.

"If it were a human driver, only when the car in front moves, would the one behind start as well, greatly reducing the efficiency of passage."

When Meng Yuchen said this, the intelligent vehicle happened to stop at a crossroad waiting for a red light.

When the light turned green, a dozen smart vehicles started simultaneously, accelerating steadily through the intersection.

Napatthan nodded convincingly: "This efficiency is indeed high."

Meng Yuchen explained: "Smart vehicles can communicate with each other, with communication delay calculated in milliseconds, making coordination easy."

After a while.

Napatthan saw the Red Stallion drive onto the city’s elevated highway through a ramp, accelerating to the maximum limit of 80 yards, with turns and lane changes all incredibly smooth.

The next moves of the vehicle are all displayed in projection form on the front windshield, giving passengers a great sense of security.

Antai Air Hostess couldn’t help but show a look of admiration: "You Great Xia people really seem to live in the future world."

Meng Yuchen smiled: "The speed of technological development in Great Xia is indeed something that can be called leaps and bounds."

Just at this moment.

The car suddenly beeped a few times, followed by an electronic voice: "Crosswind zone ahead, please pay attention to safety!"

The speed of the smart vehicle automatically slowed down, stabilizing at 40 yards.

Not only this Red Stallion but also all other vehicles started to decelerate without exception.

Meng Yuchen immediately grasped the handle above, and explained: "The climate has been too harsh these years; with numerous elevated bridges in Zhongshan City, crosswinds happen frequently.

"Sensors are placed on every bridge, constantly monitoring the wind speed, and all smart vehicles receive real-time alerts.

"If the crosswinds are too strong, the intelligent AI will determine that it can’t pass safely and will wait in a wind shelter area until the crosswind passes."

While talking.

The smart vehicle entered the crosswind zone.

"Woo～"

The sharp wind sound substantially increased, and the vehicle began to sway slightly.

Napatthan watched her heart jump.

Very soon.

A prompt sounded again inside the car: "The vehicle has exited the crosswind zone."

The shaking of the vehicle immediately stopped.

Napatthan couldn’t help but say: "Driverless vehicles are much safer than I imagined."

Meng Yuchen laughed: "I now trust driverless vehicles very much, even feeling safer than with human drivers."

Napatthan asked a question: "What if mutant monsters appear on the road?"

Meng Yuchen replied: "Smart vehicles will first contact the city’s nest defense system and then evacuate passengers from the danger zone.

"If evacuation is too late, smart vehicles will ask passengers to get off and rush forward to attract the monster’s attention, trying to buy more time for rescue.

"At the same time, the relevant road will be marked immediately, and all smart vehicles will bypass this area.

"If it were human drivers operating the vehicles, faced with this situation, some might react slowly and others fast, possibly causing traffic jams, which would actually affect the rescue."

Napatthan agreed deeply: "It truly is like that."

Another ten minutes passed.

The vehicle arrived at the destination—an indoor plaza overlooking the Lanjiang River.

Meng Yuchen casually explained: "This used to be an outdoor plaza. After the arrival of the cold disaster, the government specially built a ’cover’, turning it into an indoor plaza, so citizens have enough space to move, avoiding being stuck at home all day."

Napatthan praised: "Great Xia’s officials are very responsible."

Meng Yuchen rotated his phone camera, aiming at a distant white ribbon: "That is the Lanjiang River."

Although dams are built on both sides of the riverbank, the plaza is located on a hillside, sufficiently high to still overlook the river surface.