After reassembling all the parts, he pressed the switch, and the drone slowly lifted off, hovering automatically in front of Jing Mingqiu.
The system prompt then popped up.
[Congratulations to the host for completing the modification and upgrade of the mini min2 drone, earning fifteen technology points.]
[Current upgrade progress: 15/100]
"Just fixing a drone gave me fifteen technology points. The system upgrades are quite simple in the early stages. I wonder what the modified drone will look like."
Jing Mingqiu stretched and looked out the window, noticing the sun hadn't set yet. A thought struck him.
There's a plaza nearby where many people fly drones. I can go and try it out there.
Without further ado, Jing Mingqiu tidied up, grabbed his phone and drone, and rode his father's electric scooter to a small plaza.
This plaza was located in a very remote area with uneven ground, making it unsuitable for sports. The square dancing aunties and children wouldn't typically come here, so it was sparsely populated. Coupled with the nice surrounding scenery, it was perfect for flying drones.
Over time, it became a gathering place for drone enthusiasts. Using the remaining fitness equipment, they had set up a small drone obstacle course.
When Jing Mingqiu arrived, several drones were already circling in the air.
Jing Mingqiu unhurriedly parked his electric scooter, placed the drone on the ground, and began the routine pre-flight check.
Although he wasn't a professional drone enthusiast, he was quite skilled with the basic operations.
The few drone enthusiasts watching nearby were stunned the moment Jing Mingqiu took out his drone.
"Is this a min2 drone?"
Sun Peng, a young man in a t-shirt wearing glasses, looked at the drone in front of Jing Mingqiu with a peculiar expression.
Sun Xing, Sun Peng's younger brother, wearing a white shirt, burst into laughter.
"This model of drone has been out of production for over five years. Did he pull this out of a scrap yard?"
Sun Peng shrugged, "Who knows? We'll just watch it crash later!"
Jing Mingqiu ignored them, pressed the switch, and pushed the left joystick, controlling the drone to ascend.
He planned to perform several basic maneuvers – ascending, straight-line acceleration, 360-degree turns, circular flight, and inverted spiral flight – to conduct a comprehensive test of the drone's modified performance.
The onlookers watching from the side laughed even harder at this.
Sun Peng couldn't help but tease,
"I reckon this drone of his will fall apart as soon as it takes off!"
"That's a bit much," Sun Xing tried to suppress his laughter, putting on a serious expression. "I think it can fly for at least five minutes, hahahaha..."
The others also burst into laughter. It was known that drones were emerging products with very rapid upgrades. Forgetting five years, sometimes a difference of just three months could lead to vast performance differences between two products from the same manufacturer.
As expected, as soon as Jing Mingqiu controlled the drone to ascend, a gust of night wind blew, causing the drone to sway left and right and lose its balance.
Jing Mingqiu didn't pay it much attention. The min2 model drone weighed no more than 250g. Its body was too light, making it indeed weak against wind resistance.
However, the system had already performed targeted modifications to address this. The left rotor accelerated, and the right rotor decelerated. Under the control of the central chip, Jing Mingqiu's drone quickly regained its balance.
Continuing to climb, once it reached the designated altitude, Jing Mingqiu stabilized his mind and slowly pushed the left joystick to the right, simultaneously releasing the right joystick with his right hand. The drone executed a smooth 360-degree rotation.
Jing Mingqiu's eyes lit up. He could clearly feel that this was far from the drone's limit.
To obtain more detailed data, Jing Mingqiu prepared to pilot the drone through the obstacle course.
He firmly pressed down on the joystick, and the drone shot downwards. As it entered the obstacle course, a silver light flashed behind it, moving to its left and drawing level with it.
Jing Mingqiu looked closely and found that the silver light was a silver-white drone. It was the flagship brand of the Da Jiang Jun 2 series, "Silver Wing," which had an extremely high aesthetic appeal and excellent flight speed and stability, making it very popular among young people.
The drone obstacle course was filled with various obstacles. As it was about to hit the basketball hoop in front, Jing Mingqiu didn't slow down. Instead, he forcefully pushed the joystick forward, maximizing the power.
He wanted to see what level the system-modified drone had reached!
Surging power flowed from the battery, the motors roared madly, and the drone's rotors spun at high speed.
Jing Mingqiu pushed both joysticks upwards simultaneously. The next moment, his drone transformed into a black lightning bolt, shooting through the center of the basketball hoop. The wind pressure it generated directly blew the remaining rope net on top upwards.
The Silver Wing drone following closely behind him was forced to decelerate. Only after waiting for the rope net to stabilize and ensure it wouldn't entangle its rotors did it emerge from the hoop and continue flying forward along the track.
Sun Peng and the others watching from the side were stunned.
"What the heck? This ancient drone outpaced Long Ge's Silver Lightning!"
"Full speed through the hoop, isn't he afraid of it exploding?"
"At such high speed, transitioning instantly from level flight to ascending, and the wings didn't break, this is too outrageous!"
Everyone was shocked by the scene. After a few quick exclamations, they all took out their phones to record.
To ensure clear footage, Sun Peng even deployed his own drone to follow Jing Mingqiu's drone and track its flight.
On Jing Mingqiu's side, after passing the first obstacle, his speed remained unchanged. While the Silver Wing indeed had stronger straight-line speed and acceleration, this was an obstacle course. Flying too fast made it impossible to control and would only result in crashing into obstacles and immediate destruction.
Basketball hoops, uneven bars, knots of rope hanging from trees...
Before the Silver Wing could catch up, Jing Mingqiu had already passed the third obstacle. As he became more familiar with the machine, his speed not only didn't decrease but even increased again.
Top-down flight, obstacle evasion, spiral turns, inverted leaps...
Jing Mingqiu wasn't content with simply passing through obstacles; he began using high-difficulty flying techniques to navigate the numerous challenges of the obstacle course. Finally, he passed the last checkpoint, which was close to the ground, with a sideways flight.
This display left Liu Peng and the others dumbfounded, staring for a full three minutes before they came to their senses. They hastily got up to approach and talk to him, but Jing Mingqiu had already packed up his things and left on his electric scooter.
It was only then that the Silver Wing behind him crossed the finish line. The operator, Liu Shunlong, took off his VR glasses and excitedly approached Sun Peng and the others.