Jing Mingqiu quickly stopped his vehicle, scanned the surroundings, and found Sun Heng looking distressed by the roadside.
"What's wrong?" Jing Mingqiu made a U-turn and approached Sun Heng from behind.
Sun Heng spread his hands in frustration. "My electric scooter suddenly lost power! Ming Ge, you go ahead. I'll push it back myself."
Jing Mingqiu wiped sweat from his brow, feeling the scorching heat of the midsummer sun. "In this heat, Little Fatty, you'll get heatstroke if you push it back."
"Then what should I do?" Sun Heng scratched his head. "How about you drive ahead, and I'll grab onto the back of your scooter for a boost? I can't just leave my scooter here."
Jing Mingqiu refused Sun Heng's suggestion without hesitation.
"No, boosting off an electric scooter is too dangerous! How about this, Little Fatty, I'm lighter than you. You ride my scooter and go first. I'll try to activate the hidden energy in your battery, and I'll catch up later."
Hearing this, Sun Heng looked skeptical. "Didn't they debunk the existence of hidden energy in electric scooter batteries a long time ago? Ming Ge, you're not going to send me away and then push the scooter back yourself, are you?"
It was too complicated to explain in a few words, so Jing Mingqiu, too lazy to elaborate, took out a small hammer from his waist pocket, squatted down, and quickly dismantled the electric scooter's battery.
"Hey? Wait a minute? Ming Ge, why do you have a hammer on you?"
Jing Mingqiu didn't look up. "As a repairman, isn't it normal for me to carry a hammer?"
Light taps, heavy strikes, squeezes, and prying...
Following the system's guidance, Jing Mingqiu performed a series of operations on the battery before reinstalling it.
He inserted the key, turned it gently, and the power indicator light lit up. The electric scooter regained its power.
"Ming Ge? The battery having backup energy isn't a rumor? How are you able to..."
Sun Heng's question was interrupted by Jing Mingqiu. "The specifics are hard to explain in a few words. If my method is handled improperly, it could severely shorten the battery's lifespan."
"This hidden power in the battery isn't much. If we delay too long, we might not be able to get back. Little Fatty, I'm going ahead."
With that, Jing Mingqiu twisted the throttle to the limit and sped off.
Liu Heng, not to be outdone, jumped onto Jing Mingqiu's electric scooter and also twisted the throttle to its maximum.
"Roar!"
Accompanied by the roar of the motor, the electric scooter carrying Sun Heng shot forward like an arrow, leaving Jing Mingqiu far behind in the blink of an eye.
Sun Heng was stunned for a moment before quickly adapting to the speed. He let out a loud "Awesome!" just as he was about to go on a wild ride when he heard Jing Mingqiu's warning.
"Little Fatty, if you dare to speed, don't come to me for help when you modify drones in the future."
One who eats another's food is beholden to them.
Sun Heng, needing a favor, dared not act presumptuously in front of Jing Mingqiu and had to slow down obediently...
Twenty minutes later, both electric scooters stopped at the entrance of the mountain repair shop. Jing Mingqiu told Sun Heng.
"The way I activated the hidden energy just now is harmful to the battery. I need to do a major overhaul. Come back tomorrow to pick it up."
"Ming Ge," Sun Heng stared at Jing Mingqiu fervently, "can you modify my electric scooter too? It doesn't need to reach the level of yours, just the level of a regular motorcycle would be enough."
Jing Mingqiu nodded first, then shook his head.
"I can. But you need to get a motorcycle license first."
Sun Heng was very confused. "Why? There's no such legal requirement."
"For your safety and the safety of others," Jing Mingqiu said very seriously, relaying the traffic police's words verbatim to Sun Heng, "when an electric scooter reaches the same speed as a motorcycle, the traffic accidents it causes are no different from those caused by motorcycles..."
Sun Heng's head drooped. "So that's how it is. I understand, Ming Ge. Once I get my license, you can help me modify a car."
"What are you thinking?" Jing Mingqiu laughed and playfully punched Sun Heng on the shoulder. "I can't even modify motorcycles yet, and you're already thinking about cars. I'm hungry, let's go eat at your place."
Sun Heng grinned. "Ming Ge is so capable, modifying cars is a small matter that definitely won't stump you..."
After eating a full plate of braised pork at Sun Heng's house, Jing Mingqiu returned to his shop contentedly, ready for a nap, when a new customer arrived.
A delivery driver, pushing an electric tricycle with all his might, came to the shop entrance and shouted inside, "Is anyone here? My vehicle is broken! Can you help me fix it?"
"Coming, coming!"
Jing Mingqiu rushed out and approached the delivery driver. "What's wrong with your vehicle?"
"I was delivering a package, and it suddenly stopped moving! I just replaced the battery this noon, so it shouldn't be out of power..."
While the delivery driver was rambling, Jing Mingqiu opened the system panel and scanned the tricycle in front of him.
[Scanning...]
[Name: Tongda Tricycle Electric Vehicle]
[Frame Chassis: Severely worn, deformed, can be modified and upgraded]
[Engine: Multiple gears broken, insufficient power, can be repaired]
[Control System: Mainboard burnt out, multiple faults, direct replacement recommended]
[Braking System: Right rear wheel brake pad missing, addition recommended]
[...]
[Scan Result: This electric tricycle is on the verge of being scrapped. Modification plan generated. Select?]
After reviewing the entire scan, Jing Mingqiu was stunned. He initially thought it was just a loose battery connection, but he didn't expect the tricycle to have so many problems.
However, as long as he followed the system's plan, these problems would no longer be issues.
Jing Mingqiu pretended to inspect the tricycle's wiring and took out the severely blackened mainboard.
"The wires short-circuited, and the mainboard is ruined. Who modified this for you? Not only did they install two batteries, but they connected them in series instead of parallel. It's a miracle it didn't burn out!"
"Then what should I do?" the delivery driver asked anxiously. "Little Master, please fix it quickly. I still have over a hundred packages to deliver today!"
Jing Mingqiu pointed to the sofa next to him. "Take a rest. I'll fix it for you right away. Don't worry about not finishing your deliveries; my hands are very fast."
"Thank you, little master..."
Watching the tricycle being disassembled into pieces by Jing Mingqiu in an instant, the delivery driver's eyes widened involuntarily.
The deformed frame was hammered back into shape. The worn chassis was reinforced with a steel bar, which also helped to reduce stress on the frame.
Broken engine gears were directly replaced with new ones, and the engine structure was adjusted to increase power output by fifty percent.
As for the burnt-out mainboard, that was even simpler. Jing Mingqiu had a miniaturized high-precision lithography machine.
He input the data provided by the system into the lithography machine, and after half an hour, over a hundred 2-nanometer precision chips were all carved.
As he took all the chips out of the lithography machine, preparing to embed them onto the mainboard, Jing Mingqiu encountered a major problem.
The original mainboard of the electric tricycle was completely burnt out and unusable, and he didn't have any materials to make a new mainboard...