Chapter 3 – Zephyr Bolt XR5
Zephyr Bolt XR5
Syd had unknowingly dozed off in his slumped-like sitting position. His eyelids fluttered open due to the harsh brightness of the sun. He sat upright while grumbling beneath his breath. He tilted his head to find that the seven or so Rogue Mechanoids had strangely disappeared from his vicinity.
He stood up from the ground visibly tired. He stretched his muscles while letting out a wild yawn. Checking out the environ in a 360-degrees manner, he noted that his location was devoid of any Rogue Mechanoids or what the Panel Screen called Hostiles.
"Let's see where we are," Syd uttered. "Open Map."
An holographic screen appeared before him, pointing out his current position.
"So, I'm currently at the outskirt of Lackersville. Due North is Houston Farm, South is Lupus Garage, Riverdale Town at the West and Ghost Canyon at the East." He read.
"Houston Farm is twenty-seven kilometers from my current position, Lupus Garage is thirteen kilometers, Riverdale and Ghost Canyon are thirty and forty-five kilometers respectively."
Syd thought for a while before bringing out a card — the Vehicle Finder Compass
"Use."
With immediate effect, the compass gave out a bright golden light that almost on par with the rays of the sun. The light faded and the compass nowhere to be found but on his Map, a blinking golden icon could be seen. It was blinking at a point that was twelve-hundred meters away from his spot. With a relaxed expression, Syd began to jog forward towards the location of the icon.
✧One Minute Forty-Eight Seconds Later✧
Syd was grinning like a fool as he arrived before the vehicle. Behold! Before him was like a Kawasaki Ninja H2R model, but after checking the stats of the bike, he felt like he was in cloud-nine.
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[ZEPHYR BOLT XR5]
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MAN. NAME — ZEPHYR INC.
MODEL — BOLT XR5
ACCELERATION — 0-100KM/H IN 2.8 SEC
TOPSPEED — 520KM/H
BOOST — +30KM/H
COLOUR — WHITE BODY, RED STRIPE
IN-BUILT WEAPON — AUTO-MINIGUN (30 BULLETS PER ROUND (5 ROUNDS AVAILABLE)), LOCK-N-SHOOT RETRACTABLE KNIFE (10 KNIVES AVAILABLE)
HELMET-TYPE — MAIN CONTROL HELMET
HELMET: (NOT CONNECTED TO PLAYER)
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Syd was immensely fascinated by the look of his newly-found Zephyr Bolt XR5. He scanned the body of the bike and according to the description he saw on the Panel Screen, he found two closed compartment, each of them on both side of the bike's strange metal body.
Since he was a fanatic of white, he fell in love with the bike instantaneously.
[WOULD PLAYER SYD SNOWFALL LIKE TO CONNECT WITH THE ZEPHYR BOLT XR5 MAIN CONTROL HELMET]
If the Panel Screen were to be a person, Syd would have sent barrage after barrage of curse at that said person. Who in their right senses wouldn't love to be bound with such a cool-looking bike?
"Yes!"
[CONNECTION BRIDGE ACTIVE — SYD SNOWFALL → ZEPHYR BOLT XR5 MAIN CONTROL HELMET]
[CONNECTION BRIDGE SUCCESSFUL]
[PLAYER SYD SNOWFALL CAN NOW SUMMON THE BIKE TO HIS PRESENCE FROM FAR DISTANCING. EXCEPTIONS — CROSS-CONTINENTS]
[ZEPHYR BOLT XR5 STATUS — ACTIVE]
Abruptly, the Bolt XR5 let out a loud revving sound that rivaled the roars of a ferocious beast.
"Sweet!" Syd grinned from side to side as he hopped into the soft, cushion-like seat of the bike. Having his own fair share of experience with luxurious bike, both in-game and reality, he switched the gear selection from automatic to manual
"Tsk! Automatic-geared riders are sour loser!" With a subtle expression of elation, he stepped on the gear pedal, commencing his ride with the first gear.
Vrooom!
The Zephyr Bolt XR5 breezed through the road as the rider himself was riding and skidding around corners like a maniac. He rode fast, but not without a set location — Lupus Garage.
From the information he got after opening the [FORUM] tab on the Panel Screen, Lupus Garage was like a town meant for fixing, building and dumping cars, bikes and any sort of transport. The main Hostiles that could be found at Lupus Garage were the same Rogue Mechanoids but of higher levels.
"Panel, increase my level." Syd muttered while maintaining his running speed of 230KM/H.
[100 XP CONSUMED — PLAYER SYD SNOWFALL IS NOW A LEVEL 1 PLAYER. REWARD: 100 GC , +2 AP]
[200 XP CONSUMED — PLAYER SYD SNOWFALL IS NOW A LEVEL 2 PLAYER. REWARD: 150 GC , +2 AP]
[300 XP CONSUMED — PLAYER SYD SNOWFALL IS NOW A LEVEL 3 PLAYER. REWARD: 200 GC , +2 AP]
The notification stopped while informing him that he needed only Fifty XP to level up. Syd shrugged his shoulder and resumed his fast ride experience. Revving the Bolt XR5 further, Syd ultimately reached the highway that connected Lackersville to Lupus Garage. His ride was really smooth as no Hostiles appeared out of thin air and attacked him.
Seven minutes later, he saw a signboard that read, "Welcome to Lupus Garage, Vehicle Junkies". At that moment, he decreased the Bolt XR5 speed to a state where he could scan his environment properly.
Syd located a small alley where he parked his Zephyr Bolt XR5. Before exiting the alley, he equipped himself with his Karvok SMG in which contained a fully-loaded SMG round. He reloaded his Explosive Bullet Carrier with a full round. He readied his mind to use the flashbang if anything unforeseen happened.
With that, he left the alley and went to his first stop. It was a three-storey building with a billboard — Cain's Spareshop.
On the ground floor, Syd found nothing of interest. Since this was a spare parts shop for all sorts of land transport, he targeted only items that could increase his XR5 stats. Jogging up to the second floor, Syd swiped the counter and shelves clean as he found a couple thousand GC, an acronym for Game Credit, in the drawers of the counter. He looted a couple of brake levers, sound mufflers, headlights and so on. Excitedly, he moved up to the third floor. Here, Syd only sighted a few chargeable batteries, stylish rims and anti-puncture tyres. He also managed to scoop another three thousand GC and headed towards the last floor.
It was an office that seems to be meant for either the store manager or owner. He conducted a thorough scan of the office and found a safe located beneath the table. Exhausting half a round on the safe, he looted a whooping twelve thousand two hundred and seventy GC.
Calmly leaving the building...
BOOOOM!!!
A loud sound reverberated throughout the vicinity as a massive flame erupted from the south of his position. Though that attack was quite far from him, it shockwave shook almost every building near him.
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