Chapter 85 - Trial Run (2/2)

Racing hovercar 33 from the vanguard division had shocked everyone by taking twenty-first place with only an eight minutes fifty-seven seconds split.

As for Xia Fei’s racing hovercar 99, he had very tragically come in last, more than three minutes over that of the next in rank.

Everyone was unimpressed. The pole position was very important, and being in the front meant that they could lead the pack, quickly pulling ahead from the majority. It was an opportunity that the racing hovercars behind would not get.

That was when a deafening engine roar could be heard from the starting grid, which was even louder than Xia Fei’s racing hovercar 99.

Everyone looked over and saw a black racing hovercar revving up with reckless abandon, ready to charge down the race track at any time.

“Racing hovercar 0 belongs to the Twin Dragon motor team,” mumbled Manjun, recognizing that racing hovercar at a glance.

The said hovercar was not using a stock body configuration; instead, it was using an exaggerated, double-streamlined body configuration. Just hearing that engine roar, and he could tell that the hovercar had undergone an even greater degree of modification than what Xia Fei had done.

The racing hovercar burst through the starting line and disappeared without a trace at a speed, which left everyone tongue-tied.

Beihai swallowed his saliva as he marveled, “They sure do live up to the name as the top motor team in Endaro Star Region; that’s what I call speed.”

Chen Dong nodded. “Their hovercar doesn’t have the stock configuration but one used for Grand Prix motor racing, instead, so it’s only natural for it to be much faster than the average extreme racing automotives.”

Moon Song slammed her two fists on Beihai and Chen Dong’s backs. “You two aren’t allowed to let your enemies’ ambitions extinguish our team’s prestige. We will definitely win this race.”

Though what Moon Song had said sounded nice and encouraging, the reality was that Xia Fei was still going along the track at an agonizingly slow speed as if he was taking his hovercar out for a leisure spin.

Xia Fei made it through the one hundred twenty-eight hairpin turns and was on his way through to the first level.

Shaking his head, he relaxed the muscles in his body as Xia Fei prepared to begin his sprint through the starting grid.

There was a yellow horizontal line in front. Crossing it would signify the start of his third lap.

Xia Fei pressed the pedal to metal and his red racing hovercar shot ahead with a roar.

1800m/s

2100m/s

2400m/s

2700m/s

3000m/s

In just 1.21 seconds, his speed abruptly surged from 1500 to 3000m/s!

After Xia Fei’s modification of this racing automotive, its acceleration was many times faster than the average extreme racing hovercar.

“Xia Fei is finally rushing through the rankings.” Moon Song happily jumped to her feet, her eyes fixed on the screen. She became more excited as the hovercar steadily picked up speed.

“Oh, my heavens! 3400m/s, quickly look! That racing hovercar 99 has achieved a speed of 3400m/s at once,” shouted a member of another motor team.

“Racing hovercar 0 has already achieved a speed of 3900m/s. Could it be attempting to break the 4000m/s threshold?” Almost at the same time, another short-haired man exclaimed.

Everyone quickly adjusted their frequency to Twin Dragon’s racing hovercar 0 as if Xia Fei’s hovercar going at a speed of 3400m/s was very unremarkable.

Moon Song coldly harrumphed. She focused on cheering for Xia Fei, while Chen Dong, Beihai, and Manjun were also beside themselves with excitement.

After all, they had been keeping their emotions bottled up for quite some time already. They had long wished to see Xia Fei go all out and run a lap properly.

…

After a short time, Xia Fei drove his red racing hovercar 99 back to the logistics area. In the end, he came in fourth for the test run, behind Twin Dragon’s 0, Nie Wei’s 73, and Bai Ye’s 201.

Moon Song was evidently unhappy with this result, pouting as she asked, “Mister Xia, why couldn’t you even outspeed that bastard? How humiliating.”

Xia Fei got out of the cockpit and furrowed his brows. “This is but the trial run. What’s the point of going all out just for a moment of glory?”

Chen Dong agreed with Xia Fei’s assessment. He came over with a glass of juice and used his two fingers to form a few ice cubes with his Ice Special Ability, tossed them into the glass thereafter.

He handed the glass to Xia Fei as he gave his two cents. “I support you; going too hard during the trial run isn’t good. Those with actual strength are sure to save it for the actual race.”

Xia Fei took a few gulps of the juice and flashed them all a very somber expression. “Chen Dong, cool the engine down immediately; I need to do another round of adjustment to the systems.”

“Roger that.” Chen Don nodded, opening the hood and reaching out with one hand inside. Soon, a cold white fog enveloped the engine, and the slightly red engine shell hissed, its temperature dropping rapidly.

Moon Song was flustered, asking, “What’s the matter? Did something go wrong?”

Xia Fei nodded. “The one hundred twenty-eight consecutive turns on the third level are a bit of a problem. The wind might become turbulent when I am around those turns and bends, so I need to make the necessary adjustments to the stabilizers for that.

“About seventy meters of the track on the second level has recently been repaired, creating a roughly 0.1-centimeter difference from the rest of the track. Furthermore, the standard of the track there isn’t too great, so I’ll have to modify the hovercar’s suspension accordingly…”

Xia Fei listed off several details that most would not notice, and his four teammates were all dumbfounded. None of them expected for Xia Fei’s understanding of the race track to reach a degree of precision where even a 0.1-centimeter difference or the interference of wind movement would be given due consideration.

After all, a hovercar would not be rolling along the track but would be floating in the air, instead, so even the slightest discrepancy in the ground’s condition would cause a hovercar to shake a little.

There was no need to mention the wind turbulence here, either; a racing hovercar was designed to travel at high speeds, so it could of course withstand a bit of wind.

Moon Song placed one hand on Xia Fei’s shoulder and flashed him a thumbs-up with the other. “Bro, you’re really something else. To actually notice a 0.1-centimeter difference inside your cockpit.”

Xia Fei lit a cigarette and did not respond.

After a moment of thought, he pulled out a pair of small universal modification pliers from his toolbox and slid up to the side of the car; his hands moved swiftly as he began to make the necessary adjustments.