Chapter 315: Tour of Qinghai Lake
The camera quickly shifted to the Mercedes side, where two AMG-01s with elevated chassis were seen speeding at high speed. The high-speed airflow rolled up the dust on the road and turned it into a streamlined track around the car body. The airflow around the two cars intertwined to form a strange airflow field, in which the two cars were like in an empty space.

"This airflow is interesting." Brett estimated something from the shape of the dust around the car body, then opened his personal terminal and built a similar model. Stationmaster Yang watched him concentrate on doing all this with a smile on his face.

"Is it a device similar to the combined airflow they had back then? It relies on the cooperation of two cars to create airflow, and then achieves the effect of 1+1>2." Brett laughed.

"It seems that you have discovered something." Stationmaster Yang spoke at this time.

“Huh?” Brett finally realized that it was quite rude of him to leave his boss alone for so long. “Sorry, sorry.”

"What is there to apologize for?" Stationmaster Yang waved his hand nonchalantly. "It seems that you still care about racing."

“Haha, after all, it’s something I’ve been exposed to since I was a child,” Brett said.

"Then, how about going back to drive a racing car for a season next season?" Stationmaster Yang said to Brett with a smile.

"Ah? Me?" Brett was stunned when he heard that, but he shrugged quickly, "I still want to focus on exploring the universe. Besides, isn't the Callisto exploration spacecraft about to set off?"

"This does not conflict with your driving a season of racing," said Stationmaster Yang. "The exploration spacecraft to Callisto will not officially depart until a year and a half later, which means the second season will be over."

“But why are you suddenly asking me to drive a racing car for a season?” Brett asked curiously.

"Of course it's for safety reasons." Stationmaster Yang said in a deep voice, "The Chinese Biological Research Institute has confirmed that there are new realms ahead of the Zero Domain. After all, we are going to Jupiter, a place that no human has ever set foot on before. In order to deal with possible dangers, we need an astronaut who can go beyond the Zero Domain."

"So, Brett." Stationmaster Yang's expression turned serious.

"Here!" Brett immediately stood at attention and saluted.

"Go to GPX to practice." Stationmaster Yang said, "Then, step into that realm."

"I see," Brett said. "So, am I joining DRS?"

After learning the specific reason, Brett didn't say anything more. Isn't it just to play racing in order to become an astronaut? He is familiar with this matter.

"No, the team you're going to is USCF," said Station Master Yang. "Take a look at this."

Stationmaster Yang handed Brett the information he had prepared long ago, and then continued: "The Wall Street Squid Consortium behind this team no longer wants to continue investing after not seeing results for a long time, and some investors who have a win-win attitude towards us are planning to take over this mess, and they found us, hoping that you can become a driver for this team. At the same time, if you go to this team, you can also shut up some jumping clowns."

"I understand. I will start training in this area immediately." Brett nodded.

"Don't be so anxious. We don't have high expectations for your performance next season," said Stationmaster Yang.

"Since I've decided to join their duel, I don't want to lose either." Brett smiled confidently.

……

"Mercedes made a strong effort in the second half and took the first two places in Q2 by breaking the lap record of this track. The remaining qualifying spots were taken by drivers from Ferrari, Arctic Fox, DRS and Red Bull Racing." Li Bing announced the results of Q2 in the live broadcast room.

Afterwards, Li Bing chatted with the audience in the live broadcast room for a while, and the Q3 competition officially began.

"Mercedes accelerated from the start this time. It seems they are determined to win the points reward for the pole position," said Li Bing.

“Ferrari gave up the fight for Q3 after two laps, which seems to be due to other considerations.”

"After the Arctic Fox team saw that Ferrari had given up the fight, they took the initiative to drive the car back to the maintenance area before Xing Mahao provoked Nie Ming. It seems that their crew did not want to cause any more trouble."

"The biggest rival of Tornado Charge has left. He also felt that it was meaningless and returned to the maintenance area. Now, the only ones left on the field, besides the AMG-01, are the two RB-C01s and the Tai Chi War Dragon."

"At present, it seems that it is difficult for RB-C01 to catch up with the speed of AMG-01. Their off-road modification is more to reduce the impact of off-road tracks on normal speed, which in turn affects their burst."

"The Tai Chi War Dragon is ready to speed up!" As the Tai Chi War Dragon spread its rear wings after running a few laps, Li Bing also perked up.

As the Tai Chi War Dragon's thrusters roared and spurted out a surging airflow, the speed of the car exploded.

"Wow! Such a stable acceleration!" Li Bing exclaimed in surprise. In previous competitions, the racing cars using thrusters would experience a significant reduction in stability after the thrusters were turned on after being modified for off-road use. However, after the Tai Chi War Dragon activated the thrusters, it was actually no different from normal times.

While other CF racing cars need to customize their equipment and change their designs to adapt to off-road tracks, the Tai Chi War Dragon, which has reserved this space, has a huge advantage. It's like in an online game, when a tank is needed when forming a team, the Tai Chi War Dragon, as a fury warrior, only needs to cut an attribute point and bring a shield to appear as a defensive warrior. But other cars are like professions without a tank branch. Even if the specially built shield has strong attributes and can make up for this problem, it is still half the result with twice the effort compared to professions that are born with this capital.

"Tai Chi Zhanlong is already approaching Mercedes in terms of lap time! There is only one minute left in Q3. Can DRS overtake before the end of the race?"

At this moment, Lin Che, Michael and Hijikata Ling had already entered the realm of zero.

"It's been a long time since I've seen the Tai Chi War Dragon in this posture. However, if you want to get this pole position, you probably won't have enough time to speed up." Hijikata Ling was the first to speak in the group chat.

"No, according to Silver's calculation, the time is just right." Lin Che said, stepping on the accelerator and increasing the power of the propeller. The speed of Taiji War Dragon increased further, and after rushing through the starting point again, it refreshed the full speed record. "That's right, on the standard track, Taiji War Dragon should have this explosive power. It seems that the impact of this off-road track on your car is lower than we thought." After receiving the news that the lap time was surpassed, Michael simply stopped accelerating. Although if he continued to squeeze the performance of the car, it might not be impossible to regain the pole position, but this requires two people to run desperately together, and the probability of risk is much higher than that of other teams. In order not to affect the race, Michael chose to play it safe.

"Let us congratulate Taiji Zhanlong for taking the pole position in this race! They also got 10 points for DRS. With these 6 points, they surpassed Ferrari and came to the second place in the standings. At the same time, they are now only points away from Mercedes, which is ranked first."

……

"Well done!" After returning to the maintenance area, Xiao Lie took the helmet that Lin Che took off and said with a smile.

"It's nothing. Michael made a good move at the end, otherwise Tai Chi War Dragon might not have been able to surpass them before the end." Lin Che said, "Have you arranged the distribution of the technical team?"

"Don't worry, it's no problem. The technicians recruited earlier have already started working. The six repair stations this time are all adopting the model of experienced people training new people. At the same time, I also explained to them that I only require them to ensure that they can make no mistakes, and there is no requirement for the speed of changing tires."

"Just make the arrangements." Lin Che nodded, and after getting out of the cockpit, he prepared to take a shower and then deal with the media.

……

On the second day, the Erlangjian Scenic Area of ​​Qinghai Lake, the starting point of the race, was filled with spectators who came to watch the start early in the morning.

As one racing car after another was brought to the scene, the audience became more and more enthusiastic.

"Welcome to Five Star Sports. Today we are bringing you the first GPX Xining-Chang'an race." In the studio of Five Star Sports, the trio started working on time. "We can see that on the beautiful shore of Qinghai Lake, 20 drivers are ready to go. At the front of the team is Tai Chi Zhanlong, who won the pole position in yesterday's qualifying race."

At ten o'clock sharp, the signal light for the start of the race came on on time. The teams at the starting point started their cars slowly, lined up in a row and began to accelerate slowly.

"Faced with the 1500-kilometer ultra-long track, all the cars were not in a hurry to accelerate. The two Mercedes cars followed behind the Tai Chi War Dragon. Even though Lin Che left them a flaw, they had no intention of overtaking. It seemed that they wanted the Tai Chi War Dragon to act as their windbreaker."

"Xiao Hao, speed up and come to my side. When you overtake Nie Ming's car, step on the accelerator and see if you can trick him to the front." Seeing that Michael and Hijikata seemed determined to let him take the lead, Lin Che said in the team voice.

"Leave it to me." Xiao Hao responded quickly.

The next second, the Whirlwind Charge, which was currently in seventh place, began to speed up, and then when passing around the Aurora, the Whirlwind Charge roared and its speed soared.

Nie Ming: ???
Nie Ming couldn't stand this, he just stepped on the accelerator and rushed after the tornado.

"Both the Tornado Charge and Aurora No. 1 have started to speed up! Are they planning to start the battle now?" Li Bing said with a smile.

"It seems like Xing Mahao did this on purpose. After the Whirlwind Charge reached Taiji War Dragon, it temporarily slowed down its acceleration. Now the Aurora has already rushed to the first position. In such a long-distance race, it is not a good choice to rush so hard at the beginning."

"Of course not. Now the Aurora can only be forced to take on the task of Windbreaker." Brother Fei said with a smile.

Led by the Whirlwind Charge, the Tai Chi War Dragon approached the Aurora and began to rely on the Aurora's wake to reduce consumption. Only then did Nie Ming finally realize that he had been fooled. However, with the help of the massive database that Magnum had built for him, Nie Ming was unable to get rid of both of them.

"Hehe, you've been fooled." Xiao Hao said with a wicked grin.

"Really? I have to thank you for giving up the leading position to us so easily." Unexpectedly, Nie Ming in the cockpit of the Aurora also showed a smile of success on his face.

At this moment, Yuri's car No. 2 also accelerated and caught up, coming to Nie Ming's side. After the two cars got closer, the angle of the Aurora's tail wing swung slightly, and the two cars coordinated to increase their speed.

"We have managed to trick you into this position with great difficulty. It won't be that easy to get rid of us." Lin Che smiled and stepped on the accelerator, keeping up with the acceleration of the Aurora. The Tornado Charge and the two AMG-01s at the back followed suit.

However, after approaching the Aurora again, Silver sent a reminder: "Turbulent airflow detected, spoilers adjusted, please pay attention to battery consumption."

"Turbulent airflow?" Lin Che frowned slightly and looked up at the Aurora's tail wing that was swinging slightly in front of him. "Is this a new plan to target the tactics that Xiao Hao had been following?"

Now, it was Lin Che who was caught in a dilemma. If he didn't overtake, the consumption of Tai Chi War Dragon and Whirlwind Charge would increase in the turbulent airflow created by the Aurora. Although the magnitude was not large, it would still have a certain impact on the subsequent competitions. But if he overtook, he would have to take on the task of helping others break the wind.

"Hehe, my acting just now was pretty good, right?" In the team voice chat, Nie Ming started to act as the kid who was taking credit. It must be said that Nie Ming's acting just now was flawless, whether it was the moment of shock when Xiao Hao suddenly provoked him, or the reckless charge afterwards, or the final frustration after trying to shake off the whirlwind charge but failed when trying to attract Yuri's attention, all of them were no different from his usual performance.

"Well done!" Yuri gave Nie Ming feedback immediately, then looked at the Tai Chi War Dragon and Whirlwind Charge on the rearview screen, "So now, what will you choose?"

"Xiao Hao, speed up in advance. After overtaking them both, leave them behind in one fell swoop." After thinking for a while, Lin Che decided on a strategy to break the deadlock.

"Now? What about the consumption of tires?" Xiao Hao asked puzzledly.

"No matter what, our first maintenance point is very close, we should be able to make it there," Lin Che said, "Instead of increasing meaningless consumption, we might as well just block it."

At this moment, something strange happened. After the two RB-C01s arrived at the long straight track, they turned on their thrusters and began to accelerate.

"Looks like we don't have to gamble anymore." Lin Che said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)