The person in charge of tracking the red race track reported to his superiors and sent over the video he just captured. It didn't take long before he was notified that they didn't need to adjust the speed of the cameras on this race track. They sent another person to track the Vege-Fritter.
At the same time, the League of Stars media and the Sizer Family's research team were tracking all the flying cars in the race. Of course, they noticed Silin and the others as well.
Naimi was participating in the race. Even though Vege-Fritter's performance wasn't great at the beginning, they still sent someone to track it. It wasn't because they were hoping that Vege-Fritter would perform well, but because they wanted to be the first to react if something happened to it.
"It looks like Naimi isn't as good as we thought he was," one of the organizers said.
Another person agreed, "That's true. This is their true strength, isn't it?"
"It's not that no one came up with a circular design back in the day, it's just that no one was able to utilize the advantages of that design to their fullest potential. That's why Vege-Fritter was eliminated back then, but it's obvious that the racer in it can handle the circular design!"
"If I recall correctly, the circular design is a combination of electromagnetic effects and manual control. It's so that a flying car can turn faster using its external rotation. But that was always thought to be just theory. I didn't think that I'd see it in action one day."
"The control of the spiral and firing angle is practically perfect." Someone pointed at the clearly slowed down video on the screen and said.
"If I remember correctly, there was a Vege-Fritter that used 'scaly propulsion' in its design back then, right?"
The others fell silent when they heard the word "scaly propulsion". A dozen or so seconds later, someone said, "If the scaly propulsion is really based on the original design, then it's only a theory."
Since a theory had become a reality, no one could say for sure if the "scaly propulsion" was still a theory.
The flying cars that were derived from the original Vege-Fritter and some of the newer models all adopted the "scaly propulsion" concept. However, they weren't able to use it in the race like the original design did. When everyone realized the "illogical" aspects of the design, they had no choice but to make some modifications. The modified design was no longer called the "scaly propulsion". Instead, it was given a different name based on the type and style of the car.
Aero's shuttle-shaped flying car, Vanguard's blade-shaped flying car, and Lightning's crescent-shaped flying car were all equipped with a secondary propulsion system based on the "scale-shaped propulsion system". Aero's shuttle-shaped flying car had auxiliary propulsion systems similar to the pelvic fins, pectoral fins, and caudal fins of a fish. Blades and Crescent Moon flying cars also had auxiliary propulsion systems that matched their models.
The auxiliary propulsion system would allow the flying car to go faster, but at the same time, it required the driver's driving skills to be higher. The slightest bit of carelessness could lead to unimaginable consequences, and in serious cases, the car would be destroyed and people would die. Of course, this was also the thrill of the competition.
By now, Silin's group had caught up to the three flying cars in front of them. One of them had made a momentary lapse in acceleration, probably because it was too nervous and distracted by Silin's Vege-Fritter, and crashed into the wall of a spiral curve. The flying car's safety measures were pretty good. At the very least, the two people in the car weren't in mortal danger. Logisticians would come over later to carry them out for treatment.
This wasn't the first flying car to make a mistake since the start of the race. There were a few more flying cars before it, but most of them performed pretty well.
Silin's Vege-Fritter continued to pull further and further away from the other two flying cars in the passage.
This passage was supposed to be the longest, and it had the most spirals and nodes. It was only natural that the racers would have to spend more time and energy to deal with it compared to the other tracks. But at this rate...
While the technicians were analyzing Vege-Fritter's situation, Naimi was even more surprised than they were. Naimi knew that Vege-Fritter could fly very fast, but that was only if it was flying in a straight line without many obstacles. Right now, it was facing spiral curves and nodes!
The flying car barely slowed down at all when it passed through the spirals and nodes!
By now, Naimi was slowly recovering from his shock. He checked the official status of this track and the current overall ranking.
There's a chance, there's definitely a chance!
Silin was controlling the steering wheel with one hand and adjusting the control panel with the other. But to Naimi's surprise, he couldn't see Silin's movements at all, no matter which hand he used. Naimi's vision was a blur even if he focused all of his attention on it.
Silin's driving ability was far better than they had imagined.
"How many more spirals and nodes are there?" Silin asked, but his eyes never left the front window.
Naimi took a deep breath and calmed himself down. He looked at the situation and said, "Excluding the one we just passed, there are seventy-three spirals left. Twenty-nine of them are continuous spirals with more than three rings. There are seventeen nodes, five big nodes, twelve small nodes, and a four-ring spiral in front of us. The parameters are …"
Naimi's legs were shaking a little even though he was explaining the situation in a clear and organized manner. His fingers hadn't warmed up yet, but he was no longer as terrified as he was before. It was replaced by indescribable excitement.
This is what it means to be a racing car, a real racing car!
Naimi didn't need to analyze too much. In fact, he felt that Silin could fly perfectly even if he didn't have a navigator.
The two flying cars on the same track were completely left in the dust, and Vege-Fritter was overtaking one car after another in the overall ranking.
The audience was starting to realize that the antique flying car was starting to show its might.
When there were thirty-three spirals left on the red track, Vege-Fritter was at forty-first place.
When there were nineteen spirals left on the red track, Vege-Fritter was at eleventh place.
When there were seven spirals left on the red track, Vege-Fritter was only behind the top three seeds and was at fourth place.
Right now, the spectators outside the track and elsewhere were going crazy.
First, it was the red track, and it was known as the unluckiest track of this term. Second, it was an antique "Vege-Fritter" that was said to have been abandoned by history a long time ago. Third, it was because no one had ever heard of this dark horse before!
All the flying cars and racers who were invited to the "Winds of Freedom" had participated in a lot of relatively influential races in their respective star regions before they were invited to participate in the "Winds of Freedom". Everyone more or less knew about such a character, but this racer was so unfamiliar that no one had ever heard of him before.
This wasn't an illusion. Everyone had been paying attention to Vege-Fritter since it caught up to them, far more than they had been paying attention to the top three seeds. It didn't look like a human could pass through the spirals and the nodes at that speed. At the very least, no one had ever seen such a thing happen in their lives.
"Is he cheating?" Someone asked.
"How can anyone cheat like this?! Can you show me? "
"This is too f * cking unbelievable!"
… …
According to the original plan, Gen Xingming's group was supposed to move to the next circuit midway through the race. However, Cillin's Vege-Fritter showed off its might one after another, so Gen Xingming's group decided to stay where they were. This was the only place where they could watch Vege-Fritter's surveillance footage and analysis.
At first, no one was willing to leave, but as the race progressed, no one asked to leave anymore.
Gen Xingming stepped on the mountain of shelves at the edge of the stands and pointed at Vege-Fritter's footage with one hand on his waist and the other. He announced loudly, "See that? That's my bro! "
This sentence was obviously meant to show off, unlike the previous one which was mainly a warning.
There were three spirals left on the red track, and it was impossible to say who would be the first one to make it out of the red track. There were more races left on the red track than the other three, but no one could say for sure right now. Everyone sped up and fought to be the first to make a good start.
Naimi's heart was pounding as he stared at the ranking and the race map on the screen. He didn't say anything to Silin, and Silin didn't ask how many races were left either. He simply charged out of the red track at high speed. He knew the rest of the race and the curves.
Whoosh — —
There wasn't much of a difference in the time it took for the four flying cars to charge out of the passage at the same time. Aero's flying car was the first to do so, Spearhead's flying car was the second, Cillin's Vege-Fritter was the third, and Lightning's crescent moon was the fourth. These four flying cars stirred up the audience's emotions. The fifth car was still some distance away from the first four cars. At the very least, it wasn't shown on the same monitor at the entrance of the race.
"Twenty-five points!" Although it wasn't the first place's forty points, Naimi was more than satisfied with the result. After all, they had chosen the unluckiest track of this year's race. In fact, Naimi wondered if Cillin would've won first place if he had accelerated without considering his own adaptability at the beginning of the race.
Naimi felt very ashamed when he thought of this. He was a burden to the team.
"Get ready for the second circuit!" Silin interrupted Naimi's thoughts and adjusted his car's condition swiftly.
The next circuit was a rainforest zone. Two walls of light were separated by a hundred meters of distance, and there was a height restriction after the official second circuit. This meant that the race would be much more difficult than before.
After rushing out of the passageway of the first stage, everyone knew their ranking and the ranking of the others. However, they didn't have much time to express their thoughts. Everyone was trying their best to rush to the second stage, and this was the time to close the gap with the others.
However, when everyone gathered at the same track at the same time, they discovered an obvious problem. The "Vege-Fritter" charged forward like a bolt of lightning. It was so fast that everyone who saw it without the aid of a monitor couldn't help but feel goosebumps all over their bodies.
Had that guy always raced at that speed …?
Aero, Spearhead, and Lightning's seeds sped up in unison after being imaged by Silin's "Vege-Fritter". In the past, they were the only three pilots, so they wouldn't charge at full speed according to strategy. But now that an "extreme" guy was charging ahead of them, their pride wouldn't allow them to do so.
As a result, the distance between the top four and the rest of the racers gradually widened. Some of the unlucky ones who had chosen a worse track were also chasing after them at full speed. Everyone's ranking was changing except for the top four. Tobia and Qiu Xu's pyramid flying car was in the thirties when they exited the track, but it was now twenty-eight. They hoped that they could push a little further into the second circuit.
Cillin was currently ranked first, but Naimi could see that Cillin's expression hadn't changed since the start of the tournament. It was something that Naimi admired very much. He guessed that Cillin was either a legendary expert or a robot. Otherwise, there was no way he could remain so calm. Didn't he say that he had never participated in a race of this level before?
The second circuit started just like Silin's test drive. They flew a certain distance away from the forest.
The three cars behind them prepared to activate their special sound waves and magnetic waves at the same time. These waves would affect the rattan trees and birds, so they only needed to deal with a few of them. But Silin was different.
The waves Silin ordered Vege-Fritter to release were at the same frequency that everyone thought was useless. It was the same frequency that the isolation net emitted, and it would keep the animals away from the area and focus on the plants.
Most of the time, plants caused more trouble than animals. That was why the people who received Vege-Fritter's waves didn't understand why Silin was doing this. But they understood the reason in the next moment.
After Vege-Fritter released its frequency, the giant bird that was flying towards them turned around and flew towards the other flying cars. The rattan trees and some of the moving plants below them also started to move. It was at this moment a ring of jagged wrist blades popped out of the edge of Vege-Fritter. The jagged edges spun and cut through the vines that were hurled at them in an instant. At the same time, the surface of the flying car turned incredibly smooth after a flash of lightning. Some of the plants that managed to avoid the jagged edges slid off the flying car because their cilia weren't strong enough to hold onto the car. Only plants with leaves that looked like suction cups managed to wrap around the flying car, but the jagged edges of the flying car would be able to cut through the vines if it tilted the slightest bit.
That was why Vege-Fritter was able to cut off the rattan trees wherever it flew, and the culprit was able to escape without a moment's delay.
This was the plan they had discussed, but Naimi felt that something was wrong. It was different from what he had imagined. It was even faster than he had expected, and the pressure from the people around him was making him very uncomfortable.
Silin wasn't racing, it was more like he was venting.
Naimi didn't understand why Silin was acting like this, and he didn't dare ask. Right now, he thought that Silin was terrifying. Although he was expressionless, serious, or smiling, he still felt unusually dangerous.
Sitting less than half a meter away from Silin in the navigator's seat, Naimi didn't dare to breathe too loudly. He didn't need to give any flying advice, because Silin might be more familiar with the terrain and environment than he was. Or maybe Silin didn't care at all, and he treated everything the same way no matter where he flew or who blocked his way.
Vege-Fritter's jagged edges resonated with a lot of flying car enthusiasts. They didn't care if the design would affect the car's flying ability, but it was a scene that made many young racers' blood boil.
Some people chose to dodge the rattan trees, and some chose to face them head-on. However, the latter would undoubtedly slow down the car, and it was a difficult choice to make. That being said, this gear-shaped design might be a good choice. It wouldn't slow them down too much, would it? Can't you see that I'm still flying as fast as I can?
Vege-Fritter had to be very fast, but it wasn't flying in a straight line. Instead, it was flying in a curved line, and the car's tilt would change constantly to make sure that no tree branches would wrap around it. The car's surface was smooth, but it couldn't stop the suction cups and some of the more unusual plants from passing through.
Every flying car was equipped with some machinery to deal with unexpected situations. There were also band saws and gears, but they were all small gears that popped out of the car and weren't as effective as Vege-Fritter's.
Vege-Fritter was as slippery as a fish in a sea of trees. It slipped out of the tentacles of a predator, and "bit" if it couldn't.
The second circuit wasn't just a test of the racers' driving skills, it was also a test of a flying car's ability to deal with similar situations. This was a circuit that allowed the use of weapons. There were all kinds of weapons, and the spectators would vote for their favorite weapon after the race was over. This was a rare data gathering method for the Sizer Family.
The second circuit was the shortest out of all seven circuits. After passing through the sea of trees, Cillin and the others were the first to exit the circuit. Spearhead's flying blade was second, Lightning's crescent moon flying car was third, and Aero's flying shuttle flying car was fourth. Just like before, the four flying cars weren't too far away from each other, especially the three flying cars behind them. Vege-Fritter and the other three flying cars were just a little bit bigger in comparison to the rest of the group.
This was the advantage and disadvantage of different car models. Different car models would have their own advantages and disadvantages in different circuits.
"Forty points! We have sixty points now! "Naimi was very happy, but he didn't get carried away just yet. After all, only two-seventh of the circuit had passed.
It didn't take long for them to enter a dark world after passing through the sea of green trees.
A pillar of mud shot high into the air, signaling the start of the third circuit. This was the dirtiest circuit of the race.
After all the flying cars had flown out of the forest, two people appeared at a corner of the forest and said something to each other before vanishing into thin air. The only sound left behind was the rustling of footsteps.
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