"He actually logged off?!"
"What exactly is this god's motive for participating?"
"Don't racers do their best to cross the finish line? They haven't even reached the finish line. Why did he log off? "
Viewers watching the live broadcast were a little disappointed. They had expected the three of them to continue bickering. That way, it would be interesting to watch. Even one more word would have been fine.
"But that 180-degree turn at the end was really cool! This is definitely an expert! Who knows who this person is? 100 dollars for an answer, now! "
"One thousand dollars for an answer. Does anyone know anything about this person? Send me a private message. I want to become his disciple!"
"Doesn't anyone want to hear what the 2S and BOOM guys are thinking?"
...
Regardless of what the netizens thought, the faces of 2S and BOOM e-Sports Club members did not look too good. No one would feel good in such a situation. They thought that they could use a practice match before the official start of the game to make their presence known, show off, and attract some fans. They did not expect to be trampled on instead!
In game, Ke Zimo could not continue competing, so he could only log off. Olaf, who was blocked, could not continue shamelessly, either, so he logged off after Ke Zimo.
After the live broadcast ended, the media outlets wrote their articles as if they were on steroids. 2S and BOOM had been challenged. This was definitely big news in the entertainment circle. Someone had provoked one of Yanzhou's e-sports giants. This was a big topic.
Some people guessed that the other party was an amateur professional racer, others said that he was a professional e-sports player, and still others guessed that he was a gamer who could not be a racer due to physical reasons but loved racing games.
There were even a few famous Yanzhou racing teams that made announcements offering high salaries, hoping that the mysterious person who had overtaken Ke Zimo and Olaf in the practice match would join their team. Even if he was not physically fit, it did not matter. If he joined their team, he could serve as an assistant coach. Salary was negotiable.
In the racing circles, the probing did not yield any results. In the e-sports circles, there were all sorts of guesses, but there were no leads either. Unless Fiery Bird announced the other party's information, they had no way of finding out the other party's background.
At this moment, Ke Zimo, who had logged off the game, was being questioned by his teammates.
Ke Zimo's face was gloomy. "That person is definitely a professional racer, or an e-sports player, or even a dual-professional."
The others could tell from Ke Zimo's expression that he was in a terrible mood. This was a slap to his face. Furthermore, the number of people watching the live broadcast was in the tens of millions. It was a huge loss of face. For Ke Zimo, who had thought that he could win this practice match, it was indeed a blow to his head.
"I think he's targeting me," Ke Zimo said.
"Did you offend someone?" As soon as Jabbar asked the question, he realized that there was something wrong with it. They all knew what kind of person Ke Zimo was, and there were plenty of people who disliked him. This kid was too arrogant because he was smart and skilled, and he attracted a lot of hatred. This time, he must have really pissed off someone powerful.
"If you really have a problem with Ke Zimo, you can just say it. There's no need to be so ruthless," a team member said in a low voice.
The people around him didn't say anything. They knew that to Ke Zimo, simple words would not be able to make him take it to heart. Only facts could make him see the truth.
Regardless of how the club viewed this matter in private, when it came to the surface, they had to defend Ke Zimo. They were a team. Captain Xie He noticed that Ke Zimo was not in a good mood. He raised his hand to signal for the others to pause their questioning. He looked at vice-captain Abu, who had just walked in. "Did you find out where that person came from?"
Vice-captain Abu shook his head. "Fiery Bird said that the other party was a high-class VIP user who hid his ID. They have to respect the privacy of their customers and will not divulge any relevant information."
Bang!
Ke Zimo violently pounded the table in front of him. His eyes were bloodshot, and he was panting heavily. He was furious.
"It doesn't matter. The next time I see him, I'll definitely recognize him!" Ke Zimo said through gritted teeth.
Xie He glanced at him. "Ke Zimo, you're too impatient."
"... Sorry." Ke Zimo was more reserved in front of this captain. No matter how insolent he was, he did not dare to be in front of the captain and vice-captain.
"This is a good thing for you," Xie He said. "Don't think that just because you perform well during training, you're the best in the world. There are many experts out there. This was just a single event, used as a warm-up and to coordinate with the publicity. It won't have much of an impact on the official game. Just treat this as a lesson. Alright, let's go to the conference room and analyze this practice race. "
Those who had been distracted and crashed during the practice race were starting to feel uneasy. They knew that they would definitely be reprimanded during the meeting.
The members of the esports clubs had gone to hold an analysis meeting for this practice match, while the racing circle had begun to take this opportunity to explain to people how to bend the corners skillfully, and the stuntmen had recreated scenes that seemed impossible.
"These movements are actually very simple. Many drivers who specialize in stunts can do them. It's just that cars from the Old Era are a little more difficult..." The captain of a certain stunt team released a video of himself and his teammates performing stunts on Fiery Bird's online training platform. Although it was not the "T-Rex" model used in the practice race, the stunts had attracted many viewers.
Techniques such as pulling, backflipping, sitting, spinning, and drifting were demonstrated one by one, including the scene in the live broadcast of the practice race where the silhouette drifted diagonally across the gap between the fallen lamppost and the ground. It was reproduced, and the viewers were thoroughly addicted to it.
At the end of the video, the captain of the stunt team calmly said, "What you are watching is just an edited video. Actually, many times, we have to do it 10 or even 100 times before we succeed. For example, this, and this..." He clicked on a few screenshots. Among them was the scene where the silhouette drifted diagonally under the lamppost and the final scene where the front wheels slid and turned 180 degrees. They had practiced many times before succeeding in these two scenes.
"Driving that car, and driving it at that speed, to complete those few movements is really not easy. It is basically impossible unless you are a professional stunt driver. Frankly speaking, professional racers like us either focus on stunts and focus on technique, or race and focus on speed. It's not that there aren't people who can balance both, but to be able to do it at this level is definitely a gamer. In real life, no one would dare to be so crazy. Those who dare are already in the hospital. The accumulation of injuries and illnesses will cause serious damage to the body. Therefore, my judgment is that the other party is an expert in racing games. "
As a professional stunt driver, the captain's judgment was indeed very convincing. After him, a few other professional stunt drivers and racers left comments in agreement. Thus, very quickly, the media came up with the conclusion of the racing circle: the mysterious person was an expert in racing games!
Only in the game, no matter how much you fell, no matter how many times you fell, the body would not be seriously affected. There would be no fractures, and there would be no life-threatening injuries.
But as for which god in the gaming circle this person was, there was still no answer. This was known as the biggest mystery before the launch of "Battle of the Century."
After the practice race, Fiery Bird also released the highlights of the race. Those who had missed the live broadcast because they had chosen the camera angle could now finally see how the mysterious person had overtaken all the cars.
Watching the live broadcast was one kind of feeling, but watching the post-race editing was another.
During the live broadcast, people paid attention to the rankings of the people in the race, whether there were any crashes, whether there were any overtakes, and so on. But watching the editing and watching the speeding figures on the screen against the backdrop of the Old Era, people seemed to see the situation of that era. They deeply felt the excitement of the Old Era culture and the passion of racing colliding.
The olden era's setting, olden era's race tracks, olden era's transportation tools. They had no way of understanding how olden era people lived, but they could see from this competition that there should have been many people with similar hobbies back then.
The Period of Destruction had been 100 years, and the New Era had been 500 years. More than 600 years had passed.
More than 600 years ago, had there been a group of youths riding Old Era motorcycles on the same city's race track?
No one could stay young forever, but there would always be people who stayed young.
...
After Fang Zhao logged out of the game, he stood at the window and enjoyed the breeze, calming his excited mind.
He checked the notification on his communicator and called back.
"Hey, Boss! Did you watch the race between 2S and BOOM? "Zu Wen had probably just finished discussing it with someone, so he was still excited to watch the show.
"I watched it," Fang Zhao replied. Directly participating was considered watching, right?
"Hehehe, seeing 2S and BOOM suffer a setback, it feels so good! I just don't know who the mysterious person who beat Ke Zimo and Olaf is. He must be very pleased with himself now, right? "
"What's there to be pleased about bullying little kids?" Fang Zhao asked. It was just a lesson. There was nothing to be pleased about. Ke Zimo was just a little rude and had directly criticized Fang Zhao, but that was all. Fang Zhao just treated it as a small lesson for Ke Zimo being young and insensible. If Fang Zhao really wanted to be ruthless, he could make Ke Zimo feel 10 times, 100 times worse.
"Bullying little kids? That's true. I heard that the mysterious person is a god in racing games. Sigh, anyway, watching Ke Zimo crash his car is quite satisfying. That kid was just showing off in an interview two days ago. Now he's been slapped in the face... Oh, right, I almost forgot to tell you. I just received news that Fiery Bird's Yanzhou branch has invited us to attend a press conference. I just asked around and they will be holding a few press conferences before the official release of the game. They will release some promotional videos or merchandise. Anyway, there will definitely be gifts when we go. "
"When?" Fang Zhao asked.
"The day after tomorrow at 2 p.m. dinner included."
"Besides us, who else will be attending?"
"We will be attending as the Polar Light team. Besides us, there will be other e-sports clubs and media. Oh, 2S and BOOM will be attending too."
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