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Chapter 162: The Battle of Tianmen Mountain

The day after Gao Xiaoman and her team finished the competition, Lin Che and Xie Peng took the tickets booked by the Mini Racing Association and rushed to the western part of Hunan Province, Zhangjiajie, a place known as a paradise on earth.

It was already evening when Lin Che arrived. Chen Hewang and Chen Xiaohu, who had arrived two days earlier, were already waiting at the hotel entrance. As soon as Lin Che got out of the car, they gave him a big hug.

Meanwhile, Chen Hewang, who was participating in the group stage in Shanghai, complained after hugging Lin Che: "You left so early. I went to Shanghai the day after the draw. I wanted to say hello to you, but when I arrived, I found that you were all gone."

"There's nothing we can do. We met Sabi in Shanghai. If we lose two more days of practice, we probably won't even qualify for the group stage." Lin Che said after shrugged.

"By the way, haven't Huo Yuesheng and Gao Xiaoman arrived yet? Logically, the place where they are competing should be closer to here than to me." Lin Che asked curiously.

"I don't know." Chen Xiaohu said, "We've been waiting for a whole day, but they didn't come."

It was not until the next night that Gao Xiaoman and Huo Yuesheng arrived at the hotel where the contestants were staying. Facing the curious eyes of his friends, Huo Yuesheng's face immediately darkened. After glancing at Gao Xiaoman, he said coldly: "This woman insisted on booking a flight ticket today, saying that she had finally arrived in Shudu and must go to see the giant pandas."

"I see you're having a lot of fun." Gao Xiaoman said slowly.

"Hmph, if you hadn't bought the ticket without saying a word, I wouldn't have gone. I just don't want to waste the money on the ticket." Huo Yuesheng turned his face away, snorted coldly and said.

Everyone naturally ignored Huo Yuesheng who was still being stubborn and started talking about the game the day after tomorrow.

"Have you seen the final track?" Gao Xiaoman asked.

"I've seen it." Lin Che nodded. This morning, the association officials sent the finals track map to the hotel. "It's a very impressive track."

"Really? Then I'm looking forward to it." Upon hearing this, Gao Xiaoman couldn't wait to go back to her room to study it carefully to see what this track that even Lin Che said was very impressive was.

"Hey! Wait for me!" Seeing this, Huo Yuesheng hurriedly followed, "Damn it! I'm going to show you how powerful I am in the finals!"

"Shut up." Gao Xiaoman turned around and said to Huo Yuesheng, "Everyone here is ranked first in their group. How can you, the second in your group, interrupt?"

It must be said that Gao Xiaoman knew how to mess with Huo Yuesheng's mentality. As soon as he finished speaking, Huo Yuesheng's cold expression, which he had always maintained, could no longer be suppressed. "Damn it! You only beat me by less than a second! If we play again, who knows who will be the first in the group?"

"I am first in the group, what about you?" Gao Xiaoman looked back at everyone.

Lin Che was also amused when he saw Huo Yuesheng's broken defense, and was the first to say, "What a coincidence, me too."

"Me too." Chen Hewang said.

Chen Xiaohu was a bit more honest. He took a look at Huo Yuesheng before he said weakly, "There aren't many strong players in my group. My car is best at the track, so I'm first."

Four pairs of eyes looked at Huo Yuesheng, as if asking: "What about you, brother?"

"Damn it! Just wait for me!" Huo Yuesheng said gritting his teeth, "The final championship will definitely be mine!"

"You should first think about how to catch up with the 10-second gap between the first and second place in the group at the start," said Gao Xiaoman.

"Are you hungry? Let's go for a midnight snack? I'll treat you." Lin Che suggested.

"Let's go, let's go. I've been sitting on the plane for so long and haven't eaten anything. I'm starving!" Gao Xiaoman immediately responded to Lin Che's invitation, and Chen Hewang and Chen Xiaohu also nodded in agreement.

Chen Xiaohu nodded and glanced at Huo Yuesheng: "Brother Huo, do you want to go together?"

"Hmph! No way!" Huo Yuesheng refused without even thinking.

"Oh, let's go." Lin Che nodded and hailed a taxi at the entrance of the hotel.

"Hey! You guys are really leaving! Can you please show a little loyalty?" Huo Yuesheng chased after them, dancing with joy.

……

Two days later, the final of the China Mini Racing National Competition was held as scheduled.

Inside the CCTV studio, the commentators for this final were the same ones who had commented on Lin Che's competition last time, Su Fan, Han Qiao and guest Dr. Chen Sanyuan.

"Welcome to CCTV5. Now we are broadcasting the finals of the Chinese Mini Racing National Competition. I am Su Fan, the commentator for this game."

"I'm Han Qiao."

"We have invited Dr. Chen Sanyuan as the guest to commentate on this game."

"Hello, everyone." Dr. Chen said with a smile.

"After a week of competition, the 16 contestants for the finals have been decided."

During the broadcast, the final photos of the 16 contestants participating in the finals and images of the racing cars flashed one after another.

"We can see that this year's competition has many familiar faces, such as Huo Yuesheng, Chen Hewang, and Gao Xiaoman, who were the top three in last year's national competition. In addition, there are new faces who have emerged this year, such as Li Yuhao from Liaoning Province, Yi Xiuwen from Hubei Province, and Lin Che who represented Shanghai. They are all players who advanced from the group stage to the finals in their first national competition."

"The contestants are already on their way to the starting point, so let us introduce the venue of this competition to you!" The camera turned, and a steep mountain appeared in the picture. On the top of the mountain, a huge cliff cave revealed the sky on the other side of the mountain shrouded in thick fog, like the gate of heaven. A staircase leading up from the foot of the mountain led directly to the huge cave, like a ladder to heaven.

The camera follows the stairs up to the top of the mountain. After passing the Tianmen Gate, everything becomes clear.

Then, the camera was aimed at another road leading up the mountain, a winding road built along the mountain.

"This is the final venue for this year's China Mini Racing National Competition! It was just completed two months ago and is known as the best highway in the world that goes to the sky! The Tianmen Mountain Winding Road!"

“Although I already knew where the race would take place in advance, I still felt it was amazing after seeing this track!” Lin Che exclaimed as he looked down at the precipitous road along the way from the top of the cable car.

"I'm going to knock you all down right here! I'm going to become the fastest man in the country!" Huo Yuesheng said as he rubbed his hands together, eager to give it a try. However, after he said this, some of the staff on the cable car who were responsible for leading the contestants up the mountain laughed secretly.

"Is the capital's fastest not enough to satisfy you?" After Lin Che recorded Huo Yuesheng's confident speech with a camera, he looked at Huo Yuesheng meaningfully. I really don't know what his expression will be when he sees this video again after knowing those little pieces of knowledge.

Soon, all 16 contestants reached the top of Tianmen Mountain, and the flag at the starting point was fluttering in the wind.

"Okay, we can see that the 16 contestants are ready at the starting point and the countdown has begun." In the studio of CCTV5, Su Fan said as he looked at the real-time images transmitted back.

“按照规则，以小组第一出线的8名选手将会比小组第二的选手提前10秒出发。”韩乔说道，“5！4！3！2！1！”

"The first-place finishers in the group stage have already set off!" Su Fan explained. "At the start, the cars in the high-torque group made full use of their motors' advantages in accelerating at the start. Gao Xiaoman's Sword Shark King, Chen Xiaohu's Shocking Tiger, and Xie He's Sky Dragon were at the front from the start."

However, the three cars did not maintain their lead for long as a streak of red light quickly passed by the three cars.

"It's Scorpio! The legendary dream car!" Han Qiao said in surprise, "I didn't expect Scorpio to burst out with such an amazing speed at the beginning of the race. The runners-up in the group had just started, and Scorpio snatched the first place from the high-torque car group with a starting advantage!"

"Not bad." Gao Xiaoman glanced at Scorpio who had surpassed the Sword Shark King, and smiled. "I didn't get to fight the fully liberated Scorpio last year, but I can do so this year! However, this is not enough to defeat me! Go ahead! Sword Shark King!"

Sword Shark King suddenly began to speed up, gradually approaching Scorpio, while behind them, the speed of Jingtianhu was also slowly increasing.

At this time, the Light Speed ​​War Dragon, after accelerating for a while, was the first to rush out of the group of super-high-speed racing cars and chased forward.

"Go! Scorpio!" Soon after the start, the first bend was a 180-degree U-turn. Below the bend was a cliff. On this track, the car was in danger of flying out and smashing to pieces at any time. If it were the previous Chen Hewang, he would have given up the race the moment he saw this track. At that time, he couldn't bear to let Scorpio suffer even a minor injury, let alone racing on a track where the car could crash at any time.

But now, although he still loves his car, he is no longer afraid of competition. He believes that Scorpio can handle any track.

Scorpio was the first to enter the curve. The color of the car body changed from red to purple, and bits of crystal starlight were sprinkled in the thick fog on the top of the mountain. Scorpio sped past the wall of the runway without slowing down at all.

"Sword Shark King! Angry shark tail swinging running method!"

"Tiger Shock! Tiger Leap and Wind Run!"

As Gao Xiaoman and Chen Xiaohu roared, Sword Shark King and Jingtianhu each used their unique skills on the curve.

The Sword Shark King's tail swung, and after adjusting the center of gravity, it completed a beautiful drift along the inner wall. As for the Tiger, after the guide wheel touched the outer wall of the runway, it relied on the triggering of the spring to make the guide wheel fit the runway wall perfectly, and it turned elegantly along the wall.

Xie He, who was supposed to be in fourth place, slowed down at this time, allowing Lin Che's Light Speed ​​War Dragon to overtake before this bend. The Light Speed ​​War Dragon relied on the downhill force brought by the aerodynamic chassis to pass this bend.

After the Lightspeed War Dragon turned the corner, the other two high-speed Sky Dragons behind it also caught up and joined Xie He's Sky Dragon.

The owners of these two cars are Xie He's twin brother Xie Peng and their youngest sister Xie Nan, who is only 9 years old this year but won the championship in the Guangxi provincial selection and advanced first in the Qilu group stage.

"Sister, should we catch up?" Xie Peng asked.

"No, let's wait for big brother, the four of us will go together." Xie He said.

At this time, the high-torque cars and balanced cars among the players who started second in the group also caught up.

Xie Peng’s Konglong, who lost to Lin Che in the group stage, was also among them.

"Sorry to have kept you waiting." Xie Peng greeted his brothers and sisters with a smile, and then the four Konglongs lined up in a row and entered the bend.

On the curve, the formation of the four Konglongs changed. The Konglong with high torque configuration was at the outermost line, followed by Xie Peng's balanced Konglong. The Konglong with ultra-high speed configuration was lined up steadily inside the track, with the companions outside helping them to fight against the centrifugal force when turning.

After exiting the bend, the two high-speed Sky Dragons consciously came to the front of the queue, leading the teammates behind them forward. With this perfect coordination, the Sky Dragons all burst out with extraordinary speeds, chasing after the leading cars in front.

Han Qiao, who was in the commentary booth, was greatly surprised when he saw this scene. "It seems that these four Sky Dragons have merged?"

"That's right," Dr. Chen said with a smile, "Because the Mini Racing World Cup is about to be held, the Chinese Mini Racing Association is also investigating and selecting our own national team players, and these four siblings are the focus of the association."

"The World Cup is different from any previous mini racing competition. It is conducted in the form of a team competition. In the competition, teamwork is also a very important part. Therefore, the Mini Racing Association has also sparked heated discussions on this issue." Dr. Chen said, "Whether to select players with more outstanding individual abilities as members of the national team, or to select teams that already have a certain degree of cooperation as members of the national team. In terms of car performance alone, the players who are currently leading the first echelon and Huo Yuesheng, who had to start 10 seconds behind because of the unlucky grouping in the group stage, their cars are all better than the Konglong. However, the teamwork formation of the Konglong can make up for this part of the gap."

"However, we will have to wait until after this game to determine which team building idea is better. At the same time, this game will also determine the candidates for the national team that will represent China in the WGP World Cup next year."

"So that's how it is." Su Fan nodded, "In other words, the members of the Chinese national team will be selected from the 16 players present? Well, come on, kids!"

(End of this chapter)