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Chapter 178 Did I sell at a loss?
The Saudi team is now facing a very big problem. Although they have purchased the right to use the American team's satellite control room, they are receiving too much information to handle it on their own.

They don't have the extraordinary judgment of a reserve astronaut like Brett.

"Damn it! Go this way!" Abdul had no choice but to pick a route that looked more suitable for their team.

"I really don't know how those Chinese brothers did it. They decided on the right route almost in an instant." A member of the Saudi team said behind Abdul.

"We'll ask about it during dinner later." Another member of the Saudi team said, "Captain, I feel like we can't catch up anymore. Why don't we think about what to treat our Chinese friends to dinner tonight?"

"Stop arguing!" Abdul said, "I'm still trying to figure out which road is right for me."

"I heard that Neon's kaiseki cuisine is very good, elegant and exquisite, why not go for that one."

"Let's not buy it. Those things may be exquisite, but they won't fill you up. What if our Chinese friends are not satisfied?"

"This morning I asked the butler to buy the highest-priced tuna that arrived at the port today. It should have been delivered to the restaurant in Kyoto by now." The coach of the Saudi team suddenly joined the conversation.

"Today's top scorer? Long live the coach!" The players of the Saudi team instantly became excited.

In the control room, listening to the internal chat of the Saudi team, Hama held his forehead helplessly. He could see that these guys came to the World Cup just to have fun and make friends, and they had no intention of winning or losing. Their satellite control room was simply a toy in the hands of these people. Not to mention the right to use the satellite, they probably couldn't win even if they gave them the Jumper.

"Two American kids over there, do you want to go with us tonight?" The coach of the Saudi team suddenly looked at Hama and Brett.

The coach of the Saudi team didn't care about the outcome of the game. Anyway, their team members were composed of the young masters of the five oil field owners. They had never even played the most common mini racing car before. It was just that Abdul and four of his friends formed this team after seeing the promotion of this game. Then they spent a lot of money to let German engineers make them a super racing car and happily came to Neon to participate in the competition. They bought the right to use the satellite control room for 5 US dollars per game, and more importantly, they thought this thing looked so cool.

"Then thank you for your help." Brett said. He also wanted to know why the Chinese team could make perfect judgments in an instant.

On the field, the Chinese team was running in an orderly manner and would soon reach the second must-pass point.

"Xiaoyin, calculate the speed of each group to make sure we can reach the second must-pass point together." Lin Che said.

The AI ​​quickly gave suggestions, and then the two two-person teams began to accelerate at the same time. Before the second must-pass point, the Chinese War Dragon Team completed the rendezvous.

Brett in the Saudi team's rest car frowned when he saw this. Before, the Chinese team could always choose the right route, which could be explained by the excellent instant judgment of the Chinese team members. But now the five cars of the Chinese team gathered at the same time in front of the second must-pass point. The computing power required is no longer something that can be explained by judgment.

At this moment, there are as many as 7 forks in the road before the second must-pass point. However, this did not stump Xiaoyin. Combining the map and the track conditions seen by Lin Che, the AI ​​quickly calculated the appropriate route.

The Chinese team was divided into two groups again. The Yin-Yang Scorpion, which had consumed a lot of energy in exploring the way, joined Lin Che and his team. The Light Speed ​​War Dragon and Sword Shark King each led their teammates to different routes.

The Saudi team arrived three minutes after the Chinese team passed the second must-pass point. However, faced with the even more complicated fork in the road, Abdul's brain was overloaded, and without even a second thought, he led his teammates into the nearest difficult track.

"Hey! It's too difficult for your car to run on that route..." After seeing the Saudi team make such a choice, Hama couldn't help but want to remind them, but the communication was quickly cut off by the official personnel behind him.

"If you violate the rules again, the Saudi Arabian team will lose this game, and the U.S. team will also lose the next game."

"Sorry... I'm sorry." Hama said angrily.

Just as Hama wanted to remind you, the nearest route is an uphill mountain road, and a large amount of water was sprayed on the track. The entire track was slippery and muddy. Even the five cars of the Chinese team would waste a lot of time on this track according to Xiaoyin's calculations, not to mention that the performance of the cars is obviously inferior to that of the Saudi team.

Finally, after the Chinese team reached the finish line, they waited for more than 5 minutes before seeing the Saudi team members arriving at the finish line in a state of embarrassment.

However, although the Saudi team lost this game rather ugly, their players were not unhappy at all. After reaching the finish line, they immediately congratulated the players of the China War Dragon Team and invited them to have dinner together.

Everyone readily agreed and followed their wealthy friends from the Middle East to a luxurious restaurant in Kyoto. Brett and Hama also went with them.

"Friends from China, can you tell us why you didn't hesitate at all when faced with the fork in the road during this game?" Abdul asked after showing off a piece of tuna belly during the dinner.

At this time, Brett also pricked up his ears quietly.

"Well, our cars are equipped with AI to assist in calculations, so making a choice doesn't take that much time," said Lin Che.

"AI? Really? It sounds awesome!" The Saudi team members became excited.

"AI? How is that possible?" Brett said at this time, "The capacity of the GP chip on the supercar is probably not enough to carry an AI that can allow you to complete calculations instantly."

"Our car does not use official chips, but our own developed chips, which are much better than the official 180-nanometer chips." Lin Che said truthfully.

"I see." Brett nodded. This could explain why, on the second section of the track, the Chinese team was divided into three small teams and acted separately, but they were able to reach the second must-pass point together.

"The new GP chip? How much better is it than the official one?" asked the coach of the Saudi team.

"The computing speed is about three times faster, and the chip capacity has increased a lot." Lin Che said.

"Friends in China, can you sell this chip and AI?" Abdul couldn't sit still when he heard that the technology of this chip far surpassed the official chips.

"Well... because this technology is still kept secret, it's not that convenient..." Lin Che said apologetically.

But it was obvious that Lin Che had misunderstood. After listening to Lin Che's words, Abdul wondered, "Technology? What do we need technology for? We can't make it, so isn't it enough to have chips?"

"Huh?" Lin Che, a researcher, was obviously not on the same wavelength as Abdul, a big spender who waved his money around to buy things. When Lin Che heard that someone wanted to buy something, he instinctively thought that they wanted to buy technology. It turned out that what Abdul wanted was just a chip equipped with AI. "Well, this can be sold." Lin Che nodded.

"Then name your price." Abdul said generously. At the same time, Brett pricked up his ears. If the price was right, he also wanted to buy a few copies.

Lin Che calculated the cost of a chip, then added the price of an ordinary AI program, and raised five fingers. Fifty thousand US dollars should be about right. Although the profit is a bit high, this technology is currently unique in the world, so this price should be reasonable...

But before Lin Che could open his mouth to speak, Abdul nodded with a look of surprise: "50 US dollars a piece? Sure, sure! You Chinese friends are so polite."

Lin Che: !!!
In Abdul's opinion, they paid 5 US dollars for the right to use the American team's satellite control room per game. One chip can run more than 10 games, not to mention there is an AI for auxiliary calculations. Yet he only paid 50 US dollars. His Chinese friends are really generous.

Brett: Excuse me...

After hearing the price quoted by Abdul, Brett immediately gave up the idea of ​​buying a chip. Although NASA is rich, the budget of their team participating in the WGP is limited. A chip worth 50 US dollars is still too expensive.

The generosity of the big investor was completely beyond Lin Che's expectations. After finishing the meal, signing the contract and getting on the bus back to Tokyo, Lin Che realized, "Did I sell at a loss?"

After the huge sum of 250 million US dollars arrived, Lin Che asked China to quickly make five chips and send them over. At the same time, he also remade a copy based on the underlying code of the AI ​​that came with the system. This AI is naturally incomparable to the AI ​​of the War Dragon Team that is controlled by Lin Che's car soul, but it can also help the Saudi team members complete the task of processing the information detected by the satellite control room.

[System update completed, please check by yourself]

Just after Lin Che helped the Saudi team's sponsor to prepare the AI, the system's prompt sound rang after a long absence.

"Is the update finally completed? I almost forgot about it!" Lin Che opened the system module in front of him.

The 90-day update period has finally passed. If the system is not updated again, Lin Che will almost forget that he even has a system.

Lin Che took a look at the new system interface. First of all, the honor value system has been cancelled. If he has any honor earned, he will be provided with the required courses directly.

Just like the two honors of this Super Cup, the champion reward of the Mid-Season Cup is "Aerodynamics·Mastery", and the final champion reward of the Super Cup is "Mining and Application of MG Ore"

MG ore? What is that? Confused, Lin Che clicked on the details.

The system’s response was that it was a high-energy mineral that was unique to this world and contained a large amount of stable energy. A video was also attached.

In the video, a blue racing car is speeding at high speed. High-energy electric currents are surging around the car, and a horrifying mark is plowed wherever the car passes.

"Poseidon's Magic Wand?" Lin Che recognized the car and also remembered what MG ore was.

This is the outrageous ore that could be used to support the energy consumption of a space elevator.

After understanding what this thing is, Lin Che also sneered at the master's way of using this kind of ore. He actually used this energy by directly releasing it. The groove on the track in the video looks quite intimidating, but most of the energy in it is completely wasted.

After reading this, Lin Che turned his attention to the Mid-Season Cup champion reward: Aerodynamics Mastery.

Lin Che has already completed the introductory and advanced courses of "Aerodynamics". It can be said that most of Lin Che's current mini racing skills are based on the foundation of these two courses.

But unlike the first two stages, this aerodynamic mastery course is more expensive than chip technology in the original system store.

Although he could only look through the course catalog and the final rewards for completing the course, Lin Che still clicked on it. He really wanted to know why this course was sold at such a high price before.

The course catalog was just as Lin Che had expected, covering cutting-edge topics in aerodynamics, but the reward for completing the course made Lin Che's eyes light up.

The name of this thing, "Intelligent Aerodynamic Assist Component", sounds a bit confusing, but the function of this thing, to put it simply, is to allow the mini racing car to use fans to turn.

To be honest, this thing is much more attractive to Lin Che than that ore.

"It seems like there's one more reason to win the Mid-Season Cup." Lin Che said to himself.

Just kidding, this is a fan cornering technique, which boy who likes racing can refuse it!
Soon, all the games in the inter-group confrontation week were over.

The Victory team unexpectedly defeated the England team, which had won both of its previous two games, in this week's game.

After the Victory team lost to the Vietnam team, many Japanese viewers began to predict the Victory team's prospects in this World Cup. In this match against the old European powerhouse England, most Japanese viewers did not think that their team could win.

But the victorious team won by force, and Xiao Hao, who ran the last leg of the relay race, turned the tables before the finish line with a whirlwind charge tornado, which temporarily allowed him to take off the Vietnamese fermented bean curd hat he had been wearing for a week.

Returning to the fourth week of competition in the same group, the Huaxia War Dragon Team is about to face the biggest test since the start of the competition.

The opponent of the Huaxia War Dragons team this week is the German Iron Wolves team, which has maintained a record of 3 wins and no losses like them and can be said to be the strongest team in Group A.

Although the current record is also 3-0, the opponents defeated by the German team are obviously much stronger than the previous opponents of the Chinese team.

Moreover, it was obvious that the German team did not use its full strength. As far as Lin Che knew, the combination skills that could be used with the unique asymmetric body of the Iron Wolf II, the double airflow and the combined rocket, had not been used once.

But there is also good news. In the next game, the Hua Xia War Dragon Team will play at home. The Hua Xia War Dragon Team chose the relay race without hesitation, which is the format that can avoid their current shortcomings to the greatest extent.

(End of this chapter)