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Chapter 204: Quarterfinals Begins, Italy VS USA
"Let us congratulate the Huaxia War Dragons for advancing to the quarterfinals of the Mid-Season Invitational."

In the CCTV studio, although the game was over, the live broadcast was still going on, and the three commentators began to talk about the performance of the China War Dragons team in this game.

"As you can see, although the Huaxia War Dragon team won beautifully in this game, some problems were exposed." Su Fan said, "The first is the off-road track. Among the five cars of the Huaxia War Dragon team, except for the new car Taiji War Dragon, the other four cars don't have a good way to deal with the off-road track. From the neutral tracks used in the recent cross-group competitions and the track selection trend of this mid-season cup, it is not difficult to see that the official WGP is paying more and more attention to the off-road track this time. If this aspect is not resolved, there may be hidden dangers in the future."

"That's right." Coach Zhang nodded in agreement. "I think Lin Che must have seen this and added a transformation mode for off-roading to his new car."

“I have to say that Lin Che’s new car, the Tai Chi War Dragon, really gave everyone a big surprise,” said Han Qiao. “Let’s not talk about the off-road mode prepared for off-road tracks. The car’s performance on the final highway, whether it’s curves or straight lines, can be said to be impeccable. In general, it’s not an exaggeration to say that this car is a leap forward in time.”

"More importantly, I think this car has not yet shown its full strength. Let us wait and see how this car will perform in the knockout rounds." Su Fan also said at this time.

……

After eight consecutive days of group matches, the teams that entered the quarterfinals were announced one by one.

Eight teams, including Neon TRF Victory, American Space Rover, Chinese War Dragon, German Iron Wolves, Spanish Real Madrid Matador, Tanzanian Grassland Zebra, Italian Rosso Strada and Norwegian Odin, successfully broke out of the siege.

The teams that appeared were all ranked at the top of the two groups. The only pity was the England team. They maintained the lead in the first four rounds of the group stage, but in the last round, Nie Ming's amazing performance completed the comeback. The Norwegian Odin team also got the last spot in the quarterfinals.

Of course, there was a small incident in another group match.

In the Group E match where Tanzania was located, Park Yi-sheng, the third runner of the South Korean team, saw that victory was hopeless, so he used all his remaining power to crash into Julian's Spider King Zebra. Because it was downhill, the Rapid Attack White Tiger took off briefly at full speed, pressed down on the Spider King Zebra from top to bottom, and was successfully cut into pieces by the air knife. It looked very miserable.

Later, the game had to be suspended because the South Korean team accused the Tanzanian team of using offensive weapons.

Okita Kai had to take out the Spider King's drawings to explain that the air knife installed on their car would not be aggressive under normal circumstances, but the South Korean team's behavior was obviously not normal racing behavior. The final result was that the game continued, the South Korean team was eliminated directly, and the next five group matches continued to be penalized 5 to 15 seconds.

At that time, Lee Sang-min could not hide his expression that showed he wanted to go back to the fighting room for surgery. If Park Yisheng had not done anything stupid in this game, he would have been able to fight even if he was behind the last runner. But now because of his stupidity, he didn't even have the chance to fight, and the 5 to 15 second penalty time basically doomed them to another five-game losing streak after the mid-season game.

After the group stage, the eight shortlisted teams completed the grouping and the draw of the competition venue directly in the auditorium of the hotel where they were currently staying, under the watchful eyes of the live camera.

The draw results will be announced soon.

Upper half:
Germany's Iron Wolves VS Spain's Real Madrid Matadors, the competition venue is Tokyo Haneda Airport Special Track, and the competition system is a team points competition.

Italy's Rosso Strada team VS the US Astro Rover team, the competition venue is the Hakone Mountain Road, and the competition system is a first-place battle.

Lower half:
Neon TRF Victory Team VS Tanzania Grassland Zebra Team, the competition venue is Suzuka Circuit, and the competition system is a circle relay race.

The Chinese War Dragon Team VS the Norwegian Odin Team, the competition venue is the Tokyo City Road Race, and the competition system is the fourth competition.

The first match of the quarter-finals will be held three days later, with the two teams competing between the American Astro Rover team and the Italian Rosso Strada team.

The day before the game, Brett held the last pre-match meeting at the hot spring hotel in Hakone.

"According to the weather forecast, it might rain at tomorrow's competition, so let's prepare anti-slip equipment in advance." Brett made arrangements in detail.

"Understood." The team members responded in unison.

"Also, go back and check whether the shock-absorbing material layer is ready."

"Captain, we get it." Miller said at this time, "Don't be so cautious. If we can beat them once, we can beat them a second time. After that kind of attack weapon is ineffective, their car's performance is completely defeated by our Jumper. In addition, this competition system is most suitable for the Saturn Project. We can't lose."

"It's always better to be cautious. Who knows if they have other means?" Edge said.

"That's right. The other members of the Italian team are not a concern, but their captain is no opponent who can be easily dealt with." Brett said, looking out the window at the venue for tomorrow's game shrouded in darkness.

The next day, the competition started as scheduled. The other six teams that entered the quarterfinals temporarily stopped training and sat in front of the TV to watch this game.

"Brett and the others will be fine. Don't they already have a secret weapon to deal with the Italian team?" Xiao Hao said casually at this time.

However, when Lin Che saw the gray sky in the camera, he frowned slightly. Rainy day, mountain road, these elements are too complete.

Following the order from the four-wheel-drive fighter, ten vehicles from the two teams drove out from the starting point.

After the race started, both sides spontaneously formed a group formation and ran forward along the road up the mountain.

Led by Miller's high-torque modified car, the Leaper team quickly took the lead, while the Italian team's five Excaliburs followed slowly behind.

After the two teams ran steadily for a while, Miller raised his eyebrows and turned back to the Italian team and said, "Why, you're not going to try to attack yet?"

At this moment, the Italian team leader frowned. Luchi in the team couldn't help facing the provocation and wanted to leave the team to fight the opponent. Carlo said coldly at this time: "Behave yourself."

Hearing this, Leo withdrew his action in dismay and continued to perform his duties, but Lu Qi couldn't bear it anymore and asked, "Carlo, is this the end of it?"

"You can say whatever you want to say." Carlo's voice was as cold as ice, without a trace of emotion. "But if you dare to disobey orders, I will definitely make you pay the price." "Why not?" Lu Qi gritted his teeth and said, "They can block ordinary death dances, I don't believe they can deal with the real death dance."

"And then?" Carlo was also a little impatient with Luchi's continuous questioning, "Will you lose the qualification to compete because of launching an attack in public?"

"Put away those boring ideas of yours. Unless you can defeat me and become the captain of this team, you just need to follow my orders!" Carlo stared at Lu Qi, with a hint of viciousness in his eyes that made Lu Qi shudder.

"I understand." Lu Qi gritted his teeth.

The two teams were running peacefully, and the situation on the scene looked very calm, but there were already undercurrents surging, just like the dark clouds in the sky at this moment.

The American team was not completely without problems either. Not long after the start, Hama noticed that due to the dark clouds gathering in the sky, their satellite could no longer monitor this section of the track in real time.

"Control room! Control room!" Hama, who had been competing with the assistance of the satellite control room, was naturally a little panicked facing this situation and kept calling for support from the control room.

"Calm down, Hama," Brett chided softly, "I've told you many times that you're too dependent on the control room. This is not good."

"But...Captain." Hama wanted to argue, but Brett's voice soon sounded again.

"Once we reach the universe, we may encounter emergencies that are much more serious than what we are facing now. At that time, only by staying completely calm can we hold on to that glimmer of hope," said Brett.

After saying that, Brett also led the team to slow down a bit. It was impossible to say that there was no impact at all without the support of the control room. Faced with the emergencies that could occur at any time on the complex mountain road, Brett also had to give himself some time to react.

The Italian team took the opportunity to narrow the gap with the American team.

Both parties reached the top of the mountain almost at the same time, and soon they would face the next downhill road.

Although this downhill mountain road is not as famous as the downhill road of Akina Mountain, it is just as difficult. The difficulty of the downhill road of Akina Mountain comes from the continuous bends. Although the number of bends on this downhill road is not as many as that of Akina Mountain, the thrill of each bend is even greater, and the slope of this mountain road is much greater than that of Akina Mountain.

Faced with this section of runway, Brett chose to be cautious without the support of the satellite control room and kept the speed of the Jumper at a not particularly fast level.

The Jumpers rushed into the first corner under Brett's lead, with the Italian team following closely behind.

"Hey! Carlo, aren't you going to do something? Do you want to hand over the victory of this game to others?" After falling behind halfway through the game, Luchi could no longer hold back and said to Carlo.

"Shut up!" Carlo roared, "Do you want to die?"

"Hmph! If you have the courage, come with me!" Lu Qi shouted, and his Excalibur also left the team.

At this time, in the Italian team, Zola and Oni looked at each other and followed Luci's footsteps. For them, it was indeed a bit too depressing to follow others for most of the race.

As the three Excaliburs approached the Leaper's convoy, their rear wheels began to swing erratically.

"You finally can't help it?" Edge sneered, "But your attacks won't have any effect. Didn't you try it last time?"

Sure enough, the shock waves generated by the three of them's dance of death were perfectly absorbed by the special material on the inner layer of the Jumper. Under this powerful shock that was enough to destroy many mini racing cars, their car only shook slightly.

"See? We've seen through your attacks long ago." Miller said with a chuckle.

"Really? What about this?" Lu Qi sneered. His Excalibur also accelerated fearlessly at this time, overtaking the pre-calculated turning route of the Jumper of Hama, the leader of the team, and launched the Dance of Death again.

Upon seeing this, Hama quickly readjusted the turning route, but what he didn't expect was that the Jumper, which had temporarily adjusted its turning route, was attacked by the Dance of Death again during the transfer. Although his car only vibrated a little under the protection of special shock-absorbing materials, this tiny vibration caused the Jumper, which was already in a state of adjusting its posture, to temporarily lose its balance.

However, Luchi's Excalibur was not feeling well at the moment either. The unbalanced Jumper crashed directly into his Excalibur. The two unbalanced cars staggered towards the outer wall of the track.

"Hama!" Miller said anxiously, and hurriedly sent his car to provide support.

Although both of them were trying their best to get their cars back on track, it was not easy to get an unbalanced car back to normal driving condition in a short time on this already dangerous downhill curve.

At the same time, Miller, who wanted to provide support, collided with Ouni's Excalibur who was trying to stop him.

The four cars eventually flew off the track and fell into a bottomless cliff.

"At this point in the race, a tragic car accident occurred!" The 4WD fighter on the commentary desk said with regret, "These four cars are destined to not be able to continue the race."

"Captain, what should we do?" Joe was a little panicked at this time and looked back at Brett.

"Start the Saturn Project ahead of time and keep some distance. Edge, you lead the team." Brett calmly analyzed the current situation. On this dangerous downhill mountain road, even the slightest impact would be magnified. Although their defensive measures could block many attacks from the Italian team, they could not completely avoid being affected. In the current situation, keeping some distance from the opponent was the better solution.

"I understand!" Edge came to the front of the team, "Powerful propulsion device, start!"

(End of this chapter)