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Chapter 314: First Battle on the Off-Road Course

Chapter 314: First Battle on the Off-Road Course

At China's Tiangong Spaceport, the astronauts who had finished their work for the day gathered in front of the huge projection screen in the space base, where the live broadcast of Li Bing's qualifying match was being played.

As GPX develops, these veteran astronauts are well aware that some of the riders on this circuit now will definitely become their colleagues in the future.

After all, the existence of the Zero Realm was born to conquer the starry sky, but for some reason, those astronauts who stood out from the fighter sequence before showed no signs of entering the Zero Realm.

Therefore, after Brett signed a bunch of agreements and officially joined the China Space Agency, he was quickly promoted to deputy captain of the Jupiter and was responsible for the driving of the Callisto exploration spacecraft. In addition to him, the other four members of the former five-member Space Rangers team were also reused, except for Joe who had decided not to go to space before getting married.

After all, they are the only old-school astronauts in the world who have no experience in flying fighter jets.

Brett and Edge were fine, but Hama and Miller were flattered. After all, they were not taken seriously when they were in NASA. Even after NASA was established, they were not even given the opportunity to go to space and were directly assigned to work on the ground.

However, after arriving in China and training for a period of time, he easily got the opportunity to go to the sky.

And the work is much easier than that at NASA. After all, except for China, no other country's astronauts have the treatment of working five days and resting two days. They can even go back to the ground during the rest time. Even if you count the round-trip time of the space elevator, it can be said that they work three days and rest four days.

"Hey, Brett, take it." The door of the lounge was opened, and the middle-aged man who came in threw something to Brett. Brett took a look and found it was a can of beer.

“Stationmaster Yang.” Brett took the beer and shook his head. “I’m only 20 years old. I can’t drink this stuff.”

Stationmaster Yang is the general manager of Tiangong Spaceport and also the first Chinese person to go into space. Unlike Lin Che's previous life, who was the first person in manned space flight and had to retreat to the second line due to physical damage caused by technical deficiencies in his first space flight, in this world he has been active in the forefront of China's exploration of the universe. China's manned lunar landing was also completed by this big guy.

"Hey, this is Chinese territory. Don't worry about American laws. You can drink alcohol when you are an adult." Stationmaster Yang laughed. "I don't know what you think over there. You can drive at 16 and hold a gun at 18, but you can only drink alcohol at 21."

After complaining, the visitor smiled and asked Brett, "How is it, are you used to the work in Tiangong Port?"

"It's good. I feel like there's not much difference between here and on the ground." Brett nodded. "At least when I was at NASA, I couldn't drink this in space."

Brett has been working and training at the Tiangong Spaceport for more than a month. The most profound impression this place has left on him is its convenience. Although it is 18,000 miles away from the earth, life here is actually no different from that on the ground except that the gravity is a little lower. The efforts of the Chinese in logistics make Brett, an American, sometimes feel that they are a bit too much. Not to mention the over-rationing of necessities such as life sustaining materials, it is estimated that apart from the Chinese, no other country would build a hot stove canteen in the spaceport just to let the astronauts have a hot meal.

"You'll get used to it." Stationmaster Yang nodded and smiled. "Let's watch the game together. You may know more about this than I do."

Brett nodded, and Li Bing's voice came from the screen: "This qualifying round is about to begin, and the cars of various teams have entered the field one after another. McLaren didn't send the MLC-C02 that helped them win the championship in the last round?"

"DRS is here. The appearance of the Tai Chi War Dragon hasn't changed much, unlike some teams whose cars have been completely redesigned to adapt to off-road venues. The second car... Wow, the Whirlwind Charge has been modified!"

As soon as the fancy-painted Whirlwind Charger appeared on the scene, it caused Li Bing to exclaim.

"This car... is it a modification from that time?" Brett couldn't help but smile when he saw the completely changed appearance of the Tornado Charge.

"Oh? Is there any legend about this car?" Stationmaster Yang asked curiously.

“The previous modification of the Tornado Charge at the WGP shocked the whole world.” Brett laughed, “This time, the performance of this car should be amazing.”

"The track used for this qualifying round will not be used in the main race," Li Bing continued to introduce the rules of this competition to the audience. "The qualifying round venue is a simulated venue built by the official according to the road conditions of the desert no-man's land road that will appear on the road for the main race. Because it is a temporary construction, the venue will not be very large. The entire track is 4.4km, but there are many more bends than the road for the main race."

“The two Red Bull cars started first. Kevin and John were very motivated at the beginning of the race. It seems that the newly added qualifying pole position points are quite tempting for them.”

However, after the RB-C01 ran half a lap and increased its speed, it began to shake significantly.

"The track simulating the highway in the no-man's land is still very bumpy, but the shaking to this extent must mean that the Red Bull team did a poor job in modifying the shock absorbers." Li Bing couldn't help but complain, "However, with this degree of shaking, why didn't the speed drop at all!"

"Is this how independent suspension is used? Aren't they worried at all that the drivers won't be able to bear it?" Brett couldn't help but complain after seeing how Red Bull ran.

"Oh? What do you mean?" Stationmaster Yang asked curiously.

"Although their car is shaking violently now, all four tires are close to the ground. When I represented the United States in the WGP before, the car I used, the Jumper, had a similar configuration. However, the Jumper at that time also had a liquid shock absorber to protect the internal chip, but this car does not seem to have that device installed in order not to add extra weight. Therefore, the current shaking of the car body means that the driver in the cockpit is completely unprotected. This is really the style of Red Bull."

"Red Bull's car with improved suspension currently seems to be the fastest. Even Ferrari and McLaren can't catch up with them in lap time," said Li Bing.

"The Taiji Zhanlong has transformed since the start. The chassis of the vehicle has been raised, and the front of the vehicle has been fully enclosed by the extended fenders. The speed of the Taiji Zhanlong has increased rapidly, but there is still a certain gap between it and the Red Bull in terms of lap time."

"Is it Xiao Lin's car?" Stationmaster Yang looked at the Tai Chi War Dragon speeding in the picture with interest. In the entire spaceport, there were only a few people who were qualified to be called Lin Che Xiao Lin, and Stationmaster Yang happened to be one of them. "It's his car, and even the way it transforms is almost the same as the original Tai Chi War Dragon." Brett nodded.

"It seems that he is at a disadvantage now?" Stationmaster Yang asked.

"It's not really a disadvantage. After all, it's just a qualifying race, and we don't know how much strength Lin Che has put in. Moreover, if we really follow the GPX rules, Red Bull's modification is more or less suspected of violating the rules. After all, if we really want to be picky, their modification of not installing shock absorbers on the cockpit is not in line with the conference's regulations that put driver safety first."

"I see." Stationmaster Yang nodded.

However, as Brett said, Red Bull's modifications were actually somewhat illegal, and the conference staff had already come to their maintenance area.

However, the training records of this period presented by Red Bull show that the current vibration of RB-C01 is well within the tolerance range of Kevin and Muller's animal-like physical fitness. They even requested that the body shock absorbers be removed. Moreover, based on their physical fitness and tens of millions of calculations by AI, the possibility of a safety accident due to vibration is zero. Seeing this, the officials did not say anything more, but reminded them that if there is any sign of an accident, they must forcibly stop the car remotely.

The Q1 race ended quickly, and all the strong teams entered Q2. During the break, in the Ferrari maintenance area, Okita Kai drank some water to replenish his water, then looked at Carlo and asked, "How about we try to get the points for the pole position? If we activate the spiral airflow mode added by the Apollo aerodynamic component for this off-road track, it should be no problem to get the pole position."

"Carlo, I think what Ah Hai said is correct," said Ferrari's technical director. "We are currently 16 points behind Mercedes. If you get this pole position, the pressure on you in the race will be less. Although the Apollo aerodynamic components need to be recalibrated and recharged after using the spiral airflow mode, it will not affect tomorrow's race."

"Are you sure it won't affect tomorrow's race?" Carlo raised his eyebrows and glanced at his technical director.

"It won't happen. Don't worry about us!" The technical director said with a thumbs up to the two of them.

"Okay, don't use that thing. It's enough to get into Q3 and guarantee a top ten ranking." Okita Kai changed his mind immediately. Having been in this team for half a year, he naturally understood the lethality of the guarantee of his own technical team.

"That's true. It's not worth it to affect tomorrow's race for a few points." Sally, Carlo's assistant, also echoed at this time.

"Hey, don't be like this, those were all accidents!" the technical director hurriedly explained.

"I think you should make sure there are no problems in tomorrow's race," Sally added, "This time our GPX division is cooperating with the F1 and F2 divisions. Now their technical directors are eyeing your position. You don't want to go to WGP to play with the kids like the previous director did."

Current Technical Director:……

The Q2 competition was about to begin. Kevin and John continued to roar out of the team at the start and gained a huge advantage. However, this time, Xiao Hao, who was still getting into the state of Whirlwind Charge in the previous round, began to exert his strength. In the broadcast camera, a fancy painted car rushed out after RB-C01 started and quickly caught up with the two.

"It's quite fast. However, it's almost time for me to exert my strength." In the cockpit of the Aurora, Nie Ming raised the corners of his mouth, stepped hard on the accelerator, and started the Aurora's thrusters at the same time.

For him, letting Xiao Hao take the spotlight alone was more painful than losing the game. After the Aurora's speed began to explode, it also joined the battle between Whirlwind Charge and RB-C01.

"The traditional events have begun. Who will win between the two of them this time?" After seeing this scene, Li Bing immediately started a guessing game in the barrage.

This time, netizens in the live broadcast room seemed to be more optimistic about Whirlwind Charge, and Whirlwind Charge won the competition with an overwhelming advantage.

[Although I don’t know why this paint job is used, I just feel like today’s whirlwind charge is pretty powerful. ]

[I may not have heard much about this, but this whirlwind charge is the strongest stance of this car! A fan who watched the first WGP said.]

"The way these two kids run... feels a bit reckless." Stationmaster Yang said after shaking his head. After gradually mastering the sublimation realm of the Zero Domain, the drivers will increasingly inadvertently reveal a strong personal style when controlling the car. Therefore, even a layman like Stationmaster Yang who doesn't often watch car racing can see a sense of recklessness in the way Xiao Hao and Nie Ming run.

These two will go deep into the universe with them in the future. Is this reckless temperament really suitable?

"They are like this," Brett, an old rival, also laughed, "However, although their running style is reckless, it often has unexpected results."

"The Aurora's burst speed is very fast. Compared with it, the RB-C01's thrusters are actually at a disadvantage!" Li Bing said, "Arctic Fox's lap time has broken the record and temporarily won the first place!"

"The impact on the Aurora's thrusters in the off-road field was much smaller than we thought. On the contrary, RB-C01 actively reduced the power of the thrusters. But it is understandable. If they continue to use their current off-road running method with their original thrusters that only focus on explosive power, the vehicle will probably disintegrate directly during acceleration."

"The Tornado Charge has also increased its speed! Although it doesn't have the instant burst of the thrusters, after a long distance, its excellent acceleration also allows it to catch up with the speed of the Aurora. The acceleration of this car on the off-road field seems to be faster than usual! Is it the credit of this new form?"

"So, the lap record for Q2 will be set by DRS... Hmm? How did the Mercedes, which started last, get the first lap time? How did they do it?"

In the Q2 qualifying race, the AMG-01, which started after everyone else had started, quietly took the lap record.

(End of this chapter)

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