Chapter Eighty-Five: Qualifying
Built more than 300 kilometers away from the training camp, the Moon Bay Circuit is a famous resort in Hex, and a large number of tourists come here every year for sightseeing, whether you want to find a night out or just lie on the beach and bask in the sun.
The circuit is divided into three floors, covering a huge area, with a total length of 1,355 kilometers, and has the first-class level of the star field, like a majestic dragon, entrenched between the beach and the ocean.
The race will be held tomorrow, and today is the test time for the teams, and Xia Fei and the rest of the team walked into the race track through the long passage.
The first time he saw this super runway, Xia Fei was deeply shocked.
The concrete-paved road can reach hundreds of meters at its widest point, and less than 30 meters at the narrowest point, and it is like a giant spider web, and I really don't know how such a huge track was built.
Xia Fei found his red hovercar from the logistics area, and in order to prevent cheating, the transfer of the car was completed by the training camp, and there was no need for each team to participate.
This fiery red hovercar is a shuttle-shaped, looking like a sharp sword from a distance, with a slender body with a sharp nose and its number 99 spray-painted on both sides of the body.
Xia Fei walked closer and opened the hood, checked the mechanical systems of the car one by one, and made sure that there was nothing wrong before putting on his equipment and entering the cockpit.
The cockpit is a bit like the cabin of a fighter jet, the interior space is very cramped, only enough to accommodate one person barely sitting, and the dense buttons are all over the dashboard.
Xia Fei made a gesture towards Shen Dong and them, pressed the button, and turned on the ion engine with huge propulsion.
Not!
The loud roar was wild and metallic, and the crowd around them hurriedly covered their ears.
"Why is this car so loud? Nearly didn't break my eardrums. ”
"This car doesn't have a muffler unit, does it?"
People from other teams in the logistics area complained about the sound of the No. 99 car, in fact, the silencer unit Xia Fei was indeed installed, but in order to save space for other parts, the silencer unit was reduced by Xia Fei by half, so the silencer effect was not obvious.
Driving the car into the starting area, a staff member came to Xia Fei's side and said, "You can test the car for a total of three laps, and the shortest lap will be your final qualifying result, understand?" ”
The starting grid will be ranked according to the fastest time at the time of the test, the shortest car will be ranked first, the higher the grid at the start, the more hopeful it is to occupy a favorable position at the first time, so everyone will try their best to run the fastest time during the test in order to get a good starting position.
Xia Fei nodded and entered the starting sequence under the guidance of the staff.
Because it was a test drive, the more than 300 cars did not start at the same time, but drove into the track every 15 seconds.
Xia Fei tapped the controller with a touch of his toes, and the racing car rushed out of the starting area, and the ion engine erupted into a long string of flames.
The roar of the engine sounded wildly in my ears, and the surrounding scenery quickly retreated backwards, and there was always only the front in my eyes, forward! Forward! Forward!
Although the stands were empty, there were no flowers and no tsunami-like cheers, Xia Fei still felt the blood in his body rolling.
The pleasure of this extreme speed is difficult to describe in any language, just like a person who takes a bus every day, and suddenly one day he steps on a motorcycle and sps into the wind, although the motorcycle and the bus are both means of transportation, but the pleasure brought is not comparable at all.
Xia Fei deliberately suppressed the excitement in his heart, moving forward at a constant speed of about a thousand meters per second, the first thing he had to do now was to find the feeling of the game, to be familiar with every corner here, even a tiny crack on the ground needed to be firmly remembered.
Xia Fei clicked on the recording energy of the ultra-microcomputer, and recorded the details of what he observed and felt as he moved forward, and the cars galloped past Xia Fei, leaving Xia Fei behind, but Xia Fei didn't pay attention to these flamboyant guys at all, and still carried out his own plan.
In Xia Fei's opinion, it is not meaningful to show how good his driving skills are at this time, and the real strength should be left to play during the competition.
"Why is Xia Fei driving so slowly! More than a dozen cars have overtaken him! Yue Ge muttered and complained.
Shen Dong pointed to the fiery red car on the light curtain and said, "What are you anxious about, Xia Fei is exploring the way, and he will increase his speed when he waits for the second lap." ”
Soon Xia Fei entered the third layer of the track, the length of the first and second layers was 400 kilometers, and the length of the third layer was 555, which was the longest and the most difficult among the three layers of the track.
There is a series of S-shaped bends here, known as the first devil's bend in the star field.
The S-bend is also known as the hairpin bend, and it is good to have a few hairpin bends on the general track, but the third layer of the Moon Bay Circuit has one hundred and twenty-eight consecutive corners, known as the Devil's 128!
With a hairpin bend almost a kilometer, such a continuous curve is not only a great test for the car, but also a test of the stability and adaptability of the racers.
After all, it takes a lot of concentration to get through such a continuous corner, and both the body and the car will be at the limit, and the slightest carelessness, even if it is just a slight loss of control, can cause catastrophic consequences!
You know, this is no ordinary racing car, but an extreme racing car with a top speed of more than 3,000 meters per second!
Set up 128 consecutive hairpin turns in the extreme track, such a setting is a pervert!
Xia Fei slowed down the car, steadily passed the one hundred and twenty-eight consecutive hairpin corners, passed through the long passage and returned to the first floor again, and began the test drive of the second lap.
Shen Dong, Yue Ge, Beihai and Manjun were all waiting excitedly, they thought that Xia Fei was familiar with the road conditions in the first lap, how could he hit the rankings in the second lap, right?
As they expected, Xia Fei did accelerate, but this speed did not increase much, about 1,500 meters per second, this speed can only be called half-speed for extreme racing, and it is still far from the limit of the car.
Yue Ge took out a cucumber from his pocket, took a big bite hard, and stared at Shen Dong with his eyes, "Aren't you going to speed up in the second lap of Xia Fei?" ”
Shen Dong looked helpless, "How do I know, maybe he still feels that he is not familiar enough with the track, right?" ”
The No. 201 car of the white night sped past Xia Fei, and when it overtook Xia Fei, the car suddenly stopped in front of Xia Fei with a sudden brake, and when Xia Fei passed it, it accelerated again to overtake Xia Fei.
This is simply a naked provocation, but Xia Fei still drove unhurriedly, ignoring this white racing car at all.
Yue Ge couldn't hold back the anger in her heart any longer, she picked up the intercom and yelled at Xia Fei: "The surname is Xia!" I order you to overtake the car of the White Night! Fuck that bastard! Otherwise, Miss Ben and you are not finished! ”
Soon, Xia Fei's simple reply came from the other end of the intercom.
Syllable!
The intercom lit up with a red light, and Xia Fei directly turned off the intercom, not even leaving a chance for Yuege to complain.
Yue Ge's face became ugly, and she scolded Xia Fei at the light curtain.
Everyone was puzzled, why Yue Ge didn't seem to like Bai Ye very much, and when she saw him, she didn't fight anymore.
Bai Ye saw that Xia Fei had no intention of fighting with him, so he drove away in the car, and his heart was happy, "They all say that Xia Fei is a crazy person, I think it's just that, I challenge him and he doesn't dare to fight." ”
Beihai pulled up the test stage rankings from another light curtain, and the current top spot is Nie Wei's No. 63 car of the mechanical battalion, with a lap speed of 8 minutes and 2 seconds, and an average speed of nearly 3,000 meters per second.
In second and third place were the No. 21 and No. 194 cars of the Mechanical Battalion, both of which took under 8 minutes and 30 seconds, while the No. 33 cars of the Forward Battalion were a surprise of 8 minutes and 57 seconds, ranking 21st.
As for the No. 99 car driven by Xia Fei, it was tragically ranked last, more than three minutes behind the penultimate one.
Everyone has a black line, the starting position is a very important thing, the front can take the lead, quickly get rid of the encirclement and interception of the large army, and the car behind will undoubtedly lose the opportunity.
At this time, there was a deafening roar of the engine from the starting area, which was even better than Xia Fei's No. 99 car.
"Zero! This is the car of the Double-Headed Dragon team. Man Jun recognized the car at a glance and said in a deep voice.
Instead of a standard shell, the car uses an exaggerated twin streamlined body, which is even more of a good modification than Xia Fei's car just by listening to the roaring roar of the engine.
Sou!
Car 0 roared into the track and disappeared in a blink of an eye, with an astonishing speed.
Beihai swallowed a mouthful of spit and said, "It is worthy of the first team of Endaro, the speed is really fast enough." ”
Shen Dong nodded, "Their car is not a standard model, but a special type for advanced races, so it is much faster than ordinary extreme racing cars." ”
Yue Ge punched Beihai and Shen Dong twice, "Don't let the enemy's ambition destroy your prestige!" We're going to win this game! ”
Although Yue Ge's words were very beautiful and encouraging, the fact was that Xia Fei was still driving slowly on the track, as if he was walking.
The second time he passed through one hundred and twenty-eight consecutive hairpin bends, Xia Fei entered the passage to the first layer. Shaking his head and letting the muscles in his body relax, Xia Fei was ready to start sprinting to start the grid.
There is a yellow horizontal line ahead, and as long as you cross that yellow line, you will enter the third lap.
Xia Fei slammed his toes, and the fiery red racing car roared and rushed out!
1,800 meters per second.
Two thousand one hundred meters per second.
2,400 meters per second.
Two thousand seven hundred meters per second.
3,000 kilometers per second!
It only took 1.21 seconds to suddenly increase the speed from 1,500 meters per second to 3,000 meters per second!
This car has been improved by Xia Fei, and the acceleration is much faster than ordinary extreme cars!
The speed of the car is still accelerating, and in an instant, it is close to the crazy speed of 3,400 meters per second!
"Xia Fei is finally going to hit the rankings!" Yuege jumped up happily, her eyes fixed on the speeding car on the light curtain, and said excitedly.
"Oh my God! 3,400 meters per second! Look at that, the No. 99 car has reached a speed of 3,400 meters per second! One of the other team members exclaimed.
"Car 0 has reached 3,900 meters per second! Is it going to break the 4,000 meters per second mark? Almost at the same time, another man with short hair exclaimed.
People began to adjust the channel, watching the No. 0 car of the Double-headed Dragon Racing Team, but Xia Fei, who was 3,004 seconds per second, looked very inconspicuous.
Yue Ge snorted coldly, cheering for Xia Fei by herself, and Shen Dong, Beihai, and the Manchurian army on the side were also excited.
After all, they had endured it for too long, and they had long hoped that Xia Fei would be able to run a lap with all his strength.
……
Moments later, Xia Fei and the fiery red No. 99 car returned to the logistics area, and his position was finally determined to be in fourth place, behind No. 0 of the Two-Headed Dragon Racing Team, No. 73 of Nie Wei and No. 201 of Bai Ye.
Yue Ge looked very unhappy, pouted and asked, "The surname is Xia, why can't you even run away from that bastard in the white night, it's too embarrassing!" ”
Xia Fei jumped up from the cockpit, frowned and said, "This is just a qualifying match, what's the use of being a reckless hero?" ”
Shen Dong agreed with Xia Fei's opinion, he brought a glass of juice, pinched it with two fingers, and used his ice ability to make four or five ice cubes and threw them into the cup.
handed the juice to Xia Fei and said: "I support you, it's not a good thing to be too sharp in the qualifying match, if you really have the strength, stay in the decisive battle to play." ”
Xia Fei took the juice and drank a few sips, his face looked very serious, "Shen Dong, cool down the engine immediately, I need to make a little more modification to the system." ”
"Hmm." Shen Dong nodded, opened the hood and reached in directly with one hand, and soon the white cold mist surrounded the engine, and the engine shell, which was already slightly red, made a clanging sound, and the temperature dropped.
Yue Ge asked impatiently, "What's the matter?" Is something wrong? ”
Xia Fei nodded, "The one hundred and twenty-eight continuous hairpin bends on the third layer are a bit of a small problem, and the wind will become disordered when passing through the bends, so you need to make some corresponding adjustments to the balance system." ”
"The second layer has about 70 meters of road section that has only recently been repaired, and there is a difference of about 0.1 centimeter between the rest of the road and the other road surface, and the leveling of this section of the road is not very good, so the suspension part must also be changed accordingly......"
Xia Fei said several details in a row that ordinary people would not notice, and the four teammates on the side were all stupid, no one expected that Xia Fei's control of the track had reached such a fine level, even the drop of 0.1 centimeter was within his consideration, and the disturbance of the wind.
You must know that the hovering car does not drive on the road but floats in the air, even if there is a horizontal drop on the ground, at most it will make the vehicle shake a little.
Not to mention the airflow, the car itself is designed for high speeds, so how can it not withstand a little wind.
Yue Ge put his hand on Xia Fei's shoulder, gave a thumbs up and said, "Brother, you are still so good, you even noticed a centimeter!" ”
Xia Fei lit a cigarette and did not speak.
After thinking for a moment, he took out a small multiplier from the toolbox, walked to the racing car, and started like a fly.