Chapter 376: Hell Snow Endurance Race
Chen Xing is no stranger to hot searches, he has been on the list more than once in China, but he has never won the first place. The closest one has only reached the second, which is the domestic tourism industry with the hype, but unfortunately lost to a traffic star,
It's a bit of a pity.
Chen Xing only dared to slander in his heart, saying that he was afraid of being scolded.
And it seems that he values this thing a lot.
This kind of regret was actually made up for in Iceland, so I just put a Kong Ming lantern and it was on the hot search?
Then tomorrow I'm going to buy a kite or fly it over there, not to mention another hot search first, third and fifth, is it okay to consider it?
Forget it, it's too worthless.
Chen Jiaqian said: "I see that many people on the Internet say that they want to go to Auntie's place to buy Kong Ming lanterns, haha, now it's okay, you can also attract a lot of business for Auntie, and next time you go over, maybe you can eat a hot pot for free." ”
"Accidental, by the way, where are you?"
"Me? We're watching some kids' shows here in the Old Port, it's cute, do you want to come and play together? ”
"Forget it!"
Chen Xing immediately refused.
Some people who are old or married may prefer children, and it is really difficult for Chen Xing to like people in his twenties, and he thinks that he might as well stay here and watch the parade, at least everyone who walks by the street feels very fresh.
Hanging up the phone, Chen Xing looked around again.
There is still no one paying attention to him, obviously he has not done any disguise, and he has not even worn the mask that he cannot do in China.
This hot search, that's it.
Continue to watch the parade, at this time there are already some private organizations or individuals passing by, although some of the ghost's masks look very scary, but the figure under the bed sheet or under the cos suit is convex and backward, very attractive.
If there really is such a monster in reality, it doesn't seem like a big problem to encounter it once or twice once in a while?
Chen Xing stood a little tired, slowly moved to the wall behind him and leaned against it, while playing with his mobile phone and chatting with his friends, while looking at the parade in front of which almost no one had walked, this should be regarded as the end, and there may not be anything new in the back.
Some people around also joined in at this time, pulling the banners they wanted to express, some of which expressed their love and some of them denounced the boss of the company.
Anyway, these people are wearing masks, wearing clothes that they don't usually wear, and they don't worry about being seen.
There is a saying that putting on a mask is equivalent to taking off a mask?
A mug full of beer suddenly stretched out from the side, it must have just been poured, the hops were still bubbling out, and the aroma of malt was very strong.
"Chen?"
He was not sure about calling Chen Xing's name, but with this sentence, Chen Xing probably knew that he was looking for himself, so he took the beer first and said, "Chen Xing, hello, who are you?" ”
"An ordinary Icelander." He laughs.
Then he took the beer and touched a glass with Chen Xing, and drank half a glass of beer in one gulp.
He is about the same height as Chen Xing, more than one meter and eight, he looks very strong, and his winter clothes can't stop his tendons and flesh, and he has a very free and easy temperament, this kind of person will not believe that he is just an ordinary person Chen Xing.
But there doesn't seem to be any malice.
Chen Xing also drank half a glass of beer directly, if it was just beer, Chen Xing's current alcohol consumption was okay, and he could drink it for a long time if he was given a little time to digest.
"Refreshing!"
He saw that Chen Xing could drink so much, so he patted Chen Xing on the shoulder very happily, and then began to introduce himself.
Eros Einzbellen.
He is an ice hockey player by profession.
Chen Xing had heard of ice hockey before, but he had never seen it. Not to mention China, even ice hockey in France is a very niche sport, and only the Nordic countries like this kind of ice sports the most in the world.
Airos saw Chen Xing on the Internet, and he was deeply impressed by Chen Xing.
I saw it on the news yesterday, and I saw it on the hot search again this afternoon, and it's hard not to remember it.
The bustle outside gradually dissipated, and Chen Xing, who had time, also took advantage of Airos's invitation to enter a bar, and after drinking two beers, he left the bar and walked two steps into another bar.
This kind of girl's visit to a bar like a clothing store is also the most unique scenery in Reykjavík.
The atmosphere of the Nordic bar is very good, as mentioned before, the bar is equivalent to one of the most important social points of the Nordic people, the people who are familiar with each other in a bar are like classmates, the bar is like a class, and they are all familiar with each other.
And there is no charge for admission to these bars. Visitors can spend the night walking through one of Reykjavík's many bars, experiencing the different 'class' cultures in each of these bars and finding the perfect place for you.
With so many bars here, there's always one who understands you.
Even if it is the ultimate social terror, Chen Xing has found a lot of people in the bar constantly changing, but no one speaks at all, everyone just drinks, reads, plays with mobile phones, and is in the same place as a teahouse and café.
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After a few days of this life, as we entered December, Chen Xing boarded a bus to Brendios to watch Al Orlando's bicycle race.
It's a small town in the northwest of Iceland that usually offers a variety of infrastructure services for those who travel along the Ring Road, and has a population of just over 800 people, making it a modest city.
But this is also the place where more than 2,000 tourists stay every November.
For the annual Icelandic Night Hell Endurance Race, of course.
Western names have always liked to have more words, the more elements, and the Icelandic race includes conditions such as night, snow, and endurance racing, plus a sentence that represents the hell of difficulty, you can imagine how difficult this race is.
Riders have to start from the snow-capped mountains at an altitude of 3,000 meters and ride all the way down, and the final destination is in this town at an altitude of more than 400 meters.
If you don't have any strength, let alone get the ranking, those who can run the whole game are considered masters.
Chen Xing and Ai meet at a restaurant in town.
The race starts tomorrow, but Ai, who has been here for many days, is already fully armed, looking like a race car driver, and almost wearing a helmet.
Chen Xing walked into this restaurant and saw him at a glance.
"Why are you dressed like this? Went out training today? ”
"No, it's forbidden for runners to go up to survey the route since yesterday so that tomorrow there will be a thick enough layer of snow."
Chen Xing had no idea about bicycle racing, and this was the first time he saw it, so he asked, "Why is there snow?" Don't you sweep away the snow during the race? ”
"Sweep away?"
Ai looked at Chen Xing and said, "Now I know that you are a real novice, of course the snow is deliberately left, in order to let the racing drivers find the most suitable route in the snow, how can it be swept away for you." ”
"Australia...... That's right. ”
Chen Xing also smiled.
"Anyway, tomorrow you will watch my brother's performance, I can't say the championship, there should be no problem with the top three. I heard that there will be an official reporter to interview at that time, and it will also be broadcast on the news. As my only cheerleader, you might be able to show your face too. ”
Iorlando is not a lonely kind in the circle of cyclists, and there will definitely be fans of him in the audience this year, but it doesn't matter to him, anyway, the only friend who really supports him is Chen Xing alone.
"Forget it, I've already shown my face."
Chen Xing was a little speechless, and told Ai the story of his time in Iceland.
Ai has been training these days, I really don't know that Chen Xing has been in Iceland for a few days and has had such a wonderful time, and he is visiting the LOL game on the news, and flying a ghost on the hot search, this is also a little too coincidental, the news in Iceland is so good?
Why do you suddenly have no expectations for winning the award?
After returning to the rented hotel, Ai Cai patted his face and cheered himself on: "Come on, Orlando!" You didn't come to the competition to participate in the news broadcast, what does it matter to you whether other people's news is good or not? Ride well! ”
Following.
Today, a terminal has been built outside the town of Brundios, and Chen Xing went early in the morning to see someone installing a laser on the door frame of the finish line to detect who is the first person who rushed into the finish line in the same batch.
There are also several large screens, which will play live footage when the time comes.
Most of the tourists watched the race near the finish line, and a few followed the guide to other safe locations on the route early to wait, and although they could not see the runners crossing the line, they were able to take their own videos of the runners passing through the more difficult places.
Today's game was broadcast live.
There are three sources of the live broadcast picture, one is the two helicopters found by the organizing committee of the competition, the second is the cameras that have been placed at various points in advance, and the third is the action camera on the helmet of the players, which everyone has.
When the time comes, find some wonderful pictures and put them on the TV screen at the finish line.
There are more than 700 riders in the competition, Chen Xing found Ai's name on this leaflet, the starting position is quite good, according to Ai's own words, judging from the position he started, as long as the route is correct, then he can crush all the way to win the race with the first attitude.
But there are too many variables in the snow race in the dark night.
The finish line was brightly lit, and with the countdown of three two and one in the horn, the runners suddenly set off like arrows from the string.
The helicopter perspective used in the first shot, the helicopter flies very high, because flying too low will affect the riders' race, the bicycle race is not as resistant as the rally, even if the plane flies back and forth at a height of more than ten meters, it will not have any effect, but the impact on the bicycle is great.
So the plane flew relatively high, and for a time there were more than a hundred people in the camera.
Many of the arrows from the string just stepped a few steps and fell down with a snap, but it doesn't matter if you fall once or twice in endurance racing, you can get a good ranking if you get back to the race form earlier, so you can see the picture of those riders who fell but immediately got up and rode the bike.
Chen Xing looked for Ai in this group of people.
I didn't see it, I should have run to the front.
Ai's position is in the front two rows, and there is no one in front of the start to rush faster, and he has now entered the first big downhill without falling.
Chen Xing watched the players play back and forth on several monitors.
There wasn't much introduction to the players during the live broadcast, but there was a commentary guy who was very powerful, as if he knew every driver, and the name was not stumbling at all, Chen Xing couldn't see who Ai was on these TVs, but after listening to the commentary, he knew that Ai was now seventh.
Chen Xing looked for it on TV again, but finally gave up.
Don't look for it, just look at it.
If in Reykjavík you can still see some white days in the afternoon, you can't see them at all on Brendios's side, at most in a state that is about to come out and then immediately return to night.
Chen Xing didn't see their previous training, and watched this game directly, and immediately found that the difficulty of this hellish match was obvious to the naked eye.
The closer you get to the North Pole, the more profound the effects of the polar night become.
The light on the front of the bike didn't allow these riders to observe much of the environment, so they could only focus on the route they found and keep running, and the starlight still looked bright, but they really couldn't see too much.
No wonder it's called a hell race, it's hell.
There are a lot of ruts in the snow now, and for those who are behind, following the route from the front rider is undoubtedly proof of the right course, and there is usually no wrestling, but there is a pitfall.
That is, the snow is more slippery after being pressed.
Whether to find a new route on your own or follow someone else's path is also a choice.
Anyway, at this time at an altitude of more than 3,000 meters, there are hundreds of people constantly experiencing falls, but they get up and immediately run forward with the car, or immediately straddle up and drive forward, which is not very dangerous, but it looks like it really hurts.
"Won't their car break down?" Chen Xing heard someone next to him say this.
This is probably the first time I've seen it, and I don't understand anything.
Chen Xing saw that he was also alone, so he said, "You came alone?" ”
"yes, I heard that there was a bicycle race here, and I came to see it, and I live in this neighborhood."
"OK, I just know the problem you just mentioned, one of these players is my friend, his bicycle is more than 3,000 euros just for the frame, and the other accessories together are enough to buy a new car, this level of wrestling should not be a big problem."
To be honest, Chen Xing was also shocked before he learned about it.
A bicycle costs a few thousand euros just for the frame, which is a waste for someone like him who thinks it is expensive to buy an entire bicycle for 500 yuan.
The riders' race soon reached the gravel section, and by the time the altitude of more than 2,000 meters there was not much snow, and the gravel roads and mountain paths gradually increased, and there were fewer wrestlers, but the disadvantages were also obvious...... The road is too narrow to overtake.
Chen Xing couldn't see where his friend had gone, so he could only find it on a TV with a real-time reality ranking on the side.
Ai is in fifth place.