This is not how you drive a machine!

Chapter 194 Steering System
Inside the monitoring tower, Jiang Bin's eyes widened as he watched Zhou Yun's operations in the maintenance workshop.

"No, no matter how desperate you are, you can't throw away the joystick!"

"Jiang Wuyang, didn't you say you knew this guy? What's his plan?"

"Jiang Wuyang?"

Jiang Bin turned his head and found that Jiang Wuyang had the same expression as him.

After a long while, he finally said, "Tell the rescue team to double the number of people for tomorrow's rally. No, triple them. Make sure they have enough people along the way."

He also didn't know what Zhou Yun was doing.

……

Seeing that the chassis in front of him had been strengthened, Zhou Yun wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"The standard parts provided were sufficient, which saved a lot of time, but my welding skills still need practice."

Looking at the installed gearbox, brake system, suspension system... Zhou Yun knew that it was time to deal with the most difficult things.

steering wheel.

Well, first step...

He took out a pen and paper, and after repeatedly designing the steering wheel structure on the workbench, he looked at the dazzling workshop and smiled bitterly.

It's not just about swapping the joystick for a steering wheel.

Instead, the entire steering system needs to be modified. Under the existing conditions, deep processing is impossible.

At most one person can be fooled in six hours.

But as long as it works, it's definitely more comfortable than a tractor joystick.

"If we don't change the fine structure, we'll need at least a horizontal bar that connects the two joysticks' underlying mechanisms, and then..."

He looked at his son's stuff in the garage and wondered what to do.

"A plum blossom wrench, and a bearing connecting rod from Jiuyuan Technical Service... I got it."

In an instant, all the tools in the garage changed their appearance in front of Zhou Yun.

An extremely confusing steering wheel system, not far away in time, beckoned to him.

"I am coming."

At this moment, the director's eyes were wide open in the control room.

He originally thought that since he had to deal with someone like Jiang Wuyang, who had no idea what program effects were, the ratings would definitely not be able to be lowered.

When the blame-sharing meeting comes, he will definitely be blamed.

But now, what he never expected was that this Cainan Topic King actually had such a trick up his sleeve?

Throw away the joystick, you are going to heaven!

"Quick, Camera Team 5 and 6, stop parading around and keep a close eye on Zhou Yun!"

After looking for a long time, Jiang Wuyang finally reacted.

This guy is going to transform the system architecture that has existed since the birth of the mecha racing industry in just six hours!
However, after watching Zhou Yun fiddling with the plum blossom wrench for a long time, he still couldn't figure out how Zhou Yun wanted to make the changes.

Moreover, even if it is changed, can it be completely changed?

"This kid..." Jiang Wuyang rubbed his scalp: "He really doesn't know what he is doing."

Then he quietly paid attention to his daughter. When he saw the safety kit in front of Xiyue's workshop, his face instantly darkened.

It’s over.

What should I do if my daughter doesn’t study well?
I was completely led astray by Zhou Yun...

Qingluan squatted in the corner of the modification workshop, looking at Jiang Xiyue swinging the welding gun in the field, and got goosebumps all over her body.

"Xi, Xiyue, are you sure you want to change it this way?"

"Oh, believe me, Sister Qingluan and Sister Lingyu both screamed after they finished the changes. It was so cool."

Qingluan pulled the corners of her mouth, buried her head in her chest, and kept sending messages with her hands.

She doesn’t know whether it feels good or not, but it’s really terrifying!
"Jiang Wuyang! Why the hell did you block me? Your daughter is not a human being!"

时间一分一秒的流逝着，倒计时的从最开始的6：00：00，已经变成了3：49：21，而且还在不断的倒退着。

Some drivers even started to play badly. They had never been exposed to logistics modifications, and even if there were prefabricated parts in front of them, they didn't know where to start.

The rest of them were gritting their teeth and holding on, trying their best to squeeze out the knowledge they had learned from their brains to combine the prefabricated parts in front of them.

But how can we grasp success without practical experience?
As the time came to 3:21:12, the director's camera captured another player who was playing badly.

"Hey, another one who gave up."

The director sighed, not because he was disappointed with the poor performance of the show, but because he felt sorry for the elimination spot.

"You're only in your 20s, why can't you hold on a little longer?"

In a trance, he knew how to edit the film that night. The title would return to the core of competition, persistence and victory... wait?
"Three sets of cameras, turn them back for me."

After the camera turned back, he saw that the mecha girl had been basically modified in the workshop.

The player who was playing badly was busy adjusting the center of gravity balance and suspension spring damping of the machine, and at the same time increasing the hardness of the anti-roll bar.

Then he saw the contestant's name: Bi Chen.

"That was close! We almost ruined the show! Number 5, what is Zhou Yun doing now? Turn the camera over to me!"

When the director saw the scene on camera, he almost went crazy.

Zhou Yun and Jackdaw were constantly moving around on the roll cage, one posture after another, which reminded him of his practice in the alley.

"Nimma, you really know how to make things happen! What the hell are they doing?"

Inside the surveillance tower, Jiang Wuyang's face grew even darker.

He occasionally heard Jiang Xiyue call Zhou Yun the "evil demon from outside the domain". At that time, he wondered why Jiang Xiyue gave Zhou Yun this nickname.

Evil is real evil.

You are the real evil god!

"This posture won't work."

Jackdaw raised his head from the driver's seat, looked up at Zhou Yun, and muttered.

"Zhou Yun, although I can lower the steering wheel linkage, the lower linkage will keep hitting my legs, which is very uncomfortable."

Zhou Yun immediately stood up from the driver's seat and patted Jackdaw's head.

"Come on, let's change positions."

"Ah."

The jackdaw stood up, turned its head, curled up its body like a goose egg, and sat in Zhou Yun's arms.

Zhou Yun hugged her, then put the steering wheel in front of her, lowered his head and said in Jackdaw's ear: "Come, follow my rhythm. I will control the steering wheel and you will control the engine throttle."

"No, it can't be done."

Jackdaw quickly shook his head. "At this distance, once the engine is deployed, it will be difficult for me to control the revs, and the headlights won't turn on."

"Yes, or, you put the steering wheel on my tailbone, and when you move, I will turn the direction..."

"What are you thinking about? Come on, change your position."

At this moment, Zhou Yun didn't believe it in his heart. He had been driving for so many years and knew so many postures. He didn't believe that he couldn't find a suitable one!

Jackdaw leaned towards Zhou Yun again, and this time she wanted to squeeze herself in.

"No, come again!"

"Come again!"

"Come again!"

In the next hour, the other drivers gave up when they should give up, and those who should work hard were carefully adjusting the parameters. The director in the studio was very pleased to see this.

"Well, I give this pose a 9. If I give it a higher point, I'm afraid you'll get too proud." "This pose isn't okay. It's too traditional. I'll give it a maximum of 5, plus 1 for friendship."

"This pose... is art, absolutely great art!"

The director opened his arms and looked at the surveillance footage of Zhou Yun's workshop, his blood boiling.

In this short hour, he saw driving postures that were far beyond his understanding. This was not a driving technique, but an art of driving!
"Zhou Yun, great!"

Unfortunately, before he could finish watching, this art of human-computer interaction had come to an end.

After testing so many plans, Zhou Yun finally decided on a more suitable plan.

It turns out there's a reason why 99% of all mecha girls stick to the same position.

If the driver's chest is too far away from the front engine, there is no way to accurately feel the speed. If the driver's feet are too far away from the transmission system, there is no way to sense the rear braking system and transmission efficiency.

However, Zhou Yun slightly improved the position of the jackdaw. The jackdaw was closer to him and its position was also lower.

This allowed the steering wheel to hang steadily three inches below the Jackdaw's lower back. Above the Jackdaw's lower back, there was another crossbeam that supported the steering wheel.

"Now, will the crossbar catch below still hit your legs?"

The Jackdaw shook his head.

"What if this happens?" Zhou Yun turned the plum blossom wrench and turned it 240 degrees to the left, hitting the bottom of the plum blossom wrench version of the steering wheel.

The Jackdaw shook his head again.

"Not at all, Zhou Yun, I don't feel any restrictions on my movements."

"That's good."

Zhou Yun put a disc on the plum blossom wrench and started to spin it vigorously, while simulating a drifting scene in his mind.

Right.

When I finally don't have to shift gears anymore, the joystick takes up both hands, resulting in unnecessary operations.

When shifting gears, hold the steering wheel with one hand and shift the gear with the other hand. This is the correct way to drift.

After sighing, Zhou Yun put aside his desire to float around immediately. He looked up at the remaining time and said, "Jackdaw, unfold it. I'll install the chassis."

"Ah."

……

At 8:30 pm Kyoto time, the competition officially came to an end.

As the countdown on the big screen ended, a broadcast sounded in the hemispherical building.

"All contestants, please stop your current operations immediately and wait for the competition team to inspect and accept the mecha. Please do not continue to modify it at this stage. If you are caught, you will be deemed to have forfeited this competition."

The sound of the broadcast kept echoing in the spherical space. Han Yu closed the laptop on the workbench and breathed a long sigh of relief.

Liuhua leaned on the engine and sighed, "It wasn't easy, but it's finally over."

"Han Yu, can you not bet so big next time?"

Han Yu lay on the table, squinted his eyes and closed them to rest.

The final debugging is not perfect, and some data needs to be collected on the track. How far it can run in the end is still a matter of luck.

I'm so tired and want to sleep.

But there is still a 'virtual test session' coming up, so I can't sleep.

"hu~hu~"

"Wake up, wake up!"

Han Yu was half asleep and half awake when he heard a voice saying, "Congratulations, your operation was successful. Now you have become..."

"Get lost! Bi Chen, that's enough!"

Han Yu sat up suddenly with two panda eyes drawn with a marker.

"What's wrong? Where's Liuhua? Where did she go?"

Bi Chen patted his shoulder, admired his and Liuhua's masterpiece for a few seconds, and nodded with satisfaction.

"The testing is over, and we're now in the virtual running session. Let's go quickly and go back to the dorm to sleep tonight."

Han Yu stood up, shook his head, and after becoming much more sober, he walked out of the maintenance workshop and headed towards the square below.

"Huh? Why are there so few people?"

At this time, there were only less than forty people left in the square. With half of the contestants gone, the venue was much emptier.

Bi Chen smiled and said, "They were all eliminated."

"You didn't see what happened just now. Someone handed in a blank paper, questioning the fairness of the competition team. Someone else said they hadn't finished correcting it and said they were going to report the Lightyear Project to the S-League team."

"The most bizarre thing is that a driver terminated the contract with the driver on the spot, saying that he brought the wrong driver and had to take a make-up test. Haha..."

"Jiang Wuyang cleared them all out. The worst-off was the one who was sealed off from the Heart Contract by the S-League team for half a year. I don't know where these idiots came from. Why weren't there so many activities before the competition?"

Han Yu rubbed his sore shoulders and neck, and said with a smile: "Playing in D-level three-no competitions, running on DouY tracks, eating sea cucumbers and abalone, and wearing high-end luxury clothes, isn't this the emerging racing driver of the past two years?"

When Bi Chen heard Han Yu say that netizens had summarized common sayings, he laughed and translated it.

The results are bought, the training is done on the Internet, and it can't withstand a competition. The clothes are pretty good.

Then the two of them looked at the big screen on the tower together, waiting for the final virtual running score.

This test is to see whether the contestants' modifications can complete the rally process. If not, they will be eliminated directly.

While the two were talking, several more drivers were asked to leave, ending the one-round tour of the Lightyear Project Base.

"Look, that's your Liuhua's running score."

Han Yu followed Bi Chen's guidance and went up all the way, and finally found Liuhua's location at the top, the official rating area A of the competition group.

[May Liuhua, Contractor Han Yu, Modification Rating A+, 15km virtual track, time of 2 minutes 27 seconds, 30km, time of 3 minutes 32 seconds... Total evaluation score: 432]

And below him was Jiang Xiyue.

[Flame Qingluan, Contractor Jiang Xiyue, Modification Rating A+, 15km virtual track, time 2 minutes 31 seconds, 30km, time 3 minutes 38 seconds... Total evaluation score: 413]

Han Yu breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he finally decided to throw away the "burdensome safety kit", otherwise he would not be able to reach the top of Class A.

However, he had never heard of the mecha girl modified by Jiang Xiyue, which instead made him feel a slight sense of crisis.

Then he looked down all the way to the bottom of Class A and saw Bi Chen's mecha girl, but did not see Zhou Yun's mecha girl.

"Hey, that's strange. The highest rating is A. Zhou Yun can't possibly be ranked B..."

He looked through area B again, but found nothing there. He then looked through area C, but still found nothing there. Then he looked at the bottom of area D.

Could it be that Zhou Yun’s modification was so good that the competition team temporarily decided to add an S-level evaluation range?

"You're looking for Zhou Yun, right? Look over there." Bi Chen said, pointing to a screen next to him.

Han Yu looked at the smaller screen beside him and was stunned for a moment.

[Lin Ye Jackdaw, Contractor Zhou Yun. Because the modification is too abstract, the competition team cannot certify the modification rating, so it is displayed separately.]

【虚拟赛道15公里，成绩2分18秒，30公里，成绩3分18秒……总积分：507】

What stunned him was not the high rating, but the picture display below.

There is a telescopic rod on each side of the Jackdaw, connected together by a crossbeam at her lower back. There is a threaded steel pipe on the crossbeam, and a plum wrench is welded to the pipe.

The wrench was covered with tape covering half of the disc, and the edge of the disc was carefully cut from a racing glove to form a edging...

"What is this..."

Han Yu stood there in a daze for a moment.

"Dear drivers, the virtual running process has ended. The driver has returned to the dormitory early. Please rest as soon as possible. I am Jiang Wuyang. Good night."

After hearing this, Han Yu breathed a sigh of relief. He was indeed very tired and just wanted to go back and rest at this stage.

"Bi Chen, we're going too... Wait, why is everyone looking at me?"

(End of this chapter)