This is not how you drive a machine!

Chapter 2: Wandering Robot Girl
"You're crazy!"

After listening to Zhou Yun's story, the manager couldn't help but say, "You've dismantled the kinetic stabilization system on the car. You're using inertia to make the rear wheels slip and oversteer when cornering. Are you looking for death?"

"Just tell me how fast you are when you encounter a steep turn!" Zhou Yun said, "If you don't believe me, I can show you how to do it."

"You're playing with your life and the lives of the robot girl! Do you know how fast the cars are going on the track?"

Of course Zhou Yun knew, he was very clear about the feeling of being on the line between life and death on the track.

But he couldn't tell.

Seeing that he couldn't convince the other party, he changed his words: "It's okay even if you don't use this. The other things I mentioned are enough to prove..."

“Is there any precedent?”

Zhou Yun was silent.

Of course there is precedent, but in another world.

The manager paused and continued, "You have no precedent, no academic qualifications, and no reputation. Why should I trust you?"

Zhou Yun sighed and said, "As a manager, what are your responsibilities? Isn't it to ensure the team wins awards? If you only focus on precedents and academic qualifications, and don't innovate..."

"You won't make any mistakes." The manager interrupted Zhou Yun, then softened his tone: "Kid, it's good to have dreams, but the real world isn't like that."

“…” Zhou Yun remained silent.

"Honestly, many of your ideas amaze me. If I were ten years younger, I would definitely take a gamble on you."

The manager then said helplessly, "But no, there's no precedent for what you're saying. Putting aside the question of whether there are any mecha girls willing to go crazy with you, just think about how much time and money it will take to get this technology from testing to actual competition application. Have you calculated it?"

Zhou Yun thought for a moment and said, "If your team breaks through the gates of Cainan Province, the profits will definitely be several times what you spend."

"But what if we fail?" the manager said, "Son, you can't just look at the bright side of things. If you rashly change your driving style or the mecha model, and fail, you might even lose Jingyun City. How can you afford that?"

"I can guarantee..."

"What guarantee do you have?"

"..." Zhou Yun thought for a moment and said, "Lend me a robot girl, let me do it, and I'll test it myself. You don't have to spend anything else except the robot girl..."

"Don't dream, child."

After saying that, the manager threw the phone to the front desk lady, and Zhou Yun heard the background noise from the phone.

"You're just being unrealistic and have no idea what you're talking about. Next time, don't bring me people like that. The seventh S-League is coming up soon. The team does need people, but not this kind of person."

Then came the voices of some managers criticizing the girl.

Zhou Yun lowered his head and sighed.

This manager is really...

After a while, the female voice from before was heard.

"That's it? You're still bragging about that? Because of you, I got scolded for no reason. I never thought I would believe your lies."

Then she said, "Why are you pretending to be an engineer? Do you have the skills? I'm blocking your account too. Bye."

"Okay." Zhou Yun sighed. It seemed that the call was over.

"and many more."

Seeing Zhou Yun so persistent, the other party added a few more words.

"If you really want to come to my club, there are ways."

Zhou Yun smiled helplessly and asked, "What's the solution?"

"Go buy a Mecha Girl contract yourself, and our club can give you an amateur driver's seat in small races. If you want to become a regular driver, our club also has sponsored driver seats, the cheapest one is 800,000."

It's like nonsense.

If he had the money to get a mecha girl contract, or the money to buy a driver's seat, why would he be talking nonsense here?

"Stop joking." Zhou Yun smiled bitterly.

"If you have no money, why are you talking nonsense?" The other party said jokingly, "But you can try to find a stray robot girl on the street."

"..."

The probability is even lower than picking up five million on the street.

Seven or eight years ago, there were indeed some illegally resold mecha girls that ended up on the streets and were picked up by poor boys.

But now, they are either taken away by the police to register the WMC (World Machine Girl Management Center) for re-auction of the contract, or they are snatched away by detectives hired by wealthy people.

As the management policies for mecha girls become more and more perfect, stray mecha girls are almost extinct.

His luck is so bad, where can he find a wandering robot girl?
The other party continued: "In short, either you have money or you have an organic girl, otherwise don't bother me again, I'm blocked, goodbye!"

After saying that, the other party hung up the phone.

"duo~"

Hearing the busy tone on the phone, Zhou Yun was stunned for a second, and suddenly felt an indescribable anger lingering in his heart.

What made him uncomfortable was not that his half-month preparations had gone to waste, but that there was always an invisible force trapping him in this corner.

He was a little out of breath, so he walked out of the shop to feel the night breeze.

The night breeze blew on his face, and he felt a little more refreshed, but he still couldn't hide his fatigue.

"A wandering mecha girl... heh."

"I've been wandering for two years, how come I haven't met anyone?"

Zhou Yun raised his head and looked into the distance.

The World Trade Center towered in the distance, overlooking his small auto repair shop. The high spotlights on the building illuminated a large, eye-catching poster.

On the poster, a beautiful racing driver is holding her driver and enthusiastically introducing a cosmetic product.

Perhaps because of the existence of mecha girls, racing drivers in this world have an influence comparable to that of movie and TV stars, and of course their income is also high.

It is said that the endorsement fees of famous racing drivers alone are an exaggerated figure in a year.

The best way for a racing driver to become famous is to participate in the S-class World Racing Championship, referred to as the S race, which is the most watched event in the world.

Zhou Yun stared at the huge poster in a daze.

"What's this girl's name? Jiang Yue?"

He rarely remembers a driver's name unless he has raced against him or his driving skills have impressed him.

However, he really wants to have a good time in the S game.

"How can I kidnap a robot girl?"

Just as Zhou Yun was thinking, he suddenly felt as if someone was staring at him, and quickly turned his head to look across the street.

The street lights across the street flickered on and off, and there were only sporadic cat calls on the deserted road.

"Damn, I thought the time traveler benefits were coming."

Zhou Yun rubbed his temples, wondering if he was hallucinating from exhaustion, and then he crawled back to the repair shop like a zombie.

Shortly after he left, a pretty girl with dark gray hair and feathery white highlights at the bottom stood out from behind the trash can.

The heavy leather coat rustled in the wind, vaguely revealing the scratched armor plates on her neck.

She was holding a black wild cat in her arms. The cat meowed a few times, and the person in front of it gave it a very dangerous feeling.

"Stop...stop yelling. I have nothing to give you! I need to eat myself!"

Her blue, ring-like pupils flashed with purple-black lightning. After hesitating for a long time, she took out a half-bitten sausage from her arms.

"Here, you can only eat a little bit...why did you eat it all!"

The wild cat cried out and ran away quickly. She stared blankly at the direction where the wild cat disappeared, wanting to cry but unable to.

"I found it with great difficulty!"

She squatted on the ground, silently drawing circles with a branch, suppressing her hunger.

In a trance, her mind recalled her sister's advice.

"I can't hold off at the police station any longer. If you're arrested, you'll definitely be sent back to the WMC! Hurry up and find a racer to sign a contract with. Run some races, and think of it as a long-term meal ticket for yourself, okay?"

"And look at your mental state. If you don't sign the contract, you'll go completely crazy."

"No!"

The machine girl said to herself.

"No, I don't want to kill any more racers."

She stood up slowly, staring intently at the direction where Zhou Yun disappeared.

"Found it... Wait, we have to wait a while."

……

Back at the repair shop, Zhou Yun looked up at the unfinished car on the lift.

This is the result of his hard work in the past two months.

I don’t know what’s wrong with this psychopathic boss, he has to stuff the accessories for mecha girls into an ordinary car.

Because of this cerebral palsy requirement, he hasn't had a good night's sleep for a long time.

Although the basic structure of an ordinary car comes from the mecha girl, they are two different systems after all, and the accessories used by the mecha girl cannot be put into an ordinary car at all.

Even if the traffic is blocked, the car cannot move.

In order to fulfill this requirement, Zhou Yun studied a large amount of information, combined it with the racing car design knowledge from his previous life, redesigned the drawings, and asked the boss to customize the parts, which was almost equivalent to rebuilding a new car.

He was almost exhausted to death.

Zhou Yun stroked the frame of the bicycle, and an inexplicable emotion surged in his heart.

This car is unlike any other in this world.

This is a racing car.

This unique racing car in the world almost reproduces the structure of the racing car in the previous life.

He was sure that if he really ran, his speed could compete with those of the lowest-level mecha girls.

But racing... what use is it in this world?
"Pity."

After working hard until today, the main parts of the vehicle have been completed, and there are only a bunch of miscellaneous tasks left, which Zhou Yun does not plan to do anymore.

Although the deadline given by his boss is tomorrow, he has already worked for sixteen hours straight.

If there was a bed here.

Oh, he could sleep until the end of the world.

At this moment, he finally understood the pain of working people.

Destroy it, hurry up.

What if it cannot be completed?
"It's only a few bucks a month, why risk my life! I'm the only one who can modify this car, so how can he drive it?"

Just as Zhou Yun was thinking this, a shrill ringtone suddenly rang in his trouser pocket.

He quickly took out his cell phone from his pocket, looked at the name on the caller ID that sounded like a death warrant, and was so scared that he almost dropped the phone.

Lin Yao, the owner of Luo Rui's Auto Repair Shop, is also a bastard who exploited him for two months to modify his car!
Zhou Yun did not dare to be negligent. He looked at his nose with his eyes, his mouth with his nose, and his heart with his mouth. He put away all his dissatisfaction and took it respectfully as if he was treating a God.

"Hello? Hello, the number you dialed is currently unavailable..."

"Get lost! Whose announcer has phlegm in his mouth?"

"I'm going to vomit in your car!" Zhou Yun snorted and said unhappily. He had a deep and magnetic voice, but why did it just turn into phlegm in the boss's mouth?

"Whatever, just change the pads here and there. In the end, you're the one doing the work anyway, so don't waste your time. Have you finished modifying that car yet?"

"I'll revise it quickly..." I'm almost done, don't rush me!

Before Zhou Yun could finish his words, he was interrupted by his boss.

"What's going on? Have you been sending out resumes like crazy? Have you forgotten your job? You've been slacking off all day. What's the point of dreaming about racing?"

"No..." Your differential arrived two hours ago! I've been busy ever since it arrived!
"Ah! Right, right, right! It's not that I don't have the ability, it's just that no one wants me! How can a golden fish stay in a pond? Well, a pig in the wind is as tall as the sky!"

"Shenma Dong..." Zhou Yun was confused. Boss, what are you talking about?
"Humph! I was a world racing champion in my previous life! Am I too proud? Things change over time! Don't look down on the poor young man!"

Zhou Yun widened his eyes. When did I tell him about this?
"How do you..." know?
"I want to race! Not to find a pretty mecha girl! Not to prove how great I am! But to tell them! I will definitely get back what I lost!"

"Zhou Yun suddenly felt sweaty, feeling that his thoughts had been exposed.

"Hey, boy, this sounds familiar, doesn't it? You're sweating like crazy, huh? Hahaha!" The boss laughed a few times and said, "Hurry up and take a look at the novel I forwarded to you! It's perfect for your current state of mind."

After listening, Zhou Yun opened WeChat and saw the novel sent by his boss.

Rebirth of the Car God: The Domineering Robot Girl Falls in Love with Me

"..."

After being stunned for several seconds, Zhou Yun gathered his Qi in his Dantian and yelled, "Get out!"

He felt that there was something fishy about this boss, but he had no evidence.

If he hadn't helped solve the ID card problem, Zhou Yun really didn't want to work under him. This old Deng is always acting on his whims.

"Haha, young man, don't get so excited! Young people don't know the benefits of V8 and mistake the rotor for a treasure... Hey, what the hell am I talking about? Forget it, there's nothing wrong with the parts, right? I made them according to your drawings."

Zhou Yun thought for a moment and said, "There's nothing wrong. It's just that the engine is too old, lacks horsepower, and the exhaust system has a lot of problems. You put a lot of parts in there for mecha girls, but they can't bring out the best in it."

"I don't have high requirements, just enough to run it." The boss said excitedly, "Can you finish it tomorrow morning? I need it this afternoon."

Zhou Yun thought for a moment and said, "It should be... almost done. Just install the brake system, change the tires, and do a four-wheel alignment and it'll be done."

"I know you can." The boss smiled and said, "By the way, come with me tomorrow afternoon."

"Why?" Zhou Yun scratched his head. "Why should I follow him?"

"That's great." The boss paused. "Haven't you always wanted to join the club as a driver?"

Zhou Yun was immediately surprised: "You mean..."

"Tomorrow afternoon, I'll take you to meet the club owner. We've already negotiated. Whether you can join the team depends on your performance."

The boss then added, "You're always boasting about how awesome you are, right? I hope you don't let me down when you're flying the mecha."

(End of this chapter)