Star Hunter.

Chapter 261 Brothers, let's team up!

Chapter 261 Brothers! Let's team up!

"Hey, you, yes, you, come here right now!"

Xilin approached the female racer, dressed in a racing suit and wearing a helmet, whose face was obscured, as she walked straight towards him. He put down his water bottle and looked at her with a questioning expression.

Judging from her voice, she's a pretty young girl.

"Come over here and keep an eye on the flying car for us, we need to hurry!" the girl said, walking over and pulling Xilin to the side of the flying car.

While Xilin was getting familiar with the racing cars, Flake simply tossed him a well-fitting work uniform, just like the other staff. After all, protective measures must be taken during car maintenance, as there are some things that cannot be touched casually. People with weak immune systems may get sick if they come into contact with them, such as localized radiation, operational errors, or leaks of heavy metal gases from high-temperature conditions caused by accidents.

The work uniforms distributed by the Szczer family are quite expensive, with any one piece costing over five figures, demonstrating the Szczer family's wealth and influence.

The work clothes Xilin was wearing had the words "Cyclone Repair Center" and its code printed on the back and on the hat, so the girl directly pulled Xilin over and assumed that Xilin was a staff member there.

This flying car is triangular and cone-shaped. When it lands, the ground changes slightly, making it more agile and stable on the ground.

As the girl pulled Xilin to the side of the flying car, the canopy lowered, revealing another girl inside. She wasn't in the driver's seat, but the navigator's. Her helmet was off, revealing a quiet and pretty face, about fifteen or sixteen years old. It was hard to imagine that such a quiet girl, who seemed a little shy around strangers, would be the navigator.

After the girl brought Xilin over, she turned on the self-test display on the flying car's control panel. The self-test value after scanning was only 8.2.

Fleka's work site and open-air repair shop are located in the relatively better plains of this planet, but conditions in many other places are much worse, even though the main track has been closed off. Now, drivers familiar with the track can only practice in areas close to it, even for practice, and they have to take a lot of risks. They have to be very careful with any problems with their cars, or they might suffer a setback before they even get started.

Therefore, if the self-test system of the vehicle displays a self-test value lower than 9, it must be repaired at the nearest repair shop. This is generally considered the most appropriate and safest approach.

Xilin glanced at the detailed self-test list and asked, "When is the self-test value below 9?"

  

"We started descending when we flew over the glacier area, and then it started dropping rapidly after that. So we changed course and came here, since this is the nearest repair point. Ugh. What's going on? How long will the repairs take? We're in a hurry to get back!"

It's almost evening in this area, so it's no wonder the girl is in such a hurry; once it gets dark, flying will be much more difficult.

"Let me take a look first." Xilin checked the control panel and entered a series of commands to verify the operation of each part of the flying car.

This racing car has a pretty good configuration, and both the main and secondary control systems are the latest. The combination of the main and secondary control systems is installed according to the habits of the two girls. Male and female drivers have different habits and mastery of the control systems, so the choice of suitable control systems will also be different.

The two girls watched as Xilin rapidly scrolled through a list of characters they couldn't understand at all. They exchanged a glance. Was this guy just putting on an act? He was flipping through it so fast they couldn't possibly read it.

They couldn't see clearly, but for Xilin, this was just normal speed.

His finger suddenly stopped. Xilin glanced at one of the lines, then entered a command on the control panel. He walked to the back of the car.

The moment his fingers touched the car, Xilin could clearly understand its entire structural framework, and a detailed structural diagram already appeared in his mind. Therefore, he quickly found the right spot on the flying car and, with a seemingly casual, small-angle push, a shell at the rear of the flying car popped up.

To prevent Xilin from tampering with the flying car, a girl wearing a helmet supervised from the side.

After the outer shell popped up, Xilin quickly disassembled some surface components underneath and placed them on the unfolded tool tray next to him. The girl standing next to him watched as she picked them up and put them down repeatedly. "Hey, be careful, don't be so careless!"

In her opinion, Xilin must have been careless to disassemble the parts so quickly. Such casual behavior would definitely affect the parts. Her older brother had said that even if a part is slightly damaged, it will reduce its tensile strength when it is assembled into a component and installed on the car.

"Tobias!" the girl in the car called softly, shaking her head to indicate that she should not disturb the repairmen.

If there is serious damage, it's not too late to ask questions and apply for compensation. However, it is very bad behavior to disturb others while the repairman is doing repairs. If there is indeed damage and someone keeps talking incessantly during the repair process, the repairman may shift some of the responsibility onto the person who is talking and disturbing others.

After receiving the signal, Tobia also remembered those questions, stopped talking, snorted, and stared intently at the movements of Xilin's hands.

But as soon as she turned her attention back, she saw that Xilin had stopped disassembling parts, a section of the flying car was now empty, and the maintenance personnel were typing something into the communicator on their wrists.

The staff at the repair shop wear a special communicator on their wrists. They can use this communicator to communicate with each other and also to dispatch the service robots stationed at the warehouse. As long as the repair staff enters the name and model of the required part, the instruction will be transmitted directly to the warehouse, and the service robot at the warehouse will quickly deliver the part, so that the staff do not need to carry the part back and forth.

Soon, the service robot delivered the parts that Xilin needed. It was a very simple thing: a double-row wire, a few small parts, and a small cleaner.

Perhaps intrigued by Xilin's actions, the girl sitting in the car also got off and came to Tobia's side. Together they watched Xilin make repairs.

After removing the surface parts, Xilin understood the cause of the vehicle's problem. When the flying car passed through the glacial area, a part loosened during the activation of the temperature control device, causing a small crack to appear in the car's outer shell.

Don't underestimate this tiny crack. In that kind of environment, even a very small crack can allow cold and heat to penetrate, enough to freeze and shatter the original double-row wires through loose parts.

Aging of the double-row wires is one reason, loosening of parts is another, but the most crucial reason for these problems is that the combination of surface parts is not the most suitable defensive configuration, even if they use top-of-the-line parts.

One should seek the best, not the most expensive.

Although the loose parts and frozen wires are not critical components, and the vehicle will not issue major warnings during self-testing, the special powder material of these double-row wires, once charged, adheres to other internal parts. This can cause widespread magnetic attenuation and disruption of the vehicle's internal steady-state, leading to serious malfunctions and a self-test coefficient dropping below 9.0.

Xilin used a cleaner to remove the powder adhering to the inner parts, then replaced the wires. The surface parts were reconfigured to make them an optimal match, making them difficult to loosen unless a serious impact occurred.

The two girls watched as Xilin casually arranged the parts like building blocks, yet these parts somehow looked very sturdy. The interfaces fit perfectly.

After assembling the parts, Xilin closed the outer shell and went to the control panel inside the flying vehicle to start clearing minor issues from the primary and secondary systems. Ten seconds later, he pressed the self-test button for the self-test system.

The coefficient value after the self-test system scanned again was 9.7.

"Alright, this rating should be enough to sustain you until you return to your base," Xilin said.

The girl named Tobia seemed incredulous. She leaned closer to the display panel, where the large 9.7 remained fixed, unchanging.

I cleaned it up and replaced a few minor parts, and it was fixed?!

Tobia jumped into the flying car, started it up, and tried it out—it really worked!

The entire repair process took less than ten minutes. Tobia had originally estimated that it would take at least thirty minutes, but it took less than a third of the estimated time!

Two girls got into the car, the canopy was raised, and a closed Mitsubishi cone-shaped flying car took off.

"Thanks!" Tobia's voice came from the external speaker.

"You're welcome."

After finishing up, Xilin walked back into the arena. They were already packing up, and it was getting dark. That was it for today. He still had to go help out at Flake's place tonight. As for the racing cars for the competition, there were still more than twenty days until the actual competition. Xilin planned to familiarize himself with the various racing cars first. Sharpening his axe before chopping wood was never too late, and Flake believed in Xilin's ability.

However, before that, we need to find a navigator. Of course, it's okay if we can't find a suitable navigator in the end; he can handle it on his own. It would be even better if Gray Cat were here.

Xilin is essentially fighting alone now. Perhaps Fletcher will arrange some people for logistics and maintenance, because the race is a long flight and accidents are inevitable. Therefore, there will be a maintenance point set up every stage, where the logistics and maintenance personnel of each team will be stationed. If a team's car needs maintenance or modifications after flying through a stage, they will do their best to fix it in the shortest possible time. After all, there is a minimum time limit in the race. If the time limit is not met, the driver will be eliminated and will not be included in the final ranking.

The team has a much higher chance of winning, after all, there is a tacit understanding formed through long-term cooperation. Many things can happen in a race, and one person's strength is too limited. Xilin does not have absolute confidence that he can compete for a top-one position, but he should be able to finish the race safely.

As for the ranking, Xilin doesn't care.

排名会根据车手最后获得的积分总值排列。参赛车辆必须严格按照比赛规定的行驶路线，在规定的时间内，到达赛段分站点的目标，在每一赛段站点的比赛各组取前十名，分别得到40、30、25、20、16、12、8、4、2、1的积分，然后比赛完成之后各个赛段的积分总和就是车手最后的成绩。

And complete the vehicle's repair and inspection within the specified time.

The higher your ranking in each stage, the more points you earn. This gives you a significant advantage, as the points difference between the first and tenth place drivers is forty times, which is a substantial amount. Of course, not every driver is all-around capable; each driver has their own strengths and weaknesses. A driver who finishes tenth in one stage might be first in the next.

Xilin took a deep breath and decided to train here for three more days before starting to assemble the flying car. After that, he would familiarize himself with the racetrack environment.

That evening, as Xilin entered Fleka's private workspace, Naimi, who hadn't been seen for several days, appeared, grinning from ear to ear as if afraid no one would know he had good news.

"Xilin!"

Upon seeing Xilin, Naimi, who had been sitting on a large box swinging her legs, quickly jumped down and ran to Xilin. Her excited expression made her look silly and goofy.

However, Naimi didn't care about her silly and goofy smile, and ran over to pat Xilin excitedly.

"Bro! Let's team up!"

Xilin: "..."

What's going on here?

Just then, Gulaika walked over and explained the reason to Xilin.

After watching a few days of racing and having some minor squabbles with some aristocratic kids, Naimi contacted his father again. He reasoned with him, appealed to his emotions, and finally, after a few tears, tantrums, and a bit of whining, he got his father to relent. However, there was one condition—Naimi could only be a navigator, not a driver. Historically, accident statistics showed that drivers had twice the accident rate of navigators.

At first, Naimi refused, but this was his father's bottom line. Otherwise, forget about it. Naimi finally gave in, but then he remembered that Xilin was also participating and seemed to be without a suitable navigator. So Naimi eagerly came over, first trying to get Fleka's consent. With Fleka as his intermediary, Xilin would agree too.

"Xilin, although Naimi's grades were terrible when he was at the affiliated school, and he seemed unreliable, always slacking off and not serious, and his smile was a bit silly, he has been involved in racing and competitions since he was a child, so he has a pretty good understanding of racing competitions, and his analytical skills are also quite good," Flake said.

When Naimi first heard Fleka's evaluation of him, his eyebrows shot up. "Uncle Fatty, you're my own uncle, how can you belittle your nephew like that?!" But after hearing the rest, Naimi finally understood.

Hmm, that's called strategy—building suspense before praising! Typical Fatty Uncle!

Naimi nodded in satisfaction, then looked at Xilin with eyes shining with hope, as if saying, "If you don't agree, you'll be committing a sin."

Xilin's eyes twitched, and under the expectant gazes of the uncle and nephew, he finally nodded in agreement after a long while.

"Hehe, hehehe..." Naimi started laughing silly again.

Fleka looked at his nephew, shook his head, and then said to Xilin, "This kid does have some real talent. He was carried in his father's arms and drove a high-speed car even before he was weaned. It's just that his family has never allowed him to participate in such high-risk events."

When Xilin agreed to let Naimi be his navigator companion, he was just trying to give Flake face. However, during the subsequent assembly of the flying car, Xilin had to admit that Naimi Suzili was indeed capable.

When Xilin was designing the flying car, Naimi provided a lot of practical advice.

In racing competitions, winning isn't just about having a high-powered engine, using good energy blocks, or having expensive equipment. It also requires adaptability—adapting to the weather conditions of each stage and handling unexpected events. Furthermore, it tests the driver and navigator's ability to react to dangers and obstacles, their driving skills, the navigator's analytical abilities, and their teamwork.

After a few days of getting to know each other, Xilin had gained a better understanding of Naimi. The Szel family certainly possessed extraordinary talent in racing, though the extent to which they could fully utilize that talent remained to be seen.

"The first stop, Rainbow Paradise, known as the Initial Rainbow, has seven branch tracks, each a different color. However, these seven tracks intersect, and the obstacles at the end of each branch track, as well as the number of vertical and horizontal curves, are unknown—it's all random. Those with good luck will fly off the rainbow track early, while those with bad luck will spend more time. It's purely a matter of chance. After you fly in, the other end of the track will begin to change randomly, so even the designers can't predict which branch track will save you time."

After the rainbow track, the first rankings for the race will appear. It's purely a contest of luck. To avoid initial hesitation and reduce self-blame later for choosing a complex track, many teams will discuss and vote on which color track to choose before the race starts. This way, there won't be any subsequent arguments. "Xilin, what color should we choose?"

Xilin thought for a moment. This was entirely based on luck. Everyone who could participate here had real skill, so the temporary rankings for the first stage could only be determined by luck. So, what color should he choose?

"Uh, should you open your eyes or should I? I'm in a daze for a while after I wake up, so I can't remember anything."

I opened my eyes.

"OK!"

Naimi unfolded the preliminary design draft again and continued, "The tires also need to be properly configured. On icy and snowy sections, if you don't have a firm grip on the ground, you'll be blown away. So it's best to drive on land on that section. As for the tires, I suggest using studded tires with a narrow width, which can better increase the tire surface pressure for better grip..."

After discussing and agreeing on the plans, the design of their racing car for the competition was finally finalized. When Flake saw their final design, his expression turned strange.

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