Excessive ferocity due to caution

"No, actually, we came to ask you some questions."

Zhao Yi put down his coffee cup.

The young man was somewhat surprised.

"Do you have a question?"

"Regarding racing?"

Zhao Yi replied with a smile:

"We are pilgrims and would like to ask you for directions to the sacred tower."

The boy rested his hands behind his head and said lazily:

"I do know the way to the Divine Tower."

"I can even plan a rough route for you."

"But that depends on whether you have the ability to come and take it..."

Zhao Yi raised an eyebrow:

"What's wrong?"

"You want to spar with us?"

The boy laughed:

"Since this is a racing city, why don't we have a thrilling race?"

"If you can defeat me, I will personally escort you to the key city leading to the Divine Tower—the City of Doomsday."

"That city is extremely dangerous; without my guidance, any outsider would almost certainly die!"

Zhao Yi:

"We don't have a car."

The boy shrugged:

"The cars used in the racing city competition are all provided by the racing family. If you are not comfortable with that, you can check them yourself before the race."

Zhao Yi got excited upon hearing this.

"That would be fantastic!"

"I'm quite skilled at driving; back in the day, I was known as 'Hands-Free Driving'!"

"However, before our race, I need two days to scout the terrain and get used to the feel of the car."

A glint of light flashed in the young man's eyes as he said arrogantly:

"Whatever."

"Anyway... you can't possibly beat me."

He is indeed very proud.

But it wasn't as outrageous as the taxi driver claimed.

The boy told Zhao Yi and the other two that his name was Meng Fei.

The "bandit" in "fierce bandit".

Because Meng Fei tied the record left by Chen Daozai, the former racing legend, in the racing city, he held a very high position in the racing city.

With his permission granted, Zhao Yi and his two companions quickly acquired a brand-new, top-of-the-line black racing car.

Whether it's the front wing, monocoque, tires, rear wing, chassis, power unit... every part was carefully selected by the various families in the racing city, and after multiple experiments, it was finally assembled.

Even someone as clueless about cars as Nan Jia could tell how expensive this race car was!

He tugged at Zhao Yi's sleeve and whispered:

"Benefactor Zhao, this car looks so expensive, probably worth at least a million or two. If it's damaged, we can't afford to pay for it!"

Zhao Yi:

"Don't worry, this car is worth far more than a million or two. If we were to value it in the form of ghost money, it would be at least in the eight figures!"

Splat!

Nan Jia was so frightened that she sat down on the ground with a thud.

Back when I was at the Garan Temple, if I had a hundred yuan in incense money in my pocket, I could secretly brag to my fellow monks for days. For me, tens of millions was an astronomical figure.

The girl took out some strange tools and seemed about to dismantle the race car, but Nan Jia quickly stopped her:

"Miss Xiu, what are you doing?"

Li Xiuer blinked her big eyes:

"Let me check if there are any problems with the key assembly of this race car."

"When I was starving, I worked at a car repair shop. The owner used to be a race car driver when he was young, and he told me a lot about assembling race cars."

Upon hearing this, Nan Jia let go of her hand and watched the girl busy in front of the car. He felt extremely ashamed.

Both Zhao Yi and Li Xiuer know a lot.

But he... only knows how to chant scriptures.

They can only chant scriptures, but they can't even get anything out of it.

Master Kumei was at least able to help people avert disasters and predict good or bad fortune.

But he...

He's useless at everything, but he's number one at eating!

hateful!

Why am I so useless?!

The bald man sighed, looking dejected.

After checking, the girl put away her tools.

Her bag is very interesting.

It doesn't look big, but it can hold a lot of things.

It has a bit of a Doraemon vibe.

"no problem."

Li Xiuer nodded to Zhao Yi.

"Thank you for your hard work, Miss Xiu."

Zhao Yi led the two into the car.

There was an electronic map on the bus.

Their route for this competition is the Path of the Abyss.

An extremely dangerous race route.

The entire highway is almost entirely built in the clouds.

There is no support below.

Above the clouds, the mist and fog can severely obstruct the race car driver's vision.

Therefore, memorizing the route is especially important!

If any turning point is not handled properly, the race car will break through the restraints and plummet from a height of thousands of meters...

Zhao Yi drove slowly along the route.

From low to high.

The Abyss Road was built with extreme treacherousness, traversing a distance of less than a thousand meters from a height of several hundred meters to several thousand meters.

Then there's the ridiculously long track, which looks like a roller coaster.

This road is fraught with danger.

If anyone in the competition is not careful, they could lose their life.

Throughout the history of this racing city, very few racers have chosen this route to compete.

And racers who can leave groundbreaking records on the road to the abyss like Chen Daozai are extremely rare.

That's why Chen Daozai is known as the "God of Cars".

It took him 19 minutes and 21 seconds to clear the Abyss.

The entire route is 60,000 meters long.

Before Meng Fei arrived at the racing city, Chen Daozai had left the second-place driver by a full eight minutes and seven seconds!

With the current hardware configuration of the race car, Chen Daozai has almost pushed it to the limit.

Meng Fei arrived in the racing city and also chose the most dangerous path to the abyss.

Like Chen Daozai, he was extremely confident in his skills.

Aside from a tiny mishap at the corner of the sixth section, which is known as the "Death Scythe," his performance was absolutely perfect!

Due to the vehicle's size, the speed must be reduced to 80 m/s at the corner of the "Death Scythe" section.

Otherwise, the race car would go straight off the track and plummet from the clouds!

After slowing down to 80m/s at that point, the next section of road can no longer be crossed over from above, and a longer detour must be taken.

Both Chen Daozai and Meng Fei chose the path that led further.

To overtake them, you must find a way to use a perfect drift through the "Death Scythe" section.

However, given the current racing hardware, this is almost impossible to accomplish!

Zhao Yi had scouted that intersection several times.

His expression was very subtle.

Nan Jia looked at Zhao Yi, who was pacing back and forth in the same spot, and asked:

"Benefactor Zhao... even you can't do that?"

Zhao Yi shook his head:

"No one can do that if they're driving this car."

"Maintaining a speed of 80m/s and using inertia to drift will definitely send you off the track!"

"To avoid going off the track, you must reduce your car's speed to below 80m/s before attempting a drift!"

"The record left by Chen Daozai...theoretically speaking, is a record that is simply impossible to break."

"Unless the car's performance is improved... but the racing city specializes in this, and after all these years, they haven't improved the cars at all, which means that the car we're currently driving has reached its performance limit at some point..."

Zhao got into the car and drove the two of them onward.

Finally, we arrived at the last stretch of the Path to the Abyss.

At this point on the road, the race car driver must begin to slow down to the extreme.

Because there is no road 50 meters after the finish line...

Not only that, but the current altitude is about three thousand meters above the ground, and the ground below is a bottomless abyss!

This is the origin of the name "Path of the Abyss"!

There exists a terrifying power within that abyss that sucks everything directly above it into it...

Therefore, construction of the Abyss Road stopped here.

Both Chen Daozai and Meng Fei slowed down on the final stretch of the road, doing their best!

Both of them barely made it to the finish line, stopping their cars just a few meters from the end of the road!

"Winning won't be easy."

After carefully surveying the terrain, Zhao lit a cigarette, leaned against the railing at the edge of the road, and admired the magnificent scenery under the clouds.

Nan Jia gazed down at the abyss below, which resembled a black hole, her palms sweating.

"Even Benefactor Zhao... isn't confident?"

Zhao Yi exhaled a puff of smoke.

I'll give it a try later.

He had barely finished speaking when his phone rang.

Zhao answered the call.

"Yes, I'm Zhao Yi... Who are you?"

"Oh! But how did you get my phone number?"

"No wonder..."

"Alright, I'll be waiting for you at the end of the Abyss."

After hanging up the phone, Nan Jia asked curiously:

"Who?"

Zhao Yi replied:

"Chen Daozai".

PS: First update, ah ba ba ba...