Star Forge Titan

Due to the technical gap, the two cars were parallel to each other for only a few seconds before the distance between them quickly widened.

But Tom, who was sitting in the passenger seat, began to tremble all over. He lowered his head and did not dare to expose his eyes to Diana's field of vision.

"Forgive me, Big Sister." After saying that, the power of the magic engine began to drop rapidly, and the Hope, which had already surpassed the Viper, had to slow down little by little.

"You!" Diana looked at Tom in shock and anger.

At this moment, her eyes suddenly fixed.

The Viper, which had already overtaken the vehicle ahead, suddenly began to slow down as well. It looked as if it was preparing to collide with the front of the Hope with its rear end!

If it were just that, both parties would be eliminated together.

But Diana discovered that a crossbow mounted on the bottom of the car suddenly popped out from the rear of the Viper. The angle was so tricky that only the person being aimed at could see it from behind!

A blue ice needle condensed on it, and then suddenly pierced into the front wheel of Hope like a bee's sting!

"This is not what we agreed on!" Tom, who also witnessed the scene, couldn't help but exclaim.

And this was also the last sentence he left in the world.

The moment the front tire burst, Hope lost balance just like the car just now.

In just a moment, a tragic traffic accident happened again.

Chapter 48: Hope Extinct

Underground racing has never been just an ideal activity that appears to be simply for the pursuit of speed and excitement.

Although it cannot be denied that there are many people who come here for interest, whether it is the various research institutions and magic workshops that secretly provide technology and supervise the entire process, or the underground casinos that set up gambling games with the results of the competition as the stakes, they have already mixed interests and money into it.

The flower born from this will naturally not be a pure and flawless white flower. Mixed with the dark desires of mankind, it will only be an evil flower full of negative meanings.

Diana had known about this for a long time, but she had no choice. Driving was all she knew, and the steering wheel was all she had. Since she was unwilling to give up her determination, she naturally had to be prepared to take greater risks.

The short-haired girl woke up from her trance and saw flames filling the surroundings.

In the passenger seat, Tom, with a look of astonishment on his face, was pierced in the chest by a broken metal bracket. Hot blood trickled out along the cold metal. The young apprentice's eyes were still open, but his life had long since disappeared.

Perhaps it was because of family, perhaps it was because of profit, or perhaps it was simply because she was deceived. Diana didn't know why this young apprentice who had been her partner for some time chose to betray her.

But now that betrayal has become a fait accompli, the original reason has long become irrelevant.

"Tom?" After shouting a few times, Diana shook her head and confirmed that the other party was dead, so she began to determine her own current situation.

At this time, the Hope, which was assembled from discarded parts, had completely fallen apart.

At the moment of the accident, the entire magic vehicle rolled violently to the right due to a tire blowout. Metal deformed and twisted, making a sharp sound. Due to its insufficient structural strength, the Hope's internal components were flung far away by centrifugal force. Even the magic engine, fixed in the hollow frame at the rear, fell dozens of meters away.

And this just saved Diana's life.

The shockwave from the engine explosion was just a gust of wind for the Hope, which had been completely reduced to scrap metal in the distance. The flames and explosions caused by the conflict between various magical powers in the engine did not affect the girl trapped in the wreckage of the vehicle.

So, when Diana woke up, there was no other more deadly threat except the flames produced by the ignition of the skin in front of her eyes.

Realizing this, the short-haired girl struggled to stand up and tried to climb out of the wreckage, but she felt a sharp pain in her left hand.

Looking down, Diana was somewhat relieved to see that her arm was not obviously broken, but whenever she exerted force, she would still feel a piercing pain in her forearm, probably a fractured bone.

Then she found that her left leg was also stuck in the deformed vehicle frame, and she was unable to move for a while.

The girl didn't have much time to think. She gritted her teeth and used her right leg to kick the frame that was holding her other leg. The metal frame, which had a weak structural strength, became even more fragile due to the high temperature. After being kicked a few times, it broke by itself.

The sharp broken edge cut a long and narrow wound on Diana's leg, but she no longer cared about it because the burning skin was about to burn in front of her.

With one hand supporting the ground, the short-haired girl bent down and struggled to crawl out of this hellish scene filled with high temperature and death.

After reaching a safe area, Diana looked blankly at the wreckage of the vehicle engulfed in flames behind her.

That was her 'Hope', and it was also the 'Hope' that everyone built together. This magic car was not just a magic car, it carried the hopes of everyone in the orphanage, and even the hopes of many people in the downtown area.

Even though the stingy factory owners deducted even the workers' meager wages, and even though the downtown area was always in chaos and disorder, with gangs running rampant, as long as the "Hope" could continue to win, they felt that there was still a glimmer of hope in their lives.

Although, it looked as dim and fragile as the tiny light emitted by a dying oil lamp.

Thinking of this, Diana couldn't help biting her lip.

Cheers for the end of the game came from afar. The champion of this game had been born, but that had nothing to do with her.

The short-haired girl didn't cry, but she had bitten the corner of her mouth. The bright red blood dripped down her thin chin and onto her clenched fist, which was particularly glaring against her pale skin.

Compared to sadness and despair, Diana's heart was filled with anger.

That was anger at himself for not realizing something was wrong from Tom's abnormal reaction, and also anger at the offender who was so insidious that he was actually installing an offensive weapon.

For a moment, she couldn't tell whether she was more angry about the former or the latter.

Diana closed her eyes tremblingly and sat on the ground for a long time before opening them again.

Gritting her teeth and struggling to stand up, she dragged her weak left leg to the remaining ruins of the "Hope".

The short-haired girl knelt on the ground and used her fingers to dig up the still warm soil bit by bit, only to find a small gear that had been twisted and deformed by the high temperature.

She vaguely remembered that this was one of the parts her brothers and sisters at the orphanage had made from the garbage heap. With dirty little faces and sniffling snot blown by the cold wind, they smiled and brought all sorts of parts, some incomplete, some complete, to her.

It was with those things that Diane was able to piece together the "Hope" that had won many victories. She also used this to earn funds to keep the orphanage running. Even though food was scarce and they had to wear patched clothes, it allowed the children to at least survive and grow up in this terrible era.

But now, the 'Hope' has been destroyed.

Everyone’s hope is gone.

Boom——

There was a thunder in the sky, and heavy rain came down, covering everything in a hazy curtain of rain.

Because of the sudden heavy rain, the spectators dispersed in groups of three or four. Even the contestants and organizers left Salt Park one after another. Only Diana stood in front of the wreckage of the "Hope" for a long time without saying a word.

Until this moment, looking at the Hope that had been completely burned, she once again confirmed this extremely painful fact.

The tears finally flowed down uncontrollably, leaving two clear tear marks on her face covered in black and gray.

Diana gripped the gear tightly. The residual heat made her skin red, and the protrusions on the gear pricked her palms, but she did not let go. She just held it tightly, as if she was holding on to hope that had disappeared.

Rain falls from the sky, washing everything on the ground, but what it brings is not purity and cleanliness, but a future that is even more muddy and dirty than the past.

"Don't cry." The raindrops suddenly stopped falling on her head, and then Ivan's steady voice reached the girl's ears.

"I didn't cry." Diana shook her head stubbornly and emphasized in a hoarse voice:

"That's just rain."

The young man holding a black umbrella didn't say much, just stood with the girl.

Relying on the extraordinary insight enhanced by the mystical transformation and the grace of God, he quickly fixed his gaze on a burnt and deformed wheel hub in the wreckage.

The traces left there were like a silent witness, silently telling the boy what had happened before.

At that moment, a suppressed rage, like magma, surged within Ivan. He too understood the significance of the Hope to the orphanage and admired Diana's past actions. But in the blink of an eye, that simple yet radiant magical vehicle was completely destroyed by someone's vicious and ruthless attack.

Although Kayon had half-jokingly said before that he would curse his opponent to cause diarrhea.

But compared to this malicious foul that could cause a car crash and death, that little curse was just a joke, even a little cute.

Although he wanted to grab the offender and smash his head in, Alvin knew that Diana's condition was more important right now.

"Let's go." He said slowly in an exceptionally calm voice.

"Go? Where to?" Diana raised her head, her dull eyes seemed to have lost focus and she looked very confused.

"Go home." Alvin simply said a word.

"I..." Diana's lips trembled and she could hardly speak complete words.

"There's no hope anymore. I feel so sorry for everyone in the orphanage..."

"..." Looking at Diana in this state, Ivan shook his head without saying anything. He treated the wound with a bandage and then forcefully pulled her arm out.

Diana stumbled after Ivan, and in her confused state she had no intention of resisting.

Soon, a magic car rental appeared in front of them, parked in the rain.

Familiar appearance and familiar license plate, this is the rental magic car driven by old Patton.

"Sister Diana!" Betty screamed and rushed out of the car regardless of anyone trying to stop her.

The little girl in patched clothes ran all the way to Diana on the wet ground, but she slipped and fell heavily on the mud.

This sudden change made Diana subconsciously reach out her hand, but before she could help the girl up, she was hugged by the girl who had climbed up by herself.

"Wow, I thought you would never come back!" Betty cried and hugged Diana's thin body, rubbing her tears and mud all over her.

But Diana didn't feel angry at all. Instead, tears rolled down her cheeks.

"Don't let those despicable people see your vulnerability, it will only lead to their ridicule." Recalling his past self in his mind, Ivan couldn't help but smile.

There was a time when he was lost and felt desperate about things that seemed difficult to change.

But in the end, he figured it out.

No matter how great the difficulties are, as long as your determination is unlimited and the resulting equally unlimited power of action is unlimited, you will eventually be able to solve the problems, or - solve the people who caused the problems.

"Stand up, Diana." Ivan continued, holding a large black umbrella.

"The Hope is gone, but that doesn't mean 'Hope' is gone too."

“Hope is a kind of belief, and belief will not disappear even if the material existence is destroyed.”

"What we have done before, we only need to repeat it again. If the Hope is destroyed, we will build a better one!" The tall boy's decisive words were like thunder in Diana's ears.

His voice wasn't particularly excited, and even had a hint of calmness as if he was stating a fact, but Diana could hear in it an absolute resolve that would not be rejected. It was a determination to fight back fiercely even in the face of the whole world's denial.

“…” Diana looked at Betty who was crying silently.

Finally, she slowly raised her head and looked at Alvin.

"You're right."

"Although the Hope is gone, I still have everyone by my side." Looking at Betty who was hugging her, a hint of tenderness appeared on Diana's face.

The girl raised her hand to wipe away the tears from her face, then slowly clenched her fingers. The gear dug out from the wreckage of the "Hope" stung her palm, but it also made her expression become extremely firm.

"I want to create hope with everyone again, once again!" Diana said in a resounding voice towards the dark sky above her head.

"Ha, seeing hope again and again from stupid failures is a privilege unique to young people." Hearing these words in the car, Ka Yang first curled his lips, then shook his head, but the corners of his mouth began to rise uncontrollably.

"Yes, this is the privilege of young people. Old guys like me can only choose to compromise helplessly." Old Patton, who was sitting in the driver's seat and driving a few people here, also shook his head and said with some regret.

"But some foolish and willful young people are the kind of paranoids who really have the ability to change the whole world." Leaning back in his chair, Khayang looked out the window with a chuckle.

The young man in white clothes stood on the filthy and muddy black ground. The hazy mist raised by the raindrops made him look like he was glowing. He seemed out of tune with the surrounding environment, extremely abrupt and incongruous.

However, some people exude a presence that cannot be ignored even if they are just standing there.

Looking at Diana who had cheered up, Ivan fell silent again and didn't say much, but his golden eyes exuded a heat like melting gold.

As he just said, the Hope is gone, but hope is not gone.

However, the actions of some bastards have completely infuriated this young man from another world.

And this will be the biggest mistake they have ever made!

The original conservative design concept was completely overturned, and technologies that were not previously intended to be used were reactivated.

Now, what Alvin needs to make is a steel chariot that can directly crush those guys' faces with its wheels!

Chapter 49: Midnight Visitor

Although I have already decided to run the wheels over those bastards' faces.

But the first problem facing everyone is how to get the parts to build the new car.

As for the design, although Alvin does not have a complete blueprint for the magic vehicle, by combining his modern knowledge with Diana's bulk magic engineering, he should be able to come up with some powerful new ideas.

In fact, he already has some ideas now.

In addition, finding ways to obtain materials is also a preparation for his subsequent promotion to the second level.

In Palladia, the path of advancement for extraordinary people is pyramid-shaped.

Regardless of which job sequence, the closer to the bottom of the first level, the wider the range of choices. Even low-level extraordinary people who initially choose the combat profession can be transformed into spellcasters through systematic learning and training in the subsequent job promotion process.

But the higher you go, the fewer routes you can choose from, and there may even be no way forward, and you can only find ways to surpass your predecessors and open up new paths on your own. Hidden professions have fewer routes for advancement than ordinary professions.

At this moment, Alvin has decided to choose Ash Knight as his second-level job sequence.