Chapter 146 - The Fright of Drag Racing
Translator: Lav
Editor: Seliniaki llikia
Wei Xingyue"s Alfa Romeo had already leapt forward, but Song Miaomiao"s Mustang wasn"t beside it. She waited for the Alfa Romeo to completely accelerate before fully stepping onto the gas pedal and following Wei Xingyue.
The snake face couldn"t comprehend this and asked, curious, "Master Shui, why are you slower than her?"
Song Miaomiao seemed rather laidback. She continued driving and freed one hand to pinch snake face"s face. "What, do you expect me to win? Or, do you want to have s.e.x with her, too?" She laughed.
Snake face pushed Song Miaomiao lightly and pretended to be shy. "No! Don"t be like this! I just don"t want you to lose!"
"Hahaha, relax. There"s no way I"ll lose!"
The Mustang wasn"t as good as the Alfa Romeo in terms of acceleration and it started a moment late, making it seemingly much slower than the Alfa Romeo.
But both Wei Xingyue and Song Miaomiao knew that the Mustang had greater power and greater output capacity. It would catch up to the Alfa Romeo sooner or later since the distance between them wasn"t too great.
The real compet.i.tion would start at the turn. If Wei Xingyue couldn"t make the turn before Song Miaomiao, then she basically lost.
With Song Miaomiao"s level of skill, she only needed to overtake Wei Xingyue to win. It didn"t matter how good the Alfa Romeo was at accelerating. It was impossible for Wei Xingyue to overtake Song Miaomiao. Song Miaomiao would definitely block all potential pathways and gaps and never allow that to happen. And the Mustang"s high power output would be fully displayed on the way back. When that time came, Wei Xingyue could only forfeit.
So Wei Xingyue had to make sure that she was ahead and it would be best to increase the distance between them. If she made the turn first, then perhaps she still had a chance to prevent the Mustang from overtaking her. But even so, it wasn"t too reliable as both of them were only fuerdais who knew how to drive quickly. They weren"t professional racers.
That was also what Shi Lei was most worried about. He feared that if either Wei Xingyue or Song Miaomiao accidentally neglected something, with two cars driving at such a high speed, a simple sc.r.a.pe may cause an accident and kill someone. Shi Lei didn"t really understand what kind of situation could make the two fuerdais compete in a drag race with their lives on the line.
But since he was in the car, he couldn"t help with anything. He knew that he had to keep completely calm, since any sort of movement could cause Wei Xingyue to lose focus. The speed of the car had easily exceeded two hundred kilometers per hour and if her attention was divided even the slightest, they could both lose their lives.
Racing the whole way, the Alfa Romeo created more s.p.a.ce during the stage of acceleration and the advantage was broadened since Song Miaomiao had let her go first.
Shi Lei looked through the mirror and saw that the Mustang was behind by at least twenty meters or more.
The Alfa Romeo"s speed had steadied at two hundred and thirty kilometers per hour and Wei Xingyue didn"t dare to risk it more. Although the gas tank was only 4.7 liters, the limit of its speed would definitely exceed three hundred kilometers per hour. But that was only the theoretical speed of the car. Not to mention on a normal road like this, even on a professional race track, it was seeking death by driving faster than three hundred. Plus, these cars were too light and if they drove any faster, the head would definitely drift.
The Mustang behind them seemed to be even steadier and from the side mirrors, Shi Lei could see that the distance hadn"t increased but rather, as they drove further, decreased.
But it was only an estimate by eye, and Shi Lei couldn"t calculate the distance between the cars accurately. However, the feeling of being chased and of the pursuer gradually gaining on them definitely couldn"t be wrong.
Shi Lei could faintly see the tall fence, which meant that they were almost at the end of the road. If they drove any further, they would be on the road that had yet to be constructed.
There should be less than one kilometer left.
Behind them, Shi Lei discovered that the Mustang was only five or six meters away from their car and he couldn"t even see its full body.
"Wei Xingyue, come on!" Shi Lei silently prayed. There wasn"t much he could do to influence whether she would win or lose. But if Song Miaomiao really kept her promise, then he would even benefit from losing. However, Shi Lei really didn"t want to see Wei Xingyue lose.
Although their interactions were few, Shi Lei knew that Wei Xingyue was an extremely proud woman. If the opposite party was a man, then it might"ve been better. Unfortunately, it just had to be another woman. And if she was going to be played by a woman for one night, Wei Xingyue would definitely choose to die with her.
Even though they weren"t exactly friends, Shi Lei didn"t want to see Wei Xingyue get wasted or destroyed. Based on this thought of his, Shi Lei really could be seen as a good guy.
The distance between the two cars shrank and they were closer and closer to the end of the road…
Wei Xingyue finally stepped off of the accelerator, but she didn"t step on the brake either as she must head for the end of the road with the highest speed possible and make the turn.
There were two poles around five or six meters tall. Without a doubt, Song Miaomiao must have told someone to place it there previously. Both she and Wei Xingyue had to drive around the poles to make the turn. Otherwise, it would count at a forfeit.
The speed of the car dropped quickly and Shi Lei glanced through the rearview mirror. Luckily, the Mustang was heavy and not as agile as the Alfa Romeo when it turned. Song Miaomiao chose to slow down sooner than Wei Xingyue and the speed dropped down faster as well. The distance between the two cars lengthened by a few meters.
"Sit tight!" Wei Xingyue growled in a low voice. It was obvious that she was extremely nervous.
She stepped on the brake and pulled up the hand brake with right her hand. Shi Lei"s heart jumped to his throat. Holy s.h.i.t, is she going to drift?
As expected, Wei Xingyue didn"t want to slow down too much as she knew that she wouldn"t necessarily win just because she made the turn first. She had to make sure that she was driving at a even faster speed so she could turn the advantage into a win.
Shi Lei felt that the sky was spinning. Although drifting seemed cool in movies, it wasn"t the same thing for the person sitting inside. His body was like a willow swaying in the wind. Shi Lei b.u.mped into the door many times and collided with Wei Xingyue"s soft body. His head also smashed against the front and top of the car. If he hadn"t worn the helmet, Shi Lei thought that his head would be smashed open.
Although his head was burning, he looked at Wei Xingyue who was concentrating as hard as she could. Her pet.i.te body was nailed on the seat. She lifted her right hand as she let go of the brake, and also released the foot brake as she switched back to the accelerator. The Alfa Romeo, which had yet to complete the turn, drew an exaggerated curve in the yellow soil next to the road…
Eventually, she made the turn successfully despite the car dashing off the road and circling around on the soil. Due to the b.u.mpiness of the road, the Alfa Romeo was shaking violently, since it had an extremely low frame. Shi Lei"s head b.u.mped into the ceiling again and made a loud noise.
Wei Xingyue"s lips were blood red, as if she"d bit them so hard that they were bleeding. Shi Lei didn"t understand what motivated her to try so hard. Didn"t she know how dangerous it was for her? It was so close that they would"ve ran into the side of the road if she lost control of the car. Although the sides of the road were empty, with such a b.u.mpy surface, they would"ve been thrown over because of the extremely low car frame.
Luckily, everything didn"t turn out that badly!
Chapter 147 - Overtaken
Translator: Lav
Editor: Seliniaki llikia
Song Miaomiao frowned slightly when she saw Wei Xingyue"s Alfa Romeo almost dash off the road and then turn around in the last second.
"She"s really trying hard!"
The snake face gasped and patted her chest. She spoke with worry. "Master Shui, we haven"t overtaken them yet. Are we going to lose?"
Song Miaomiao turned around and glanced at snake face in discontent. "It hasn"t ended yet. Don"t talk about losing!"
But Song Miaomiao also knew that if Wei Xingyue took the lead in the return, it would be difficult to overtake her. If her opponent continued to try that hard, Song Miaomiao was afraid that she would rather crash her car then let the Mustang pa.s.s.
She had to think of something else if she wanted to get past Wei Xingyue.
In this moment, Song Miaomiao"s Mustang had also made the turn. Except the Alfa Romeo was already quite far ahead and she finally floored the accelerator, going all out. The monstrous power of the American muscle car was fully displayed. Although she couldn"t tilt the front of the car up like in movies, the Mustang still resembled a bolt of lightning, shooting forward.
Wei Xingyue"s plan remained the same. It was impossible for her to unleash the maximum speed of her Alfa Romeo with the car"s weight and the road"s condition. That would be no different than seeking her own death.
She knew clearly that it didn"t matter when the car behind her caught up, as long as she guarded all openings and didn"t give Song Miaomiao the chance to pa.s.s, then she would definitely win. Luckily, the road wasn"t too wide and Wei Xingyue was confident in her own driving skills. The Alfa Romeo was agile and could change directions easily, so she still held the advantage against Song Miaomiao, unless that woman was crazy enough and dared to hit Wei Xingyue with her Mustang. Otherwise, as long as she didn"t, Wei Xingyue had a high chance of grasping victory.
But Shi Lei, who sat next to her, took off his helmet and yelled, "Are you really crazy? Do you know how dangerous that was? Your car"s frame is so low that it may be thrown over by any b.u.mp! Plus, we"ve already hit the frame once and almost died from that. If you want to die, don"t drag me down with you!"
Wei Xingyue glanced at him coldly and didn"t say a single extraneous word in her reply. "Since we didn"t, sit properly. Otherwise, I can"t promise I won"t go crazy again."
When Shi Lei heard that, he put his helmet on back on without another word and stared at the Mustang behind them from the rearview mirror with a look of concentration.
It was rather scary to see the Mustang"s monstrous power fully released and Song Miaomiao had almost caught up to them. Although the Mustang was big and heavy so that its front would usually drift, reaching maximum performance was also extremely dangerous.
Shi Lei saw that Wei Xingyue"s advantage from the drifting return was about to be swallowed by the Mustang again. He thought that it was so close that it could kiss the b.u.t.t of their Alfa Romeo. The reality was indeed so as the Mustang"s speed dropped, returning to its safety range. It wasn"t that Song Miaomiao didn"t want to overtake Wei Xingyue in one go, but because Wei Xingyue obviously guarded the routes she could use to overtake. If she forcefully tried to pa.s.s her, she would definitely send Wei Xingyue"s car flying and roll around a few times herself. The worst scenario would be both of them losing their lives.
Song Miaomiao was famous for her malevolence with the nickname of "perverted woman," expressed through her liking of hunting women. But no matter how malevolent she was, she definitely didn"t dare to joke and put her life on the line, and neither did she dare to play with Wei Xingyue"s life. Not to mention Wei Xingyue dying, if she was injured in anyway, Wei Xingyue"s father would never let the Song family go.
She could only slow down and tail the Alfa Romeo closely. If she found any chance to pas, she would do so without regret.
Shi Lei didn"t really understand about things like drag racing. His driving skills were limited to normal driving and he didn"t dare to drive as fiercely as Wei Xingyue. But he did have some knowledge on aerodynamics. He saw the Mustang sticking closely behind them, almost hiding itself behind the Alfa Romeo.
Shi Lei couldn"t remain silent anymore and he took off helmet again. This time, it wasn"t to scold Wei Xingyue but to warn her.
"Hey, crazy woman! Be careful! She"s driving so close to you and your car"s powerful speed is creating an area of low pressure. That fake man is driving without too much effort now, but once she brings out the head of her car, she would experience an extra force forward due the higher pressured air pushing from behind. She would gain extra speed when pa.s.sing."
Wei Xingyue rolled her eyes at Shi Lei again and said, "Shut up. Do you think I wouldn"t know about this? It"s just using air as extra power to push forward! I learned about it after watching F1 when I was five. Stop mumbling next to me. It"s distracting."
Shi Lei didn"t say anything, putting his helmet back on again.
Wei Xingyue clenched her teeth and firmly blocked all possible openings. She kept driving in the center of the one way double lane, along the line. Theoretically, there was s.p.a.ce for pa.s.sing on both sides, but as soon as Wei Xingyue saw any movements from behind, it was easier for her to defend.
Of course, Song Miaomiao knew exactly what Wei Xingyue was thinking. Still, she tried to bring out the front of her car a few times to overtake the Alfa Romeo, but was forced back by Wei Xingyue"s sudden change in lane. It wasn"t that she didn"t dare to risk, but that she knew there couldn"t be any form of injury or death. It was almost impossible to overtake Wei Xingyue using conventional methods.
Seeing that they"d already driven half of the distance, she would never make it if she didn"t try to pa.s.s now. Song Miaomiao observed the situation at the front and tightly clenched her teeth…
It was fine for her to lose one round of drag racing. It was also fine that she couldn"t get Wei Xingyue. But she couldn"t stand having to avoid Wei Xingyue at the slightest mention of her name. Face was more important than anything else to these fuerdai.
"Sit tight. It might get a bit b.u.mpy later!" Song Miaomiao told the snake face next to her. Then, she t.i.tled the steering wheel slightly and shifted the car toward the left.
Wei Xingyue also changed to the left lane abruptly and successfully blocked Song Miaomiao"s route for overtaking. She narrowed her eyes and muttered, "You want to pa.s.s? No way!"
When Wei Xingyue thought that she had defended against it, she didn"t expect Song Miaomiao to ignore the width of the road and continue to move left. The Mustang drove off the road and a dust cloud was kicked up behind it. Song Miaomiao didn"t care that the sides of the road were filled with crushed or sharp stones of different sizes and dashed forward with increasing horsepower.
"No!" Wei Xingyue shouted, and her stubbornness was revealed in an instant. Without thinking, she subconsciously stepped down on the accelerator and the Alfa Romeo"s engine was used to its full potential. It let out a freakish scream as it darted forward.
Seeing that the speed had exceeded two hundred sixty kilometers per hour, Shi Lei lost his mind. He felt like he would lose his life tonight. But the good days had just started!
Holy s.h.i.t, the head of the car was already drifting and he could feel the front wheels leaving the ground from time to time. Even though they were driving on a flat road, it was extremely b.u.mpy. Shi Lei shut his eyes tightly as he knew that anything could happen to this car in this situation.
The Mustang finally returned to the road, its engine roaring. Wei Xingyue could only step on the brake due to the sudden instantaneous change in direction. Otherwise, she would crash into the other car.