Chapter 169: Lottery Result, Return to Neon
“Neon? Isn’t it the United States?” Chen Xiaohu asked confused.
“Because of the father of mini racing, Teshin Okada, the first WGP was held in Neon.” Dr. Chen said.
"Grandpa Tiexin?" Chen Hewang asked curiously.
"What? Do you know him? Is he very powerful?" Huo Yuesheng raised his eyebrows.
"Scorpio is his work ten years ago. Do you think he is good or not, and you should have seen him." Lin De said at this time, it was the strange old man who stayed with the coach at Shijingshan Paradise, " If it were him, it would really make the people in the association helpless."
"This old man is very difficult to deal with." Lin Tie told everyone that Tiexin Laoden was there. His days of eating and drinking, "First of all, this old man is senior enough. If he wants to act recklessly, no one else can do anything about it. WGP, the world's mini racing event, will never be the same without him, the father of the world's mini racing." It’s still a bit embarrassing.”
“Also, under normal circumstances, people with this status have to save some face, but if this old man can’t do it, then don’t do it in Neon.”
After listening to Lin Shu’s analysis, Dr. Chen nodded. As a friend of Tie Xin, he naturally knew the personal quality level of his friends. He probably told Lin Shu about the reason for changing the venue. Not bad at all.
"Actually, it's good to go to Neon. My research institute in Neon will come in handy." Lin Shu shrugged and looked at Dr. Chen, "When will we set off?"< br>
"The day after tomorrow, after the draw, we will set off immediately. We must rush to Neon as soon as possible. After changing the venue, the previously designed home venue in the United States will not be available for the time being, and we have to design a new track. " Dr. Chen said.
The original track was designed by Dr. Chen within a week after the national team members were selected, combining the characteristics of their five cars. The location was chosen inside Yellowstone Park in the United States. It is a 2.5-kilometer comprehensive road course, but this time I went to Neon and had to redesign it. The same track design cannot be used twice in a row.
This can also be seen from this, Teacher Tiexin’s status in the world of mini racing. The home tracks of the 24 participating teams in the United States have almost been built, but Teacher Tiexin can make these groups People just changed the location to Neon.
"Then, before setting off, let's practice the basic team formation." Lin De said, "In addition, coach, you have also seen the current situation. Try to do as much as possible when designing the new runway. It should be a single lap, and our home competition format must also avoid the battle for fourth place that completely tests teamwork. If possible, it is best to increase the proportion of relay races.”
“This. It's natural." Dr. Chen nodded, "However, you still have to master the most basic team formation, otherwise you will suffer a big loss in away games. According to the rules, home games only account for 1/3. ”
The coach's news had been brought, and Dr. Chen quickly left the training ground to design the track, while Lin Shu and others continued their group formation exercises.
The scene is still as chaotic as ever. It’s okay at low speed. With the assistance of AI, everyone’s group formation has improved very quickly.
But once the speed increased, the formation would soon fall into a mess. Lin Bo had no choice but to let the Phantom Blood Bat and Sword Shark King, who had the greatest aerodynamic structure conflict, separate first.
The situation was slightly alleviated by the combination of Lightspeed War Dragon, Phantom Blood Bat, Yin Yang Scorpion, and two high-torque racing cars, Shocking Tiger and Sword Shark King.
The two groups are assisted by the Yin-Yang Demon Scorpion and the Jingtian Tiger respectively.
After the grouping, there was a slight effect. The lap times of the assisted Lightspeed War Dragon, Phantom Blood Bat and Sword Shark King were reduced. Although the increase in speed was not as exaggerated as those teams with five cars that cooperated tacitly, at least it was Everyone will no longer hold each other back, and overall this is a good start.
The next day, the online grouping ceremony held in Neon also began, and the domestic CCTV also broadcast it. The five people in the training base sat in front of the TV in the cafeteria, watching the grouping ceremony During the live broadcast, Lin Ye soon saw a long-lost acquaintance.
The four-wheel drive fighter made a grand appearance as a guest of the draw.
The fighter stood on Tsuchiya's side when the great master was in power, and the gains now are not small. Although he is still active as a field host and commentator, he is still active in the Neon Mini Racing Association His status has been greatly improved. All the games of the TRF Victory Team in this conference will be left to him to commentate, and no one else can take it away.
CCTV also produced a special program for this draw, in order to introduce the participating teams to domestic audiences who usually do not know much about international super racing competitions.
As for the commentary, it is still Su Fan and Han Qiao that the audience is familiar with.
"Okay, the lottery for the guests on the screen has already begun." On the TV screen, the four-wheel drive fighter reached into the lottery box and took out a small ball, and Su Fan's voice was heard at this time. sounded.
"The first one to be drawn is the first team in Group A - the Austrian Red Bulls!" Han Qiao looked at the national flag and team logo on the piece of paper unfolded by the four-wheel drive warrior after opening the ball. Then he said, "The team sponsored by the famous sports drink company Red Bull has great glory under the Red Bull banner in the F1 arena. I wonder if they can continue their magic in the field of mini racing." (Although In 1997, Red Bull's F1 team had not yet been established, but it was still used here)
"Then there is the first team in Group B-Italian Pegasus! Italy is the world's largest automobile industry. As a powerful country, the strength of this team cannot be underestimated. They once achieved a good result of second place in the European Cup. Whether it is the flaming color of their chariot Excalibur or the vibration on the team logo. The flying Pegasus has a strong atmosphere of Italian racing. Yes, I am referring to the legendary team in the F1 arena-Ferrari!”
As the four-wheel drive fighters come one by one! Take out the small balls and the groups are officially released.
Group A: China, South Korea, Australia, Canada, Germany, France, Spain, Argentina, Russia, Austria, England, South Africa.
Group B: Neon, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, the United States, Brazil, Jamaica, Tanzania, Egypt, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Portugal
After the group ended, in the CCTV studio, two The commentators also began to discuss the results of the draw, focusing on Group A where the Chinese team is located.
“We can see that there are still many strong players in Group A where the Chinese team and the Dragons are located. According to our existing information, Germany, England, Austria, South Africa, and Argentina are all extremely strong. The team, among which the German team is the double champion of the previously concluded European Cup and the Atlanta Cup held in the United States, cannot be underestimated. So, Mr. Han, what do you think of the prospects of our Chinese Dragon Team qualifying? "
“In Group A where the Chinese team is located, there is no denying that the German team is the well-deserved hegemon. England’s strength cannot be underestimated, but I optimistically predict that the strength of the Chinese team is probably the same as Austria, South Africa, and Argentina. These three teams are close to each other, so we should be able to get the third qualifying spot," Han Qiao said.
However, even though Han Qiao said this, he was still not very optimistic about the qualifying situation of the Chinese team. After all, China started too late in super racing, and the previous teams had already started playing super racing very early. , and the car used by the Chinese team and the dragon team was just an ordinary mini racing car more than a month ago.
However, in the training base, Lin De was quite satisfied with the result of the lottery. At least three of the four final teams in the original book went to another group, although the remaining German team updated their hardware in the victory team. Was probably the strongest of them all before. "What do you think of this lottery result?" Lin Ye turned around and asked.
“No matter what the draw results are, just win them all!” Huo Yuesheng is still as confident as ever, especially after seeing the current world number one against Mihai in the draw show After the introduction of the mini racer, "What is the number one in the world? I will let him know that the fastest man in the world can only be me!"
"No one can compete with you for this nickname..." Lin Tie said helplessly, "Xiaoman, what do you think?"
"If we look at his performance in the Atlanta Cup, the strength of the Light Speed War Dragon should be on par with Michael's Mountain Emperor, but I'm not sure that's all his strength." Gao Xiaoman said, "And , it is not just Michael who is strong in the German team, their vice-captain Hume, and the second-team captain Yeli who has just been transferred to the first team are all very strong drivers, and more importantly, their team Cooperation can be said to crush us. If it is our home court, in the form of a relay race, we can still compete with our individual abilities, but if it is a five-on-five team competition or the fourth competition that values teamwork the most, We will definitely lose."
"Hey! Why do you want others to destroy our own prestige?" Huo Yuesheng said with some dissatisfaction.
"I'm just doing an objective analysis. What's the use of being so passionate?" Gao Xiaoman said.
"Okay, okay!" Seeing that the two people were about to quarrel again, Lin De flipped through the newly released schedule and said hurriedly, "Fortunately, our luck is pretty good. We have a good match with Germany. The first game was at our home court, and the second game at their home court was already in the second half of the schedule. By that time, I thought we should have developed some teamwork.
“However, I think the Russian team is the opponent we should pay most attention to right now. "Chen Hewang also said against the schedule at this time, "After all, after our first home game against South Africa, we will go to an away game to challenge them, and this team is famous for teamwork. ”
"That's true," Lin De nodded in agreement, "Although I estimate that the personal abilities of all of us are higher than those of the team members except the captain, even in a 5-on-5 team match we have a chance to break through with our individual abilities. , but if it is a battle for fourth place, we will be in trouble."
After that, Lin De looked at Dr. Chen: "Then, during this period, please help us collect the Russian team. information, we still try to win as much as possible in the previous games. After all, our early schedule is not very friendly. In addition to Russia and Germany in the same group, we will have continuous collisions in random track competitions in different groups. We are not sure of winning against the three strong teams of the United States, Sweden, and Italy. If the score is too low in the early stage, the pressure will be too great."
"Okay," Dr. Chen. Nodding, "Then, let's go to bed early tonight. We have to catch a flight tomorrow morning."
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The next day, everyone from the Chinese team got on the bus and headed there. Tokyo plane.
After landing, under the guidance of WGP officials, everyone completed all preparation processes including admission to Neon International School, and waited for the opening ceremony a week later.
As half of the host, Lin Shu took everyone to his research institute during this free time.
"Is this the place where you played with cars in Neon before? It's really grand." In front of the gate of the research institute, Huo Yuesheng looked up at the gate of Lin Shu's research institute and said.
"Xiaohao and the others should be there too," Chen Hewang said.
"Maybe he will be here." Lin Shu said while greeting the gatekeeper.
"Xiao Tie? Are you back?" In the security room at the door, the gatekeeper was stunned for a moment when he saw Lin Tie after he went out, and then showed a surprised expression, "It'll be good to come back. During this period, J, Xiao Hao and the others None of them have come. Old man, it’s so deserted for me to guard such a big place.” It seems to be to participate in the World Cup. I have been gone for almost two weeks. I don’t know the details.” The security guard opened the door of the research institute for Lin De.
"Aren't they all here? That's really a pity." Huo Yuesheng said, "I also want to have a good discussion with Xiao Hao before the start of the World Cup."
Lin Shu He led everyone into the long-awaited research institute and found that, as the security guard said, all the electricity in the research institute was turned off except for the two studios.
At this moment, a faint voice sounded in everyone's ears: "Ah, long time no see."
A boy's figure slowly emerged in front of everyone.
Huo Yuesheng:! ! ! ! !
Chen Xiaohu:! ! ! ! !
"Ghost!" Huo Yuesheng and Chen Xiaohu hugged each other instantly and screamed. At this moment, Huo Yuesheng could not see at all his pride in vowing to become the fastest man in the world.
"Long time no see, Xiaoyou." Lin De said hello to Xiaoyou with a smile.
"Sorry, I scared your friend." Xiaoyou looked at Huo Yuesheng who was holding his head and wailing, shook his head helplessly and said.
"You...you...you know each other?" Chen Hewang said after swallowing. Although he did not lose his composure like Huo Yuesheng and Chen Xiaohu, his face was full of nervousness at this moment.
(End of this chapter)