Chapter 204 The quarterfinals begin, Italy VS the United States
“Let us congratulate the Chinese Dragon Team for advancing to the quarterfinals of the mid-season championship.”
In the CCTV studio, although the game is over , but the live broadcast continued, and the three commentators also began to chat about the performance of the Chinese Dragon Team in this game.
“It can be seen that although the Chinese War Dragon Team won beautifully in this game, some problems were still exposed.” Su Fan said, “The first is the cross-country track. The five players of the Chinese War Dragon Team Among the cars, except for the new car Tai Chi Zhanlong, the other four cars are not very good at off-road tracks. From the recent neutral tracks used in the competition between different groups and the track selection trend of this mid-season cup It is not difficult to see that this year's WGP official attaches great importance to the cross-country track. If this aspect is not resolved, there may be hidden dangers in the future. "
"That's right." Zhang. The instructor nodded in agreement, "I think player Lin Dai must have seen this, so he added the transformation mode prepared for off-roading to his new car."
“I have to say that Lin Dai’s new car, the Tai Chi Dragon, really gave everyone a big surprise,” Han Qiao said, “Let’s not talk about the off-road mode prepared for the off-road track. This car is very effective on the final road. The performance in both corners and straight lines can be said to be impeccable. Overall, it is no exaggeration to say that this is a car that has transcended the times.”
“More importantly, I think it’s a car that has transcended the times.” I think this car has not shown its full strength yet. Let us wait and see how this car can perform in the knockout rounds," Su Fan also said at this time.
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After eight consecutive days of group matches, the teams that entered the quarterfinals were announced one by one.
Neon TRF Victory Team, American Space Rover Team, Chinese Dragon Team, German Iron Wolves, Spanish Real Madrid Matadors, Tanzania Grassland Zebra Team, Italian Rosso Strada Team, Norway Eight teams from Team Odin successfully fought their way out of the siege.
The teams that appeared can be said to be the top teams in the two groups. The only pity is the England team. They maintained the lead in the first four games of the group stage, but they were let down in the last game. Nie Ming's amazing performance completed the comeback, and the Norwegian Odin team also got the last place in the quarterfinals.
Of course, there was also a little episode in another group match.
In the Group E match of Tanzania, the third player of the South Korean team Park Yisheng, seeing no hope of victory, used all the remaining power to burst into Julian's Spider King Zebra, because It was downhill. The White Tiger took off briefly at full speed and pressed against the Spider King Zebra from top to bottom. Then it was successfully cut into pieces by the air knife. It looked miserable.
Later, the game had to be suspended because the South Korean team accused the Tanzania team of using offensive weapons.
Okita Hai had to take out the drawings of the Spider King and explained that the air knives installed on their cars would not be offensive under normal circumstances, but the behavior of the Korean team was obviously not Normal racing behavior, the final result is that the game continues, the Korean team is directly eliminated, and the next five group matches will continue to receive a penalty of 5 to 15 seconds.
At that time, Lee Sang-min couldn't hide his expression that he wanted to go back to the war room. If Park Yisheng had not been stupid in this game, even if he was behind in the last shot, he would not have been able to fight, but now because of his Stupid, they didn't even have a chance to fight, and the penalty time of 5 to 15 seconds basically doomed them to another five-game losing streak after the mid-season.
After the group stage, the eight shortlisted teams completed the drawing of groups and competition venues directly in the auditorium of the hotel where they are currently staying, under the gaze of the live broadcast camera.
The lottery results will be released soon.
First half:
The German Iron Wolves VS the Spanish Real Madrid Matadors, the competition venue is the special track of Tokyo Haneda Airport, and the competition system is a team points competition.
The Italian Rosso Strada team VS the American Space Rover team, the competition venue is the Hakone Winding Mountain Road, and the competition format is the first battle.
Lower half:
Neon TRF Victory Team VS Tanzania Grassland Zebra Team, the competition venue is Suzuka Circuit, and the competition format is a circle relay race.
The Chinese Dragon Team VS the Norwegian Odin Team, the competition venue is the Tokyo City Road Race, and the competition format is the fourth competition.
The first quarter-final knockout match is just three days later. The two sides are the American Space Wanderers and the Italian Rosso Strada team.
The day before the game, Brett held the last pre-war meeting before the game in the hot spring hotel in Hakone.
"According to the weather forecast, it may rain on the field tomorrow, so prepare anti-slip equipment in advance." Brett arranged everything in detail.
“Understood.” The team members responded neatly.
"Also, check when you get back to see if the shock-absorbing material layer is ready."
"Captain, we got it." Miller said at this time, "No need. We are so cautious. If we can defeat them once, we can defeat them a second time. After that attack weapon failed to work, the performance of their cars was completely destroyed by our Jumper. In addition, this is the most suitable There is no way we can lose in the format that Saturn plans to play.”
"It's always right to be cautious. Who knows if they have other means." Aiji said.
"Yes, it can be said that the rest of the Italian team is not a concern, but their captain is not an opponent that can be easily dealt with." Brett said, looking out the window, and was The venue for tomorrow's game is shrouded in darkness.
The next day, the game started as scheduled, and the remaining six teams that entered the quarterfinals also temporarily stopped training and sat in front of the TV to watch this game.
"Brett and the others will be fine. Don't they already have a secret weapon against the Italian team?" Xiao Hao said carelessly at this time.
However, when Lin De saw the gray sky in the camera lens, he frowned slightly. Rainy days and mountain roads, these elements were a bit too complete.
Following the four-wheel drive fighter's order, ten vehicles from both teams drove out from the starting point.
After the game started, both sides formed a team formation and ran forward along the road up the mountain.
Led by Miller's high-torque modified car, the Jumper team quickly took the lead, while the Italian team's five Excaliburs followed leisurely behind. .
After the two teams ran smoothly for a while, Miller raised his eyebrows, turned back to the Italian team and said, "Why, aren't you going to try to attack?"
At this moment, The leader of the Italian team frowned. Lucci, who was in the team, could not bear the provocation. He immediately wanted to leave the team and let the other team fight. At this time, Carlo said in a cold voice: "Please stay calm." ,"
Upon hearing this, Leo retracted his movements angrily and continued to perform his duties, but Lu Qi couldn't bear it anymore and asked: "Carlo, is this all?"
"You Whatever you want to say, you might as well say it." Carlo's voice was as cold as ice, without any emotion. "But if you dare to disobey the order, I will definitely make you pay the price." "Why don't you do it?" Gritting his teeth, he said, "They can block the ordinary dance of death, but I don't believe they can deal with the real dance of death."
"Then what?" Carlo was also attacked one after another by Lucci. The question made me a little impatient, "Are you disqualified from the competition because you launched an attack in public?"
"Put away your boring thoughts, unless you can defeat me and become this team Captain, otherwise you only need to follow my orders!" Carlo stared at Lu Qi, with a trace of murderous ferocity in his eyes, which made Lu Qi's hair grow cold.
"I understand." Lu Qi gritted his teeth.
The two teams just ran along peacefully. The situation on the scene looked very calm, but there was already an undercurrent surging, just like the dark clouds in the sky at this moment.
The U.S. team was not without problems. Not long after setting off, Hama noticed that their satellites were no longer able to monitor this section of the track in real time because of the dark clouds gathering in the sky.
"Control room! Control room!" Hama, who had always competed with the assistance of the satellite control room, was naturally a little panicked when faced with this situation, and kept calling the control room for support.
"Calm down, Hama." Brett scolded softly, "I have said many times that you are too dependent on the control room and this is not good."
"But...Captain." Hama wanted to defend, but Brett's voice soon sounded again.
"When we arrive in the universe, we may encounter emergencies that are much more serious than now. At that time, only complete calmness can hold on to that glimmer of hope." Brett said.
After that, Brett also led the team to slow down a little, losing the support from the control room. It is impossible to say that there is no impact at all, facing emergencies that may occur at any time on the complicated mountain road. , Brett also had to give himself some time to react.
The Italian team took the opportunity to close the distance with the American team.
Both parties reached the top of the mountain almost at the same time, and soon they would face the next downhill road.
Although this downhill mountain road is not as famous as the downhill road in Akina Mountain, it is not low in difficulty. The difficulty of the downhill mountain road in Akina Mountain comes from the continuous bends, and this downhill mountain road, although it is curved, The number of roads is not as good as that of Akina Mountain, but the thrill of each bend is even greater, and the slope of this mountain road is much higher than that of Akina Mountain.
Facing this stretch of runway, Brett chose to play it safe without the support of the satellite control room, keeping the Jumper's speed at a level that was not particularly fast.
The Jumpers rushed into the first corner under the leadership of Brett, followed closely by the Italian team.
"Hey! Carlo, aren't you going to do something? Do you want to hand over the victory of this game to someone else?" After falling behind for half the race, Lucci also suppressed at this time Unable to hold on any longer, he said to Carlo.
“Shut up!” Carlo roared, “Do you want to die?”
"Hmph! If you are brave, come with me!" Lu Qi shouted, and his Excalibur also broke away from the team.
At this time, in the Italian team, Zola and Ernie looked at each other and followed Lucci's footsteps. For them, following others for most of the distance was indeed a bit too much. Frustrated.
After the three Excaliburs approached the convoy of Jumpers, their rear wheels began to swing irregularly.
“Can’t you finally bear it?” Ai Ji sneered, “However, your attacks won’t have any effect. Didn’t you already try it last time?”
Sure enough, the shock waves caused by the dance of death of the three of them were perfectly absorbed by the special material inside the Jumper. Under this powerful shock that was enough to destroy many mini racing cars, their car only suffered slight damage. Shake.
"You see, your attacks have been seen through by us a long time ago." Miller said with a chuckle.
"Really? What about this?" Lu Qi sneered. At this time, his Excalibur accelerated without fear of death, ahead of the leader of Hama's Jumper. On the pre-calculated curve line, the dance of death started again.
Seeing this, Hama quickly readjusted the curved route, but what he didn’t expect was that the Jumper, which had temporarily adjusted the curved route, was hit by the Dance of Death when it was moving. Attack, although under the protection of special shock-absorbing materials, his car only vibrated a little, but such a slight vibration caused the Jumper, which was adjusting its attitude, to temporarily lose its balance.
However, Lu Qi’s Excalibur was not feeling well at the moment. The out-of-balance Jumper crashed directly into his Excalibur. The two vehicles that were out of balance were swaying towards The outer wall of the track was hit.
“Hama!” Miller said anxiously, and at the same time he hurriedly sent his car to support.
Although both of them were trying their best to get their cars back on track at this moment, on this dangerous downhill curve, it was not that easy to get the unbalanced car back to normal driving in a short time.
At the same time, Miller, who wanted to support, also collided with Ernie's Excalibur, which was trying to stop him.
The four cars finally flew off the track together and fell into the bottomless cliff.
“Now that the competition has progressed, a tragic car accident has occurred!” the four-wheel drive fighter on the commentary desk said regretfully, “These four cars are destined to be unable to continue the competition.”
< br>"Captain, what should I do?" Joe was a little panicked at this time and looked back at Brett.
"Start the Saturn plan in advance and keep the distance. Aggie, you will lead the team." Brett calmly analyzed the current situation. On this dangerous downhill mountain road, even the slightest impact will be amplified. , although their defensive measures can block many Italian team's attacks, they cannot be affected at all. In the current situation, a better solution is to distance themselves from the opponent.
"I understand!" Aggie came to the team, "Powerful propulsion device, start!"
(End of this chapter)