Chapter 16: 100!
"Strong, really strong. Just who am I competing with exactly?"
Inside the Meisanrui, Chen Ze was sweating as he desperately controlled the car, thinking about his opponent. Indeed, he had already guessed that the opponent is strong, but only after the actual match started did he find how strong the opponent is. He is even much stronger than the escaped criminals' driver that he met two days ago. With only one curve, he (Chen Ze) had already been left behind.
However, Chen Ze can't continue just thinking about his opponent. He has put all his mind on controlling the vehicle. The mountain road is too dangerous. Now that it is night time, it is naturally more difficult.
Chen Ze has put all his energy into driving, but he still can barely control the vehicle at 60 kph on a straight line. If he encounters curves and detours, he has to slow down again. But this is already good as before he got the system, I'm afraid he can't even maintain 60 kph. There is clear improvement but...
"No, if I want to win, I need to get a skill."
Chen Ze thought to himself, he knew that drawing was his only chance in winning.
So when the road straightened, he immediately opened the system and took a look. It was still stuck at 99.
"System, why is it still at 99? It has not increased at all since this afternoon. This is just impossible."
Chen Ze anxiously shouted. He isn't normally trying to talk to the system, but the current situation is different. Chen Ze must find out what is going on.
His popularity rose to 99 this afternoon, but then, even after several hours, it stopped budging, not even a bit. He was so close but he just couldn't reach it. It really made Chen Ze very anxious.
"If the data remains stagnant, it shows that the host's popularity has not increased in the past few hours. If there is an increase, then the value naturally rises."
The cold and mechanical voice of the system rang in Chen Ze's mind.
"It's impossible for it not to increase. Did the news report got deleted? Is it ineffective?" Chen Ze asked.
"It's not that there is no increase, just that they are on decimals. The decimals being added shows that your popularity is still increasing, but it is increasing in a very slow pace, so it has not yet reached 100." The system rang again.
"How long will it take to reach 100 then?" Chen Ze asked for the last time.
"It is estimated that it will take at least one more person for your popularity to reach 100. If you want to draw the lottery, please increase the amount to at least one more person and get 100 popularity value. "
Hearing this, Chen Ze was silent. He is currently driving, so how can he increase his popularity in this state?
But if it doesn't increase, he'll lose.
The situation was extremely unfavorable to Chen Ze.
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"Is this the place where they will race tonight? It's really exciting to have so many people watching in an amateur competition."
At the foot of Yandang Mountain, a police car drove up and police officers came down. One of them looked at the crowd around him and could not help but exclaim.
"So what? It's just an amateur competition. Why do us, the police, need to maintain order? Besides, it should be illegal, right?" Another policeman complained.
Just then, the chief of these policemen said, "This competition was permitted by our public security, so it is not illegal. We don't need to do big things tonight, we just need to secretly maintain order and prevent any big trouble."
Their chief was a policewoman with a delicate appearance. It was Fang Qing!
Although she said so, Fang Qing was actually very helpless in her heart. She had just received a notice tonight that there would be a competition in Yandang Mountain and was asked to take some people and secretly the maintain order.
Fang Qing was already off duty at that time, but she could not help it as she was instructed by her superiors, bringing along interns.
She looked around and saw that everyone surrounded the end of the downhill, so she said, "Let's go there first."
At this point, she took the interns to the finish line. Because they were all dressed in casual clothes, the people did not mind them much, instead they were talking about the current situation cheerfully.
"Mo Ge is really great. I heard that he is already 60 meters ahead."
"Terrifying! He is sure to win this time and finally sweep the whole province. He really deserves to be called the best driver of Sun Fire."
"He is and he also drives an ATC while his opponent was only an ordinary Meisanrui. That Meisanrui is simply overestimating itself."
After listening to their talks, Fang Qing gradually understood the current situation. It seems that the ATC was leading by a big margin. The driver of the ATC also sounds very powerful.
Although Fang Qing doesn't know much about race cars, she still knows what kind of car an ATC is, so when she heard this, she was a bit tongue-tied.
The man who competed with this ATC turned out to be a Meisanrui, the most common car made in China.
Wait, a Meisanrui?
Fang Qing immediately linked this Meisanrui with Chen Ze. Is it Chen Ze who's competing with the ATC tonight?
Fang Qing and Chen Ze aren't that familiar with each other, and have not met again since the blind date. So, in fact, they are not even friends. However, she was deeply impressed by Chen Ze's skill in driving, especially with just a Meisanrui.
Could it be that the man who's competing with the ATC really is Chen Ze?
"By the way, that Meisanrui also seems to be a local car in Yucheng."
"Yeah, it's a Yu Cheng car. When the car passed by before, I specially wrote down its license plate number, which is HY46985."
Just then, Fang Qing heard what they were talking and she finally confirmed that the Meisanrui was indeed Chen Ze, because Fang Qing also remembered Chen Ze's license plate number.
"It's really Chen Ze... But why is he lagging behind?" Fang Qing looked at the winding mountain road in the distance and thought.
"I'm sure that the Meisanrui will lose. It's simply impossible to win. I think this is just a fiasco made by the Yandang Mountain Motorcade."
"I think so too. It must have been just a fiasco. The opponent was an ATC, to begin with."
The people next to her spoke again. This time Fang Qing couldn't stand it any longer: "I think the Meisanrui will win. Yes, the Meisanrui will definitely win."
Although she hasn't known Chen Ze until last week, she personally experienced Chen Ze's driving skills. Though, Fang Qing has always been indifferent to it as she feels that it is too dangerous...
But now, after hearing them mocking him, she could not help but cheer for Chen Ze. Although his opponent is an ATC, she still believes that Chen Ze will definitely win.
He can even catch a criminal who was a 'to be' professional driver, how could he lose here?
She was the only voice that supported Chen Ze among the mocking of the crowd that Chen Ze would lose.
What Fang Qing did not know was that just after she said these words, Chen Ze's system immediately received this information. The popularity value that was stuck at 99 for a long time, finally rose to 100!
"Popularity has reached 100! Conditions have been met for the second lottery, will the host start the lottery immediately?"
Hearing the system, Chen Ze was both shocked and low-key glad, though he did not know how it suddenly reached 100...
However, he did not think so much of it, and immediately chose 'Yes.' The second lottery then began.
Knock, knock, knock!
At the beginning of the lottery, various driving related skills flashed on the page. Until finally, one skill remained on the page: "The Hand of the Vehicle God!"
"Strong, really strong. Just who am I competing with exactly?"
Inside the Meisanrui, Chen Ze was sweating as he desperately controlled the car, thinking about his opponent. Indeed, he had already guessed that the opponent is strong, but only after the actual match started did he find how strong the opponent is. He is even much stronger than the escaped criminals' driver that he met two days ago. With only one curve, he (Chen Ze) had already been left behind.
However, Chen Ze can't continue just thinking about his opponent. He has put all his mind on controlling the vehicle. The mountain road is too dangerous. Now that it is night time, it is naturally more difficult.
Chen Ze has put all his energy into driving, but he still can barely control the vehicle at 60 kph on a straight line. If he encounters curves and detours, he has to slow down again. But this is already good as before he got the system, I'm afraid he can't even maintain 60 kph. There is clear improvement but...
"No, if I want to win, I need to get a skill."
Chen Ze thought to himself, he knew that drawing was his only chance in winning.
So when the road straightened, he immediately opened the system and took a look. It was still stuck at 99.
"System, why is it still at 99? It has not increased at all since this afternoon. This is just impossible."
Chen Ze anxiously shouted. He isn't normally trying to talk to the system, but the current situation is different. Chen Ze must find out what is going on.
His popularity rose to 99 this afternoon, but then, even after several hours, it stopped budging, not even a bit. He was so close but he just couldn't reach it. It really made Chen Ze very anxious.
"If the data remains stagnant, it shows that the host's popularity has not increased in the past few hours. If there is an increase, then the value naturally rises."
The cold and mechanical voice of the system rang in Chen Ze's mind.
"It's impossible for it not to increase. Did the news report got deleted? Is it ineffective?" Chen Ze asked.
"It's not that there is no increase, just that they are on decimals. The decimals being added shows that your popularity is still increasing, but it is increasing in a very slow pace, so it has not yet reached 100." The system rang again.
"How long will it take to reach 100 then?" Chen Ze asked for the last time.
"It is estimated that it will take at least one more person for your popularity to reach 100. If you want to draw the lottery, please increase the amount to at least one more person and get 100 popularity value. "
Hearing this, Chen Ze was silent. He is currently driving, so how can he increase his popularity in this state?
But if it doesn't increase, he'll lose.
The situation was extremely unfavorable to Chen Ze.
······
"Is this the place where they will race tonight? It's really exciting to have so many people watching in an amateur competition."
At the foot of Yandang Mountain, a police car drove up and police officers came down. One of them looked at the crowd around him and could not help but exclaim.
"So what? It's just an amateur competition. Why do us, the police, need to maintain order? Besides, it should be illegal, right?" Another policeman complained.
Just then, the chief of these policemen said, "This competition was permitted by our public security, so it is not illegal. We don't need to do big things tonight, we just need to secretly maintain order and prevent any big trouble."
Their chief was a policewoman with a delicate appearance. It was Fang Qing!
Although she said so, Fang Qing was actually very helpless in her heart. She had just received a notice tonight that there would be a competition in Yandang Mountain and was asked to take some people and secretly the maintain order.
Fang Qing was already off duty at that time, but she could not help it as she was instructed by her superiors, bringing along interns.
She looked around and saw that everyone surrounded the end of the downhill, so she said, "Let's go there first."
At this point, she took the interns to the finish line. Because they were all dressed in casual clothes, the people did not mind them much, instead they were talking about the current situation cheerfully.
"Mo Ge is really great. I heard that he is already 60 meters ahead."
"Terrifying! He is sure to win this time and finally sweep the whole province. He really deserves to be called the best driver of Sun Fire."
"He is and he also drives an ATC while his opponent was only an ordinary Meisanrui. That Meisanrui is simply overestimating itself."
After listening to their talks, Fang Qing gradually understood the current situation. It seems that the ATC was leading by a big margin. The driver of the ATC also sounds very powerful.
Although Fang Qing doesn't know much about race cars, she still knows what kind of car an ATC is, so when she heard this, she was a bit tongue-tied.
The man who competed with this ATC turned out to be a Meisanrui, the most common car made in China.
Wait, a Meisanrui?
Fang Qing immediately linked this Meisanrui with Chen Ze. Is it Chen Ze who's competing with the ATC tonight?
Fang Qing and Chen Ze aren't that familiar with each other, and have not met again since the blind date. So, in fact, they are not even friends. However, she was deeply impressed by Chen Ze's skill in driving, especially with just a Meisanrui.
Could it be that the man who's competing with the ATC really is Chen Ze?
"By the way, that Meisanrui also seems to be a local car in Yucheng."
"Yeah, it's a Yu Cheng car. When the car passed by before, I specially wrote down its license plate number, which is HY46985."
Just then, Fang Qing heard what they were talking and she finally confirmed that the Meisanrui was indeed Chen Ze, because Fang Qing also remembered Chen Ze's license plate number.
"It's really Chen Ze... But why is he lagging behind?" Fang Qing looked at the winding mountain road in the distance and thought.
"I'm sure that the Meisanrui will lose. It's simply impossible to win. I think this is just a fiasco made by the Yandang Mountain Motorcade."
"I think so too. It must have been just a fiasco. The opponent was an ATC, to begin with."
The people next to her spoke again. This time Fang Qing couldn't stand it any longer: "I think the Meisanrui will win. Yes, the Meisanrui will definitely win."
Although she hasn't known Chen Ze until last week, she personally experienced Chen Ze's driving skills. Though, Fang Qing has always been indifferent to it as she feels that it is too dangerous...
But now, after hearing them mocking him, she could not help but cheer for Chen Ze. Although his opponent is an ATC, she still believes that Chen Ze will definitely win.
He can even catch a criminal who was a 'to be' professional driver, how could he lose here?
She was the only voice that supported Chen Ze among the mocking of the crowd that Chen Ze would lose.
What Fang Qing did not know was that just after she said these words, Chen Ze's system immediately received this information. The popularity value that was stuck at 99 for a long time, finally rose to 100!
"Popularity has reached 100! Conditions have been met for the second lottery, will the host start the lottery immediately?"
Hearing the system, Chen Ze was both shocked and low-key glad, though he did not know how it suddenly reached 100...
However, he did not think so much of it, and immediately chose 'Yes.' The second lottery then began.
Knock, knock, knock!
At the beginning of the lottery, various driving related skills flashed on the page. Until finally, one skill remained on the page: "The Hand of the Vehicle God!"
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