The Strongest Racer Maintenance Guide

May our engine never make noise

Today, both professional drivers and enthusiasts in the rally industry and outside the industry, all eyes are on the northwest of the motherland.

Local news front page headlines——

"Welcome to the Taklamakan Cross-Country Rally"

The SS1 stage of the Tournament Rally starts from the Tianshan Tomur Grand Canyon and heads towards Turpan.

After crossing the canyon, there is a 90-kilometer Gobi landform, and the last section of gravel road reaches Daying.

The entire Ring of Towers Rally is like marching and fighting, and camps are set up in each stage.After the departure ceremony, the vehicle inspection and physical examination, the ring tower officially started.

The No. 09 Subaru Impreza is on the No. 20 grid.

The road is closed and the sun is shining brightly.

The wind in the northwest was mixed with the smell of rocks and loess. Xia Qianshen got off the maintenance vehicle, then Zhong Su got on the car and drove to the departure waiting area.

There was a huge crowd of reporters, and they snapped wildly at each car.

The racer and co-driver have helmets, and they look the same in the car. The reporters mainly photograph the car and the name on it.This year was Xia Qianshen's first tour of the tower, a dozen reporters rushed up, all of them covered with face scarves, sunglasses and sunhats, those who didn't know thought they were carjacked due to some disturbance.

"Touring the tower in the first year." Zhong Su put on his helmet, "Aren't you going to tell the reporter something?"

"I always feel like everything I say is like a last word." Xia Qianchen smiled, "No, I prefer post-match interviews."

Zhong Su reached out and pressed Xia Qianchen's head and neck protection, "Don't be nervous."

It would be a lie to say that you are not nervous. This is the number one rally event in Asia. There are two helicopters hovering over your head, and there are rescue teams along the way. This time, the GP team also brought a medical team, which shows the danger.

"Yeah." Xia Qian let out a sigh of relief, "What's the temperature on the ground today?"

Zhong Su replied, "After entering the Gobi, the surface temperature will be more than 30 to [-] degrees, and it will be very dry. You should pay more attention to the tire pressure."

"That's why I like low temperatures." Xia Qianchen sighed softly, "It's sunny all day?"

"It's sunny all day." Zhong Su nodded, "But there may be sandstorms in the Gobi after leaving the canyon. Your tire pressure has been lowered. Today's starting position is a bit late, and the sun will be very poisonous when we go to the Gobi. , the ground temperature will be higher, you have to be careful."

The ring tower is a high-temperature line, and Sichuan-Tibet is a low-temperature line.

What Nana said at the beginning was correct. Xia Qianchen had no experience in high-temperature wires, so he was really nervous.

The fire-resistant racing suit has a temperature-insulating function, which can insulate against low temperature and high temperature, so even if you cover it tightly, you will not sweat profusely.But Xia Qianchen's forehead was slightly sweaty. Zhong Su noticed that the navigator didn't wear gloves, so he reached out and wiped it off.

"Don't be afraid." Zhong Su said, "The king of the Sichuan-Tibet northern line."

Xia Qianchen's expression froze, a little ashamed, that kind... the king of the Sichuan-Tibet northern line can appear in front of Xia Qianchen in the form of words, but cannot be read out.

Zhong Su still wanted to say something.

"Okay, okay, okay." Xia Qianchen raised his hand to stop him, "Don't use this term again, especially in the way of sound, okay?"

Zhong Suyuan wanted to say that you are still a mature two-dimensional in love, but before he could say anything, a girl with a work ID came over and knocked on the car window twice.

Xia Qianchen lowered the car window, "What's wrong?"

"The race will notify everyone that the departure will be postponed by one hour." The girl said, "It's snowing on the Tianchi section of the Tianshan Mountains, and it's snowing heavily, with strong winds blowing up. The view of the Gobi section after leaving the canyon will be very poor."

Xia Qianchen was shocked, "Oh yes, thank you."

The girl smiled and said it was all right, and then went to inform other cars.

"Damn." Xia Qianchen turned her head, "It's snowing in May."

Zhong Su nodded, "Xinjiang will be like this. You have to make a choice. If the snow falls more and more continuously, and with strong winds, then we will encounter sandstorms wrapped in snow when we go to the Gobi to Shanshan County. Do you want to change the tire?"

"You think I should change the tire now?" Xia Qianchen asked in disbelief.

"This is SS1, and we can still chase after it." Zhong Su said, "You make a choice, and I'm just giving you a suggestion."

In fact, this kind of news can be notified to the team first, and the drivers can be informed on the intercom.But now sending a staff member to knock on the car windows one by one is the race club's hint that if you want to change tires and accessories, now is the time.

He's a little torn right now.

Zhong Su's words shook him a bit. Indeed, this is the first stage, and there are eight more to come.

Even if you are behind in the first stage, you can still catch up, but if there is an accident in the first stage, then that's fine, this year is for nothing, a round of tour, please invite the audience on the second floor.

At this time, before the departure lane, someone in the waiting area could hear someone igniting the ignition and starting.

The racing car didn't have any soundproofing, Xia Qianchen could hear that the car with maybe three or four parking spaces behind him left the waiting area, and that car was driving back, going back to the pit lane.

Xia Qianshen: "Is it true that rally tires can't run?"

Zhong Su: "Rally tires can run, but I don't recommend you take risks in the first stage when there is wind and snow."

There was silence in the cab for half a minute.

After half a minute.

Xia Qianchen patted the steering wheel angrily, started the car, "Go back and change the tire."

Subconsciously, Zhong Su recalled today's date, and he secretly wrote down today.On a certain day in a certain year and a certain month, in a certain Tournament Rally, today is the first time in Xia Qianshen's career that he bowed to nature on his own initiative.

How meaningful, Zhong Su looked out of his car window, Xinjiang is full of colorful Xinjiang.Strong winds, heavy snow, blowing sand in the desert.

Zhong Su likes this place, everything here is undisguised and vigorous.The wind is the wind, the sun is the sun, the wilderness doesn't play with you, and the wilderness immediately puts its neck on the neck after sharpening the knife.

No. 09 Impreza returned to the maintenance station, and the rest of the team said: Even Xia Qianchen has given up, so I don't feel ashamed to go back and change tires.

After the No. 09 car went to change tires, all the cars stopped carrying it and turned back to the pit stop one after another.

"Reinforced sand tires or snow tires?" Da Gong asked, "Choose one."

Xia Qianshen took off his helmet and looked at Zhong Su solemnly. Zhong Su also hugged the helmet, expressing his respect.

In fact, Zhong Su is confident that no matter what tire Xia Qianchen chooses, he has a corresponding command method. With Xia Qianchen's personal ability, they may not be behind in SS1 even with snow tires.

"You really don't want to give some advice?" Xia Qianchen asked.

Xia Qianshen finished asking, moved closer to him, and added in a low voice, "This is related to our bonuses and Jing Ran. You'd better give me some advice."

"Talk about your thoughts first." Zhong Su changed his hands to hold the helmet, "There are still more than 40 minutes, we will start from the back, don't worry."

Xia Qianchen took a deep breath. He looked at the sets of tires tied to the wall in the warehouse of the maintenance station, "There are always people who say that a driver who has not overturned the car cannot win the championship, but I am the one who participated in the Sichuan-Tibet Plateau Rally. The champion who won the championship without overturning the car."

Everyone was very quiet, and seemed to be familiar with Xia Qianshen's sudden secondary school.

"Change to strengthened sand tires." Xia Qianchen said, "Snow tires are really too slow. Although the pressure is low, reinforced sand tires are also fine. Change to 15-inch wheels."

After speaking, the maintenance workers immediately raised the car to change the tires.Xia Qianchen turned his head and left the maintenance station.

Zhong Su followed him out, "Do you smoke?"

"Did you bring cigarettes?" Xia Qianchen turned around.

"No. But I can go in and ask Lao Hu for one."

Xia Qian sighed deeply, "Forget it, stop smoking...you are right, if SS1 is gone, it will be gone."

"You come from track racing, so it's normal to have extreme requirements for speed."

Xia Qian shook his head deeply, "I'm afraid." He looked into the distance of the vast blue sky, "I'm afraid that I will become a meme, "Why don't you change the mammoth", "Why don't you change the tire", you understand. "

Zhong Su nodded, expressing his understanding.

The sun hangs high at the starting point, but snow from farther mountains will be caught in the strong wind hundreds of kilometers away.They wait here, changing tires and accessories. This waiting time is called "respecting nature".

Strengthened sand tires are new products. Xia Qianshen has run them before, and they can pick up speed much faster than snow tires. They have average grip. After crossing the canyon and Gobi, the surface temperature should not be too high today, so the tire pressure can be higher.

Xiaogong came out and called, saying that the tire had been changed, and asked Xia Qian to go in and drive it out.

Xia Qianshen responded, said to wait a moment, and then turned to Zhong Su and said: "This is only the first stage, and we can catch up if we fall behind."

There will definitely be some people running on rally tires, or even track tires. There are many gentle curves in the canyon and many straight lines in the Gobi. The difficulty of this stage is easy.Track tires are easy to blow out in the Gobi, but if you are lucky enough and there is no blowout, then the sand tires and snow tires in the same group must be slower than the track tires.

It still depends on how people choose, because there are indeed cars in the waiting area that have not come back to change tires.

"Not necessarily lagging behind." Zhong Su reassured him, "Snow in Xinjiang does not fall casually. Taklamakan snowed for a full ten hours a year, directly turning the sand dunes into white."

After Zhong Su finished speaking, he smiled meaningfully.

Xia Qianshen understood, and Zhong Su thought that the snow would not stop for a while.

It might not be serious if the winds and snowstorms hit the Gobi, but it will be unlucky for the rear position.For the sake of fairness in the race, everyone waited for an hour together, and all went to run the snowy road.

"This is Xinjiang." Zhong Su said, "There are four seasons in a day."

Xia Qianchen turned sideways, he was facing the wind, and the tips of his hair danced wildly in the wind.

"I used to like northern Tibet very much. I liked the high-altitude mountains in northern Tibet. I could touch the clouds by raising my hand." Xia Qianshen's voice was carried by the wind to Zhong Su's ears, "I have been to too few places. Otherwise, I would not have hesitated to come back to change tires just after hearing that it was snowing in Tianshan Tianchi."

There are not many people who run around the tower once in China. Most of the drivers who received the news of the snowfall in Tianshan Mountain will be surprised: Is it snowing in such a hot day?

At this time, Xia Qianchen finally understood what Nana said back then, life is often like this.

He has no experience in ring towers, but Zhong Su has. He really needs a navigator like Zhong Su.He turned to face Zhong Su, "When you first came last year, I was arrogant. I really need you when I run around the ring tower."

"I need you." Zhong Su corrected him.

Xia Qian smiled deeply, he held his helmet and stretched his arms slightly, "Hug me."

"it is good."

After a big hug, they went into the pits and drove.

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An hour later, the trains started one after another.

One car departs in 2 minutes, the sky at the departure point is scorching sun, and the wind blows snow hundreds of kilometers away.

This was a sudden snowfall that was not in the weather forecast, which caught everyone off guard.Xia Qianshen is the 20th this time, starting from the rear, and is still in the waiting area.

"You guys also fell behind in front of Huanta that year, and SS9 caught up, right?"

"Yeah." Zhong Su was checking the road book for this stage.

Xia Qianshen lowered his head and fastened his racing gloves, "How many cars did SS9 chase?"

Zhong Su recalled carefully, "Six."

"Six cars." Xia Qianchen opened his five fingers and then clenched his fists, feeling the fit of the gloves, "Kunlun Tianlu catch up with six cars..."

"Well. Because there are many long straight lines ahead, you know, the straight lines are not easy to chase, and the Kunlun Tianlu directly caught up to the first place."

"I know." Xia Qianchen raised his head, stepping on the gas pedal in a straight line, anyone can do it, and racing has to turn around, he looked out the front windshield, "Who do you think is better, Jing Ran or me?"

Zhong Su didn't expect him to ask this question. Surprise was more in his astonishment. He smiled, "Why don't you ask me who peed farther, you or Jing Ran? Are you stupid? Of course you, there is only one navigator. The racer is the one the navigator thinks is the strongest."

"It must be because I urinate far." Xia Qianshen said to himself.

In fact, Jing Ran and Xia Qianshen are really difficult to distinguish. One of them has the Kunlun Sky Road, and the other has the northern Tibetan plateau. They are both devil stages when they are singled out.

However, Guan Gong couldn't fight Qin Qiong, and the former ring tower champion couldn't really compete with the king of the northern Sichuan-Tibet line.

"Don't think about messing around." Zhong Su said, "Before entering the canyon, there is a 2-kilometer-long stretch of sand and gravel. We will start at the back. The dust from the car in front will be heavy and the vision will be poor. Don't drive so fast at that time, just to warm up the tires." .”

"Yeah." Xia Qianchen nodded.

Just then, the referee waved the flag to signal them to get on the starting lane.

In the Ring of Towers Rally, the dust raised by the car in front often does not settle for 2 minutes. Reporters are often squatting beside those thrilling curves, waiting for a lucky player to make a mistake here and become a material.

Ring Tower, this year's most watched rally, the spectators actually want to see someone push their heads and tails off the track and turn over non-stop, rather than chic and elegant cornering.In the early years, there were people who deliberately squatted beside the rally and waited to pick up accessories.

The referee gestured, Xia Qianshen started the ignition, drove slowly to the starting line, and stopped.

Counting down at the red light, Zhong Su began to command, "Get ready for the start."

"Ready."

Zhong Su: "Five, four, three, two, one."

The Tianshan Mountains are 155 kilometers long, and this long [-] kilometers divides Xinjiang into two. Xinjiang is a wonderful place. The highest altitude is next to K[-], and the lowest altitude is -[-] meters.

Zhong Su likes this place, and Zhong Su’s WeChat avatar is the sand dunes of Taklamakan.

He loves the blazing heat and the sand that burns his feet.

Xia Qianshen is just the opposite, Xia Qianshen prefers the northern Tibetan plateau.

Raise your hand to touch the cloud, bow your head to kiss the snow.

But today's Xinjiang is quite generous, if you like it, I will give it to you.

Give you the high temperature of nearly [-] degrees on the surface, and at the same time give you the heavy snow in the mountains in the distance. Don’t you like it? Give it all to you.

"Refuel." Zhong Su reminded him, "Don't drive so fast as we agreed."

"This is a reinforced tire." Xia Qianchen said, "It's not 190, so don't be so cowardly."

Zhong Su was helpless, but at the same time Zhong Su found that Xia Qianchen was actually following the rut of the car in front very cautiously.Thinking about it like this, there are disadvantages and advantages of starting from the back. The disadvantage is that if the car in front breaks down and gets stuck on a narrow road, you have to stop and wait.

The advantage is that as it is now, more than 20 cars have been run ahead, and the ruts are very clear.Although the dust was so heavy that it was almost impossible to see the road ahead, there were marks from the car in front and a professional navigator.

The professionalism of the navigator - even if the front is dark, they can judge how many kilometers they have traveled now from the speed and time of the vehicle.

"Can you see the road? If you can't, listen to me count down the corners." Zhong Su said.

"I can't see it." Xia Qianchen said frankly.

You can safely and boldly step on the accelerator when you can't see the road. This is the trust that the racer has in the navigator.

"Five to the right, I'm counting down." Zhong Su said, "Three, two, one!"

As Zhong Su's voice fell, Xia Qianchen's concept of "Right 5" is like a bank employee who can accurately pinch out 1 yuan, relying on muscle memory to guide directions when his vision is extremely poor.

"Beautiful." Zhong Su said, "The left side of the first 100 road narrows and enters the canyon."

Tianshan Tomur Grand Canyon means "mysterious" and "thrilling" in Uighur. The local scenic spot regulations have a "only four-wheel drive vehicles are allowed to enter the valley", which shows that its terrain is dangerous.

There are express regulations that only four-wheel drive vehicles are allowed to enter the canyon stage, and only the "easy" difficulty is given in the Ring of Towers Rally.

"50 meters left 4, full oil." Zhong Su continued to command, "Don't be distracted." He found Xia Qianshen was looking at the side cliff, "The wind has changed direction, I know, 80 meters straight to the right."

The wind in the valley is reckless, and the wind howling in the valley can be heard in the unsound-proof racing car. The sound of the wind and the sound of the engine are like two equal summoned beasts provoking each other.

Xia Qianchen has already stepped on the speed of 200, "Why haven't you left the canyon yet, isn't the canyon only more than 20 kilometers away?"

"It's only been 10 minutes since we set off." Zhong Su knew he had no concept of time, "Don't be so panic, nothing can be decided in the first stage."

Xia Qianchen himself knew it, but he panicked for no reason, he was so afraid that he would fall behind.He was more afraid of losing than afraid of death.

"it is good……"

"The road is narrow for the first 40 meters." In the bumpy carriage, Zhong Su couldn't see the expression in his helmet.

The racing car does not have sound insulation, and the strong wind resistance will swallow all the sound, so the racer and the navigator need a communicator.

In Xia Qianshen's helmet, Zhong Su's calm voice came from the intercom.

"Qian Chen, relax, the first 50 meters left 4 on the Gobi, you are already very fast."

The request from the GP team to Zhong Su is that Xia Qianshen, the leader, completes the race.

It doesn't matter what the score is, but you must run it completely.There are nine stages, with a total travel distance of more than 5000 kilometers and a stage mileage of more than 1600 kilometers.

The wind in the Gobi wilderness is very hospitable, blowing everything to entertain friends who came from afar.

Sand, gravel, broken wood, everything in the wasteland will be given to you, and it will be pasted on your windshield.

"300 meters long and straight, pay attention to tire pressure, straight to the left."

After going up to the Gobi, it was very bumpy. Zhong Su worked very hard to keep his voice from trembling, "Xia Qianshen, 60 meters left 5, pay attention to the narrowing on the left side, and the oil is over."

Xia Qian Shen backed up according to his words. At the same time, in the wind and sand, they saw the match referee waving the flag.

"Yellow flag." Zhong Su reminded him.

"Yes." Xia Qianchen expressed her understanding.

The semaphore of the yellow flag: Pay attention to safety ahead, and overtaking is prohibited.

Generally, when the referee waved the yellow flag, there is a high probability that the car in front had an accident.At this time the race continues, but overtaking is not allowed.

Their blue Impreza galloped past the referee's flag-waving point, and there was a narrow bend ahead. In fact, when driving here, the sun hid from the clouds, and it was no longer as dazzling as it was when the car started.

A gray goose pierced the blue sky.

Xia Qian lowered the accelerator and passed the narrow bend, he saw the car in front of the accident.

It was a POLO of the four-wheel drive group. There is a high probability that the car lost control and turned in a circle when passing this corner.Whether the car that spins out of control can be rescued or not depends on luck. Put the most skilled racer in the world into a car that spins out of control. All he can do is hold the steering and step on the brakes and resign himself to fate.

"Tragedy." Xia Qianchen commented.

"Terrible." Zhong Su nodded, "The first 70 meters is a steep slope, land on the right 4, be careful that there are parts that the brother flew over on the road."

Xia Qian hummed, "If a triangle arm flies over, can I get out of the car and pick it up?"

"You might as well stop here now to see what's useful on that car." Zhong Su sighed, "Hiding stones within 10 meters!"

The slamming direction directly caused the pendulum to avoid the stone in the road, and the two people swayed left and right in the carriage.To be honest, Xia Qianchen didn't see that stone at all. The Gobi Desert was very windy and sandy, and the visibility was extremely poor. At this time, he couldn't help but sigh at the navigator's ability.

Not only must you clearly read and read the road book in the car that knocks people apart, but you must also try to identify the road conditions in the case of poor vision, estimate the distance and damage in the fastest time, and inform the racer .

"There's something." Xia Qianchen said, "You're amazing."

Zhong Su smiled, "It's just a good look."

When driving here, the sky is full of yellow sand, and it is the yellow sand soaked in snow blown down by the Tianchi section. When the windshield wiper scrapes it, it will be completely scraped off and become a paste.

This situation can also determine the road conditions, not just good eyesight.

The further forward, the greater the wind and sand.

Starting 2 minutes apart means that in theory, they will not be able to meet their opponents in the same group on this track.

But in bad weather and terrain, physical "catch up with the car in front" also happens from time to time.

Xia Qianchen overtook another car in front, smiled, "You really are, how did you see the road clearly?"

Indeed, the "chasing the car in front" mentioned in the usual rally is chasing from the total time spent, and occasionally there will be direct overtaking on the track.

Zhong Su: "I'll answer you later, the first 50 meters left 5 corners."

After passing the bend, Xia Qianchen finally saw someone's bumper on the center of the bend.

Zhong Su needs to be very, very focused, "Xia Qianshen, the throttle is welded dead, and it is 1 kilometer long."

After a 1-kilometer straight, the first stage of the Ring of Taklamakan Rally ended.

Xia Qianshen lost the two rearview mirrors of this Impreza in the first stage and blew the left front tire. Fortunately, it only exploded at the end of the stage, the brake calipers were scrapped, and the suspension was deformed.

This is nothing, after all, even the top and the world's top rally drivers cannot guarantee that the car will be intact after running a [-]-kilometer stage.

SS1 is over, the result is the second in the group, No.1 may have to be penalized, the competition has not yet been announced.

In the SS1 maintenance station, the big and small workers dragged the car into the warehouse, and some people handed towels and water, sports drinks and snacks.

Just like marching and fighting, an iron barn is set up at the end of the stage, and the resting place is also an iron barn.

Both need rest.

The time is 35:[-] in the afternoon, and there are still three hours before it gets dark in Xinjiang.

"The next stage is [-] kilometers away." Zhong Su let out a long sigh of relief, "Can you really not take a car?"

The two sat side by side on a folding stool at the door of the warehouse, facing the maintenance area.

"I'm in a car, and I can vomit until you kneel on the ground and beg me not to die." Xia Qianchen said seriously.

Zhong Su almost choked, and smiled, "I'm worried that you will be too tired after driving for more than 100 kilometers."

"Where is this? I went to Tibet to drive the maintenance car." Xia Qianchen stood up and stretched his shoulders and neck twice. "There are more than 100 kilometers left from here to Turpan?"

"It's more than 100 kilometers away from the starting point, and it takes three to four hundred kilometers to find a hotel in the city." Zhong Su said, "Do you need to go to the city to find a hotel to rest in the afternoon of the next stage?"

Find a hotel, take a shower, rest or something.

The two looked at each other for a while, looking ashamed.There is sand on hair, clothes, and places where sand can be drilled.

Xia Qianshen scratched his neck, "You don't need to stay in a hotel in the city, as long as there is a water pipe that can be flushed."

During the season, he was still very talkative, and he never forgot this moment.

So Zhong Su teased him, "Here, there is a high-pressure water gun over there. Stand there naked and I'll wash it for you."

"Okay." Xia Qianchen held the corner of his mouth and smiled, "But you have to rush after I'm done. Tomorrow we'll be on the local news together."

Having said that, Xia Qianchen really wanted to find a place to take a shower.But at the same time, he also needs to rest. He drove the 190-kilometer stage for more than an hour, and his spirit was highly concentrated. The pressure of participating in the ring tower for the first time made him very tired after SS1.

He sat down again and looked up at the sky.

This place is different from the city, and eagles, eagles and wild geese can be seen occasionally in the sky.

"I want to take a shower." Xia Qianchen said, "Just use that high-pressure water gun to take a shower."

"It's open air here." Zhong Su looked at him. "It's the Gobi Desert again. It will be better when the wind dies down. The little girl herding cows ten miles away can see her eyes clearly."

Xia Qian raised her head heavily, "Oh——"

The best choice right now is a small hotel for large truck drivers to rest beside the national highway more than 60 kilometers away.Zhong Su thinks that maybe Xia Qianshen would rather sleep in the maintenance car than there, but right now...the only place where you can take a shower is the closest.

The maintenance workers, including the manager, will go to rest next to the national highway after repairing the car. Everyone is used to such an environment, off-road rally, and it is enough to have a shelter from the wind and rain to lie down.

"I seem to have forgotten to ask you, do you live next to the national highway tonight?"

Xia Qianchen seemed to have heard a nonsense, "Otherwise? I sleep in the sand? I can live in a camping tent when I was in northern Tibet. I'm not exaggerating. It's just that when I'm at home..."

"Xia Qianchen!"

The conversation was interrupted by physics, Nana came out from the maintenance warehouse, "Where are you staying tonight? Are you going to live in the city?!"

Zhong Su suppressed a smile.

Xia Qian sighed deeply, "I will live with you."

"Yo." Nana was pleasantly surprised, "Okay, I've grown up."

Zhong Su couldn't bear it anymore, "Do you want to wait for the car to be repaired?"

"I don't want to wait any longer. I want to take a shower now. I feel like sand is sticking to my body." Xia Qianshen fiddled with her hair a few times, "Let's go, find a car and drive there."

Zhong Su said yes, and got up to follow.

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They drove away in an emergency vehicle provided by the tournament.

Occupational diseases make them wear helmets before getting into the car, but the helmets are lifted above their heads...

They looked at each other and closed their hands at the same time.

"Cough." Xia Qian cleared her throat and put the helmet on the back seat, "You, you have brought all your things."

"Yeah." Zhong Su also decided that nothing happened, "I'll just have one box and one bag, let's go."

start again.

Xia Qianshen drove over the 60-kilometer road slowly, chatting with Zhong Su along the way.

They chat about where they've each been and where they want to go next.

The motherland is vast, with mountains and valleys, and snow-covered wastelands.Even rally drivers have a lot to go where they haven't been.

Xia Qianshen said that he hadn't crossed the Medog Highway yet, Zhong Su thought for a while and said, "There is a saying in Tibet that "the road of Medog is the real road to heaven", because it is harder than going to heaven. "

Medog County is located at the eastern end of the Himalayas. It is known as an "isolated highland island".Its terrain is dangerous, and when it is really difficult for the people to maintain their daily lives, they can only use helicopters to transport supplies.

Later, a road was built, but due to the terrain, only high-chassis vehicles can pass through it, and cars are still not allowed to pass.

In many cases, contracts are concluded unintentionally, such as a girl who happens to open a book that seals the Clow card, such as a magical boy who summons a dragon in a daze.

At the end of the [-]-kilometer trip, I took the national highway and followed the navigation to the hotel entrance.

After completing the check-in information at the front desk of the hotel and getting the room key, the two went upstairs with their belongings.

On the stairs, Zhong Su said: "Is there a chance that Nan Sanfeng can take a trip on the Medog Highway?"

"Okay." Xia Qianchen said, "If we still have an information sheet when the Sichuan-Tibet Plateau Rally next year, we will go for a run."

"Okay." Zhong Su said, "Then I'll wait from today?"

Xia Qianchen smiled flamboyantly, "You said the same thing when I said I would take you to New North. Don't worry, I'm not someone who doesn't keep his word."

"I know."

Zhong Su understands that it is a very silly thing to have expectations of others, but he still looks forward to it.But sometimes this expectation should not be too high, and you have to give yourself some buffers.

Because once the expectations are lowered, as long as the actual situation is a little bit better than expected, people will be quite pleasantly surprised——

"It's so clean!" Xia Qianchen was shocked, "I thought it would be that kind of dirty and messy small hotel."

Lowered expectations and got a big surprise.

The room is an ordinary standard room, and the conditions here are no better than those in the city.The wooden bed was covered with clean mattresses, the windows were bright and clean, and the floor was a little faded, but it was not difficult to see that it had been carefully wiped.

Zhong Su was also quite surprised, "Indeed, I thought it would be like the hotels near the railway station in the county town."

There was a fresh smell of washing powder in the room, and the curtains were printed with ethnic characteristics, which were blown continuously into the room by the wind.

"Let's go in again." Xia Qianchen was very happy, holding the suitcase and said to Zhong Su, "This room is worth shouting "Wow, golden legend" when we enter the door! "

Zhong Su: "..."

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There is a line from the Unscarred: Desert, lift up your sand and block the sun's rays.

When he was a student, Zhong Su complained when he fought against the boss of the Unscarred Man. No matter how strong the sandstorm in the desert is, how could it block the sky and the sun?

Later, when he came to the real desert, he felt that he should apologize to the Unscarred.

It was 35:[-] in the evening, and the sun had not yet set in Xinjiang, but affected by the heavy snowfall in the Tianshan Mountains, yellow sand rolled under the dusty clouds.

The wind was too strong, and the small restaurant downstairs of the hotel put away the sheds set up outside.

Xia Qianchen came out of the shower and saw Zhong Su lying on the window looking down, "Have Nana and the others come over?"

"The car is almost ready to be repaired. Nana just sent us a WeChat message, saying that they are going to the auto parts store in the city to buy ADBlue first, and asked if we want to bring something from the city."

Xia Qianchen thought about it carefully, "Bring a bottle of Coke?"

"Alright." Zhong Su sent Nana a WeChat message.

As soon as it was sent out, Xia Qianchen leaned over with the fragrance of peach-flavored shower gel, and followed Zhong Su's gaze just now, "What are you looking at here?"

The smell of peaches immediately caught Zhong Su's face.

For a moment, Zhong recalled a piece of popular science that I read in a book: When you smell something, it enters your body.

Odor molecules enter the nasal cavity and are transmitted to the brain center through the olfactory nerve. The brain analyzes and judges what it smells.

Obviously, he smelled Xia Qianchen.

"I'm watching...the proprietress closes the stall."

"Ah?" Xia Qianchen turned his head to look at him, "Is the proprietress pretty?"

"Wearing a turban, I don't know." Zhong Su answered truthfully.

"Then what are you looking for?" Xia Qianchen was puzzled.

Only then did Zhong Sushi realize that Xia Qianchen was teasing him, "I'm just looking at what's available in the shop downstairs."

"What's there?" Xia Qianchen said, squeezed towards him, and leaned out half of his upper body to look down.

The travel-sized toiletries they brought from city A, the shopping guide girl recommended this peach-flavored one when they bought it. The shampoo and shower gel are both peach-flavored. Xia Qianchen and him crowded in front of the window, Zhong Su Involuntarily sniffed it again.

Zhong Su suddenly remembered the Proust effect: as long as he smells the same smell as at a certain moment again, the memory of that time will be opened.

So will he think of Xia Qianchen today every time he picks up a peach from now on?

The peach-flavored Xia Qianchen's eyes suddenly lit up, "Roast lamb."

"Yes." Zhong Su's rationality came back, "Local characteristics."

"Go, go downstairs."

"But I haven't taken a shower yet." Zhong Su pursed his lips.

The maintenance car went into the city and came out again. It was already past eight o'clock, and the sky was still bright. The proprietress was helping them roast lamb in the backyard. At 08:30, the wind stopped. As Zhong Su said, the snow in the Tianshan Mountains could not stop for a while. It fell for several hours.

After the snow stopped, the wind finally eased. Nana and the maintenance workers came in hurriedly, and immediately the small restaurant was filled with them.

As soon as Dagong sat down, he said that today's SS1 ran beautifully, which was a good start, but it's a pity that he can't drink.

Everyone regretted, yes, you can't drink.

Although there is no wine, the proprietress in the small restaurant is really excellent in craftsmanship, and a meal is eaten from 08:30 to nearly eleven o'clock.

It was a very, very tiring day, not just the drivers and the co-drivers, but everyone was very focused.The pits are always on the alert, and they need to have access to the status of the car at all times in order to make quick preparations.

Everyone had a good meal, especially Xia Qianchen, who ate a lot more than usual today.In order to maintain the best condition on the track, both he and Zhong Su went to the track full of five minutes, and they were really hungry at the moment.

"Qiang Qiang——" Nana said she was going to go to the toilet, and when she came back to the restaurant, she was holding a beautiful square cardboard box, "Xia Qianchen! You will be 23 years old in one hour!"

Xia Qianshen chuckled, a little embarrassed, "Thank you Nana."

"Don't thank me. I've been busy these days. I didn't remember your birthday. When I asked you if you would like to bring something back, Zhong Su said that you can buy a cake and buy a piece of cake. I just remembered that you are here tomorrow." Birthday," Nana said, "but they're out of candles."

Xia Qianshen waved his hand, "It's okay, it's not important." After speaking, he looked at Zhong Su, who was calm and smiled at him.

The cake was put on the table, and Nana opened the carton. It was a round cream cake with some fresh fruits on top.

This cake doesn't have too fancy a shape, it looks like it was made in a hurry by someone else's cake shop.After all, cream cakes cannot be stored for too long, and in general stores, they must be ordered in advance.

But it was already hard to come by, Xia Qianchen was still looking at Zhong Su, "Thank you."

"You're welcome." Zhong Su poured Coke for him, "Happy birthday."

"Happy birthday!!" The maintenance workers shouted in unison.

"Go further!"

"In the future, there will be too many trophies to fit in our warehouse!!"

The maintenance workers of the team have partnered with Xia Qianchen for so long, and the relationship between them has always been good.

Xia Qianshen is not very old, but for the maintenance workers, they have seen too many high-ranking racers, and some drivers insist on speeding up as much as they want regardless of their care.Xia Qianshen faced with maintenance workers for a long time