After seeing the exact value of the beginner optimization point reward, Huang Chong's first reaction was naturally one of delight.
But he quickly realized that he was already an intermediate professional rider now, and optimization points had depreciated in value.
"Ride 50 km, with an average speed no lower than 25 km/h?"
Huang Chong was somewhat dumbfounded when he saw the system requirement.
He felt like the system was deliberately messing with him.
After the first 20 km of flat road on the Doba–Guide Stage, the remaining stretch up to the 74 km mark—
The Laji Mountain Pass, at an elevation of 3,828 meters, was a full 54 km of climbing.
This ultra-long climb had also been classified by the race organizers as an HC climb, the highest difficulty rating.
Most terrifying of all, from 2,800 meters above sea level to the summit, the final 20.5 km had an average gradient of 4.9%. There was no chance to catch his breath along the way.
Yet after reaching the summit, the roughly 50 km remaining to the finish line was all downhill.
That was why the elevation profile of Stage Two formed a complete triangle.
But the problem was that when the system detected the task and automatically activated it, Huang Chong had just finished the first 20 km of flat road and was about to begin climbing.
The system was now demanding an average speed of 25 km/h, which was practically forcing him to finish the next 50 km at race intensity.
Damn it, as my competitive level rises, these system tasks are getting harder and harder.
Just to raise my FTP by a measly two points, it wants me to complete a hell-level task like this. That's way too ruthless!
Huang Chong could not help grumbling inwardly, but he