Reclassification, Improved Reactions

[Congratulations! You have completed a continuous high-speed downhill ride. Your average downhill speed and smoothness through corners far exceeded the system's initial benchmarks. The system will reassess your cornering ability.]

[Reassessment complete. Your cornering ability has increased to: 64.]

[Overall evaluation: Your cornering ability has reached the level of a seasoned amateur cyclist.]

[Reward obtained: 2 Basic Optimization Points, Mental Reaction Enhancer ×1.]

"Hmm? Personal attributes can actually be reassessed?"

Having safely descended Prince Peak's steep slope, Huang Chong was now riding swiftly with the team through a longer, gentler downhill stretch. When the system displayed rewards far beyond his expectations, he could not help but freeze.

But after calming down and thinking it over, it seemed perfectly reasonable.

The reason was that the body he had possessed when activating the system was his reincarnated body.

At that time, he had graduated from university less than a month earlier. Not only had he spent very little time cycling, he had not even climbed or descended a single slope.

Over the past month, he had only ridden through the various greenways in Hangzhou's urban districts.

So, before he had experienced any downhill riding, the system could only use the capabilities of his current body as its reference standard.

Yet downhill ability did not test thigh power, but rather one's awareness and control over bike balance.

So when he was reborn with the memories of his past life, he had also brought along the cornering experience accumulated in that previous life.

Now that the system had reassessed him based on the downhill ability he had accumulated across two lives, it showed just how intelligent it was, rather than being some rigid, lifeless thing that operated entirely by preset data.

"So my cornering ability in my previous life had already reached 64 points? If the maximum for these abilities is 100, then I guess I've passed?"

Huang Chong was still quite satisfied with his reassessed ability score.

Although, judging from all the shortcomings listed on his personal panel, only his cornering ability could be reassessed, having even one ability reach the passing line ahead of time was much better than having every ability rated at a pitiful thirty or forty points by the system.

His initial stats had truly been painful to look at. They were completely rookie-level.

After the seasoned amateur rider tier, the next level should be entry-level professional rider.

But based on the system's score ranges, he estimated that his cornering ability would need to rise to 70 points before he could reach entry-level professional status.

"Looks like I need to do more climbing and descending in the future. That's the fastest way to improve my cycling level."

After receiving generous rewards from both the climb and descent at Prince Peak, Huang Chong began making new plans.

Hangzhou had quite a few climbing routes.

For example, he knew that near Xiaoshan, there were climbs of a certain difficulty such as Cloud Peak Mountain and Anding Mountain, all suitable for daily training.

The downside was that these mountains generally were not very high, so their overall climb lengths naturally could not compare with Western Zhejiang Sky Road.

"Forget about that for now. Now that I've joined the team, I can train with them every weekend from now on. Based on the captain's habits, he's definitely more professional than me when it comes to choosing training routes. Following him is more suitable for professional training. I just wonder when he'll arrange for me to participate in an official amateur race."

Although it was only Huang Chong's first day with the team, his obsession with becoming a professional rider made him wish he could compete with them tomorrow.

Even though he knew perfectly well that with his current FTP of just over 220W, a podium finish was impossible, and he might only come away with a token commemorative medal.

But if he could continuously optimize his weaknesses through cycling races, it would still be highly beneficial.

At the very least, he could gain a more comprehensive understanding of the racing atmosphere, cycling pace, and other aspects of competition.

That would also allow him to prepare thoroughly in advance for officially competing in professional races one day.

Zhang Yi simply did not know what Huang Chong was thinking. Otherwise, he would have been torn between laughter and tears.

True, Huang Chong had performed well on Prince Peak's climb, but his flat-road cruising ability was not all that impressive.

Not only was his FTP too low, his sprinting explosiveness was poor as well.

If Zhang Yi really took him to a race, at most he could only serve as a domestique for Wang Qiang and the others.

After all, on flat stages, he was still nowhere near strong enough to be the team leader.

Of course, Huang Chong did not object to starting out as a domestique.

Every team leader needed a period of growth. They all had to demonstrate their formidable strength while serving as domestiques before they could become leaders.

He was not someone whose ambitions exceeded his abilities.

Maintaining the right, positive, and upward-looking mindset at every stage of one's development was one of the most basic mental qualities of a professional rider.

After examining the reassessment and confirming that the cornering ability on his personal panel had risen to 64 points, Huang Chong turned his attention back to the return ride.

He had no intention of taking the Mental Reaction Enhancer while riding.

During the attack on the gentle descent, the member leading at the front had pushed their average speed very high, reaching around 50 km/h.

At that speed, he did not dare let his guard down in the slightest.

If he accidentally knocked into the wheels of teammates riding ahead of or behind him while taking the drug, it would inevitably cause a very serious mass crash.

So he waited until the team had safely returned to Lin'an District and they had gone to a restaurant to eat before swallowing the newly acquired enhancer when no one was paying attention.

It tasted extremely astringent, like juice squeezed from unripe green persimmons.

Even though he had been mentally prepared, the bizarre flavor still made his scalp tingle.

Fortunately, Huang Chong had brought plenty of bottled water before setting out. He immediately took several gulps and washed the astringency from his mouth down into his stomach.

Then, while the team members, exhausted from the high-intensity ride, were wolfing down the restaurant's food, he carefully sensed the wondrous changes produced as the medicine took effect within his body.

He soon discovered that his conscious reactions did seem different from before taking it.

For example, after Wang Qiang, who was seated beside him, stood up to pick up some food and prepared to sit back down, his hand accidentally bumped Huang Chong's unused chopsticks—

Just as the chopsticks were about to fall to the floor, Huang Chong stretched out his hand beneath the table the instant they slipped, catching them before they hit the ground.

Before taking the medicine, he was certain he would not have had such reaction speed.

Damn, after my mental reactions were greatly enhanced, the passage of normal time still feels the same—one second is still one second, with no change in perception. But the physical reactions controlled by my consciousness have clearly become stronger.

Huang Chong was deeply shaken.

As he watched the various movements of the team members sharing the table as they picked up food, he suddenly had an intuition.

The moment they extended their chopsticks, he seemed to know in advance which dish they would reach for and what food they intended to pick up.

It truly was an extraordinarily marvelous experience.