Meng Ai's expression remained unchanged, bordering on wooden. Her gray-and-white racing suit set off her impassive appearance, making her seem devoid of vitality.
The media reporters present came to their senses and hurried over to the cultivation pod, hoping to interview her.
Without a word, Meng Ai put on a somewhat stiff smile and shook her head in refusal, then returned to the cultivation pod and drove away.
"What an unusual driver..."
Quite a few spectators murmured among themselves.
That said, Pokémon racing and Pokémon battles had extremely broad audiences. With so many people involved, there were bound to be all sorts, so an assortment of unusual competitors was perfectly normal.
"Lilligant, look!"
Shen Qi showed off a little hose in his hand.
It was a silver-gray flexible hose as thick as a chopstick, which he had just picked up outside the Service Bay.
Lilligant quickly recognized it as a steel braided brake line.
A car's braking system used hydraulic pressure from brake fluid, which had to pass through brake hoses.
These were generally made of rubber. When the brakes were slammed on, the fluid pressure inside rose and the rubber hose expanded, then returned to normal once braking ended.
As they expanded and contracted over and over during driving, the rubber gradually deformed and cracked, causing brake fluid leaks and brake failure.
Competitive racing was exceptionally intense, and the wear rate of every component, including the brake hoses, was much higher.
Steel braided brake lines had a layer of woven metal mesh wrapped around the rubber, restricting excessive expansion, making them more durable, and providing better braking feedback.
A set consisted of four lines, and Shen Qi had picked up three of them.
Presumably, some driver with money to spare had removed and discarded the entire set because one