Anti-Collision Mode Activated!

"Miss, can I livestream this?"

A Lie looked up at Zhou Shuya. The two of them saw each other often, and though they rarely spoke, they were still familiar.

A Lie was usually talkative, but for some reason, he always got a little nervous whenever he saw Zhou Shuya.

Still, for the sake of the stream, he mustered his courage and asked.

"You can, but please be careful."

Zhou Shuya had a pretty strong impression of A Lie.

—The first customer when the physical store opened, an unpaid promotional ambassador, Qi Tian's defeated opponent, and the target of Boss Liang's mindless praise, among other things.

"Thanks! Uh—do you need this kept confidential?"

Even though he knew it was a pointless question, close-up video carried more credibility, so out of politeness, A Lie still asked.

"No need for secrecy, but this is not for sale~" Zhou Shuya glanced at her watch. Time was about up.

"Everyone, get ready! 3—2—1—Go!"

Whether it was bad luck or purely a matter of positioning, A Lie's Charge Horn was targeted the moment it started.

Since he wasn't in the first wave, it was easy for the drivers ahead to block him.

'A Lie, which team are these two from!'

Someone recognized them at a glance—this was the team that had been riding the hype online a while back.

Their videos were pretty flashy back then.

All style and flair, and the team did have good coordination, but many comments said they wouldn't even make it past the Preliminary Round.

As the most famous streamer in the GD Racers circle, A Lie naturally got dragged into comparisons by netizens.

Sure, A Lie often lost to Qi Tian, but it wasn't like he raced Qi Tian every day. At other times, A Lie was pretty bold.

Especially since none of the fans who mocked him the hardest had ever beaten him on any track.

Of course, mocking A Lie was mostly just part of the show. Few people actually thought he was bad.

Ripping on the streamer was a signature of A Lie's channel. A lot of people followed along for the laughs, enjoying how the streamer couldn't accept losing to Qi Tian.

But the hype-riding team couldn't take it!

People who didn't watch A Lie's streams regularly only knew he often lost to a grade-schooler, and with the dear fans fanning the flames.

Over time, even people outside the circle knew there was a GD Racers streamer who couldn't beat a grade-schooler.

Being told the Show-Off Team was worse than a streamer who couldn't beat a grade-schooler—wasn't that basically saying they were worse than a kid?

Sure, they rode the hype to make money, but practicing coordination wasn't easy.

The adaptive function lowered the difficulty somewhat, but getting a group to mesh and control their speed until the GD Racers got used to working together still took a lot of effort.

And then they got mocked for being worse than a grade-schooler. Who could take that?

They admitted the team wasn't as popular as A Lie. After the mockery, they'd watched some of his races, but they never saw the legendary grade-schooler.

Only then did they realize the kid might actually be pretty good.

But since they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, these hype-riding outsiders still didn't believe a grade-schooler could be that strong.

Only by studying GD Racers firsthand would you know this toy was far more complicated than it looked.

As for A Lie, they admitted they couldn't beat him one-on-one.

But now it was two against one, and they had the starting advantage. They had to take him down!

You're still streaming?

Get ready to embarrass yourself!

Two cars drove side by side, firmly blocking A Lie's Charge Horn.

"Did I offend them?" A Lie looked confused. His daily routine was just streaming, finding people to mod his car, or racing.

He had seen the Show-Off Team's videos, but that flashy coordination had no speed, nothing to fear, so he hadn't paid it much mind.

Who would've thought he'd get targeted in the Preliminary Round!

It really wasn't Liang Xing helping his little nephew pave the way—the Preliminary Round opponents were all randomly matched online last night.

Liang Xing hadn't expected A Lie's luck to be this bad.

Only the first stage of the Preliminary Round had this kind of uneven starting line, and he just had to run into malicious opponents. It was genuinely disgusting.

"I'm heading out."

Many of the drivers in A Lie's wave knew each other, but in this situation, it was hard to help.

After all, leaving the Preliminary Round meant your results were locked in. Few were willing to risk sacrificing themselves to keep a strong opponent out.

'Might as well go down together! Ram them!'

The viewers in the livestream were furious. They hadn't expected the Show-Off Team to get so lucky, with both of them assigned to the same race.

And of all things, he had to be rammed by A Lie!

What rotten luck!

But if it meant A Lie taking these clowns down with him, that wasn't worth it either.

"Anti-Collision Mode! Charge!"

The two from the Show-Off Team weren't giving up on the Preliminary Round either—they still wanted to pass it and shut the netizens up. Targeting A Lie was just because they thought victory was already in their grasp.

As long as they won, no matter what the netizens said, they'd have hype. Even bad publicity was still publicity.

They could just manage it well afterward, maybe apologize—it wasn't like this targeting involved any principle issues.

But what they never expected was that GD Racers had never been about pure speed.

Just before entering the turn, A Lie gave the command. The Charge Horn's body lowered, its shell shifting slightly, and instead of slowing down, it sped up!

'Freaking awesome, A Lie!'

[Gifted Cruise Ship *1]

The Cruise Ship boss led the gift-giving, and a small wave of donations soothed the regret of A Lie revealing his trump card early.

The Show-Off Team's cars, forced into a single-file line by the turn, had their speed drop.

But A Lie's Charge Horn came from behind, rear-ending them directly. The Show-Off Team's cars had no countermeasure prepared and were sent flying off the track without question.

"That's it?"

A Lie muttered under his breath as he brushed past the two on his Electric Roller Skates. Their teeth ground audibly.

The Five Consecutive Hairpin Turns posed no pressure for A Lie. The Charge Horn, with its lowered center of gravity, cruised through smoothly, only deactivating Anti-Collision Mode when exiting the turn, entering the Sand Track without issue.

Thanks to Qi Tian, A Lie had started with sand tires from the beginning.

Though there was some wear from the earlier track—mainly the Five Consecutive Hairpin Turns—he at least made it through the Sand Track smoothly.

This also served as a little test for the later competitors.

If they couldn't adapt based on known intel, then they deserved to be eliminated in the Preliminary Round!

A Lie didn't lose points here. Unshackled, the Charge Horn surged from behind to snatch second place.

No helping it—the one who'd greeted him earlier was also a formidable opponent.

Best at curves, especially hairpin turns—this was terrain he'd specifically trained for. Once he took the lead into the turn, finishing the Five Consecutive Hairpin Turns with a gap of one hairpin between them was well within reach.

And A Lie, blocked and forced to slow down, had to burn extra power on top of that.

Combined, these fundamental issues meant A Lie couldn't break through.

Fortunately, the top four advanced.

Thanks for the tip from Big C! Much appreciated!