"Miss, can I livestream this?"
A Lie looked up at Zhou Shuya. The two saw each other often enough; although they had barely spoken, they were fairly familiar with each other.
A Lie was quite talkative, but for some reason, he got a little nervous every time he saw Zhou Shuya.
Still, for the sake of the livestream, he gathered his courage and asked.
"You can, but please be careful."
Zhou Shuya had quite a deep impression of A Lie.
—The first customer when the physical store opened, an unpaid publicity ambassador, Qi Tian's defeated opponent, President Liang's brainless hype target, and so on.
"Thanks! Uh—does this need to be kept secret?"
Although he knew it was a pointless question, close-up video was more convincing. Out of courtesy, A Lie still asked.
"It doesn't need to be kept secret, but it isn't for sale~" Zhou Shuya glanced at her watch. It was about time.
"Get in position! 3—2—1—Start!"
Whether it was bad luck or simply a matter of position, no one knew.
The moment A Lie's Charge Horn started, it was targeted.
Since he was not in the first batch, it was easy for the racers 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 some time ago.
Their videos back then had actually been pretty well made.
They were flashy, and the team did cooperate smoothly, but many people had commented that they would not even make it through the Preliminary Round.
As the most famous streamer in the GD Racers scene, A Lie was naturally dragged out by netizens for comparison.
A Lie might often lose to Qi Tian, but it was not as if he raced Qi Tian every day. At other times, A Lie was still pretty fierce.
Especially those fans who mocked A Lie the hardest—so far, not a single one of them had beaten him on any track.
Of course, mocking A Lie was mostly part of the entertainment. Few people actually thought he was bad.
Mocking the streamer was a trademark of A Lie's livestream. Many people joined in just for fun, enjoying the sight of the streamer refusing to accept defeat yet still being unable to outrun Qi Tian.
But the hype-riding team could not stand it!
Those who did not regularly watch A Lie's streams only knew that he often lost to an elementary school student, and with his beloved fans fanning the flames—
Over time, even many people outside the scene came to know of a GD Racers streamer who could not outrun an elementary school student.
The Show-Off Team was said to be worse than a streamer who could not beat an elementary school student. Was that not the same as saying they were worse than elementary school students?
They had indeed ridden the hype to make money, but practicing teamwork was not easy either.
The adaptive function could reduce some of the difficulty, but getting a group of people in sync and controlling their speeds until the GD Racers grew accustomed to cooperating had taken plenty of effort.
And then they were mocked for being worse than elementary school students. Who could put up with that?
They admitted that their team was not as popular as A Lie. After being mocked, they had watched A Lie's races too, but unfortunately, they had not seen the legendary elementary school student.
Only then did they learn that the elementary school student seemed to be quite formidable.
But since they had not seen it with their own eyes, these outsiders who rode the hype still did not quite believe an elementary school student could be that good.
Only after personally studying GD Racers would one realize that this toy was far less simple than it looked.
As for A Lie, they also admitted that they could not beat him one-on-one.
But now it was two against one, and they even had the advantage of starting ahead. Of course they had to take him down!
You're still livestreaming?
Just wait to embarrass yourself!
The two racers drove side by side, firmly blocking A Lie's Charge Horn.
"Have I offended them?" A Lie looked utterly baffled. His daily routine was usually livestreaming, then finding people to modify racers with or race against.
He had indeed seen the Show-Off Team's videos, but that flashy cooperation had no speed to it and posed no threat at all, so he had not paid much attention to them.
Who would have thought he would be targeted in the Preliminary Round!
This really was not Liang Xing paving the way for his little nephew. Every Preliminary Round opponent had been randomly matched online last night.
Liang Xing had not expected A Lie's luck to be this bad either.
At this stage, only the first phase of the Preliminary Round would have racers starting from different lines. To run into opponents with malicious intentions on top of that was truly disgusting.
"I'm heading off first."
A Lie knew many of the racers in his batch, but in this situation, it really was not easy to help him.
After all, leaving the Preliminary Round settled one's results. Few people were willing to risk sacrificing themselves to leave a strong opponent behind.
"At worst, take them down with you! Ram them off the track!"
The livestream viewers were indignant. They had not expected the Show-Off Team to be so lucky that two of them had been assigned to the same race.
And they just happened to run into A Lie!
What rotten luck!
But there was no need for A Lie to take these clowns down with him.
"Anti-Collision Mode! Charge!"
The two from the Show-Off Team had not given up on the Preliminary Round either. They wanted to make netizens eat their words by passing it; targeting A Lie was only because they believed victory was already in the bag.
As long as they won, they would gain attention no matter what the netizens said. Even notoriety was publicity.
As long as they managed things well afterward, they could apologize if necessary. This kind of targeting did not involve any matter of principle anyway.
But they never could have imagined that GD Racers had never been a simple contest of speed.
Just before entering the turn, A Lie gave the command. Charge Horn lowered its body, its shell shifting slightly, and instead of slowing down, it accelerated!
"That's awesome, A Lie!"
Gifted Cruise Ship ×1
The Cruise Ship Boss took the lead in sending gifts, and a small wave of donations made up somewhat for the regret of A Lie revealing his trump card early.
The Show-Off Team's racers entered the turn and became a single-file line, their speed dropping somewhat as well.
But A Lie's Charge Horn surged from behind and rammed directly into the rear racer. The Show-Off Team's racers had no specific way to deal with it and were sent flying off the track without question.
"Is that all?"
As A Lie passed the two on his Electric Roller Skates, he muttered softly. The two from the Show-Off Team ground their teeth until they creaked.
The Five Consecutive Hairpin Turns posed no pressure at all for A Lie. Charge Horn, with its lowered center of gravity, passed through smoothly. Only after exiting the turns did it deactivate Anti-Collision Mode and enter the Sand Track without issue.
Thanks to Qi Tian, A Lie had used sand tires from the very beginning.
Although they had suffered some wear on the earlier sections of the track—mainly the Five Consecutive Hairpin Turns—they at least crossed the Sand Track steadily.
This also served as a test for the racers competing afterward.
If they could not respond promptly based on known information, then they deserved to be eliminated in the Preliminary Round!
A Lie did not lose points in this regard. Freed from restraint, Charge Horn surged from behind and seized second place in one go.
There was no helping it—the person who had greeted him was also a formidable opponent.
That racer was best at turns, especially hairpin turns like these. This was terrain he had specifically trained for. Once he entered the turns first, finishing the Five Consecutive Hairpin Turns with a lead of one hairpin's distance should not have been a problem.
Meanwhile, A Lie had been blocked and had to suppress his speed, which even required additional battery consumption.
With both factors combined, the fundamental disadvantage meant A Lie was destined to be unable to break through.
Fortunately, the top four advanced.
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