This is not how you drive a machine!

Chapter 192 Assembly Competition
As Jiang Wuyang stood in the center of the venue, the four orbital cameras turned one after another.

The photographer sat in the work cabin and manually adjusted the lens, giving the photography a drifting feel.

Zhou Yun sat with Jackdaw and the two little ones near the studio control room, and occasionally heard the roars of the director team.

"Are you driving? Stop shaking the camera!"

After the camera stabilized, Jiang Wuyang glanced at the seated racers and driver girls, and seeing that their attention was focused on him, he slowly spoke.

"This year is the first Lightyear Project Trials, so why is it named the Lightyear Project?"

Looking at Jiang Wuyang who was talking in the field, Han Yu wanted to answer quickly.

I will do this!

Because the light-year is a unit of measure that transcends the speed limit, it is...

"Who knows? I didn't come up with the name. I was just wondering."

Jiang Wuyang laughed after saying that: "Do you think I'm going to give a long speech as an opening ceremony?"

"Do you think I should start with the meaning of the name and continue on to the future of racing? To give you some motivation and get you fired up?"

"Do you think I should advocate for the power of young drivers and say that you are the future?"

At this point, his expression suddenly changed: "Sorry, we are in the racing industry."

"In this industry, no matter how hard you and your contracted mecha girls train, no matter how much money you spend or how much you incur in costs, everything comes down to results."

"You want to hear something nice, want honor and a future?"

"Let's talk about it after we win!"

"First match, the elimination match. Let's announce the format."

"Only if you win can you be considered a member of the Lightyear Project. If you lose, go back to where you came from."

After saying that, Jiang Wuyang put down the phone and turned to leave.

The place fell silent for a moment, as everyone was shocked by Jiang Wuyang's ruthless words.

Many drivers who were not mentally prepared subconsciously felt a sense of fear in their hearts, while other drivers were completely enraged by these words.

That’s right~Isn’t this the most original appearance of racing?

Racing requires money, a girl with a car, talent and imprints, and it requires you to give up everything you have to fight to the end with a group of other people who have also given everything.

It's always been like this.

Then Zhou Yun heard the roar of the director team.

"Damn! I prepared such a long speech! Is it so difficult for you to squeeze in ten minutes?"

"It's going to be broadcast nationwide tomorrow. How the hell am I supposed to edit it?"

"Hurry up, who's next? Let them drag it out, otherwise the show won't be worth watching!"

"..." Zhou Yun was speechless as he waited for the staff for the next step.

United Thor.

The God of Thunder stood there like a piece of wood, staring blankly ahead.

Staring~
The drivers who were waiting for the details of the race to be announced stared at her blankly, anxiously waiting for her to speak.

Staring~
How is the modified competition conducted?
How are the tournament rewards calculated?

"What's wrong? Is it stuck? Can I call the police?"

Zhou Yun was also a little overwhelmed. What was he thinking? Sending Thor to delay the time?

This three-no thing is just dragged on like this!
After waiting for a few minutes, the backstage seemed to notice something was wrong. United Garland trotted into the center of the venue and snatched the microphone from Thor's hand.

"Sister, what are you doing? I'm stalling for time here."

"If you keep dragging it out, the director team will kill someone."

Garland grumbled speechlessly, then looked at the drivers and stole her sister's line.

"Hello everyone, we are the mecha girls from the United Tribe, representing Jiuyuan Company to contract the first competition."

"Jiuyuan Company is the largest mecha repair, modification, and rapid rescue company in the country, besides WMC... In the first round, all the modification parts you need will be provided free of charge by Jiuyuan Company."

"The first race will be a modified rally combination..."

Listening to Hua Huan's introduction, Zhou Yun understood the details of the first modified competition system.

All mechas will be equipped with a standard road racing chassis provided by Jiuyuan Company, including suspension, brake system, roll cage, and safety components...

To put it simply, it means turning all the mecha girls present into blank slates, and they are blank slates specifically for road races.

Then, within six hours, the racer will modify and upgrade this blank set, select tires, and transform the machine into a mode suitable for 'rally racing'.

If the transformation is not completed within six hours, even if there is only one nut missing, it will be eliminated.

If the transformation fails to meet the requirements, the person will not be able to complete the rally and will be eliminated.

If you use your own modified parts and they are found out during the subsequent inspection, you will be eliminated.

During these six hours, you can use the technical services provided by Jiuyuan Company. If you use technical services beyond the allowed range, it will be considered cheating and you will be eliminated.

After the modification is completed, each driver will use his or her modified configuration to race on the rally track in the racing city.

If the rally results do not meet the standards, you will be eliminated.

Hearing this series of eliminations, many drivers stopped breathing and swallowed.

Although I heard about it before the game, I didn’t expect it to be real!

Jiang Wuyang was really ruthless. In this instant, he shattered the lucky mentality of many drivers.

"It's a restricted modified race, Bi Chen. In six hours, if we convert the highway system into a rally system, how many do you think we can accomplish?"

Han Yu asked Bi Chen beside him in a low voice.

Bi Chen didn't brag at this time, but counted on his fingers: "Don't even think about modifying it to perfection, but modifying it to get a good grade should be okay."

Modifying a rally car is nothing more than raising the chassis, adjusting the suspension, changing the aeration system, not expanding the wheels for now, and adjusting the gearbox...

"We can do it in a distributed way, which is faster. We can make each part separately, solder them to the chassis, and finally combine them into a Rubik's Cube."

After a while, Bi Chen finished his calculations: "Six hours, it will definitely be done, but the parameter adjustments will have to be based on experience, there is no time for detailed work."

Han Yu nodded and said with a smile, "Me too."

"I don't know how much Zhou Yun can handle." Bi Chen said with a smile: "Six hours is a bit of a limit."

"Have you forgotten his background? He's a car mechanic!"

"Drift Stream itself started out as a modification company, so this must be a piece of cake for him."

After saying that, Han Yu turned his head and glanced in Zhou Yun's direction. In six hours, how much can you modify it to?

Six hours, Zhou Yun calculated silently in his mind.

This……

Do you want……

Do you want to... install a steering wheel for the Jackdaw at this time?

Three hours of modification and the remaining three hours to install the steering wheel should be enough, but the question is, where should the steering wheel be inserted?
Wait, thinking about this, he suddenly realized a problem.

This rally only allows D-class engines to participate, so the Jackdaw cannot participate.

He turned his gaze to Yinling and continued with his previous train of thought.

Steering wheel, where do I plug it in?
"If you place in the top three in the rally, you'll get a mysterious gift package!"

Hua Huan continued excitedly, secretly giving her sister a hammer.

Crosstalk is all about supporting and funny roles, why don’t you support one?

After being hammered several times, Thor finally came to his senses and said, "It's not some mysterious gift pack, it's just a regular Reiatsu Hot Spring, a WMC Kyoto special edition, and 100,000 track points per match."

At this moment, Hua Huan wanted to stab her sister. Aren't you ruining the show?
The audience has lost interest in the competition prizes. The value of the prizes has dropped by half after you said that.

On the other side, Zhou Yun heard the roar of the director team again.

"Bang! This, this... Tell me, how can we save this relationship?"

"How about adding some special effects to Thor? This isn't just any Thor, this is a Thor with special effects?"

"roll!"

But the two little ones became excited.

Yinling directly shook Zhou Yun's arm.

"Zhou Yun, Reiatsu Hot Spring! Zhou Yun, Zhou Yun! You will get first place, right? You will!"

Feng Ying simply closed her eyes and virtually enjoyed the experience: "Ah, the slow surge of spiritual pressure washes over every detail of my body. It feels like a newborn..."

Reiatsu hot spring?

Isn't that...

Just when Zhou Yun was wondering what the fun was in the Reiatsu version of the big bathhouse, Jackdaw leaned on Zhou Yun.

She squinted her eyes and said dreamily in her heart: "It would be great if I could go bathing with Zhou Yun."

Zhou Yun immediately sat up straight.

"Don't come on, I'm not interested in anything other than first place."

In the end, the director team decided to turn Thor into a special effects Thor in order to increase the ratings of the first episode of Lightyear Project.

At the same time, the competition officially entered the preparation stage.

Hualei smiled and said to the contestants, "Dear drivers, please follow the staff's instructions and go to your respective modification workshops."

"You have three hours to decide what kind of mecha you'll use and what plan you'll adopt."

"The modified race will begin promptly at 1 p.m., and the rally will begin tomorrow. Come on, everyone!"

After saying that, she pulled her sister towards the modification workshop. When she came in front of Zhou Yun, she kept blinking at Zhou Yun, and her little finger was slightly hooked in secret.

Jackdaw blinked, receiving the signal from Huahuan: "Zhou Yun, Huahuan is calling us over."

"Let's go, and familiarize yourself with the workshop tools in advance."

……

Hua Huan stood in the modification workshop marked with Zhou Yun's name, looking at the half-human-height object covered with black cloth in front of her, and nodded with satisfaction.

"From design to processing to painting, it took a really long time."

After saying that, she couldn't help but put her face on the top of the curtain and became obsessed.

"If I apply for a sculpture design position, I'll definitely become a great artist!"

“I’m sorry… … ”

When she thought of the Jackdaw's astonished face when he saw this work, she couldn't help but get excited and her anticipation grew more and more.

Jackdaw, come and marvel at great art!
"Wreath, I'm here, what are you doing?"

Hearing this voice, Huahuan quickly stopped drooling and turned to look at the jackdaw with a serious face.

"Dang-dang-dang!"

"This is the gift I prepared for you. What do you think?"

After saying that, she pulled down the curtain, revealing the 'Iron Throne' inside, which was made of aluminum alloy, anodized and spray-painted, with intricate and exquisite patterns.

A black Reiatsu engine was welded to the throne.

Below the engine are densely packed steel-cut gears and drive shafts, with intricate little flowers welded next to the drive shafts.

Flowers grew around the engine, turning into sharp blades all the way upwards. In the jungle of blades, a black crow stood proudly at the top, looking down on everything.

Industry and nature, such opposing elements, unexpectedly form a wonderful harmony on this aluminum alloy structure.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Yun was a little shocked.

"Wow...Wreath, thank you." The jackdaw opened its mouth into an egg shape.

"Hey, I designed this especially for you," Hua Huan said excitedly. "It's modeled after your Lin Ye's 'Iron Throne.' Do you like it?"

"like!"

Jackdaw nodded vigorously. "Thank you, Hualei. I can participate in the competition now. Zhou Yun, that was my first D-rank module!"

Zhou Yun finally reacted and looked at the engine above, suddenly realizing something.

With this engine, wouldn't it be possible to put a steering wheel on a jackdaw?

"Hey, I knew you'd need this. This was pre-installed before Jackdaw joined Aurora. It's much more powerful than the one Aurora customized later."

Huahuan sighed inwardly. Since S3, she thought she would never see Jackdaw again.

So, in accordance with the tradition of the united tribes to commemorate their friends, this engine display stand was designed.

But unexpectedly, after finally finding her engine, the Jackdaw came back to life.

"I've been looking for this for a long time..."

As Hualei spoke, she flipped a switch on the Iron Throne. "I've specially set up this engine display cockpit to be replaceable. All it takes is... well, all it takes is..."

"only need to……"

"Is it broken?" Zhou Yun asked in confusion.

"Don't worry, the mechanism I designed, how could it break?... Forget it, let's use the angle grinder."

After about half an hour.

Looking at the C-class engine module on the Iron Throne, Huayuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the release mechanism worked at the critical moment, otherwise this gift that had been prepared for a long time would have become two gifts.

"Thank you, Rei."

Jackdaw hugged Garland and excitedly handed her a big bag of raccoons. For a moment, he didn't know how to express his feelings.

"Hua Huan, you're so kind! Zhou Yun once said that our relationship is like steamed buns and pickles. Just add a bottle of calcium carbonate and it will be like crystallized cement!"

Zhou Yun breathed a sigh of relief.

"No, this should be the relationship between 'Crazy Thursday' and '50'!"

Jackdaw nodded and hugged the garland affectionately: "Yeah! The relationship between fried chicken and hamburgers."

Zhou Yun laughed.

No matter whether it is a D-level or C-level competition, as long as Jackdaw is there, he is confident that he can win them all.

……

"As long as Sister Lingyu is here, the top ten spot in the Light Year Project selection competition will definitely be mine."

Jiang Xiyue sat on the tool bench in the modification workshop, holding two large wrenches in her hands, and said with a smile: "Let's use Zhou Yun's method to modify the suspension later. Adjust the anti-roll bar to be a little stiffer..."

Ling Yu listened to Jiang Xiyue's voice and smiled calmly in his heart.

When I'm with Jiang Xiyue, for some reason, I feel very comfortable.

Is it because it carries shared memories?

Just then, an alarm flashed before both of their eyes.

[WMC received an anonymous report that there is a problem with Ling Yu's contract. It is suspected that S3 did not change the medium through normal channels. The spiritual connection is temporarily blocked. Please go to WMC for investigation as soon as possible.]

Looking at the red cross on the Heart Contract, Jiang Xiyue's breathing stopped.

(End of this chapter)