Chapter 1325: Chapter 1325: First Place (Part 1)

It was just that even after overtaking the ones behind, he still couldn’t catch up to the car in front.

He could see that car’s tail, but it was getting farther and farther away. That technique made him curse inwardly, damn, that’s insane!

He never expected that in Huaxia, there was actually someone this strong!

But why the hell did he have no idea who this person was?

You have to know, among the very top tier of drivers in the country, there wasn’t a single one he didn’t know.

And none of that bunch had skills that could beat his.

He never thought that coming here to race, a master like this would appear!

And someone he had never even seen before.

And damn it, driving a car like that.

It was basically a slap in the face to all of them race drivers!

Yeah, it stung like hell, but he really didn’t feel much anger or resentment.

On the contrary, he felt like he ought to thank this person.

If it wasn’t for this guy, he’d have almost zero chance of breaking through the blockade from the United States and Japan.

In the end, he wouldn’t get any placing at all.

The other Huaxia driver looked like he’d be stuck in fourth, and it’d be really hard to get past the top three.

In that case, Huaxia would be totally wiped out.

He really wouldn’t have the face to go back and face the folks of Jiangdong.

He’d have embarrassed the motherland.

For that, he didn’t actually resent the Americans and the Japanese too much.

In racing, this kind of trick isn’t unheard of.

He was just blaming himself, thinking he was so damn badass, so he got careless.

One moment of carelessness, and he got played by those two.

Now that someone had broken the situation open, he actually had a shot at squeezing into the top three.

Sure, there was basically no chance at first place, but second or third? He felt he still had some hope.

After all, there were still a bit over ten kilometers to go.

So getting his face slapped wasn’t a big deal; the key now was to seize the chance and grab a placing.

He stopped thinking about the car that had vanished ahead, and poured every bit of focus and spirit into the race. You could say this was the first time in his life he’d gone this all out.

Because damn it, if he didn’t fight now, he was done.

In less than two minutes, he overtook his teammate.

The other Huaxia driver who was in fourth place.

That guy’s strength was still a bit below his.

So once he went all out, overtaking him was relatively easy.

The one in third was a European.

The gap there was a bit larger.

But in terms of pure skill, that guy was actually weaker than him by quite a bit.

"Come on!" he muttered to himself through clenched teeth.

After a few turns plus four or five kilometers, sweat on his forehead was running like a stream.

These few minutes, his technique was pretty much at the peak of his life.

Finally, with less than one kilometer left before the finish line, he overtook the European driver and let out a long, deep breath.

Top three!!!

Then he immediately sighed again.

The Brazilian in front of him wasn’t that far ahead.

But there was less than a kilometer left.

To be honest, there really wasn’t much hope.

As for overtaking the American, the one in first, that was just completely impossible.

Even so, he still went all out.

Not just to keep the people behind from passing him.

He also hoped he might somehow get a chance to overtake the Brazilian in front.

Even if the chance was slim, you’ve still got to try. If you don’t, what’s the difference between you and a salted fish?

It was just that in the final moment, he was a few seconds late to the finish.

Otherwise, he might’ve been able to overtake the European.

The top three were decided right then and there.

First place: the American. Second: the Brazilian. Third: the Huaxia driver.

The rest didn’t really count.

After he got out of the car, he saw plenty of people celebrating for them.

At this moment, the Huaxia crowd, after their initial regret, were now all grinning in excitement.

In competitive sports!

Sometimes there really are no borders.

As long as you’ve fought hard, as long as you’ve achieved a good result, they’ll all offer their blessings.

Of course, what they want most is still for their own country’s driver to take first place.

If they don’t, there’s nothing to be that upset about.

Just work harder next time!

If instead, whenever someone underperforms, you go curse their ancestors eighteen generations back and trash them every which way.

How are they supposed to perform well in the future?

And besides, do you even have the right to curse them?

If you’re so good, why don’t you get out there and do it yourself!

Of course, the national football team is another story.

There’s way too much mess involved there; no matter how tolerant the people are, they just can’t bring themselves to forgive them.

"Hm?" After getting out of the car, he originally planned to go congratulate the American and the European.

But there was no joy at all on their faces.

Instead, they looked utterly dazed.

He went up and asked, and only then did he find out.

Back when there was still one kilometer to the finish line, a car had already passed them.

And it had blasted through the finish in a flash and disappeared into the distance.

The key thing was, it wasn’t even a race car, and it was that big.

And it still overtook them!

They honestly had no idea what to say anymore.

Were their eyes playing tricks on them?

But it had felt way too real.

After they reached the finish and asked the staff there, they found out a car really had gone through.

In an instant, whatever happiness they had was gone.

For top-tier drivers, getting a placing often isn’t even the main goal.

The main thing is to compete in skill, in technique, in all kinds of setups.

Once they’ve done all that, and it matches their expectations.

Even if they don’t get a good placing, they’ll still feel very happy inside.

Now? Happy my ass!

They’d been overtaken by some no-name car.

And the worst part was, when they pulled up the finish line footage and watched from the start, they saw that at the farthest point, that car had been several kilometers behind them.

Several kilometers!

Don’t be fooled into thinking that compared to dozens of kilometers total, that’s nothing.

But as race drivers, they knew very well: a gap of a few kilometers is already huge.

Especially on this kind of rough, twisting national highway.

You could even say, take ten drivers, the strongest and the weakest—if the stronger one is more than a kilometer behind the weaker one.

Assuming the stronger one is the one behind.

Then it’s very hard for the strongest to overtake the weakest.

As long as the weakest doesn’t make some massive mistake, first place is basically his.

That’s why, after the Maozi and the Indian made big mistakes, they couldn’t even catch up to the weakest Australian.

"Who the hell is this guy?" The American who’d taken first turned to ask the two Huaxia drivers.

The other seven drivers also looked over at them.

The two Huaxia drivers exchanged a glance, then gave a wry smile. "We don’t know either!"

The Maozi, who had a bit of a rough temper, snapped impatiently, "You Huaxia have such a badass expert, and you two, as top drivers, don’t even know who he is?"

"And you call yourselves racers?"

"What a joke!"

The Indian also nodded with an ugly expression.

As for the Japanese driver, his face had been dark the whole time.

He’d thought their country had already caught up to Huaxia in this field, maybe even surpassed them, or at least wasn’t far behind.

He never expected what happened today, and it left him feeling a bit hopeless.

In fact, everyone present felt a sense of despair.

With someone that strong, no matter how much they trained or improved, they still wouldn’t be able to catch up.

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