novelraw Chapter 335 - 263: If It’s 90 Degrees, It’s a Wall; Anything Less Is a Slope! (Part 2)
Chapter 335 - 263: If It’s 90 Degrees, It’s a Wall; Anything Less Is a Slope! (Part 2)
Wang Ye reached the flat ground and his speed once again soared to over two hundred miles per hour. He maintained a speed like the wind, skillfully weaving through countless off-road riders.
Those riders overtaken by Wang Ye all showed expressions of astonishment.
Reaching a speed of two hundred kilometers per hour on such an off-road track?
Is he disregarding his life?
It’s necessary to know that even for mountain downhill racing, the current world record is only two hundred kilometers per hour. Yet, this masked rider has astonishingly reached this speed on flat ground.
This made all the other riders suspect he might have modified his ride into some monster machine with a more terrifying horsepower than those road racing cars.
Wang Ye’s speed gradually increased, and the mask was flapping loudly in the rapidly flowing air.
At the same time, his ride also erupted a deafening roar, much louder than the engine sounds of those riding off-road motorcycles.
This is why they didn’t doubt that Wang Ye was riding a motorcycle. In their understanding, any ride that can produce such an extraordinarily intense roar must be some sort of modified high-performance motorcycle.
Only Wang Ye knew that these so-called engine roars were actually the sound produced by the rear hub of his bike.
The hub is the part of a bicycle, commonly known as the "hub drum," the barrel connecting the spokes outside the axle, often called the axle skin. Its main role is for the rotational transmission part between the front and rear wheel groups of the bicycle, it is the rolling device while cycling, directly influencing the cycling speed and gliding capability of the bicycle. Hubs usually contain ball bearings or bushings which, if performing well, can effectively reduce friction, achieving smooth tire rotation.
Its sound originates from the interaction between the pawl and the spring piece during idle cycling. Typically, increasing the number of clicks of the hub means the striking frequency of the pawl increases, which to a certain extent is a manifestation of good hub performance, although usually the loudness of the hub doesn’t completely determine its performance.
And now the sound level of the hub on Wang Ye’s special bike had already become extremely noisy, combined with the buzzing sound of the gears and inner tube slicing through the air at high speed, which led to the sound of his riding being no less than the engine noise of some high-power motorcycles.
Now, Wang Ye only had to intentionally stop pedaling, letting the rear wheel start to spin idly, and riders within a few hundred meters would involuntarily look over. But even if he didn’t intentionally stop pedaling, the occasional jarring bouncing of the pawl would occasionally cause exceptionally loud sounds, leading to the hub sound becoming more and more similar to the engine sound.
Wang Ye maintained high speed and soon reached the next challenge route.
And in the middle of this route.
Just 0.4 kilometers ahead of Wang Ye.
A team of six to seven off-road riders on a wild spree was already lined up there. They arranged themselves into a rectangular formation, almost completely blocking the route.
Beside this team of riders, on both sides, were two rock walls with a steepness of no less than 80 degrees,
Which is why they are called walls rather than slopes,
Because their incline is approaching 90 degrees.
It’s almost impossible for Wang Ye to bypass them by going over these walls.
Just as this team of riders was racing in formation, they suddenly heard a deafening roar coming from behind, making their eardrums start to ache.
This roar even overshadowed the engine noise of the six to seven riders. Being veterans in battle, they instantly realized that the rider suddenly appearing behind them probably wanted to challenge them.
They all suddenly turned back,
Scanned behind them with cautious eyes.
But before they could clearly see the situation behind them.
The masked rider on the weird-looking ride suddenly appeared ten meters behind them with astonishing speed!
The rider’s ride didn’t look like an off-road motorbike at all, because the internal frame was hollow, very similar to the triangular frame of a bicycle. Besides the off-road tires and light suspension handlebars, no off-road motorbike features were visible at all.
They didn’t doubt that Wang Ye was riding a bicycle, because his speed was just too fast. Even if it really was a bicycle structure, it must have a speed-up system installed. Nowadays, many companies have indeed released bicycles equipped with electric-assisted or fuel-assisted systems, which aren’t uncommon.
But now the most important thing for them wasn’t to care about the opponent’s ride. It was how to stop the masked rider behind them from overtaking them!
The leading rider shouted angrily:
"Who exactly is this masked rider!? How did he appear in our territory?"
"I don’t know; I didn’t receive any notification beforehand. Maybe he’s some newcomer causing turmoil."
"Should we let him pass?"
"Nonsense! Absolutely, absolutely can’t let him pass; this is our reserved track. If we just let him through like this, where will the Wolf Fang Team’s face be placed in the future?"
"Listen to my command, block this route in formation; don’t let him overtake!"
"Yes!"
"Yes!"
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At this moment, behind them.
Wang Ye, peering through his windshield goggles, saw the team ahead rapidly changing formation,
Like a swelling sponge blocking the entire route tightly.
Realizing this team might be deliberately blocking the route, not allowing him to pass.
Wang Ye’s eyes slightly narrowed,
Emitted a hint of dangerous light.
Since you won’t let me overtake in a normal way.
Then I’ll pass using an abnormal method.
His gaze swept around, quickly focusing on the rock walls on both sides of the team.
No, they’re not rock walls; they’re slopes!
In his eyes,
degrees is a wall; anything below 89 degrees is a slope!
A slope can be crossed!
Wang Ye gritted his teeth, made a standard bunny hop, attempting to hop onto the left "slope."
But due to the excessively high angle of the "slope,"
He repeatedly went up only to slide down within half a second each time.
After briefly contemplating, Wang Ye decided to abandon the bunny hop technique. Although this technique could effectively provide vertical power, allowing him to leap over ten meters while riding fast, it couldn’t let him stay on such a steep slope for long.
To "Wall-Climbing and Roof-Jumping" past this nearly 90-degree angle slope, he needed extremely fast speed to provide inertia and control the front wheel’s direction to maintain his distance from the ground, forming a parabola from low to high and back to low. He needed to pass the front team, approximately nine meters in length, before descending, considering they will continue moving several meters during this process. He also needed to preemptively reserve extra distance to increase tolerance. After planning, Wang Ye quickly calculated an outline in his mind and slowed his speed, gradually widening the distance from the front team.
When the distance reached one hundred and fifty meters, Wang Ye suddenly sped up his pedaling, increasing his speed to over 200 kilometers per hour.
Relying on the inertia brought by this instantaneous explosion of power, he suddenly twisted the handlebars, astonishingly remaining on the approximately 83-degree sloped left side!
The team members suddenly noticed an extremely sharp hub sound beside their ears.
And when they turned their heads to check the situation on the left side, they were astonished to find that the masked rider who was originally behind them had drifted on their left "wall" with absurd speed! Like an assassin taking the enemy general’s head in a thousand armies, circumventing countless soldiers in a ghost-like manner and reaching ahead of them!
"What the hell is going on with this guy?!!"