Yuan-ge, holding his breath, even used drifting techniques on the turns, pulling the handbrake on straightaways after steering, then releasing it once the car was aligned.
His female companion, unprepared, was thrown against the car door by the inertia, despite wearing her seatbelt, and let out a muffled groan.
Yuan-ge was about to comfort her when he noticed the black Mercedes had caught up again.
"Damn… how is he so fast?"
Yuan-ge cursed, forgetting about his companion as he slammed on the gas, increasing the distance between them once more.
After leaving it far behind, Yuan-ge finally breathed a sigh of relief.
However, his relief was short-lived, as the black Mercedes reappeared, haunting him on the next curve.
Once or twice could be a coincidence, but three or four times was suspicious.
Yuan-ge realized something was wrong.
So, after drifting through the curve, he paid close attention to the rear.
He saw the black Mercedes burst out of the curve at high speed, instantly closing the gap.
The drift made Yuan-ge's eyelids twitch, and he couldn't help but curse, "Doesn't this son of a bitch slow down before turns? So confident? Isn't he afraid of flipping into the ditch, car and all?"
Seeing the black Mercedes closing in again, Yuan-ge floored the accelerator, but then he glanced at the navigation and slammed on the brakes, terrified, because the next turn was a U-turn, a sharp bend!
Without slowing down, he'd probably flip into the ditch, car and all.
As soon as he slowed down, the black Mercedes overtook him!
"I don't believe you won't slow down."
Yuan-ge said, staring intently at the black Mercedes.
The Mercedes got closer and closer to the U-turn, but showed no signs of turning.
Yuan-ge frowned, his voice anxious, "Why isn't he turning? Turn already! It's too late if he doesn't turn! Turn already!"
The black Mercedes started to drift, but the curve was to the left, and it was drifting to the right!
"This…"
Yuan-ge was stunned, and then he saw the black Mercedes crash through the wooden guardrail with a bang, the car falling into the ditch and disappearing.
"Holy crap?"
Yuan-ge and his companion were shocked to see the car tumble into the ditch.
He quickly slowed down, pulled over to the side, turned on the hazard lights, and unbuckled his seatbelt.
"Wh… what do we do?" The female companion was a little dazed; she never expected an accident to happen.
"What else can we do? Call the police!"
Yuan-ge's face was grim, and he quickly got out of the car and rushed towards the broken guardrail, hoping that if he acted quickly, they might still be saved.
At the same time, he cursed the driver in his mind, if you don't have the skills, why show off? Now look what happened? Car and all in the ditch, who knows if he'll see the sun tomorrow.
But when he ran to the broken guardrail, he froze in place, rubbed his eyes, and checked again, confirming that he wasn't mistaken, and couldn't help but exclaim, "Holy crap."
"Yuan-ge! Yuan-ge!"
The female companion ran over with her phone, anxiously asking, "Where is this place?"
"N… no need to call the police." Yuan-ge said with difficulty.
"Why not? It'll be too late, people will die!" The female companion said anxiously.
"Really, no need… there was no accident." Yuan-ge pointed to the black Mercedes speeding in the distance, and murmured, "Look… see? They're driving fine over there…"
"How is that possible, it clearly crashed out…"
The female companion was about to say it was impossible, but when she looked into the ditch, there was no black Mercedes.
Instead, there were two long tire tracks on the slope, extending to the road below.
The female companion widened her eyes and swallowed hard, slowly putting the phone to her ear, and said, "Sorry… never mind…"
"Yes… I was wrong, there was no crash… they just took a shortcut…"
"Really… I didn't drink, I'm not kidding you."
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Sonoko sat in the passenger seat, her eyes shut tight, gripping the seat firmly as she repeatedly muttered:
"Am... am I dead? Am I dead? Dead?"
"Yes, you're dead."
Lin Yi said with a smile, "When you died, it was very peaceful, without any pain."
Sonoko slowly opened her eyes and found that she was still sitting in the passenger seat of the Mercedes-Benz, and the car was still driving steadily.
It was as if the car that had just smashed through the guardrail and driven into the ditch wasn't theirs.
"Why... are we okay?"
Sonoko looked at Lin Yi with a confused expression and asked, "I remember... we clearly broke through the guardrail."
Lin Yi said with a smile, "That was a shortcut... Have you ever played Crazyracing KartRider? In some maps, there are hidden shortcuts."
"Short... shortcut?" Sonoko couldn't help but snap, "That's a game! A game!!!"
"The one just now was one too," Lin Yi reminded her.
"No! No!! Where would there be shortcuts in reality!"
Sonoko shouted, unable to control her emotions, "One mistake and the car flips, and people die!"
Sonoko had always behaved in a lively and cheerful manner, keeping her emotions well-controlled and acting like someone who had seen the world.
This was the first time Lin Yi had seen her yelling like this, and he found it a bit amusing: "What are you afraid of? If we're going to die, I'll die right there with you."
"You... hmph, who wants to die with you! I don't want to die this early." Sonoko huffed, acting like a tsundere with her arms crossed.
After a pause, Sonoko really couldn't contain her curiosity and turned back to ask Lin Yi, "Just now... how did you do it? We hit the guardrail... logically, the car should have flipped over."
Lin Yi said, "Didn't I tell you? It's just like playing Crazyracing KartRider... drifting and taking a shortcut. It's not that difficult."
At this point, Lin Yi glanced at the navigation again, his eyes lighting up as he said, "There's another place ahead where we can take a shortcut... don't close your eyes this time, watch closely."
"No!"
Sonoko hastily tried to stop him, "Please, you must not do such a dangerous thing!"
"It's fine, trust me." Lin Yi gave Sonoko an encouraging look, "My driving skills are great."
"I believe your nonsense!"
Without another word, Sonoko reached out and turned off the navigation, saying, "Please don't joke with lives!"
Lin Yi looked at the wooden guardrail ahead and said with a smile, "You turned off the navigation too late..."
After saying that, he jerked the steering wheel again, performing a reverse drift. With a bang, he smashed through the wooden guardrail once more, causing Sonoko to widen her eyes and let out a scream.
The car nearby, after witnessing all this, was so frightened that the driver immediately slammed on the brakes, pulled the handbrake, and got out to run over and save them.
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