The entire top of the tunnel was overgrown with weeds, but it was still relatively flat. Ren Fei was puzzled as to why a pile of dirt would suddenly fall from above.
However, there was no time to think. The race was important. Just as Ren Fei was about to turn back, the dense bushes on top of the tunnel suddenly moved!
It was gone in a flash, a gentle rustle as if brushed by the wind. Ren Fei even wondered if he had seen it wrong.
He hadn't seen it wrong. Lin Yan, who was ahead, had also seen it. The bush had indeed moved, and there was no wind.
The moment Lin Yan realized Ren Fei had disappeared behind him, he knew something was wrong.
He braked and slowed down, then quickly looked back. He saw the bush on top of the tunnel tremble, and he even caught a glimpse of a figure.
Ren Fei had lost some time removing the film. By the time he looked back, the figure was gone.
Although it was fleeting, Lin Yan was sure he had seen it.
What he saw next further solidified Lin Yan's suspicion: the previous incident was no coincidence; someone was targeting him.
Ren Fei's maneuver earlier was clearly aimed at him. However, due to the high speed, the attacker miscalculated the distance and the dirt landed on Ren Fei's car.
Moreover, at that distance, if he had fallen, Ren Fei behind him would have been unable to avoid it. It was a double kill. Even if the dirt hadn't fallen, Ren Fei's racing momentum would have pushed him down.
Who could it be?
The race organizers?
Lin Yan had no enemies in Country A, so there was only one possibility: it was the organizers!
But what was their motive? The bet? That didn't seem right. Judging by the reaction of the people below, even if he didn't break the record, Tu Kun would have broken it anyway.
"Where is the young master?"
"Brother Fei is gone too!"
There were no cameras in the tunnel. The next shot was at the exit of a sharp turn.
Hao Dong was filming with his phone. There was no signal. This guy was idle, unable to stream live, so he could only edit the footage later and post a video commentary.
The sun was shining brightly.
Zhang Mingzhi and Veneres sat on two small chairs, watching the screens of the race track outside. They didn't need to monitor the instruments inside the truck for this kind of race; it was easy.
But when they saw Lin Yan and Ren Fei pause for a moment on this stretch of road before emerging,
Veneres and Zhang Mingzhi were no longer calm. They exchanged glances, stood up from their small chairs, and quickly got into the heavy truck.
Slowing down wasn't the issue, but the long pause on this section of the road was abnormal. A long pause indicated something had happened, and they wanted to see what it was!
As the two reached the door of the heavy truck and opened it, they bumped into a staff member.
"Something happened, Chief Technician!"
Seeing Zhang Mingzhi and Veneres, the staff member responsible for monitoring the instruments said hurriedly.
Zhang Mingzhi and Veneres knew something had happened, of course.
Zhang Mingzhi nodded slightly, and then the three of them quickly went to the instruments and retrieved the onboard data from just now.
According to the instruments, both of them had slowed down on this section of the road, and Ren Fei's car had even braked to a stop.
Slowing down was normal, but if the car braked to a stop, then there was a problem, and it was a hard brake stop.
As everyone knows, it is rare for a driver to completely stop their car during a race. If they stop, it means there is an emergency.
Seeing this, the two became even more certain that something had definitely happened on this stretch of road.
Zhang Mingzhi quickly typed a few keys on the computer, and soon the camera footage from Lin Yan's and Ren Fei's cars was switched to the screen inside the room.
These were the specialized onboard cameras installed on the race cars.
The signal for the entire venue had been blocked. Su Mojin and Hao Dong's phones had no signal, but Zhang Mingzhi's instrument had a signal.
The team's equipment and the race cars were connected via satellite signal to reduce latency and ensure confidentiality. Of course, this didn't mean they bought a satellite; satellites are not something ordinary people can buy; it was a leased signal right.
This was usually used by teams competing in other countries to prevent signal delays, which had two benefits: first, no delay, and second, strong confidentiality! Racing data was extremely important to the team and could not be leaked.
Soon, the footage of them passing through the tunnel appeared before the two.
The screen was divided into two parts, one showing the onboard footage from Lin Yan's car, and the other showing the onboard footage from Ren Fei's car.
Entering the tunnel, exiting the tunnel, entering the tunnel – there was nothing unusual in their onboard footage. However, when exiting the tunnel, Ren Fei's camera went black! The camera was obscured by something.
Zhang Mingzhi and Veneres exchanged a glance. The camera was installed at the front of the car, which meant something had covered the front of the car when exiting the turn.
Next, Ren Fei braked. When the camera's view was restored, the car had already stopped at the edge of the cliff.
"That was close," the two sighed inwardly as they saw the several-zhang-deep cliff.
Then, Ren Fei's camera captured the scene of Lin Yan slowing down and looking back.
"Do you think this was an accident?"
After the playback, Zhang Mingzhi asked Veneres in a deep voice. Honestly, it didn't look like an accident.
"Not necessarily. If there wasn't a cliff ahead, it would be a 90% chance of an accident. But there's a sharp turn ahead. I don't believe it was an accident! However, we'll have to wait for them to return to be sure."
Veneres knew a bit about underground car races, but he had never heard of anyone having an accident at this turn.
There were coincidences in the world, but coincidences that involved human lives were worth pondering.
Apart from a few professionals, no one else noticed that the two were slow to emerge.
Lin Yan and Ren Fei rode very cautiously through the remaining few corners.
They reached the mountaintop safely.
The first thing Lin Yan did after getting out of the car was to check his lap time.
Ten minutes and forty-one seconds, three minutes faster than the record. This was even with a delay in the middle; otherwise, it could have been even faster.
Two hundred million euros were in hand.
However, after experiencing this, Lin Yan had to consider whether to participate in the main race.
The rewards were certainly desirable, but his life was more important. What was the use of rewards if he was dead?
He glanced at the clothes of the staff on the mountaintop. The black and gray suits were very similar in color to the figure he had seen. He could now confirm that the figure earlier was indeed a member of the organizing committee. As for why they wanted to target him, that remained to be investigated.
And they did it under live broadcast. He didn't remember wrong, Hao Dong was still broadcasting live below.
The other party dared to be so blatant.
This was interesting. It seemed he needed to collect some interest!