NOVEL NEXT Chapter 124: Rankings
"How is your spiritual power recovering?"
The driver glanced at the person on his right. The person next to him possessed a magic spell tag that could increase speed, and this speed effect also included the vehicle.
Having such a tag in this kind of instance grants a significant advantage.
The speed boost effect of the opponent's spell tag can enhance speed by roughly thirty percent.
"It's already more than halfway recovered. I'd estimate another two or three hours, and it should be back."
The man on the right heard this and glanced at his spiritual power before casually responding.
The driver relaxed his expression upon hearing this.
Calculating from this, in two to three hours, they would be able to speed up again.
"Why did you choose this kind of tag before? Although it does increase speed, compared to the single-target speed tags, its effect is somewhat weaker. Did you consider preparing for this type of race instance when selecting your tag earlier?"
The driver beside him asked curiously, looking at the person next to him.
Normally, such an overall speed-up tag seems a bit redundant.
Once the overall strength increases, vehicles and such are definitely outpaced by single-target speed tags.
Can't possibly chase someone down by driving and accelerating the car, right?
"Didn't you know?"
The man on the right glanced at the driver with a hint of peculiarity in his eyes, "Our own cars definitely won't use such tags, but how about if we get a hover car in the future?"
"Or maybe, something like a flying sword."
"Perhaps these things are fast enough on their own, and with such a tag boost, the speed would only be faster."
The driver beside him was taken aback upon hearing this and then stared at this person with a dazed expression, "Have you seen these kinds of tags before?"
At this moment, the driver's eyes showed a touch of surprise.
If it really was as the other person said, then indeed, these tags could play a significant role in the future.
"Seen it. Entered a futuristic technology instance before, where there were tags like hovering. These tags, whether placed on cars or other objects, could create a floating effect."
The man on the right nodded earnestly upon hearing this.
Listening to this, the driver's expression became quite animated.
If such tags could be obtained, escaping in the future would certainly be much safer!
"Alright, let's find some speed boost tags first, and increase the car's speed. Only then can my tag have greater effect."
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"Quick, quick, there's an oasis over there, drive over, drive over!"
"I have a special tag, which can sense water over there, a lot of water!"
On a barren highway, sand and wind were occasionally blowing, and one person inside the car suddenly became excited, urging the person next to him to make a quick turn.
The person driving was a middle-aged woman. The woman heard the words of the person next to her and faltered.
Driving along the route indicated by the opponent would mean deviating from the route!
If they deviated from the route, what if they got lost and couldn't find their way back?
Thinking this, she couldn't help but be a little worried.
Another woman heard this and thought for a while before saying, "Listen to him. He's with us and wouldn't do something to harm himself."
The middle-aged woman thought it made sense upon hearing this, and immediately turned the car's head to drive off the highway.
The car rolled over various cracked stones and yellow sand. After driving for more than ten minutes, the surroundings became increasingly desolate, causing a huge sense of unease in their hearts.
The man beside kept urging her to speed up during this time.
Finally, after passing over a hill, an oasis suddenly appeared before them.
In the oasis, some animals could be seen resting and drinking water.
Seeing this, the three people in the car couldn't help but cheer loudly, then quickly shut off the engine and headed towards the oasis.
Next, obtaining food depends on this effort. As long as they kill enough animals, they won't need to worry about food anymore.
They still don't know how far they need to run, so it's better to be well-stocked with food and water.
With their strength, sneaking up and hunting some animals is not a problem.
As they cautiously approached, they swarmed forward, directly pinning down several animals unable to escape.
After hunting several animals, they looked at the water pool in front, then returned to the car to rummage around for a while, before reluctantly finding two water buckets.
These two buckets were only about the height of a person and not particularly large.
"Finally found such a large pool of water, but nothing to store it in. What can we do?"
The three exchanged glances and were ultimately helpless to gather two barrels of water, then drank their fill before leaving.
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"Look carefully; there should be tags here!"
On the other side, Zhou Yingting's car stopped once again, this time at a station nearby.
Even though he didn't know why there was a car stop at this location, Zhou Yingting was certain there were entry words here.
Song Qingyun and the others just assumed Zhou Yingting saw a place here to hide things, so they didn't think much of it.
After getting off the car to check for a moment, they quickly found the entry words.
Besides the three acceleration entry words, there was also one that had never appeared before.
"Three acceleration entry words!"
Song Qingyun rapidly brought the entry words to Zhou Yingting, signaling Zhou to quickly install the entry words, wanting to see how much the acceleration entry word could increase once it reached Level 2.
They already had two acceleration entry words, and now with these three, they could be directly synthesized.
Zhou Yingting directly synthesized these three acceleration entry words and installed them on the car, then the effect of the entry words began to manifest.
Originally, their fuel consumption was 1.9, but after adding the entry words, it became 2.4.
The original speed was 26 km/h, but due to the ceramic patches, the speed dropped to 25 km/h.
And now, after installing the Level 2 acceleration entry words, the speed of 25 km/h directly increased to 35 km/h.
"The speed is up, but the fuel consumption also increased, it's a bit terrifying, this fuel consumption, a 3.0T engine could run 7.3 kilometers on one liter of gasoline, but ours is 2.4 liters running 10 kilometers, and the speed is only 35 km/h."
Song Qingyun looked at this data in front of him and couldn't help but rub his cheeks.
"No problem, just keep finding more power entry words, if the fuel consumption is high, it's just a bit more, find more oil along the way, it'll be fine."
Zhou Yingting waved his hand unconcernedly upon hearing this, "Right, what about the other entry word?"
As he spoke, Zhou Yingting reached out for the other entry word from the other person.
Seeing this, Song Qingyun directly handed it over, with a hint of excitement on his face, "It's navigation."
"Navigation?"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yingting's expression immediately brightened; what they were lacking now was navigation!
Thinking of this, Zhou Yingting quickly took the entry word and glanced at it.
Entry word: Navigation.
'Effect: Can display current real-time position, roadside supply stations, and destination stations.'
'Negative effect: Increases fuel consumption by 1.'
Another gas guzzler.
This is becoming a fuel hog.
With this entry word equipped, the original fuel consumption turns into 3.5.
Zhou Yingting calculated, he still had about 500 liters of gasoline left.
That would be enough for about 1,420 kilometers.
Not sure if the oil he brought will be enough, he'll know once he installs this navigation.
As Zhou Yingting equipped the navigation, the navigation entry word immediately popped up a screen, displaying the navigation position.
Song Qingyun also couldn't help but come closer to stare at the screen in front of him attentively.
"What, we've only covered this little bit of distance?"
No matter how slow their speed was, they had run over a hundred kilometers, but according to the map, their route only moved a little.
And looking at the destination station, it seemed unreachable!
Moreover, the navigation map showed various complex routes, without it, they would truly get lost trying to find their way to the destination station.
Fortunately, they found navigation.
"Let's go, set off, continue searching for acceleration entry words."
Zhou Yingting waved to Lin Wenjue, who was still searching below, signaling him to get in the car immediately.
After confirming there were no other entry words around, Lin Wenjue got in the car with a bit of reluctance, afraid he might have missed something.
"Hey brothers up front, can you reveal a bit about your current speed? I'm ranked too far back, just a little data would help me!"
It was Song Qingyun's turn to drive, Zhou Yingting glanced at the screen, seeing someone inquiring there.
Zhou Yingting checked, the inquirer was ranked 62.
This ranking was indeed a bit higher than Zhou Yingting's.
"My current speed is 61 km/h."
A train ranked twenty-third responded in the group.
Seeing this speed, it immediately caused an uproar, "Damn, 61 km/h? I've been struggling for half a day and found an engine upgrade entry word, now it's only 48 km/h, are you even human?"
"I'm at 49 km/h, but my fuel consumption is up to 3.8L, it's getting hard to sustain, my fuel is nearly empty."
"My fuel consumption reached 5L, even scarier! There are so many entry words on the car, all consuming a lot of fuel!"
Talking about fuel consumption and speed, people in the group started complaining, indicating their fuel consumption was high while speed was low, having no idea how to win this race.
"Incredible, the train ranked 23 is already at 61 km/h."
Song Qingyun took a moment to glance and then smacked his lips, with a hint of shock in his eyes.