How Did I Become an F1 Driver?-Chapter 68 - 62: Reading Comprehension

Cards, drinks, and the racing fund along with discretionary funds have already been mentioned, and Qin Miao also knows their general purpose.

So, for now, let’s not focus on them. Qin Miao directed his attention to the two newly acquired skills.

The first skill: Calming the Machine Soul.

[Calming the Machine Soul (Blue)]

[Description: Active skill. After activation, it can significantly reduce the malfunction rate of the targeted mechanical creation for the next two hours.]

[Usage Method: Maintain a reverent attitude, close the fingers of the right hand together, and strike any part of the mechanical creation three times with an upward 45-degree angle and appropriate force.] freeweɓnovel-cøm

Seeing the description of this skill made Qin Miao very excited because for a racer, this skill is undoubtedly a godsend.

What are racers afraid of? It’s not that they’re less skilled than others, or that the car isn’t fast enough to catch up with opponents.

What racers are truly worried about is:

When you have the advantage in the race, you’re faster than your opponents.

But halfway through the race, you discover your car has a mechanical failure, the kind that can’t be fixed during the race, forcing you to withdraw.

All the pre-race preparations, all the practice, all the careful calculations, and the hard work of the staff in tuning the car go to waste because of a mechanical failure, rendering a week’s effort useless.

Such situations occurring once or twice are acceptable, as they are unavoidable.

But if it happens too often, even the most stable-minded racer can’t handle it.

With this skill, the likelihood of Qin Miao encountering mechanical failures will be greatly reduced. For Qin Miao, this skill is a strong assurance, providing him confidence when stepping on the accelerator.

For example, we all know that a race car’s engine has a lifespan, and needs replacement after reaching a certain usage level.

However, replacing an engine isn’t as simple as swapping it out when you notice wear, as engines are expensive, and in F1 races, there are limits to the number of engine part replacements, meaning you can’t change them at will. Repeated changes of the same part incur penalties.

This means you need to wait until a part is nearly beyond repair before replacing it.

But the closer a part is to being beyond repair, the more likely it is to have stability issues.

Naturally, when using an engine in such a state during a race, you’ll subconsciously avoid flooring the accelerator, fearing that reckless acceleration might cause the engine to blow up.

But with this skill, Qin Miao won’t have such worries under these circumstances. He can confidently and boldly press the accelerator to the floor, at least during the two hours of skill duration, without worrying about any issues arising with his car.

Although this skill is quite philosophical, it’s undeniable that being from the Warhammer Universe, it’s incredibly important for a racer who needs to deal with machinery.

After recognizing this skill as exceptionally useful, Qin Miao turned his attention to the next skill.

[Strong and Healthy (Blue)]

[Description: Passive skill, reduces physical wear by 3% when equipped.]

[Usage Method: Embed this skill into a Skill Slot]

After seeing the description of this skill, Qin Miao furrowed his brows because he felt that compared to the previous skill, Calming the Machine Soul, this skill didn’t quite match its blue grade.

After all, reducing wear by only 3% seems too little. After running 33 laps, the stamina saved is only enough for one more lap.

This skill seems somewhat lackluster. If it were a green skill, Qin Miao could accept it, but it happens to be blue.

Qin Miao felt a bit frustrated, but he quickly let it go.

Just like even things of the same level can vary, this skill might just be the worst among blue skills.

However, if Qin Miao had an additional Skill Slot, he certainly wouldn’t mind using this Skill Card in normal times. Although reducing wear by 3% doesn’t seem like much, every little bit counts, and accumulated savings in stamina is also a considerable number.

After categorizing this skill as mediocre, Qin Miao exhaled a sigh of relief and intended to take out his phone to see if there were any nearby places selling lottery tickets, as his racing fund had arrived, and he needed a way to withdraw it.

Originally, Qin Miao was somewhat short on funds. Now with the 20 million from the lottery function’s racing fund, plus the 2 million from tasks, Qin Miao doesn’t have to worry about his racing expenses for the time being.

Upon realizing he had so much money, Qin Miao wanted to take this opportunity to buy a GT3 race car under the name of the team he signed with.

Qin Miao felt that as a contracted professional racer, he should have the right to do so.

He wasn’t in a hurry to participate in any race with this car, simply buying a GT3 race car for personal practice. Anyway, Qin Miao now had money, and since this money came so unexpectedly, Qin Miao spent it without any psychological burden.

However, the fact that he won two large lottery prizes consecutively did concern Qin Miao a bit.

But the system could potentially use some other unexpected means to give this money to Qin Miao, and Qin Miao was quite looking forward to seeing what that means would be.

Aside from this, Qin Miao curiously pulled up the blue <Man and Car Unity> (blue) skill card from his system.

He was curious about the difference between a blue skill card and a white one.

The explanation that appeared before Qin Miao truly shocked him.

Although the card didn’t have explicit details like a normal skill, once opened, Qin Miao instinctively understood why the card was named blue.

Unlike the white card that gets unbound just by refueling or changing tires.

After using the blue skill card, the requirements for unbinding are no longer as strict as before.

Once the car is selected with the blue skill card, activities like changing tires, refueling, changing oil, or replacing windshield washer fluid won’t affect the binding status.

But that’s all it covers; changing rims, adding aerodynamic kits, or roll cages, modifying exhaust systems will still instantly unbind.

Still, compared to the white skill card, Qin Miao was quite satisfied with such enhancements in the blue skill card.

He took another look at the health potion (blue).

What puzzled Qin Miao was that unlike the blue skill card, this so-called health potion didn’t show any effect changes.

One could say the effect of this health potion was the same as the white one, the difference being this potion’s effects are stronger and work faster.

However, Qin Miao didn’t dare to test the potion, though he trusted Qimeng deeply, he hadn’t brought the health potion with him when he went out, and Qimeng was with him the entire time.

If she later asks why there’s an extra bottle of potion in the room, Qin Miao would truly have a hard time explaining.

He secretly planned to buy a bigger water bottle later, and put the health potion in it when he wants to drink.

Seeing Qimeng still asleep, Qin Miao could only helplessly remain lying on the bed.

Yet, Qin Miao didn’t feel bored, smelling the pleasant scent from Qimeng and listening to her even and smooth breathing made him feel at ease.

Maintaining such comfort, Qin Miao unknowingly drifted off to sleep again.

Qin Miao woke up again because of Qimeng.

Groggily opening his eyes, he saw Qimeng’s little face in front of him, with something waving in front of his nose.

Seeing Qin Miao awake, Qimeng withdrew the bun she was waving in front of Qin Miao’s nose, gave him a peck on the lips, and playfully said, "Good morning, dear~"

Qin Miao rubbed his nose and asked, "What time is it?"

"It’s seven forty, you overslept, let’s have breakfast first."

With a nod, Qin Miao got up from bed, dressed, and asked, "Any plans for today?"

Qimeng shook her head: "Not at all, is there anywhere you’d like to go?"

Embarrassed, Qin Miao scratched his face and said, "I’d like to go to Shanghai one more time, to test out my Ferrari..."

He expected Qimeng might be a bit displeased, as Qin Miao seemed to care only about his enjoyment, without considering taking Qimeng somewhere to relax.

Unexpectedly, Qimeng naturally nodded and said, "Sure! I actually want to experience what it’s like to sit in your car and race on the track."

"Hehe, Mengmeng, you’re the best!" Qin Miao was overjoyed.

"Let’s have breakfast first, or you’ll have no energy to drive later."

...

After having breakfast, Qin Miao meticulously cleaned himself inside and out, then, like a pilgrimage, held the Ferrari key left by Qimeng on the bedside table with an indulgent smile.

The Ferrari key was standard Ferrari red, with a string of silver Ferrari English letters printed on the back, and four buttons on the front for locking, unlocking, opening the front trunk, and turning on the car lights.

With a carbon fiber casing, the key wasn’t heavy in hand, but felt great and had a stylish design, making Qin Miao reluctant to put it down.

With the key in hand, Qin Miao eagerly turned to Qimeng and asked, "Where’s the car parked?"

Seeing Qin Miao’s eager expression, Qimeng shook her head and smiled, knowing that the guy would rush to experience his new car at Shanghai after waking up today.

So after returning to the hotel last night, Qimeng washed only Qin Miao’s racing suit, as she didn’t remove the helmet and its lining for cleaning.

"Why don’t you put your helmet on first; I parked the car in the hotel’s parking lot."

Qin Miao hurriedly nodded, put on his helmet, Qimeng picked up her handbag, and the two headed out.

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