He moved toward the center of the road.
Shen Tian approached.
The boyfriend blocked left.
Shen Tian moved right.
He blocked right.
Heavy Makeup Girl laughed.
"That’s it! Don’t let him through!"
Chi Lingxi looked horrified.
"Stop!"
The road curved sharply.
The boyfriend focused on the mirror instead of the turn.
Shen Tian saw it.
His expression changed.
He eased off the accelerator.
The red car entered too fast.
The boyfriend finally looked ahead.
His face paled.
"Hold on!"
He turned the wheel.
The rear tires lost grip.
The car spun sideways.
Heavy Makeup Girl screamed.
Chi Lingxi’s shoulder struck the door.
The world outside became a blur of headlights and barriers.
The red car slid toward the outer edge of the mountain road.
Beyond the barrier...
A steep drop disappeared into darkness.
The boyfriend slammed the brakes.
That made it worse.
The vehicle rotated farther.
The rear struck the guardrail.
Metal bent.
One wheel lifted.
Chi Lingxi saw the empty space beyond the window.
For one frozen moment...
She believed they were going over.
Then...
A black vehicle appeared beside them.
Shen Tian had accelerated the instant the spin began.
He positioned the hypercar against the red car’s lower side.
Not directly.
Not with enough force to overturn it.
At an angle.
His front panel pressed against the rear quarter of their vehicle.
He turned with the slide.
Matched its movement.
Then applied steady pressure.
The red car’s rotation slowed.
Its lifted wheel struck the road again.
Sparks exploded between the vehicles.
Shen Tian continued pushing.
The red car scraped along the bent barrier but no longer moved toward the edge.
Finally...
Both vehicles came to a stop in a narrow emergency section.
Silence filled the red car.
Heavy Makeup Girl sobbed in the back seat.
Her boyfriend stared ahead.
His hands shook violently.
Chi Lingxi couldn’t breathe properly.
She slowly turned toward the side window.
Shen Tian had already stepped out.
He walked to their car and pulled open the passenger door.
"Chi Lingxi."
His voice was calm.
"Look at me."
She did.
"Are you hurt?"
Her lips moved.
No sound came out.
Shen Tian crouched slightly.
"Take a breath."
She inhaled.
It shook.
"Again."
She followed his instruction.
Gradually...
The panic loosened its grip.
"My shoulder..."
She whispered.
Shen Tian examined it carefully.
"Bruised. Nothing broken."
Heavy Makeup Girl climbed out from the rear seat.
Her makeup had streaked from tears.
"We almost..."
She looked toward the broken guardrail.
Her knees weakened.
Shen Tian caught her arm before she fell.
"Stay away from the edge."
The boyfriend finally exited.
His face was pale.
He stared at the damage to Shen Tian’s car.
Then at Shen Tian himself.
"You..."
His voice cracked.
"You saved us."
Shen Tian looked at him.
"You were watching your mirror instead of the road."
The boyfriend lowered his head.
He had no response.
From farther up the mountain...
The race continued.
Engines faded into the distance.
Yun Wanhe remained in first place.
Xu Ning appeared beside Shen Tian.
[Host.]
[The opportunity is moving away.]
Shen Tian looked toward Chi Lingxi.
"Can you stand?"
She nodded.
Heavy Makeup Girl moved closer and held her arm.
Shen Tian looked at the boyfriend.
"Your car isn’t safe to continue."
"I know."
"Call the race staff. They’ll collect you."
The boyfriend nodded quickly.
Shen Tian turned back toward his vehicle.
Chi Lingxi suddenly reached out and caught his sleeve.
Shen Tian stopped.
She looked at the scrape running along the side of his hypercar.
Then toward the damaged barrier.
"...You’re going back?"
"Yes."
"You stopped to save us."
Shen Tian smiled.
"Winning isn’t more important than a life."
Her fingers slowly loosened.
Under the harsh road lights...
With sparks still fading across the pavement...
He appeared completely different from everyone else at the race.
The others had come for money.
Attention.
Pride.
Shen Tian had given up his position without hesitation.
Not because he expected praise.
Not because anyone had asked him.
He simply saw danger...
And acted.
Chi Lingxi stared at him and blushed.
Little hearts began to appear in her eyes.
"...Be careful."
Shen Tian nodded.
"I will."
He returned to the black car.
The engine roared.
A moment later...
He shot back onto the mountain road.
Chi Lingxi watched until his taillights disappeared.
Her heart continued beating quickly.
But now...
It wasn’t only from fear.
Way up ahead...
Yun Wanhe crossed the mountain peak.
No vehicles remained visible behind him.
He laughed.
"I’ve won."
The final section lay ahead.
The unfinished overpass.
The descent.
Then the finish.
His spiritual perception confirmed no one was close enough to challenge him.
"Even Shen Tian couldn’t keep up with me!"
He didn’t know about the crash.
He assumed Shen Tian had fallen behind.
The thought filled him with satisfaction.
"At last."
Then...
A distant engine echoed through the tunnel behind him.
Yun Wanhe’s expression stiffened.
He checked the mirror.
Nothing.
The sound grew louder.
A black shape emerged from the tunnel.
Far behind...
But approaching at impossible speed.
Yun Wanhe stared.
"No."
Shen Tian had lost more than two minutes stopping at the crash.
Yet the gap was shrinking.
Fast.
Yun Wanhe pushed the accelerator down.
The silver car surged.
The speedometer climbed.
Shen Tian continued gaining.
The unfinished overpass appeared ahead.
Only two lanes had been completed.
Concrete barriers narrowed the road.
Construction equipment remained abandoned along the sides.
Yun Wanhe entered first.
The silver car moved with perfect precision.
Shen Tian followed.
The gap became one hundred meters.
Then fifty.
Then twenty.
Yun Wanhe glanced toward the mirror.
Golden eyes met his through the windshield behind him.
Shen Tian looked calm.
Yun Wanhe’s teeth clenched.
"Not again!"
He moved to block the center.
Shen Tian shifted left.
Yun Wanhe blocked.
Shen Tian moved right.
Yun Wanhe blocked again.
The edge of the overpass approached.
Xu Ning’s voice echoed inside Shen Tian’s mind.
[Host.]
[He is intentionally preventing passage.]
"I noticed."
[Would you like me to override his vehicle?]
"No."
Shen Tian smiled.
"That would be unnecessary."
He eased back.
Yun Wanhe saw the black car fall behind.
(Author’s Note: IMPORTANT!)
SEND POWESTONES!!!
ALL SUPER GIFTS (Magic Castle, Space Ship, Golden Gachapon) = MORE ChapterS!

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