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Chapter 117 - 116. The Knight’s Gaze (10th Update for Monthly Votes!)_1

Chapter 117: 116. The Knight’s Gaze (10th Update for Monthly Votes!)_1

Now Ren He can skip class for a day and no teacher bothers about him; they’ve become used to it. In terms of academics, he might as well be invisible.

Truth be told, the teachers had discussed among themselves. Aside from causing some mischief before, Ren He could now even be considered one of the most honest students: he doesn’t talk or disrupt the class during lessons, just hugging his phone, not knowing what he’s up to, and not bothering anyone...

Generally speaking, although such a student wouldn’t be the teachers’ favorite, they wouldn’t be rejected either.

But why has it now come to be that everyone treats him as invisible?

The teachers didn’t understand either. It could be his innate temperament...

After skipping class for a day, Ren He returned to find Little Fatty, Xu Nuo’s eyes lighting up, "Where were you yesterday?"

"Slept all day," Ren He answered truthfully.

But mentioning this matter was quite something, as the classmates around him all envied him. Damn, everyone’s studying like their life depends on it, and here he is, sleeping for a whole day; though that’s all they did, just think about it.

The only discordant voice in the class, Liu Yinghai, had quieted down quite a bit lately, and he even looked a little pale. He would ask for leave from time to time, either going to the hospital for a check-up or following his family to perform religious rituals at the temple – probably due to some lingering psychological shadows. He felt a bit queasy looking at the blackboard...

There were rumors Liu Yinghai might have to repeat the year, but Ren He couldn’t care less; he hung up high, dry from the trouble. If you don’t seek death, you won’t die – why provoke someone who’s petty, right?

A day apart, and Xu Nuo missed Ren He quite a bit, but when Ren He finally showed up, he was annoyed again, facing the endless sea of homework awaiting him.

However, he noticed a problem. Xu Nuo looked at a new question and said, "I’ve done this problem before!"

"Even if you’ve done it, you still have to do it. Don’t give me any bullshit, hurry up," Ren He urged.

The memory of an ordinary person is actually very unreliable. During the senior year review, many schools ask students to keep an error correction notebook – that is, to note down the problems they get wrong so they can redo them after a while to reinforce the memory; otherwise, they might easily forget and make the same mistake when they encounter the same type of problem again.

Now, Ren He was mixing all the real test questions among those fictitious ones, continually cycling them for Little Fatty to review, ensuring he could firmly remember the problems likely to be tested in exams in his mind.

The spaced repetition method was the most reliable learning method Ren He knew. After seeing a problem, review it again after three days, then after seven days, and finally after twenty-one days. Usually, the memory acquired from this process is very solid, and could last at least one year.

So in the following review, Xu Nuo would always find Ren He presenting repeated problems, but under Ren He’s coercion and enticements, he had no choice but to do them again.

Yang Xi glanced at Ren He and stealthily sent a text: "Is the filming going smoothly?"

"Smoothly!" Ren He replied. As for signing an endorsement deal with TK Company, he would definitely share with Yang Xi as soon as possible, so she actually knew why he had missed class for a day, and she was the only one who knew.

Campus life was peaceful, with no excessive deceit or manipulation; those so-called student age maneuvers, once seen in society, were nothing but fairy tales...

And so, three days later, suddenly a video appeared online that set the entire internet ablaze! TK Company’s latest promotional video, Knight’s Name!

At first, some people clicked on it out of curiosity because of TK’s reputation, just to take a casual look, but once they watched it, they were stunned; the same scene, the same figure, the same bicycle!

Isn’t this the protagonist from that crazily viral video a few days ago, drifting at high speed on a bicycle around the corner? It’s the same slope, but this time it’s in high-definition!

The views on this video are skyrocketing again at an insane pace. The last one was shot in a sneaky way that left everyone not quite satisfied, ending after just three corners. Many even watched it over and over, turning it into a meme.

This time, they were shocked to discover just how much the previous video had omitted. The drifting process actually involved 12 corners!

In the video, Ren He’s eyes were covered by a Red Scarf, plunging down the slope, accelerating and then accelerating even more. To their astonishment, the speed seemed even faster than in the previous video. Plus, the way he navigated the first corner was different due to the increased speed; the video showed Ren He using a technique normally seen in motorcycle racing to counteract centrifugal force with centripetal force!

"My God, the speed is just explosive. I seriously thought he was riding a motorcycle!"

"The number one pioneer in bicycle drifting around corners, badass!"

By this time, professional racers who had been following the video also weighed in. They watched more closely and from a far more technical perspective.

The footage of the first corner particularly intrigued them: incredible body balance, extraordinary burst strength. Without these two abilities, completing such high-speed drifting around corners would be utterly impossible, no question about it.

Professional racers have never really been enthusiastic about freestyle cycling. What’s the point of all that hopping and jumping around? To them, real cycling isn’t just about strength and balance but, more importantly, mental prowess.

A single Tour de France race, spanning 3200 kilometers, is a supreme test of human will, demanding relentless mental and physical endurance. That’s why many cyclists don’t reach their peak until around 30 years of age; there’s good reason for it.

But the way Ren He handled that first corner in the video still stunned them. Without a strong inner resolve, who would dare to attempt such a feat?

Moreover, drifting is fundamentally different from the juggling nature of freestyle cycling, making it easier for them to acknowledge. The accelerating downhill speeds gave them a good sense of Ren He’s explosive power.

Less than an hour after the video was released, TK Company’s headquarters received a call: a club was looking to purchase Ren He’s information, but unfortunately, TK had signed a confidentiality agreement with Ren He, and leaking information was out of the question.

The video production, titled "Knight", was exceedingly professional, showcasing the expertise of Liu Erbao’s team. The video was shot like a commercial blockbuster, with dazzling lights and remarkable dynamic capture capabilities, making the overall video more compelling. It must be said that TK Company made a very wise choice in heeding Liu Erbao’s advice to keep the location the same and to shoot at night again. Additionally, those five hours of preparation work for the location before the shoot proved invaluable when the real video came out.

If the scene had remained dirty, it likely wouldn’t have achieved such a blockbuster effect.

In the final seconds of the video, Liu Erbao truly realized his initial vision, capturing Ren He’s expression during the drift through a close-up in full.

If one were to say the video initially just showcased an extreme sports stunt, then in those final seconds, it was suddenly elevated due to that look in his eyes.

In those eyes, there was no ferocity, no agony, only a serene persistence and earnestness deeply buried within, an expression of resilience and resolve as if embodying a belief, which seemed to represent the human spirit of exploration in extreme sports!

It was just a few seconds in time, yet countless viewers felt as if they had been struck by a profound emotional impact!

That’s a true Knight!

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Thanks to Fortune Cat Little A Zhi for becoming the fourth leader of this book, throw confetti! Where are the monthly tickets!