December 23rd, 9:00 AM sharp.
The Men's Elite ITT, the first event of the competition, was the first to begin.
The weather today was excellent. The sun shone brightly in a sky as clear and blue as if it had been washed clean.
But being the dead of winter, the weather in Changzhou was already bitterly cold. Even with the sun out, people's breaths plumed like humidifiers, each exhale of carbon dioxide forming a thick cloud of mist.
And when that cold air was sucked into the lungs, a bone-deep chill made people shiver uncontrollably, as if their very souls were about to be frozen out of their bodies.
In this regard, Huang Chong's advantage in resisting low temperatures was on full display.
He had previously taken a system-rewarded Antifreeze Pill, which had completely optimized his body's constitution in this respect, granting him a permanent boost.
