Chapter Two: The Dead Man's Wheel

Lu Xiao hid the red button beneath his tongue. The rewind repaired cars, wounds, and explosives, but it had failed to take the button. Objects from discarded versions could survive. So could proof that the other Su Wan had been real. Shen Mo came to the driver's window. “Open your hand.” Lu Xiao showed him an empty palm. The director studied it, then smiled. “Good. You lasted one run longer than Han Che.” “Where is he?” “Inside everyone who failed to reach the end.” Shen Mo announced a change. The planned drift was canceled. They would shoot a bridge jump that had failed every safety review. Twenty-two meters separated the two elevated sections, and the landing stood a meter higher than the launch. No ordinary car could make it.