Chapter 104 The corpse lurks in the dimly lit world on the desolate island...

Dark red benches are arranged on both sides of the carriage, and the aisle in the middle is about one person wide, so there is more than enough room for players to move around.

The Ferris wheel cabins are very spacious, accommodating eight people with plenty of room to spare on both sides.

If it weren't for the clearly marked maximum passenger capacity, Liang Jun felt that even if Jiang Chunhua and Tang Cailei were to come up, there wouldn't be a problem.

With that in mind, she had the idea of ​​checking out the other two people.

The glass door of the elevator was on her right, with Gu Keke in between. As soon as Liang Jun leaned forward, Gu Keke sensed her movement.

Gu Keke glanced at her quickly, then patted her thigh casually, "Want to switch seats?"

"Ah..." Liang Xun hadn't reacted yet, and was a little confused for a moment. "Can you stand up now?"

"There shouldn't be any problems, right..."

Gu Keke glanced at the other players in the gondola. Seeing that everyone's tense emotions seemed to have gradually calmed down, she nodded. "Anyway, it's only the beginning. The Ferris wheel is still turning, so nothing will happen."

As she spoke, she tapped Liang Jun to stand up, and the two of them crouched down and switched places without any obstruction.

The car door frame is divided into upper and lower parts.

The lower part is a brownish-red panel in the same color scheme as the seats. If Liang Jun remembers correctly, from the outside, the panel appears to blend into the silver-white of the Ferris wheel. It's probably a two-sided structure—Liang Jun tried to pry it off, but couldn't.

The upper part is a transparent glass area for tourists to enjoy the view. However, it is not as pure and flawless as it appears from a distance. After being removed from direct sunlight, years of dust and unidentified stains cover the glass, as if a retro filter has been applied.

They were already far from the ground, and their view was obstructed. If Liang Jun wanted to find Jiang Chunhua and Tang Cailei, she could only press most of her body against the elevator door, her forehead pressed tightly against the upper part of the glass window, and strain her eyes to look down.

"Oh my god, this is too dangerous."

Gu Keke kept her eyes on Liang Xun's movements. When she saw Liang Xun shift her focus to the non-automatic sliding door, her heart trembled.

She nudged Ge Lin next to her, and after they quickly switched places, Gu Keke instructed him, "You're strong, so hold on tight to your sister's clothes and don't let her fall."

"Yes, sir!"

Ge Lin, who accepted the task without hesitation, stared intently at Liang Xuan, gripping the hem of her dress tightly with both hands until his fingertips turned white.

Everyone in the car knew what Liang Jun was doing, and while they were on tenterhooks, they were also very concerned about the results she observed.

Of all these, Jiang Zhiling was the most attentive.

She sat next to Xin Sang and directly opposite Ge Lin, her eyes brimming with worry.

"Sister Jun, have my sister and the others come up yet?"

"them……"

As the car rose higher, the angle from which Liang Xuan could observe the surroundings became smaller and smaller.

Looking around, all that could be seen below was a sea of ​​heads, and trying to find the heads of Jiang Chunhua and Tang Cailei among them was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Just a second before her gaze shifted to the edge of the zone, Liang Jun finally caught sight of her target.

"They're coming up."

With their view completely blocked, Liang Xun sat back down in her original seat, and Ge Lin finally breathed a sigh of relief, letting go of her hand. "They were only a few seats away from us, not too far. But I didn't see anyone get into the same carriage as them, so maybe there were only the two of them in that space."

Upon hearing this result, the huge weight that had been hanging over Jiang Zhiling's heart finally lifted.

Her tense shoulders relaxed. "It's okay, it's okay, everything will be fine once we get up here..."

The gondolas they were riding in were firmly suspended from the Ferris wheel frame by support arms, and rose at a steady speed with the stable operation of the machinery.

The door frame seals perfectly isolated all sound, making the car so quiet it felt like a different space—only Liang Jun could hear the familiar "click" sound coming from above from time to time.

Ge Lin sat beside her, his hands obediently placed on his kneecaps, looking very upright.

Liang Jun nudged his lower back with her elbow.

"Did you hear anything?"

"sound?"

Ge Lin looked up, fiddling with his messy blue hair. "No... Sister Jun, what did you hear?"

"I don't know what made that sound..."

If it were an onomatopoeic word, Liang Jun might be able to say it; but if asked to immediately identify the source of the sound, Liang Jun was completely clueless.

She took a deep breath, trying to suppress the not-so-loud, unknown noise in her ears.

As she turned around, her peripheral vision caught a glimpse of the sign for the elevator car opposite her.

A sign with a bright red "3" printed on it was pasted on the metal wall of the opposite elevator car.

This color clashes with the dark red of the seats and the silver-gray of the cabin, and in theory, it should be easily noticed.

However, due to the insufficient internal lighting, it was able to fish in the dark environment.

"What's this?"

Liang Jun naturally changed the subject, "Was this there from the beginning?"

Following Liang Jun's words, everyone's gaze fell upon the symbol.

"This...I'm not quite sure either..."

The sign was right above his head, so Xin Sang had to twist his neck and look up. "I wasn't in the first batch, and I didn't notice these little details..."

"I know."

Jiang Zhiling glanced back at it and immediately replied, "This sign was here when Ge Lin and I first came up. It doesn't mean anything else, it seems to be just the car number, indicating that we are currently in car number three."

Is it just the car code...?

Liang Xun's slightly furrowed brows remained unchanged. She nodded but didn't say anything more.

The clicking sound in her ears showed no sign of stopping. The regular noise accumulated into unease in her heart. Instead of causing public panic, Liang Jun chose to hold off on the matter and observe more carefully.

A few dim LED light strips hang on both sides of the car, their meager light flickering inside, creating a stark contrast with the dazzling outside lighting.

Liang Jun stared directly at the glass behind Xin Sang, her gaze passing straight through the dense steel frame in the center and directly onto another empty car.

If Jiang Zhiling is correct, then the sedan chair in front of her should be number nine.

Most of the view was completely obscured by the vines covering the skeleton.

Unable to obtain any more information from this angle, Liang Jun steadied herself, turned around, and returned to the perspective behind her.

The side where Liang Jun was located was exactly on the outside of the Ferris wheel cabin.

The viewing glass still only occupies the upper half of the area, with the curved glass wall extending upwards to the silver-gray metal panel.

Abrupt transition.

This was indeed the amusement facility located at the very top of the deserted mountain amusement park. As Liang Jun's altitude increased, the view she gained was better than ever before.

She had a panoramic view of the entire amusement park. The sedan chair had barely passed the cliff edge when Liang Jun could see the various facilities built along the elevation.

The carousel, high-altitude swings, and bumper cars were all illuminated with dazzling lights exclusive to the night.

The roller coaster, however, was lifeless. The track, stretching deep into the mountains, resembled a giant python that had died in the wilderness, its corpse lurking in the flickering light, ready to suddenly awaken at any moment.

The distant scenery was laid out before her, but Liang Jun was by no means limited to that.

She wanted to mimic her earlier actions again, trying to see through the glass the current state of car number four, which was right behind them.

However, the oversized partition once again perfectly blocked her view, and Liang Jun could not see any passenger cars nearby.

A warm and cozy atmosphere permeates the distance, and if you quiet your mind, you might even hear melodious nursery rhymes drifting from some of the facilities.

But all they could see was emptiness. The eight of them were confined to this space, as if they had been exiled to a desolate island.

All around is freedom, yet also a vast ocean capable of swallowing lives.

The unease intensified with the persistent clicking sound overhead.

Before she could even summarize all the unusual occurrences, the "click" sound suddenly amplified, startling Liang Jun so much that she instinctively gripped the handle beside her.

This time, it wasn't just her; the other seven people in the carriage also noticed the strange noise at the same time and were all startled.

Moreover, along with the strange noises came a sudden shaking of the elevator car.

As if a harbinger of an elevator descent, everyone's toes involuntarily gripped the ground, adrenaline surged, and they reflexively clenched the wrists of those around them.

But the imagined fall did not happen. A few seconds later, a slight dizziness rushed to Liang Yun's temples.

She shook her head, trying to calm the feeling. "The carriage has stopped."

The Ferris wheel, which had been rotating at a constant speed, stopped at this moment.

No one dared to make any big movements, for fear of causing the car to shake violently and resulting in more serious and unnecessary consequences. So they could only anxiously look behind them and try their best to observe the changes in the external environment.

But they had only just reached the middle section, and the Ferris wheel's green lights were still on; everything seemed to have happened without warning.

As if she had thought of something, Liang Jun looked up at Ge Lin and Jiang Zhiling beside her.

"Didn't you trigger any known rules when you came up?"

"No."

Jiang Zhiling obediently shook her head; this was also the question that puzzled her.

A Ferris wheel without rules, a boundless, dreamlike amusement park, enclosed cabins where you can't see other riders, and a constant, subtle sound overhead—

Everything seemed too normal, even shrouded in a deliberately constructed, nauseatingly warm illusion.

The vines outside the window coiled around Liang Jun's heart like snakes, tightening their grip.

The unusual stop did not last long, and the Ferris wheel soon resumed operation.

After that, this sudden stop happened again, and everyone realized they needed to make a record.

Who among you is more accurate with the time?

Liang Jun glanced into the interior of the elevator car, and after noticing Gu Keke's hand that seemed about to be raised, she said first, "To calculate the duration of the car's stop and start, the time will definitely exceed one minute."

The longer the duration, the more significantly the accuracy of the time estimation will decrease.

This was something that couldn't be solved by ordinary timing methods, so Gu Keke withdrew her hand again.

"I can."

Qi Zhixia, who was on the innermost side, spoke up, "I studied music for a while and have a good grasp of time and rhythm. Perhaps I can use music to keep track of time."

Sitting opposite Gu Keke, Luo Chuange chimed in, "I can do that too. Timed experiments were a must when developing games. If I work with Qi Zhixia, the final result won't be too one-sided."

That makes sense, and Liang Xun nodded in agreement, "Then thank you both for your hard work."

When the Ferris wheel resumed operation, Qi Zhixia and Luo Chuange immediately began their timekeeping work.

The others weren't idle either; while holding their breath, they were also trying their best to get more information about the outside world through the glass windows.

But all they could see was the unchanging, illusory panoramic view of the amusement park.

Liang Yan tried several times to check the detailed condition of the passenger car, but was repeatedly turned away.

After another cycle of stopping, Qi Zhixia reported the time, "I calculated it to be about five minutes—the stopping and starting are both about the same value."

Luo Chuange also agreed, saying, "My result is no different from Qi Zhixia's; it's also five minutes."

“Then it’s probably a five-minute time limit,” Liang Jun nodded in response.

She turned her gaze back to the window, where the view was now much wider than before.

After the car stopped for the first time, they experienced two more stops and three more starts. By this time, their perspective had become almost vertical, and the height above the ground was something to be avoided by the faint of heart.

"If nothing unexpected happens, we'll probably reach the summit soon."

Like a risk accumulation pool, the Ferris wheel has safely completed the first half of its journey, and the biggest stakes have naturally fallen on the top of the Ferris wheel.

Beneath the calm surface lies an unimaginable undercurrent of turbulent currents.

Liang Jun's voice suddenly went hoarse. "Summer and Luo Chuange, keep timing. When it's almost five minutes, remind us."

She then looked at the other passengers in the elevator, "We need to use these five minutes to discuss our next steps. Although we don't know exactly what we'll face, we can't be empty-handed and unprepared."

This deserted island sways gently on the water.

The island's builders raced against time in the final five minutes, determined to ensure their island survived the devastating tsunami.

Time ticked by, and Qi Zhixia's calm voice broke through the murmur of conversation.

"Four minutes and thirty seconds."

The faint "clicking" sound hanging overhead seemed to become impactful at this moment, like a hammer striking Liang Xun's temples again and again.

The proposal she was about to make was slammed back down by the hammer. Liang Jun clutched her temples in pain, feeling as if all her strength had been shattered by the blow, and she almost collapsed to the ground.

"Baby!"

"Sister Yao!"

Xin Sang and Jiang Zhiling, who were sitting opposite her, were startled. They quickly left their seats to help Liang Jun, who was unsteady on her feet.

Just as the two of them had helped Liang Xun up, Luo Chuange's voice fell heavily again.

Five minutes.

At the same time, the gondola suddenly stopped and came to a steady stop at the highest point of the Ferris wheel.

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The author's note: My mom wanted to play games on a big screen, so she borrowed my ten-year-old iPad.

After charging and turning it on, I tried several common passwords but couldn't unlock it...

It's very strange.

Because the passwords are just a few and the same, but my iPad has been locked for several hours now, and I still haven't been able to figure them out...

I don't want to flash the firmware... There are so many precious memories inside...

Apple, give me back my password! (rolls around)