Chapter 170 Linked Together (10) - Fell Down

The pillars in front of me and under my feet are still the same, but there are only two laser beams, fewer in number, but the way they move has changed to moving back and forth.

Don't be fooled by the fact that it's just a slight change in the way they move; it doubles the difficulty because they initially move separately, one in front of the other, and then converge in the middle.

When they separate, the distance between them is quite large, but when they merge, there's barely enough room for one person to stand in the middle. The laser moves quite fast.

The question is, at what point should they jump to ensure they don't touch the laser?

Ning Shu thought that jumping separately was the most suitable, so that there would be enough distance between them to stand and then jump again, but this would require them to jump at the same time.

It's unlikely that the two of them could take turns jumping like before, because the chain isn't long enough. This would pose a risk that Si Zhong might not be able to help her up once he's stopped.

Si Zhong clearly had also thought of this. He looked down at Ning Shu, who was still deep in thought, and suddenly regretted choosing such a weakling as his teammate.

I didn't really carry out my plan to crush the weaker opponents; I just caused them trouble.

He wondered how likely it was that they could jump across together. After thinking for a long time, he came up with another idea: how likely it was that he could lift her up and jump across together. In short, he compared the two possibilities.

In the end, he decided to lift her up and jump over, since he knew how bad her balance was, and he'd rather seize the opportunity than let her get in the way.

"Let's go." He said to Ning Shu after he had made up his mind.

Ning Shu wasn't surprised by his words. After all, she listened to him now, and if she failed, she could criticize him and save face.

But when they were about to set off, Ning Shu felt that the other party's plan was not good. He actually planned to grab her and jump over!

This is outrageous!

How could he be so confident that he could stand firmly on the pillar while carrying her?

Ning Shu asked uncertainly, "Do you want to think about it again?"

Si Zhong glanced at her: "Do you have a better idea?"

Ning Shu shook his head. Even if she had the idea, she wouldn't tell him. What if her method failed? Wouldn't he kill her?

Falling from that height, even rocks would be smashed into mud, so she decided against it. The thought of having to restart later made her a little depressed.

After hearing what she said, Si Zhong didn't say anything more, but grabbed her and jumped up.

First, he landed steadily on the pillar, walked in front of the laser, and waited for the laser to split open, leaving the middle section empty.

He seized the opportunity, leaped over the first laser beam, landed in the gap in the middle, and stepped onto the pillar.

Because he was holding Ning Shu in his right hand, he was a little unbalanced and trembled. He immediately wanted to jump up and leap over the second laser beam.

But he underestimated the two laser beams; their speed began to accelerate and converge as soon as he passed the first laser beam.

Just as he was about to leap up and take the opportunity to cross the second laser beam, the two laser beams accelerated and converged, trapping him between them.

When Ning Shu saw the two laser beams approaching and almost killing her, she couldn't help but scream "Ah—"

She thought she would be cut in two, no, in three pieces by a laser, and then experience a free fall.

But in reality, she wasn't cut into three pieces. Instead, she felt herself touch a hot stick, and then the two of them fell off the pillar together.

That's right, even Si Zhong was helpless this time. He felt like he was being "pushed" down by two laser beams.

"Aaaaaahh ...

Looking at the vast sky, even Ning Shu, who prided himself on his strong heart, couldn't take it anymore. He could only scream at the top of his lungs and join the "screaming" army, becoming one of them.

Si Zhong ignored her, swaying his body towards the buildings or rocks he saw, controlling his direction by moving his body like he was swimming in water.

Ning Shu suddenly realized that she was moving, and immediately shut her mouth and looked in Si Zhong's direction.

Her eyes were a little blurry from the wind, but she could still see that Si Zhong was trying his best.

Feeling that she couldn't keep holding others back, she imitated his movements, wading through the air and trying to get closer to Si Zhong.

Si Zhong felt the person behind him approaching, and felt somewhat relieved, at least the other person wasn't completely stupid.

He approached a large, floating rock, shaped like a pine cone, wider at the top and narrower at the bottom.

He drew a short knife from behind his waist with his right hand and forcefully plunged it into the side of the rock. The knife slid a short distance along the rock before stopping.

Their descent gradually slowed down until they finally came to a complete stop.

Si Zhong stood on the stone, his right hand holding a short knife fixed to the stone, his left hand hanging down with Ning Shu dangling from it. He had no free hands to work with.

He then looked down at Ning Shu and said, "You, quickly climb onto the rocks, I need to get to work."

Si Zhong was positioned near the bottom of the rock, while Ning Shu was below him, currently half-suspended in the air, still 2 meters away from the bottom of the rock.

She didn't know what had gotten into him, that he would actually say something like, "What do you think..."

Before she could finish speaking, she felt the chains rising. It turned out that Si Zhong was pulling her up with his left hand.

Once the chain had shortened to a certain length, he swung it around, throwing her directly towards the rocks.

Upon seeing the stone, Ning Shu understood his intention and immediately activated his skill to climb up with both hands, firmly "sticking" to the side of the stone.

Si Zhong was very pleased with her cleverness; now his left hand was free.

He took out a climbing nail from his spatial storage and inserted it into the side of the large rock with his bare hands. Then he took out a hammer from his spatial storage and hammered the climbing nail into the rock.

After the climbing pegs were secured, he put the hammer back into his storage space, held the climbing pegs in his left hand, and drew his short knife with his right hand, putting it back into the scabbard at his waist.

Then I repeated the process of driving in the carabiners with my right hand, so that there were carabiners on both the left and right sides.

He used the momentum to climb up, successfully placing his foot on a climbing peg, and then repeated the steps he had just taken.

When Ning Shu saw him like this, she suddenly felt something was wrong. She remembered that he had ice-type skills and could create pillars of ice before, and walk on them.

At this point, wouldn't it be easier to just make a ladder out of ice and climb up? Why bother with all the nails?

Could it be that he gained other skills after being resurrected, and lost his original ice-type skills?

But why is it that when she revives, she either has no skills or can only use her current skills? She had initially guessed that players couldn't change their skills.

Does this mean the inability to change skills only applies to her, and not to others?

I can't ask him this question, it's so frustrating.

She did try to change her skills before, but after failing too many times, she gave up.

Why is this game having one problem after another? Is she being targeted by the game?