Chapter 48 Landing
Lin Xi had been trained as a parachutist in her previous life. The Institute of Supernatural Powers, although it was called an institute, was actually a special agent organization.
They receive various trainings and then use their special abilities to complete tasks that are impossible for ordinary people.
Lin Xi blinked and shook her head innocently, "Skydiving? I've never tried it. Is it interesting?"
Qi Mo couldn't help but gently hit her again, "Why don't you know how to be afraid? You are a girl, your focus is not in the wrong place."
Lin Xi smiled, "I haven't tried it, so of course I don't know if it's scary or not."
Qi Mo thought for a moment, "Skydiving is actually not difficult. It just requires courage, and the timing of opening the parachute is important. As long as you open the parachute not too late, there is generally no danger to your life."
Then Qi Mo told her some precautions about skydiving.
Lin Xi nodded and asked curiously, "I feel like you know everything. Are you from the special forces?"
Qi Mo shook his head. "No, I've been interested in all kinds of extreme sports since I was a kid. Rock climbing, surfing, fighting, skydiving, I like to try everything. I've learned a little bit of everything."
When the car arrived at the airport, the staff began to search the contestants.
No items are allowed to be brought into the competition, including lighters, blades, food, and drinking water.
Apart from the clothes on the contestants, they are not allowed to bring any extra clothes for changing.
After the body search, each person was given an identity card engraved with their name and nationality.
Once the identity card is obtained by another player, the player is out.
There was a leather rope on the metal nameplate. Some people hung the nameplate around their necks, while others put it in their pockets. Seeing that the leather rope was long enough, Lin Xi tied it around her waist.
Then all the contestants boarded the plane.
This is a transport plane.
There were no seats in the cabin, and the entire cabin was almost empty except for the cameras set up everywhere.
There are parachute bags piled up in the cabin, and the contestants can pick them up themselves.
Lin Xi and Qi Mo each took one, squeezed together, sat on the ground, and began to observe the contestants in the cabin quietly.
The cabin was noisy, with all kinds of languages being spoken.
Most people speak English.
Not every contestant here has experience in skydiving. The coach repeatedly demonstrated how to open the parachute bag in mid-air, and then repeatedly emphasized that the parachute should not be opened too early, and of course not too late.
If you open it too early, you don't know where the airflow will take you.
It would be even worse if you started driving too late. If you can't slow down, you might fall to death or get injured.
You can open the parachute at about one thousand meters, and five hundred meters from the ground is the minimum safe altitude for opening the parachute.
After the plane had flown for more than two hours, an English announcement was made, saying that they would soon arrive at the designated location and asked the contestants to line up, put on their parachute packs, and prepare to skydive.
At the same time, the aircraft began to descend.
Lin Xi and Qi Mo put on their umbrella bags, wore camera helmets, and lined up in the team.
Qi Mo turned and looked at Lin Xi, a little worried.
Skydiving requires courage, and spot landing requires even more skills.
We don’t know how big the island is, and if we can’t control the direction well, we will probably fall into the water.
Although there are rescue equipment and personnel at sea, the rescuers will not take the initiative to rescue you unless the contestants are in danger or wave to the drone for help.
Once you accept rescue, it means you give up the qualification to compete.
The team kept moving forward.
The parachuting position is at the tail of the plane. When the hatch is raised, you can see the blue sky outside.
A huge wind was blowing in, and just as Qi Mo was about to say something to Lin Xi, his mouth was filled with wind.
Lin Xi waved at him, signaling him not to speak. The sound of the wind filled the entire cabin, making it difficult to hear what he was saying.
There was quite a lot of space at the tail of the plane, and the contestants jumped down in groups of two.
Lin Xi and the others were not far from the tail of the plane, and Qi Mo looked at Lin Xi several times.
He thought she would be a little scared, but her expression did not change at all.
The two of them quickly walked to the rear of the cabin. Qi Mo nervously observed Lin Xi with his peripheral vision. He hoped to keep a similar height to her as much as possible, so that if anything happened to her, he might be able to rescue her.
Without stopping or making any preparations, Lin Xi walked to the cabin door and jumped down naturally.
Qi Mo was a beat slower than her because he was distracted by her.
The feeling of weightlessness in free fall was extremely exciting. After jumping down, Lin Xi's vision was nothing but the endless sky and the sea.
The sky and the sea are both blue. Lin Xi was upside down and for a moment she couldn't tell which was the sky and which was the sea.
However, after a few seconds, she adjusted her body to be parallel to the ground.
The height is sufficient at this time, and the view is best.
Lin Xi hadn't experienced this feeling for a long time. She saw the sky and the sea connected in a line in the distance, and even had a slight arc.
This is enough to prove that the earth is really round.
The wind kept sliding across my body and passing through my fingertips. The feeling was extremely wonderful.
Qi Mo was very close to Lin Xi. They looked at each other in the air and both smiled.
Lin Xi's eyes quickly fell on the island below. The island didn't look big, and most of the island was covered with plants. There was a beach on the east side. Lin Xi quickly determined the beach as his landing place.
While observing the island, she was also estimating the time in her mind. About forty seconds after jumping out of the plane, she looked at the altimeter on her wrist.
It's still eight hundred meters from the ground.
At this moment, there were already many parachute bags below her, and the airflow blew these people away.
Eight hundred meters is a suitable height for opening a parachute, but Lin Xi judged the wind direction and speed and decided to open it later.
The altitude quickly dropped to more than 500 meters.
After counting two seconds in her mind, Lin Xi decisively pulled the parachute rope.
The parachute suddenly popped out and opened, and the air current carried her up a little more altitude.
Lin Xi kept adjusting her direction and floated towards the best landing spot she had chosen.
She was very skilled in controlling the direction, and all the winds in the air were her helpers.
She landed at the ideal location very smoothly.
Stepping on the soft sand meant that the first stage of the competition had been completed, and Lin Xi showed a faint smile.
Qi Mo landed almost at the same time as her, and landed only a hundred meters away from her.
He quickly took off his parachute and walked towards Lin Xi.
There were many drones hovering over the island, and many staff members on the beach were filming the contestants.
Lin Xi also untied her parachute. After Qi Mo reunited with her, he couldn't help but say, "I can't believe this is your first time skydiving, and you even have such good control of the direction."
The two looked around and saw that some contestants had landed on the beach, but more people fell into the sea.
The nearby sea was dotted with brightly colored parachutes.
Some people had already untied their parachutes and were swimming towards the shore.
(End of this chapter)
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