Chapter 21 Rock Climbing Competition
Lin Xi took out her cell phone and checked. There was no competition today, but the players could go and familiarize themselves with the venue in the afternoon, and the competition would start tomorrow.
The order of tomorrow's competition has also been arranged, with ten people in each group, and a group every half hour.
Zhang Jiali put away her phone and said, "It's time for dinner. Let's go to the competition venue together."
After dinner, the contestants went to the competition venue in groups of three or four.
Qin City is located on the coast, and the rock climbing competition takes place on a cliff by the sea.
It takes about a quarter of an hour to walk from the hotel to the beach.
There are already quite a few people here, including the contestants and people from various media outlets. They are looking at the cliff, discussing where to set up the camera, and the issue of sound recording.
Zhang Jiali looked at the cliffs that suddenly rose up from the beach and said, "Oh my God, how do we get up here?"
Lin Xi looked up and saw that the cliff was more than a hundred meters high, with the lower end forming a forty-five-degree angle with the ground.
After crossing the angle, there is a straight and steep cliff above.
Just getting up this angle is extremely difficult.
She completely released her consciousness, carefully feeling every ridge and trough of the rock wall, analyzing in her mind which places could be used as fulcrums, and which of the techniques such as grabbing, holding, pulling, digging, and hanging should she use on this fulcrum.
Then I deduced the route again and again in my mind.
There were more and more people at the bottom of the cliff, all looking up, analyzing techniques and routes.
However, what the human eye can see is very limited, and the part above the angle is basically not clear.
Several contestants began to try to climb, but without a safety rope, they climbed up about ten meters and then did not dare to go any further.
Zhang Jiali looked at it for a long time, becoming more and more desperate. She said to Lin Xi, "This is too difficult. How did they find such a place? I don't think I can make it through this level."
Lin Xi next to her did not respond. Zhang Jiali turned around and saw Lin Xi staring at the rock wall in a daze.
She patted Lin Xi's shoulder in amusement and said, "You must be scared too."
Lin Xi was not actually in a daze. Her consciousness was checking every part of the rock wall. In her mind, she had already climbed two-thirds of the way up.
Not long after, Lin Xi finally climbed to the top of the cliff using her spiritual sense.
However, she was not too happy. Although the route was planned and she had rock climbing training in her previous life, she had the skills and experience. But in this competition, just one small mistake would be the end of it.
Zhang Jiali pulled her and said, "Come on, let's go back to the hotel. It's useless to look at it here."
That night, all the contestants went to bed early.
The next morning, after breakfast, the contestants were taken to the competition venue.
Various filming equipment are set up here.
Hundreds of cameras were set up along the beach.
Countless drones are hovering in the sky.
There were even several reporters hanging on the cliff, just to get better angles and clearer pictures.
The contestants stood on the beach, in groups of twenty, with each group taking turns every half an hour.
Lin Xi was assigned to the second group.
The first group of contestants tied their safety ropes and the competition officially began.
The cliff was several dozen meters long. Twenty contestants each chose a place they thought was easy to climb and began to climb up.
Qi Mo was in the first group.
Most of the camera lenses were given to Qi Mo, and sometimes he would shoot other outstanding contestants or scan the overall progress.
Qi Mo is the fastest.
He clung to the cliff like a gecko. In less than a quarter of an hour, he easily flipped over the angle and continued to climb up.
In Beijing, Lin Yuan was still on the subway, holding the handrail with one hand and her mobile phone with the other. She had just seen that her sister was in the second group.
This means that in half an hour, my sister will also have to climb up this steep cliff.
She was more concerned about her sister's safety than whether Lin Xi could pass.
The safety rope doesn’t look thick and I don’t know if it’s of good quality. What if it breaks suddenly?
Although there was a thick mat under the cliff, Lin Yuan still felt unsafe.
At this moment, the crowd watching outside the isolation line in the distance suddenly exclaimed in unison.
It turned out that one of the contestants missed a step and fell down.
Fortunately, there was a safety rope. The contestant swung in the air for a while, and then the safety rope slowly lowered to the ground.
He looked up at the cliff in frustration. He just wanted to save some energy and didn't use too much force with his hands. Unexpectedly, his feet slipped and he fell down.
Lin Yuan watched the entire process of the contestant falling on the screen and was terrified.
She patted her chest and quickly turned off the live broadcast. If it was her sister who fell, she might have a myocardial infarction on the spot.
Lin Xi was also looking up at the contestants. She found that the tall and strong men who had an advantage in weighted cross-country running were the most disadvantaged in rock climbing.
These people are relatively bulky, so they need more arm strength to support their bodies.
Therefore, real rock climbing masters are generally light and agile.
Lin Xi saw that Qi Mo was already climbing the straight cliff above. She used her spiritual sense to check and found that some parts of the cliff were very smooth and it was difficult to put force on it.
Qi Mo slowed down. He had to judge based on his experience where to take the next step and the next one.
It's a bit like playing Go.
At this moment, the staff shouted: "Second group of contestants, second group of contestants are ready to start."
With the help of the staff, Lin Xi fastened her belt and safety rope, and hung a small can of non-slip magnesium powder around her waist.
She quickly walked to the position she had chosen yesterday. A staff member followed her. When Lin Xi started to climb up, the staff member pressed the stopwatch.
Lin Xi's wrists were not strong enough, but she used her special abilities to share the weight of her body. There were many protruding rocks at the angle ahead, which made it easier to hold on. She climbed very quickly, but it took some effort to climb up.
Lin Xi clung tightly to the steep rock wall, and she chose to climb up through a straight crack.
With the blessing of supernatural powers, she doesn't need to worry too much about the strength of her arms for the time being. She only needs to re-evaluate whether the gripping points and landing points she had chosen yesterday are suitable, and then the only word left is "stable".
This vertical crack is very narrow, and only someone with Lin Xi's slender figure can fit her body into it.
Soon, several drones began to hover near Lin Xi, but they did not dare to get too close.
The crack was relatively easy to climb. Although it was narrow, it was relatively easy to exert force, and Lin Xi was very fast.
After all, in a rock climbing competition, it’s not just about reaching the top; it also involves a test of speed, and at least half of the people have to be eliminated.
At this time, the bell for the end of get out of class rang in Class 154's classroom.
Zhu Tingting immediately reached into the desk and turned on the official live broadcast.
(End of this chapter)
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