Infinite Fall (2)
However, Jian Tanxi and the others were falling faster than her.
Therefore, Jian Tanxi had already seen that one of the windows in the building where Li Chuxia was located was open.
Jian Tanxi came up with an idea and said to Li Chuxia, "Chuxia, ease up a bit and keep sliding down! There's a window open on the wall below. You can stick your calves into the windowsill and hang upside down. That'll be more stable and will free up your hands."
Li Chuxia did as instructed. She smoothed her skin slightly to speed up the descent.
Soon, she saw the open window, stretched her legs inside, and hung upside down on the windowsill.
Then, she increased the skin roughness to the maximum to increase friction.
This posture should be stable, but it's a bit strenuous with your head down and feet up, and you might feel dizzy after a while.
Looking at the others who were still falling, Li Chuxia shouted, "I did it! I stopped falling!"
Everyone was pleased to hear what Li Chuxia said.
There are 5 participants in total, and the task is now one-fifth complete.
Hong Zicheng's superpower hasn't been used yet, but it only works on men, and Ge Zhiwen is the only man left present.
However, Ge Zhiwen doesn't possess the same superpowers as Li Chuxia; even if he gets close to a building, he can't hold onto the wall. In fact, being far away from Jian Tanxi and the others makes communication even more difficult.
At this moment, Jian Tanxi suddenly remembered that she had an interstellar triangular pyramid, which might be able to break through the wall.
If Hong Zicheng's prop rope were tied to a triangular pyramid, it would allow everyone to grab onto the rope and avoid falling.
So, Jian Tanxi took out her interstellar triangular pyramid and said to Hong Zicheng, "Hong Zicheng, this triangular pyramid of mine is very hard and can break through walls. I plan to combine it with your rope so that we can use the friction between the triangular pyramid and the wall to stop our fall."
Hong Zicheng said, "That's a good idea, but I don't think we can all hold onto the rope. When the triangular pyramid pierces the wall, there will definitely be an angle. If the weight on the other end of the rope is too great, the pyramid will slide outwards and eventually fall down. So, the lightest person should hold onto the rope, and the others should find another way. That way, at least one person can be saved. Among us, my girlfriend is the lightest, so let her use it first this time."
Du Jiaojiao looked smug, while Jian Tanxi was full of questions.
Jian Tanxi said to Hong Zicheng, "Brother, the triangular pyramid is mine. Without it, you can't hold onto the building wall with just your rope. You just tried it. Even if the rope can only save one person, shouldn't you prioritize me?"
Du Jiaojiao: "Why should we? We also provided a rope. If we don't have a rope, it won't help if you smash the triangular pyramid into the wall, because you can't get through."
Ge Zhiwen said, "To be fair, the two props need to be used together, so Jian Tanxi and Hong Zicheng's contributions are 50/50. We can't let either side suffer a complete loss. How about this, let Jian Tanxi and Du Jiaojiao hold the rope together and stop them from falling first. Hong Zicheng and I, the two boys, will think of another way."
Hong Zicheng said, "No. It's not that I want Jian Tanxi to suffer for nothing, but if this rope is used to hold two girls, the triangular pyramid at the other end can easily slip out. In that case, neither of them will be able to stop successfully. So I said that Du Jiaojiao, who is lighter, should hold the rope, and the others should not. This is the most likely way to succeed. I admit that I have my own selfish reasons, but my considerations are reasonable and logical."
Ge Zhiwen knew that Hong Zicheng's words made sense, so he said, "I think it's not impossible to do it your way, but you and Du Jiaojiao will both owe Jian Tanxi a favor. When you meet her in the future, you will have to repay the favor. What do you think?"
Du Jiaojiao: "I disagree! Why should I owe her a favor? We also provided the rope."
Hong Zicheng said, "No problem, consider it a favor that Jiaojiao and I owe Jian Tanxi. Jian Tanxi, if there's anything we can do to help you in the future, we'll definitely do our best."
Jian Tanxi said, "I don't know if we'll ever meet again, so let's repay the favor now. You and Du Jiaojiao each give me something useful, like a prop or a pill, and then we'll be even."
Hong Zicheng thought for a moment and said, "No problem, but I can't give you the props. I can give you a sleeping pill. Du Jiaojiao has a healing pill, which I can also give you."
Du Jiaojiao shook her head: "I won't give it to you! The healing pills are very useful too!"
Just then, five minutes later, the descent speed increased again.
Du Jiaojiao was almost crying with fear. She said incoherently, "I'll give it to you, okay? I don't want to fall anymore... Please, please stop it for me!"
Hong Zicheng immediately took out a gray bag, from which he took out a gray pill and a blue pill, and said to Jian Tanxi, "The gray pill is a sleeping pill, which will make you sleep for 5 hours after taking it. The blue pill is a healing pill, which can cure all injuries to the body."
Jian Tanxi's heart skipped a beat when she saw the gray pill.
Because she also had a gray pill, which Qin Man gave to her.
Qin Man said that her son Qu Chen received two gray pills as a reward, but she didn't know what their effects were, so she didn't dare to take them.
When they participated in the game together last time, Qin Man gave Jian Tanxi a gray pill, which Jian Tanxi kept, but forgot to figure out the effects of the gray pill.
The gray pills that Hong Zicheng gave were exactly the same as the ones Qin Man gave him.
It seems the gray pills are sleeping pills.
When I see Qin Man and her son next time, I can tell Qin Man about it.
This pill is quite suitable for little Qu Chen. If Qu Chen is too difficult to take care of, just give him a sleeping pill and it will be fine.
Jian Tanxi carefully put away the two pills that Hong Zicheng handed her.
She used to have healing pills, but she ran out. Now she has another one, which is quite nice.
The healing pills originally belonged to Du Jiaojiao, but they ended up with Hong Zicheng, which suggests that the couple has a good relationship.
Jian Tanxi took Hong Zicheng's rope and tied it to the bottom of the triangular pyramid.
Then, she threw the triangular pyramid at one of the buildings.
The triangular pyramid pierced through the wall and got stuck inside.
Du Jiaojiao grabbed the other end of the rope.
Once the rope was pulled taut, Du Jiaojiao remained hanging there without falling any further.
However, she was a little scared: "Are you just going to leave me like this? Abandon me?"
Jian Tanxi was speechless: "We don't want to fall either, how about we switch?"
Du Jiaojiao tightened the rope: "No trade! Goodbye!"
Jian Tanxi: "..."
While she could still see her other teammates, Du Jiaojiao said to Hong Zicheng, "Zicheng, you guys need to clear the level quickly! I can't hold onto the rope for long, I feel like I'm going to fall in a few minutes!"
Before Hong Zicheng could say anything, Jian Tanxi shouted, "Du Jiaojiao, you dare to fall down and see what happens? We used two props to help you complete the task, so don't mess it up."
Du Jiaojiao: "Waaaaah, you're so fierce..."
Jian Tanxi: "..."
Hong Zicheng looked up and comforted her: "Jiaojiao, hold on tight. If you feel like you can't hold on anymore, wrap the rope around your hands a few more times."
Du Jiaojiao: "Mmm."
Jian Tanxi and the other two continued to fall, and after 15 minutes, they still couldn't figure out how to stop their fall.
Now, the speed of its descent is approaching that of free fall on Earth.
The speed was so fast that it frightened them, giving them the feeling of being forced to jump off a building.
Ge Zhiwen said, "I never knew jumping off a building felt so terrible. I will never do it again!"
Jian Tanxi recalled that Ge Zhiwen had thought about suicide before, and later even ran into a tree, which made her feel both amused and exasperated.
Hong Zicheng asked, "Do you all have Resurrection Pills? If someone spontaneously combusts in mid-air, can they be resurrected by taking a Resurrection Pill?"
Jian Tanxi said, "It can be resurrected, but it's useless. It still won't live for long and will spontaneously combust again."
In fact, Hung Tze-shing knew this too, but he was just desperate and grasping at straws.
Jian Tanxi had no other choice, so she opened her personal space and started rummaging through it.
She knew there were only two ecospheres and a fire-resistant gauze garment inside, which weren't very useful, but she still hoped for a miracle, like some magical item suddenly appearing in her personal space that could help them.
However, this is impossible.
Suddenly, she thought of something.
She remembered that when she obtained the ecosphere, it was always suspended in the air, seemingly ignoring gravity.
She decided to try anything, even if it seemed hopeless.
Jian Tanxi took out an ecosphere and then enlarged it to the size of a yoga ball.
Then, she lay down on the ecosphere.
The ecosphere remained suspended in the air, motionless.
It caught Jian Tanxi, stopping her fall.
Jian Tanxi's guess was correct; the ecosphere could indeed support her!
Fortunately, she got the ecosphere from the paper doll, and now the ecosphere is helping her out.
She saw Hong Zicheng and Ge Zhiwen continuing to fall, and without hesitation threw out a second ecosphere, giving it the instruction: "Go down, make the diameter 80 centimeters."
The second ecosphere plummeted downwards and rapidly grew larger.
Ge Zhiwen, mimicking Jian Tanxi, lay down on the second ecosphere and grabbed Hong Zicheng's hand.
Ge Zhiwen brought his shoulders close to the ecosphere and tilted his lower body outwards to maintain balance.
However, the ecosphere dragged Ge Zhiwen and Hong Zicheng as they slowly descended.
The falling speed was much slower than free fall, but it still did not stop falling.
Ge Zhiwen looked up at Jian Tanxi and said, "This ecosphere can only support one person! Do you have any other ecospheres?"
Jian Tanxi: "That's all!"
Jian Tanxi was a little anxious.
We only need one more ecosphere to complete the mission.
Why is one of them missing?
However, she had only participated in three games before, and it was already quite an achievement to get two ecospheres.
Seeing that the two boys were getting further and further away from her and would soon be unable to continue communicating, Jian Tanxi first put her ecosphere into her personal space. Without the ecosphere supporting her, she resumed her rapid descent.
Once she landed under the two boys, she took out the ecosphere to steady herself.
In this way, her position remains unchanged, and the two boys slowly descend, getting closer and closer to her, allowing them to continue exchanging a few more words.
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