Genius Club-Chapter 279 - 5: The Last Man of the East Sea_2

"Ah Zhuang!"

Lin Xian greeted him enthusiastically.

Ah Zhuang, who was shorter than Lin Xian but muscular, shifted his gaze from the sky and sized up Lin Xian:

"Who are you?"

"That’s not important." Lin Xian smiled and patted his shoulder, not feeling out of place despite the numerous encounters:

"Where’s Brother Lian? Where is he?"

When Ah Zhuang heard the name Brother Lian come from Lin Xian’s mouth... his expression eased a lot.

Looking at Lin Xian’s confident and familiar demeanor, Ah Zhuang assumed that he must be a friend of Brother Lian and let down his guard, pointing at the hot air balloon that had already risen hundreds of meters into the air:

"You’re late, Brother Lian has already taken off."

???

Lin Xian incredulously tilted his head, looking up at the rapidly ascending hot air balloon:

"The person in the spacesuit up there is Brother Lian? Big Face Cat?"

"Ah, who else?"

"Is he heading for Rhine Sky City?"

"Of course."

Ah Zhuang glanced at Lin Xian and continued:

"You must know all this since you’re here, right? Just watch closely."

With that, he stopped paying attention to Lin Xian and looked up at the sky:

"Ah... I hope Brother Lian can make it this time, otherwise..."

He bit his lip and did not continue.

Lin Xian looked at Ah Zhuang, puzzled.

All geared up like that, what danger could there be?

Forget it, he decided not to ask for now, quietly watching Big Face Cat’s performance.

Today, it was purely because he had been delayed and did not catch Big Face Cat’s hot air balloon. If Big Face Cat did manage to land on Rhine Sky City, then he would just have to come earlier tomorrow and hitch a ride.

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Lin Xian didn’t take it to heart and, like the silent crowd around him, looked up at the small white dot ascending quickly in the sky.

Looking now...

Big Face Cat, riding in a helium balloon, had already ascended at least 2000 meters high, and the enormous hot air balloon was now only the size of a fist.

Fortunately, the thousands of controllable nuclear fusion engines below the City in the Sky operated day and night, providing enough lift to keep Rhine Sky City afloat, while emitting light bright enough to illuminate half of the sky. This allowed everyone on the ground to see Big Face Cat, now reduced to a tiny white dot.

Lin Xian squinted, watching Big Face Cat’s hot air balloon rise... rise... rise...

Until it rose to a height where it was no longer visible.

He moved closer to Ah Zhuang, who stood with fists clenched as if facing a great enemy, and whispered:

"Seems like... it’s flown too high... "

At this point, Big Face Cat’s altitude was clearly much higher than Sky City’s; any further and it would reach the stratosphere. It was seriously off course.

"What are you talking about?"

Ah Zhuang turned his head, looking at Lin Xian:

"Around Rhine Sky City, there’s a laser defense zone that’s ten thousand meters high. If you touch it, you’ll be immediately targeted by a laser and evaporated... The entire defense zone is conical, sealing off the city from above. Only at the very top of the cone, in the center at ten thousand meters, there’s a blind spot. If you want to breach Rhine Sky City’s defenses, that’s the only entry point."

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Lin Xian felt like he was listening to a fantasy novel:

"Ten thousand meters? A laser defense system? Sky City is so heavily fortified?"

"Of course."

Ah Zhuang turned back, continuing to stare at the almost invisible white dot in the sky:

"So, to break through the defense and enter Rhine Sky City, you have to ride a hot air balloon to nearly twenty thousand meters and then jump. You have to glide to find the exact spot to dive down and open your parachute... only then can you land safely in Sky City."

This...

Lin Xian blinked, in disbelief.

What kind of insane plan is this?

Riding a helium balloon to an altitude of twenty thousand meters, and then skydive gliding?

This freaking operation, even in "Ultimate Kingdom," you wouldn’t dare to play like this!

Thinking it over, no wonder Big Face Cat was fully suited up in a sealed spacesuit.

Because at twenty thousand meters, the temperature is definitely below minus thirty degrees Celsius, and if you’re not dressed warmly, you would freeze to death in the bitter cold wind.

After all, he wasn’t just going to stay there; he’d be facing the wind, jumping in a free fall.

Moreover, the air pressure at twenty thousand meters is only one-fifth of what it is at sea level, and the oxygen content is far too low to breathe. It’s no wonder that on Big Face Cat’s back, there must also be oxygen tanks and other pressurized oxygen supply devices.

"That’s crazy."

Lin Xian exclaimed earnestly.

Even though he had died countless times in his dreams and had experienced many extreme sports that came close to death, there’s a difference between courting death and seeking it outright.

In his dreams, he had challenged skydiving from a maximum height of eight thousand meters, many times ending up as a pancake due to various issues.

Often, he’d even pass out during the free-fall.

Eight thousand meters was already so difficult.

And yet, Big Face Cat was planning to jump from an altitude of twenty thousand meters, then free-fall glide to target the only gap in the defense system, dive, and open the parachute in time for a controlled descent.

Such an extremely dangerous challenge, any slight mistake could be fatal!

What are you doing, Big Face Cat...

Lin Xian sighed.

You’re just a Big Face Cat, not Batman, what are these feats for? Do you have a death wish?

"How can you be sure there’s a blind spot in the middle of Rhine Sky City?"

"Because someone has been in there."

Ah Zhuang said softly:

"Although... it was only once, and they ultimately failed. But we did see him get in."

"Is there only this one way to enter Rhine Sky City?" Lin Xian asked: