Genius Club-Chapter 282 - 7 High Altitude Fall

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"You’re not my brother, so who the hell are you?!"

At this moment, Ah Zhuang could no longer hold it in, squinting his mismatched eyes at the mysterious man before him.

This guy seemed to have popped up out of nowhere.

He’d never seen him before!

Yet, from the moment he’d appeared, he’d been at ease, fitting into the group perfectly, as if he belonged there like it was his own home.

This made Ah Zhuang lose his confidence for a moment, unable to figure out who he was after racking his brain.

Afterward.

This guy had first acted like brothers with Brother Lian, then naturally joked around with Er Zhuzi, and just now, he was chatting and laughing with Lee Ningning as if they were close!

Alright, Ah Zhuang had put up with that too; some people were just naturally sociable, treating everywhere like their home.

But now, he’d become overbearing, making a presumptuous face that said, "How could you not call me for such an event?" and started reaching for the equipment.

"This isn’t a joke, it’s a matter of life and death! Besides, do you even know how to parachute?"

"Of course, I do."

Lin Xian replied:

"I’m well aware of the danger, but we, the Lian Gang, have never feared death."

"Who the hell said ’we’ with you?"

Ah Zhuang looked at Lin Xian with suspicion:

"Do you even know what we’re about to do?"

"I know, isn’t it just parachuting into Rhine Sky City from high altitude to find medicine for prevention or treatment of radiation sickness? Don’t worry, I’ve had experience with wing-suit flying from twenty-thousand meters."

Lin Xian began to boast.

The wildest thing he’d done in The First Dreamland was a few thousand meters high wing-suit flight and parachute jumping, never exceeding ten-thousand meters.

It wasn’t that he didn’t dare.

The main reason was that he couldn’t find such an opportunity in The First Dreamland... After all, The First Dreamland was a real future world six hundred years later; aside from those sponsored by Red Bull, who’d say "I pay, you risk," where could he find an opportunity for such high-altitude jumps?

Even if he entered the dream world at the earliest time every day, he could only stay there for twelve hours, and he didn’t have enough time to carry out overly complex actions or plans.

"Think about it carefully."

Ah Zhuang advised:

"You saw what happened to Brother Lian just now. A slight deviation, as soon as you touch outside the air defense net, you’ll be targeted by a laser and evaporate instantly."

"Moreover, once this helium balloon enters the twenty-thousand-meter altitude, there’s no way to descend again; it will keep rising until it explodes in outer space. So if you think of giving up halfway, there’s no turning back."

"Don’t worry, don’t worry."

Lin Xian urged Ah Zhuang to hurry up.

He had just checked his watch; it was already past 11 p.m.

The hot air balloon’s ascent was slow, and with the preparation and jumping time, even if he was lucky enough to succeed in entering Sky City, there wouldn’t be much time left for exploration; they had to act fast.

Soon.

Several women brought Lin Xian a complete set of parachuting gear and a handmade spacesuit.

These things weren’t scarce.

What truly was scarce... was human life.

Nowadays, in the villages that survived on the East Sea side, excluding the old, weak, sick, and women, only three men remained, those being present.

If these men also failed and sacrificed themselves...

It’d be up to the women to start learning and training in parachuting, and after becoming skilled, they’d also have to risk their lives, just like the men who had perished.

It was something they had to do.

Without the medicine to treat radiation sickness, their parents and children would be sitting ducks.

No one could escape it.

"Listen carefully, Lin Xian."

As Ah Zhuang helped Lin Xian into the heavy spacesuit, he explained:

"Our target is the plaza above the Northwest District. Over the years, the only time we successfully avoided the air defense lasers was above this area. So, there must be a gap here, the only safe place."

Lin Xian looked at the map on the ground with red circles:

"The plaza looks quite spacious; is the gap this big too?"

"No."

Ah Zhuang shook his head:

"We don’t know the exact location of the gap because... nobody has ever come back alive. Based on the vaporization points of those who have died, we’ve only managed to eliminate the likelihood of gaps in the northeast and southeast directions."

"But this intel may not be accurate; no one knows the actual size of the gap. So... we have to try. I suggest we both fly in the northwest direction when the time comes. If we both die there, at least Er Zhuzi and San Pang can choose to break through in the southwest direction afterward... That way, the success rate is a bit higher."

"Okay."

Lin Xian agreed readily.

Just as he had thought, the locations of the gaps and the non-gaps were all information accumulated through countless lives and attempts.

The chances of him succeeding in a single attempt today were also very slim.

But that didn’t matter...

This endlessly repeating dream world was a natural testing ground for him.

He could clearly remember the position of each death, and then avoid it the next time.

As long as he tried enough times.

One day, he’d manage to land successfully inside Rhine Sky City.

That was the greatest advantage he had in The First Dreamland.

The countless trials, even if the original probability was only 1%, would eventually be amplified to 100%.

"Get ready, it’s time to take off!"

With the severing of the ropes.

A stumble occurred, and the helium balloon, pulling the manned basket, lifted Lin Xian and Ah Zhuang slowly into the night sky.

This was Lin Xian’s first time in a hot air balloon, and it felt novel.

In The First Dreamland, even when skydiving or wing-suit flying, he’d ascend in a plane.

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