Chapter 41: Rappelling
"Dang Dang Dang", Pannis nails three alloy steel drills deep into the rock at the edge of the Earth Scar, and the climbing rope of up to 400 meters length passes through the ring at the top of each alloy steel drill, and then hangs down to the cliff of the Earth Scar. The climbing rope is a rope made of the same material as everyone's wrist rope, the strength can be guaranteed, and the rope body is relatively thin so that it is easy to carry, but even so, bringing two climbing ropes of this length also occupies a lot of space. Therefore, instead of weaving an artificial load-bearing knot on an alloy steel drill, several people chose this rappelling method that can be recycled at any time.
"The rocks don't feel very reliable here, and I don't even think it's safe to insure with three steel drills. Pannisy pulled up the rope and tugged at it, the strength of the demigod was much higher than the weight of several ordinary people combined, but even so, the three alloy steel drills remained stable: "It seems that there is no problem, Ike, you go down first to mark the location of the landing, I will guard the last one and then go down, which can also prevent some dangerous situations from happening." ”
Ike nodded, wrapped the rope around the rappelling ring a few times, and stepped on the rock wall and fell down the rope. Looking down from the top of the Scar of the Earth, Ike looks like a nimble goat, climbing and leaping over the cliffs, and soon disappears from view due to the protrusions of the rocks on the cliffs. After a few minutes, there were a few vibrations from the resonance crystals that everyone had with them, and Catherine took Vivien on her back and tied it up, pulled the climbing rope back up and tied it up, and the second jumped down. Catherine's descent was obviously not as fast as Ike's, but she was also quite skilled, and after descending nearly two hundred meters in a row, she looked down and saw a horizontal crack appear in the rock wall. The location of this crack is relatively hidden, and it cannot be seen from the position of several people above, the whole is about eight meters long and three meters high, and it is sunk to a depth of five or six meters into the rock wall.
"I see you. Catherine responded, and was startled by her own voice. In this empty circular cavern, the cries are reflected and superimposed by the surrounding rock walls to form an echo, sounding like a loud shout. Discovering this problem, Catherine didn't dare to continue to speak, and descended to the position of the crack, and her body swung in the air a few times, and landed accurately into the gap.
Putting Vivien down and notifying the top with the Resonance Crystal, Catherine began to examine the crack. The crack looks like it must have been formed by natural weathering, the ground is slightly inclined inward, the inside is slightly larger than the entrance, and there are a lot of broken stones piled up on the ground, standing at the entrance, you can feel a gust of hot wind blowing upwards from below, but it is far less violent than on a normal cliff. Everything looked normal in the crack, but the only thing that surprised Catherine was that there were many man-made traces in the depths of the crack near the corners, including the remains of the fire on the ground, broken clay pots, rusted daggers and the like.
"How did these things end up here?" Catherine was surprised for a moment, suddenly patted her head, and suddenly realized, "It must have been left by explorers like you, Mr. Ike." ”
"Yes, most of them were left by me. Ike took Lina back into the chasm, and then replied, "In the days when I used to come here for adventures, sometimes when I came out of the Marks of the Earth, I found that it was still daylight outside, so I liked to hide here until the evening. There are too many dangerous monsters in the woods below, so it's safer here. ”
As she spoke, there was a strange clicking sound outside the crack, and Catherine poked her head out to look up at Ike, and found Freya gently holding the rope down with one hand. Four more metal arthropods protruded from her back like a spider, and the arthropods were under her control and the tips were deep into the cliff, alternately stretching and crawling downward, and her hand holding the rope was just to prevent accidents. Soon, Freya had reached the gap in the rock wall, and actually hung upside down on the top of the gap that turned horizontally, and climbed into the gap. It wasn't until she entered the depths of the gap that Freya loosened her arthropods, flipped over and fell from the top, and the long metal arthropods folded behind her back at the same time, making it difficult to spot from the front.
This strange scene, if some villagers with less knowledge can see it, it is estimated that it can be used to scare disobedient children at night, but Catherine's reaction is to roll her eyes and say dissatisfiedly: "Your part of the reward for the deep-sea mission will not be used to buy spars, otherwise where will you get so much money to replenish your energy for those strange machines." ”
"My father once said that the role of money is to be used to create convenience for one's own life, not to put it there and accumulate mold. Freya said as a matter of course: "If you can use this method to save yourself more effort, why do you want to make a more laborious choice in order to save a few hundred gold coins?"
"Wicked plutocrats. Catherine said angrily: "When I finish paying off my debts, I must also try this luxurious life, I will turn on all the lights in the house every day and all night, and keep the thermostatic circle of the entire mansion active." ”
"Eldest sister, although I don't really want to interrupt your delusions. Vivien, who was sitting on the side and watching outside the rift in a daze, said, "But I must warn you that doing so consumes the energy provided by my leyline drawing circle, and has nothing to do with a luxurious life. ”
"And even if you do pay off all your debts, I guess you won't be willing to do that. Lina carefully wiped the thick sheepskin cover of the novel in her hand, and said without raising her head: "This habit of yours has become an instinct, I don't believe you will change it because you have no debt." ”
Before Catherine could speak back, Pannis suddenly jumped into the crack with a climbing rope from the outside, and as soon as he landed, he began to pull one end of the rope that formed a strand to recover the rope, and said while pulling: "Ike, prepare for the next layer, you should be able to turn halfway through the clouds, it's been too long for me to remember." ”
"You're not mistaken. When Pannis collected the rope, Ike took out another 400-meter long rope and passed it through the alloy steel drill: "You can transfer for a second time by descending about 170 meters, but it's not as comfortable as this crack, so you'd better be mentally prepared and don't be scared when the time comes." ”
"No problem. Pannis wrapped the rope around and handed it to Ike, "You go down first, I remember where it is, I'll explain it to them." ”
"What?" Seeing Ike begin to pull the rope down, Catherine forgot about the verbal war between her and the girls before, and asked suspiciously, "The second level is steep?"
"It's not that scary, actually. Pannis explained: "A rock protruding from the rock wall, about five meters long and more than a meter wide, is no problem for several people to stand on it normally, but the space is a little squeezed, plus the environment is a little empty." When you go down, if you are worried, you can sit down against the rock wall, which is the safest place. ”
The corners of Catherine's mouth twitched, she picked up Vivien again, shook her head and sighed: "I always feel that after everyone has been promoted to a legend, there have not been a few powerful enemies, and this kind of natural crisis that cannot be resisted by manpower has encountered a lot. It's still the same as before, let's go down first, Lina, you will follow later. ”
Lina stood at the edge of the crack, holding the Warcraft Illustrated Book issued by the Adventurer's Guild in her hand, flipping quickly and anxiously, Catherine had already fallen down the rope, but Lina didn't dare to look down from the edge of the crack, lest she see something she didn't want to see. Catherine had only been gone for a minute, but in Lina's mind, it was as if she had been down for a year, and every second felt like it was incomparably long.
"You'd better worry about yourself. Freya sat on the ground with her knees crossed, looked through the crack at the distant opposite rock wall, and whispered: "The eldest sister is a knight, and her balance is much better than yours, and Vivien has a slow fall technique, and they are the least likely to have an accident, but it is you who are worried." ”
"I don't care anymore. Lina tugged at her silver hair and said, "Even if it's a cliff, as long as my feet touch the mountain, Lord Denya will always be by my side, so I don't need to worry about it at all." ”
"It's okay for you, and they'll be fine. Freya smiled sensibly, "So, you can spare that book, even if it's not your favorite novel, you can't do this to it." ”
"They've arrived. Lina suddenly felt the resonance crystal she was carrying vibrate, and her nervous expression immediately eased, and she said with a smile: "Then I'll go first, stupid Freya, thank you." ”
The descent was smooth, and Lina stepped on the rock wall lightly and skillfully and jumped downward, and soon was able to bypass the barrier of the rock, and saw Catherine and Vivien below. The three of them huddled together on a projecting rock, which was flat, like a platform jutting out of the rock wall, and although there was not much space on it, it was indeed enough for six people to stand on, as Pannis said. Lina kicked hard against the rock wall as she slid down, and just as she swung back with the help of the rope, she reached the platform and took Catherine's outstretched hand.
"Come, stand in. Catherine beckoned to her, "Then look back below." ”
Lina obediently walked to the position next to Catherine, and when she turned around, she saw a scenery that she would never forget for the rest of her life.
"This is what you call the cloud layer?" Lina said with exclamation, "There is such a place in the world. Originally, I thought that after seeing the fog on the sea, I would no longer be shocked by the fog, but I didn't expect ......"
"Yes, that's what we call the cloud layer. Ike nodded: "The scenery in the world is magical and beautiful, and I can't finish seeing it, so I am willing to be an explorer for the rest of my life, and I can travel all over the Yala continent and see all the scenery." (To be continued.) )