Chapter 138: Feeling of Safety (1/2)

Chapter 138 - Feeling of Safety

TL: xDh20

ED:Allenwa

This player screamed horrifically from that moment he was next to Liu Gan till he hit the asphalt on the bridge. His head and body smashed onto the ground with a tremendous force that caused him to flatten out. Afterwards, there was no sound that came from him.

A large amount of blood seeped out from his crushed skull and body. It dyed a large portion of the bridge deck red.

“This is to everyone. You aren't allowed to look down. Concentrate on climbing up! Once we reach the top, then I can guarantee your safety!” Liu Gan shouted to everyone above him.

The players and the survivors telephoned Liu Gan's command up the chain. Since the previous player's fatal mistake, all the players who remained became more cautious. They encouraged one another through shouts. Finally after ten minutes or so, one by one they reached the concave pit area right below the steel pillar.

[TL: So 29 people left in the group. 23 players, 5 survivors, and Liu Gan.]

Yin He had prepared a series of ropes that she tied around the concave pit in a circle to serve as protective railings. Players and survivors could follow one by one from the steel ladder onto the pit and sit down.

Looking up from on the bridge deck, the conclaves depression didn't seem like a large area, but in fact it was quite huge. It spanned a lengthy distance of a dozen meters, with at least a meter and a half in width. This was plenty of room for the players to sit down. After they sat down, they were able to regain their composure as they held onto the rope that Yin He had installed earlier for their protective railing.

Even so, players on top had no real sense of safety. All they needed to do was look around and they would shake from fear. The worst part was that the wind speed was high at their altitude. They felt as if they would slide off or get blown off by the wind.

Of the whole group, only Liu Gan and Yin He were really calm. Yin He was an android so not much needed to be said there. Liu Gan loved to mountain climb, and skydived in wingsuits for fun. There was also the time when he tried to climb Mt. Everest. So he lost his fear of heights long ago.

This wasn't even his first time being trapped at an elevated location. When he first joined the game, he was stuck on a billboard that was a dozen meters high for most of the day. That time he was alone, but this time he had a whole group of people to accompany him.

“Elder… Elder Liu, I have a bundle of rope and a small knife. We can cut up into segments and tie it onto the protective railings to form a grid lattice. The extra parts can be used to tie to the waist of everyone, which will then tie to the net. That way we will feel a lot safer.” Suggested one of the local survivor as he handed the rope and knife to Liu Gan.

Liu Gan agreed with his suggestion and they proceeded to cut his rope into short segments. From Yin He's protective railings that formed the outer circle. The space in between the corner to corner, was tied down by these new short segments to form a net. Then every player attached extra rope pieces to connect from their waist to the net. Now that they had tied themselves to the net, when the bridge shook or swayed, the rope will be able to stop the players from flying out of the concave pit.

With this protective net, the player's felt more at ease. Not everyone was comfortable at operating high altitudes. Even though they weren't as scared as the player who fell, sitting down at a hundred meters high was scary, but it still felt safer with a rope at their waist. Nevertheless, a large portion of the players still shook from fear, and they couldn't even look down.

“I miss my home, I miss my dad and mom!” Shouted a 19 year old college student (player), as he burst in tears.