Chapter 444: Chapter 427: Can Players Be Taken to the Sky?
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Shuihua first put down the large roll of rope and safety buckle she brought with her, and then only took a portion before starting to rappel down.
It took some time to descend to the coast, and what came into view then was a fiery âconstruction site.â
All the wood on this beach was brought here by players from the forest, carried through the long cave and thrown off the cliff.
And it was a generally accepted rule: the rappelling channel for players was in a different direction from where the wood was thrown off.
After a long tumble, by the time the logs rolled down to the coast, they were already more than 200 meters away from the rappelling channel.
Even when Shuihua reached the coast, she could still see wood constantly rolling down from the other side.
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Of course, apart from the wood, things like life jackets to increase buoyancy had to be brought down by each teamâs members themselves.
The raft built by Camille Victoriaâs team was quite big â based on its size alone, it could easily accommodate five people.
Itâs just not known yet whether it will float once itâs in the waterâŠ
âShuihua!â Camille Victoria greeted Shuihua enthusiastically.
Shuihua quickly walked over and soon joined in, starting to work.
Camille Victoria looked at the wood that was almost running out and shouted, âWhoâs going to get more wood?â
âIâll do it! Iâll do it!â Shuihua said with enthusiasm.
Camille Victoria looked at Shuihua and said, âMaybe we should have someone else do it. This task might not be suitable for youâŠâ
âItâs fine, I can do it.â Shuihua simply stood up and went to fetch the wood.
This is a virtual world, after all â is there a need to differentiate tasks based on gender? Shuihua was full of confidence.
Camille Victoria looked at her back but didnât say anything.
Shuihua quickly came to the drop point of the logs, lining up to get the wood.
But as soon as she got close, she saw a player in front getting hit hard in the head by a falling log, instantly dying on the spot!
The vanished corpse was less than three meters away from her!
Shuihua instantly stopped in her tracks, feeling she needed a moment to process thisâŠ
She immediately understood Camille Victoriaâs meaning: her concern was not whether or not the task was too difficult for Shuihua.
It was simply because this task required testing oneâs mental endurance and the physical skills of dodging falling logs while picking up logs on the beachâŠ
What Shuihua didnât know was this: in one afternoon, more than 80,000 players had been killed by falling logs just while collecting wood!
These logs were not particularly thick, most of them were slightly thicker than an arm, and the thickest ones were barely as thick as a thigh.
However, the momentum gained from rolling down the cliff was enough to crush a human skull!
Lincoln had decided that once players really set foot on Dinosaur Island, he would definitely release a âMetropolitan News â Dinosaur Island Specialâ edition to show players these outrageous death numbers.
Of course, he was also considering that maybe this program was no longer suitable to be called âMetropolitan News.â
He needed to come up with a new name for it.
Just as he was thinking about various things, Mavis suddenly jumped over and handed Lincoln the phone: âMaster~you have a phone call!â
Lincoln took a look, and surprisingly, it was Henry again.
âHello? Whatâs up?â
âBe honest, were you bullshitting me before?â Henryâs voice had a hint of anger.
âHuh? What do you mean?â Lincoln didnât understand.
âExoskeleton! Powered armor! Mechs!â Henry reminded him.
âWhatâs wrong with mechs?â
âYouâre still claiming you didnât study them!â
âI really didnât!â Lincoln was puzzled.
âThen why did you transport so much stuff to the lab this afternoon?â Henry retorted.
After talking to Lincoln yesterday, he went to the security team to ask if Lincoln had recently replenished his lab supplies. freÄwÄbηovel.cà«Šm
The security staff told him he hadnât.
After confirming this point, he put his mind at ease.
But in just a day, today the security team went to deliver goods to him in the afternoonâŠ
âSo youâre saying that you didnât want to research yesterday, but suddenly decided to research today?!â Henry was speechless.
âNo, youâre mistaken. I bought those things not to research new stuff, but rather, I want to make some old gadgets from a hundred years ago.â
âRight, I was going to ask for your help. Letâs take this opportunity to do it together.â
Lincoln took the initiative to ask Henry for help: âI plan to make some old-fashioned vehicles, airplanes, and airships that were used in wars a hundred years ago, but these things are hard to find a place for test driving.â
âEspecially biplanes with propellers and Zeppelins â Xiajing City is very strict about flying machines. Can you help me with the paperwork? If not, introducing me to a place where I can fly them would also work!â
âWait, wait, wait!!â Henry interrupted Lincolnâs words, âWhat are you making those for?â
âOh, I need them for the game Iâm making.â
âDonât fool me, Iâve never heard of game development requiring the making of real-life objects on a 1:1 scale?â Henry questioned.
But as soon as he said this, he thought about the time when the Military Research Institute asked for Lincolnâs help to quickly improve the sensory realism of the âvirtual battlefieldâ. He then realized that Lincolnâs approach was reasonable.
Thatâs a bit crazy.
But a new question popped out of his mind: âYouâre not planning to fly a plane yourself and experience it, are you?â
âYes!â Lincoln answered refreshingly.
âNo way! Absolutely not!â Henry exclaimed in shock.
What a joke, let Lincoln fly a propeller plane from a hundred years ago? Thatâs absurd!
âDonât worry, Iâll practice in the virtual world first and then fly with a parachute. Itâs very safe!â Lincoln tried to reassure Henry.
With the current state of his brain, learning to fly a century-old plane isnât that difficult.
Mavis has already built the plane.
If it wasnât for having too many things to do and his occasional slacking off, which caused the progress on Dinosaur Island to be sporadic, he might have learned to fly by now.
âNo way!â Without even thinking, Henry opposed, âItâs too dangerous!â
âItâs not dangerous, really!â
âItâs very dangerous! Iâm telling you the truth!â
Realizing the magnitude of the matter, the always serious Henry argued with Lincoln like a child.
âAt worst, after I finish building it, I can have you guys test its reliability first?â Lincoln continued trying to persuade.
âNo wayâŠâ
While opposing, a thought suddenly struck Henry: if Lincoln was determined to do it, could he sneak out and find a place to fly without anyone knowing?
Although there is a security team, according to the information Henry knows, Lincoln has the ability to deceive the security teamâs information sources.
So far, most of his abilities have been shown in the virtual world, but Henry could also infer from various sources that he has a level of technical skill in the Internet that far surpasses the current industry.
Can Pengju stop him alone?
Itâs hard to say.
If it were a âtailâ task, undoubtedly, Henry is sure Pengju could follow. Even if it were for âmonitoringâ, the security team should be able to stop him.
But the security team, including Pengju, exists to âprotectâ and not âmonitor.â
If the security team is seen as a circle, the purpose of the circle has always been to block external harm and not to confine the objects inside.
Lincolnâs privacy has always been fully respected.
In some respects, this has been a lesson learned.
At this point, Henry suddenly felt that he should compromise a little: âTwo-seater! You canât go up there alone, and this is the biggest concession!â
âOkay, deal!â Lincoln accepted the compromise decisively.
He thought he would have to argue for a long time, but it turned out to be so easy.
After all, he only needed sensory data. Strictly speaking, even if he didnât fly it himself, he could let someone else take him up for a ride.
That was his bottom line.
He just didnât expect Henry to be so easygoing.
âCan I invite some people to join me on the airship?â Lincoln pushed his luck.
This thing has never been done in Daxia before.
Not long after it was created, it was proven to be completely unsuitable for combat, so there was no related industry at all.
It was only in the past few years since the war that some small airships were born and used for aerial advertising.
If Henry had some concept about old-style propeller fighters, he had no concept about the safety of airships at all, only knowing that they were easy targetsâŠ
âHow many people are you planning to take?â To be on the safe side, Henry intended to explore Lincolnâs idea first.
â1000?â Lincoln asked a lionâs share.
Hearing this number, Henry felt like his blood vessels were about to burst!
âHow about I give you a chance to reconsider?â
âUhâŠâ Lincolnâs idea of creating a giant airship and organizing a large-scale aerial player gathering was shattered.
âSo, 100?â
âWell, itâs negotiable.â Henry responded.
If Lincoln had said 100 straight away, Henry would have refused. But with 1000 as a comparison, 100 doesnât seem too unacceptableâŠ
With todayâs technology, accidents are almost impossible as long as proper tests and trial flights are carried out and safety measures are prepared.
They haggled over the location of the aircraftâs test flight and finally, Henry hung up the phone.
He regretted making this call.
These geniuses were really too difficult to serve!
He actually wanted to take a hundred people on a huge airship and fly a circle over the main city of Xiajing!
What an outrageous idea!
But this wasnât the most outrageous thing.
The most outrageous thing was that he was seriously considering the feasibility of the idea!