Chapter 26 Chain Bridge

They laugh at them, as long as we can cross the river anyway. He adjusted the intensity and tried shooting again. This time the rock landed 7 meters away on the opposite river bank. This is a rock. If we were us, we would probably be able to fly further. It would be basically safe to land 10 meters away. As for whether the posture is beautiful enough, that is not a consideration.

The first person to be ejected was Eagle, who was more sacrificial. According to our design, the rider and mount are catapulted together. Anyway, the slingshot is quite powerful, so two slingshots at a time are safer. After pulling it open again, he quickly put the eagle and his unicorn up, and then cut off the cable. With a bang, the eagle screamed and flew into the sky with its mount. Then we only saw that the black spot turned into two black spots. The eagle was obviously separated from the unicorn. The unicorn's balance is relatively good. He actually stabilized his body in the air and prepared for landing. He landed on all fours very safely and took a few steps forward to reduce the impact.

After the unicorn landed, the eagle was still in the air. His unicorn looked up and saw him and quickly ran to pick him up. I don’t know whether it’s the luck of the eagle or the skill of the unicorn, but it landed quite safely. The eagle seemed to have no problem. He stood on the other side and greeted us: "Okay, it's safe. Come over."

After confirming safety, the two slingshots worked together to shoot these people over one by one. We found that the stability of the mount is generally better than that of the rider. As long as the mount is not thrown out in the air, the mount can generally land safely with its owner. After the players were basically ejected, I stayed and watched the armored dragon cross the river. After they also passed, I was the only one left here.

Our equipment must not be left to others, and the principle of burning bridges must be adhered to. First, gather up the ropes that replace rubber bands, and then push the rocks into the river. When I finished dealing with it, I happened to see a group of people running towards me from behind. I didn't have time to care about them, so I asked Ye Ying to retreat and put 0 meters away from the river bank.

At this time, the audience was confused by my behavior. Kaka'Luka asked strangely: "Is this Ziri, the captain of the Frost Rose Alliance team? He has dismantled all the tools for crossing the river. Don't he? Is it over?"

Just when he was asking a question, I on the screen suddenly commanded Ye Ying to start accelerating and rush towards the river. Skanvia exclaimed: "What is he going to do? Does he want to jump into the river?"

Just as he screamed, Ye Ying had already rushed to the shore. Finally, using his strength on the rocks on the shore, Ye Ying jumped out. Almost everyone in the audience stood up in surprise, and there was a gasp. Because Ye Ying was too fast, he left a row of afterimages behind him. This jump shocked everyone. When we took off, everyone held their breath unconsciously, and their hearts followed ours. The height increased together.

As if a century had passed, Yeying's hoof landed safely less than one meter away from the magma. It was only then that everyone relaxed and breathed, as if they felt a sense of relief. But what followed was a burst of cheers, and Skanvia also exclaimed: "Oh my God! That river is 68 meters wide! He actually jumped over it? What kind of mount is this?"

As soon as we landed, Yeying looked back at the raging lava river. "It turns out I can jump so far!"

I slapped Ye Ying on the head: "You were the one who wanted to test your jumping ability. You almost knocked my butt away! Next time you encounter this situation, just run over the lava and stop being 'chaotic'." Jumping, falling to death! Your nightmares are not afraid of magma!" Nightmares are creatures from hell, born with feet on fire. Magma is originally the passage for them to enter the human world. They are afraid of magma to have ghosts!

"I am testing my jumping distance. Besides, nightmares are not really afraid of fire. When we travel through magma, we use magic to 'force' the magma away. In fact, we don't touch the magma at all. The fire on my body is The natural hell fire is different from the fire in the magma."

"Okay, okay, run away!"

According to the map, there should be the Skeleton Forest in front of us, but looking over here, we can't see the forest at all. In front of them is a large area of ​​bare rocky mountains, with black volcanic rocks covering the ground and roads, and a lot of pink magma squirming in some places.

"Are we going the wrong way?" Shura Ziyi asked.

I unfolded the map again and we looked at it. "Start from here, go here, and then come here, right! That's weird, where did the forest go?"

"Could it be an illusion?" Rose reminded.

I activated Star Pupil, took a look and said, "It doesn't look like an illusion. This is just a large volcano, and there is no forest at all."

Suddenly there was a sharp whistling sound in the sky, and Bai Ling quickly bent her bow and shot arrows out of habit. I quickly held her back; "Don't be excited, my bird is back."

The bird quickly flew back to us. I used telepathic contact to order him to check the surrounding terrain for forests. The answer I got was that within three hundred miles ahead, apart from black rocks, there was red magma. I turned to them and said, "No, there is no forest nearby. The only thing here is rocks and lava."

"Could it be underground?" A bell knight suddenly interjected.

"Underground? Come on, this is a volcanic geological area, and it's full of magma."

Scott said: "Since it is a skeleton forest, it may not be a normal plant. If it is a certain tree species, there is still hope to grow in the magma."

Ling suddenly said: "I've heard of this before. There is a plant called the Flame Tree. Not only is every leaf burning with flames, but it also likes to grow in magma pools."

Xiaochun also nodded and said: "There are also records about the flame tree in the ancient books of the Temple of Light, but this plant is quite rare. It is rare to hear of a flame forest. If you can come across it, you will make a fortune."

"Is the flame tree valuable?" I get excited when I hear about getting rich.

"The tree is not valuable, but the fruit on the tree is very valuable. What you have is from the flame tree."

I looked at Xiaochun pointing at my belt in surprise. "Are there fire diamonds on the flame tree?"

"Then what else do you think it could be?" Xiaochun said in surprise: "You don't think the fire diamond is an ore, do you?"

"Isn't fire diamond an ore?"

Ling nodded: "Xiao Chun is right, the fire diamond is not an ore. But it is not the fruit of the flame tree. To be precise, it is the crystallization of the flame tree, just like amber formed from resin. The flame tree grows in magma. , absorbing a large amount of minerals, these substances are precipitated by the small holes in the tree, and then become fire diamonds. The grade of fire diamonds depends on the filtering ability of the tree. The more filtered the pure fire diamonds, the more powerful they are. "

Lingling said: "No matter how precious the flame trees are, the Skeleton Forest will never be made up of flame trees, because the flame trees will not grow in patches at all."

Bai Ling looked around and said, "What about the forest we are looking for?"

While everyone was talking, the air in front suddenly shook, and then a huge and dense forest appeared. The image of the emerald green forest is quite blurry and fluttering. We can see the dual image of the forest and the volcano at the same time.

"Look, skeleton." As soon as Shura Ziyi reminded us, we immediately noticed some white humanoid objects moving in the image of the forest, and they indeed looked like skeletons.

"It seems like this is the Skeleton Forest." Eagle sighed: "And it's just an illusion."

Rose said: "This is a mirage, the forest must be nearby."

I immediately gave the order to Asuka: "Pay attention to the appearance of this forest and go look for similar areas nearby."

After receiving the order, the bird immediately accelerated and left above our heads. He came back in less than ten minutes. I happily said to Ying and the others: "The birds have found their target. It's just opposite this volcanic area. Just go through here and cross a suspension bridge to get there."

"how far?"

"Not too far, twenty minutes away."

"Then let's hurry up."

Asuka is a powerful aerial reconnaissance aircraft. With him, finding things is obviously much faster. It's a pity that they are not allowed to participate in the battle, otherwise they can bomb other teams at will after gaining air supremacy. But it’s not bad to be a reconnaissance plane now, at least you don’t have to look for things yourself.

Although this volcanic area looks scary, it is actually the best section we have walked on for so long. The ground here is all hard volcanic rock. Our mounts are easier to use and can run much faster. Moreover, not a single monster was seen in this section.

In fact, it's not that there are really no monsters here, but that none of the monsters have caught up with us. According to the arrangement of this competition, the team must wait for a period of time to find the right direction here, but we have the help of flying birds, the speed is so fast, the monsters know that we have set foot in the magma area and start rushing here. But we had already set off before they arrived. By the time they reached their destination, we were already at the suspension bridge.

This is a deep valley more than 200 meters wide, with yellow clouds and mist below, which looks like miasma at first glance. There is a chain bridge on the cliffs on both sides, and on the opposite side is a lush forest. Although on the surface it looked like victory was just around the corner, Rose held us back vigilantly.

Kristina asked: "Why did you stop?"

Rose didn't answer, but turned around and asked me to get a big rock that was about as heavy as a person and a horse, and it had to be round. I simply found a big rock and cut off the corners to make it roughly round.

. Rose asked us to push the stone onto the rope bridge. As soon as the stone went up, it immediately rolled towards the lowest position in the middle of the bridge. But before it rolled to its position, the bridge snapped with a crash. The chain was broken into two halves from a third of the way. The bridge immediately collapsed and was thrown to both sides, and the rocks fell down.

“Thankfully I gave it a try!”

"Then what should we do now?" Eagle looked at the cliff opposite and said, "You're not going to use a slingshot again, are you?"

"I just thought, do you think there is any fixed location here?"

"How about reconnecting the bridge and reinforcing it?" I asked Rose.

"Then try it."

To build the bridge, we must first pull up the chains, but the chains on both sides are hanging on the cliff, and the only way is for me to go down. Fix the dragon tendon rope of your left hand on it, then pull the dragon tendon rope to climb down slowly, first find the fracture here, and then look at the position of the fracture on the opposite side. I raised my right hand and 'shot' the other dragon tendon rope. I originally wanted to hang on the chain over there and pull it back, but there were a lot of weeds on the cliff over there, and the rope head would not be able to hit the target if it was blocked. , I tried several times in a row but nothing worked! Angrily, he climbed up the cliff again.

"No, I can't hang the chain on the other side."

Kristina said: "Then can you go over and hang up? Can't Ye Ying jump over?"

"What should we do here? Besides, the night shadow in this canyon can't jump across it!"

"Pull this side up first, then you go over and 'shoot' the rope head over, we'll catch it and hang it up."

Rose shook her head: "This won't work. There's no problem with hanging the chain directly, but if we tie it, there will be an impact once the chain leaves the cliff. Ziri cannot withstand this force."

I immediately said: "Which of you knows how to use a whip? As long as someone goes down and twists the whip with me in the air and then pulls it back, there will be no impact."

"I won't!" Kristina shook her head first. I looked at the others and all of them shook their heads.

I finally looked at Scott, and he immediately shook his head and said: "The only thing I have ever used is a riding crop, and I haven't used it since I changed to the armored dragon!"

"Hey, there's someone over there." Bai Ling suddenly noticed a person appearing on the cliff opposite.

We looked over immediately, and sure enough, there was someone standing opposite, and she was a woman. The opponent was wearing bright red light armor and looked like a melee professional. Her mount is more exaggerated, it is actually a silver-winged unicorn. Generally speaking, unicorns do not have wings. This hybrid between a pegasus and a unicorn is quite rare and is said to be quite powerful. However, the rules of the competition do not allow flying, so even if her mount could fly, it would still not be able to get through.

"Hello? Can you hear me?" She also noticed us.

The wind in the canyon was quite loud, but you could barely hear it. It was troublesome to shout back and forth, so I raised my hand and shot the dragon tendon rope over. Jump down with the help of the rope. After the natural fall, you will be pulled by the rope until you reach the opposite cliff wall, and then pull the dragon tendon rope to climb up the cliff.

The woman grabbed me and pulled me onto the ground. It was only then that I saw her appearance clearly. She was very sweet and looked a little shy, but I could still tell that she was two or three years older than me. What surprised me the most was that she was Asian. "You are so amazing, you can make it this far." Her voice was as sweet as her appearance.

I pulled out a small section of the dragon tendon and waved it in front of her: "I have this."

"No wonder!" She smiled and said to me: "My name is Kitty No. 2. You can call me Kitty. Excuse me...?"

"My name is Ziri. I'm from the Frost Rose Alliance."

"Oh! Are you from the Chinese guild? I am also Chinese, but I am studying in the United States now, so I am in the United States directly after applying for the number."

"So we are compatriots! Nice to meet you."

"Hehe, actually I am calling you to ask if there is any way for you to cross this canyon? It is useless for an empty person like you to come here, you must bring a mount!"

"I know, but my mount can't jump over!" I suddenly noticed a thin handle sticking out from behind her waist. "Is that a whip of yours?"

"Huh?" She looked back, then took out the thing, and with a slight shake, an eight-foot-long whip was thrown away. "How about it? This is my main battle weapon. It has a 'character', right?"

"Haha! What a lucky man!"

"What are you doing? What kind of luck?" Kitty No. 2 was confused by me.

I picked up her whip and said, "This is lucky. I was worried that no one would cooperate with me in building the bridge and you showed up."

"Why do you need a whip to repair a bridge?"

I quickly pulled her to look down. "Did you see it? That's the chain bridge. It was originally connected. We just experimented with a stone that is equivalent to the weight of a horse, and this is the result."

"But it can't even bear the weight of a horse. Even if it is connected, won't it break?"

"No, the weakest part has been broken. The other parts must be stronger, and we have brought ropes. There should be no problem in reinforcing them by then. But the first task is to pull the chains on the sides first. Come on. This requires another person with a whip to cooperate with me, and you happen to have a whip."

"You mean we go down and pull each other with whips?" The kitten is also very smart, and it makes sense.

"If you are willing to cooperate, I will go back and the two of us will use whips to pull it."

"Okay, let's hurry up and start the game quickly."

"Then just wait, I'll be there right away."

Use the dragon's tendon rope to hang up the opposite cliff and swing back again. This time there is no need to climb up, it just hangs directly on the iron rope. Turn around and look at the kitten over there. She is climbing down. It will probably take a while. After finally waiting for her to reach her position, I shouted loudly: "I'll 'shoot' my wire rope over, and you try to wrap it with a whip."

"Try to aim as hard as you can, my whip is only eight feet long."

"Get ready, three, two, one." I moved my finger and the steel cable flew over immediately.

The kitten swung it over with a whip. The two ropes did touch each other in the air, but they were only wrapped around a few times, and they were released again after a pull! He pulled back the cable and fired again, but he didn't touch it again! After six consecutive experiments, the wind direction just turned, and the two ropes met each other in the air and became entangled with each other. Once the rope was twisted, it immediately became very tight. The two of us pulled it and it became a dead knot.

"Kitty cat, wrap your rope around the bridge chain and I'll pull it. Don't pull it with your hands. The force is too great and you can't pull it with your hands!"

"Wait a moment." After a while, she shouted to us: "Okay. Just pull it."

I immediately looped this side around the iron rope, and then started the automatic recovery function of the dragon's tendon rope. This is a small winch with more power than my hand. As the ropes on both sides tightened, the bridge rose naturally, and we were gradually moving closer together. In order to reduce the weight, the kitten climbed back to the cliff. The ropes on both sides were finally connected, and the iron chains were finally connected. Xiaochun, who was the lightest, held the rope and inserted it all the way through the chain, threading the rope through the holes of the chain like weaving a carpet. After a rope is threaded, others can come up to help, but the mount is still not allowed to get on. It took more than a dozen ropes to fix the bridge. I found a rock again and tried it again. This time I used one that was about the same weight as an Ankylosaurus. As a result, the rock passed smoothly. It seems that the rope reinforcement effect is indeed good.

Our efforts finally paid off. We crossed the bridge carefully one by one, and the kitten also tried his best to express his gratitude. Rose glanced at me after she left. "Should this bridge be demolished?"

I looked at the bridge and said, "It must be demolished, but it must not be completely demolished."

"what do you mean?"

"If we have to go through here, we may not meet another person who can use a whip. I don't have the ability to pick it up again."

Eagle asked: "How to dismantle it?"

"Tear down the rope. Just leave one. With this one I can connect the wires, but others can't get through."

Kristina smiled and said: "You are so bad!"

Shura Ziyi said: "If I see you doing good deeds one day, someone must be pretending to be you."

"Am I that bad? I'm just a little more utilitarian."

"It's just you?" Bai Ling shook his head: "You have sores on your head and pus on your soles. You're rotten."

"I'm not here for you. I'm really ignorant, please remove the rope!"

"It's a joke, don't be angry!" Bai Ling suddenly laughed. "Who doesn't know that our president is unparalleled in the world? If a goose leaves his hair, a man will peel off his skin?"

"Go. Be careful, I will introduce a girlfriend to Ying, so you can talk to me again."

Bai Ling smiled and said: "There are so many girls in the guild, if he has second thoughts, why would he need you to introduce him?"

Eagle had just finished removing the rope, "Okay, okay, it's done. Hurry up and hurry up. They might have arrived at the transfer station."