C535 Broken

Although he heard this slight noise, Lu Shan didn't pay much attention to it in the beginning. He only treated it as the sound of a rope rubbing against a cliff.

He had already checked this rope before and felt that it was very strong. It was the kind of nylon climbing rope that could carry several hundred kilograms of weight without any problems and was also very resistant to abrasion. Even if it was used in the process of rubbing against rocks, it would not break for a short period of time.

So even if he heard some strange noises, Lu Shan did not care too much about it. He comforted Ning Ke for a while, and when Ning Ke realized that she did not directly fall down, he heaved a sigh of relief, and did not continue screaming.

Seeing that, Lu Shan loosened his hands again, and continued to slide down the mountain with Ning Ke in tow.

Just when Lu Shan felt that his falling speed was about to reach a certain point, and he tightened his hands once again, causing his falling speed to slow down, a "ka ka" sound once again came from above.

Because this time, Ning Ke did not make any sound in Lu Shan's ear. Although the distance between him and the beasts had decreased a little, Lu Shan could still hear him clearly … He immediately realized that something was wrong. This seemed to be … It wasn't the sound of the ropes rubbing against the rocks, but rather … The sound of an iron grade equipment!

Lu Shan's mind spun slightly, and his face immediately changed. Yes... It was the iron hoop with the rope tied to it! The iron ring made a sound!

When Lu Shan was at the exit of the tunnel, he saw the rope and the iron hoop on the stone steps, but he didn't pay much attention to it at the time. When he found out that the rope was the key to leaving this place, he merely asked Ning Feng to throw the rope out. Furthermore, he only checked how tough the rope was and whether it was securely tied, and did not go back to the cave to check if there was anything wrong with the iron ring that was tied to the rope.

However … When he heard the "ka ka" sound coming from the iron ring, he suddenly felt that something was wrong. Because... Previously, when Ning Feng had fallen down by himself, he had been sitting on that platform. Right now, the iron hoop was constantly making "ka ka" sounds. This … There must be a problem!

Yes … This road should have been an emergency escape route left behind by the General Wu for himself when he was building this Secret Base. Furthermore, he had hidden this escape route in such a secretive place, so no one else would know about it. So... If something unexpected happened, that General Wu would definitely escape by himself. He might not even bring his trusted aides with him.

If that was the case … What if the secret escape route was discovered by the enemy or his abandoned underlings? He would definitely chase them down along the passage!

So... It was very possible that this insidious fellow had done something to the iron hoop, causing it to only be able to be used once. Once the power received exceeded a certain limit, it could very likely be broken!

When he thought of this possibility, Lu Shan's forehead was immediately covered in cold sweat!

If that was the case, what should he do now? Stop falling and climb back up to the platform? In that case... As long as he could climb up the rope before it came off completely, he could reattach it somewhere else, and as long as he could find a solid rock to hold on to, he wouldn't have to worry about any more problems. However … If he were to go back and climb up now, he would have to make the rope eat its fill and hang onto their weight at all times. If the iron ring had already started to crack, would he really be able to last until the two climbed up?

They had already gone thirty to forty meters down the rope, and were less than a hundred meters away from the ground. Furthermore, Lu Shan was confident that if he could safely descend to a height that was more than twenty meters away from the ground, even if the rope was broken, he should be able to protect Ning Ke from falling to the ground safe and sound. Even if she was injured, it would not be a problem. So... At this point, whether it was climbing up or sliding down, the risks were almost the same!

Therefore, Lu Shan clenched his teeth and decided to ignore the "ka ka" sound that came from above him. Instead, he started to slide down faster and faster while bringing Ning Ke along with him. Right now, he could only hope that the metal hoop would break a little more slowly … Slow down! Every meter he fell in safety now meant he was one step closer to his chance of survival …

Ninety meters, eighty meters … Seventy meters …

When he was less than seventy meters from the ground, Lu Shan once again tightened his hands into fists. When he tried to slow down the speed at which he and Ning Ke were sliding, he suddenly felt his hands loosen up as he felt not even a trace of friction between the rope he was gripping and his palm. Instead, his falling speed increased instead!

The rope was finally broken!

Lu Shan's heart sank. They were still nearly seventy meters above the ground, which was about the same height as twenty floors.

If an ordinary person were to fall from the third or fourth floor, it was highly likely that they would die. As for the twentieth floor … He probably wouldn't be much worse than a meat patty!

And what was even worse, was that Lu Shan and the rest were just in front of a cliff that was hanging upside down, which meant that the slope of the cliff wall was more than ninety degrees, and their bodies were completely suspended in the air, there was almost two meters between them and the cliff wall. Even if he wanted to press his body against the cliff and grab onto the cliff wall, or rely on the friction of the cliff wall to reduce the speed of the descent as much as possible, it was already impossible!

If he were to fall down like this, the consequences could be imagined!

However, Lu Shan was not scared witless by the desperate situation he was facing. The more he reached this point, the faster his brain was working to consider any possibility of a breakthrough!

His eyes quickly looked around, wanting to see if there was anything nearby that could hold the rope, so that he could swing the rope around them. Even if it was impossible to directly hang them, even if it could only withstand the impact of their fall!

However, the result left Lu Shan extremely disappointed … There was not even a single tree on the surrounding cliffs, not to mention any protruding rocks. The rope in his hand was like a lifeline; it was really just a straw, completely useless!

If he had enough time, Lu Shan could go to the System Merchant Shop and search for something that he could use, such as exchanging for a parachute to tie himself with.

However, the problem was … It would only take a few seconds for the two of them to fall into a puddle of mud, and now he had to open up the system store, look for the tools he could use, and then use the System Currency Card to convert the money from reality into the System Currency, and then exchange it for those things … How could he make it in time?

Could it be … Was Lu Shan really going to die here today?