Chapter 444: Chapter 427: Can Players Be Taken to the Sky?
Translator: 549690339
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 “construction site.”
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.
Of course, apart from the wood, things like life jackets to increase buoyancy had to be brought down by each team’s members themselves.
The raft built by Camille Victoria’s team was quite big – based on its size alone, it could easily accommodate five people.
It’s just not known yet whether it will float once it’s in the water…
“Shuihua!” 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, “Who’s going to get more wood?”
“I’ll do it! I’ll do it!” Shuihua said with enthusiasm.
Camille Victoria looked at Shuihua and said, “Maybe we should have someone else do it. This task might not be suitable for you…”
“It’s fine, I can do it.” Shuihua simply stood up and went to fetch the wood.
This is a virtual world, after all – is there a need to differentiate tasks based on gender? Shuihua was full of confidence.
Camille Victoria looked at her back but didn’t 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 this…
She immediately understood Camille Victoria’s meaning: her concern was not whether or not the task was too difficult for Shuihua.
It was simply because this task required testing one’s mental endurance and the physical skills of dodging falling logs while picking up logs on the beach…
What Shuihua didn’t 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 “Metropolitan News – Dinosaur Island Special” 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 “Metropolitan News.”
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: “Master~you have a phone call!”
Lincoln took a look, and surprisingly, it was Henry again.
“Hello? What’s up?”
“Be honest, were you bullshitting me before?” Henry’s voice had a hint of anger.
“Huh? What do you mean?” Lincoln didn’t understand.
“Exoskeleton! Powered armor! Mechs!” Henry reminded him.
“What’s wrong with mechs?”
“You’re still claiming you didn’t study them!”
“I really didn’t!” Lincoln was puzzled.
“Then why did you transport so much stuff to the lab this afternoon?” Henry retorted.
After talking to Lincoln yesterday, he went to the security team to ask if Lincoln had recently replenished his lab supplies.
The security staff told him he hadn’t.
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 afternoon…
“So you’re saying that you didn’t want to research yesterday, but suddenly decided to research today?!” Henry was speechless.
“No, you’re mistaken. I bought those things not to research new stuff, but rather, I want to make some old gadgets from a hundred years ago.”
“Right, I was going to ask for your help. Let’s take this opportunity to do it together.”
Lincoln took the initiative to ask Henry for help: “I 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.”
“Especially biplanes with propellers and Zeppelins – 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!”
“Wait, wait, wait!!” Henry interrupted Lincoln’s words, “What are you making those for?”
“Oh, I need them for the game I’m making.”
“Don’t fool me, I’ve never heard of game development requiring the making of real-life objects on a 1:1 scale?” Henry questioned.
But as soon as he said this, he thought about the time when the Military Research Institute asked for Lincoln’s help to quickly improve the sensory realism of the “virtual battlefield”. He then realized that Lincoln’s approach was reasonable.
That’s a bit crazy.
But a new question popped out of his mind: “You’re not planning to fly a plane yourself and experience it, are you?”
“Yes!” Lincoln answered refreshingly.
“No way! Absolutely not!” Henry exclaimed in shock.
What a joke, let Lincoln fly a propeller plane from a hundred years ago? That’s absurd!
“Don’t worry, I’ll practice in the virtual world first and then fly with a parachute. It’s very safe!” Lincoln tried to reassure Henry.
With the current state of his brain, learning to fly a century-old plane isn’t that difficult.
Mavis has already built the plane.
If it wasn’t 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.
“No way!” Without even thinking, Henry opposed, “It’s too dangerous!”
“It’s not dangerous, really!”
“It’s very dangerous! I’m telling you the truth!”
Realizing the magnitude of the matter, the always serious Henry argued with Lincoln like a child.
“At worst, after I finish building it, I can have you guys test its reliability first?” Lincoln continued trying to persuade.
“No way…”
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 team’s 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?
It’s hard to say.
If it were a “tail” task, undoubtedly, Henry is sure Pengju could follow. Even if it were for “monitoring”, the security team should be able to stop him.
But the security team, including Pengju, exists to “protect” and not “monitor.”
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.
Lincoln’s 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: “Two-seater! You can’t go up there alone, and this is the biggest concession!”
“Okay, deal!” 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 didn’t fly it himself, he could let someone else take him up for a ride.
That was his bottom line.
He just didn’t expect Henry to be so easygoing.
“Can I invite some people to join me on the airship?” 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 targets…
“How many people are you planning to take?” To be on the safe side, Henry intended to explore Lincoln’s idea first.
“1000?” Lincoln asked a lion’s share.
Hearing this number, Henry felt like his blood vessels were about to burst!
“How about I give you a chance to reconsider?”
“Uh…” Lincoln’s idea of creating a giant airship and organizing a large-scale aerial player gathering was shattered.
“So, 100?”
“Well, it’s negotiable.” Henry responded.
If Lincoln had said 100 straight away, Henry would have refused. But with 1000 as a comparison, 100 doesn’t seem too unacceptable…
With today’s 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 aircraft’s 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 wasn’t the most outrageous thing.
The most outrageous thing was that he was seriously considering the feasibility of the idea!