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So.

How do you get to the Rhine Sky City?

Are there dedicated flights?

Or is there an elevator somewhere that I don't know about?

Lin Xian looked left and right...

"Um?"

He saw the crowd and lights gathering in the distance again.

He saw that place just now at the birth point.

It looked like a flat ground. From a distance, there were at least hundreds of people surrounding it, as if they were having some kind of party.

Moreover, it was the only place with lights within sight, so it was extremely conspicuous; the little boy Lin Xian met halfway just now also ran in that direction and that group of people after they said goodbye.

And the reason why Lin Xian made a confused sound...

It's because a huge hot air balloon slowly rose from where the crowd and lights gathered!

Lin Xian had really only seen hot air balloons in movies and TV, but never in real life.

This is a flying device that uses hot air or helium to lift off.

However, because they do not have sufficient steering ability and the function of horizontal movement, most hot air balloons can only follow the wind... Therefore, they are not very practical in daily life, and are more used for extreme sports or Sightseeing.

And now.

A hot air balloon is specially raised at the edge of the Sky City.

Needless to say, it must be the means of transportation to the Sky City.

"I didn't expect transportation to be so primitive."

Can a hot air balloon safely fly to the Rhine Sky City?

Lin Xian had doubts.

But he still took steps and ran towards the crowd, wanting to see if he could catch a ride... ah no, a ride.

However.

Because of my blind running before, this distance was too far.

Lin Xian watched helplessly as the hot air balloon gradually became plump and expanded, and then slowly rose into the sky...

When Lin Xian finally arrived at the crowd gathering place, the huge hot air balloon had already pulled the small manned basket underneath it up to an altitude of tens of meters and was still accelerating slowly.

Lin Xian looked up.

Discover……

This is not a hot air balloon in the traditional sense, but a helium balloon.

Generally speaking, hot air balloons are filled with air, and then a large flame gun is used to heat the air inside and reduce its density to obtain air buoyancy.

But helium balloons are different.

It does not have any heating device and does not require any heating device.

The density of helium itself is lower than that of air, so you only need to fill the huge balloon with helium and seal it well, and it can provide huge air buoyancy by itself without any other facilities.

but……

The Rhine Sky City is only two to three thousand meters high according to visual inspection. Is it a bit overkill to use a helium balloon to launch it?

This is more than enough to lift off with a traditional air-burning hot-air balloon.

Could it be that……

Is the actual height of the Rhine Sky City higher than I expected?

Lin Xian recalled the geography knowledge he learned in junior high school.

No matter how high the height feels, it is actually a bit unrealistic.

He remembered that it was written in the geography book that for every 1,000 meters of altitude increase, the temperature would drop by about 6 degrees Celsius, so an altitude of two to three thousand meters was most suitable for the residents of the Sky City to live without being too cold.

Moreover, as the altitude increases, the air pressure will also weaken simultaneously. Not only will the boiling point of water be lowered, causing a lot of unnecessary troubles in life, but the thin oxygen will also easily cause altitude sickness.

of course.

This is all looking at the world from the perspective of 2023.

Now Rhine Sky City has undoubtedly conquered controllable nuclear fusion. They have inexhaustible energy and heat. The issue of temperature and pressure is not a big problem at all.

It can be solved easily.

Therefore, I cannot rule out the possibility that I really miscalculated the height of the Rhine Sky City.

However.

soon.

Lin Xian noticed another unusual thing——

He saw that the "passenger" standing in the passenger basket under the huge helium balloon... was actually fully armed at this moment!

His whole body was wrapped tightly and thickly, as if he was wearing a simple sealed space suit.

This comparison is not an exaggeration.

The "passenger" has a bulging body, just like the Michelin tire advertising villain. The most important thing is that he has a big space helmet on his head, which really looks like an astronaut.

This made Lin Xian even more confused...

Helium balloon + space suit, what on earth is this person going to do?

Didn’t he go to the Sky City? Why go to all this trouble and exaggeration?

Lin Xian decided to find someone to ask.

He kept scanning the crowd...

soon.

He discovered three unexpected but unexpected things--\u003e\u003e

Three familiar figures in it!

A Zhuang!

Two pillars!

Three fat guys!

They are the three younger brothers of the big-faced cat!

Lin Xian couldn't help but laugh when he met an old friend in a foreign country.

These three boys were shot countless times by themselves and Big Faced Cat in the first dream; in the second dream, they all changed their ways and worked with Big Faced Cat and Boss Li... I didn’t expect that they would still be killed in the third dream. Can see them.

At this moment, Lin Xian felt that maybe history really had a certain inevitability.

Some people and some things are like inevitable historical nodes...

must exist.

It's bound to happen.

Could this be... another brand new law of time and space?

Lin Xian still couldn't figure it out for the time being.

But now is not the time to ponder this. Let’s ask them first what the purpose of gathering so many people here is.

"Azhuang!"

Lin Xian greeted him enthusiastically.

A Zhuang, who was a head shorter than Lin Xian but had a strong build, withdrew his eyes from the sky and looked Lin Xian up and down:

"Who are you?"

"It's not important." Lin Xian smiled and patted him on the shoulder. He had seen him so many times. Lin Xian didn't recognize him at all:

"Where's my Brother Face? Where is he?"

Hearing the word Brother Face come out of Lin Xian's mouth... A Zhuang's expression also relaxed a lot.

And looking at Lin Xian's effortless and familiar look, he must be a friend of Brother Face. A Zhuang was not wary and pointed at the hot air balloon that had risen hundreds of meters in the sky:

"You're late, Brother Face has already left."? ? ?

Lin Xian can't think of it

He tilted his head and looked up at the rapidly rising hot air balloon in the sky:

"The man in the spacesuit above is Brother Face? The big-faced cat?"

"Ah, what else?"

"Is he going to Rhine Sky City?"

"That's for sure."

A Zhuang looked at Lin Xian and continued:

"You must have come here knowing this, right? Just pay attention."

After that, he stopped talking to Lin Xian and looked up at the sky:

"Hey... I hope Brother Face can succeed this time, otherwise..."

He bit his lip and did not continue.

Lin Xian looked at A Zhuang inexplicably.

They are all fully armed like that, is there any danger?

Forget it, he won't ask for the time being and just watch the big-faced cat's performance silently.

Today was purely because I wasted time and missed the big-faced cat’s hot air balloon. If the big-faced cat really succeeded in logging into the Rhine Sky City later, he could just come over early tomorrow and hitch a ride.

Lin Xian didn't take it to heart either.

Go up, and together with the silent people around you, look up at the small white ball that is rising rapidly in the sky.

Now let’s see…

The big-faced cat has risen to an altitude of at least 2,000 meters in a helium balloon. The huge hot-air balloon now looks only about the size of a fist.

But fortunately, the thousands of day-controllable nuclear fusion engines below the Sky City work day and night. While providing enough lift for the Rhine Sky City to stay aloft, they also release light that illuminates half of the sky, allowing everyone on the ground to see The big-faced cat gradually shrinks into small white dots.

Lin Xian squinted his eyes and watched the big-faced cat's hot air balloon rising... rising... rising...

They have all risen to invisible heights.

He approached A Zhuang, who clenched his fists as if facing a powerful enemy, and whispered:

"It seems...it flew too far..."

Now the height of the big-faced cat is obviously much higher than that of the Sky City, and it will reach the stratosphere if it flies again. This is obviously a yaw.

"what are you saying?"

A Zhuang turned his head and looked at Lin Xian:

"Around the Rhine Sky City, there is a laser air defense area with a height of 10,000 meters. Once it is touched, it will be immediately locked by the laser and evaporated directly... The entire air defense area is in the shape of a cone to seal the Sky City, only the cone shape There is a blind spot at the very top of the city at an altitude of 10,000 meters. If you want to break through the defense of Rhine Sky City, you can only enter from there."?

Lin Xian felt like he was listening to fantasy again:

"Ten thousand meters? Laser defense system? Is this sky city so heavily guarded?"

"Of course."

A Zhuang turned his head and continued to stare at the small white dot in the sky that was almost invisible:

"So, if you want to break through the defenses and enter the Rhine Sky City, you must take a hot air balloon to an altitude of nearly 20,000 meters, then jump off, find the exact position by gliding to dive down, open the parachute... Only then can you safely enter the Sky City and land."

this……

Lin Xian blinked and couldn't believe it.

What kind of tiger-wolf talk is this?

Ride a helium balloon to an altitude of 20,000 meters and then go paragliding?

You wouldn't dare to do this in "Extreme Kingdom"!

If you think about it carefully, no wonder the big-faced cat is fully armed and wears a fully sealed space suit.

Because at an altitude of 20,000 meters, the temperature is definitely below minus 30 degrees. If you don't wear thick clothes, you will definitely freeze to death in the biting cold wind.

After all, he not only has to stay there, but also jumps into the wind and free fall.

Moreover, the air pressure at an altitude of 20,000 meters is only one-fifth of what it is now on the surface, and the oxygen content is far from enough for breathing. So it is conceivable that behind the big-faced cat, there must also be an oxygen bottle and other oxygen supply and constant pressure devices on his back--\u003e\u003e

.

"too crazy."

Lin Xian sighed sincerely.

Even though he has attempted death countless times in dreams and experienced many extreme sports that brought him infinitely close to death, there is still a difference between seeking death and seeking death.

In his dream, he once challenged skydiving at an altitude of up to 8,000 meters, and many times he fell into pieces due to various circumstances.

He even fell unconscious for unknown reasons many times during free fall.

It’s still so difficult at an altitude of 8,000 meters.

What's more, the big-faced cat has to jump from an altitude of 20,000 meters, then glide through free fall to aim at the only gap in the air defense system, dive down and open an parachute in time to slow down the landing.

This is an extremely dangerous challenge, and any mistake will result in death!

What is this, big-faced cat...

Lin Xian sighed.

You are just a big-faced cat, not Batman, why do you show such ability? Don't want to die?

"How are you sure that there is a defense gap in the middle of Rhine Sky City?"

"Because someone went in."

A Zhuang said softly:

"Although...only once, it failed in the end. But we did see him go in."

"Is this the only way to enter the Rhine Sky City?" Lin Xian asked:

"Is there no other safer way?"

A Zhuang shook his head:

"If anything...what are we people busy with after so many years and so many sacrifices?"

After that, A Zhuang stretched out his hand to signal Lin Xian to shut up. Small sweat began to appear on his forehead. He squinted his eyes and stared closely at the invisible hot air balloon in the sky.

Lin Xian really didn't understand what all this was about and for a while.

But looking at everyone around them, they all said nothing and clenched their fists.

He knew it was not the right time to ask, so he could only follow A Zhuang's gaze and look aimlessly at the sky.

so……

Is this actually another form of New Donghai City?

Xindonghai City used high walls to prevent them from entering; Rhine Sky City went even further, flying directly into the sky and erecting a 10,000-meter-high defense net, which fundamentally eliminated the possibility of invasion.

but.

Why only leave a gap in the sky in the middle of the city?

What is the purpose of this approach?

Lin Xian didn't believe the technical reason...

Rhine Sky City is different from the superficial New Donghai City. Controllable nuclear fusion has been conquered here, and it is a highly developed future city. How can it logically leave an air defense blind spot?

Is it difficult to seal it?

Why leave a special loophole]?

…

Um?

Wait.

Lin Xian thought of everything that was unusual and normal...

Could it be...

That gap!

Just deliberately left a backdoor for yourself]?

But this is looking down too much on yourself!

Who on earth thinks so highly of himself?

If Lin Xian remembers correctly, as of 2023, the holder of the world skydiving altitude record should be a vice president of Google.

In 2014, he rose to an altitude of more than 40,000 meters in a helium balloon, then fell freely for four minutes before opening his parachute and landing safely.

That’s the beauty of extreme sports challenges.

This is also the reason for the general sparse population abroad.

Although according to the record of the Google Vice President's 40,000-meter skydive, the big-faced cat's 20,000-meter skydive does not seem very difficult.

But the difficulty between the two of them is simply worlds apart!

To put it simply, the vice president of Google only needs to jump down from 40,000 meters and find the right time to open the parachute.

As for the big-faced cat...

He also needs to control his speed and direction in the air defense gap through precise gliding, and then he can find an opportunity to open a parachute and land.

If you move a little bit, the position is a little bit different, and the speed is a little bit faster, you may directly contact the air defense scanning network and be directly vaporized by the laser!

Lin Xian believes that the big-faced cat is not such a person who looks for trouble and challenges limits.

For him, this Rhine Sky City...

Why do you have to go?

suddenly!

There was a burst of exclamation from the crowd:

"Jumped! Jumped!" "Jumped with a big face!" "Gliding!" "Be sure to remember the correct position!"...

Everyone was worried and surprised, but Lin Xian couldn't see anything.

He looked around and found that most people had taken out their binoculars.

Turning their heads, Erzhu and Sanpang both held telescopes in their hands, raising their heads and looking upward.

Lin Xian walked over and patted Erzhu on the shoulder:

"Er Zhuzi, my sister-in-law is here to see you."

"where!!"

Erzhu took off the telescope and looked left and right!

"What about that? What's behind?"

Lin Xian pointed at a place with a lot of people.

direction, then grabbed the telescope from Erzhu's hand, held it against his eyes and looked upward.

This telescope actually has night vision capabilities.

It just so happened that the moonlight was very bright today and the sky was cloudless. As the big-faced cat fell from a lower height... the blurry white shadow could gradually be found in the telescope.

r\u003e

That should be the big-faced cat.

At this moment, the vague shadow is adjusting its posture, spreading its body, and seems to be controlling the direction of gliding.

Just when Lin Xian's blood began to boil...

suddenly!

A flash of fire suddenly appeared in the night sky ten thousand meters away!

A small fireball erupted.

Then...

Everything becomes quiet.

"That is……"

Lin Xian put down the telescope and thought of what A Zhuang had said before and the scene where he was caught off guard and evaporated in the firelight.

That's it?

It was just that simple, the big-faced cat was killed by an anti-aircraft laser?

He looked around.

Sure enough, from everyone's faces, we got a positive answer.

A Zhuang sighed.

The third fat man also shook his head.

The entire place where hundreds of people gathered was silent, and no one spoke.

Lin Xian felt strange.

This atmosphere is really strange.

I say it's sad, but I feel like everyone isn't that sad either.

It was as if they were numb.

Or as if they were used to this kind of sacrifice.

Everyone's eyes were so empty.

A staggering old man came forward and patted A Zhuang's shoulder. The black sores on his face were thick and swollen, and there was a foul smell:

"A Zhuang, it's your turn..."

A Zhuang nodded.

Turned his head and walked to the other side of the venue.

There...

There was a helium balloon that was beginning to inflate, and a set of equipment that was exactly the same as the dead big-faced cat.

"No, what are you doing?"

Lin Xian was getting more and more confused.

Lining up to die?

Or did the members of the Face Gang do something extremely heinous and unforgivable, and this was their punishment?

Even if there was a reason to enter the Rhine Sky City, they couldn't keep fleecing the Face Gang!

The boss just died, and his body evaporated directly, so couldn't he be replaced by someone from another gang?

Lin Xian felt uncomfortable with this collective numbness.

He felt unfair for the big-faced cat.

But.

As he turned around and looked around.

But found...

There is not a single young or middle-aged man in the crowd!

Women, old people, children...

There are no men.

He looked again, there is really no man!

"Where are the other men?"

Lin Xian couldn't help asking.

At this time.

A familiar girl, Li Ningning, stood on the right of Lin Xian and shook her head:

"The three of them..."

"They are the last men in the East China Sea."

...

Lin Xian frowned.

Looking at the silent crowd around him, looking at A Zhuang who was wearing a space suit on the other side, looking at the Rhine Sky City with thousands of blue stars shining in the sky, looking at the moon covered by black hand shadows in the higher sky...

This world.

What happened?