Chapter 1488: Luckily, I Placed the Order Early
Even though Lin Sanjiu was audacious, fearless, and sometimes even recklessly brave, when it came to her loved ones and friends, she was more meticulous and thorough than anyone else.
From the very moment she embarked on her journey to find the grand prize, she had attached a safety line to it, even though she wasn"t certain if it would come in handy. After activating [No coincidence. No story], she never turned it off.
She was aware that to successfully find the grand prize, she would need help. Now, the a.s.sistance she intended to offer Ji Shanqing was helping her.
"Hurry... up..." Lily"s last word barely came out as a breath. The hand holding the petal rope looked like a bloodless white stone, with veins bulging. "What are you doing?"
It wasn"t her fault for losing patience, seeing Lin Sanjiu"s current state didn"t inspire much confidence. She dangled from the rope, looking limp as she lay on the floor by the window, motionless. Lin Sanjiu"s right hand was clenched, her eyes shut tightly, but her eyelids trembled with her eye movements. It looked strange and offered little hope.
At the entrances of the other two elevators, Qian Dao and Whit E. were nearing their limits.
Unlike Lily, who had a buffer and could still stand, they had to resist being dragged into the elevators by their own strength. Within moments, moans of pain emanated from their throats.
Qian Dao"s fingers clutched the carpet, his nails breaking and bleeding underneath. He tried to use one leg to resist against the elevator"s wall, managing to stall for just a moment. However, with a painful scream and the sound of cracking bones, his foot buckled, and his leg compacted as bones protruded through the skin.
Whit E."s situation wasn"t any better. His s.h.i.+rt and skin were shredded from the drag, leaving two b.l.o.o.d.y wings on the ground. He continued to resist, shouting at Qian Dao, "Release me, I"m dying!"
Qian Dao, pain clouding his vision, was still trying to resist. Sweat dripped from his pale face. Whit E."s pleas seemed to bring him back.
"You promised," Whit E. continued, partly begging and partly screaming, "I betrayed them for you, and you said you"d release it..."
"Why is she going in that direction?" Qian Dao said, ignoring Whit E. His hands grasped the walls of the elevator, as both his good and damaged legs were inside the elevator. He stared in Lin Sanjiu"s direction. "How is she..."
Lin Sanjiu suddenly opened her eyes.
"Let go!" she roared, startling Lily.
"What?"
"Now! Quick!"
Almost instinctively, Lily released her grip.
The moment she loosened her grip, the force from both sides retaliated with multiple times its ferocity. Without even a chance to resist, she was yanked to the floor, skidding straight towards the elevator. Simultaneously, Lin Sanjiu was also dragged towards the window without resistance—she barely had time to lift her arms to protect her face when her feet already shattered the floor-to-ceiling window.
Snowflakes immediately covered the entire pane of gla.s.s. Amid the sharp explosion sound, shattered gla.s.s was whisked away by the gale, sweeping and engulfing the entire elevator lobby. Every shard of gla.s.s was like a blade, slicing through any fabric or skin in its path—Lin Sanjiu"s arms felt as if numerous cl.u.s.ters of fire had suddenly ignited, searing her skin and nerves. The pain made her scream, but it was quickly replaced by the sudden sensation of weightlessness.
Below her was the vast sky from sixty floors up, and she was plummeting at high speed. In that moment, trying to see clearly in the roaring wind, finding direction amidst weightlessness, and making the next move while the world spun around her felt impossible. For what seemed like a long time, Lin Sanjiu felt that she could do nothing but continue to fall.
Mrs. Manas shouted in her mind, "The direction of this d.a.m.ned aircraft is wrong! Tell it to turn around, turn around now!"
Startled, Lin Sanjiu realized the wind enveloping her was too strong. Several robust gusts broke through the wind of her free fall, almost violently hitting the building, creating a resonance so alarming it was heart-stopping. As she fell, she frantically waved the [ebay] in her hand, yelling desperately amidst the chaos, "I"m here! Turn around, I"m here!"
In the sky, the triangular aircraft, which had just whizzed in from a distance, seemed to hear her call. It nimbly turned its head downwards and dived straight towards the free-falling Lin Sanjiu—before she even fell halfway, she was already caught by a force net emitted by the aircraft.
Lin Sanjiu"s vision was blurred. Floating in mid-air, the deafening noise of her heartbeat and the aircraft"s engine overwhelmed her hearing. Relying on memory and the usage method told by the [eBay] seller, she fumbled her way towards the aircraft within the force net, knocking and shouting, "Go back. Let"s go back before the gla.s.s window closes again!"
She didn"t have time earlier to figure out whether the aircraft was voice-controlled, but she remembered that it was one of her purchase requirements. As the aircraft plunged back into the sky, she was almost thrown onto its body, but she finally sighed in relief after the initial shock—it understood and was taking her back.
Though the ordeal was thrilling, it only lasted a few seconds. By the time the triangular aircraft crashed through the broken window, the latter hadn"t even begun to repair itself. Stumbling, Lin Sanjiu entered the empty elevator lobby and looked up to see three elevator doors slowly closing.
"Lily!" she shouted, kicking one of the elevator doors. As Lily gasped from behind the door, Lin Sanjiu swiftly swung out a long stick, wedging it between the doors.
As if sensing her plan, the elevator doors, like the jaws of a crocodile that had caught its prey, snapped shut, severing the weapon from the Munitions Factory in her hand. Immediately after, the hum of the elevator cabin started, quickly taking Lily down.