Knights of the Wasteland Fortress

Chapter 49 The First Victims

When Jiatu finished washing and walked near the observation deck, the rain had stopped.

The sky hadn't completely dimmed yet, and there was a tinge of yellow hanging outside the patio, but someone had already started climbing under the stele.

Jiatu saw that some of them were very clever, and they did not climb alone, but found companions, with ropes tied around each other's waists, one in front as the pioneer to explore the way, and the other tied the rope below as insurance.

The rope is included in the waist bag, and each person has a roll, which is about ten meters long. It is a bit short for climbing ropes, but at least it is better than nothing.

"The progress is very fast... Someone has already climbed to the first breaking point..."

Jiatu walked up to Warren and Hena, and looked up at the first climber on the rock wall.

The distribution of I-shaped steel bars on the monument is very distinctive.

The closer to the ground, the denser the number of steel bars, so that the first climbers in the first stage hardly need to "climb", as long as they keep pulling the steel bars, they can reach the first breaking point smoothly.

The whole process is about 130 meters long, and the slope of the first fault zone of the stele is also very gentle, almost 70 degrees. In the entire climbing section of the stele, it can already be called a "big gentle slope".

"Did you mean 'rebar area'?"

Warren turned his head and glanced at Jiatu, and then said: "The next step is the first difficulty of the whole climbing stage——"

"'Big Eaves'."

Jiatu squinted his eyes and looked at the group of climbers at the top of the stone wall.

Sure enough, he saw that the broken second section of the rock wall formed a staggered layer of more than three meters with the first section of the rock wall, just like the "eaves" of the protruding wall of a Chinese-style house, perpendicular to the first rock wall, People don't know what to do to cross the three-meter-wide suspended area and reach the second section of the rock wall.

"Ah... it really fell."

With a cry of exclamation, the first group of climbers who climbed the fastest fell from the slab rock formation under the big eaves, but he was tied with a parachute around his waist, and the tendency to fall was dragged by the I-shaped steel tied to the end of the rope. Living.

However, he didn't seem to be intact. His four feet were hanging in the air at the end of the rope, his limbs were hanging down, his whole body was motionless, and he seemed to have passed out.

Seeing this, his companion sitting on the steel bar quickly pulled him up by the rope.

The rescuer leaned over to check his fallen companion, and suddenly waved his hands to the people below.

Warren squinted his eyes, carefully watched his sign language, and his expression suddenly became serious:
"His waist is broken..."

Cato was taken aback.

He didn't expect a victim to appear so soon.

However, this group of climbers was relatively close to the edge of the monument, so the rescuers spent a lot of effort to send the injured to a certain fault zone.

Then they saw that Sun Simiao climbed up by grabbing the fault next to the huge monument at almost the same speed as taking off from flat ground.

Then he carried the wounded on his back and climbed down two steps at a time.

When they reached the ground, many people surrounded them.

"Let's go take a look too."

Jiatu suggested to Warren and the others, and also walked towards the crowd.

This is the No.1 injured person in the third round of testing, so many people are concerned about his condition.

After Sun Simiao carried the injured man on his back, he carried him to a quieter place in the underground square.

The injured remained conscious before lying on the ground.

From a distance, Jiatu saw him holding Sun Simiao's skirt and crying:
"Examiner Sun...I...I can't feel my feet..."

"...is your spine injured..."

Sun Simiao pondered for a moment, then nodded:

"It seems that the ten-meter rope is still too long...the falling distance of more than 20 meters broke your lumbar spine..."

"I... can I return to normal?"

The injured asked with some despair.

"If you're lucky, you'll still be able to stand up."

Sun Simiao touched his waist, nodded and said, "The fractured bone is not too serious, but it should be impossible to walk normally like before."

Sun Simiao's words silenced everyone present.

They had long been prepared to be injured or fell to their deaths, but they still didn't expect the first example to appear so soon before their eyes.

"Ah...someone fell down."

Jiatu felt a chill down his spine, and suddenly he heard someone say something behind him.

He turned his head sharply, but just in time to see the scene where the fallen person fell to the ground.

The tough human body burst open like a water bag.

The severed limb flew far outwards, terrifying a climber standing near it.

"It was the rescuer just now..."

Hua Lun clearly recognized the fallen man, and murmured, "Did you spend too much energy..."

Gator looked overhead, where the dead man's waist bag was still hanging from a protruding steel bar.

From his position, if he wanted to fall there, the only possibility was that he fell from the protruding rock formation directly above - the "big eaves".

It is estimated that after sending away his injured companion, he did not choose to give up, but continued to challenge the "big roof".

As a result, just like his companion, he also missed and fell from the "big roof".

Since there was no protector, he had no rope attached to him.

The rescuer who fell from a height fell on the I-shaped steel bars under the eaves, and then rolled out along the slope of the steel bars.

In the end, he fell to the ground from a height of more than 100 meters and became the No. 1 victim.

Jiatu heard that some of the trainees around him retched, and the blood ran down the crevices of the gravel at the bottom of the tiankeng and into the pond, making everyone's faces turn ugly.

Many people, including Jiatu, subconsciously thought——

How much blood has this 200-square-meter pond absorbed so that the forget-me-nots next to it bloom so beautifully?
"Okay, those who want to give up, you can register with me."

Sun Simiao kindly reminded everyone to come back to their senses.

But except for a small number of people who hesitated, most people still gritted their teeth and persisted.

After all, in their view, the No.1 deceased was born because of his overreaching.

If you do the "double protection" honestly, you will definitely not end up in this situation.

As for the other injured person, they deliberately left it behind.

This is "Youth".

If you insist on going your own way, you won't listen to any advice.

Jiatu saw Sun Simiao sighed and said nothing more.

The invigilator shook his head and gave the injured some painkillers, then left him there to die—

After all, if there aren't enough returnees with healthy hands and feet, then these wounded can only lie here and wait to die, right?

Jiatu thought darkly in his heart.

But involuntarily turned his gaze to the big stone tablet in front of him.

In the dim light of dusk, the "Stone of Life", which seems to be made of marble, is so dazzling.

Even more so if you see the dozen or so desperate climbers on it.

　First chapter, Chapter 3 may be later

　　
　
(End of this chapter)