“Ah!”
The last sound from the outside world that Ningma heard was the scream of the girl whose name he didn’t even know!
Immediately after—a steel-framed sculpture weighing hundreds of pounds collapsed right in front of him. The steel bars that made up the frame weren’t completely tied together. In other words, as the main body overturned, the steel bars that should have been connected were uncontrollably scattered. The iron wire used to bind them couldn’t withstand the dispersed weight!
In a split second, Ningma only had time to lift up a row of steel frames lined up in front of his chest, but those above his head and below his waist fell apart. The steel bars as thick as fingers crashed onto the tempered glass under his feet like boiling water!
“Crash!”
“Bang!”
Tempered glass can disperse force and strengthen when dealing with planar pressure. However, if it is subjected to concentrated force at a certain point and continuously magnified, the whole will quickly shatter into a spider web pattern, and then the entire glass surface will shatter and crack!
Not good!
A dangerous signal flashed in Ningma’s mind. Falling from the third floor, which was over ten meters high, was tantamount to courting death, unless he could grab something before falling!
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For example, the edge frame used to carry the glass. It was obviously too late to free his hand. There was simply no time to react. He could only hear the sound of the glass breaking under his feet and the “whoosh” sound of several steel bars falling from around him!
The entire heart-shaped steel structure sculpture was almost two meters high, and the tempered glass floor area was one meter by one meter. Before the tempered glass completely shattered, Ningma only had time to hold onto one of the steel bars. As the tempered floor was smashed, he subconsciously let go of his hand to grab something that could save his life!
This grab, unintentionally wrapped around the decorative colored light wires. In addition to smashing the tempered glass under Ningma into pieces, the messy steel frame fortunately was next to another piece that was only impacted and not completely damaged.
The colored lights used to decorate the entire sculpture were wrapped around many times to enhance the lighting effect. At this moment, they were all tangled around Ningma’s wrist, acting as a life-saving straw!
The situation before his eyes—Ningma’s entire left arm was wrapped in tangled light wires, his right hand firmly holding onto the steel bar of the frame spanning the two platforms, his body swinging in the air like a swing. Below his feet were the white cement surfaces ten meters high. The cold wind blew through the open clothes, and the splashing water mist rushed over his face.
“Bang bang bang bang!”
A burst of crackling metal collisions came from the swinging feet. After a while, it returned to stillness, except for the unceasing raindrops still hitting the ceiling above.
He tasted blood at the corner of his mouth, and a stream of heat seemed to drip down his cheek from his forehead. Apart from that, half of his chest gradually became numb due to the pulling of his arm. His right leg seemed to have been cut by the sharp steel bars. Apart from that, it was fortunate that he hadn’t fallen from the height of the third floor.
Ningma observed his entangled arm in the dim light. Almost five bundles of wires on the right and left were about to cut into his flesh. He could only try to disperse the force as much as possible, but the fingers of his other hand were trembling slightly as they gripped the iron sheet.
“Hey, you!”
Ningma shouted towards the terrace, “Hurry up and help! Pull me up!”
…
There was no sound, except for the sound of rain and wind…
Ningma was extremely anxious, unsure how long the wires could hold. Once they snapped, the strength of the other hand would be useless!
“Is anyone there!”
“Girl? Miss? Beautiful lady?”
Still no response. Apart from that scream after the unexpected event, there was now absolutely no response.
Ningma barely turned his head and looked through the blurred glass floor—the terrace entrance was empty, except for a selfie stick still standing upright. The girl he had seen in the cinema was not there at all!
“Damn it! Where the hell did she run off to!”
He couldn’t help but curse. If she hadn’t insisted on running to the third floor to take pictures, how could he have been put in such a deadly situation? He didn’t expect that when something happened, she would run faster than a rabbit!
“Hey! Is anyone there? Hurry up and pull me down! Is there anyone!”
He had to continue to call for help. Ningma felt that the blood flow on half of his body was a little unsmooth, and he didn’t know how long the wires on his wrist could last. There was always the possibility of falling.
But was there no one? After shouting a few times, not even a ghost appeared.
Ningma’s forehead was covered with dense cold sweat, hoping that the colored light wires could last a little longer. Where did that damn girl run off to? Could she have been scared and hid?
“Hey! Is anyone there?”
There was no other way but to shout towards the main building of the hotel, but at this time it was close to midnight and the sound was drowned out by the rain. There was a distance of dozens of meters between the two buildings, and it was impossible for anyone to hear the call for help…
After shouting a few times, he realized it was useless. If only he had a megaphone or could grab the phone in his pocket, but that was simply impossible unless he grew a third hand. At this moment, his right hand was firmly tied by the wires, his left hand was also weakly supporting himself, and below his feet was the white cement surface ten meters high!
An insect trapped in a spider web was no more than this. The only difference was that it was either waiting for the spider’s pincers or waiting for the constantly enlarging ground. Either way, it would end in death.
At this moment, a breeze blew, and the water molecules in the air tended to be saturated, gently brushing over his face wrapped in moist water vapor. The rough wind drilled into the gap in his collar, taking away the temperature of the sweat, making him feel cold from the inside out.
Ningma’s body had been hanging in the air for a full minute. The steel bars above his head were scattered around, most of them falling on the dark ground below. Apart from the initial burst of “clanging,” it was completely silent. Only the wind swept through the broken hole, making a series of whines.
His bound right hand gradually couldn’t hold on, and his body showed a stress response. His toes were twitching uncontrollably. What was worse was his left hand. His fingers were turning black, and a sharp pain was coming from his joints.
He didn’t dare to let go. If he let go—the weight of his entire body would be concentrated on his right hand wrapped in wires. Although there were many bundles, if one of them broke, it would trigger a chain reaction. At that time, he could only watch himself smash to the ground. There were many sharp steel bars on the ground. With the acceleration of gravity, 140 pounds of weight would be easily pierced, as easily as a hot knife stabbing into butter.
He tried to put less force on his right hand and try to attach his left hand to the corner of the frame. Compared to the edge, there was a larger stress point. Maybe he could try to prop himself up. He estimated that it was only less than 10 centimeters away from the edge, but the length of these two fingers looked like a chasm in front of him.
The knuckles of his right fingers were almost at the breaking point. If he couldn’t switch to the metal part at the corner of the frame, he would fall off as soon as his finger joints dislocated!
Ningma decided to go for broke. Rather than waiting to die, he might as well take a gamble!
He swallowed a mouthful of saliva, twisted his body to a certain angle as much as possible, and used the moment of letting go to recover, plus the abdominal force to break free and climb onto the corner component!
“One,”
“Two,”
“Three!”
“Snap!”
Unexpectedly!
When his right hand barely touched the metal piece, his entire hand twitched involuntarily. It was at this moment that all hope of survival completely collapsed. The wires on the other wrist were simply impossible to hold the weight of the whole body, not to mention the lubricating effect of sweat. Slipping down was just a matter of moments!
“It’s over!”
In an instant, everything went black. After a brief moment in the air, his whole body fell to the ground. Seeing that the ending was already determined, fragments of his past life were about to flash before his eyes, including the Heart Bead that had not yet been escorted to its destination, and he didn’t even have time to entrust it!
“Whoosh!” A white shadow flashed before his eyes, grabbing towards Ningma like lightning!
At the critical moment! The black shadow above firmly grabbed Ningma’s left hand, which was almost about to break free from the wires, and then a great force abruptly resisted the downward momentum! If it had been even 0.01 seconds later, it would have been beyond salvation!
Ningma raised his head and saw a familiar face shaking slightly in the dim light. If he remembered correctly, his name was—Luo Kang!
He was the tall bellhop who greeted him when he checked into the hotel last night!