Genius Club-Chapter 522 - 89: Little Note (27k Monthly Ticket Bonus)_3
It was then...
when they both stood on the rooftop of the Aman Hotel in New York Manhattan, facing the world, that Chu Anqing shouted the line, "You jump, I jump!" It was the picture VV had sent to her own phone.
At that time, VV was constantly urging her to hurry up and hug her from behind.
But unexpectedly.
Now the wish of the drama queen VV had come true, upgraded to a high-end version of the Titanic, on a Skyspace Aircraft at an altitude of 40,000 meters above the ground...but VV was no longer there, not seeing the scene she had looked forward to.
"Coach Wei Cheng, please move a bit more to the left, to the left..., too far, to the right, good, left and right are fine now, I can’t reach if the height is not high enough, a bit higher, slower..."
Over the radio communicator, Chu Anqing, the only one who could see the Space-Time Particles, was directing Wei Cheng as he operated the Skyspace Aircraft, trying to get as close as possible to the particles.
Lin Xian looked up, seeing nothing but the empty sky.
Though it was still pitch black.
But a mere altitude of over 40,000 meters could no longer be called space.
Looking down.
The view of Earth from this altitude, as opposed to space, was completely different.
The curvature of the Earth was almost invisible, and the lights, mountains, and rivers on the surface were vaguely discernible.
After such a tumultuous journey.
They had actually taken a rocket to Earth’s space orbit and descended all the way from an altitude of 300 kilometers to the present mere 40,000-plus meters.
It was unbelievable.
"We’re here! Keep this speed and direction steady, don’t move!"
In the radio communication, Chu Anqing shouted loudly, Lin Xian snapped back to attention and held Chu Anqing’s waist tightly, ensuring her safety.
"Hey!"
Chu Anqing tiptoed and made a forward leap.
In Lin Xian’s view, she leapt into the void, for he couldn’t see the Space-Time Particles:
"How is it?"
"Didn’t catch it, still too far away."
Chu Anqing clenched her teeth and looked towards the empty air on her left:
"Wait a bit more."
Then—
"Heave-ho!"
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She jumped forcefully, thrusting the rice cooker towards the right.
But it seemed that she had missed again. Continuing to crouch down, her orange spacesuit helmet bobbed like a pecking chicken, moving left and right, evidently her gaze was following the flickering Space-Time Particles.
"Here it is!"
Chu Anqing shouted with utmost confidence!
She saw it!
This time, the Space-Time Particle appeared in just the right spot, right above the rice cooker!
Elder Sister Huang Que had already explained that all she needed to do was to net the Space-Time Particle with the inner pot of the rice cooker! There was no need to cover it with a lid, and even if the rice cooker fell, it was alright! They could take their time to find it!
An incredible opportunity!
Chu Anqing clenched her teeth, quickly adopted a horse stance, and then leapt up forcefully—
"Caught it!!"
However!
The safety harness that secured her body to the inner cabin wall stretched tight! It yanked the leaping Chu Anqing out of midair!
Her body tilted, and the rice cooker that should have perfectly netted the Space-Time Particle skewed off course, the Particle simply passing through her spacesuit, through her gloved hand!
It was as if she were weightless.
Without any sensation.
Without any tangible contact.
The small, blue orb, the Space-Time Particle, silently passed through her palm!
"Damn it!"
Chu Anqing gritted her teeth:
"It was so close—"
Bang!
Her eyes widened in shock!
Bang!
Another fierce heartbeat!
Chu Anqing felt as if she had been shot! Dizzy and reeling, the world spinning around her!
Bang!
Like a gunshot to the head, Chu Anqing lost her balance and fell backwards straight into Lin Xian’s arms!
At the moment when her palm touched the Space-Time Particle, countless images were forcibly crammed into her head—
[Bridge, top hat, clock tower, camellia, curtains, pencil, ring, pinky, podium, photo, pinky promise, cable, lollipop, sedan, white dress, maple leaf, cane, blue eyes, graffiti, cassette, hair clip, train, ice cream, moon, sneakers, oil painting, carriage, banquet, navy, coffee, teacup, cinema, password, suitcase, scarf, beard, fireworks, pistol, old man, newspaper, telescope, portrait, steamer, violin, red wine, badge, candle]
"An Qing!"
Lin Xian quickly supported her.
Clang, roll, roll...
The powerless Chu Anqing failed to grasp the Space-Time Particle Captor, and the object resembling a rice cooker smashed onto the outer shell of the Skyspace Aircraft before rolling several times and plummeting from the high skies.
In the blink of an eye, it had disappeared, free-falling out of sight!
"What happened? What’s going on? Lin Xian! What’s wrong with An Qing?"
Worried voices came through the radio channel.
Lin Xian quickly squatted down, shaking the wide-eyed, trembling Chu Anqing, who was blank and unresponsive.
But there was no answer.
"An Qing!"
Lin Xian shouted her name.
Suddenly!
Chu Anqing, as if snapping back to reality, started bleeding profusely from her nose, splattering half of her face in an instant!
She clenched her eyes shut!
Her hands crazily pounded on her helmet:
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
Her expression was one of extreme agony!
"Quickly come back!"
Elder Sister Huang Que’s anxious voice came through:
"Open the Mechanical Arm Cabin inner cabin door directly! Speed! All crew members, hold tight!"
Thump.
A muffled sound.
The door from the Mechanical Arm Cabin to the equipment cabin opened directly, and Lin Xian with Chu Anqing fell straight down, their harnesses keeping them suspended mid-air against the inner cabin wall.
"Wei Cheng! Close the outer cabin door! Pressurize the equipment cabin! Increase the air pressure!"
Thump.
Another muffled sound echoed.
The exterior door of the mechanical arm cabin closed,
completely isolating the skyspace aircraft from the high-altitude exterior.
Hiss——————
A massive inrush of air, the pressure within the equipment cabin swiftly increased, and the puffy orange spacesuits of the crowd rapidly caved in like deflating balloons.
Indicating that the pressure inside and outside the spacesuits had equalized, it was safe to open the helmets.
Click-click-click-click-click!
A rapid succession of helmet visors being opened.
Lin Xian, Gao Yang, Liu Feng, and Huang Que quickly gathered around Chu Anqing, opening her visor.
"An Qing! Take deep breaths! Deep breaths!"
Elder Sister Huang Que yelled, grabbing a paper tissue from beside her to wipe away the bloodstains on Chu Anqing’s face.
Drip-drip...
Drip-drip...
Drip-drip...
Huang Que was stunned.
Everyone was stunned.
At that moment, An Qing had regained consciousness and began to blink regularly, but with each blink, small tears slid from the corners of her eyes.
The tears strung together into beads.
Soundlessly, she wept profusely.
"What’s going on here?" Gao Yang asked Lin Xian, puzzled.
Lin Xian, equally clueless, squatted down:
"An Qing...what’s wrong?"
However,
Chu Anqing didn’t look at Lin Xian but turned her almost pleading, beseeching eyes to Huang Que.
Her gaze was blurry,
and tears kept flowing.
"Elder Sister Huang Que..."
She sobbed with grievance:
"Is all this, all this...is this real? Woohoo...is this all real...really real..."
Huang Que hesitated, her lips tightly pursed, her expression grave:
"You...you know everything?"
"Is all this real?"
Chu Anqing’s eyes were filled with pleading and desperation as she clung tightly to Huang Que’s arm, her lips trembling:
"Elder Sister Huang Que!!"
Huang Que’s teeth clenched tightly...
Finally,
she nodded her head.
Chu Anqing could no longer hold back and wailed loudly in her tears.
She threw herself into Huang Que’s arms, sobbing uncontrollably.
Huang Que wrapped her arms around Chu Anqing, saying nothing, simply hugging her, just holding her.
"What’s going on, exactly?"
Lin Xian was completely baffled.
What’s all this about? Why had everybody suddenly turned into cryptic sibyls?
"An Qing."
He squatted down, beside Chu Anqing:
"An Qing, what happened just now? What did you find out? What exactly happened earlier?"
Chu Anqing lifted her head.
Her tearful eyes looked at Lin Xian, her mouth askew:
"Senior Lin Xian! We——"
Suddenly,
she stopped sobbing.
Frozen, staring blankly ahead.
She blinked rapidly,
like choking, trapping the words in her throat.
Gradually,
she stopped crying.
She closed her mouth,
and her emotions began to settle.
Taking several deep breaths, she accepted the tissue from Huang Que and wiped the blood and tears from her face clean.
Then,
she turned her head, looking calmly at Lin Xian:
"Senior Lin Xian, do you remember that night, you told me about that question you’ve been unable to answer?"
"Huh?"
Caught off guard by the abrupt change, Lin Xian was at a loss for a moment.
"It was during your birthday night, in the training room."
Chu Anqing steadied her breath, sniffed:
"You told me you wanted to write a ’note,’ to put in the safe."
"You said that this note wouldn’t be afraid of others seeing it, copying it, or them opening the safe before you...but the moment you see this note, you would instantly know whether the world was real or a sham."
"At the time, you were troubled for a long time, not knowing what to write on that note, not knowing what content could fool the enemy, dupe the director, deceive the whole world, and yet only you would understand it."
Lin Xian nodded.
He remembered it now.
There was such a thing.
But why...why did Chu Anqing suddenly bring this up here?
"Give me a piece of paper, and a pen, please."
Chu Anqing discarded the tissue covered in nosebleed and tears from her hands.
Standing up, she looked down at Lin Xian:
"’I’ll write it for you!"
