Tomb Raiding: My Family's Last Clan Chief is Little Brother

Chapter 71 Climbing in the Air

"Don't panic," Lao Yang said calmly. "These insects are afraid of light and fire. Look at their reaction to the signal flare. We can light some torches and slowly walk over."

Wu Xiaoxie shook his head, disagreeing, "You're being too absolute. The brightness and temperature of a torch can't compare to a signal flare. Don't forget those monkeys wearing human face masks. Although they were afraid of signal flares, torches weren't very effective against them. At most, they would just retreat a little. If you went up with a torch, it would be no different than walking right into their encirclement."

Lao Yang thought about it and realized it was true. "So what do you suggest? Do you already have an idea?"

Wu Xiaoxie estimated the distance between their location and the adjacent rock wall, scratched his head, and said, "I only have one idea, and I'm not sure if it will work."

Liang Shiye stared anxiously at the Chi Gu not far away and said, "Young man, do you have any ideas? Why don't you tell us? We should at least try, whether it works or not. It's too dangerous for us to climb up from here."

Trying to climb up the bronze tree would be tantamount to suicide.

Wu Xiaoxie gritted his teeth, "I think we can use climbing ropes to swing directly to the opposite rock face, and the big hole over there can be used as a foothold."

"Swing...swing across?" Lao Yang was dumbfounded, gesturing with his arms outstretched. "That far! Have you lost your mind?"

Wu Xiaoxie got a little angry when he heard that, "Then tell me what to do? You try it if you dare."

Lao Yang pursed his lips and fell silent.

Liang Shiye quickly stepped in as a peacemaker, advising, "Young men, please calm down. At this time, the most important thing is for us to unite as one. I think this young man's idea is quite good."

"This climbing rope was taken from Uncle Tai. It's the best climbing rope in the world right now. We spent a lot of money and went to great lengths to buy it. It can withstand an impact of nearly 3 tons, which is more than enough to support the three of us. It's just that it might be a little short in length," said Master Liang.

"Damn it, what do we do now?" Lao Yang lowered the rope and estimated the distance, only to find that a large section was still missing. He cursed inwardly, "Even if we joined our belts together, it wouldn't be enough."

Wu Xiaoxie took the rope and discovered that it was a two-strand rope of sixteen millimeters. A thought flashed through his mind, "If we untie the rope and tie it into one, it will definitely be enough." "This... won't work." Lao Yang squeezed the rope, "This won't break, will it?"

"It's alright, we'll go through them one by one. This kind of rope is said to be used by special forces in foreign magazines, so it's definitely sturdy." Wu Xiaoxie swallowed, feeling a little unsure, but it was reinforced nylon rope, so it should be fine.

Silently encouraging himself, Wu Xiaoxie clasped his hands together in prayer, picked up the divided rope, tied a military water bottle to one end with a water hand knot, then aimed at a stalagmite opposite him, swung it around, and hurled it.

He didn't manage to tie it on the first try, and swung it twice more. On the fourth try, he finally managed to tie it securely. Wu Xiaoxie pulled hard on the rope, and it became taut and very firmly secured. He then wrapped several branches of the bronze tree around the other end and tied it tightly.

"All done." Wu Xiaoxie clapped his hands. "Who wants to go first?"

Liang Shiye squinted at the rope, shrank his neck, and subtly took a step back.

Lao Yang caught it out of the corner of his eye and rolled his eyes in annoyance.

"I come."

Lao Yang spat into his palm, rubbed his hands together, walked to the edge, didn't dare to look down, grabbed the rope with both hands and was about to step on it.

"Wait a minute." Wu Xiaoxie suddenly stopped him.

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