Chapter 264: Fell down!

Regardless of Ye Cunxin's dissatisfaction, the start of this first rock climbing attempt was still relatively smooth.

The other three were the same.

By this point, as long as one aspect can be proven, it shows that Liu Xiaotian's training over the past few days has still been very effective.

The eight female soldiers of the Fire Phoenix all showed an absolute, obvious improvement in strength; otherwise, it would have been impossible for the first rock-climbing training to go so smoothly.

Not long after, the four were already over thirty meters above the ground.

Liu Xiaotian stood with his hands behind his back, looking up at the four female soldiers growing smaller, his palms slightly sweaty.

He was very aware of the danger of this training subject, especially when one of them had a fear of heights...

From a medical standpoint, this is merely a psychological perception that can be completely overcome.

At one, one look`none, one mistake version%!

But, people, will definitely have curiosity, whether male or female.

And coincidentally, at that moment she happened to be making a move, her right hand just grabbed a protruding foothold. The result of her strength instantly 'giving out' was that Tan Xiaolin's hand could not bear her body's weight at all, and her left foot, stepping on another foothold, slipped a little due to the sudden loss of force……

The two buffering forces gave Liu Xiaotian success and also saved Tan Xiaolin's life.

But as she got closer to the cliff top, she found it increasingly hard to control this 'curiosity' of hers.

The safety buckle connecting the safety rope must be controlled by herself to lock; if not locked, she would still fall, only the speed would be a bit faster.

Over a distance of twenty-something meters, Liu Xiaotian didn't even need three seconds to rush to the cliff base.

Following that came a significant weakening of strength.

The moment he heard Liu Xiaotian's order, he panicked.

This cliff, artificially equipped with enough footholds, actually isn't that hard to climb; it mainly tests the climbers' physical ability, so Tan Xiaolin and the three others have been proceeding very smoothly.

The reason I didn't ask just now is because, in Liu Xiaotian's view, even if one of them had a fear of heights, it still had to be overcome.

As the distance to the cliff top grew closer, Tan Xiaolin's constantly tense nerves gradually began to relax.

But those soldiers, although they were in the Thunder Strike Team, did not actually belong to it; they were merely seconded here to handle logistics and did not participate in the Thunder Strike Team's training.

Even with both hands, he still felt a pain akin to the ancient torture of being torn apart by chariots.

This could not be overcome by willpower alone.

Moreover, they were all new recruits of only one or two years, so when faced with sudden situations, it was inevitable that they would make mistakes due to nervousness and panic.

But Liu Xiaotian never imagined that, among the four female soldiers who seemed to be doing fine in his eyes, one had been stubbornly persisting and was now almost unable to hold on.

Vertigo refers to the dizziness a person feels when looking down from a height; in severe cases it can even cause fainting.

At this point, the originally fearful Tan Xiaolin seemed to have come to her senses, pressing down the buckle on her body.

Logically, her fear of heights shouldn't have reached this point; a height of three or four stories wouldn't normally make her much more afraid.

Even, a thought arose in her mind: 'Do I really have that much fear of heights? It seems I don't feel anything now!' With another thirty-plus meters to go before reaching the cliff top, should she take a glance downward? If she dared to look, would she then be considered to have overcome her fear of heights?

At the beginning, Tan Xiaolin could still suppress this idea in her heart.

At the moment the rope tightened, Liu Xiaotian's right hand had already gripped the rope.

This person was Tan Xiaolin.

Now the reason he is staring so tensely is that he worries one of them might show a fear of heights. At that instant, Tan Xiaolin clearly felt her inner fear rapidly expanding.

From the moment her feet left the ground, she dared not look down even a glance, not even a quick peek.

He almost suspected that his two arms would be torn straight off his shoulders by that force.

Tan Xiaolin thought that as long as she didn't lower her head to look, there would be no problem, so she kept her head up and climbed upward, not daring to look down.

She herself also knew that a fear of heights was far better than vertigo.

Finally, when she was about twenty meters from the cliff top, she couldn't help but lower her head and look down once.

But that, too, had to be controlled by herself.

From the very start, Tan Xiaolin had actually been relying on that inner unwillingness to lose, gritting her teeth to begin climbing.

At that very moment, Tan Xiaolin, whose brain was temporarily controlled by fear, simply fell backward.

If Liu Xiaotian couldn't catch her, then two seconds later he would only be able to watch helplessly as Tan Xiaolin fell to her death before his eyes.

His panic didn't matter; the safety rope he was controlling immediately began to reverse, causing Tan Xiaolin's falling speed to suddenly increase.

At that moment, Liu Xiaotian hesitated not at all; his body shot up, he pushed off the cliff wall with his right foot, leapt high, grabbed the rope as it rose swiftly, then immediately turned his arm, wrapping it around his left forearm, and with the force of his body falling, he pulled down sharply.

Moreover, women's curiosity has always been stronger than men's.

When her body came to a stop, the distance to the ground was already less than six meters.

Fortunately, he succeeded.

At the exact moment Tan Xiaolin's body left the cliff and began to fall, Liu Xiaotian immediately pressed his handheld, issuing a solemn command to the soldiers controlling the safety rope at the cliff top.

She had safety equipment on her.

But Tan Xiaolin was, after all, a living person weighing over a hundred jin, and with the inertia of her fall, how much force would be needed to hold her?

Therefore, strictly speaking, they could only be considered ordinary soldiers.

The soldier responsible for the safety rope at position one was exactly like that.

Fear of heights is psychological and can be overcome through repeated training, but vertigo is different.

Once dizziness occurs at high altitude, it becomes very dangerous; if one faints…… the result naturally needs no further explanation.

At the cliff base, seeing this, Liu Xiaotian's eyes widened instantly, he couldn't help but blurt out a curse, and his whole body shot forward like an arrow.

"Position one! Immediately tighten the safety rope!"

At this moment, due to Tan Xiaolin's increased falling speed, the safety rope that had been dragging on the ground was also rising rapidly; by the time Liu Xiaotian arrived, the rope's end had already left the ground.

If there were, he would immediately take measures, cooperating with the few soldiers in charge of safety and the few logistics personnel of the Thunder Strike Team at the cliff top, to ensure safety.

In other words, even if Liu Xiaotian were slower by a few tenths of a second, Tan Xiaolin would already have hit the ground.

"Huh..."

Liu Xiaotian let out a long sigh, turned his head and shouted loudly at Qin Yuxi, who was still dazed not far away:

"Notify those above, fuck, tighten the safety rope!"

(End of chapter)