The reason why Shao Yu was caught off guard and staggered like this is because the other end of the rope - the end tied to the wedge, lost its original restraint.
That seemingly solid wedge was actually torn off by Shao Yu.
"Ah! Shao Yu, you!" Tian Ming saw the wedge cone ejecting directly and jumped to the edge of the cliff. After a few bounces, it landed at Shao Yu's feet. He was stunned and murmured, "How much did you use?"
Such strength..."
When Shaoyu came back to his senses, he happened to hear Tianming muttering to himself, and hurriedly explained, "I didn't use any force! It's not strong on its own, don't blame me!"
Chitaki squatted next to the wedge, stretched out his hand, took a look at it, shook his head and sighed, "It's probably been too long. The part that was submerged in the stone has been covered with patina, so it's normal for it to be loose."
"But... what a pity!"
Tianming came over and asked, "Can't it be used?"
"That's not true." Chitaki shook his head, "It's just that the original wedge is definitely not working anymore. We have to find a new position to punch in."
As the two of them talked, their eyes unconsciously drifted to Shao Yu - mainly his hands.
If you want to smash the wedge into the rocks, you must either use tools, brute force, or combine the two into one.
Now, they definitely don’t have the tools, but they do have the brute force!
As soon as Shao Yu looked at the eyes of these two people, he knew the unfriendly thoughts in their minds. He immediately put his hands behind his back, raised his head and took two steps back, looking at each other condescendingly.
"Are you making any delusions?"
"How could I slap this bronze with my fleshy palm!"
After hearing this, Chitaki immediately showed an apologetic smile and immediately withdrew his rude gaze.
She just thought of it and glanced at it subconsciously. She didn't really intend to let Shaoyu compete with bronze for hardness.
But things will be different tomorrow...
"Haha!" Tianming stood up, with a malicious smile on his face, and hugged Shaoyu, "My good friend!"
"Who will do this if you don't do it? Chitaki and I definitely can't do it!"
"Look around here, there is no other object that can tie the rope, so you have to sacrifice yourself!"
"Anyway, you are born with supernatural powers. It's just a big nail. I believe it won't be a problem for you!"
"Come on, come on!" Tianming tried to drag Shao Yu towards the wall.
Of course, Shao Yu was not moved by him at all, but just threw him away, making people almost laugh out loud:
"Stop doing this, you just want to take the opportunity to trick me!"
"Is this something that can be solved by divine power?"
Shaoyu's righteous accusations did not make his heartless friend feel any repentance. Instead, he put his hands on his hips and said in the same righteous voice:
"Then if you don't take the photo, who will?"
"You can't use this rope, it's such a waste!"
Although the momentum was strong and at first glance it sounded like a hero's sacrificial spirit, Shao Yu still rolled his eyes in response.
"Stop fooling me like a fool!"
"There's no place to tie it, so I can just pull it myself."
"With your little chick's physique, I can hold ten of you with one hand."
"Hey! Who are you talking about?" Tianming was so angry that he went to find Shaoyu to reason.
It was Chitaki who stopped the farce between the two naughty children and raised his arms to stop him in the middle, "Okay, you two!"
"Just do what Shao Yu said. Tianming, you tie the rope around your body. Shao Yu and I will hold the rope later and you jump forward."
The goddess had spoken, so Tianming naturally had no choice but to give up. Unable to relieve his anger, he could only make a face at Shaoyu.
Shaoyu just curled his lips and muttered, "Childish devil!"
Then Chitaki helped Tianming use a rope to carefully tie a safety knot that was strong but did not affect his movement, and then he started on the road to 'Sarutobi'.
Tianming's arm strength is far from comparable to Shaoyu's, so naturally he cannot directly rely on the strength of his upper limbs to swing himself over.
His plan was to move forward, grab the nearest horizontal bar, then do a pull-up, climb up with difficulty, then stand on the horizontal bar again, and jump to the next horizontal bar.
Due to the narrow and slippery crossbar, Tianming could not safely charge up for a jump. In addition, the crossbars were of different heights. Therefore, every time he jumped, he could barely hang on to the next crossbar, and then continued to push hard.
The body moves upward, and the cycle begins again and again.
This process is very laborious, but compared to being a noodle man, Tianming feels that it is much easier.
After Tianming completed two cycles safely, Qiantaki asked loudly on the rear platform, "Tianming, do you think you can hold on?"
Tianming didn't look back. He stood on the crossbar and gestured backwards, "No problem!"
"It's a little slippery, but it's still acceptable. I can go there!"
"That's good." A slightly relieved Chitaki muttered.
At this time, Shaoyu thought about it and said to Qianlong in front of him, "Qianlong, I will close my eyes to avoid being disturbed. If there is anything, you can remind me."
"Oh...Okay!" Qiantaki was stunned for a moment, and then realized that this was a good plan that could minimize accidents, and immediately nodded in agreement.
In this way, with the concerted efforts of the three little ones, the 'Sarutobi' pass was passed without any danger.
During the process, Tian Ming occasionally made mistakes, but Shao Yu immediately caught him and nothing happened.
After arriving at the opposite side, Tianming briefly scanned the environment.
Obviously, just like the other side, there is nothing but walls and torches, everything is bare, and there is no place to tie a rope.
However, there is an exception on the edge of the cliff.
A mechanism joystick stood there quietly.
Tianming grabbed it and moved it without thinking.
Squeak...squeak...ah...
As the dull and harsh friction sound of the mechanism sounded, Tianming felt a faint vibration under his feet.
Rumble~
A narrow bridge emerged from the cliff and moved slowly toward the other side amidst the roaring sound.
After a while, the narrow bridge stopped at the shore, and Qianlong and Shaoyu also successfully passed the checkpoint.
………………
"Sarutobi's mechanism has been triggered. It seems they have passed the test."
In the Black Ink Core secret room, Master Ban looked at the orderly rotating gears on the wall and smiled happily.
Gao Jianli and others who were preparing to take action were startled when they heard the sound, and also cast their eyes over.
Although Master Ben knew that he should be busy with other things, he still subconsciously glanced at the area corresponding to the Dragon Throat Mechanism, and then was stunned for a moment.
"Huh?"
"What's wrong?" When Thief Zhi saw him like this, he became a little worried and asked quickly.
"No...nothing!" Master Ban shook his head and did not answer.
Seeing his performance, Tao Zhi was a little suspicious, "Are you sure?"
Master Ben pushed him angrily, "Old man, can I just fool you in this matter?"
"Hurry up and prepare to leave, I will open the door for you right away!"
As Master Ban said, he walked towards the mechanism that opened the door, but he couldn't help but glance at the location of the Dragon Throat Mechanism.
Why do you feel... something is wrong?
Was the agency like this before?
I haven’t seen it for so long that I really can’t remember...
