Chapter 7 Screeching
When the hired police also squeezed into the hatch, the screaming elevator started.
Standing inside, Jeno didn't feel much. He just felt a strong shock at first and then calmed down.
The cable on the top of the elevator retracted rapidly, and the surrounding fixed pulleys tightly engaged the grooves on the giant iron pillars, preventing the scream from causing any shaking. Geno was wondering what kind of machine it was above, which could easily hoist it.
It weighs tens of tons.
Geno didn't know how high he was at this time, and the presence of poisonous mist affected his senses' judgment of the speed of ascent.
The metal conducts heat, and the start of the scream causes the nearby iron railing to heat up rapidly. The person leaning on the railing is burned to the point of screaming. Geno is glad that he came in early and the person standing in that position is not him.
Normally, there are not so many people riding the Scream. Most of them are businessmen and wealthy people who come to have fun in certain places in Zaun. There is enough space inside, and everyone can find their favorite corner to stay, and they can also stay inside.
Dancing, singing, etc. Besides, the railings are usually only warm.
But in this special period, the large number of escapees made the only Screamer Panban full of seats, and even overloaded it. When the maximum load was exceeded, the operating speed was increased and the buffer cooling time was shortened, so that it would not overheat.
Strange, if this continues, the screamer will break down sooner or later.
In order to avoid being burned, the people standing on the edge of the railing crowded crazily towards the central area and the glass wall on the side. The crowd surged again, and the chaotic footsteps stepped on the grid steel plate, causing the latter to squeak miserably due to metal fatigue.
Call.
The crowd squeezed him and Orianna so hard that they couldn't move. Orianna lay on the inner wall of the glass like a piece of wet tissue, and Geno, who was protecting her, was slapped by the crowd like a piece of smelly dog shit.
On Orianna, he swore that he had pressed his hands against the glass wall very hard, but how could he withstand the overwhelming force of the crowd.
Orianna's back was against the glass wall, facing Geno. This magical position that went further than the wall-dong caused not only embarrassment but also embarrassment. Both of them could feel the difference in the other person that was different from themselves. At this moment, they both
Growing rapidly.
In addition, Geno always had an inexplicable feeling that he would fall off at any moment.
Because the glass wall slopes outward, they look like they are hanging in the air when they are leaning on it, just like walking on a glass plank. It is impossible not to panic, and there are so many people inside the scream that the glass may be squeezed at any time.
If it exploded, he and Orianna would fall immediately. Thinking of this, he became even more panicked. He could only place his hope on the quality of the glass in front of him being comparable to that made in China.
Orianna watched Geno give up the treatment and no longer tried to use his hands to help her open up the space for movement. Then he came up to her with a panicked expression. Her expression hidden under the mask became even more panicked. She was so sensitive that she always felt that the other person was
Did you also notice something, the physical difference between each other?
It was the first time she had done such a strange thing with a boy in such a confused manner. Although she knew there was nothing she could do about it, she still felt it was too unruly.
"This is such a bad experience." She thought, if Geno wasn't so dirty, he would feel much better than he does now.
If she hadn't been wearing a mask, she wouldn't have thought so when she smelled Geno's scent.
Snap!
Just when Orianna was distracted and Geno was happy, there was a crisp collision sound from outside the glass cover above their heads.
When I looked up, I saw a boy with a patchwork suit and messy hair rushing out of the poisonous fog. After using a crow to fly, he threw himself on the dome.
Then he quickly stood up, vacated his position, and shouted diagonally upwards. A few seconds later, a girl in a floral skirt panicked and threw herself into his arms.
The boy danced happily and hugged him affectionately. The girl gave him a hard look and covered her skirt. People under the dome booed.
Some people in the crowd let out a few exclamations after seeing this, but more people said they were used to it.
"What are they doing?" Orianna covered her mouth and asked in surprise.
"Hand out dog food."
"Hand out dog food?"
"Show affection!"
"That's not it! What I'm asking is why they jumped up there!" Orianna's tone became more urgent.
"This seems to be called... Pa Jian Xiao." Geno said uncertainly. He had no memory of this. This body had never left Zu'an, and he had only heard of it from those who had bullied him.
The Screech is one of the many rituals that the children of Zaun need to undergo. Other rituals include climbing to the top of the Old Hungry Ghost Clock Tower with all limbs intact (Ekko's Coming of Age Ceremony: climbing the tower with bare hands), and finding a subordinate of the Alchemist Baron.
Cut off the wallet, or tease someone on stilts (avoid skin contact with the sewage in the ditch, teasing these people can easily cause them to fall into the highly toxic ditch, very bad behavior, Jeno's predecessor was a scavenger)
Gutter scavengers, etc. These rituals are endless and extremely dangerous, but only in this way can you prove that you are a street kid who cannot be offended.
This is why Zaun has so few people and a high death rate.
These people passed through a narrow ventilation duct and arrived at a small hollow in the wall of the patio. All Zuan's children knew this path.
The scream is actually to stand on the hollow and anticipate a leap of faith when the scream rises, and then land steadily on the dome.
This kind of Jackie Chan-style action that can only be seen in movies is one of the tests for many street boys to prove their courage in Zaun. Those who succeed can take a day trip to Pi City, where the streets are full of wealth, to see what they like.
If you are a Pi City girl, you can find a rich man to spend some money and go back to the Shimmer Bar in Zaun to hang out in a drunken life. Those who fail will not be able to live in a drunken life and die directly.
And what Victor said, "Scream, there are ways to make money even if you don't have money." is referring to Jian Xiao.
But now is different from usual times. The thick poisonous fog covers the sky and the sun. Jeno, who is standing in the scream, cannot see the opening of the ventilation duct. Naturally, it is difficult for people on the ventilation duct to see the location of the scream, which leads to prediction.
The difficulty increases and the risk factor increases sharply. Even those with rich experience are likely to die. You can imagine how happy the boy above was after seeing that his beloved girl was safe and sound.
And those children who want to leave Zu'an are often poisoned to varying degrees. At this time, using this sick body to do such dangerous things is different from giving away someone's head.
This kind of thing usually happens in groups. The way the girl kept waving in the air showed that someone would fall on the dome next.
The worry of the girl in the floral skirt was palpable, and her scream pierced the dome and reached Geno's ears:
"Dance quickly! Wen! If it's too late, you won't have a chance!"
"Oh...it looks like the next one is a rookie who skipped the novice tutorial."
Chapter completed!