Odd Containment Specialist.

Chapter 95 62 meters

Xia Shou continued to climb up, the hands on his neck tightened more and more, and he gradually began to have difficulty breathing.

But Xia Shou knew that the other party would not suffocate him to death, because all the intimidation behaviors of the Lighthouse of Fear were aimed at scaring away climbers. No matter whether it was the illusion of bleeding or other hallucinations, it would not make climbers lose the ability to continue climbing.

Xia Shou's vision began to blur and breathing became more and more difficult.

His eyes went dark, his body tilted forward, and then he lost consciousness...

Suddenly opening his eyes, Xia Shou found himself lying on the steps.

"How long have I been unconscious?" Xia Shou asked in shock.

It couldn't have been more than an hour, had it? If you were unconscious for more than an hour, you wouldn't be able to go back directly to the tower.

Of course, if I turn around and get down the tower now, maybe I can get out safely.

Should I leave? Anyway, I have already found my own way to death. I can always challenge myself again next time. This is safer.

This thought popped into Xia Shou's mind, but he soon realized the trap.

He finally felt the power of the beacon of fear. The more one pursues stability, the more he leaves himself a way out, and the more he pursues absolute certainty, the more likely he is to give up halfway.

Because it only takes a small illusion to destroy the escape route that the tower climber leaves for himself.

Even if he left the lighthouse now and waited 24 hours before challenging again, he would probably get the same result next time. This was not because of the lighthouse itself, but because of his own character.

But if he continued to climb up, his life would be in danger. Seeking death had clearly pointed this out to him.

Xia Shou stood up and stood on the steps, looking at the spiral staircase in front of him that seemed to extend upwards endlessly, not knowing whether he should take another step.

In this place, he was no different from ordinary people, and the skill that guaranteed his immortality became uncertain in the blink of an eye.

In this comparison, he is even more likely to retreat than those who are not afraid of death, because he is afraid of death, very afraid.

The next second, Xia Shou found that the red lines under his feet gradually dimmed, and finally all went out and disappeared.

The red line that indicated a dead end disappeared at this moment, which made Xia Shou feel even more terrified.

The duration of the self-destructive path is three hours, so the time I was unconscious just now exceeded three hours? !
In this case, even the replay cannot be used!

"Damn it!"

I can only come back next time. The Fear Lighthouse is really life-threatening now. If I really want to challenge the record, I might as well wait until the abnormal radiation phenomenon of the lighthouse disappears before trying it again.

By then, the lighthouse will be absolutely safe and he will definitely be able to climb to a higher place.

This thought emerged from his mind like a bubble from the bottom of the sea. Xia Shou turned around without hesitation and wanted to go downstairs, but just as he stepped down the first step, he stopped abruptly.

"I came in to investigate Yi Lei." Xia Shou muttered to himself.

Yi Lei is the culprit who deceived Su Weiyu's family. He also has close ties with the Blood Mother Cult and the Eyes of the Tree Roots. His purpose is to greatly speed up the investigation of these incidents. He must find out the truth.

But Xia Shou's heart was still extremely conflicted, because between investigation and saving his own life, life was indeed more important.

"Forget it, there must be other ways." Xia Shou began to walk down.

Just as he had walked a few laps, a strange man's voice suddenly sounded behind him: "So risking your life to protect Su Weiyu's family is actually just a nice thing you said in front of her."

Xia Shou froze and turned to look in the direction of the voice from above. There was no one above, but the voice still came from the corner: "She died for you once in the Blood Demon House."

The other party spoke very briefly, but Xia Shou knew what he wanted to say. "It's not a nice thing to say, but the risk is too great now! The Lighthouse of Fear is really likely to die. If we want to investigate, it's better to sneak into the headquarters directly from Rawlins Church. This is much safer."

“Yes, that infiltration method is much safer, but what if you encounter the same life-threatening situation again later?
I understand. I know your thoughts very well. Anyway, you will think the same at that time: this is too dangerous. There are other safer and more reliable plans to implement. It is not worth dying here, and even people cannot be saved. Taking another path is the best way to have the best of both worlds.

Right? That’s what you were thinking just now, right? "

"You are not even a human, just an illusion." Xia Shou said coldly.

The other party knows Su Weiyu and can talk about Su Weiyu, which means he is destined not to be a human being and can only be part of a strange phenomenon.

He thought that the illusion would continue to refute him, but it became quiet above and there was no movement.

But Xia Shou did not continue to go down the tower, but stood there, hesitating.

He began to doubt his true inner thoughts. He had said that he would risk his life to save them for Su Weiyu, but did he really have the determination to do so? He was just looking for death and arrogantly promising things that he could not do.

Xia Shou lowered his head, looked at the steps in front of him, and walked up again...

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"He started walking downwards. He will probably come out soon." The observer sighed regretfully.

The data on the altimeter was dropping rapidly at an extremely fast speed, almost one meter every few seconds.

However, when the height dropped to 62 meters, the downward trend suddenly stopped.

"Hey, what's going on?" Edson asked.

The observer replied, "It's a temporary entanglement. This happens occasionally. His mental defenses have collapsed, but his faith remains firm, so he will stop halfway through his escape. But in the end, he will still come down. Now he is just doing his own psychological work."

Edson looked at the still numbers and sighed regretfully: "It seems that the trump card can't conquer this lighthouse."

In fact, Ederson was quite looking forward to it. He felt that with Xia Shou's lucky talent, there might be some breakthroughs, but this time, it seemed that he would not be able to make any contribution.

As soon as he finished speaking, Reed suddenly opened his eyes wide, pointed at the altimeter in surprise, and shouted, "It's going up from 62 meters again!"

"What? It's rising again? Quick, record it down!" Edson stared at the numbers that were starting to rise again in shock and gave the order immediately.

62 meters is not a shocking record.

Although it is very rare compared with ordinary people, it is a huge gain in the files of the Control Bureau.

What concerned Edson was the resilience shown by Xia Shou just now. His maximum altitude had reached 75 meters just now, but he seemed to be frightened by something and began to turn around and descend. The altitude dropped to 62 meters at a very fast speed.

There is a special phenomenon in the Lighthouse of Fear. That is, the upward movement is very slow. One has to walk up step by step. Some people even take several hours to go up ten meters.

But if you retreat and want to escape from the lighthouse, you will be able to get out quickly. Some losers fall from a high altitude at a speed that is almost the same as the free fall of jumping off a building. They fall to the bottom in an instant. Even they themselves will find it very strange when they think about it afterwards. They have clearly walked such a long way up, turned around a few times, and finally the exit is right in front of them.

In addition, there is another phenomenon in the archives throughout history, that is, once a climber has the idea of ​​giving up, it is impossible for him to regain his mentality and continue climbing under pressure.

Fear is like a dam that stores water, under constant pressure. In the process of slowly increasing fear, the person concerned can rely on his amazing perseverance to constantly do psychological work on himself and build the dam higher and stronger.

But once the dam is breached, the water will burst forth without any possibility of recovery.

Someone like Xia Shou, who had shown an extremely obvious trend of breaking the dam but finally stopped abruptly and started to move forward again, is the first in history!
(End of this chapter)