Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 213: Parachute Opened Early
"Should I deploy the parachute?"

Lin Yuan was in great distress.

Under normal circumstances, when the altitude drops to 3000 meters, the automatic parachute opener behind him will automatically pop out the parachute.

But now there is no movement.

In the fierce wind of the descent, Lin Yuan tried his best to look at his watch: more than 3 minutes had passed since he jumped out of the cabin.

According to common sense, he would reach the maximum falling speed only six or seven seconds after jumping out of the cabin.

At this time, according to the free fall speed of 3000 meters/minute, the altitude should have dropped to more than 2000 meters.

The parachute should have opened long ago, but there was no sign of it opening automatically.

Pressure sensor broken?
Is the automatic parachute opening device broken?
Or the worst possibility... the parachute is broken?

An ominous thought flashed through Lin Yuan's mind.

He looked around and saw gray clouds everywhere. The sky and the earth were connected into one, and he couldn't even tell where the sky was and where the earth was.

In the dim night sky, he couldn't see anything clearly, let alone judge the current altitude.

Is the parachute really broken?

If the parachute really broke, he would undoubtedly crash to the ground and die.

At this moment, Lin Yuan suddenly had a strong urge:

That is to manually open the parachute immediately!
That way he would know if his parachute was broken.

Whether dead or alive, at least there is an answer!

This kind of ambiguity is the most torturous.

No!

You must not open the parachute manually. The next moment, Lin Yuan suppressed his impulse.

In such a harsh environment, he should choose to trust the automatic parachute opener instead of his own random predictions.

Meng Tao has tested this equipment many times. Even if the pressure sensor is damaged, the mechanical structure of the automatic parachute opening must still be stable!
It won’t cause the parachute to open automatically!
If you manually open your parachute prematurely, the consequences may be even more terrible than not opening it at all.

Because opening the parachute early means he will be hanging in the air for a longer time, which may be as long as 40 minutes or even longer!
Without the protection of the enclosed decompression suit, facing the combined threats of hypothermia, lack of oxygen and decompression, he definitely would not be able to hold on for such a long time and might die suddenly before landing.

Lin Yuan chose to trust the automatic parachute opener.

So he took out a miniature camera from his waist, fixed it on his left arm with difficulty, and started filming himself.

It's already so miserable. If we don't take some more exciting pictures, wouldn't it be a waste of suffering?

"My whole body aches. I never want to experience this again in my life."

In the falling wind, he couldn't speak without his mask.

But Lin Yuan's talent for "life is a play" is still there, and he can convey this meaning with just one look. I believe that audiences in cinemas in the future will be able to feel it.

In fact, in addition to this micro camera, Lin Yuan also has a camera on his helmet.

From the moment he jumped out of the cabin, the camera on his helmet recorded everything he experienced from almost Lin Yuan's first-person perspective.

With these two cameras, plus the footage shot by multiple drones in relay, we should be able to cut out a super perfect video, right?
Lin Yuan believes that his performance today will completely conquer the audience in the cinema.

"Oh!"

After Lin Yuan rapidly descended for more than ten seconds, his body suddenly froze, as if something had pulled him upwards.
The parachute behind him automatically opened.

"The altitude has dropped to 3000 meters? That's not right?" Although the parachute had popped out automatically, it meant he didn't have to worry about falling to his death.

However, the surrounding temperature was still obviously several dozen degrees below zero, and the physical pain caused by the ultra-low pressure was still very obvious.

Is this an early opening of the parachute?

"Fu*k! The pressure gauge is malfunctioning and the parachute opened early!" Seeing this scene, Meng Tao punched the dashboard hard.

"Be careful! If the equipment is damaged, we will all be finished!" said the C17 crew member dissatisfiedly.

"Sorry! We were too anxious!" Director Cohen carefully apologized for Meng Tao.

"I understand. We are worried about Lin Yuan too. He will be okay if the parachute is opened so early?" asked the crew member.

"What is Lin Yuan's current altitude?" Director Cohen asked.

Meng Tao glanced at the data sent back by the drone and replied, "Over 9700 meters, damn it!"

"How can it still be so high? It's been several minutes since I jumped out!" asked Director Cohen.

Meng Tao pointed at the thick black clouds below Lin Yuan in the image and said, "This cumulonimbus cloud is more powerful than we expected. It's the culprit. We originally chose just a thin cloud, but I don't know how it turned into this huge one."

After hearing Meng Tao's answer, the crew members nodded. As they had been flying at high altitudes for many years, they immediately understood what Meng Tao meant.

The updrafts in cumulonimbus clouds are very strong, with vertical speeds reaching 20 to 30 meters per second and a maximum of 60 meters per second, which is greater than the wind speed of a typhoon.

The strong updraft slowed down Lin Yuan's descent, which was why the automatic parachute opener did not work before.

In large cumulonimbus clouds, the air pressure is usually lower than elsewhere at the same altitude.

The automatic parachute opener controls the opening of the parachute by sensing the air pressure through sensors.

Therefore, this huge cumulonimbus cloud misled Lin Yuan's air pressure sensor, causing the parachute to open not only without delay, but too early!

"I heard that cumulonimbus clouds are also called thunderstorm clouds?" Director Cohen asked.

"Yes! You're right."

"What will happen to Lin Yuan then?"

"Lightning, thunder, heavy rain, hail, strong winds... He is likely to encounter any extreme weather phenomenon you can imagine."

"F*ck!" Director Cohen cursed for the first time.

Meng Tao looked at the screen, where lightning flashed occasionally in the thick clouds below Lin Yuan, and said solemnly, "I can only wish him good luck."

At this time, Lin Yuan had not yet realized the situation he was in.

The whistling wind in his ears, the freezing temperature, and the low pressure that made him feel uncomfortable all over made his head feel dizzy.

His parachute has been opened and his descent speed has been reduced to several hundred meters per minute. If nothing unexpected happens, he will be able to land safely in about 10 minutes.

But when he looked at the endless thunderstorm clouds under his feet, which looked like towering black mountains, an ominous premonition came to his mind again.

The silver lightning looked like the ferocious smile of a giant beast.

The cloud peaks composed of ice crystals in the night sky emit a black, hairy luster, like the furry back of a giant beast.

The rolling and surging clouds are like the hungry stomach of a giant beast.

The entire thundercloud was like a giant beast with its mouth wide open, about to swallow him.

(End of this chapter)