“Be careful, we’re not in a hurry, that pillar isn’t going to disappear!”
Su Yan shouted a reminder, afraid that the two would fall due to panic and confusion.
With her reminder, the other two indeed calmed down and became more cautious in their movements.
Su Yan, being agile, was the first to climb over.
Then came Feng Di, who quickly found the pole and stood up along it.
Finally, only He Yu Xin remained.
Because of her fear of heights, she had only moved a tiny bit this whole time.
Su Yan and Feng Di watched with extreme anxiety, wishing they could possess her body and help.
At this point, the wooden horse swayed even more violently, with its left and right amplitude directly reaching a ninety-degree angle.
He Yu Xin sat on it, swaying like a small boat in big waves, making Su Yan and Feng Di break out in cold sweat.
“Boohoohoo, it’s so hard!” He Yu Xin’s tears were blown backward by the wind, “I don’t dare to look down, and I don’t dare to move!”
Su Yan comforted her, “Think about it, once you’re safe and we’ve solved the problem, we might be able to get down. Better a short pain than a long one!”
Feng Di also encouraged her, “Be brave! Actually, as long as you don’t look down, you can completely pretend you’re on flat ground!”
He Yu Xin nodded, trying her best to restrain herself from looking down, inching forward little by little.
Five minutes later, just as a glimmer of hope appeared, one of He Yu Xin’s hands had already gripped the pole.
Usually, at this point, with a point of leverage, a person is basically safe.
Su Yan and Feng Di both breathed a sigh of relief.
However, at that moment, an unexpected turn of events occurred, He Yu Xin’s foot slipped, and her entire body suddenly slid sideways.
“Ahhhhhh!”
He Yu Xin could only scream in fear, but screaming couldn’t save her.
In just a flash, her entire body had slipped off the wooden horse.
If she hadn’t already grabbed the pole with one hand, He Yu Xin would have fallen by now.
She used all her strength, and her other hand also gripped the railing, leaving her barely hanging there.
Su Yan and the other person were stunned by this sudden change and didn’t know what to do for a moment. He Yu Xin, with a tearful voice, whispered, “You… boohoo, can one of you come and save me?”
She didn’t dare to speak loudly, fearing she might accidentally let go and fall.
Su Yan took a deep breath, trying to appear calmer.
She knew that she absolutely couldn’t show panic now, otherwise, He Yu Xin might really die.
“Don’t panic, I have a way. First, hold on tight to the railing, don’t look down, I’ll come to save you right away.”
Hearing her say this, He Yu Xin finally calmed down a bit and said softly but urgently, “Hurry up, I’m almost unable to hold on. My hands are going soft.”
Su Yan nodded, anxiously looking around, hoping to find a way to save her.
She didn’t have hooks or similar items on her now, so she couldn’t pull He Yu Xin up remotely.
That left only one method—go to He Yu Xin’s wooden horse to save her.
With this thought, Su Yan sighed helplessly and looked up.
The structure of the carousel was such that the central axis connected to thin rods, and the thin rods connected to the wooden horses.
Connecting the central axis and the thin rods were crossbeams.
Su Yan planned to use these crossbeams to reach the central pillar, then move to the crossbeam where He Yuxin’s wooden horse was located, and then repeat the previous steps to get on the wooden horse and save her.
This set of steps sounded simple, but the actual operation was very difficult.
It severely tested the implementer’s arm strength and physical endurance.
Su Yan thought for a moment and still said, “Xiao Di, you start observing the ground now. The picture formed by this puzzle has another mystery. It probably hides the way out.”
She was afraid that if she went, something would go wrong midway, and instead of saving someone, she would harm herself.
At that time, without her help, Feng Di alone might not be able to figure out how to get out.
By telling her the clues and ideas she had discovered in advance, if something really went wrong in the end, it might give her some help, allowing her to get out on her own.
Feng Di didn’t realize that this was Su Yan’s thought; she only thought Su Yan wanted to save time and work together.
This was mainly because Su Yan’s tone was too confident when she said she could save He Yu Xin.
No one would have thought that she was actually coming up with the solution on the fly.
Of course, Su Yan did this on purpose.
If she, the “ability user,” appeared unconfident and uncertain, then the other two would become even more panicked.
It would definitely be very difficult to act then.
***
After getting everything ready, Su Yan took a deep breath, gripped the horizontal bar, and began to move forward.
She had been quite adventurous since childhood and was excellent at both parallel and horizontal bars, which was why she dared to attempt this.
If she wasn’t good at it, Su Yan wouldn’t have chosen this method to save someone.
Even if her sisters were close, she wouldn’t foolishly sacrifice her life.
However, the days of climbing up and down and playing well on the horizontal bars and trees were last traced back to high school.
Now, Su Yan wasn’t sure if she still had a fraction of her former strength.
After moving two steps, Su Yan gained some confidence.
Although she hadn’t played in a long time, she was still very skilled.
As soon as she started, the old feeling returned.
One step, two steps…
In a short while, Su Yan had moved to the central pillar.
Feng Di watched her long-armed ape-like movements and couldn’t help but say, “You’re amazing!”
Su Yan said calmly, “I liked it when I was little. If you have good stamina, it’s not too difficult.”
She looked up at He Yuxin’s position, then started moving horizontally, one hand gripping the pillar and the other on the crossbar.
She had to switch crossbars with each move, which made Feng Di’s heart race.
“Be careful, don’t fall!”
Su Yan reluctantly nodded and sped up, reaching the crossbar corresponding to He Yuxin’s carousel horse.
Next was the return journey, but Su Yan wasn’t in a hurry.
The series of acrobatic moves had already drained her energy, and she needed to rest for a while.
He Yuxin’s face was pale, and sweat dripped down in streams.
Because she was gripping the pole, the swaying of the carousel horse no longer affected her.
But her stamina was almost completely depleted.
Supporting her body with both hands was quite difficult for someone who rarely exercised.
He Yuxin’s voice sounded weak, “Yanyan… I feel like I can’t hold on much longer, boohoohoo… My hands have no strength, and I feel like I’m slipping down.”
Upon hearing this, Su Yan immediately comforted her, “Hold on, I’m almost there.”
With that, she started moving again, quickly transferring to the carousel horse.
The horse seemed to sense her presence; it had stopped swaying because no one was on it, but now it began to shake violently again.
Watching the carousel horse shake its head and tail, Su Yan felt a headache coming on.
She gritted her teeth and approached the horse, then grabbed the pole and quickly stepped onto the horse’s head.
The horse’s head began to shake wildly, but Su Yan wasn’t significantly affected because she was holding onto the pole.
However, in this situation, it would be difficult to pull He Yuxin up.
Su Yan thought for a moment and asked, “Yuxin, can you climb up along me?”
He Yuxin shook her head and said weakly, “If I could, I would have just climbed up the pole directly.”
That was true, Su Yan thought silently.
After some consideration, she tried squatting down, gripping the pole with one hand and letting the other hand hang down, “Grab the pole with one hand and my hand with the other. I’ll see if I can pull you up.”
He Yuxin nodded and did as told.
Su Yan had to be grateful that He Yuxin was light enough; otherwise, she wouldn’t have been able to hold on.
Two minutes later, Su Yan and He Yuxin stood together on the narrow horse head, both letting out a sigh of relief.
He Yuxin said gratefully, “Yanyan, thank you so much. If it weren’t for you, I might have already fallen.”
Su Yan shook her head and looked at Feng Di, “Did you find anything?”
Feng Di nodded excitedly, “I did, but I’m not entirely sure. This picture is a bit different from the one in the previous mini-game!”
She pointed to a corner, “That part seems slightly off from my memory.”
The spot she pointed to was where the horse’s tail was.
Su Yan looked at it but couldn’t recall what was different at first.
However, at least one thing was certain: this was now the “spot the difference” segment.
As soon as they got down, they could compare it with the original picture to find what was different.
Perhaps sensing that it could no longer trouble the three of them, the carousel quickly stopped swaying and slowly descended, carrying them down.
Once on the ground, Su Yan immediately jumped off the horse’s head and then helped He Yuxin down.
Feng Di also quickly jumped off.
As soon as He Yuxin touched the ground, she completely went limp.
Su Yan quickly supported her.
“What’s wrong? Are you uncomfortable?”
He Yuxin waved her hand, “It’s nothing, I was just scared, and my legs are weak. You two go find clues first, don’t worry about me.”
Hearing this, Su Yan nodded and went to the table to examine the picture carefully.
The unicorn’s tail on the ground had a huge red bow, but the unicorn’s tail on the table had no bow; it was completely empty.
Su Yan and Feng Di exchanged glances and immediately went to the tail.
She knocked on the floor beneath the red tail, and then her eyes lit up, “It’s hollow underneath! The door is probably here!”
But how to open it?
The two were stumped again.
Su Yan got up and took out the unicorn horn that had been stuck in the wall earlier, saying domineeringly, “Get out of the way! Watch me pierce this floor!”
“Clang, clang, clang!”
After a few strikes, that section collapsed, revealing a ladder underneath.
Feng Di cheered, “Ah! We finally found the exit! We’re saved!”
Su Yan walked back and looked at He Yuxin, “Are you feeling better? Can you stand up?” He Yuxin nodded, standing up somewhat weakly, “I can walk by myself. You two go help Xiaoxiao.”
Su Yan called Feng Di over, and together they lifted Wu Xiaoxiao, one on each side, and then descended the dark staircase.
Soon, a beam of light appeared before the four of them.
They had reached the exit!
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