Lords of the Old Ones? I thought it was a speed bump.

Chapter 27 The Desert of Despair

"Whoa!" Lin Jue smashed the ground with his fist without hesitation.

Several students instinctively covered their heads and took a few steps back, letting out sharp screams.

Clearly, they were terrified by the "plane collapse" phenomenon that Takashi had just mentioned.

After all, that was a horrific accident that could instantly crush more than thirty people into pieces of paper.

The thought that such a thing could happen to them was enough to make them so scared they almost peed their pants.

At the same time, the homeroom teacher, Duan Hong, turned pale with fright and quickly came over to stop him, saying:

"Lin...Lin Jue? Isn't what you're doing a bit too reckless?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Jue stopped punching, which he was about to continue, and asked in confusion:

"Reckless? Why reckless?"

"Didn't Takashi just say that this could cause..."

"It could cause all sorts of abnormal phenomena, and then what? Then we just stay here and wait? Until we starve and die of thirst?"

When Lin Jue said these words so casually, the surrounding air became tense again.

Indeed, the current situation is not a matter of whether or not to do it, but rather that this is the only way to do it.

If people don't try to find a "downhill path" in this world to break the logical contradiction.

Then the paradoxical demons hidden deep within the plane will never come out, and everyone will just have to keep wasting their time here.

This stalemate was undoubtedly extremely disadvantageous to Lin Jue and his group.

They are living, breathing human beings who need food and water to maintain their vital signs.

But the demon of paradox doesn't need that; it can spend months, years, or even decades here with everyone.

In other words, the longer time passes, the lower their chances of successfully escaping become.

The students finally discovered the most terrifying aspect of the "paradoxical dimension".

Gao Guizhi adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses and said in a serious tone:

"Lin Jue is right. We have no other choice but to go all out... Let's start digging now, before we run out of energy."

Don't forget, everyone took an early morning bus to "Baigang University of Science and Technology".

After a long, endless uphill stretch, it is now 10 a.m.

In a few hours, hunger and thirst will become a dark cloud hanging over everyone's heads.

Although the students brought some snacks and water to eat and drink on the way, that little bit of supplies was of no use at all.

Forty-eight hours—if Gao Guizhi's calculations are correct, the maximum time they can operate normally is only forty-eight hours... or even less.

If by then the logical contradictions haven't been broken, the paradoxical demon will be revealed.

Then the group could only wait to die, like unfortunate travelers abandoned in the desert.

After realizing this, a wave of panic clearly broke out in the crowd.

"What should we do then? Should we help dig?"

"But the ground is so hard, can we really dig it out?"

"This is a concrete surface; how long would it take to dig a downhill road?"

......

There is no doubt that digging up the road with bare hands is something these high school students never even imagined.

Especially when they looked at the road that seemed to have no end, a wave of despair rose from the bottom of their hearts.

Can we really dig a downhill road in this place before we die of thirst and starvation?

Listening to the whispers among the crowd, I felt the spreading pessimism.

Lin Jue didn't react at all, he just continued to silently pound the ground with his fist.

Under his iron fist, the concrete pavement cracked as crisply as a biscuit.

But Lin Jue was always alone, and it wasn't easy for him to dig a downhill road with his bare hands.

Seeing this scene, and hearing the listless expressions of the students behind me...

Bai Tingting, who had just returned with water, gritted her teeth, quickly walked to the roadside, and picked up a fist-sized stone.

He simply walked up to Lin Jue without even looking at him, and squatted down on the ground just like him, smashing the road.

Boom!Boom!Boom!

Bai Tingting wasn't very strong, but the sound of the stone hitting the ground seemed to echo in everyone's hearts.

Looking at her slender yet strong back, the other students couldn't help but feel ashamed of themselves.

Immediately, Jiang Fan rushed back to the car, forcefully tore off a piece of steel handrail, and shouted loudly:

"Even a delicate girl like our class monitor has started to fight, what are we waiting for? Let's go! Everyone, get involved!"

With Jiang Fan and Bai Tingting setting an example, the students of Class 2, Grade 12 were finally inspired and began to look for various handy tools to dig up the road.

Some students, like Jiang Fan, went back to the car to remove some handy parts, while others ran to the roadside to find some large stones, and they all got busy.

Those delicate hands, usually used for writing and turning pages, frantically pounded these tools against the concrete floor, never stopping even when they bled.

Amidst the frantic hammering, numerous cracks gradually appeared in the concrete road.

The cracks grew larger and larger, as if they were fine spider webs crawling all over the earth.

Three hours later, a large section of the uphill road ahead had been dismantled, revealing the soft surface of the soil below.

"Well done." Duan Hong gestured for everyone to sit down and rest, then wiped the sweat from his brow and smiled.

"At this rate, we can dig a downhill road in less than two days."

However, although Duan Hong appears very optimistic on the surface, he is actually not very confident in his heart.

After working for three consecutive hours, most of the students were exhausted and lying on the ground like dead dogs.

But compared to fatigue, what's even more troublesome is thirst... thirst.

Excessive exercise inevitably leads to profuse sweating, and the more you sweat, the less water you have in your body.

But now everyone has very little water left, less than ten bottles.

This amount of water is simply not enough to sustain the water needs of more than thirty people.

So it seems... in the end, we can only rely on him.

Immediately, Duan Hong's gaze swept towards the figure not far away who was still struggling tirelessly in the deep pit.

During those three hours, Lin Jue's work efficiency was approximately ten times that of the other thirty people combined.

No matter how strong the concrete is, it becomes as fragile as a cookie in his hands.

The best course of action right now is to concentrate the limited resources in Lin Jue's hands, which might be more efficient.

Just as Duan Hong was thinking this, Bai Tingting picked up a bottle of water and walked towards Lin Jue.

As soon as she stepped into the deep pit, she saw Lin Jue standing alone in front of a damp rock wall.

Bai Tingting shook the water in her hand and said with a smile:

"Lin Jue, have some water and rest for a bit."

But faced with Bai Tingting's fawning over him, Lin Jue didn't even turn his head and said:

"...Squad leader, don't come any closer, back off immediately."

What's wrong? Is he shy? So cute.

Thinking it was a bit funny, Bai Tingting ignored all advice and took two steps forward.

Soon, she saw something emerging from the rock wall in front of Lin Jue.

But almost instantly, Bai Tingting was completely stunned.

It was a face, a pale human face, embedded in the rock wall.

Unlike ordinary people, this strange face has three eyes.

Especially the vertical pupil embedded in his forehead, which seemed to exude an eerie charm.

The moment Bai Tingting saw that face, the three still-moving eyeballs suddenly stared in her direction.