Chapter 2451 — Cable Car Failure
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"Xinyan, don't panic—we'll jump out now. If we stay in this car, falling is certain death..." Before Kang Jinglong could finish, Wang Xinyan had already pushed open the door and jumped. Her confidence was not in Kang Jinglong but in Wei Zhao. After spending so much time with Wei Zhao, she naturally knew that a fall from this height posed no danger to a cultivator like him—and she had no intention of being clutched in Kang Jinglong's arms as they jumped together, letting him take liberties.
In that instant, Wang Xinyan thought: if Wei Zhao truly did not care and did not come to save her, then so be it—she would die, and at least Kang Jinglong would not get to take advantage of her, and she would not have to be troubled by all this anymore. Death would end everything...
Wei Zhao had spotted the purple-furred creature bringing down Kang Jinglong's cable car with a hidden projectile. He frowned at once and more or less guessed Kang Jinglong's scheme! No wonder the brat had insisted on sharing a cable car with Wang Xinyan—he meant to play out an unfinished romance in the valley.
"Jingyi, stay in the cable car. Don't wait for me—I'm going to save Wang Xinyan. Take care of yourself," Wei Zhao said to Han Jingyi.
"Mm, mm." Han Jingyi did not try to stop him at all, merely nodding quickly to show she understood.
While still attached to the cable, the car doors were electronically controlled and could not be opened unless the circuitry was destroyed or the car was thrown off its track. But Wei Zhao simply smashed through the cable car's window and leapt down after Wang Xinyan's direction.
Given the speed at which the two were falling, in theory Wei Zhao could not possibly catch her—but Wei Zhao was a cultivator, aided by true qi, and catching her was no problem at all.
Kang Jinglong had not expected Wang Xinyan to be so decisive. The moment he told her to jump, she jumped—but he had not finished speaking! Kang Jinglong had meant to say that he had a parachute, and that she should jump holding onto him. But Wang Xinyan had not waited for him at all!
Kang Jinglong was startled. If Wang Xinyan fell straight down like that, would she not be smashed to bits? At the thought, he hurriedly leapt from the cable car as well, chasing after Wang Xinyan while fumbling to open the parachute in his backpack.
Fortunately, his backpack was equipped with a jet-propulsion assist device; otherwise he would never have caught up with her. Of course, that jet device had been prepared for a safe landing.
Below the valley was a lake, after all—living water, not yet frozen over, with only a thin layer of ice on its surface. Kang Jinglong had feared that a parachute jump might land him on the lake, so he had brought the jet assist to adjust his landing position—never expecting he would end up using it to chase after Wang Xinyan.
When Wang Xinyan jumped, she had not thought that far; but once she truly fell, the whistling wind past her ears filled her with fear. Then she looked below at the abyss, and she felt she was truly going to die!
"Xinyan, I'm here—grab me!" Kang Jinglong could not spare a moment to open his parachute now; catching Wang Xinyan came first! If he deployed it now, his descent would slow dramatically and he would never catch her.