Free Web NovelChapter 1658: Chapter 1960: Roller Coaster
From ten o’clock in the morning until three in the afternoon, except for having a meal in between, Ling Chen and Tang Shiyun were almost entirely immersed in the amusement park, playing with all the facilities that interested them.
After resting for a while, Ling Chen glanced at the time; it was almost four o’clock, and it was time to go home.
"Let’s go back, kiddo."
Tang Shiyun looked around, pointed at the roller coaster not far away, and said, "Ling, let’s try that one more time before going back."
"Alright, it’s all up to you." Ling Chen looked at Tang Shiyun indulgently, then got up to take her to the roller coaster’s queue. After waiting for about ten minutes, it was finally their turn. Fastening the safety belt, Ling Chen held Tang Shiyun’s hand, and they exchanged a smile.
Before long, the roller coaster started slowly, crawling up the track. When it reached the peak, amidst the screams of tourists, it suddenly plunged downwards at lightning speed.
Among all the amusement facilities, the roller coaster is probably the most thrilling. After a few minutes, Ling Chen glanced at Tang Shiyun beside him, only to see that she had her eyes tightly shut, too afraid to open them, with one hand gripping his hand firmly, her palm drenched in sweat.
Seeing her tense and frightened look, Ling Chen couldn’t help but smile. This girl was clearly terrified but insisted on riding it.
As he was thinking, Ling Chen suddenly sensed something wrong. Although the roller coaster was fast, now it was abnormally fast, and he could clearly feel its speed still increasing.
Something’s wrong!
Ling Chen frowned; the speed had already exceeded the roller coaster’s normal rate. Thinking of this, he looked towards the roller coaster’s control panel. From his vantage point, the view was wide, but the control panel’s door was closed, making it impossible to see the situation inside. At this moment, besides him, many tourists had realized something was wrong and began screaming.
Without any time to think, Ling Chen quickly took out his phone and called Hu Fei. However, although the call connected, he couldn’t hear Hu Fei’s voice, nor could Hu Fei hear him. With no other option, sitting on a full-speed roller coaster, the wind completely drowned out all sounds.
Seeing the situation, Ling Chen simply hung up the phone and sent Hu Fei a text message.
Less than a minute later, a message from Hu Fei arrived on the phone. After reading the content, Ling Chen’s face instantly turned grim. Damn! He couldn’t help but curse. Hu Fei had hacked into the amusement park system and found the roller coaster’s control panel had been sabotaged, with even the emergency brake destroyed, making it impossible to stop for a while. At the current speed, the roller coaster would soon fly off the track and plummet.
From a height of several dozen meters, if such an accident occurred, none of the tourists would survive.
No doubt, this sudden incident was targeting him; someone wanted him dead. Who was it? The Netherworld Snake?
At this moment, Ling Chen didn’t have time to think this through. Even if Hu Fei notified the amusement park technicians to come, there wasn’t enough time to stop the roller coaster. What to do? Ling Chen racked his brain, pondering a plan. Right then, the phone rang again with another text from Hu Fei.
Emergency brake! Ling Chen’s eyes brightened. Hu Fei mentioned in the message that the roller coaster also had an emergency brake switch, which would stop the roller coaster once activated. However, the switch was located at the very front of the roller coaster, whereas his seat was in the middle. He needed to move forward about ten meters to reach it.
Time was critical, and Ling Chen couldn’t afford to hesitate. He immediately unbuckled his safety harness, pushing up the restraining bar pressing on his shoulders. Concurrently, he grabbed the roller coaster’s top with one hand, slowly detaching his body from the seat.
Because the roller coaster was too fast, the inertia was enormous, and if he released his grip even slightly, he would be thrown out instantly. Ling Chen dared not be careless, gripping the beside seat tightly and inching forward step by step.
At this moment, quite a few tourists had gathered around the roller coaster, and everyone realized an accident was happening, rushing to capture it with their phones. The amusement park’s management was organizing security to persuade the onlookers to retreat, to avoid the roller coaster crashing off and causing more casualties among the surrounding tourists.
"Look, there’s someone moving up there." At this point, a sharp-eyed tourist pointed to the moving roller coaster and shouted.
Instantly, everyone focused their attention on the person.
"Damn! That guy’s crazy, isn’t this suicide?"
"Who knows, perhaps he feels his life is too long and wants one last wild act before dying."
Ling Chen didn’t hear the discussions below; he was entirely concentrated on moving forward. The wind at the top was too strong; any carelessness might blow his body away. To protect himself in case, Ling Chen took out his belt, tied it around his wrist, and attached the other end to the roller coaster seat. This way, even if his hands were detached from the roller coaster, he wouldn’t be blown away.
Slowly moving, the roller coaster rushed up a slope, reaching the top instantly. Then, the front compressed, launching downward. At this moment, the speed combined with the wind formed a powerful force, and despite gripping the roller coaster’s handrail firmly, Ling Chen’s body swayed continuously, on the verge of flying out.
Ling Chen gritted his teeth, not daring to relax even slightly. More than ten seconds later, the roller coaster track finally flattened significantly, no longer bouncing up and down. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ling Chen moved rapidly forward. In just a few seconds, he had advanced four or five meters, leaving less than two meters to the roller coaster’s emergency brake.
Looking at the increasingly close emergency brake switch, Ling Chen took a deep breath; success or failure depended on this.
"Ling!"
Hearing Tang Shiyun’s call, Ling Chen turned his head and smiled at her. Then, he suddenly stood up, stepping on the roller coaster’s top railing, charging forward at full speed over the tourists’ heads. In the blink of an eye, he landed on the front end of the roller coaster, lying firmly on the hood.
It’s done! Ling Chen felt a rush of excitement, without pausing to catch his breath, hurriedly reaching down, touching the emergency brake switch, and quickly activating it.
Immediately, a piercing scraping sound emanated from the roller coaster’s bottom. Just then, there was an upward slope track ahead, just right for slowing the roller coaster’s inertia. Not long after, the previously speeding roller coaster gradually decelerated, coming to a steady stop on the track, no longer moving. Only at this point did Ling Chen dare to breathe out, finally relaxing thoroughly.
