On the way to the shrine, wooden planks of all sizes lay everywhere.
The planks had simply been tossed by the roadside, but with floating islands separated by gaps beside them, players could tell their purpose at a glance.
They could use the planks to build a "bridge" and walk across it.
Besides the main large island Yinzi was currently on, there were many small islands floating slightly nearby. They were not very high up, but there was no way to jump or climb over to them.
If they could not fly, they had to find another way across, such as building a "bridge" themselves.
But a single plank was too small to span the path, so they needed to use a skill to join several planks together.
There were many such setups along the way, and every time he saw one, it made his hands itch.
They kept urging the players: faster, faster, faster, faster—complete the quest, find the shrine, and gain a new ability.
Yinzi hurried upward around the giant stone steps. He was so impatient that he tried to climb straight up the wall, but just as he was about to reach the top, his stamina wheel turned red and ran out.
"Damn, this height was definitely designed on purpose." Yinzi was completely numb. He seemed to have forgotten what Old Thief was like—and the malice Old Thief harbored.
Knowing players would be impatient, knowing they might choose to climb, he had set the stamina limit and the height so perfectly that it was just barely not enough.
They could see hope, yet could only feel despair.
He had wanted to take a shortcut and get there faster, but now he had fallen all the way back to where he started.
"My blood pressure's shooting up." He