After All Humanity Vanished, My Battleship Building Was Livestreamed
Chapter 12

Flying Through the Twin Rocks! Courting Death?

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The countless people who had mocked him before had all been slapped in the face, their cheeks nearly swollen from the blows.

They truly hadn't expected this outcome.

Who could have known that Ye Jin, whose résumé looked so ordinary, had such astonishing skill points?

The viewers weren't the only ones watching in a daze; the hosts were too.

Viewers questioned the background check and information compiled by the production team.

Such a top-tier, world-class extreme sports athlete hadn't even been mentioned in the background check.

This was the organizers' greatest dereliction of duty.

Those who had been slapped in the face quickly swung their guns around to target the production team, blasting them for deliberately concealing information about the observers and leading them into making the wrong choice.

Worst off were the people who had put money into underground casinos. They had suffered heavy losses.

They had been betting on whether Ye Jin would die, only for him to turn out to be a world-class athlete.

They had lost big!

The production team came under fierce fire.

Hundreds of thousands of people signed a joint petition demanding an explanation and a public apology.

The biggest boss behind the production team, the Human Destiny Alliance, simply turned a blind eye to the criticism.

They wanted an explanation? An apology?

Watch if you want. If not, get lost!

You're getting too big for your britches!

So they didn't come forward to explain themselves at all. They didn't even intend to say a word.

The people who had signed the petition received no explanation.

They wanted to whip up public opinion.

But they found that the media, normally like sharks, seemed completely uninterested in the incident and carried on as usual.

After they had finished running their mouths and cursing to their hearts' content,

they found that their curses had fallen on deaf ears.

They had merely been amusing themselves.

Eventually, even their curses died away.

After all, shouting curses at thin air long enough was a waste of breath, and it didn't get them any response.

The people who had threatened to boycott the show had only been running their mouths.

The other side simply refused to respond.

But it wasn't as though they could really stop watching!

They could only hold their noses and accept it.

The comments on social media kept coming.

"At that speed, doesn't he need to breathe?"

"I'm so afraid he'll pass out in midair before he even lands."

"That's absolutely stunning! Is this the legendary wingsuit flying? Humans can soar through the sky like birds too. It's so captivating! I'm signing up too."

"Don't bother, person above. You need more than two hundred skydives before you can even apply to learn, and the whole learning process costs over a hundred thousand US dollars. If you don't have money, time, and talent, don't waste your time."

Those words were discouraging, but they were also true.

It cost both money and time.

And it was the most dangerous extreme sport in the world.

It was a thankless undertaking that didn't even attract attention.

So why bother?

Ye Jin narrowed his eyes as he looked ahead. Right now, he couldn't breathe.

But he had grown up beside a great river, and swimming had been part of everyday life. Over time, his lung capacity had grown exceptionally strong through exercise.

He adjusted the rhythm of his breathing, keeping himself from suffocating.

He was like an arrow loosed from a bow.

He shot swiftly toward the city.

But the road ahead was no smooth path.

The host Brian said, "We just used the most professional instruments to measure Ye Jin of the Nine Domains Nation, and his speed has already exceeded 210 kilometers per hour."

"Experts predict that Ye Jin's speed is very likely to increase further. Of course, that depends on how proficient he is at wingsuit flying."

"If all goes smoothly, his speed is very likely to match the record set by top wingsuit athlete Kelis when he flew over Tianmen Mountain. Let's wait and see."

Countless viewers were excited to hear this.

The mysterious sport of wingsuit flying had lifted its veil for them.

They were now full of interest.

Besides, this wasn't riding in a vehicle.

This was pure human flight.

Two hundred and twenty kilometers per hour was a limit even humans couldn't withstand.

At that speed, every additional second was an ordeal for the body. Those who couldn't hold out might even collapse.

That was why these athletes placed so much emphasis on pushing their bodies to the limit.

The host Ailiya took over. "Oh my god?"

Brian asked in confusion, "Ailiya, what's wrong?"

Ailiya pointed at what lay ahead of Ye Jin on the screen, covering her mouth as she stared at it in shock.

Just as everyone was wondering what was wrong,

the camera gradually rose.

The entire panorama slowly came into view.

"What's that?"

"Ye Jin, is he going to fly through there? No, God, that's insane!"

"That's an absolutely impossible feat. The difficulty is through the heavens. Only God could pull it off."

"He'll die!"

Countless voices were filled with disbelief.

On a side peak stood two towering rocks, with a gap only two meters wide between them.

And the flight path Ye Jin had adjusted was taking him straight toward those two rocks.

Everyone guessed what he had in mind.

He was going to fly through the gap between the two rocks.

Brian said, "According to the information, these two rocks are called the Twin Rocks, and Ye Jin seems to be about to fly between them. This is an absolutely impossible feat."

Brian paused. "The challenge he's taking on is even more difficult than Kelis's challenge at Tianmen Mountain. If he accomplishes this world-class feat, then he will leave a bold and brilliant mark on the history of wingsuit flying."

Kelis posted another tweet as well.

In it, he stated that even at his peak, he wouldn't dare attempt it lightly. This was the grave of the Grim Reaper.

If Ye Jin accomplished the feat, then after the show ended, he would personally invite Ye Jin to join his team and compete around the world.

Everyone turned their attention back to Ye Jin.

Could he do it?

Could Ye Jin accomplish something that even Kelis, a world-class wingsuit athlete, wasn't confident he could do?

At a speed of 210 kilometers per hour,

even breathing was difficult.

At this point, the human body had already reached a certain limit, and even moving was difficult.

Could he make such a minute adjustment and fly through the Twin Rocks?

They imagined it over and over in their minds.

If it were them,

the only possibility was that they would crash headfirst into the rocks and die. There was no second possibility.

Then did this count as suicide?

They didn't know.

Because that was the world of gods!

And they were only mortals.

So they couldn't fathom it.

Ye Jin felt as though all the blood in his body were boiling.

His body greedily absorbed the air outside, taking in every piece of information.

Wind direction, temperature, humidity, angle, the balance of his body...

The slightest difference in any direction would determine whether this challenge succeeded or failed.

If he failed, then wingsuit flying really would be something he could only do once.

But if he succeeded, he would stand at the top of the world.

A strained smile appeared on his face, distorted somewhat by the wind.

This time, he could only succeed, not fail.

Then...

It was time to go crazy!

He... was like a blazing flame, cutting a bloody path through everything!

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