Chapter 854: Chapter 818: Teacher Slaughter’s Final Host Career
Li San tried his best to place the person in the middle, and after seating him, he pulled down the safety bar to cover the seat, so the person wouldn’t be thrown out when the car started.
In fact, whether the safety bar is down, the outcome is the same.
"If he flies out, maybe he’ll die quicker," the staff next to him sneered, looking at the half-dead 0175.
Li San looked at the ring closest to them on the track nearby. It was welded with steel bars pointing towards the center. The car would soon pass through this forest of steel. He hesitated for a moment, then reached out and untied the noose tightly bound around 0175’s neck.
0175, finally free from the torture of the noose, could breathe normally.
"Anyway, he’s going to die soon. Why bother untying the rope?" The staff beside him glanced at Li San.
The two photographers behind them came forward to capture 0175’s half-dead expression. Several body cams also descended onto the roller coaster to follow the ride—of course, the photographers wouldn’t be doing this job on the ride.
"The rope will affect the roller coaster’s operation." Li San threw the rope onto the ground and explained.
"You don’t mind them and are willing to interact with them," the staff said as he stepped back, keeping away from the rope on the ground as if it were covered in filth, "Let’s go, the work is done. Let’s watch from below the stage."
After 0175 boarded the ride, the facility did not start immediately. The host on stage was still building the atmosphere, waiting for the audience’s excitement to reach its peak before starting the roller coaster.
Li San glanced one last time at 0175 on the ride, then turned and followed the Upper Class People behind him.
"Look! The contestant is in position, how lucky, he’s the first to experience the ride today. I wonder if he’ll successfully advance through the roller coaster challenge?"
There’s no suspense in that last question; anyone with common sense could guess the ending for the person on the roller coaster.
"Let’s count down from ten; when the countdown ends, the roller coaster will officially start!"
At this moment, the seven air pillar machines surrounding the stage spewed celebratory flames, powered by Teacher Slaughter.
"Ten, nine..."
With each countdown number, the flames leapt higher, and the audience’s excitement soared alongside them.
The entire audience enthusiastically counted down with Teacher Slaughter, their voices thundering, echoing throughout the arena, bombarding each contestant’s eardrums.
Mingliang, standing next to Chu Changge, was pale. Ever since arriving here and seeing those terrifying amusement facilities, his expression had been grim.
He longed for the safety and stability in Crazy Game City, wishing to stay in this world, but Dai Huanhuan told him if he stayed, once others left, he would surely be thrown from the Game City by the NPCs, becoming a lower-class citizen.
"Tomorrow you should see how the lower-class live in this world. If you can accept that lifestyle, you can stay" — that was what Dai Huanhuan told him yesterday.
Before coming here, Mingliang thought, how bad could the lower-class here really be? Just poorer conditions, less food, and thinner clothing.
But looking at the roller coaster track filled with steel bars and the half-dead contestant on it, Mingliang was lost for words.
"...Three, two, one!"
The excited, thrilled, and expectant voices merged together, as if forming a clock, with ticking seconds akin to the lower-class people’s constantly flowing life.
"Roller coaster, start!" Teacher Slaughter shouted excitedly on the stage, the flames from the seven air pillar machines spurted to their fullest, nearly surpassing the tip of the Pyramid.
Amidst the roaring flames and audience cries, the roller coaster began to move slowly.
Initially, it climbed uphill slowly. Several steel ring structures were set up on the uphill track symbolically. Considering that the contestant dying too early might affect the audience’s interest, the steel bars were not long and didn’t extend to the car seats, only brushing against the car body, leaving deep scratches on the roller coaster’s surface.
Soon the roller coaster sluggishly reached the first peak, and ahead was a nearly vertical descent, where the car paused briefly at the top before rushing downward at speed.
In the blink of an eye, the car shot through the first steel ring.
Here, the steel bars were no longer child’s play; they were long and sharp, already extending into the seating area.
The rapid roller coaster collided with the sharp steel bars, one seat was violently sliced by the bars, nearly splitting the frame in two.
Since 0175’s position was near the center, the bars temporarily did not cut into him.
Then, the roller coaster sped through the second and third steel bar-filled rings without incident, the steel bars on the third ring brushed his shoulder, tearing his clothing.
At this point, the dazed 0175 finally regained consciousness, but upon waking, he immediately faced the impending fourth steel ring.
"Ah—"
Screams rang from the roller coaster, echoing throughout the venue.
The track had dozens of steel rings, narrowly escaping a few did not mean continued luck.
was caught by the incoming fourth ring; a steel bar stabbed him, not fatally, but creating a gash on his body, causing him to scream in pain.
This was the first scream, but not the last.
Dozens more rings awaited him.
The designers must have carefully calculated the distance between the steel bars and the roller coaster seats; those bars always narrowly sliced past the human body.
They weren’t instantly lethal, but they left marks on the body, allowing participants to "endure" longer.
Screams repeatedly rang out on the roller coaster.
Initially, the screams were loud and horrid, but gradually the volume faded, like a voice box doll slowly losing battery power, the sound became intermittent and muffled.
Ultimately, 0175 no longer made a sound; replacing him were the audience’s cheers, each time the roller coaster passed through a ring, they erupted into loud applause.
looked at the frenzied crowd around her and then at 1868, still smiling broadly at the back. She knew most people in this world were beyond saving, whether Upper Class People or lower-class citizens.
Mingliang, separated by a Chu Changge, was even more pale-faced. He dared not look at the broken shadow on the roller coaster, or the surrounding screens, so he buried his head deeply, trying to shut out everything around.
When the roller coaster finally came to a complete stop, 0175 was already beyond dead.
"What a pity," Teacher Slaughter said in a regretful tone, "it seems the first challenger failed, but don’t worry, we have plenty more challengers here."
With that, he turned and looked down at the lower-class beneath him.
