Chapter 371: Chapter 369: Hanging by a Thread

“Everyone, adjust your breathing, bend your knees, back against the wall! Quick!” Song Qian slammed the door shut and shouted aloud.

Ye Qing took two steps in three strides, helping up Sun Jingtao and the others who were sitting on the ground, “If possible, try to lift your heels off the ground!”

“What is–?” Before a bespectacled elder could react, a piercing metallic scraping sound filled his ears.

The rapidly descending building seemed to be caught on something, momentarily slowing down.

“Meteorite has hit the ground, glaciers are fracturing, this building is very likely to drop rapidly!” Qin Lang finished speaking and also propped two other elders beside him, “Dr. Zhang, Dr. Liu, hold on to me! Back against the wall.”

“Xiao Song, I’ll just sit down.” One of the bespectacled elders had trouble even standing up, let alone maintaining a half-squat position.

“No, the impact of the fall will be intense, it’s easy to injure the spine and internal organs!” Sun Jingtao said and quickly went over to support him.

The remaining young warriors, all well-trained, took the initiative to support one or two of the older gentlemen.

Mo Shiyao glanced at Lin Xiaohui and Su Dai, silently walked between them and braced herself against the wall in a horse stance, “If there’s nothing to grab later, hold onto my legs.”

“Miss Mo, this–” Lin Xiaohui was still somewhat in awe of her, but since Zhao Yougong had gone to reinforce the door, she couldn’t follow, “Thank you.”

“Thanks, but my core strength is also decent,” Su Dai smiled at Mo Shiyao, then turned to Sun Jingtao and said, “Honey, be careful.”

“Alright.”

A voice murmured softly, “We’re not going to die here, are we….”

“Such high-tech metal coffins, if that’s the case… worth it….”

“…”

In the gloomy room, the atmosphere of tension spread rapidly.

Outside, they couldn’t see anything and no one dared to go out.

It was just like being trapped in a free-falling elevator.

However, if you’re stuck in an elevator, you can still call for help or contact the property management.

Now, all they could do was to leave it to fate.

After two seconds, the people who had been on edge couldn’t keep calm any longer.

Someone asked, “Has it stabilized already?”

“It shouldn’t have yet, there seems to be water under the snowfield; we’re not going to fall into it, are we?”

“Shouldn’t happen, the ice is thick.”

“Even if it’s thick, falling like this, if we don’t die, we’ll be maimed.”

“Let’s think of it as a roller coaster ride then!”

“Hey, I don’t see Miss Jiang!”

“Yeah, where is Jiang Yan?”

“She went out early this morning.”

“Out? It’s so cold, where to?”

“Dang, I can’t stand any longer.”

Continuously holding the horse stance, some people’s legs were beginning to feel sore.

“How much longer do we need to stand like this?” Everyone’s faces looked terrible.

Including the young warriors who had gone to help the elders, their legs were also beginning to falter.

The expressions on the faces of Sun Jingtao and the others became very solemn.

“Everyone be quiet for a moment.” Ye Qing spoke up.

Immediately, everyone fell silent.

Ye Qing frowned, listened closely for a while, “The crack is still widening.”

Everyone was surprised at his hearing abilities.

“Ah, if only I could become an Evolved Person as well,” someone said, changing the subject.

“Do you think you can just become one if you want? Most end up just as dregs or cripples….”

“Shh–”

People’s gazes of envy or pity all involuntarily turned towards Ye Qing.

There was virtually no light in the room but his nearly two-meter tall stature made him quite noticeable among the crowd.

“Yeah, not afraid of the cold, and with explosive combat capabilities–” Another person was in the midst of speaking when he suddenly stopped, because the building started making a grating noise again and the sense of weightlessness returned.

This time, the speed of descent was noticeably much faster than before.

The ground trembled as it continued to fall rapidly.

“Ah–ah–ah–ah–” Lin Xiaohui couldn’t help but scream out loud.

The others were also very uneasy inside.

“Bang!”

“Creak!”

After a series of friction noises, the metallic building, which had been falling for a while, suddenly stopped.

Everyone’s faces had turned pale, with large sweat beads appearing on some foreheads.

This time, no one spoke; they all instinctively looked towards Ye Qing until he said, “We should be stable–temporarily.”

Though he said so, everyone still clenched their teeth, bearing the soreness, and continued to maintain their squatting position.

“Brother Zhao, help me here, I’ll go check it out.” Ye Qing handed the two elders, with aching legs, to Zhao Yougong who was guarding the door, and got up to walk towards the door.

“Xiao Ye, be careful,” Song Qian, Sun Jingtao, and Su Dai all said in unison.

“Alright.”

Two seconds later, Ye Qing returned,

“Folks, we’re safe for now, but it’s a close call.”

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately sat down on the spot.

“A close call?” Song Qian’s brow furrowed, “I’ll go look.”

“Me too.”

“Me too.”

“…”

People staggered out, one after another.

At the doorway, looking outside, everyone’s pupils shrank:

“Damn! Does this count as hanging coffins in the sky?”