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Chapter 372 - 370, The Perplexity in My Heart (Second Update)_1

Chapter 372: 370, The Perplexity in My Heart (Second Update)_1

On this sheer cliff face, there are few places to rest, even pitifully so.

Even when Ren He took a brief rest to stabilize his heart rate, it was still a form of exertion, as he had to struggle to keep himself hanging on the vertical wall, with his strength continuously flowing out.

However, this time he didn’t eat any chocolate. What Honnold had managed to do empty-handed, theoretically, he could do as well.

And now, he needed to turn that theory into reality.

In fact, Ren He’s speed had already surpassed that of Honnold. Honnold did not have a memory to match Ren He’s, unable to select routes and leverage points as intuitively, so speaking in terms of speed, Ren He inevitably had the upper hand.

In the last 200 meters, everyone could see Ren He’s fatigue; his short sleeves were completely soaked through. Sweat continued to seep from the pores of his skin, and the places he passed were marked with the traces of magnesium powder, little white spots that connected to map out his entire route.

When it came to the final 100 meters, everyone was sweating bullets for Ren He because it was evident that he was running out of strength.

Even through a telescope, the trembling in his arms was visible, which was the best proof.

Ren He’s physical strength should have been superior to Honnold’s, but his speed was much faster, which inevitably led to a far greater expenditure of energy than what Honnold had used.

Even Honnold himself had shown signs of exhaustion in the last 150 meters of the vertical distance near the top of the cliff.

But exhaustion didn’t mean failure. Ren He believed that the most significant factor for success was the strength of one’s willpower.

At this point, what Ren He fought with was no longer technique and physical strength, but willpower.

And he believed that, having lived through countless life-and-death experiences, he was second to none.

When Ren He’s fingers finally latched onto the edge at the top of the cliff, his mood brightened dramatically. He succeeded...

He had made it!

With great effort, he pulled himself up over the edge. When he reached the top of the cliff, he lay on the stone platform, gasping for air. Ren He took off the Red Scarf and asked the TK crew, "How long did it take me?"

"4 hours and 47 minutes!" the TK crew member said excitedly.

They couldn’t contain their excitement; what they were witnessing was history—the new history of free solo rock climbing!

Before Ren He, the fastest record was no less than 5 days, but he had done it in just over 4 hours, a completely different concept!

It was like playing a game and clearing a dungeon where someone’s first kill took 3 hours, but you did it in just 30 minutes; one can understand with a bit of thought that it was a completely unequal contest of strength.

Ren He smiled. He had succeeded, even in his previous life he was the fastest to climb Half Dome without protection!

No one knew that the object of Ren He’s internal competition had long stopped being the current number one in free solo climbing; it was a benchmark within himself!

However, at this moment, a TK crew member suddenly handed a walkie-talkie to Ren He. An Si’s voice came through, "There are quite a few people outside Yosemite National Park now, they’re here to find you, they’ve guessed you’re here; what should we do?"

Ren He was startled, they actually found their way here? He asked through the walkie-talkie, "How long will it take them to get here?"

"Half a day!" An Si replied. Yosemite National Park is vast; even after entering, it would take a long time to reach this point.

Ren He pondered for a few seconds and then said, "Did you bring the chocolate I asked you to?"

"Yes, of course," An Si didn’t understand why the other party would suddenly ask about this.

"Good, start the challenge of the Dawn Wall right now!" Ren He said decisively.

This is a walkie-talkie, not a phone, and almost every work team has one, and it’s on a loudspeaker, so everyone present heard what Ren He said: I’m going to start challenging the Dawn Wall now!

Holy shit, has he lost his mind? Challenging two cliffs in one day? Everyone just saw how weary Ren He was on Half Dome; how could he possibly continue with another challenge?

An Si’s voice suddenly roared through the walkie-talkie, "Have you lost your will to live? Yang Xi is still here, do you want her to watch you die?!"

Ren He calmly said, "Trust me."

Such a simple three-word phrase yet held infinite magic, trust me, and that’s all you need to do!

"Release the rope, I’ll go down directly using the rope," Ren He said calmly to the TK staff, who couldn’t help but fix the rope and hand it over to Ren He...

Everyone thought that Knight must have gone mad, Knight no longer valued his life!

But somehow, everyone chose to believe him at that moment, to believe in him without any reservations! Such was Knight’s magic!

Everyone fell silent, those who were just cheering a moment ago now didn’t know with what emotions to confront the situation; challenging two cliffs in a single day, it was too unbelievable.

Knight could take his time climbing the Half Dome, but he chose to break the speed limit; he could also wait for another day to challenge the Dawn Wall on El Capitan Mountain, but he insisted on doing it now.

Watching Ren He quickly descend on the rope, they felt as if something was stuck in their hearts; is this someone else’s life? So amazing!

After Ren He came down, he took a big pack of chocolate that An Si handed him, munching on it as he got into the car; the others gathered the camera equipment, and the convoy set off towards the Dawn Wall on El Capitan Mountain! The people atop the cliff descended slowly and followed behind the convoy, as Ren He had given them new tasks.

A convoy of seven off-road vehicles took off, leaving only the quiet and solemn Half Dome standing there.

...

Half a day later, several hundred die-hard fans of Knight were the first to reach Half Dome, followed by a few thousand more who were en route, such was Knight’s allure.

When they arrived at Half Dome, they were a bit disappointed: There was no one here. How could there be no one?

That’s not right, if Knight had really come here to take the challenge, logically speaking, everyone’s arrival time was fast enough, wasn’t it? It had only been three and a half days since the official website update, and it would take at least five days for Knight to climb Half Dome.

So by this calculation, everyone was earlier excited thinking that they would arrive just in time to witness Knight’s free-solo climbing prowess, but instead, they found nothing when they arrived!

This is unscientific... No, wait!

Someone exclaimed, "Look, on Half Dome!"

What happened on Half Dome? Everyone looked carefully, and there were fresh white chalk marks from the bottom of the cliff spreading all the way to the top. Someone took out the binoculars for a closer look: "Fuck, aren’t those the marks of someone who has just summited? Look, that chalk is freshly left there, with no dust over it!"

"Was this left by Knight?" someone asked in surprise: "We actually arrived late!"

"Definitely Knight’s, who else would come here to take the challenge in silence?" someone was already certain that this must be the mark left by Knight.

But the key is, if these really were the fresh summit marks left by Knight, how long did it take him to summit? Three and a half days? That’s too terrifying, isn’t it? Directly surpassing the record by a day and a half?

But in reality, they were still far from the truth...

...

As usual, time for a meal.

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