Trembling At A High Altitude

"I'm okay now." Li Teng moved closer and hugged Yao Xue from behind, leaning into her neck and beginning to do some restless things.

"Don't do that," Yao Xue whispered, but she did not push him away like Liu Yin would have.

Seeing no resistance from Yao Xue, Li Teng got bolder and slid his hand under her armpit, and then…

"Ah!!!!"

A sudden surge of electric current made all of Li Teng's hair stand on end, and he quickly withdrew his hand.

The wristwatch seemed to be vibrating.

"You are attempting to access a premium feature of this APP, pricing is as follows: …"

They're actually charging for this?

The cheapest was to touch the place Li Teng had just tried, costing 20 points for one time use, and it would cost points again for the next touch!

The other features were even pricier, a complete set would actually require 250 points!

Do they think I'm an idiot?

With 250 points, wouldn't it be better to hit on a real girl?

This is outrageous!

Beyond the fees, there was another term of use.

If Li Teng tried to harm the virtual companion, she would disappear and the APP would be suspended for three days.

A second offense, and the APP would be suspended for ten days.

A third offense, the APP would be permanently disabled.

That's harsh!

Li Teng wasn't willing to give up and tried to sneak his hand down from behind to see if that would incur a fee.

He got shocked again.

The skin on his hand was nearly burnt.

"What's wrong with you?" Yao Xue still had an innocent look, as if all this had nothing to do with her.

"I feel terrible, why do they have to make emotional stuff so vulgar?" Li Teng choked back a river of sadness.

Best stick to reading novels.

Li Teng tried lying down, and then he tried resting his head on Yao Xue's legs.

This time, he wasn't shocked.

Well, this felt pretty good, almost like the days he spent with her.

Then he held up his wrist to read the novel.

After a little while, Li Teng felt thirsty.

He suddenly remembered... he now had a water dispenser! It could provide 500ML of water per day, about the size of a bottle of mineral water.

But, where was the water dispenser?

The top of the stone pillar only had three broken bed legs, it definitely couldn't be up there.

Could it be…

Li Teng leaned over the side of the stone pillar, peering down, then switched sides.

On the third side, Li Teng found the water dispenser.

Indeed, it was embedded in the stone pillar, within a square hole, with a water pipe above it and a glass with measurements affixed securely underneath by metal clamps.

Li Teng took out the glass and pushed up against the tap of the pipe above.

Sure enough, water flowed out from the pipe.

Li Teng didn't dare to drink much, just 100ML.

What relief!

His struggles for survival had finally seen an improvement.

He needed to figure out how to earn another 60 points soon, so he could descend to 800 meters,

After reaching 800 meters, there would be instant noodles, right?

…

A wind had picked up.

The sky suddenly darkened.

Not because it was night.

But a thunderstorm was approaching.

Li Teng couldn't tell if it was the result of his loud defiance when he had returned to the stone pillar.

You ask for benevolence, you get it.

Soon, the rain was pouring down, with lightning flashing and thunder booming.

Massive bolts of lightning struck down one after another beside the stone pillar, incessantly.

"Bring it on, strike me dead! FUCK! FUCK!" Li Teng stood up, flipping the bird and cursing loudly.

"Don't swear…" Yao Xue tried to admonish Li Teng, but the thunder was too loud, and he couldn't hear her.

Just then, a bolt of lightning, defying all logic, struck less than two meters away from the stone pillar.

Li Teng was dazzled by the flash, his ears ringing from the thunder, and he staggered and almost fell, but luckily Yao Xue was there to hold him up.

"Motherfucker, you playing for real?" Li Teng muttered, drained of energy.

"Stop swearing, you'll get struck by lightning," Yao Xue continued to caution Li Teng.

Li Teng fell silent.

He really couldn't afford to provoke these big shots; if they said they'd strike him with lightning, they really would.

And if he died, it would be for nothing.

After all, there were plenty of actors; they wouldn't miss one.

If he died, they would just find another to torment.

The plane crashing into his stone pillar, the vultures pecking at his tubes, the helicopter strafing—all probably orchestrated by those big shots behind the scenes, all for the fun of torturing him.

He couldn't fight back; he just had to accept his fate.

After he stopped swearing, the thunderstorm really did stop.

And the sky cleared up.

It seemed that sure enough, one of the big shots arranged for the thunderstorm after being pissed off by Li Teng's "FUCK."

Darkness slowly fell.

His clothes were completely wet, which was really uncomfortable.

Thankfully, it wasn't cold at night.

…

The next day.

Since he had eaten a lot yesterday, he was still able to hold up today.

The weather was surprisingly good, not too cold or too hot.

This time he didn't know how long he would have to wait to return to Film and Television City.

Perhaps the big shots also considered that if they tortured Li Teng too soon, he definitely wouldn't be able to bear it.

Li Teng figured that when the weather started turning bad, becoming extremely hot or cold, it might not be long before his return to Film and Television City.

…

Unable to offend Anna, Little Bunny was clueless about romance.

Li Teng continued to dote on Yao Xue today.

"Let's play a guessing riddles game," Li Teng suggested to Yao Xue.

"Sure."

"You see, your clothes are still wet. So how about this, I'll give a riddle, and if you can't guess it, you take off an item of clothing and hang it up on the bedpost," Li Teng, unable to touch, could only be satisfied with looking now.

"No way," Yao Xue shook her head.

"Wearing wet clothes is so uncomfortable!"

"I'm not taking them off," Yao Xue said firmly.

"I don't want to wear wet clothes either. How about this, if you guess it right, I'll take an item off, and if you can't, you take one off. That should be fine, right?" Li Teng reluctantly offered another condition.

"No way," Yao Xue realized the condition was almost the same, and she was not fooled.

"You don't have to take everything off. Take off as much as you want. If you don't feel like it anymore, then stop. That should be okay, right? I won't force you," Li Teng was quite desperate.

He was denied even the sight of it!

This APP wasn't sending perks, it was deliberately torturing him!

"Alright," Yao Xue seemed a bit compassionated and agreed to Li Teng's conditions.

"Then I'll give the riddle… A woman rides on an iceberg. Name the idiom," Li Teng grinned at Yao Xue.