Chapter 5 5. Telescope
"This is mine." When talking about this matter, Raza Singha always smiled and apologized.The aging diplomat has long since lost the strength to hike up to the summit of Jacques Caryra, but he has a way of making up for it.Years ago, he had acquired a telescope of such small dimensions that he could use it to travel the entire western slope of the cliff, imagining the steep path up which he had climbed more than once in the past. peak.When he looked close to the eyepiece, he felt that he was floating in mid-air beside the granite wall.
Razasinghe rarely used the telescope in the morning, and since the morning sun rose from the other side of Yakkabela, it was almost impossible to see anything clearly on the shadowed western slope.But now, when Razasinghe glanced through the wide window, he was surprised to find a small, shadowy figure moving along the ridge of the cliff against the background of the sky. "An early bird," thought Razasimha. "Who could this be?"
He got up and got out of bed, put on a shirt made of brightly colored cloth, went outside and pointed the short lens barrel at the cliff.
"Just guess it!" He said to himself proudly, while increasing the magnification.That said, yesterday's performance scene had the desired effect on Morgan.The engineer must have wanted to see for himself how the architects at Karidasha were still dealing with this extremely difficult task.
But what Razasinghe saw frightened him: Morgan was walking briskly along the edge of a ledge just a few centimeters from the cliff.This is a place that very few tourists dare to approach!In fact, even those who have the courage to sit on the "elephant throne" and stretch their feet over the abyss are rare; but the engineer squatted beside it, casually holding the stone carved with patterns. Chun... In order to carefully observe the surface of the cliff, he leaned his body over the deep valley.Although Razasinghe was already familiar with these strange peaks and rocks, when he looked at Morgan like this, he still felt extremely nervous.
It took a few minutes for Razasinghe to untie the knot in his heart: Morgan must be a rare person who is absolutely fearless about heights.Raza Singh's memory is still very good, and he is doing his best to help him now.He finally remembered that there had been a related... incident involving Morgan.Morgan... a week ago, he really didn't know anything about this Morgan...
Ah, I remembered!At one time there was a controversy in the newspapers, which attracted general attention.The chief architect of the Gibraltar Bridge has announced that he intends to introduce a new measure.Given that all vehicles are self-driving, it doesn't make sense to have railings on either side of the bridge, and their removal would save thousands of tons of weight.However, this was widely regarded as a wild idea; the public question was: what if one car's steering system failed and it sprinted towards the edge of the bridge?
The chief designer responded to this.If something goes wrong with the driving system, the brakes will automatically apply and the vehicle will stop within a distance of 100 meters.Only when driving on the outside of the road is the vehicle in danger of running off the edge; however, this can only happen if the autopilot system, sensors and brakes are damaged together, and its chances are so small, twenty at best Appears only once a year.
Then the chief designer said something he shouldn't have said.He added: "In the unlikely event that this is a very spectacular bridge of his, it would be the best outcome for the car to fall off it quickly."
It goes without saying that the bridge was eventually railed—cables stretched along the outside of the deck—and the result?As far as Razasinghe knew, no one had yet jumped off the bridge into the sea.However, judging from the current situation, Morgan himself decided to regard himself as a victim of gravity and attempted to end his life by suicide. Otherwise, his behavior would be difficult to explain.
The engineer stood with his back to the abyss next to the "Elephant Throne", holding in his hands a small casket similar in shape and size to an ancient book.Razasinghe had no way of seeing him clearly, so Morgan's behavior completely baffled him.Let's say he was holding some kind of analytical instrument, but he couldn't understand why Morgan needed to know the composition of the granite here?
At this moment, Raza Singha, who has always been proud of being good at keeping calm in various extremely stimulating situations, was startled and screamed.Vanness Morgan took a step back and fell straight into the abyss.
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