He did not hear anything from the man anymore. Perhaps, the man had already returned to the starting point, which was too far away for Eugene to hear.

Thankfully I only need a small jump to get over this.

Eugene exhaled slowly. Thinking about the man encouraging and supporting him from behind made his heart fill with courage. Bending down on his calves, he leaped and managed to land on the balcony, which was the endpoint.

“I’m coming now!”

At that point, Eugene’s face was teary. As his calves released all the tension from the high anxiety state abruptly, they started to cramp.

Clenching his teeth and bearing the pain, Eugene stood up. It was the first time he realized that there were still good souls in this world. He had made up his mind to use the twenty million that he had just won to clear that poor man’s debt. He also intended to give another million for him to start afresh, thinking that the man could quit gambling for his son’s sake since he could already overcome his fear of death for his son.

Eugene looked toward the mansion opposite, wanting to tell that man the great news.

However, no matter where he looked, whether it was on the iron bridge or the balcony, he could not see anyone.

What? Did he leave already? Eugene was confused. Suddenly, a huge shadow loomed over his heart as a thought flashed through his mind. Did he fall off…

He quickly refuted his thought. Impossible. If he fell, he would have screamed. Even if I were as focused as possible, I would have heard at least the echoes between these two mansions.

In the past, he had seen someone jump off a seven-story building after becoming bankrupt from gambling. That person started screaming shortly after jumping off. The firemen providing assistance at the scene also said that every single person they had seen jumping off buildings regretted it right after doing so and would scream throughout until they made contact with the ground. Sometimes, because the building was too tall, people at the bottom would only hear a splat without the screaming.

The organizers walked up to the balcony. They seemed somewhat unhappy at Eugene’s victory.

“Congratulations on being the only person who took on the challenge and survived.”

Eugene frowned. “The only person? Where did that man just now go to?” This time, he suspected that he was hallucinating. Perhaps, that person was just an illusion of his own fear.

preoccupied with this, he

are really so cruel in their tactics. They simply view human lives so lightly. Casper was secretly

you’ve offended this time are involved in underground businesses; some of them are foreign mafias. Their countries do not have bans on firearms,

of. Whether we’re in Chanaea or not, I am not afraid of these aliens.”

or was just an illusion. In the end, he was convinced it was the latter. He asked Eugene, “So,

but did not put it in his mouth. “I got the twenty million and

money, he treated Eugene rather nicely. Eugene wanted to know the plight of that man whose name he did not know. When he told the boss his intention, the latter waved and said, “You don’t have to find. Other than you, everyone else fell off to

boss tossed him a tape that contained the recording of the iron bridge challenge between the balconies. The whole process was recorded, so Eugene would know the

turned out that reality was always

Eugene’s imagination. In the recording, he kept encouraging Eugene to walk to the finishing line while he attempted to return to the starting

so great for him that he would

a height of several hundred meters truly felt like to someone with acrophobia, but to that man, it definitely was like

clearly that the man’s face and lips had turned pale, and he was very close to entering a state

However, the man in the recording did not faint. Instead, he squatted with his body curled up while both his hands rested on his insulated shoes in an attempt to maintain his balance. Nonetheless, his body

the finishing line. He extended both his arms to further stabilize himself and took each step with much

man seemed to have given up on advancing. He raised his head and turned to look at Eugene. Even

a plethora of mixed emotions in his eyes—envy, relief, and reluctance. His lips started moving, and his voice was very soft, so Eugene could only read

you. You must live

hands, stood up, and jumped off the bridge, thus disappearing from the

man had chosen to end his life and assumed that he was still cheering for him on the other side. That was why Eugene felt energized enough to conquer the

all his might even when he was tormented by

figured that was the only way for Eugene to cross

while holding onto a wineglass. The ending

Even a defiant and vicious person like him

cigarette in his hand for a very long time until he placed it between his lips. Without saying a word, he quietly sucked on the cigarette till his tears stopped flowing and when the cigarette

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