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In Film and Television City, the breach in the city wall had already been filled with floodwaters.
Underneath the chaotic brickwork, several bodies remained pinned.
Atop the wall, at the small corner watchtower, a figure caked in mud stood at the edge, gasping heavily.
Swimming here from the opposite bank had nearly drained Wu Kai of all his strength.
But looking around at the people in Film and Television City who could perish at any moment, Wu Kai had no choice but to clench his teeth.
"I have to swim back and create a sliding pulley rope so that if someone gets stuck in midair, the people on both sides can pull on the rope to drag them to shore," Wu Kai said.
Pulleys would be installed on both sides, turning the upper and lower ropes into a device similar to "tank tracks."
