Daily Evolution from Mastering Tai Chi-Chapter 151: Shark or Human?

Ziyang’s headlamp illuminated a fan-shaped area of about 60 degrees ahead.

The candela (light intensity) and lumens of this headlamp were exceptionally high.

It could illuminate hundreds of meters away in the pitch-black sea.

Although there were many impurities in the sea making it impossible to clearly see the shapes of things,

it was still no problem to discern the outline of distant objects.

Besides, Ziyang had a thumb-thick rope tied around his waist, ensuring he could be pulled back onto the fishing boat by the crew quickly if he encountered shark attacks or other dangers.

After entering the water, his body couldn’t help but shiver slightly.

The icy cold sea made his skin start to tingle.

Ziyang didn’t carry complete diving gear, possessing only a few simple necessary tools.

Thus the heat loss from his body in the water would be very fast.

"Seems I can only stay underwater for about ten minutes at most."

After adapting for a while to the stimulation of the seawater, Ziyang immediately began to swim towards the depths.

While swimming, he continuously illuminated the surroundings with the headlamp. Countless schools of fish were startled by him and swam in all directions.

Ziyang, who had been on the sea for years relying on fishing for a living, had to deal with numerous unpredictable dangers on the water, making his swimming and diving skills naturally very proficient. Though his swimming skills weren’t as good as those of professionally trained athletes, they far surpassed ninety-nine percent of ordinary people.

His figure rapidly sank, using the headlamp to explore the surrounding scenery.

He swam down as deep as thirty meters.

Yet still found no unusual occurrences.

"Could the fishing net have just been broken by a fish that was too heavy?"

Ziyang squinted slightly, his teeth chattering involuntarily.

Although he didn’t believe the fishing net would break without reason, now unable to find the culprit and his body nearing its limit,

he had no choice but to abandon the search.

Ziyang shook his head.

Then turned around and swam towards the surface.

But suddenly.

His headlamp swept over a reef 120 meters away.

Near the reef, a silver-white eerie shadow was crouching. But the shadow’s reaction speed seemed incredibly fast. The moment it sensed the headlamp, it suddenly darted away, becoming a silver-white streak and instantly vanishing into the darkness.

Leaving only a trail of dense bubbles floating toward the surface.

"So fast!"

Ziyang was clearly startled, his heartbeat accelerated a lot.

"Was that... a shark?"

He immediately used the headlamp to shine towards the spot where the shadow disappeared,

but could only see a white dot gradually shrinking.

Clearly, the swimming speed of that shadow was extremely fast.

Ziyang clutched his violently beating heart.

Carefully recalling the scene when he saw that eerie shadow.

He did not believe that the shadow was human, as humans absolutely couldn’t possess such fast movement speed. However, the shape of the shadow was clearly unlike sharks or orcas, those kinds of large predatory fish, but more like the legendary "Mermaid."

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At this moment.

Wang Ye, who was mistaken for a shark, was swiftly swimming in the water.

Holding 15 freshly caught sea fish in his hand.

He rushed towards the shore at a speed of 45 mph.

After landing.

Wang Ye tossed the 15 fish in his arms into a bucket.

While wiping his body dry with a towel, he muttered: 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

"That guy’s headlamp is really bright; it could directly illuminate scenery a hundred meters away. Luckily, I swam fast enough to escape, otherwise, I would’ve been caught."

The two fishing boats laying nets were only about 3 km from the shore.

With Wang Ye’s now-evolved vision, standing at the edge of the beach, he could clearly see the faces and clothing of every crew member on the boats, as well as the subtle changes in the instruments onboard.

On the side of the fishing boat.

A dark-skinned young man was being pulled onto the deck with a rope by the other crew members.

After climbing onto the fishing boat along the rope, the young man sat on the deck, took off the diving headlamp from his head, and began sharing his underwater experiences with the other crew members.

Upon hearing the young man’s words, the other crew members also displayed expressions of astonishment.

Even without listening, Wang Ye could guess,

those crew members likely believed that an unknown creature similar to a mermaid had appeared underwater.

After peeking a few more times, Wang Ye lost interest.

He turned the boiler’s switch, sprayed some canola oil from an oil sprayer into the pan, and began frying the fish.

After he hastily dealt with those 15 sea fish,

he crawled into the tent’s sleeping bag and fell asleep.

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May 29

6:23

The morning waves were somewhat boisterous.

Wang Ye ate the leftover fish from last night, filling his stomach.

He nibbled a few dry, compressed biscuits.

Then packed his luggage and stuffed it into his hiking backpack.

Right at seven in the morning.

After the Sun had completely risen.

Wang Ye continued on his journey.

Carrying an 80-pound hiking backpack, he sped along the highway.

Currently, this 80-pound load no longer posed a noticeable burden to him, and instead, enhanced his grip during the rushing process.

Thus, even while bearing nearly a person’s weight, he could easily maintain a pace of three minutes per mile, rushing continuously for 150 kilometers.

All he needed during the journey was some Energy Gel and compressed biscuits to replenish energy, and only 1-2 bottles of mineral water or electrolyte drinks.

The reason Wang Ye’s water consumption was so low.

Is because after evolving to the peak, his sweat discharge inexplicably gradually decreased.

For this.

Wang Ye had conducted specific evolutionary records.

Under similar temperature conditions,

at 20 days into evolution.

His sweat discharge was at an absolute peak level.

He needed to drink over 5 liters of electrolyte fluids every 10KM run,

otherwise, he would fall into severe dizziness, weakness, and other adverse states.

By 25 days into evolution, his sweat discharge began to gradually decrease.

The exact rate of change each day was unknown to him.

But after evolving to 30 days, Wang Ye specifically measured and found out, running 10KM only required drinking less than 1L of liquid.

Despite his increasingly formidable physical prowess, and the increasingly intense heat emitted during exercise,

his sweat discharge and water intake continued to visibly diminish day by day.

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