Daily Evolution from Mastering Tai Chi-Chapter 91: Diving Over Ten Meters Deep

Wang Ye plunged into the sea with a splash, intending to adapt to the sea’s rhythm to practice freestyle swimming.

Swimming on the sea surface is quite different from swimming in a pool.

Because the salt content of the seawater is high, its density is higher than that of freshwater, providing better buoyancy.

The downside is that when the seawater gets into your nose, mouth, eyes, and ears, it feels very uncomfortable, like taking a spoonful of salt.

Moreover, seawater is much colder than pool water, making people shiver and muscles cramp upon entry, easily causing cramps or drowning. Therefore, it’s essential to warm up before going into the sea, or it could be life-threatening.

Besides this, there are occasional waves, which can make people lose balance instantly. The sand and salt in the seawater make the slap painful.

Hence.

Most people go down with a swimming ring or life jacket.

The sea is unpredictable, and you never know when you’ll be swept into it.

Taking some precautionary measures is never a bad idea.

But Wang Ye, with his strong lung capacity and physique, is not in any danger from being briefly swept into the sea. Unless he gets swallowed by a shark or knocked out by a reef, he can maintain a clear mind and swim ashore.

Perhaps due to the wind and waves being quite strong today.

Wang Ye seemed unable to stabilize his body when he first entered the sea.

There’s no choice. The power of the waves is too great; even a mild ripple can flip him over, not to mention the waves over a meter high. They can leave him stunned for a good while.

Swimming in such seawater is extremely challenging and requires swimming forward against layer upon layer of waves while maintaining balance.

It’s no different from running against a level eight gale.

Wang Ye gritted his teeth, using his strong core muscles, swimming while trying hard to maintain balance.

After adjusting for a few minutes, he was able to swim short distances quite comfortably in the sea.

Most people were swimming within ten meters from the shore.

Few dared to swim further out like Wang Ye.

At this time, many tourists noticed Wang Ye swimming on the sea not far away.

Although the seawater submerged half of his body, most people could still see his muscular back and distinctly toned arms.

Several tourists sunbathing on the beach exclaimed:

"Such a good physique."

"With coordination abilities like those, he must be a swimmer."

"No way, even models don’t have such a perfect body."

On the sea surface, Wang Ye continued swimming, circling within the several hundred-meter shark net area, finally returning to the shore.

He stood in shallow waters where the sea level reached his belly, slightly hunched, breathing heavily.

Wang Ye called out the panel to check his swimming skill.

[You practiced swimming in the ocean, gained insight, skill level increased by 10.1%.]

[Swimming lv3（25.1%）]

"I didn’t expect just one lap to increase my skill level by ten percent." Wang Ye smiled slightly, "It seems that the high-difficulty swimming training in seawater is quite beneficial for the improvement of my swimming skill level."

Due to frequent wave interference, swimming in this seawater is much harder than in a pool, and the physical energy consumption is much greater.

It naturally exercises swimming technique significantly.

It is said that in the Dameisha Scenic Area, professionals often swim for a kilometer to Zhouzai Island and back, totaling nearly three kilometers.

Ordinary tourists like Wang Ye can only operate within the shark net. If they cross the shark net, lifeguards patrolling on jet skis would capture and give them a stern scolding.

But Wang Ye was temporarily uninterested in venturing outside the shark net. The small area within the shark net was already sufficient for an amateur like him to explore.

Once his strength recovered, Wang Ye resumed swimming circle after circle on the sea surface.

Having fun while enhancing his swimming skill level, why not?

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After some time.

Wang Ye had swum several laps around the sea surface.

His swimming skill level had also increased by about 50%.

Feeling a bit tired of it, he plunged into the sea below.

Due to the high salt content, the seawater has certain irritation properties.

As soon as Wang Ye opened his eyes underwater, he felt a bit uncomfortable.

Squinting his eyes for a while to adjust, he continued swimming toward the depths.

His eyes, having evolved, have certain night vision capabilities, allowing him to see distant scenes in the darkness.

As he continued to dive, the water pressure around his body slowly increased, but the increase was so slight that without careful notice, one could hardly tell there was any pressure.

Like a mermaid, Wang Ye swayed the lower part of his body in a spiraling motion, using it as propulsion.

His diving speed was fast; soon, he reached a somewhat dim, deserted area.

Wang Ye stopped diving, glanced around, surrounded by unknown fluffy impurities, colorful sea fish swimming in groups. Looking down, he saw undulating seaweed and coral. The sunlight penetrated the seawater, flickering on the seaweed and mottled rocks, evoking a sense of wonder.

The seawater here is fairly deep.

Wang Ye estimated it might be about ten meters deep.

He suspected that among the seaweed, he might find the corpse of someone who drowned here long ago.

Thinking of this, Wang Ye shuddered.

He decided not to continue diving but swam outward instead.

Planning to check what the shark net looked like.

By this time, Wang Ye had been underwater for about five minutes, continuously holding his breath.

Yet he didn’t feel uncomfortable; instead, he felt he could hold it for another ten minutes.

This is because as his swimming skill level increased, his breath-holding ability simultaneously improved.

Now, in a state of full physical rest, Wang Ye can sustain breath-holding for twenty minutes. In high-intensity sports state, he can hold his breath for fifteen minutes.

With some technique adjustments, it should be easy to surpass the current underwater breath-holding world record.

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