Daily Evolution from Mastering Tai Chi

Chapter 313 - 252: Guinness World Record Surfing Height_2

Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, he wouldn’t eat, only having some clean food in front of others.

This feeling is much like a cultivator who has already begun fasting; ordinary food becomes harmful and would contaminate their pure body.

Just as Divine was eating noodles,

Carlos walked over.

He now had a jacket on, the hem flapping noisily in the hurricane wind,

He looked tired and said, "Divine, before meeting you, I’ve never felt so powerless. Compared to you, I am really insignificant."

"Your surfing skills are also very good, don’t be too hard on yourself." Divine put down his chopsticks and comforted him.

"You are too modest," Carlos said with a bitter smile, "I recently watched a video of you training in an indoor surfing park in Chicago on social media. I was amazed at your learning ability but also doubted whether you could apply these skills in the real ocean. Now, seeing it... I’ve underestimated you."

Divine picked up his chopsticks again, eating noodles while listening to him.

Carlos adjusted his mood and said softly, "After today’s competition, I realized that this challenge will most likely end in failure for us, but I won’t give up. I’ll try my best to follow in your footsteps, at least to learn something from you."

"I’m relieved you have this mindset." Divine swallowed his noodles, smiled, and said, "I was afraid you’d be discouraged and give up, leaving me to tackle future challenges all by myself."

"Even if I’m not successful, I will try to complete the entire Ozaki’s Eight Challenges once," Carlos said with strong determination in his eyes.

After resting for half an hour following the meal, everyone went back to the sea to continue surfing training.

During the breaks in surfing, Divine would occasionally go into the water to train swimming. The day’s training quickly passed, and by evening, the rain grew heavier, the tide rose, and as it got darker, it became impossible to continue training.

Afterward, Divine bid farewell to Carlos and the others.

He drove to the next location for training in flying, running, and the Vajra Indestructible.

These trainings needed to be in secluded areas,

so the sparsely populated Gulf of California was an ideal place.

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The next day.

Morning.

Just as Divine was getting up and washing,

he suddenly received an unexpected good news—Li Weimin had arrived in Mexico by plane. But what made Divine even happier was that Li Weimin had bought a small yacht over.

During the past two days of training, he gradually realized that without a water vehicle, he could only train surfing up to a dozen meters away from the shore. Although he’s a very fast swimmer, carrying a heavy surfboard greatly increased his resistance in the water, easily slowing him down. Swimming further out was not only a time-waster but also made it easier for others to spot him. However, a yacht can reach speeds of up to 120 kilometers per hour, several times faster than his swimming speed, bringing him to locations hundreds of meters offshore in just ten seconds, allowing him to select waves with greater height.

Therefore, having a yacht is nothing but beneficial for him. With the yacht, he can train further from the shore, and his training efficiency can increase significantly.

According to Ah Gui, Li Weimin would arrive at the Gulf of California by noon.

They would drive the truck to the designated location to pick up Li Weimin around midday.

So Divine probably couldn’t drive the truck around randomly today.

At this point, Ah Gui suggested, "I can drive you to Cortes Beach first, and then pick you up by evening. What do you think?"

Divine shook his head. "It’s fine, I’ll walk over. No need to trouble you with running back and forth."

Ah Gui had been busy with work recently, and taking on the extra task of driving him might severely disrupt his work progress.

After all, the hotel was only about a dozen kilometers from the beach, and Divine could reach it with a ten-minute full-speed run.

"Are you sure about this?" Ah Gui looked slightly worried.

"No problem, relax. I’m a marathon champion after all," Divine reassured him.

After a brief hesitation,

Ah Gui left with a "Be safe," driving the truck to the nearby station to pick up Li Weimin.

Divine then sat back on the bed to search for videos of Life of Water.

He suddenly realized that the search results for this term were no longer about the movie scenes he remembered.

Instead, countless results were all about Divine.

Now, any discussion related to Ozaki’s Eight Challenges was inevitably about Divine.

Because worldwide, he was the only extreme athlete actively pursuing Ozaki’s Eight Challenges. Although the extreme challenge team under Red Bull was following in Divine’s footsteps to take on Ozaki’s Eight Challenges, they hadn’t achieved any impressive results, and thus people gradually overlooked this team.

Divine’s eyes narrowed slightly as he clicked into a few entries to briefly review them. It dawned on him that netizens were seriously analyzing his chances of success in the Life of Water Challenge.

Under a post titled "8u, let’s analyze Divine’s success rate in this Life of Water Challenge," countless forum users were heatedly discussing this topic.

"On the second floor: I don’t know if any of you have been to Mexico’s Gulf of California, but during August and September, there are ultra-strong hurricanes almost constantly, making it unsuitable for tourism. So when I was there, there were no tourists, only locals."

"Third floor: Although I haven’t been there, I’ve watched movies and documentaries. It’s true that there are massive waves of tens of meters there, usually accompanied by heavy rain and fierce winds. You can feel an intense sense of oppression even through the screen."

"Tenth floor: The Gulf of California... it’s not a suitable place for surfing at all. The continuous rain reduces visibility, and the wind speed of over 200 kilometers per hour under a Category 5 hurricane can blow a person away. That’s the hardest part of this challenge."

"Twenty-fifth floor: According to what I’ve searched, the current world record for surfing is 26.2 meters, accomplished in Portugal’s so-called Nazare North Beach surfing paradise. Moreover, based on the recorded video, there was no apparent wind and rain impacting the surfer’s condition."

"Twenty-sixth floor: Based on what I know about Divine, he is likely aiming to, and can only choose a Category 5 hurricane day to take on the Life of Water Challenge. The wave height he will ultimately face may not be less than thirty meters."

Due to the different geographical location of Mexico, the winds there are often called hurricanes. They have different names because they form over different sea areas and are named differently in different countries and regions, but in essence, there’s no difference.

Typically, strong winds in the Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean, and Eastern North Pacific are called hurricanes; those in the Northwest Pacific Ocean and South China Sea are called typhoons. Furthermore, cyclones generally refer to strong winds over the Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, and Bay of Bengal.

Hurricanes in the United States, Mexico, and other countries generally occur from early June to the end of November, usually being most active in September.

The formation of hurricanes requires several specific conditions. First, there must be a broad expanse of tropical ocean surface, with the sea surface temperature being at least above 26.5°C, and a sea water layer depth reaching at least 60 meters. This is because hurricanes consume a vast amount of energy during formation, which can only be supplied by sufficiently deep and warm seawater.

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