novelraw Chapter 314 - 253: Sea King
Chapter 314 - 253: Sea King
Most hurricanes affecting North America form in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, and the Atlantic Ocean.
According to the observations, most of the seas in the southern part of North America, including the Gulf of California, the Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico, have summer temperatures above 27.8°C.
The Cortes Sea, where Wang Ye is located, is an ocean situated in the Gulf of California and is also one of the hurricane formation sites. From June to November, hurricanes blow almost uninterruptedly here, causing unusually large waves.
Unlike the surf haven at Nazaré North Beach in Portugal, the massive waves at Nazaré Beach, Portugal, are mainly formed due to the geographical environment. Off the coast of Nazaré lies Europe’s largest underwater canyon—the Nazaré Canyon. This canyon extends 125 miles (about 201 kilometers) from the deep-sea plain of the Atlantic Ocean and is less than half a mile (about 0.8 kilometers) from the coastline, pointed like an arrow toward the town.
At the steepest part of the Nazaré Canyon, the bottom is over 3 miles (about 4 kilometers) below the surface. The waves then rise steeply like climbing a "cliff" to the "top wall" of the canyon, 100-150 feet (about 30-45 meters) from the North Praia Beach coast, where some of the largest known waves appear.
In winter, the huge waves in the North Atlantic swell due to storms, and when they reach Nazaré, their energy is further concentrated and magnified by the narrow canyon, like a magnifying glass focusing the sun’s energy on a small area. The seabed rises suddenly from the canyon top wall to the coastline, and this sudden decrease in depth causes a shoaling effect on the waves (wave length reduces and height increases), making the waves climb very large suddenly. Before reaching the coastline, the sea becomes shallow enough for the swollen waves to explode into devilish giant waves.
Therefore, Nazaré Beach does not need terrifying hurricanes or rain to form the frightening devilish giant waves; thus, it is also known as a surf haven. In such a place, one can challenge the highest waves without worrying about environmental influences.
Challenging the world’s highest waves there makes it significantly easier.
However, unfortunately, the location required by the Life of Water movie is in the Cortes Sea of Mexico. Here, giant waves are usually accompanied by horrifying hurricanes and thunderstorms, which can severely hinder his vision, disrupt his movements, and slow him down, causing only a tenth of his skills to be displayed. Attempting to challenge the world’s highest surfing here is many times harder than challenging in the so-called surf haven.
The forum members evidently understand this principle, so there are some doubts about Wang Ye’s success rate in this challenge.
They do not doubt Wang Ye’s abilities but question whether humans can survive such extremely hostile environments. Those who have seen the scenes in the Extreme Thief movie know that humans appear as insignificant as ants in the face of such towering waves and hurricane storms. Although those were just computer-generated effects, they were enough to let one feel the oppressive force of the giant waves. No matter how robust the physique, whether a mighty man who can take on dozens at once or a heavyweight boxing champion, under such terrifying natural disasters, they all appear frail and vulnerable.
[Floor 47: That said, everyone has witnessed Wang Ye’s prowess, and I can’t think of any word other than Cultivator to describe him.]
[Floor 49: If he really is a Cultivator, then conquering such a small wave should not be a big deal.]
[Floor 50: Wang Ye has already conquered Mount Everest and Swallow Cave, completing two humanly impossible challenges. I hope he can break through and conquer the Cortes Sea this time too.]
[Floor 52: If he really can complete this challenge, I would call him Sea King.]
[Floor 53: Sea King is a fitting term; surviving in such a storm would warrant the title Sea King.]
[Floor 59: It’s said that many bloggers will witness Wang Ye’s challenge in the Cortes Sea these days, which makes me want to go too.]
[Floor 61: Don’t say it; many people might go. Wang Ye’s fame is already comparable to that of celebrity stars. When a celebrity star holds a concert, so many people scramble to buy tickets. Wang Ye surely can’t be worse than them, right?]
[Floor 63: Damn, going to book a ticket now.]
[Floor 69: I checked, and the tickets are sold out, all tickets to Mexico these days are sold out...]
[Floor 71: Damn, are there really that many people going?]
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Seeing the discussion in the post, Wang Ye slightly furrowed his brows,
not expecting that there would be people booking tickets to Mexico to watch his challenge live.
Although the challenge date hasn’t been set, he knows the challenge will be very dangerous.
Waves tens of meters high can directly destroy nearby buildings and instantly sweep countless people into the sea.
Presumably, those netizens have researched the local climate and are aware of this.
Yet they are still willing to risk their lives to watch.
"These are fanatics..." Wang Ye couldn’t help being speechless. Anyway, he will broadcast live then; what’s the difference between watching it live and watching it on a live broadcast?
He stuffed his phone back into his pocket, shook his head to clear his thoughts.
Glancing at the clock hands, he realized it was almost training time.