novelraw Chapter 315 - 253: Sea King 2
Chapter 315 - 253: Sea King 2
He first went to the restroom to change into a tight-fitting surfing suit.
Then he put on a jacket, carrying the surfboard on his shoulder.
After taking the necessary items for training, he walked out of the hotel.
At this time, it was still raining continuously outside.
It was like a thick fog enveloping the entire bay area.
The scenery beyond ten meters could hardly be seen clearly.
Wang Ye put on his hood, took off his shoes, and started running along the road in the rain.
Sometime, his feet grew sharp inwardly curved toenails. Ten toenails deeply embedded in the ground, providing excellent grip.
Wang Ye fully utilized the grip provided by his toenails, constantly pushing back hard. The high-density thigh muscles erupted with nearly a thousand pounds of explosive force, making his speed increase countless times instantly, like a rocket spouting flames.
He was carrying a surfboard longer than a person, which seemed cumbersome, but his steps were unexpectedly light and swift, propelling his body to shuttle quickly through the rain. The surfboard on his shoulder even made a tearing sound in the air because of the fast movement, forming a high-pressure surface that pushed away the rain ahead, looking just like a fighter jet soaring swiftly in the sky.
Wang Ye’s running speed was getting faster and faster, gradually rising from 50 meters per second to 100 meters per second, reaching subsonic speed.
Subsonic speed usually refers to the speed of an object moving below 340 meters per second (one third of a kilometer per second), which is less than the speed of sound.
Wang Ye’s limit speed without carrying anything was 150-200 meters per second, which is half the speed of sound.
But now carrying a surfboard slowed his speed down to 100 meters per second,
Although the limit speed was reduced, it still looked ridiculously fast.
If this speed per second is converted into speed per hour, it is 360 kilometers per hour, faster than the maximum speed of the Fuxing high-speed rail at 350 kilometers per hour. If anyone has taken the Fuxing high-speed rail, they would know how intense the pressure and the whistle sound feel when it sweeps past with its average speed.
This also made the sound generated when Wang Ye was running very loud, with a continuous buzzing sound emanating from his body, not as intimidating as the high-speed rail, but still carried some of its momentum.
Wang Ye had to turn off his hearing and cover his eardrums and other soft tissues with a certain degree of Gang Qi, to maintain this speed for long distances.
Because the vibration and wind pressure he experienced while running were the greatest, the shells of supersonic aircraft are mostly made of high-hardness tungsten-based materials, with a heat-resistant coating on the surface. This ensures that the key structural components of the aircraft, such as the nose cone, leading edges, windward surfaces, leeward surfaces, engine nozzles, etc., can withstand severe air friction and high-temperature airflow impacts up to 2000-3000℃ without being damaged, meaning these components must possess excellent properties like high heat resistance, high strength, pressure resistance, and impact resistance.
But despite this, pilots in the advanced technology-made shells still may faint due to the intense vibration of high-speed flight.
Without any shell protection, Wang Ye had to endure even more terrifying pressure. Bones of extremely high hardness could still withstand such pressure, but it was uncertain if body tissues like eardrums and corneas could endure it.
It is said that after breaking through the sound barrier, the sound made by moving actually becomes lethal. The principle is when the object’s speed exceeds the speed of sound, the compression of the air by the object cannot propagate quickly, forming a shock wave front on the windward area. The acoustic energy on the shock wave front is highly concentrated, and when this energy reaches the human ear, it generates an extremely intense explosion sound, known as a sonic boom.
Sonic booms not only create a huge sound but also form a Prandtl-Glauert Condensation Cloud, commonly known as a sonic boom cloud. This cloud formation takes the moving object as the central axis and spreads evenly around from both sides of the forefront, appearing as a cone-shaped cloud. This is due to the airflow breakthrough speed surpassing the air conduction speed, causing a decrease in density and pressure, and the condensation of water vapor.
When the object is large enough, the sonic boom can even directly burst a human eardrum, and in severe cases, destroy buildings. For instance, when the Concorde flies at twice the speed of sound at 16,000 meters altitude, the pressure from the sonic boom on the ground can reach 100 Pa, equivalent to applying 10 kilograms of force on a one-square-meter window glass.
If humans were to bear this sonic boom pressure at close range, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Therefore, supersonic flights are banned over land, to prevent sonic booms from causing harm to humans.
Wang Ye wasn’t worried about the sonic boom causing him any harm. After all, he could control the formation of Gang Qi on the body surface, simulating the shell of a supersonic aircraft. This layer of Gang Qi could block over 90% of vibrational or compressive damage, effectively preventing the pressure formed by a sonic boom from damaging his eardrums or internal organs. Although resisting subsonic pressure was already tough for him now, once his speed broke the sound barrier, his physical qualities would certainly become much more robust, with higher body tissue density to withstand stronger vibrations and pressure.
So he was looking forward to breaking the sound barrier with his speed. If he truly could surpass it, it would mean he gained another means of attack or defense. If his speed indeed broke the sound barrier, then perhaps nothing short of a large-scale destructive weapon—like a nuclear bomb, would pose a threat to him.
Mere ordinary running and jumping already surpassed any footwork or Lightweight Skill.
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Wang Ye maintained that speed, and within a few minutes, he reached the beach.
It was more than twice as fast as he usually drove.
But frankly, he preferred driving over running.
Because driving hardly consumed physical strength, could sustain long-distance travel, and transport heavy loads.
Whereas maintaining a speed of 100 meters per second while running, he could only sustain it for a few minutes before completely exhausting his strength, and he could not carry too much weight this way.
For instance, he’s already running out of stamina now.
Wang Ye sat down on the beach, gasping for breath.
After panting for about three minutes, he returned to his peak state and started swimming and surfing training for the day.
The Red Bull Challenge Team members also gradually arrived at the beach for training after nine o’clock.
Until it was close to noon.
Suddenly Wang Ye noticed a familiar truck approaching from the distant road.
The truck was the very one Wang Ye had driven these past days.
Taking a close look, the driver at the moment was Li Weimin, who had arrived in Mexico this morning.
Li Weimin drove the truck onto the beach and unloaded the yacht into the sea.
After getting out of the car, Li Weimin waved a greeting at Wang Ye and approached to inquire about Wang Ye’s recent condition.
Upon learning that Wang Ye had been training with the Red Bull Challenge Team recently, he cheerfully led the Red Bull Challenge Team onto the yacht together. With more than ten people standing on the small yacht, it was a bit crowded, but Carlos and others didn’t mind, after all, they were here to train, not for a vacation.
The speed of the yacht was very fast, with the water jet engine continuously spraying out white waves.
Pushing the heavy yacht towards the sea.
In just a few seconds, it took everyone tens of meters offshore.
The constantly surging waves made the yacht extremely bumpy.
Li Weimin held onto a rod, standing on the deck, amidst the roaring gale, he whispered to Wang Ye:
"There’s something I need to tell you, the bicycle you ordered a while ago, the factory is already working on it, it will probably be completed in about half a month. Moreover, when I was explaining the design drawing to the factory, I found that this bicycle of yours has reached the level of a motorcycle in both structure and materials. I think you could try Utah mountain cross country with this bike."