novelraw Chapter 324 - 258: Did You Really Find a Needle in a Haystack Under the Sea?
Chapter 324 - 258: Did You Really Find a Needle in a Haystack Under the Sea?
"They’re all missing..."
Carlos’s face was pale, looking utterly despondent.
Disappearing in such waters, the outcome is predictable.
Most likely, they’ll be buried at the sea bottom, devoured by sea creatures, with no remains to be found.
Though such things are quite common in extreme sports.
But witnessing teammates, whom one has spent so much time with, end up at the bottom of the sea.
Still leaves him feeling terrible.
Wang Ye pondered for a moment and spoke, "Wait here, I’ll go retrieve them."
"What are you talking about? Retrieve?" Carlos’s eyes were filled with disbelief. Although he was still immersed in grief, he knew clearly that Wang Ye’s idea was purely nonsensical.
It’s known that even under normal circumstances, retrieving a drowned body from a narrow river is challenging for the police with professional equipment, as the flowing waters continuously push the body to drift irregularly. Trying to find a body based on the drowning point is akin to a fool’s task, impossible to achieve. The current sea area is countless times wider than a river, so how could retrieval be possible?
Moreover, a storm is ongoing, and the waves show no sign of weakening.
Even their small yacht has gone missing.
Even putting aside these difficulties,
assuming retrieval is possible, it would take at least half an hour. Typically, without rescue measures, an adult might die within 3 to 20 minutes from drowning.
This means that during the retrieval process, the drowned person would have already lost vital signs.
They see no reason to risk the survivor’s life in attempting to retrieve bodies that have completely lost vital signs.
At this time.
Li Weimin, in the helicopter, also heard Wang Ye’s words through the communicator.
Though he wasn’t on site and couldn’t hear Carlos’s voice.
But he could guess the conversation’s gist from Wang Ye’s words.
"Wang Ye! Don’t be impulsive! You’ve just completed a challenge; your mental and physical energy are severely drained. Don’t go back into the sea! Did you hear me clearly, Wang Ye?! If you want to retrieve them, we can wait until the wind calms down and try with professional equipment!"
Li Weimin anxiously pressed the communicator hanging on his right ear,
trying to appease Wang Ye and persuade him to return to the beach.
About two seconds later, a low voice came through the communicator.
"I know what I’m doing, don’t worry."
"Damn, don’t worry my ass!"
Li Weimin almost collapsed; he furiously hammered the seat, causing a loud thump.
Before he could say another word, Wang Ye, seen through the binoculars, suddenly jumped into the sea from the beach, moving as fast as a wild rabbit.
Li Weimin’s face turned deathly pale; he had never felt so powerless.
Meanwhile, the TikTok live stream was still ongoing.
The million viewers online in the live stream all saw Wang Ye return to the ocean.
Thus they began speculating Wang Ye’s intention.
[Didn’t Wang Ye succeed in the challenge? Why did he go down again?]
[Did he really just jump down like that?]
[Damn, how dare he jump in again?]
[He seemed to have talked with that Red Bull Team guy briefly and then decisively jumped into the sea.]
[Could it be that Red Bull guy provoked Wang Ye?]
[I think Red Bull guy’s expression seemed off, quite sad.]
[Indeed. Though the camera is far, the picture is somewhat blurry, it’s still discernible.]
[Well, his teammates sank into the sea, of course he’s sad.]
[Wait a minute, wait a minute, is Wang Ye going down to retrieve Red Bull Team’s bodies?]
[What’s this, retrieving bodies in the sea?]
[Needle in a haystack, huh?]
[This sea area is so vast, with hurricane and rain interference, the difficulty is like finding a needle in a haystack!]
[Objectively speaking, retrieving bodies in the sea is indeed as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack.]
[Plus, the ocean’s current is very swift now, it’s likely their bodies have drifted hundreds of meters away.]
[Wang Ye wouldn’t be that naive, would he?]
[Judging by the looks, he’s really going to retrieve the bodies; the key is there’s nothing else for him to do now!]
[Those team members have been swept away for over a minute, how can they be retrieved?]
[Ridiculous...]
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As the live stream comments were fiercely debating.
Wang Ye had already swum hundreds of meters into the ocean.
He was like a nimble marlin, swiftly traversing through the water.
Without the burden of a surfboard.
His swimming speed once surpassed 100 km/h, faster than ordinary yachts or motorboats.
His swimming posture had shifted from the former freestyle or breaststroke to a fish-like body twist. His spine and other joint bones became soft like a whip, with activity levels surprisingly high, far more flexible than women trained in yoga for decades. This is because his swimming had been honed for a long time, and his brain automatically utilized acquired knowledge to design a swimming posture that best suited his physique and bones. This resulted in his swimming skills surpassing the human pinnacle, though his skill level hadn’t reached its maximum yet.
Wang Ye moved rapidly through the turbulent waters,
his eyes remained tightly shut, controlling his brain to continually amplify his tactile perception ability.