In the afternoon, Rodin summoned Fletcher to a remote corner by the Eldenne River with a pile of equipment. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Eh, on such a cold day, is the afternoon training going to the river to swim?"

Fletcher crouched down and plucked a handful of water from the clear river, and his face turned pale.

It is the early winter season, and the temperature of the river is only 7 or 8 degrees, which is very cool.

What's more, there is only a shallow stream near the hidden town where he was born and raised, and he can't swim at all except for the occasional bath and water, and the inner city river, although narrow, is four or five meters deep, and for a landlubber, this river can easily take his life.

Rodin smiled lightly: "It is precisely because you can't swim that I brought you here, so it works." “

"What do you think this thing is?"

Rodin stretched out his hand and pointed at the feet of the two of them, a one-foot-square, hollow wooden box. Rodin took advantage of the situation and kicked the wooden box into Hanoi.

"Whether or not you can save your life for a while depends on it. “

Fletcher trembled when he heard this, and objected in a low voice: "Rodin, I can't help but participate this time. ”

Rodin raised his eyebrows, "Scared? Such a big man, he doesn't even dare to go into the water?"

"It's not that I don't dare, you see we basically don't have any security measures, just go on like this? Although I want to challenge myself, I can't joke with my life. “

"With my swimmer by my side, will I open my eyes and see you drowned?"

With that, he feigned disdain to look at Fletcher's snort, and peeled off his leather coat, revealing the back of the bee.

A piece of small and strong muscles, all naked and slick to the point of only shorts, then squatted down, took out two arm-thick hemp ropes from the package, a piece of dark and heavy ore, he threw the ore into the river more than ten meters away with a light swing of his arm, and then neatly tied a figure-eight knot to one of the ropes and tied his ankles firmly.

"Hey, Fatty, come and tie my hands and feet, the figure-eight knot, will you? ”

Fletcher clumsily bound Rodin's wrists and ankles according to Rodin's dictation.

There is no gap between the two knots, and the hands and feet are tied so tightly that they cannot move freely at all. In order to cope with his huge strength, he deliberately found the strongest hemp rope, tried to struggle a little, and was quite satisfied.

"Alright, Fletcher, you stay up there for now, and let you see my special training. With that, Rodin twisted his neck, arms, and legs, warmed up briefly, and took a deep breath.

"Plop-" There was a loud sound of falling water, and in an instant, the cold water of the river soaked Rodin's body, and stubbornly burrowed into his ears and nostrils.

Rodin held his breath tightly, letting the bone-chilling river flow slowly through his body, stretching his hands and feet towards the location where he had dropped the ore.

Before graduating from university, Rodin would return to his hometown every year to swim in the reservoir, and he was quite skilled in the water, but he had never tried to do so, and today he has the opportunity.

His hands and feet were put on hold, and he could only use the vibrations of his waist, neck, thighs, and body to move forward.

Rodin had never considered the danger before, and it was only after trying it out that he understood the hardships.

The current of water that surrounded him seemed to have turned into a denser liquid, and the huge resistance made it extremely difficult for him to move every distance he advanced, and without the fine control of his hands and feet, it was difficult to grasp the direction of his swimming.

At first he shook his body desperately, until several minutes later, he realized that he was still spinning in place.

Thankfully, the Neicheng River flows extremely slowly, with little noticeable obstruction.

But every two minutes, before the feeling of suffocation comes, you have to surface to get some fresh air, and treading water with your feet tied is a new experience, and the difficulty cannot be forgotten.

The physical exertion in the water is far greater than on land, and at a distance of just over ten meters, Rodin felt like he had fought a hearty battle, and he actually felt a little tired.

What's even more terrifying is that after being tired, frequent diving and holding your breath also causes great physical and psychological pressure.

However, it was not until he struggled to grip the ore between his elbows that he realized that the real nightmare had just begun.

The Star Mine is the material that Rodin used to carry his running weight in the morning.

Half a fist-sized piece, but it weighs nearly twenty pounds.

On land, this is insignificant, but in the water, this high-density ore can become a piece of grass that crushes a camel's back.

Using his bound wrists as a fulcrum to grip the heavy ore with his elbows, he could no longer maintain the posture of stretching his hands, so he could only kneel at the bottom of the river on his knees, slowly folding his arms in front of his chest.

Next, his legs held back his strength, his face turned red due to lack of oxygen, his chest was stuffy, and he suddenly kicked out with all his strength, and his body instantly jumped up a distance. Then he twisted his body desperately, like a snake that bent and circled rapidly in the water, slowly and painfully floating towards the surface of the water.

The moment it surfaced, the oxygen in the chest was exhausted, and the chest cavity was about to explode, if it dragged on for another 4 or 5 seconds, it would either suffocate or reproduce the miracle of the original battle of the water ghosts.

At this moment, he obviously felt that his physical strength had decreased, and the movement of his body was no longer as flexible and rapid as it had begun.

He gritted his teeth, endured the dizziness of the tiredness and repeated breath holdings, and swayed towards the wooden box suspended ten meters away.

Rodin seriously underestimated the difficulty of the project, and halfway through the swim, his physical fitness was on the verge of limit, and he was tormented by twenty pounds of ore to the ********, and he had to keep treading water to keep it from sinking.

And the weak body sometimes uncontrollably flipped its face into the water, and the terrifying suffocation struck again and again, and the negative effects of long-term breath holding that led to hypoxia began to appear, and the scene in front of him turned into a lot of phantoms.

Not only was his body tired, but his psychological pressure was also unprecedentedly inflated, and all kinds of strange sounds kept echoing in his ears and mind, tempting him to give up the struggle and fall into eternal sleep.

Fletcher, who was next to him, seemed to see his dangerous situation, and shouted at him in a panic, waving his hand.

Rodin blinked, and suspended quietly above the water, trying to breathe through his mouth and nose.

At this moment, as long as he put down the ore between his elbows, he could still swim to his destination.

"Drop the ore, let go!" every cell in the body shouted, screaming.

Let go of the ore, let go of the obsession, and the voices of countless men, women, and children are echoing.

"No!" Rodin suddenly opened his mouth and let out a silent declaration, he would never compromise and never give up!

The only remaining left eye glared ahead, bloodshot profusely.

In an instant, there seemed to be a taut string breaking in his body.

At the point of physical collapse, physical and mental exhaustion, and the mountain and water were exhausted, the miracle struck again, and the Long Yuan Law spontaneously operated according to the mysterious rhythmic route, and a vigorous force erupted from the hidden corners of his limbs, re-energizing his depleted body.

Under normal conditions, the breathing method will never produce such a wonderful effect, and there is great terror and great chance between life and death.

Rodin kept moving, controlling his body that had regained some physical strength, and began to twist his body strangely again, struggling desperately towards the rest of the road.

The moment he arrived at the wooden box, everything in front of him, everything in the world, seemed to show a bright smile to him.

Rodin put the ore on it and clung to the crate, greedy as a dying fish.

Silent in a state of thoughtless and thoughtless, he returned to the surface after a long time.

Admiration and guilt, Fletcher lifted Rodin with a complicated expression.

"Rodin, why do you keep fighting without any scruples?"

"I envy your open-mindedness and courage to challenge yourself. I'm not as good as you. “

The corners of Rodin's mouth smiled, and Yun looked at him lightly: "How many times can you fight in life?"

"To be honest, if you don't fight now, if the monster attacks one day, you won't have the power to resist and die too aggrieved!"

A strange look appeared on Fletcher's face,

"You're right! What should I do now? Say yes, I won't be able to swim around without tying my hands and feet. “

Rodin said with relief: "The meal should be eaten one bite at a time, I don't have high requirements for you, just learn to swim today." ”

"Still, I'm a little scared. Fletcher said, slowly approaching the water, the edge of the land about half a meter from the water.

"Did you know that water is the source of life? Rodin said this in an unpredictable tone, and suddenly smiled nervously.

"Plop!" Fletcher felt only a push behind him, and his heart trembled, and he fell into the water without warning.

"Wow-"

"Enjoy, fly!"