Chapter 334 Deep Sea Training, Essence Reward
"In order to support this Malacca Channel mission, the theater command specially transferred two third-level source materials, one is [Tidecaller] and the other is [Deep Sea Lord]."
In front of the Longwei base training ground, theater staff officer Qi Jinghui announced the command's decision to the ten marine superpowers in front of him:
"These two third-level source materials will be handed over to Commander Lu to decide how to use them to assist in completing this deep-sea mission. Let Commander Lu explain how to distribute them specifically."
The Daxia military indeed attached great importance to the Malacca Channel mission. Without Lu Heng's mention, Li Guining asked the headquarters to mobilize all the resources it could mobilize.
These two third-level source materials are the support provided by the southern theater.
Just by listening to the names, you can tell that these two sources belong to the marine class.
Among them, [Deep Sea Lord] is a universal source of essence, and has no requirements on the attributes of the superpower user.
[Tidecaller] tends to be a person with spiritual powers and has the ability to control sea water.
There is no absolute strength or weakness between the two sources, but there will be a more suitable tendency.
Lu Heng stood in front of the ten people, glanced around, and said loudly: "In the past three days, you have all upgraded at least two skills and mastered stronger underwater activities.
"These two third-level source materials also strengthen the marine system's capabilities. In other words, if you choose these two source materials, you must stick to the ocean strengthening route in the future.
"Listen to my command. If you don't have the third-level source material and are interested in these two sources, please step forward."
As soon as the order came out, the seven people took a step forward.
There were only three people standing behind, looking at each other with disappointment in their eyes.
These ten people were selected because they have strong underwater mobility, and more than half of the skills in the skill set are related to water.
Therefore, as long as these ten people are clear-headed, they will definitely choose the ocean strengthening route.
Now if I want to change my route, even if I can change to a land combat type superpower, I will basically remain mediocre all the way.
In the track of ocean hegemony, the competition is relatively less fierce, which is what they are good at.
At the beginning, four or five of the ten people planned to apply to be transferred back to the original unit after completing this mission.
After all, the structure of the special forces team is too special.
However, three days have passed, and each of these ten marine warriors has upgraded two skills.
This made them understand what was really special about the special teams team, and everyone changed their initial thoughts.
The purpose of recruiting these ten people into the special force was to deal with the deep sea fog crisis in the Malacca Channel, so Lu Heng mainly upgraded their water skills.
For example, C-level [Underwater Breathing] has been upgraded to C-level [Advanced Underwater Breathing], which has a stronger ability to obtain oxygen in the water.
In addition, skills to increase underwater mobility have also been upgraded.
For example, one of the second-level sergeants named Liu Haiyang upgraded his D-level [Water Acceleration] to C-level [Surge Acceleration].
Before the abyss fell, the freestyle speed of ordinary human athletes was about 2 meters/second.
Among them, the men's 100-meter freestyle world record is 46.40 seconds.
It can be seen that the swimming speed of 2 meters/second is close to the limit of ordinary humans.
If it is a deep dive, the speed will be even slower.
It is conceivable that human beings have very weak mobility in the water and will be crushed by any kind of fish.
In the age of the abyss, there was a passing standard for marine warriors among human superpowers, that is, their movement speed in the water could catch up with dolphins.
The swimming speed of dolphins in water is about 36 kilometers/hour, which is 10 meters/second.
A speed of 10 meters/second is probably the ultimate running speed of athletes on land.
In other words, the passing speed of marine superpowers in swimming in water is equivalent to the running speed of athletes on land.
This requirement is not high for a person with superpowers, and can be solved with one skill.
The skill effect of [Water Acceleration] is to increase the underwater acceleration by 8 meters/second. Coupled with the swimming speed of the superpower itself, as well as the blessing of strength and agility, it can usually reach the passing line of 10 meters/second.
In other words, a qualified marine superpower user needs a skill similar to [Water Acceleration].
It requires a skill, which doesn’t seem difficult.
However, coupled with [Underwater Breathing], it already occupies two skill slots.
Daxia's official statistics show that the initial number of skill slots for superpowers is 2.15. In other words, for most superpowers, if they want to become a marine superpower, they have to use up two skill slots.
Moreover, this is just a passing grade.
If you want to gain a greater advantage in the water, you must either upgrade your skills or absorb more water skills.
It can also be seen from this that it is not easy to take the ocean strengthening route.
Moreover, these two skills can only be used in the water. Going ashore is equivalent to having neither skill at all.
This is also the reason why few people with special abilities choose the ocean strengthening route.
What's even more difficult is that if you want to form a fighting force in the water, it's far from enough to reach the swimming speed of a dolphin.
This time the fog crisis on the Malacca route is extremely difficult.
If you think about it for a moment, you will know that if you enter the fog under the sea at the speed of a dolphin and encounter the abyssal monsters on the bottom of the sea, you probably won't even have a chance to escape.
Therefore, for this undersea mission, the minimum swimming speed must reach shark level.
The swimming speed of sharks is usually 72 kilometers/hour, which is 20 meters/second.
In order to meet this requirement, Lu Heng upgraded the underwater acceleration skills for these ten people.
A second-level sergeant named Liu Haiyang has upgraded his D-level [Water Acceleration] to C-level [Surge Acceleration], with an acceleration effect of 20 meters per second. After testing, combined with his original swimming speed, it can reach 22 m/s, even faster if it is in combat mode.
It can reach the speed of a shark, which is basically enough for this mission.
Of course, the higher the data, the better.
The two classes [Lord of the Deep Sea] and [Tidecaller] can increase the ability to move in the water. As long as you get these two classes, your combat effectiveness in the water will soar.
Therefore, even the remaining three warriors who already had the third-level source quality showed expectant eyes.
Lu Heng glanced at the remaining three people and asked again: "Those who already have the third-level source material, but want to change the source material, should take a step forward."
This time, two more people took a step forward.
In the end, only one person was left standing behind. He was the highest level among the ten people. His source energy level had reached level 40 and he had already obtained the third rank.
Therefore, he was unable to participate in the competition between these two third-level source materials.
The last level 40 supernatural warrior is named Cao Lixiong. He has the highest level of energy among the ten people.
Because of his high level and strong combat power, he passed the battle for the essence in a previous recruitment and obtained a complete third-level job.
His third-level job is [Energy Shield Guard].
This is a defensive class with strong defensive capabilities and can also provide defense in water.
However, this is indeed not a marine class, and it is relatively not well suited to his other abilities. For ordinary people with superpowers, obtaining a class mostly depends on luck, and not everyone has the opportunity to choose.
Sometimes when I encounter a class essence, I absorb it directly in order to immediately improve my combat power. As for whether it is suitable for the class route, I have no time to think about it.
Lu Heng had seen Cao Lixiong's file, so he knew that his third-level job was [Energy Shield Guard], so he said:
"Your class can also function in water, and in the water medium, the power of most attacks will be weakened, but the defensive ability will not be weakened too much.
"Under the circumstances, the effect of defensive skills in water will be stronger than on land."
Take firearms for example.
The sniper rifle is in the air and can shoot targets thousands of meters away.
However, once the bullet is shot into the water, it loses its power after moving one meter.
Therefore, Cao Lixiong's [Energy Shield Guard] class is the strongest defense in the deep sea, and few things can break it.
"Yes!" Cao Lixiong stood at attention and agreed.
Lu Heng continued: "Next, I will announce the distribution method of the two sources of essence. Today there will be a deep-sea training in the East China Sea, and the top three warriors will receive rewards.
“Two of the rewards are [Deep Sea Lord] and [Tidecaller] Essence, and the third reward is a skill upgrade opportunity.
Check out the 16-9 book bar and see the correct version!
"Reward selection based on performance, do you understand?"
"Understood!" Ten marine warriors stood at attention and responded loudly.
"If you understand, get on the helicopter." Lu Heng raised his hand and pointed to the helicopter landing pad in the base.
At this moment, an armed helicopter is parked on the tarmac.
Lu Heng, Jian Qing, and Qi Jinghui led the team together, leading ten marine warriors including Liu Haiyang and Cao Lixiong to board the armed helicopter and fly to the East China Sea.
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An hour and a half later, the armed helicopter arrived over the East China Sea and continued flying eastward.
Jian Qing opened a box, showed the training props inside, and introduced:
"Here are ten rubber balls. The overall density is greater than that of sea water. If thrown into the sea, they will sink to the bottom of the sea, but they will be washed away by the current, and may also be swallowed by big fish.
"There is a light-emitting device on the rubber ball that emits red light at a frequency of once every ten seconds. The visibility distance under the water is about two to three hundred meters. The specific situation depends on the visibility of the sea water.
"Remember the current coordinates. From here on, the helicopter will drop a rubber ball into the sea every minute.
"After throwing the ten rubber balls, continue flying one hundred kilometers east, then let you down and retrieve the rubber balls.
"After finding the rubber ball, return to the Baoshan Lighthouse on the shore. The first three to return will receive rewards. Do you understand?"
"I understand!" Ten people agreed in unison.
"Very good, let's start throwing rubber balls." Jian Qing said, grabbing a rubber ball and throwing it into the sea.
These rubber balls are 15 centimeters in diameter. If there is no other identification method, it will be difficult to retrieve them if they are thrown into the sea.
However, the rubber ball is equipped with a red light device. As long as you find the flashing red light, you can find the rubber ball.
Even so, it's not that easy to retrieve the rubber ball.
Because after dropping ten rubber balls, the helicopter still has to fly 100 kilometers eastward. In other words, these ten marine warriors need to swim back to the rubber ball dropping point from 100 kilometers away.
If you are an ordinary person, you can just give up after a distance of 100 kilometers.
The underwater skills of these ten marine warriors have been upgraded, and now all of them move faster in water than 20 meters per second.
So the 100 kilometers distance in the sea only takes one and a half hours for them.
The location where the rubber ball is placed is about 150 kilometers away from the Baoshan Lighthouse on the shore.
So this ocean training lasts about 4 hours.
When ten marine warriors checked the equipment, the helicopter had already flown 100 kilometers.
Jian Qing asked loudly: "Have you checked all the equipment?"
"Inspection completed!" Ten people responded in unison.
Jian Qing asked: "Let's go down here. The height from the sea is one hundred meters now. Do we still need to descend?"
Cao Lixiong stood by the helicopter door, glanced down, and replied: "As long as there is sea water below, I can jump from outer space."
His third-level job is [Energy Shield Guard], with full defense points, and when objects fall in the atmosphere, there is air resistance, so they actually have a limit speed.
So he can literally jump from outer space.
Others do not have such strong defense, but it is not difficult to jump into the sea from a distance of 100 meters.
Therefore, after checking their equipment, the mission marine warriors jumped into the sea one after another to start this deep sea training.
Jian Qing finally reminded: "This deep-sea training lasts for 4 hours. If you don't find the rubber ball for more than 4 hours, you can return directly to Baoshan Lighthouse. If you encounter danger, you can send a signal for help. Note that this is just training. You are teammates who must fight together. Once a team member is in danger, rescue is the first priority.”
"Yes!"
The ten people responded in unison, but this training was a competition after all, so after the ten people entered the sea, they looked at the compass and immediately started swimming towards the west.
They all reached their ultimate speed, like ten flying fish shooting across the sea.
Normally, swimming is faster on the surface than on the bottom of the sea, so out of ten people, seven swim freely on the surface, leaving seven white wakes.
However, three people fell into the bottom of the sea.
Lu Heng knew who these three people were at a glance. The underwater acceleration skills of these three people were more effective underwater, and among them was Liu Haiyang.
Therefore, these three people went directly to the bottom of the water and disappeared from the sight of the helicopter.
Lu Heng watched ten people racing rapidly in the sea, some of them even reaching speeds of 100 kilometers per hour.
70 kilometers per hour is the passing line for this ocean fog crisis, but the speeds of these ten people in the sea are not the same. Some of them went as fast as 100 kilometers per hour, gradually widening the distance from the others.
Most cars can reach a speed of 100 kilometers per hour on land, which is not an exaggeration.
However, in the sea, this speed is already the ultimate speed of a high-speed battleship.
In other words, for this marine warrior, the speed of surface ships cannot match them.
If it's on the bottom of the sea, their advantage is even more obvious.
Because the ships that can dive into the bottom of the sea include submarines, and the most advanced submarines have a limit speed of only 50 kilometers per hour on the bottom of the sea.
In other words, the speed of these ten marine warriors on the seabed can almost double the speed of killing a submarine.
Moreover, this is only the swimming speed under normal conditions. If the combat speed is higher, it can be higher.
Only by reaching this underwater speed can we be able to solve the fog crisis on the seabed.
Lu Heng looked at the marine warriors who were gradually retreating, and raised his hand to point in the direction of Baoshan Lighthouse: "Let's go back."
The helicopter turned and returned to the Baoshan Lighthouse north of Gardenia Beach.
(End of chapter)