Power Outage, Depressing.
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For Tangcheng's encouragement, Qin Fang was obviously very happy. His whole person seemed to be a lot more energetic in an instant, but he soon became dispirited. After all, he now only retained less than 60% of his physical strength, and he was still in a state of exhaustion.
"Can you swim in an armed boat?"
However, Tangcheng came to Qin Fang not just to give him a word of encouragement, but to ask more important things.
This team was led by Tangcheng. He was very familiar with everyone in the team, and he had experienced this kind of training many times. Tangcheng would not worry about them.
But Qin Fang was different. It was the first time for him to participate in such high-intensity training, and he had already supported his body to complete 15 kilometers of weighted cross-country. But Tang Cheng didn't even know whether Qin Fang could swim or not. If he rashly let him go into the water, it was easy to have problems.
It should be known that they were not going to swim in an ordinary river or lake, but one of the two mother rivers, the Yangtze River. Once something happened in the river, they would not be able to save them even if they wanted to. At least, several soldiers in Tangcheng's company had sacrificed themselves for this reason.
"It should be okay."
Qin Fang hesitated a little and nodded. "When I was a child, I played in the river once or twice. Although I did not cross it, it was not a big problem …"
Qin Fang's words were not false. He was also a native of Ninghai. His hometown was located north of the Yangtze River, on the side of a big river connected to the Yangtze River. Naturally, his swimming ability was not bad. Although he had not been in the water for some years, the biggest difficulty of crossing the Yangtze River was physical strength. Looking at the neat buns in the prop box, Qin Fang was not so worried.
"That's good …"
Tangcheng nodded and immediately let Qin Fang get the equipment needed for the armed boat swim.
In fact, the armed boat swim did not really directly swim from one side of the Yangtze River to the other side. After such a high-intensity load cross-country, every soldier's physical strength was seriously exhausted. If they wanted to cross the Yangtze River again, they did not know how many people would die. They were still equipped with life jackets.
Soon Qin Fang got the life jacket, but he was a little confused about Tangcheng's intention in asking in advance. With such safety measures, there should not be an accident.
"Don't be so optimistic, kid. Life jackets can only play a certain role in protection. It is not omnipotent. You don't know that every year when we fight floods, our soldiers also wear life jackets, but a lot of them still died …"
Brother Scar gently patted Qin Fang's shoulder and said. Qin Fang's of his expression knew what he was thinking.
The Yangtze River was not an ordinary river. It was very wide, and there might be turbulence in the river. There might even be fishing nets and hidden hooks. No one could guarantee that there would be no danger. The life jacket was only for emergencies, and it was not omnipotent.
"Got it, Brother Scar!"
Qin Fang nodded and said. At the same time, he quickly put on his equipment and carried his weapons.
"Let's go!"
With Tangcheng's order, Tangcheng was the first to jump into the Yangtze River. He quickly rushed toward the wide river. His speed was quite fast, as if the load cross-country didn't consume any physical strength.
This was obviously impossible. Tang Cheng was carrying more weight than any of them, and the consumption of his physical strength was also quite large. However, he had already adapted to this kind of high-intensity training. It could be seen from the fact that every soldier behind him was diving into the water at the same speed.
"What are you waiting for, let's go!"
Brother Scar gently pushed Qin Fang and urged him. Then, he followed the troops into the water. Qin Fang only staggered a little. Then, he jumped into the water and chased after the troops.
Qin Fang was not bragging when he said that he could swim across the Yangtze River. It could be seen from his skillful swimming movements after entering the water. Although he was carrying weapons and equipment, Qin Fang's movements were not as smooth as when he was naked. However, after a moment of stagnation, he quickly became proficient. It did not take long for him to catch up with Brother Scar who was one step ahead of him.
Almost after Qin Fang swam dozens of meters into the water, the notification in his mind came late. But this time, there were two notifications.
"Learned skill: Swimming. Skill level: Beginner. Proficiency: 0%."
"Character has learned a skill. Converted to proficiency. Swimming skill upgraded to Intermediate …"
This result surprised Qin Fang. Since he obtained this magical ability, almost all of Qin Fang's skills started from Beginner 0%.
The only skill that directly reached Intermediate was Xing Yi Quan, which was personally taught by Cai Pingyuan, the Guo Shu Master.
However, Qin Fang didn't expect that the first skill to reach the intermediate level was the seemingly useless swimming skill, which made Qin Fang quite surprised. Although Qin Fang was indeed good at swimming, it was out of his expectation.
"What else am I good at?"
It was just that this discovery made Qin Fang think about what he was good at. But after thinking about it, he couldn't think of anything else. Even swimming, which seemed to be useless, was useless.
This result made Qin Fang slightly disappointed, but he quickly threw it to the back of his mind. He had already tried it himself. Some skills were not recognized by the system. Even if Qin Fang tried countless times, it was still useless. He still couldn't get the skill notification.
But some skills that Qin Fang didn't care about would suddenly appear when Qin Fang wasn't paying attention. For example, this swimming skill. Before Qin Fang went into the water, he thought that he should be able to obtain a skill.
It was just that Qin Fang swam dozens of meters in the water before he got the skill notification. Qin Fang even thought that this skill was not recognized by the system and had given up. But it slowly appeared again.
"It seems that the acquisition of skills also requires a suitable opportunity!"
Vaguely, Qin Fang seemed to have found a little trick. Although this trick was still a little too vague, it still gave Qin Fang a little bit of confidence in his heart.
"I didn't expect you to be so good at swimming …"
Seeing that Qin Fang actually caught up so quickly, Brother Scar laughed. Originally, he was a little worried that Qin Fang couldn't keep up with their team, so his swimming speed wasn't very fast. He deliberately slowed down a little. But when he saw Qin Fang's aggressive appearance and quickly overtaking the team behind him, even if he suddenly sped up, Qin Fang still easily caught up with him. He immediately slowed down and said to Qin Fang.
"When I was young, I didn't have anything to play with. In summer, I would jump into the river ditch. Once I played for half a day, I became more proficient. I haven't been in the water for many years, but it seems that I haven't fallen behind …"
Qin Fang said with some embarrassment.
What he said was all true. However, after his swimming skill had reached the intermediate level, it was obviously much better than Qin Fang's unorthodox swimming skill. Now, he finally understood how to swim with the least effort and how to move his body faster …
It was also because of this change that Qin Fang's physical strength required to swim decreased a lot. Even at such a high speed, he could still barely support himself.
However, the surface of the Yangtze River was too wide. Qin Fang looked at the land in the distance and found it looked so far away in the river.
Qin Fang didn't know how long he had been swimming. Although he tried to reduce the consumption of his physical strength as much as possible, his little physical strength was still decreasing at a rapid speed, and soon it reached a relatively low ratio. Qin Fang's face became paler and paler. It looked like he had been soaked in the river water, but it also looked like he had overexerted his physical strength.
The Yangtze River was vast, and there were many ships coming and going. Tangcheng led this group of armed soldiers to swim, so they naturally had to avoid those ships. Similarly, when the ships saw this group of people crossing the river, they slowed down in the distance, so it was generally unlikely that they would bump into them.
But even so, they still had to ensure everyone's safety. Some unpredictable dangers were unavoidable, but man-made crises like this could still be avoided.
"Are you okay?"
Tangcheng slowed down from the front and retreated to Qin Fang's side. He mainly saw that Qin Fang's face was a little pale.
"Brother Tang, I'm fine. I can hold on … Aren't we almost at the other side?"
At this time, Qin Fang's physical strength had indeed been greatly consumed, but he could see the land in front of him as soon as he raised his head slightly. After thinking for a while, Qin Fang decided to grit his teeth and hold on. He found that the more he held on under such circumstances, the more combo points he would get. Obviously, this was a kind of benefit that came from exceeding the limit.
"The other side?"
Tangcheng's cold face immediately showed a trace of a smile. "Who told you that we've reached the other side? That's the River Heart Continent. We have to avoid it … Forget it. Seeing that you're about to die, let's take a rest in the River Heart Continent!"
"Ah … We've just reached the River Heart Continent?"
Hearing this, Qin Fang remembered that the Yangtze River in Ninghai was not spacious and unobstructed. In the middle were the River Heart Continent, the Bagua Continent, and many other landmasses in the river, which divided the Yangtze River into two water bodies. Although the water bodies at the head and the tail were still connected, in fact, there were still many people living on them.
Qin Fang had been so focused on swimming that he had consumed a lot of physical strength that he forgot about this. Now that he thought about it, he realized that they had only swum half the distance, or even less than half the distance. Immediately, Qin Fang felt a little dejected. He hurriedly ate a bun to replenish his strength. Otherwise, Qin Fang estimated that he would have collapsed before reaching the River Heart Continent.
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