Cannon fodder, he just wants to win [Quick Transmigration]

After February, Bohol.

On the diving platform 1km away from the island, Xie Bujing was wearing a blue diving suit, lying on his back with his arms outstretched.

The sea is warm and soft, and the sun is dazzling.

"Ready." The voice of the technical security officer came.

Xie Bujing arched his hips and slowly dived into the deep sea.

The technical safety officer remained on the diving platform, while the fitness instructor and Duan Yan wore rubber suits and long flippers as safety officers.

Xie Bujing relaxed his body and slowly descended along the guiding line.

After 1 minute and 10 seconds, he got the depth card and turned up.

At 3 minutes and 30 seconds, at a place 10 meters away from the water surface, Xie Bujing took off the nose clip. The air stored in the body kept rising, and a string of transparent bubbles appeared in the water.

This is not the normal way to vent in diving, but many experienced divers will attempt this behavior.

Because after exhaling air at the bottom of the water, he can inhale immediately when he comes out of the water.

But newcomers are forbidden to exhale underwater, because they may not grasp the timing well, and they will exhale completely before they reach the surface of the water. When the time comes, they will only be suffocated.

At 3 minutes and 38 seconds, Xie Bujing was pushed out of the water by the huge buoyancy. He grasped the guide line and opened his mouth to inhale the first breath of air.

Duan Yan followed Xie Bujing all the way up and stopped half a meter away from him.

All eyes were on him, looking forward to the results of the first cooperative diving.

Three seconds later, Xie Bujing made an OK gesture and said loudly to Duan Yan: "I'm fine."

Everyone around breathed a sigh of relief and quickly cheered.

This is Xie Bujing's first deep diving training after forming his own diving team.

The technical safety officer is Frank who has resumed the identity of Xie Herong, the fitness coach is from a team of retired diving athletes, and Duan Yan acts as the team doctor and safety officer.

But for the most important coaching position, there has been no suitable candidate for a long time.

Xie Bujing wanted to find a coach with a style that suits him and who has a lot of experience in competitions.However, most of these coaches have opened their own studios, or have become other people's coaches. It is not easy to find suitable candidates.

Xie Bujing continued to search for candidates while resuming training, but unfortunately there was still no progress after two months.

And in the process, he has dived to 103 meters again with his own strength.

At this time, he signed up for the Honduras Cup challenge, with a diving goal of 103 meters.

He skipped 103 and hit 104 in the game before, and failed the 104-meter challenge. He has not yet achieved this result in the race.

A month later, the Caribbean, Honduras Challenge Cup.

This dive, Xie Bujing was calmer than ever before.

He no longer competes with others for depth, and no longer stares at the world record. He just improves and progresses at his own pace.

At the end of the competition, Xie Bujing successfully completed the process of getting out of the water, almost without any dizziness, and even the reaction to nitrogen narcosis was very small.

The game brought him a silver medal, while the gold medal belonged to Norbert.Lansing, the constant-weight no-fin record holder, set a depth of 104 meters in this race, breaking his own record set a year ago.

Xie Bujing is quite satisfied with this.

Rather than dragging his broken body back to the surface desperately, he prefers this refreshing and pleasant feeling out of the water, which lets him know that he can still control his body.

I don't know when, for diving, he no longer has a tragic personal heroism plot.

He still wants to challenge the limit, but he hopes that he can reach that depth more calmly and calmly.

He doesn't want to be a suffering hero, he just wants to be an ordinary free diver, exploring the deep sea in his own way.

This competition gave Xie Bujing confidence, and he no longer wanted a diving instructor so urgently. The worst result was to practice by himself. Anyway, many world champions in the early years fought alone without even a team.

Xie Bujing calmed down, but unexpectedly the situation turned around at this moment.

In the second half of the Honduras Cup competition, when Xie Bujing stayed on the field as a volunteer, he was suddenly accosted: "I heard that you are looking for a diving instructor?"

The speaker was a small, middle-aged woman—Cora Bradbury, who was inconspicuous on the outside, but had created a bunch of dazzling honors.

She is the queen of freediving. In the past 50 years, she has created more than 30 world records and won 21 gold medals.

She is also the world record holder for women's constant weight without fins. Dang Xie Bujing lost to Norbert.In Lansing, Cora Bradbury successfully challenged the women's world record of 75 meters, breaking her previous record of 74 meters.

Xie Bujing was a little surprised, he didn't expect that such a legendary figure would take the initiative to find him.

"Yes," Xie Bujing nodded, "but there has been no suitable candidate."

Cora Bradbury looked up at him with the calmness and wisdom of time in her eyes.

After a long time, she slowly said, "What do you think of me?"

Xie Bujing was naturally willing, and agreed without any hesitation.

But Cora is still an active player and spends most of her time on her own training. She cannot be regarded as Xie Bujing's coach, but will only give some suggestions on training plans and competitions.

On this point, Xie Bujing has no objection.

Because he no longer relies on the coach for basic training, what he needs is more advice on the general direction.

It's just that Xie Bujing didn't guess that Cora Bradbury's first formal training was to let him climb a mountain.

In fact, that wasn't considered training, it was just an ordinary invitation.

About two months after they met, Cora said to Xie Bujing on the chat software: "I'm going to climb a mountain next month, do you want to come with me?"

"Mountain climbing?" Xie Bujing was curious, "Where is it?"

Cora: "I haven't decided yet, I'll let you know when I've decided."

Xie Bujing asked Duan Yan: "Do you want to go?"

Duan Yan nodded: "Go."

So they packed their bags and set off together.

This time they used alpine-style mountaineering, relying on their own strength to climb without oxygen or external supplies, which is light and fast, and usually returns within two or three days.

"To a certain extent, mountaineering and diving are very similar sports. They both have to break through the height of the water level, need to fight against hypoxia, and are also a test of willpower."

Cora, who was over 5000 years old, was carrying a hiking bag and said as she walked that even on a high mountain with an altitude of 50 meters, she was so fit that she did not look like a [-]-year-old middle-aged woman.

Xie Bujing looked up at Cora, panting a little: "Do you often come to climb mountains?"

"Not very often," Cora shook her head. "From the age of 30, maybe once a year."

Xie Bujing: "..."

Isn't that too often?

"However, I don't climb too high, mainly at altitudes of 5 or 6000 meters." Cora said, "Because I think the most important thing about mountaineering is not to reach the finish line, but to feel the climbing itself."

As the altitude continued to go online, Xie Bujing gradually understood the meaning of this sentence.

He is not a person with serious altitude resistance, but after the altitude exceeds 5000 meters, he gradually feels headaches and shortness of breath.

The same is the lack of oxygen, nitrogen narcosis is a short but intense pain, and high reaction is a more prolonged torture.

During the climb, they endure hours of pain that intensifies with each round.

At this time, all ambitions disappeared, and Xie Bujing completely abandoned all external desires, and no longer paid attention to altitude and climbing goals.

He just spread his legs and climbed up step by step.

This is very similar to diving. He can't get rid of the nitrogen narcosis during the ascent, and he can't get rid of the headache of high reaction. All he can do is accept all these and focus on the present moment.

Miraculously, when he focused on the mountaineering itself, he found that the end was already in sight.

After returning from mountain climbing, Xie Bujing began to try subtraction.

He lost his hunger for numbers, lost his desire to win, and he brought his thoughts together a little bit, just focusing on the dive itself.

This led to a marked change in both his life and his diving style.

In life, Xie Bujing's material needs have been lowered and lowered. The collar of the white T-shirt gets bigger and bigger after being washed, the elasticity of the swimming trunks is gone, and the underwear becomes baggy... No matter what kind of tatters you wear, you can still wear them. Yan couldn't stand it anymore and helped him clean up the room and threw it away.

"Hey, why did you throw it away for me?" Xie Bujing's tone was full of regret, "Obviously it can still be worn."

"Can you still wear it?"

Duan Yan picked up a pair of briefs with two holes from the trash can, tore them apart and put them in front of Xie Bujing: "Do you think you can still wear them like this?"

Xie Bujing raised his head, and saw that the two holes in his underwear were getting bigger and bigger by Duan Yan, and he could even see the dazzling lights on the ceiling through the two holes.

"What's the matter?" Xie Bujing took the underwear and didn't care too much, "Anyway, no one will see it if you wear it inside."

"Who said no one saw it? I don't want to keep my eyes open!" Duan Yan grabbed the underwear and threw it into the trash can, throwing away all Xie Bujing's old underwear in one go, and replenished a drawer full of new inventory.

Xie Bujing began to comment: "I don't like black ones."

Duan Yan froze, but still stuffed the black underwear into it: "If you don't like it, just let me wear it."

"Oh." Xie Bujing replied lazily, like an old cat basking in the sun.

At this time, he no longer had that "full energy" look on his body. He became slow and lazy, as if he couldn't get excited about anything.

He is trying to minimize the energy consumption of his body as much as possible.

In addition to physical energy consumption, he is also trying to reduce unnecessary thinking as much as possible.

Because long-term thinking, continuous mental tension, and high concentration will also increase the energy consumption of the body, which is not conducive to his diving.

Xie Bujing no longer watches short videos or entertainment variety shows. He stays away from all fast-paced and exciting things. Outside of training, his only way to pass the time is reading.

Xie Bujing kept himself in a peaceful state for a long time, not agitated or restless, just quiet, like a tree or a calm lake.

But it's not that he stopped thinking, on the contrary, his thinking became more efficient and focused.

Because he has more time to be alone with himself, understand his own heart, and know what he really wants.

This kind of mentality made his diving more and more efficient, and the number that he could not break through with all his efforts, even crossed it with this seemingly "effortless" state.

If we let him meet in the past and the present, it will probably be that the Golden Retriever Lion meets Zhang Sanfeng playing Tai Chi.

Xie Bujing thought of this and couldn't help laughing.

……

"You can try to challenge the world record." Two months before the Bahamas Blue Hole Deep Challenge, Cora Bradbury said to Xie Bujing.

Xie Bujing nodded and accepted the suggestion calmly.

Although he has entered the "Buddhism" state of neither fighting nor grabbing, since he has the strength to reach that level, he will not be afraid of challenges.

However, he hopes that this competition will be more challenging than deciding the depth of the dive himself.

One month before the competition, Xie Bujing made a risky decision.

He decided to leave the decision on how deep he dived to the team, and he didn't know that number the whole time.

"It's too risky," the technical safety officer and fitness trainer vehemently objected. "If we give you a number that is impossible to reach, then you can't come back."

Xie Bujing's eyes were calm: "I believe you all know what suits me."

Frank shook his head: "It's risky not to know the numbers. The unknown will make you mentally collapse underwater."

"It's not completely ignorant," Xie Bujing said, "I can basically estimate when and how high it will be underwater."

"Yes," Cora Bradbury nodded, "experienced divers can accurately estimate their position in the sea. The buoyancy of the sea water, the light above their heads, the speed of ascent or descent, the condition of their bodies... The combination of these items allows divers to successfully grasp their position and control the diving rhythm."

Frank opened his mouth, and finally agreed to the decision.

"Since you have decided," Cora Bradbury looked at Xie Bujing, "then we will carefully choose the depth that suits you best."

In the following month, Xie Bujing experienced several blind dives.The diving depth is determined jointly by Cora, Duan Yan, Frank and the fitness instructor.

The diving depth increased from a conservative 70 meters, 80 meters, 90 meters, and finally to 100 meters.

During this process, they finally realized Xie Bujing's determination and ability, and began to think seriously about the game data.

At first glance, the diving depth is just a simple number, it can be summed up based on Xie Bujing's previous diving results.

Roughly true, but the team is much more nuanced than that.

They have to comprehensively consider Xie Bujing's strength, physical and psychological conditions, and environmental factors on the field to make the most suitable judgment for him.

Maybe Xie Bujing was not in good form before the game, so they would set the number lower, but if Xie Bujing was in good form, they would set it slightly higher.

In any case, this is like a challenge for the players and the team, testing mutual understanding and trust.

Bahamas Blue Hole Depth Challenge, the previous day.

The challenge goals of the athletes have been reported to the organizing committee and cannot be changed.

Reporting goals before the exam is like the teacher asking the students to report their target scores before each major exam.

The degree of shame is no less than a public execution.

The night before the competition, this is the most embarrassing and active time for the athletes. Basically, everyone knows the goal of each player.

Most people are ashamed that their challenge goal is known, and some social bulls will raise their arms and shout, so that everyone can witness him breaking the record.

Xie Bujing didn't want to be affected by these distracting thoughts, so she didn't go out after the evening and slept until the next morning.

The sunrise fell on his face through the curtains, and Xie Bujing was woken up by the sound of waves outside the window.

He stayed in bed for a while, then slowly struggled to get up and wash.

He didn't change clothes and continued to do yoga on the balcony in baggy shorts and a T-shirt.

The sun salutation pose is his regular movement. After finishing it, Xie Bujing knelt down on the bed and did the baby pose.

Because he has practiced yoga for a long time, he kneeled on the bed with his legs apart, his body forward, his chest, shoulders, and forehead pressed on the ground, and he entered a state of complete relaxation.

This world is when he is at his most flexible, almost comparable to his own body that has practiced ballet for more than ten years.

"Are you done?" When Xie Bujing opened his eyes again, Duan Yan had already finished dressing, and was leaning at the door looking at him.

"Well," Xie Bujing got up, "let's go have breakfast."

The diving is basically at noon. Xie Bujing stopped eating after breakfast, because the body will also consume energy when digesting food, and he doesn't want to waste it.

Xie Bujing didn't do any preparatory activities, he just meditated cross-legged on the balcony, maintaining the minimum physical consumption.

Perhaps it was his calm state that infected Duan Yan, and Duan Yan became much calmer during this period, and their relationship returned to the most comfortable time.

When Xie Bujing opened his eyes, Duan Yan had already taken out his dark blue diving wetsuit: "We are about to set off soon, you can go to the bathroom to change later."

"Okay." Xie Bujing nodded, picked up his clothes and walked to the bathroom.

This is a wetsuit made of neoprene that is mainly used to keep you warm.

Although the sea water in the tropics is warm, once you dive to 20 meters, the temperature of the sea water will drop rapidly without the heating of the sun.And when it reaches 100 meters underwater, it is a cold that is difficult for human beings to resist.

Diving wetsuits came into being. Generally, the thicker the clothes, the warmer they are. In cold regions, more than 5 is required, but Xie Bujing doesn’t like the texture of too thick. Basically, only 1 clothes are worn in tropical and subtropical regions.

Because of the tight fit, the diving suit is also very tight, and basically needs to be put on and taken off in the water.

Duan Yan is already dressed, because he is a volunteer diving safety officer, so he will wear a white T-shirt with the competition logo on the black diving gel coat.

Half an hour later, Xie Bujing took a boat to the Blue Hole in the Bahamas under the arrangement of the organizer.

The first day is the constant weight no-fin challenge. Generally, the players with the lowest goals will compete first, and the deepest dives will be in the afternoon when the water temperature is the highest.

At about one noon, Xie Bujing heard the staff call his name.

Xie Bujing slid into the sea from the platform and fastened his safety rope to the guide rope.

There was a diving photographer and five diving safety officers around, and Xie Bujing saw the paragraphs in it at a glance.

He blinked at Duan Yan, as if he said "I'm going out" to his mother before going out.

Then, he lay on his back in the sea.

The sky was blue and the sun was dazzling. Xie Bujing half-closed his eyes and let his body float with the waves.

"2 minutes."

The staff's countdown sound came from overhead.

Xie Bujing rested his head on the foam strip, and slowly expelled the exhaust gas from his body as he took a deep breath.

After taking three deep breaths, his heart rate slowed down a little.

The slower the heart rate, the lower the body's energy expenditure.

From this moment, Xie Bujing will continue to lower his heart rate from 60 beats per minute to 45 beats per minute. When he sinks into the deep sea, his heart rate will drop below 30 beats per minute.

This is known as the mammalian diving reflex and is a bodily function that every human being has.

When humans enter the water, two incredible behaviors will occur.One is to lower the heart rate, thereby reducing energy consumption of the body.Second, let the blood flow from the limbs to the brain and vital organs to protect the minimum operation of the body.

This is the same principle as other marine mammals such as seals and whales.

However, whales can live underwater for 2 hours, while humans can only live underwater for less than 10 minutes.

"1 minutes."

Xie Bujing narrowed his eyes and began to prepare for the dive.

In order to save oxygen, he no longer wears a mask or swimming goggles when diving, because these require him to use the air in his mouth to balance underwater.

Although at first he was not used to getting sea water into his eyes, and his vision would be affected to a certain extent, but now, he has been able to adapt well to the underwater world with naked eyes.

"30 seconds."

Xie Bujing completely relaxed his body.

He exhaled the air in his lungs, and then a little bit, let the air enter every corner of his lungs.Diaphragm, chest, throat, mouth...

"10 seconds, 9 seconds, 8 second..."

At the last second, Xie Bujing let go of the guide rope in his hand, like an anchor falling into the deep sea.

He didn't wear swimming goggles, his eyes were half-closed, and he paddled the water along the guide rope. In the shallow blue-green water, he looked gentle and peaceful.

Before 20 meters, the strong positive buoyancy prevented him from going down, but Xie Bujing still didn't use much effort to paddle.

His static apnea time is close to 8 minutes, and the free diving time will not exceed 4 minutes. The most important thing is to reduce the energy consumption of the body.

25 meters, this is the depth Xie Bujing is at now.

There are still 80 meters away from his goal this time.

105 m.

This is the goal reported by their team after discussion.

Xie Bujing has successfully reached this depth three times during practice diving.It’s not foolproof, but he’s sure enough. The team unanimously believes that he is capable of accomplishing this achievement in the competition.

If Xie Bujing succeeds in the challenge, he will break the world record for constant weight no-fin diving.

On the diving platform, instructor Cora Bradbury looked at the data transmitted by the monitor with a calm expression.

After getting rid of the positive buoyancy zone, Xie Bujing's stroke speed slowed down, but his diving speed increased.

After 30 meters, he began to be pulled down by gravity.

Xie Bujing stopped paddling. He folded his arms at his sides, lowered his chin slightly, and let himself fall in a streamlined state.

His body became lighter, entering a state of total weightlessness.

Because of the mammalian diving reflex, his heartbeat slowed down a little bit, and his body functions declined, as if he had entered a semi-dormant state.

In the dark blue blue hole, Xie Bujing gently sank into the dark blue haze, like a spaceship slowly moving forward in the universe.

Soon, the alarm sounded on the watch, indicating that he had reached a depth of 100 meters.

Xie Bujing opened his eyes and focused his sight on the front of the guiding line.He didn't want to sink past the lead weight and be pulled back hard by the safety rope, which would consume a lot of his energy.

The fall continues.

But he still couldn't see the depth card, and there was darkness under the blue hole. With his eyes half-opened, he followed the guide line inch by inch.

Everything around is extremely quiet.

At this time, Xie Bujing no longer had hearing, smell, touch, and vision. He was deprived of at least half of his senses, and stayed alone in this deep darkness, completely away from the human world.

Under the deep sea of ​​more than 100 meters, the connection between human beings and society is quickly cut off.

Everything outside is gone, leaving only the most essential self.

Xie Bujing fell slowly in a calm and lonely mood, sinking into a bottomless darkness.

Finally, he saw the small flickering light on the lead weight, and the faint light illuminated the depth card tied above the lead.

At that moment, Xie Bujing felt the warmth of being cared for from the bottom of his heart.

The cluster of lights seemed to be a miniature lighthouse, reminding him that no matter how far he walked in the dark, there were still people looking forward to his return.

Xie Bujing tore off the signboard and turned to go up.

But the real test is now officially beginning.