Chapter 746 Death By Drowning (1/2)

Chapter 746: Death By Drowning

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Li Du understood Hans's personality: he was the type of person who wouldn't be convinced until he'd seen the grim reality for himself, so he allowed him to dive into the sea to have a look at the situation.

For safety purposes, Li Du and Brother Wolf accompanied Hans. Li Du roughly knew the position of the undercurrent while Brother Wolf was a good swimmer and had undergone formal snorkeling training. Furthermore, as Brother Wolf had carried out diving missions before, normal undercurrents wouldn't be able to trap him.

With Li Du and Brother Wolf accompanying Hans, the three of them jumped into the sea and propelled themselves into deeper waters by kicking their flippers.

After Li Du gradually reached the vicinity of the undercurrent, he stopped and motioned to Hans to continue diving deeper.

Before Hans dived deeper, Li Du held on to him, patted the chest region of his diving suit, and gestured to him to quickly pull open the life jacket. This would trigger a chemical reaction that released a large amount of gas in case he encountered any problems later.

Hans gave an ”okay” sign before pushing Li Du away and diving headfirst into deeper waters.

At this depth, due to their buoyancy, humans had a very hard time diving deeper and would need to strenuously kick both of their legs.

After straining himself, Hans suddenly lost balance and his body flipped once in the sea.

Seeing this, Li Du swam to Brother Wolf and patted him on his shoulders. As Brother Wolf already noticed that Hans had encountered an undercurrent, he gave Li Du an ”okay” sign to signal to him that he knew what was going on.

When they had been on shore, Hans had exaggerated about his diving abilities, saying that he'd learned how to swim when he was six years old, undergone diving training when he was ten years old, had been crowned champion for the youth category of Flagstaff's breath holding competition when he was 12 years old, and so on. It seemed as though there was nothing Hans couldn't accomplish when he was in water.

When he encountered an undercurrent, however, he reacted the same way Li Du had reacted yesterday: he suddenly started panicking.

Truth be told, Hans's reaction was unlike Li Du's. As Li Du had not been mentally prepared and was swept violently by the undercurrent, he might have panicked more yesterday than Hans was now.

Furthermore, he had been under more pressure than Hans since he was aware that he didn't have any lifeline and also thought that the golden-haired youngster, who saved him, was waiting to assist in his demise.

Hans, who was at least prepared and knew that there were people nearby to save him, ended up still looking panicky. This was enough to prove that, when in water, he wasn't even close to being as competent as Li Du.

Even though Li Du really wanted to laugh, he was unable to. Having experienced such a hopeless situation yesterday, he understood how frightened and desperate Hans felt.

The sea was indeed not a good place to live in. For land animals like humans, the sea was too dangerous and terrible.

Li Du gestured to Hans to open up the life jacket in his diving suit. After seeing Li Du, Hans became less panicky and hurriedly followed his instructions.

With that, the diving suit rapidly expanded and became a life jacket.

As the amount of gas produced increased, the life jacket became more and more buoyant. Hans, who was in the undercurrent, gradually calmed down before finally floating slowly to the surface.

Taking the initiative to go over and help him, Brother Wolf pulled him toward the surface.

With that, Hans ultimately emerged from the water with a dejected look on his face.

Li Du kicked his flippers and swam over before taking off his diving goggles to wipe the seawater from his face. ”This is the capability of a professional snorkeling athlete?” he mocked. ”This is the champion of Flagstaff's breath holding competition? If that's the case, then I'm also a breath holding competition champion. I'm so much better than you.”

Hans was the type of person who wouldn't admit his mistakes even if he lost. ”I have a trophy for being crowned champion in the competition. Hannah can attest to it. How about you?”

Not wanting to lose either, Li Du replied proudly, ”My champion title ensured that I would be alive today. I was able to hold my breath underwater for ten months.”