Daily Evolution from Mastering Tai Chi-Chapter 210 - 201: 8,000-Meter Simulated Parachute Jump (Part 2)

Wang Ye pondered for a moment and typed: [That's not a problem, being cautious is a good thing too.]

[Li Weimin: Sure, I'll book your ticket for tonight.]

Wang Ye put away his phone.

He cleaned up the entire mess on site.

To save time, he stepped right onto the edge of the window,

and leapt off the abandoned building that was over a dozen stories high.

Thud!

A deafening dull sound spread.

Wang Ye hit the ground like a falling cannonball,

the concrete floor cracking in a circle under his feet.

It was as if a multi-ton truck tire had harshly rolled over it.

Yet Wang Ye didn't even bend his knees, and walked away nonchalantly after landing.

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After leaving the abandoned building,

Wang Ye headed straight to his elders' home.

The community where the elders lived was called Wang Family New Village.

It used to be a rural area converted into a residential community.

Just from the name, you could tell that most of the people living there were Wang Ye's relatives.

Honestly, Wang Ye didn't really like going to his elders' community because he hated seeing those relatives and being endlessly questioned by so-called acquaintances. He barely saw these relatives outside of festivals and had little interaction, yet every meeting required forced small talk. Some relatives who liked to curry favor, seeing Wang Ye's current status, might even try to borrow money from him, or set him up on dates.

But now Wang Ye was about to leave home, possibly for a year or more, and after going abroad, his work couldn't exactly be called safe. Just Ozaki's Eight alone was enough of a life-threatening challenge, not to mention his plans to test firearm resistance in the United States.

Not saying goodbye to the elders in person, or explaining things, felt a bit unreasonable.

Wang Ye tried his best to avoid acquaintances and relatives along the way,

and using his sense of smell, he climbed over walls to reach his elders' home.

He honestly explained his future plans and schedule to the elders.

But to Wang Ye's surprise,

the elders didn't oppose his decision.

Instead, they fully supported Wang Ye's self-challenge.

In Wang Ye's impression, the elders were never the conservative and rigid type of old generation.

They had always supported Wang Ye's various odd hobbies since he was young.

Like skateboarding, basketball, soccer, badminton, and so on.

But Wang Ye never imagined the elders would support his extreme sports pursuits.

There's a popular saying online that extreme sports should only be played at noon, because something will happen sooner or later.

This saying is no joke, the death and injury rates in extreme sports are extremely high. Almost every slightly skilled extreme athlete bears some physical scars. News reports of athletes dying during parkour or wingsuit flying aren't rare either. No matter how honed these skills are, mistakes or equipment malfunctions do occur over time.

When Wang Ye discussed his future plans, he also mentioned this to the elders.

So the elders were definitely aware of the risks in extreme sports.

Yet they still supported and encouraged Wang Ye to complete his challenges.

This made Wang Ye's heart feel at ease.

After saying goodbye once more, Wang Ye left the elders' home.

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At eight in the evening,

Wang Ye dragged out a suitcase from home containing three sets of spare clothes and some essential living items.

He took a cab to the airport, checked in, and boarded the flight.

The process of taking transportation was extremely trying and dull.

He couldn't even practice Innate Skill during the journey.

Because he discovered that mobilizing the surrounding Innate Qi to train could severely disrupt the plane's navigation and communication systems, essentially disrupting the electromagnetic field. Such seemingly minor malfunctions could be fatal in aviation, posing deadly risks.

Therefore, Wang Ye could only sit on the plane with his eyes closed to rest,

and secretly vowed to himself.

He must master the skill of Flying as soon as possible.

After several hours of flight,

Wang Ye finally landed again in the territory of Lanzhou.

When he left the airport, it was already around four in the morning.

Wang Ye waited outside the airport for over ten minutes but couldn't get a suitable cab.

Because such professional parachuting bases require very large landing lawns and training grounds, their locations are usually extremely remote, in suburbs or on islands, to minimize impact and cost. No taxi driver was willing to go to such a remote area, as the gas to get Wang Ye there and then return to town would cost a fortune, making it not worth their while.

Ultimately, Wang Ye had no choice but to drag his suitcase and run forty kilometers to the base.

When he reached the base, it was already around seven o'clock.

Seeing Wang Ye arrive looking travel-weary, Li Weimin, who had been waiting in the base's hall, exclaimed in shock: "Did you seriously run all the way here with your suitcase? If you couldn't get a cab, you should have told me; I could have sent someone to pick you up from the airport. If that wasn't possible, you could have stayed overnight at a nearby hotel."

"It's just exercise, just a marathon distance," Wang Ye said nonchalantly as he placed the fifty to sixty pounds suitcase he was carrying on his shoulders on the ground with a soft "thud".

"..." Li Weimin fell silent. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

Indeed, forty kilometers is just the distance of a marathon.

But Wang Ye had run that distance while carrying a fifty to sixty pound suitcase.

And based on the time Wang Ye left the airport,

he had run from the airport to the base in less than two hours.

This means Wang Ye ran a marathon with a heavy suitcase and still broke two hours.

This kind of physical ability,

is somewhat extraordinary.

Li Weimin rubbed the bridge of his nose and continued: "Let's not talk about that for now. You haven't had a chance to sleep since traveling all night, right? Go take a rest in the dormitory. The simulation training is around three in the afternoon, and I'll come get you from the dorm then."

"Okay." Wang Ye nodded, moved his suitcase into the dorm at the base,

and lay down on the already-made bed, watching short videos.

He roughly got a sense of the recent online trends.

Recently, thanks to Li Weimin's deliberate publicity, the news of Wang Ye planning to climb Mount Everest in early August and live stream a skydive from the summit is now widely known across platforms like Douyin and Bilibili.

Unexpectedly, there weren't many people supporting Wang Ye in completing this challenge this time.

Because Ozaki's Eight, after all, is a fictional challenge from a movie, and not many people know the content and difficulty of this challenge in reality.

Now, Wang Ye has been regarded by many fans as the hope who is likely to lead the Chinese Team to scoop all the gold medals in the international Olympics.

A top athlete who could win Olympic gold and break world records is undeniably important to the country. Sports prowess symbolizes a country's soft power and is a way to improve comprehensive national strength. The more Olympic gold medals a country wins, the stronger its national power is.

So, for someone with the potential to win numerous gold medals like Wang Ye, he has essentially become a national treasure. Letting such a national treasure attempt Ozaki's Eight, a fictional challenge with an extremely high risk of death, sounds like pure nonsense.

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