Daily Evolution from Mastering Tai Chi-Chapter 230 - 211: You Must Survive

As Wang Ye kept advancing, the height beneath his feet rose higher and higher.

The camera on the selfie stick extending from the shoulder strap,

could clearly capture Wang Ye's expression and whole-body movements,

as well as the trail surface that was increasingly distant from him.

Moreover, as Wang Ye climbed rapidly, the live broadcast screen presented a speed that made the audience's legs feel weak, making them feel like they were on a roller coaster.

The audience in the live broadcast room immediately sent a burst of bullet comments.

[Oh my, my hands are sweaty...]

[Even though I'm not the one climbing, I feel like all my muscles are exerting force.]

[Watching him climb for two minutes and I'm already sweating all over...]

[Where's the air conditioning? Turn on the air conditioning.]

[Remember, you can breathe.]

[Too terrifying, the sense of immersion is so intense.]

[So high, any small mistake could be fatal.]

[And this ice wall is so slippery, can those two ice axes really hold?]

[It looks dangerous, like walking on thin ice.]

Fear of heights is a deep-seated instinct in humans.

Although most people have never experienced falling from heights, many still develop intense fear when confronting heights. Therefore, fear of heights seems innate.

It's one of the oldest emotions, an alertness in body and mind, acting as a self-protection mechanism,

sourced from a cluster of almond-shaped neurons deep in the brain, called the "amygdala," responsible for human fear emotions.

And as some brave adventurers ascend to high places repeatedly, their fear of heights gradually weakens. A crucial reason for this is that their amygdala undergoes countless desensitization training, increasing the levels of stimuli it can withstand compared to ordinary people, preventing panic or weak knees even when standing on the edge of a cliff.

Ultimately, everyone should have experienced some fear of heights since childhood, whether it be roller coasters at amusement parks, swings, or standing at lookout points, viewing scenery, or traveling by plane. All of these confront fear directly.

However, most situations aren't dangerous, or they have excellent protective measures.

Normally, no sane person would climb with ice axes and ice claws on an unprotected, nearly hundred-meter-high icy mountain like Wang Ye.

If they do, they are probably top free solo climbing masters.

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At this moment, in the camera footage.

Wang Ye fearlessly struck the ice wall with the ice axe in his hands.

Crash!!

The deafening explosion thundered through the microphone in the live broadcast room.

With brute force, he gouged a deep pit into the everlasting ice on the mountain. Numerous visible ice chips scattered explosively, rolling down the ice wall.

After chiseling out the cavity, Wang Ye abruptly pulled himself up, using the hardness of the everlasting ice to propel his body upwards. His boots' ice claws precisely landed on the cavity; everything was so precise and elegant. Despite having explosive power comparable to a tiger or leopard, the movement of each muscle possessed an indescribable delicacy.

At this scene, the audience in the live broadcast room erupted.

[Wow, can such hard ice be smashed open in one go?]

[That piece of ice looks incredibly hard.]

[I remember those ice climbing athletes, they have to strike several times with ice axes before they can start climbing.]

[Indeed, the ice on such a cold icy mountain is extremely hard, harder than iron.]

[This stuff is really hard, you'd know if you tried; you can't chisel a hole without some force.]

[Really? Buddy, harder than iron, is it still called ice then?]

[Just look at the ice axe; it's sharper than a knife and heavier than a hammer. Hitting a body can penetrate muscle and cartilage directly, but hitting an ice wall can barely make a tiny cavity.]

[Oh my, he managed to chisel a two-centimeter deep pit in unbelievable hard ice, and it doesn't look like he exerted much effort.]

[If he exerts full force, wouldn't he smash through the icy mountain?]

[Divine Karma is great, needless to say more.]

[Divine Karma is great, needless to say more.]

[Divine Karma is great, needless to say more.]

Usually, ice hardness and temperature are almost linearly related; the lower the temperature, the higher the ice hardness. At minus fifty degrees Celsius, ice's Mohs hardness can reach 6, harder than iron's Mohs hardness of 4~5, comparable to pure titanium hardness. And at minus seventy degrees Celsius, ice can reach Mohs hardness 7, far surpassing granite hardness.

Meanwhile, in the formation process of everlasting ice, ice crystal density becomes increasingly compressed, with varying sizes of ice crystals squeezing tightly and interlocking, pore spaces shrinking until disappearing, forming glacier ice with staggering density and hardness. It's said that on Pluto, where the surface temperature ranges from minus 238 to minus 218 degrees Celsius, ice hardness surpasses that of diamonds.

Although temperatures on Mount Everest don't reach such extremes, the hardness of the everlasting ice is still not to be underestimated. Average people with ice axes might strike four or five times without chiseling a respectable cavity.

Yet Wang Ye's arm strength exceeds that of ordinary people by over ten times.

With just a little force, he can chisel a depression deep enough to ascend.

In the ice climbing domain, athletes usually chisel only one-centimeter deep depressions to conserve energy, because with the "three-point fixed support" technique, one-centimeter depth is sufficient to support a person's weight.