Daily Evolution from Mastering Tai Chi-Chapter 237 - 214: Surreal Promotional Video (Part 2)

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August 21.

Wang Ye returned to the Anta Headquarters located in Fujian and stayed in the employee dormitory there.

After returning to the plains, Wang Ye found that his sleep time seemed to have increased slightly.

Originally 1 hour, it suddenly changed to 2 hours, becoming noticeably sleepy.

And this situation didn't happen only to him.

Li Weimin, who returned to the headquarters with Wang Ye, had been sleeping for as much as 15 hours these days, almost lying in bed snoring for an entire day, and the filming team including Ah Gui were much the same.

Wang Ye searched on the internet briefly and learned that this symptom is actually called the side effect of "oxygen intoxication."

Typically, people who stay in high altitude areas for a long time, as their bodies adapt to the low oxygen environment, when they re-enter areas with comparatively high oxygen content, they experience a "oxygen intoxication" reaction due to the excessive oxygen carried by the red blood cells, mainly manifested as fatigue, dizziness, weakness, sleepiness, chest tightness, etc. Most people with oxygen intoxication symptoms may need to sleep for several more hours every day, and this symptom generally disappears after 1-2 weeks.

However, it didn't have a noticeable impact on Wang Ye,

after all, his sleep time was already short enough, sleeping an extra hour was no big deal.

Moreover, Wang Ye did not miss any training during this period, basically running fifty to one hundred kilometers every morning and night, and honing his Throwing, Wind Manipulation, and other skills by the mountains and the sea. His daily evolution steadily and continuously improved his physique. Although his physique had been enhanced by the system to ten times that of an ordinary human, the enhancement from the system remained high. Usually, every half month, his attributes could rise to another level, seemingly limitless.

But the reason Wang Ye continued to train hard was that, according to the original planned schedule, he needed to complete the third task of Ozaki's Eight—Awakening Earth before October.

The time wasn't too pressing, more than a month was entirely sufficient for him to adapt to the environment and observe the terrain. But the problem was that the difficulty of the third task was slightly high. Therefore, he needed to start special training early to reduce the accident rate and mortality rate.

After finishing his morning exercise,

sitting on the dormitory sofa, Wang Ye picked up his phone and started searching for the content of the third task of Ozaki's Eight.

Looking at the introduction of Ozaki's Eight, he murmured:

"The third task Awakening Earth, location is Mexico's Swallow Cave… challengers need to jump from high above into the sinkhole of Mexico's Swallow Cave, undergo free fall, and precisely jump into the Swallow Cave, deploying the parachute at the 426-meter depth mid-section of the Swallow Cave, safely landing in the depths of Swallow Cave."

Mexico's Swallow Cave is the world's largest narrow natural cavern, large enough to fit the entire Empire State Building, only explored until two years before humans landed on the Moon. It is said that the heavily dark, damp, rugged Swallow Cave is inhabited by the most peculiar, least understood animals on Earth.

In the film "Extreme Thief," the two main characters, after scattering billions of USD from an airplane over San Luis Potosi, Mexico, jumped from thousands of meters of altitude, experiencing several minutes of free fall before precisely landing in the Swallow Cave, and deployed the parachute in the mid-section of Swallow Cave, safely landing in the deepest part.

It's worth knowing that the diameter of Mexico's Swallow Cave is only 49-62 meters, attempting to precisely land into the Swallow Cave during free fall from thousands of meters high is akin to shooting a basketball hoop accurately from the top of a several-floor building. Hence, to complete this challenge, the challengers absolutely need to master the exquisite Wind Manipulation Skill; otherwise, one could easily smash into the edge of the Swallow Cave upon entry and die instantly.

Although similar to the second task Celestial Descent in nature,

the challenging aspects are vastly different.

If Celestial Descent requires stability under extremely harsh conditions,

then Awakening Earth demands precision in skills and superb luck.

Exactly.

It's about luck.

In this challenge, luck components occupy nearly eighty percent. Because no one can guarantee hit precisely the hole with a diameter of only 49-62 meters during a few minutes of free fall.

It's said that the founder of Ozaki's Eight died on this challenge. Although this rumor is controversial, it still sufficiently proves the difficulty of this challenge.

Additionally, unlike the movie world, no one has actually completed this challenge in reality. If Wang Ye succeeds, he will undoubtedly be the first in this field.

And the reason Wang Ye chooses to complete this challenge before October is that he will go to Chicago, United States to participate in a marathon in October.

Both Mexico and the United States are in North America, and are adjacent to each other, so it's barely on the way.

Hence, after Wang Ye completes Awakening Earth in September,

he can directly go to the United States to participate in the October's marathon, making it a win-win situation.

As Wang Ye was pondering.

His phone chimed with a message notification.

He opened the phone to see,

only to find it was a message from Ah Gui.

[Ah Gui: The promotional video is ready, want to come over and have a look? Manager Li is also here.]

[Wangquan Baye: OK, where are you?]

After Ah Gui sent the location to Wang Ye,

Wang Ye immediately left the dormitory and headed to where Ah Gui was. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

He had been anticipating this promotional video for a long time.

He's always particularly eager to see how he looked while challenging Celestial Descent.

Even though he completed the challenge himself,

in reality, he almost has no memory during the challenge process.

Because the process of skydiving was too focused, causing him not to pay attention to his actions.

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More than ten minutes later.

Wang Ye arrived at the screening room.

Li Weimin and Ah Gui were already seated here waiting for a while.

"Wang Ye, sit here!" Ah Gui hurriedly invited Wang Ye to the front row seat.

At this time the projection screen had not yet started, the entire screening room was still in darkness.

Wang Ye could see that Li Weimin beside him was also very curious about the effect of the promotional video, his eyes tightly fixed on the screen, revealing undeniable anticipation in his pupils.

Ah Gui coughed twice, cleared his throat, and said in a loud voice: "Although this promotional video was rushed out by our team working overtime, the details are really not compromised. I won't say much, for fear of being accused of self-promotion, see for yourself!"

"Xiao Liu, play the video!"

"Alright!" The young man named Xiao Liu moved the mouse, clicked once on the laptop screen.

The projection screen immediately played the intro of the promotional video. The intro features a short montage of photos of Wang Ye climbing Mount Everest, a 5-second segment composed of countless carefully selected photos meticulously pieced together. Numerous photos with master-level composition and lighting flashed back and switched briefly on the screen; although the visual effect looked a bit chaotic, the upside was the extremely high information density causing the audience outside the lens to quickly immerse in.

Next, the screen cuts to the clip of Wang Ye standing at the peak of Mount Everest.

In the shot, Wang Ye stands alone on the peak, arms outstretched, surrounded by swirling snow and sunlight. It makes him look like a Divine being descending to this place, evoking an inexplicable sense of sacredness that makes one want to worship. Then, Wang Ye leaps from the peak like an eagle, circling and plunging in the air, adjusting his posture, encountering obstacles, yet swiftly weaving through, the intense sense of speed makes his movements appear exceedingly agile with strong visual impact.

In just a fleeting ten seconds, the visual impact can completely engross the audience in the promotional video, because it's just too cool, so cool that one cannot take their eyes off.

This coolness is not due to editing or special effects being dazzling but stems from Wang Ye's physical prowess, bringing an aura of surrealism, that evokes genuine admiration.