From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star.

Chapter 334 Deep Sea Training, Source Essence Reward

"In order to support the Malacca Channel mission this time, the theater command has specially dispatched two third-level source essences, one for [Tidecaller] and the other for [Deep Sea Lord]."

In front of the Longwei Base training ground, the theater staff officer Qi Jinghui announced the command center's decision to the ten marine-type psychics in front of him:
"These two portions of Level 3 Essence will be given to Captain Lu to decide how to use them. They will be used to assist in completing this deep-sea mission. Captain Lu will explain the specific distribution."

The Daxia military did attach great importance to the Malacca Channel mission this time. Without Lu Heng mentioning it, Li Guining asked the command center to mobilize all the resources that could be mobilized.

These two portions of third-level source essence are the support provided by the Southern War Zone.

Just from the name, you can tell that these two source essences belong to the marine class.

Among them, [Deep Sea Lord] is a universal source of essence, which has no requirements on the attributes of the psychic himself.

[Tidecaller] is more of a psychic with the ability to control sea water.

There is no absolute difference in strength between the two source essences, but there will be a more suitable tendency.

Lu Heng stood in front of the ten people, glanced around, and said loudly: "In the past three days, you have all upgraded at least two skills and mastered stronger underwater activities.

“These two third-level essences also strengthen the ocean-related abilities. In other words, if you choose these two essences, you must stick to the ocean-strengthening route in the future.

"Listen to my command. Those who don't have the third-level essence and are interested in these two essences, please step forward."

As soon as the order was given, the seven people took a step forward.

There were only three people left standing at the back, looking at each other with disappointment in their eyes.

These ten people were selected because they have strong underwater capabilities, and more than half of the skills in their skill set are related to water.

Therefore, as long as these ten people are clear-headed, they will definitely choose the ocean reinforcement route.

If I want to change my route now, even if I can become a land combat type psychic, I will basically remain mediocre.

The competition in the ocean dominance track is relatively less fierce, and it is also what they are good at.

At the beginning, four or five of these ten people planned to apply to be transferred back to their original units after completing this mission.

After all, the special forces structure is too special.

However, after three days, each of these ten marine warriors upgraded two skills.

This made them understand what was truly special about the special forces, and everyone changed their initial ideas.

The purpose of recruiting these ten people into the special forces team was to deal with the deep-sea fog crisis in the Malacca Channel, so Lu Heng mainly upgraded their water skills.

For example, the C-level [Underwater Breathing] has been upgraded to the C-level [Advanced Underwater Breathing], which has a stronger ability to obtain oxygen in water.

In addition, the skill of increasing underwater power has been upgraded.

For example, one of them is a second-class sergeant named Liu Haiyang, whose D-level [Water Flow Acceleration] was upgraded to C-level [Surge Acceleration].

Before the abyss came, the freestyle swimming speed of ordinary human athletes was about 2 meters per second.

The world record for the men's 100m freestyle is 46.40 seconds.

It can be seen that the swimming speed of 2 meters per second is close to the limit of ordinary humans.

If it is a deep dive, the speed will be slower.

As you can imagine, humans have very weak mobility in water and would be crushed by any kind of fish.

In the Abyss Age, there is a passing standard for marine warriors among human psychics, which is to move as fast as dolphins in water.

Dolphins swim at a speed of about 36 kilometers per hour, or 10 meters per second.

A speed of 10 meters per second is probably the maximum running speed for athletes on land.

In other words, the passing line for a marine-type psychic's swimming speed in water is equivalent to an athlete's running speed on land.

This requirement is not high for a psychic and can be solved with one skill.

The skill effect of [Water Flow Acceleration] is to increase the underwater acceleration by 8 meters/second. Combined with the psychic's own swimming speed, as well as the blessing of strength and agility, it can usually reach the passing line of 10 meters/second.

In other words, a qualified marine-type psychic needs a skill similar to [Water Flow Acceleration].

It requires a skill, which seems not difficult.

However, with [Underwater Breathing] added in, two skill slots are already occupied.

The official statistics of Daxia show that the number of initial skill slots for psychics is 2.15, which means that for most psychics, if they want to become marine psychics, they have to use up two skill slots.

And this is just the passing line.

If you want to gain a greater advantage in the water, either upgrade your skills or absorb more water skills.

From this we can also see that taking the ocean strengthening route is not easy.

Moreover, these two skills can only be used in water. Once on land, it is equivalent to having no skills at all.

This is also the reason why few psychics choose the ocean enhancement route.

What's more difficult is that if you want to form combat effectiveness in the water, it is far from enough to just reach the swimming speed of a dolphin.

The fog crisis on the Malacca route this time is extremely difficult.

Just think about it and you will know that if you enter the underwater fog at the speed of a dolphin and encounter the abyss monsters on the seabed, you probably won't even have a chance to escape.

Therefore, for this underwater mission, the minimum swimming speed standard must reach the shark level.

Sharks usually swim at a speed of 72 kilometers per hour, or 20 meters per second.

In order to meet this requirement, Lu Heng upgraded the underwater acceleration skills of these ten people.

The second-class sergeant named Liu Haiyang upgraded his D-level [Water Flow Acceleration] to C-level [Surge Acceleration], with an acceleration effect of 20 meters per second. After testing, combined with his original swimming speed, it can reach 22 meters per second, and it can be even faster if he is in combat.

Being able to reach the speed of a shark is basically enough to carry out this mission.

Of course, the higher this data is, the better.

The two classes, [Deep Sea Lord] and [Tidecaller], can both increase the ability to move in water. As long as you get these two classes, your combat effectiveness in water will soar significantly.

Therefore, even the remaining three warriors who had already reached the third level of source quality showed expectant looks.

Lu Heng glanced at the remaining three people and asked again: "Those who have already reached the third level of source essence but want to change their source essence, please step forward."

This time, two more people took a step forward.

Finally, there was only one person left standing at the back. He was the highest level among the ten people, with an energy level of 40 and had obtained the third job rank.

Therefore, he had no way of participating in the competition for these two third-level source qualities.

The last level 40 supernatural warrior is named Cao Lixiong, and he has the highest source energy level among the ten people.

Also because of his high level and strong combat power, he passed the battle for source essence in a previous conscription and obtained a complete third-level job rank.

His third job level is [Energy Shield Guard].

This is a defensive class with strong defensive capabilities and can also provide defense in water.

However, this is not a marine class, and is relatively incompatible with his other abilities. For ordinary psychics, obtaining a class is mostly a matter of luck, and not everyone has the opportunity to choose.

Sometimes when I come across a class essence, I absorb it directly in order to immediately improve my combat power. I don’t have time to think about whether it is suitable for the class route.

Lu Heng had read Cao Lixiong's file, so he knew that his third job was [Energy Shield Guard], so he said:
“Your class is also effective in water, and in the water medium, the power of most attacks will be weakened, but the defensive ability will not be weakened too much.

"As a result, defensive skills will be more effective in water than on land."

Take firearms, for example.

A sniper rifle can shoot targets thousands of meters away in the air.

However, once a bullet is shot into the water, it will lose its power after moving one meter.

Therefore, Cao Lixiong's [Energy Shield Guard] class has the strongest defense in the deep sea, and few things can break it.

"Yes!" Cao Lixiong stood at attention and agreed.

Lu Heng continued, "Next, I will announce the distribution method of the two source essences. Today, a deep-sea training will be conducted in the East China Sea, and the top three warriors will receive rewards.

“Two of the rewards are the source materials of [Deep Sea Lord] and [Tidecaller], and the third reward is a chance to upgrade a skill.

"Rewards will be selected based on the ranking of performance. Do you understand?"

"Understood!" Ten marine warriors stood at attention and answered loudly.

"If you understand, get on the helicopter." Lu Heng raised his hand and pointed to the helicopter pad in the base.

At this moment, an armed helicopter was parked on the apron.

Lu Heng, Jian Qing and Qi Jinghui led a team of ten marine soldiers including Liu Haiyang and Cao Lixiong to board an armed helicopter and fly to the East China Sea.

……

An hour and a half later, the armed helicopter arrived over the East China Sea and continued to fly eastward.

Jian Qing opened a box, displayed the training tools inside, and introduced them:
“Here are ten rubber balls. Their overall density is greater than that of seawater. If they are thrown into the sea, they will sink to the bottom of the sea, but they will be washed away by the current or swallowed by a big fish.

“There is a light-emitting device on the rubber ball, which emits red light once every ten seconds. The visibility underwater is about two to three hundred meters, depending on the visibility of the sea water.

“Remember the current coordinates. From here, the helicopter will drop a rubber ball into the sea every minute.

“After throwing the ten rubber balls, continue to fly eastward for a hundred kilometers, then let you go down and retrieve the rubber balls.

"After finding the rubber ball, return to the Baoshan Lighthouse on the shore. The first three people to return will receive a reward. Do you understand?"

"I understand!" the ten people answered in unison.

"Very good, start throwing rubber balls." Jian Qing said as she grabbed a rubber ball and threw it into the sea.

These rubber balls are 15 cm in diameter and would be difficult to find if thrown into the sea without other identification methods.

However, the rubber ball is equipped with a red light device. As long as you find the flashing red light, you can find the rubber ball.

Even so, it is not easy to get the rubber ball back.

Because, after dropping the ten rubber balls, the helicopter still has to fly 100 kilometers to the east, which means that these ten marine-type supernatural warriors need to swim back to the rubber ball dropping point from 100 kilometers away.

If you are an ordinary person, you can just give up if the distance is 100 kilometers.

The underwater skills of these ten marine warriors have been upgraded, and now all of them can move at a speed of over 20 meters per second in water.

So a distance of 100 kilometers in the sea only takes one and a half hours for them.

The location where the rubber balls were dropped is about 150 kilometers away from the Baoshan Lighthouse on the shore.

So this ocean training lasts about 4 hours.

While the ten marine warriors were checking their equipment, the helicopter had already flown 100 kilometers.

Jian Qing asked loudly: "Have you checked all the equipment?"

"Inspection completed!" ten people answered in unison.

Jian Qing asked, "Let's go down here. We are now 100 meters above the sea level. Do we need to go down further?"

Cao Lixiong stood by the helicopter door, looked down, and replied: "As long as there is sea water below, I can jump from outer space."

His third job level is [Energy Shield Guard], with his defense maxed out. Moreover, objects falling in the atmosphere have air resistance, so there is actually a limit to their speed.

So he can indeed jump from outer space.

Others don’t have such strong defenses, but jumping into the sea a distance of one hundred meters is not difficult.

Therefore, after checking their equipment, the mission marine soldiers jumped into the sea one after another to start this deep-sea training.

Jian Qing finally reminded: "This deep-sea training will last for 4 hours. If you fail to find the rubber ball after 4 hours, you can return directly to Baoshan Lighthouse. If you encounter danger, you can send a signal for help. Please note that this is just training. You are teammates who will fight side by side. Once a team member is in danger, rescue is the first priority."

"Yes!"

The ten people responded in unison, but this training was a competitive one after all, so after entering the sea, the ten people looked at the compass and immediately began to swim towards the west.

They all sped up to their maximum speed, like ten flying fishes racing across the sea.

Normally, swimming on the sea surface is faster than swimming on the seabed, so seven out of ten people are swimming freestyle on the sea surface, leaving seven white trails.

However, three people fell into the seabed.

Lu Heng knew who these three people were at a glance. The underwater acceleration skills of these three people were more effective underwater, and one of them was Liu Haiyang.

Therefore, the three men dived directly into the water and disappeared from the helicopter's sight.

Lu Heng watched ten people speeding in the sea, some of them even reaching a speed of 100 kilometers per hour.

70 kilometers per hour is the passing line for this ocean fog crisis, but the speeds of the ten people in the sea are not the same. Some of them directly speeded up to 100 kilometers per hour, gradually widening the distance from the others.

Most cars on land can reach a speed of 100 kilometers per hour, which is not particularly exaggerated.

However, in the sea, this speed is already the maximum speed for high-speed warships.

In other words, for this marine warrior, the speed of the surface ships cannot match theirs.

If they are on the seabed, their advantage is even more obvious.

Because the only ships that can dive into the seabed are submarines, and the most advanced submarines have a maximum speed of only 50 kilometers per hour on the seabed.

In other words, the speed of these ten marine warriors at the bottom of the sea can almost double that of a submarine.

Moreover, this is just the swimming speed under normal conditions. If it is combat speed, it can be even higher.

Only by reaching this underwater speed can we solve the fog crisis on the seabed.

Lu Heng looked at the marine warriors going away, raised his hand and pointed in the direction of Baoshan Lighthouse: "Let's go back."

The helicopter turned and returned to Baoshan Lighthouse north of Gardenia Beach.

(End of this chapter)