The Most Powerful Brain in the Interstellar Space

Chapter 194 Breaking the Stalemate (Part 2)

The so-called adjustment of posture is not as profound as people think.

Jiang Hui isn't a professional coach. She only had systematic swimming lessons when she was young, and she swims for a period of time every year to maintain her skills, so she can be considered somewhat proficient in the water.

She herself had been learning to swim for a while and knew that it was impossible for a person to overcome their fear of water in a short period of time. Even though she had been swimming for a long time, she could never achieve a state of ease and harmony with water, something that probably only a natural-born swimming champion could do.

However, after playing a lot, you will naturally discover some skills, after all, practice makes perfect.

Jiang Hui discovered that this water was the softest of all things. It was visible and tangible, yet impossible to grasp; it could be touched and scooped up, yet impossible to mold into any shape. All humans could currently do was move through it.

Humans need large amounts of oxygen to survive. Although enhanced by interstellar travel and through countless ages, humans can survive by absorbing some other types of gases, but they still cannot adapt to water.

Especially water without any gas or gaps; being in it is like being in a non-Newtonian fluid, making it difficult to swim freely, and if you can't escape, you'll suffocate. Moreover, water in interstellar space may contain other substances and structures, making it far more dangerous than it seems.

Many water sources existing in interstellar space are terrifying, even more so than those on Earth.

Interstellar people also consciously stay away from water sources, because no one knows what kind of situation lies beneath that pool of water.

This is why scions of prominent families like Zhou Xiuwen, or people who are clearly skilled in martial arts like Huan Xian, don't know how to swim. It's not that they can't or don't want to learn; it's that they simply haven't even considered learning such a skill.

Of course, this was just a small orienteering test, and there was no need to take lives. The water was a mimicry of the home planet's ecosystem, filled with a large amount of symbiotic gas. Even if a person were to drown in it for a long time, they wouldn't die, so there was little danger.

Therefore, even though Jiang Hui and the others were washed by the water for so long and were all dizzy, they were not eliminated, and the simulation bras were only used up a little bit.

If you were on Earth, if someone fainted after being submerged in water, they'd be dead in no time.

When they woke up, the simulated bra had only used 20-30% of its energy—practically negligible. The school really went to great lengths for the students' safety.

However, Jiang Hui and the others were unaware of this, as they were focused on figuring out how to overcome the obstacles posed by the water flow.

She recalled the first time her coach taught her to swim, holding Zhou Xiuwen's waist so that his entire center of gravity was lifted into the air, floating on the water's surface, allowing her to experience that feeling of floating.

This is especially important when learning to swim.

When a person who cannot swim comes into contact with water, they lose the vital gases they need to survive and naturally feel panic. This fear causes them to struggle involuntarily and expend a lot of energy, which in turn accelerates the downward trend of their center of gravity, leading to further struggle and sinking... a vicious cycle, the final result of which is complete drowning.

Therefore, regardless of whether you can swim or not, the most important thing is to conserve your energy and keep your body in a relatively energy-efficient state to maintain your swimming endurance later on.

Relaxing and spreading your arms and legs is the best posture for conserving energy.

Jiang Hui was unable to teach Zhou Xiuwen to swim in a short period of time.

Fortunately, they had a floatation bra. Due to its material, it allowed everyone to float lightly on the water. In particular, those who were unconscious would float lightly with the help of the floatation bra, as the bra provided an invisible sense of relaxation, thus achieving a life-saving effect.

This thing has now become an aid, a useful tool for Zhou Xiuwen and Huan Xian to learn to swim in a short time. With this, and by teaching Zhou Xiuwen how to relax his limbs to simulate floating on the water, he should be able to float.

So she struggled to lift the other person's body, helping them get used to the feeling of floating on the water.

Zhou Xiuwen seemed a little confused and very nervous, so Jiang Hui had to switch from supporting him with one hand to supporting him with both hands.

Okay, actually this is a little rude, but in an emergency, you can't worry about that.

Jiang Hui mustered all her strength and lifted the person out of the water in this awkward position, then kept telling the person to relax and to believe that they would not sink.

After some effort, Zhou Xiuwen finally managed to float, albeit with difficulty. Although his head would often choke on water because he couldn't lift it properly due to poor balance, at least he was floating.

After all that commotion, Jiang Hui and Zhou Xiuwen were both exhausted.

Jiang Hui, in particular, was exhausted; she was even more tired than the person learning to swim.

Even in the water, this thing is so heavy! She has to be careful about the water level when she treads water, and she can't stand near its hands, elbows, or feet, otherwise she'll get tangled up and die together.

Her legs were also extremely tired from constantly treading and moving around in the water. She really wanted to swim back and rest for a while, otherwise she might get a cramp later.

"Ahhh, I can swim! Am I swimming?! I really can swim, I'm really floating..." Jiang Hui rubbed his forehead helplessly, fastened the other person's back seatbelt, and went back to the frame to pull the person who was still immersed in the joy of learning to swim back.

"Save your energy. That's not swimming, that's just floating like a corpse. Don't move around, or you'll sink and I might have to pull you out later."

Jiang Hui sat on the shelf, pinched her ankle to relax her muscles as much as possible, and silently breathed a sigh of relief. She even had a random thought in her mind that she actually had a talent for being a teacher.

But after teaching one, there was another. She couldn't help but glance in another direction, where the other person was also silently watching her.

She wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, but the other person's lips seemed paler, and their eyes looked a little vacant. Could they be scared?! Were they really that afraid?

Well... that's hard to say. For people who are afraid of water, water is truly a terrifying monster that can take their lives at any moment. Huan Xian is clearly one of those people who thinks this way.

Jiang Hui only started teaching Zhou Xiuwen because she saw him in this state.

Because Zhou Xiuwen's symptoms were not as severe. He had been soaking in the water for so long and was still able to walk freely, and in the end, he even took the initiative to suggest taking this step, which shows that his fear was limited.

However, Huan Xian was different. Although he had made some adjustments and his expression seemed normal, anyone with eyes could see the fear hidden deep in his eyes.

This guy is extremely afraid of water.

(End of this chapter)