Chapter 218 Isolated and helpless
Bifang closed his eyes tightly until there was a "plop" sound and his body was wrapped in bubbles.
He fell into the water.
The huge recoil force made his legs numb, countless bubbles rushed up, the air was expelled, and the sea water rushed in instantly, completely surrounding him.
The biting cold penetrated into the skin through every pore and rushed up along the spine, like a cold poisonous snake crawling up the spine and piercing the brain with deadly venom.
Under the intense stimulation, the blood vessels all over his body contracted as if in response to stress. Bifang slowly opened his eyes underwater and was immersed in the light blue water.
In such severe cold, he did not immediately look for a life raft, but stayed in the water without moving. After the initial cold passed, the blood in his body began to flow rapidly to provide warmth.
At this time, he swung his feet, jumped out of the water, and swam towards the bright orange life raft.
Seeing Bifang safely enter the water, the helicopter did not stop at all and flew straight into the distance.
But no one expected that just when Bifang was about to reach the life raft, a wave suddenly hit and directly blew the life raft several meters away!
The cold sea water quickly began to consume his energy. Bifang took a breath, dived into the water, and continued swimming towards the life raft.
[Oh my god! The waves are so strong! ]
[Fuck, why do I feel like I'm drifting further and further away! ]
[Hiss, this sea water looks cold. I once fell into a river in winter. It was so cold that I almost froze to death!]
Thinking of what Bifang had just said, that ordinary people could only survive in low-temperature seawater for a few minutes, many people were worried for him.
Fortunately, as the distance continued to shorten, there were no waves this time and Bifang successfully grabbed the life raft.
"Ha! The sea water is so cold. I feel like my bones are about to break. I hope I don't get arthritis when I get old."
Bifang joked to the camera, grabbed the life raft and touched the inflation rope.
"Okay, now what I have to do is to inflate the life raft. At this time, we must not let go, because once we let go, the inflated air valve will be easily blown away by the wind, and you won't be able to catch up no matter how hard you swim."
There are inflatable items inside the inflatable life raft, which can be inflated into shape quickly as long as it is opened correctly.
Bifang pulled the inflation rope hard, the inflation valve was quickly opened, white mist suddenly floated on the sea, and he held on to the edge of the life raft tightly.
This was the key to his survival and the only mercy from the production team.
Without a life raft, no matter how skilled he was, he would not be able to survive in the icy ocean for twenty-one days.
Bifang had observed on the plane that there were no islands nearby.
The visual range is 20 meters high. Not to mention whether he can swim to the edge of the visual range, even if he has unlimited physical strength, he cannot survive that long in such low temperature sea water.
Bifang tensed his waist and abdomen and rolled into the life raft.
After entering the life raft, he quickly zipped up the raft, leaving only a small opening to block out most of the cold sea breeze. He then took off his clothes, wrung them out through the small opening, and then spread them inside the life raft to let them dry as quickly as possible.
After dealing with the clothes, Bifang closed the last small opening and began a series of strenuous exercises to restore body temperature.
After more than ten minutes, the originally pale skin quickly turned rosy.
Body temperature returned to normal.
After doing all this, Bifang didn't dare to lie down, but curled up in a corner of the life raft and breathed out constantly.
"Ha! I almost froze to death just now. Luckily I have a life raft. Most of these life rafts are tent-style in design and are very warm."
"When you are inside, the heat radiation emitted from your body will be reflected back quickly, causing the temperature inside the tent to rise rapidly, preventing you from being frozen to death by the sea breeze. The increased temperature can also speed up the drying of clothes."
"So I will never unzip my pants unless it's necessary."
Bifang kept rubbing his skin to make himself feel better.
"To be honest, this challenge is the worst environment I have ever encountered. Not only is it cold, but there are no basic supplies. Without supplies, I can't build more survival guarantees."
Even he himself was unsure about this challenge. Surrounded by the sea, no living creature except fish could feel safe in such an environment.
Food, water, fire, nothing.
"And you see, my feet are still numb."
The camera turned to Bifang's feet, and the audience suddenly realized that the skin was red even though it had not been rubbed.
【! Was it diving? 】
[I think I understand why Lao Fang said to start from the feet. I thought diving should start from the head.]
[Have you watched too many diving shows? ]
"See? This is the danger of high diving, even if my movements are standard enough."
"When diving, we will be impacted by the waves the moment we enter the water. And this force will increase with the height. In this case, if you don't master the posture well, it is actually very easy to get injured."
"The world record for the highest diving height is 61 meters, but the diver broke his spine. The record for the best diving without any injury is 53.90 meters, which was created by the Swiss Oliver on a cliff in France in 1987. He even performed a beautiful reverse double flip and entered the water smoothly."
When the audience heard this height, they were shocked.
Fifty meters!
If you don't have some skills, isn't diving just like jumping off a building?
"The reason why divers can dive from a diving platform of more than 10 or even 20 meters and remain safe and sound is because they have received professional diving training and know the correct way to enter the water."
"The correct diving posture is to put your feet into the water first, keep your body straight, keep your legs tight, and keep your hands close to your sides, just like standing at attention. This way, the area of your body in contact with the water will be minimal."
"And we can throw a boulder or something beforehand to break the surface tension of the water and minimize the recoil force, so I threw the life raft first."
"Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't throw it, because the wind is very strong and the waves on the sea are already quite big."
Bifang pointed at the shadow outside the life raft tent . Waves half a meter high hit the tent, making the life raft very bumpy. Fortunately, the drone could fly low and shoot, otherwise some viewers would definitely start to feel dizzy.
"To be honest, I didn't expect the program team to set such a difficult problem. It is indeed very difficult. Just now when I swam out of the water, I took a look at the helicopter and found that it was a CH-46 transport helicopter. This helicopter is very special. It can land and take off in shallow waters and can even be used as a boat when necessary."
"It seems that the production team is willing to spend money. If I remember correctly, this plane was just retired a few years ago. They may be monitoring me from dozens of kilometers away."
Bifang looked towards the camera and seemed to see the program crew more than ten kilometers away. This feeling of being seen through everything made the camera director nervous.
Bifang withdrew his gaze and looked at the waves hitting the tent.
If you want to survive for twenty-one days, the best way is of course to find an island, or if you are luckier, find the mainland directly, but it seems not that easy.
The production crew wouldn't be so stupid as to airdrop him onto the coast.
The only thing Bifang could be sure of was that there was no land within a radius of at least twenty kilometers!
