Chapter 230 Grandmaster
The waves hit the side of the boat regularly, and Bifang slowly opened his eyes. His body was extremely tired, but his spirit was excited again after falling to the bottom.
He could feel the wind and waves dying down.
The hardest time has passed!
The storm is over and now he has the upper hand!
With his extremely strong arms, he fought against the cold waves again and again. Bifang felt like an arrow that pierced through the wind and waves. Nothing could stop him, waves, storms, hunger, and even nature! Because he was sharp enough!
Bifang suddenly opened the tent and breathed normal air again, only to find that the cold air was so sweet.
He turned his head and looked back. The sea was pitch black, there were no islands, let alone continents. Floating on the boundless water was an orange life raft.
The drone could no longer see clearly in the wind and rain. All around was darkness and rolling waves, but the waves were much smaller than they were a few minutes ago.
Victory is almost certain.
The audience's hearts, which were about to jump out of their chests, gradually calmed down. Is this half-hour storm fight finally coming to an end?
Of course not!
Bifang pulled at his coat and knelt down on the life raft with difficulty. Although the waves were less than half as big, it did not mean that the life raft was stable. The waves were three meters high. Even if Bifang had a good balance, as long as he dared to stand under the ups and downs, a wave could make him fall into the sea in an instant.
He opened his coat with the hem facing the sky, trying to let the cold rain flow into it.
This is the simplest and fastest way to collect water, but it also has significant disadvantages. Without the shelter of a tent, Bifang's body is completely exposed to the rain.
Bone-piercing abnormality.
The wet lining clung tightly to Bifang's body, his muscles were clear and soft, water droplets fell from the ends of his hair, he reached out and wiped it, his iron-gray hair was neatly combed back, revealing his pale cheeks, and with the bone-tooth necklace on his neck, he looked handsome, tall and straight, and quite sexy.
Even foreign audiences had to admit Bifang's charm at this moment. Female audiences were taking screenshots crazily and were almost drooling. Oh, or maybe they had already drooled but no one knew it.
It is difficult to understand whether they are watching the show for Bifang as a person or for Bifang's story.
But Bifang was not happy about the cheers from the audience, and he didn't even care. There was no joy on his face. The cold wind blew past, scraping away the heat from his body like a steel knife scraping his bones, and then his whole body trembled as if in spasm.
Cold, extreme cold, eroded this seemingly perfect body inch by inch, from skin to muscles, from blood to bone marrow.
Because of hypothermia, the body quickly showed adverse reactions. The pain was like a poisonous snake biting at the lower abdomen and wouldn't let go. The severe abdominal pain made Bifang tremble even more violently, but he never let go.
He needed water for water's sake.
There was not even a frame on the life raft, and he could not catch the heavy rain without holding up his coat with both hands. But in this way, he would be exposed to the rain.
Bifang thought of other ways, such as setting up the tent and then lowering the middle to make the whole into a funnel shape, allowing rainwater to gather naturally, and finally poking a small hole on the top to collect it, but he quickly rejected this idea because it was too unreliable.
Collecting water in a tent will make it impossible for Bifang hiding under the tent to observe the specific situation. Once the waves come, most of the rainwater will inevitably be lost under the ups and downs, not to mention the splashing waves. Once it mixes with the sea water slightly, the collected rainwater will be invalid.
No one knows how long this rain will last. Once missed, it may take five or six days for it to rain again. If Bifang continues to drink distilled water, he can persist, but his condition by then will be absolutely unimaginable, and he can't possibly do that.
The mission goal is to survive for twenty-one days. How many days can we survive? Ten days? Twenty days?
Bifang not only needs water, he also needs food. If he chooses 24-hour distilled water, he may be able to survive, but how can he find food?
There is no answer to this question: should I choose water or body temperature?
Comparing the two, Bifang finally chose to come out to fetch water.
The physical fitness is as high as fifteen points, which is already quite high, even strong. It is rare for Bifang to catch a cold in daily life.
The wind and waves were dying down, but the rain was still pouring down, falling on the life raft and turning into foam like rising steam.
Bifang could feel the clothes in his hands becoming heavier and heavier. Among all his clothes, only his coat was waterproof. Fortunately, his coat was waterproof.
Few articles of clothing are completely waterproof, with the exception of specialist sportswear.
Although the kidnapping attack was sudden and there was no preparation, Bifang really liked to wear sportswear because he had to do a lot of training every day and any piece of sportswear he could pick out from his closet was professional sportswear. He also had money so naturally he bought good stuff.
He tied his cuffs tightly and zipped up his clothes. If everything went well, this piece of clothing might be able to provide him with more than eight liters of drinking water, which is almost half a bucket of pure water!
Even one liter a day can meet the drinking water needs of an adult man for more than ten days, and then all the energy can be focused on searching for food.
In order to make the most of rainwater, Bifang even opens its mouth directly towards the sky and catches rainwater with its mouth, so that more rainwater can be collected.
After taking two sips, Bifang finally had time to say a few words to the audience: "When you collect rainwater, you must be careful of the waves on the sea. Once seawater enters your container, the fresh water you collected may be wasted, so we need to store as many containers as possible."
"Also, when it rains, you can drink as much as you want, but drink slowly. As I said before, drinking too much when you are dehydrated for a long time can easily cause vomiting."
After saying just two sentences, Bifang shuddered suddenly, but he still insisted on continuing.
"If the rain is too heavy and the side of the boat is flooded, don't panic, because water itself is a good ballast. Even if the water has flooded to the side of the boat, it can continue to float."
"You see, the water has already flooded over my instep, but I have never paid attention to it. It can even help me wash away the salt on the seaweed. However, because of the constant waves hitting it, the effect may not be great, but it is still a little helpful."
The camera cut to the life raft, and the audience found that Bifang's feet had indeed been mostly submerged. Even the Sargassum tied with ropes on the side began to float, just like it did in the sea at the beginning.
[Fuck, why is Lao Fang trembling when he speaks? ]
[Nonsense, he must be cold. The rain is cold just by looking at it, and the wind is so damn strong.]
[I thought we were safe once the wind and waves died down, but I didn’t expect difficulties were still to come]
Many viewers nodded when they saw this comment. Yes, they had thought so before. They didn’t expect that the real difficulty was not the storm, but how to collect rainwater.
Oh, if it were the Pacific Ocean near the equator, it would be cool after the rain. But now, the water is like poison, and it will cause lasting damage if you touch it.
Fang Shen was so frozen when he first appeared. It’s been three days now. Can he still hold on with his declining condition?
Some fans expressed concerns, but most people still have full confidence in Bifang. They believe that the storm will pass and everything will be fine.
[By the way, does anyone think that Lao Fang's clothes are awesome? Is the waterproof effect so good? ]
[It’s a big brand at first glance.]
[I don’t know, but a good jacket costs at least tens of thousands of dollars. It has all the necessary functions, not to mention being waterproof. I heard that some of them can even be heated by fire…]
[Fang Shen's equipment is always very good, and he is a real big boss, rich and lustful]
[It’s over, what should I do if I have no money]
[I envy you so much. He really makes money based on his own ability. Isn't he better than those popular young actors? Lao Fang can beat ten of them alone! ]
[Ten? That's too low-key. The kind of guy who would cry out when his skin was scratched. To be honest, let's say there are a hundred.]
The topic direction of the barrage is always easy to go astray under the manipulation , and soon they started talking about what to eat in the evening.
Bifang, with his hands raised high, could hardly hold on any longer. He was exhausted from struggling in the wind and waves while holding on to the life raft, and now he was so tired from holding his hands high that his arms became weak.
There was no other way. Bifang's hands went limp and he put his half-empty coat on the life raft to relieve the fatigue in his arms. But he kept his eyes on the waves around him to prevent seawater from polluting fresh water. This was the guarantee of his survival and he could not afford to lose it.
Finally, after collecting water for nearly half an hour, Bifang's clothes were filled with water, and he quickly tied the bottom of the clothes with a bath towel. The reason for using extra clothes to wrap is also to increase the volume of the coat itself. If the hem of the coat is used to wrap, the storage space will be much smaller.
After doing all this, Bifang quickly set up the tent again, and then drained all the sea water and rain water from the raft. He wiped and wrung out the remaining water with clothes, and then Bifang curled up in the life raft.
"ha!"
Putting the water bag aside, Bifang was trembling all over, his face was pale and bloodless. He kept breathing out hot air, trying to warm his stiff hands.
The waves were not big anymore, so Bifang no longer had to worry about the boat capsizing without his control, but hypothermia almost made him stop thinking.
[Damn, it makes me cold just looking at it]
[That is to say, Fang Shen has a strong physique. If it were me, I would have frozen to death long ago.]
[Why didn't Lao Fang just stay in the tent and take out his coat to get some water? Wouldn't that keep his hands a little colder?]
[No, didn't you hear that we need to prevent waves from polluting fresh water? How can you see if the waves are coming if you hide in the tent? If there is pollution, all your efforts will be wasted. And if the zipper is opened, the boat will definitely take in water.]
"That's right."
Bifang nodded tremblingly after seeing the barrage. If he set up a tent to collect water, on the one hand, there would be blind spots in his vision and he would not be able to see the direction from which the waves were coming, and fresh water would easily be contaminated by sea water.
On the other hand, although the wind was a little weaker at that time, it was still very strong. If the zipper was open and the tent was not completely pressed down, the whole tent might be blown away by the wind, and the result would be more trouble than gain.
"But it's all worth it. At least for the next ten days, I don't have to worry about fresh water."
Bifang curled up in the corner, rubbing his skin with his hands, trying to warm himself up.
"The sea conditions should have reached level 4 now, which is stronger than when I first arrived. The waves on the sea surface at this time still have obvious shapes, many crests break, forming white waves everywhere, appearing in groups, and occasionally there is spray, so I can't do anything big yet, it's still quite dangerous."
The audience was still a little shocked when they heard this. What does it mean?
The danger is not over yet?
"No, it has been resolved." Bifang shook his head. "The danger exists, but it is not high. Under the fourth-level sea condition, most fishing boats will only have obvious shaking and need to retract some of the sails. There is no need to fully lower the sails. As long as we don't make any big moves, the danger is far away from us."
Bifang then briefly introduced the classification of sea conditions.
The sea condition level is divided according to the conditions seen by the naked eye on the sea surface, with levels 1 to 9 being called no waves, slight waves, small waves, moderate waves, big waves, huge waves, wild waves, raging waves, and furious waves.
Waves over 20 meters high are considered storms, but because they are rare, they have not become an official level.
Generally, only when it reaches level five or above will it pose a greater threat to ships. The previous storm in Bifang even reached level six, which was the most dangerous situation, especially for life rafts.
After listening to Fang’s description, the audience became even more excited. Wow, that’s awesome! Even fishing boats didn’t dare to leave the port in level 6 sea conditions, but Fang was able to get through it safely. He is worthy of being called the God Fang!
Even Mulenga had to admit Bifang's courage. Whether he was worthy of the reputation was one thing, but he was certainly not a boastful man. After all, the camera could not fake anything. This was not a fake hunt, but the most real confrontation with the storm.
There was another burst of comments and gifts in the live broadcast room, most of which were bones and meatballs, with messages saying that they would make soup for him to warm his body.
Bifang of course accepted them with pleasure. Seeing the screen full of gifts, he suddenly felt less cold.
Even Jarrett from the program group received the message from the channel. The leader on the phone praised Jarrett's arrangement highly. The ratings of Discovery Channel once rose to 3.2%, which was already the highest-rated program on Discovery Channel this year.
Even though 3.2% may not seem high, ten years ago, the ratings would not be good enough if they were less than 10. But things are different now. Today, even if the ratings are just over 3%, the channel leaders have to support the director and show concern for him on a daily basis. People with lower positions cannot even get close to him.
Seeing this great result, the leader quickly called and asked Jerry to work hard to stabilize the high level of ratings. The economy is generally in recession now, and fewer and fewer people like to watch TV. This is a rare opportunity, and they must grasp it well. He promised to give them a raise when he came back.
Faced with this call, the staff of the program team were naturally ecstatic. Who doesn’t like green banknotes?
Moreover, participating in the production of such a program will give you excellent qualifications in the future. No one will dare to look down on you, and you don’t have to worry about changing jobs.
Faced with such a situation, even Jarrett couldn't remain calm. Although he was the number one director of the Discovery Channel, television production was generally sluggish and he hadn't achieved any results in a long time. Being able to produce a program with a viewership of 3.2%, or even with the potential to hit 4%, was naturally worth celebrating.
Jarrett and Pang Di both knew all of this very well. Bifang played a vital role in bringing the concept of wilderness survival to the public and making it known.
Oh, it turns out that wilderness survival is so exciting, and it can be played this way?
In China, he is like a great master who founded a school of thought. He is definitely worthy of lifelong admiration from later generations. Even if it is just a wooden statue carved to be worshipped, well, this is a bit exaggerated, but it would not be strange to make a figurine and put it on the desk.
