Chapter 39: youâre not a loser girl.
Translator: 549690339
âXiao Chen, I can hold my breath underwater for such a long time!â
âXiao Chen, I can see so clearly underwater that I can even make out the grains of sand on the bottom!â
âXiao Chen, the fish in the water arenât scared of me either!â
Upon Lin Zichenâs suggestion, Shen Qinghan continuously tried various maneuvers in the water to test her aquatics.
Every time she finished a test, her little face would be covered in amazement, never having imagined herself capable of such incredible underwater feats.
She suddenly felt like she didnât quite understand herself.
Lin Zichen watched the entire process by her side, his face equally filled with amazement.
Shen Qinghanâs abilities in the water were in no way inferior to his own, as someone blessed with the âWater Fusion Fortuneâ.
If these extraordinary aquatic abilities werenât a superpower, then what were they?
Bedwetter? No, a Water Elementalist!
In the subsequent time, Lin Zichen had Shen Qinghan perform various underwater maneuvers to see if any special changes would occur in her body.
For example, whether her pores would expand or contract unusually, her body temperature would suddenly rise or drop, or her heartbeat would suddenly speed up or slow down, and so on.
But after observing for a while, he discovered nothing.
When Shen Qinghan was submerged, her bodily state was no different from an ordinary personâs; there were no particular changes.
âIt seems, just by observing her from the side, I probably wonât be able to find the answer. Iâll need to search online later or look through related books; that might solve this mysteryâ¦â Lin Zichen silently contemplated.
As he was contemplating this, Shen Qinghan, who had been holding her breath underwater for more than ten minutes, suddenly burst out of the water with a splash.
Her entire little face was flushed from holding her breath.
She was taking in big gulps of fresh air.
After she caught her breath a bit, she looked at Lin Zichen with an expectant face and asked, âZi Chen, how long did I hold my breath?â
â11 minutes and 02 seconds,â Lin Zichen answered after glancing at the timer on his phone.
This duration of holding breath underwater was simply unattainable without professional training.
However, Shen Qinghan, who had never even been to a swimming pool all her life, could now hold her breath underwater for such a long time; it was simply defying the natural order.
Realizing this, Shen Qinghan became extremely excited, âZi Chen, it seems I really have a talent for aquatic abilities. Iâm not just a good-for-nothing damsel!â
âYou were never a good-for-nothing to begin with. You scored in the top 100 for the cultural subjects in the district middle school examination, thatâs an achievement many can only dream of!â
âBut, in front of you, I am just a good-for-nothingâ¦â
ââ¦Iâve already said, youâre not a good-for-nothing.â
Shen Qinghan hadnât finished speaking when Lin Zichen, floating in front of her, interrupted her.
After that, silence fell over the two of them.
Only the sound of the water surging and the sea breeze whistling, occasionally lingering and flowing past their ears, remained.
After about three seconds, Shen Qinghan said with a sweet and pleasant smile, âYes, Iâm not a good-for-nothing. I never have been, Iâm not now, and I wonât be in the future.â
It was a smile from the heart, filled with genuine joy.
At that moment, Lin Yansheng shouted to them from the shore, âZi Chen, Han Han, come over for the barbecue!â
As his voice reached them, a tantalizing aroma of meat also wafted over.
Shen Qinghan, just by smelling it from a distance, couldnât help but swallow her saliva and then turned to Lin Zichen with a smile, saying, âZi Chen, letâs go have some barbecue!â
After speaking, she turned towards the shore, eager to swim up and enjoy the delicious barbecue.
Just as she was about to make a swimming motion, she suddenly paused in the water and didnât move at all, her complexion looking somewhat peculiar.
Seeing this familiar unusual expression, Lin Zichen realized something and instantly went numb, hurriedly pretending to know nothing and started swimming quickly toward the shore.
Though he felt numb, he knew Shen Qinghan didnât do it on purpose and didnât blame her one bit.
After all, there were things that she truly couldnât control.
Evening.
Lin Zichen lay on his bed with his phone, describing one by one Shen Qinghanâs incredible performances in the water today, searching for information online.
However, he found nothing.
He was impressed, how could the search engines of this world be so lame, clueless at every turn?
First there was the âAbyssal Giant Butterfly,â then the âLife Origin,â and now Shen Qinghanâs âHeaven-defying Water Affinityâânone of them yielding the information he wanted.
This world truly was a mystery, a mystery where everything was the unknown.
It had a kind of beautyâlike living in a fairy tale without having learned science.
Shaking his head, he put the phone down.
Lin Zichen, taking advantage of the dead of night when no one was around, left the seaside room and ran to swim in the sea for training.
Originally, he had wanted to run for fitness, but thinking about the indescribably pleasant feeling of being immersed in water, he couldnât help but switch to swimming instead.
At this stage, his yearning for water was stronger than it had ever been before.
The reason for this change was the effect of the âBiometric Attributes: Water Fusion Fortune.â
He figured he would need to soak in the water a few more times, get accustomed to it and bored of it, lose the novelty, and then he could return to normal.
[You swam 10 kilometers, Qi-Blood +8888, total muscle strength +2000, muscle coordination +2000, water affinity +1000, swimming technique +1000]
[You dove and swam 10 kilometers, Qi-Blood +8888, total muscle strength +2000, muscle coordination +2000, water affinity +1000, deoxygenation ability +1000, water pressure resistance +1000, diving skill +1000]
After more than two hours, Lin Zichen finally completed his swimming training.
He sat on the shore for almost half an hour to rest, feeling almost recovered, and soon dived back into the water.
But this time, he didnât train in swimming; instead, he held his breath to explore the underwater world.
[You are using your eyes in the dim depths of the sea, deoxygenation ability +1, water pressure resistance +1, underwater vision +1, night vision +1â¦]
After some exploration, Lin Zichen found that the marine world seemed much richer than the land.
To put it simply with two idioms, it was vibrant and colorful, full of variety and diversity.
The marine life that lived below was even more diversified and bizarre than terrestrial creatures.
âThe sea truly is the Origin Land of life; its depth seems much greater than that of the land. I hope that one day I can evolve to live in water so as to explore the mysterious depths of the seaâ¦â
With this possibly achievable dream, Lin Zichen continued to hold his breath and explore the seabed, training his deoxygenation ability and resistance to water pressure.
[You are holding your breath in the dim depths of the sea, deoxygenation ability +1, water pressure resistance +1]
[You are using your eyes in the dim depths of the sea, deoxygenation ability +1, water pressure resistance +1, underwater vision +1, night vision ability +1,]
[You are moving in the dim depths of the sea, aquatic locomotion ability +1, water affinity +1â¦]
In this way, Lin Zichen intermittently held his breath for training in the sea depths for nearly two hours. Seeing it was about time, he resurfaced and returned to the seaside room to rest.
PS: Setting out my bowl, begging for monthly and recommendation tickets!