Chapter 62 'Nightingale' is back again
"Captain! Be careful!" Felix shouted to Xiao Peng while lying on the side of the ship.
Xiao Peng glanced in the direction of the Deep Sea Clover. Old Alan saw Xiao Peng jump into the sea and threw the telescope aside to go and chat with people. It seemed that he was completely relieved about this place.
"Don't worry, I'm not challenging the world record, I'm just diving for fun!" Xiao Peng gave him a thumbs up to indicate that he was relieved, then took a deep breath and dived into the sea.
To be honest, Xiao Peng prefers the feeling of being on the bottom of the sea. There is no wind and no strong sun. It is much more comfortable than being on a boat!
He looked around.
There are not many aquatic creatures here, only a few fish swimming by occasionally. The largest one is a school of barracuda, but they soon swam away and disappeared.
Even with so few aquatic life in the protected area, the Mediterranean's marine resources are indeed a problem. But this is not something Xiao Peng should consider. His time is limited. If he stays on the seabed for too long, he will arouse suspicion! He dived directly towards the seabed!
Looking at the label scale on the rope, Xiao Peng soon dived to a depth of 35 meters, which was the limit depth of his previous scuba diving. At this time, his ears would feel a stinging pain, but now he didn't feel anything at all.
He didn't rush to continue diving. After all, this was his first time trying deep diving, so he was very concerned about safety. He looked up and down at his body and saw nothing had changed. He reached out and touched his body and found a layer of mucus covering him. Could it be that the mucus was the reason why he didn't feel any pressure in his ears?
He now recalled that his swimming speed had increased a lot when he rescued people that day. Could this also be related to this layer of mucus?
Is this a jellyfish or an octopus? They both have slime!
No matter! As the great leader said: Practice makes perfect! Xiao Peng continued to dive to the bottom of the sea!
The rope hanging from his boat was only 180 feet, or about 55 meters, and he surpassed the end of the rope after just a few strokes. However, Xiao Peng didn't care about that and sped up his dive!
He dived to the bottom of the sea in one breath without any discomfort, and the pressure of the sea had no effect on him!
Xiao Peng now feels at ease!
Stress test successful!
Xiao Peng raised his head and swam towards the sea surface.
When he reached the surface of the sea, Felix and Boco were there waiting for him with their heads stretched out!
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Xiao Peng asked as he opened the water mirror.
Felix said, "Nine minutes! Didn't you say you'd be up in eight minutes?"
Xiao Peng glanced at the diving watch in his hand and said in a frown: "My watch is broken!"
There is a scale on the outer ring of the diving watch.
Many people think it is just for decoration, but it is not. The circle of scale is a countdown function.
A typical oxygen cylinder provides 45 minutes of underwater breathing. Divers set the scale to 45 before diving. Xiao Peng's current helium-oxygen cylinder can last for 60 minutes underwater, so the scale should be set to 60 minutes. This makes it easier for divers to track their surface time while underwater. Xiao Peng also adjusted the scale before diving because of this habit.
However, diving watches also have their limits. Not all diving watches can withstand water pressures up to 10,000 meters! Ordinary diving watches can withstand water pressures within 100 meters. The depth Xiao Peng had just dived to clearly exceeded the pressure limit of his watch, causing cracks to form on the surface and seawater to seep in, causing it to malfunction.
Bo Ke shook his head and said, "Alas, I just said that Japanese goods are not good now!"
Xiao Peng was heartbroken. His watch was a Seiko diver's watch, which he had bought when he was getting his diving license. It had cost him 120 Euros! He was heartbroken to see it break down after wearing it for so long.
It wasn't that Xiao Peng deliberately bought Japanese goods. There simply wasn't a cheaper diving watch here than this one.
Xiao Peng feels a little distressed that it has become a part of his feelings after using it for so long!
Xiao Peng climbed onto the boat in a depressed mood.
Felix exclaimed in admiration, "Captain, you have amazing stamina. I get exhausted after swimming for ten minutes, but you come out of the water like nothing happened."
Xiao Peng was shocked when he heard this. How could he have forgotten this? He should have pretended to be more hardworking!
He coughed dryly twice: "Who said I'm not tired? I'm not coming up to rest now, am I?" He pushed a sun lounger aside: "I'll lie here for a while. Don't disturb me when I need to rest. Don't call me even if it rains knives from the sky! Go find someplace else to play!"
Felix and Boco looked at each other. Where can we go to play in such a small place? It would be great if there was a piano on the boat so we could practice. There is nothing here, so it's boring.
Constantine wasn't due to take over until two weeks later, and after just one day, Felix and Boko were already feeling overwhelmed. Once the novelty wore off, they realized how boring life at sea was!
They are worried, and Xiao Peng is worried too!
The pressure test was completed, but how could it remain on the seabed longer without anyone discovering any flaws?
Even if he went underwater with scuba gear, he could only stay underwater for 60 minutes at most! It wasn't that he would use up all the oxygen in his tank, but if he stayed longer than that, Felix and Boco would get suspicious!
Although Xiao Peng's swimming speed at the bottom of the sea was faster than before, his speed was limited. How much area could he search at the bottom of the sea in an hour? How many times would he have to go down to search the entire sea area?
And he only had four oxygen tanks! This meant he only had four chances to go into the sea without arousing suspicion. But it was completely useless!
What are you doing with these two little tails? Isn't this just causing trouble for yourself?
But then again, even if I didn't have the two little tails, it would be useless. Alan, this little old man, is too vigilant! He always uses a telescope to look at himself!
Just now when Xiao Peng boarded the ship, he took a look at the "Deep Sea Clover" and saw a man on the ship looking at him through a telescope!
It seemed that Alan had sent people to take turns watching him. He was much more cautious than he had imagined! Even if Xiao Peng went out to sea by himself, he wouldn't dare stay underwater with this old man watching him.
With his swimming speed, there was no way he could search the entire sea area in four hours! How could he improve his swimming speed? Xiao Peng couldn't think of a good idea.
This is such a hassle!
No matter how he thought about it, Xiao Peng felt a headache and fell asleep in a daze!
However, Xiao Peng was woken up by Felix not long after he fell asleep.
Xiao Peng was quite grumpy when he woke up: "Didn't I tell you not to wake me up even if it rained knives from the sky?"
Felix was startled and said cautiously, "Captain, I think it seems like your friend is looking for you!"
Xiao Peng was a little confused: "What do you mean it seems like my friend is looking for me? We are at sea! Could it be that my friend is swimming over to find me?"
"It really swam over here!" Felix pointed into the sea: "See for yourself!"
Xiao Peng looked over and was overjoyed: "Nightingale, you're here again!"
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