Closer to Revealing My True Self
Chapter 92 - 86 Instinct_1

Chapter 92: Chapter 86 Instinct_1

All the items were ready—food, clothes, auxiliary tools and so on. Just in case, Feng Yi had even brought a medical kit.

His situation was rather peculiar; he couldn’t have a lifeguard watching over him, nor could he let others know.

As for the housekeeper’s side, the housekeeper had said that until Feng Yi evolved to the next stage, they wouldn’t be able to interfere too much, as it would affect Feng Yi’s evolution.

So, he had to rely on himself.

The good thing was, standing by the poolside, Feng Yi didn’t feel any anxiety or fear in his heart.

To him, the vast swimming pool seemed like a flat piece of ground.

In simple terms, it was a kind of inexplicable confidence!

It was night now, and it had gotten dark outside. The lights in the swimming hall hadn’t been turned on.

For Feng Yi, nighttime lighting wasn’t that important.

After warming up and changing into his swimsuit, Feng Yi took a deep breath and then entered the shallow end.

The moment he hit the water, Feng Yi suddenly felt relaxed.

He usually didn’t notice his own weight of 150kg, but once he was in the water, that feeling of lightness came!

Every cell in his body seemed to be emitting joyful signals!

In the shallow water, he swam around to get a feel for it.

After swimming with the breaststroke technique for a while, and making sure there were no issues with treading water and breathing, he switched to freestyle and swam back and forth a couple of times.

And oddly enough, although his weight had increased by so much, he didn’t feel cumbersome swimming.

No wonder they say that even though the green anaconda is the heaviest snake, it’s sluggish on land but can move gracefully in the water!

He was different from the green anaconda; his body density had now increased significantly.

The similarity was that despite being heavy, swimming didn’t take effort!

With the increase in strength, it became even more effortless.

With each stroke and kick, he could feel the propulsion of power!

Feng Yi didn’t rush into the deep end. Instead, he continued swimming back and forth in the shallow end for another half an hour.

He had learned how to swim at an early age, but wasn’t very skilled. Later on, he swam occasionally, and after entering university, because he had so many part-time jobs, he seemed to have swum only once or twice in those four years, and that too was when his dorm mates had arranged a trip to the university’s pool.

After graduation, there was even less time, with various jobs and courses. For the goals he had set, one task after another weighed on his shoulders. When did he have the time to relax and swim a bit?

Even without much practice, as he swam in the pool now, he felt less and less out of touch. It wasn’t that he had mastered any great swimming technique, but his body was adapting to the current environment, and slowly, an instinct was emerging.

The positions for breaststroke and freestyle were not difficult for Feng Yi now, and he was quite fast.

Feng Yi roughly estimated, with this ability he could even participate in international swimming competitions!

No, that wouldn’t work either; a physical examination would be required for the competition.

A physical would screen him out immediately.

Discarding these thoughts, Feng Yi concentrated on swimming.

Feng Yi always felt that he could swim faster and more effortlessly.

Maybe it was time to switch techniques.

Butterfly stroke?

Feng Yi wasn’t very good at butterfly stroke. He had practiced it when learning to swim, but back then he was either too stiff and couldn’t get it right, or his movements were big but not standard, making him wobble like a caterpillar.

Before he could swim far, he would become dizzy and run out of breath.

Now things were different!

After switching to butterfly stroke, his body gave him a feedback:

Ease +1, +1, +1...

He even felt his arms were a hindrance, so he stopped using his arms to paddle and dived into the water, moving up and down like a dolphin!

This felt natural!

It was as if an instinct was driving him!

After another half an hour of swimming, Feng Yi wanted to test how long he could hold his breath underwater.

He was currently in the shallow end, where the depth was probably not even 1.5 meters.

He walked toward the deep-water area.

The deep-water area, at a depth of 1.8 meters, could cover Feng Yi’s nose and eyes, and there was an even deeper sunken area near its edge, with a depth of around two meters.

Given the current density of his body, when Feng Yi wasn’t swimming, his feet would sink to the bottom, allowing him to walk underwater.

Water flooded over his mouth and nose, then covered his eyes.

Though he had never trained underwater before, his eyes seemed to have already adapted to the underwater environment.

His underwater vision wasn’t diminished, and his eyes didn’t feel any discomfort.

Holding his breath wasn’t uncomfortable; perhaps his lungs had been enhanced, allowing him to hold his breath longer underwater.

Feng Yi couldn’t see it, but after his eyes were covered by water, his pupils narrowed from round to slit-shaped, and his iris color faded, adding an eerie touch.

If anyone saw Feng Yi’s eyes at that moment, they would surely scream in fright.

The Feng Yi submerged in water indeed looked detached and emotionless, but in reality, his mind was quite lively with emotions.

Walking in the 1.8-meter zone, if something felt amiss, he could just tiptoe to surface for a breath.

Yet, after entering the water, Feng Yi had held his breath for five minutes without any sense of difficulty.

Just to be safe, he surfaced to catch his breath before re-entering the water and walking toward the two-meter zone.

At two meters, he couldn’t just tiptoe to breathe above the water, but Feng Yi felt not apprehensive but rather excited.

The water pressure didn’t bring any pain. Of course, it could also be that the pool wasn’t deep enough for significant pressure.

Let’s swim a bit more!

Swim freely for a while!

This time, Feng Yi followed his instincts without deliberately using any particular swimming style.

While most snakes in nature undulate side to side to move forward, for Feng Yi, the up and down motion of the dolphin kick felt more relaxed!

Ha ha ha!

Feng Yi laughed in his heart.

Swimming techniques he could never learn before, now, upon entering the water, followed his body’s innate impulse naturally,

and whoosh, he shot forward!

So simple!

Effortlessly generating forward momentum and upward buoyancy!

No need to move his arms; he could swim from one end to the other without coming up for air!

His lung capacity was now great, and the advantages of his enhanced body were clear!

It allowed him to do as he pleased in the water, to move freely!

The current Feng Yi, completely submerged, swam from one end of the pool to the other, then quickly back again. He didn’t surface; the entire journey was a rapid underwater swim.

Feng Yi swam with delight, his 150 kg body no longer a burden, the energy stored in his body converting into motion.

He kept speeding up!

Speeding up!

Like a torpedo, he launched from one end to the other...

Bang!

Feng Yi held his head, painfully spinning in circles underwater.

His face distorted.

A bump swelled on his head.

He had become overly proud.

It wasn’t that he mistook this place for the ocean or a river, but he hadn’t expected to swim so fast—so fast that it exceeded his brain’s processing capability. He had swum to the other end in an instant and hit the wall.

Feng Yi touched the large bump that had formed on his head. His brain had wandered a bit before, not focusing on calculating, which is why he took the hit.

In reality, it wasn’t fair to blame the distraction; the pool was just too small!

There was absolutely no room to move!

He needed to find a bigger place to stretch his limbs.