Daily Evolution from Mastering Tai Chi

But Old Yi was quite curious about how Wang Ye was supposed to dig a 13,000-kilometer passageway.

This was a major project.

Using current technology at maximum speed, it would still take several years.

Wang Ye couldn’t possibly dig continuously for several years, right?

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Ten hours later, night had already fallen.

At this moment, Wang Ye had reached the West Coast of the United States.

He could clearly sense that the surrounding rock layers were becoming increasingly moist.

Obviously, he was nearing the ocean.

Wang Ye felt a surge of joy in his heart,

Upon reaching the ocean, his advancement speed could increase significantly.

Although there was resistance in the ocean, it was still less than that in the rock layers.

Just as Wang Ye wanted to continue digging and break through this last layer of rock,

suddenly,

a system notification panel popped up before his eyes.

[Your Earth Escape Skill Level is full, upgraded from lv4 to lv5.]

[Earth Escape lv5 (0.1%)]

[Traits: Acquired Earth Manipulation Ability.]

Seeing the newly appeared trait, Wang Ye’s eyes narrowed slightly.

"Earth Manipulation?"

Before he could think deeply about the meaning of this term, suddenly, an unfamiliar sensation arose within his heart.

He seemed to feel that the surrounding rock layers and soil became extremely harmonious with him.

As if he could communicate with rocks and soil and ride these materials.

Wang Ye stood in the pitch-black underground passage,

slowly reaching out his hand towards the rock in front.

The next moment.

The rock, as hard as iron, instantly softened and coiled around his arm like a slender snake,

and with a mere thought, the rock would reharden to its original toughness.

Wang Ye felt a surge of excitement in his heart.

He continued to control the surrounding rocks to form shields, blades, and other shapes in front of him.

These rocks became like extensions of his arms, easily controlled.

The speed was also very fast; Wang Ye tested it specifically, and he could gather all the surrounding rocks in front of him to form a circular shield within half a second.

This sensation was different from the telekinesis Wang Ye already possessed.

Telekinesis was a method of forced control.

It’s using external force to lift objects.

If Wang Ye were to use telekinesis to control rocks, the appearance would be stiff and unyielding, only able to lift large rocks forcibly to smash the enemy.

However, the Earth Manipulation Ability he acquired now seemed to make rocks and soil evolve into something akin to living beings, controlled without any hindrance or difficulty, and it did not deplete his own Primordial Qi.

If this ability was used appropriately, it should be a highly potent ability. Wang Ye tested it, and currently, he could only manipulate rocks within ten meters. Thus, the power he could exert wasn’t high, and as a shield, it couldn’t block much damage, possibly not as effective as his Biological Force Field.

The only advantage currently might be its quick response and no consumption of energy.

If used skillfully, it could even have a disruptive effect in battle.

After all, dust can infiltrate anywhere, being both hard and soft.

Perhaps it could have surprising effects when dealing with mechanical units.

Moreover, as the Earth Escape Skill improves, the range of Earth Manipulation will certainly expand.

From ten meters to a hundred meters.

And from a hundred meters to a thousand meters.

Even ten thousand meters, a million meters...

Eventually tens of millions of meters.

By then, Wang Ye could freely control the soil of an entire planet.

Directly unleashing the Earth-Bursting Celestial Star!

But these are just assumptions for now; at most, Wang Ye can only act like Gaara...

After testing this trait, Wang Ye continued digging towards the direction of the ocean.

The Earth Manipulation ability greatly accelerated his Earth Escape speed, as the rocks, which were previously obstacles, now became his aid, allowing him to move freely.

Half an hour later, Wang Ye arrived in the ocean off the West Coast.

He did not pause but continued to swim towards the domestic direction.

Because the Swimming Skill granted him the trait of increasing speed by fifty percent in water.

So upon reaching the ocean, his speed increased several times, almost breaking the sound barrier at the seabed.

Compared to Wang Ye, even the fastest marlin in the sea was sluggish like a snail.

As Wang Ye moved, whirlpools surged from the seabed,

his arrival causing varying degrees of tsunamis on the beaches along the West Coast.

But they didn’t know where the tsunamis originated. In fact, many were puzzled why tsunamis appeared when the weather was clearly calm and tranquil?

What they didn’t know was that this was merely the remnant force of Wang Ye’s high-speed journey.

Although Wang Ye’s destination was domestic, he estimated he was likely to pass by a place called Mariana Trench.

Wang Ye planned to explore the world’s deepest sea area, the legendary Mariana Trench.

The Mariana Trench is located in the northern Pacific Ocean at the world’s deepest spot. The trench stretches approximately 2,400 kilometers long. The average width is around 69 kilometers. The terrain structure forms a huge V shape.

The trench’s lowest point, named the Challenger Deep, reaches a depth of 11,034 meters.

The water pressure there is enough to crush a human to oblivion.

But in fact, the pressure is only about 0.1 Gpa, much lower than the pressure in the over 100,000-meter pit Wang Ye previously dug, so Wang Ye could easily withstand the deepest pressure.

However, the danger of the Mariana Trench isn’t solely in the water pressure but the unknown creatures and risks within it.

It is the deepest sea area in the world, and to date, humanity has not fully explored this region,

the level of mystery is even higher than Antarctica’s poles.

According to rumors,

in 1957, Soviet scientists embarked on a detailed survey of the Mariana Trench aboard the Vitaz, and found signs of life at a depth of 7,000 meters. It is estimated that a multitude of life exists in the Mariana Trench, along with many unique creatures.

To further explore the truth, in 1960, Swiss explorer Jacques Piccard embarked on a journey in the Trieste submarine to a depth of 11,000 meters in the trench. According to Jacques Piccard’s account after returning from the seabed, he encountered a massive disc-shaped unknown organism midway through the trench, which vanished from their sight after a few minutes.

Some speculate this might be a kind of prehistoric creature that has already gone extinct.

In 1985, a research team from the United States deployed a hedgehog probe to scan the trench, but upon reaching the seabed, the probe suddenly transmitted a strange sound to the surface. When the researchers attempted to retrieve the probe, they found that the steel cable was firmly held by a force. After struggling for three hours, the probe was finally retrieved, but its exterior had obvious damage, and a section of the steel cable was severed.

Given that a probe capable of descending over 10,000 meters should have been quite hardy,

it still incurred such severe damage, indicating likely the presence of a highly aggressive large creature in the trench,

upon analysis, scientists speculated the creature attacking the probe might be the prehistoric Megalodon,

according to existing records, the Megalodon weighed over 50 tons, measured about 22 meters long, with a bite force of up to 20 tons, being the ocean’s strongest predator in ancient times. Moreover, scientists have previously found Megalodon teeth in the Mariana Trench.

Thus, this explains why the sturdy probe would be bitten with such evident damage, even cutting the steel cable.

Although this speculation hasn’t been confirmed to date, the possibility of Megalodon’s existence remains very high.

Now having explored the known human areas, Wang Ye is very interested in these unknown human territories, so the Mariana Trench is an unmissable stop for him.

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