Daily Evolution from Mastering Tai Chi

[What could that be? A Megalodon?]

[You know, there’s indeed rumored to be a Megalodon in the Mariana Trench!]

[That’s right, this scientist has proven it before.]

[Is a Megalodon really that big?]

[I’m scared...]

[Wang Ye won’t be swallowed whole, right?]

[Are we about to witness a bare-handed battle with a Megalodon? Anticipating...]

[You’re anticipating nothing. Do you really think Wang Ye is Divine? I say he should run as fast as he can.]

[Before the Megalodon gets here, swim up quickly, as fast as you can!]

[Quickly, remind Wang Ye to escape!]

[It’s over, Wang Ye can’t take out his phone now, he won’t see the messages...]

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However, Wang Ye couldn’t see the messages at this time.

Nor did he plan to escape.

Not even considering if the Megalodon could threaten him.

Just having the chance to confront an ancient organism like this is a rare opportunity.

How could Wang Ye pass it up?

Knowing that his Assimilation ability can double the size of any organism, with a record of up to twenty times.

Even a hand-sized anglerfish,

he can cultivate it to twenty meters in length.

If this ability is used on the Megalodon,

wouldn’t he be invincible?

Moreover, there’s another point that intrigues Wang Ye, and that’s how this Megalodon, over forty meters long, survives normally under such water pressure.

Knowing that Megalodons themselves don’t have the ability to withstand high pressure, whether in body structure or with air chambers, they can only survive in warm shallow seas.

Whereas organisms capable of surviving thousands of meters deep in the sea all have distinctive characteristics.

First, a soft and elastic body structure. For example, octopus-like creatures can adjust their shape to different water pressures by contracting or expanding the fluids within their bodies. Even when flattened, deformed, or contracted, they receive no harm and can recover on their own in a short time.

Second, having solid bones or shells. For instance, crustaceans and brachiopods have hard exoskeletons to protect themselves.

Third, possessing molecular mechanisms to adapt to high pressure. Deep-sea organisms’ cell membranes contain more unsaturated fatty acids that can arrange more tightly under high pressure, enhancing membrane stability.

Fourth, deep-sea fishes often lack or have very few air chambers, like lungs, ears, and noses, to avoid the risk of being compressed. For example, deep-sea sharks do not have swim bladders but increase buoyancy by storing fats.

Lastly, deep-sea fish are usually tiny, helping them minimize the damage caused by water pressure.

But this Megalodon before him exhibits almost none of these features, relying purely on its body to withstand the water pressure, and larger-bodied creatures suffer more from water pressure, yet this Megalodon is already over forty meters long, which logically should mean that the water pressure presents incredibly damaging threats to it.

Wang Ye speculated that this Megalodon’s body has likely undergone chemical changes similar to his, such as calcium evolved into chromium, chromium into diamond, and diamond into carbon acetylene. However, Wang Ye’s chemical evolution is limited to his skeleton; his muscles remain primarily protein-based.

That’s why his body is continuously collapsing in the deep sea.

But the Megalodon before him must have entirely different muscles, which piqued Wang Ye’s interest significantly; he wants to use the Megalodon’s physique as a reference for further evolving his body.

With this thought, Wang Ye squinted, starting to observe the Megalodon’s path.

Despite the deep sea being ominously dark, his extremely strong Five Senses,

still allowed him to accurately pinpoint the Megalodon’s location,

especially his tactile sense, evolved to the microscopic level,

letting him accurately perceive the distance and direction between himself and the Megalodon through the minute disturbances in seawater,

even the Megalodon’s size and exact appearance.

While Wang Ye used his Five Senses in tandem to monitor the Megalodon’s movements, his body’s muscles remained tense, ready to either attack or flee at any moment.

If this were on land, he certainly wouldn’t be this tense.

Because of his immense physical strength, it would be easy to fight such a massive creature.

But now he’s under the sea.

And it’s the seabed thousands of meters deep.

Under negative debuffs,

he couldn’t exert his full strength.

Estimating the pressure through his senses, it was about 0.1Gpa here, much lower than the 7Gpa pressure he once encountered over tens of thousands of meters below the Earth’s surface.

But back then, at depths over tens of thousands of meters, Wang Ye was on the brink of death. Under extreme pressure, his entire skeleton was continuously shattering and regenerating; if he made a slight mistake, causing his recovery rate to slow even a bit, his body would be instantly crushed by the pressure, leading to cellular explosion and possibly brain death, beyond the point of revival.

And now, although the pressure is only one-seventieth, Wang Ye’s flesh still continuously collapses.

After long-term evolution, Wang Ye’s regeneration ability has increased a thousandfold compared to ordinary humans,

making body collapse injuries equivalent to a simple skin break for an average person; even with a ten or a hundredfold pressure increase, he can still assure his survival now.

But negative debuffs remain.

Muscles constantly collapsing means he can’t exert full force.

At best, he can use less than half of his strength on land.

The same goes for speed and Defense Power.

So Wang Ye is still in a bit of danger now.

The Megalodon maintained its high speed swimming, yet its trajectory was strangely standard,

consistently keeping a distance of about one kilometer from Wang Ye, orbiting in a circular manner.

Wang Ye remained calm,

staying in place and carefully observing the Megalodon’s movement path.

Despite the Megalodon’s swimming speed far exceeding any known marine creature of today,

it wasn’t particularly fast in Wang Ye’s eyes.

Wang Ye could move at supersonic speeds on the seafloor, meaning he could cruise at over one thousand kilometers per hour for extended periods,

and if he used Vertical Earth Golden Radiance, he could move at several times the speed of sound in the water,

but using this skill could cause dramatic ocean disturbances and tsunamis in surrounding areas.

So unless absolutely necessary, Wang Ye would not use Vertical Earth Golden Radiance in the deep sea.

Currently, the Megalodon’s normal swimming speed was only around 100 kilometers per hour, seemingly because its body is too large,

but due to the mysterious structure of its body, Wang Ye couldn’t guess what its top speed might reach if it exerted its maximum.

Just as Wang Ye contemplated when to attack the Megalodon,

suddenly, the Megalodon’s path shifted abruptly. Its entire musculature exploded with terrifying force, agitating the whole deep-sea water around.

Rumble!!!!

The next moment, a shadow dashed down swiftly.

Wang Ye’s pupils constricted; despite activating Super Sensing, the shadow seemed incredibly fast.

"Is this... subsonic speed?!"

Such a massive form could also burst with subsonic speed underwater?!

Before Wang Ye could comprehend the tremendous force required for such an outbreak.

The shadow was already upon him.

Wang Ye’s right arm was instantly covered by Black Scale, lifting his hand to strike a claw.

Rumble!!!

The dragon claw collided with the shadow akin to a massive ship,

Wang Ye, with no footing, was sent flying a hundred meters away.

The Megalodon was also stopped by Wang Ye’s formidable force, a giant tooth from its mouth dropped, slowly descending into the seabed.

By this time, Wang Ye had already fully recovered from the collision injuries, and through gleaming light, saw the Megalodon’s appearance. The Megalodon’s eyes reflected an almost human-like anger, seemingly harboring the intent to kill Wang Ye.