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Chapter 148: Chapter 133: Long Jump Record
Late at night, the fishing harbor.
The rising tide slapped against the shore and the hull, making a faint "sloshing" sound.
In the dimly lit cabin, a figure paced back and forth, ceaselessly busy. 𝓃𝓸𝓋𝓹𝓾𝓫.𝒸ℴ𝓶
After about ten minutes.
Fang Cheng straightened up from his crouched position, looked down at the results of his busy work.
At this moment in the cockpit, three corpses intertwined with each other, posed in various death postures and attack motions.
Wang Zongwu held a sharp knife for killing fish, thrusting it into the boat owner’s chest.
The boat owner, with both hands wielding an iron rod, first broke Wang Zongwen’s right arm, then hit his head.
The harpoon gun that Wang Zongwen forcefully shot, due to a mistake, stabbed into Wang Zongwu’s abdomen, penetrating several inches.
Blood slowly trickled on the deck, starkly depicting a scene of a tragedy caused by uneven distribution of loot.
Having finished staging the crime scene, Fang Cheng raised an eyebrow, continuing to use "Scavenger’s Eye" to check for any oversights.
[Cleaning Experience +6]
After confirming with the panel, he sighed softly, looked at the two victims, and said in a low voice:
"Sorry, if you were willing to cooperate honestly, I wouldn’t have wanted to kill anyone..."
Of course, this was just a phrase to comfort the deceased.
In fact, as soon as he heard that the other party knew Chen Chen and the backing organization was deeply entangled with himself, Fang Cheng had already harbored the intention to kill.
However, he couldn’t operate the boat and didn’t want to swim to shore, having to wet his painstakingly dried clothes and pants again.
So he chose to act and eliminate risks when the fishing boat was docking.
Fang Cheng inspected his own masterpiece, then turned to look at the travel bag brought by the Wang brothers.
After a rough check earlier, it was mostly filled with various crime tools, nothing much valuable.
The most notable was the anesthetic gun and a large box of syringe bullets filled with strong anesthetic.
Also, those two unopened packs of explosives might come in handy.
After some thought, Fang Cheng threw the useless items out of the window, dumping them all into the sea.
Lightening the load, cleanup was complete.
His gaze finally rested on the still unconscious half-human, half-fish creature.
How should he deal with this monstrous being?
To kill or to release, or perhaps to utilize?
Fang Cheng hesitated.
Considering the foggy environment he was in now, after a moment of deliberation, he made a decision.
He took out the anesthetic gun again, aimed at the creature’s body, and fired two more shots to strengthen the drug effect, then left it to air on the deck as is.
Having done all this, Fang Cheng picked up the travel bag, stepped on the slightly swaying ship’s railing, looking in the direction of the pier.
Because when he chose to act, the fishing boat had not yet had time to anchor, it now gradually drifted with the waves.
The current position from the shore was indeed over 10 meters.
Truthfully, Fang Cheng had never tried to jump such a distance before.
The prone broad jump world record for an ordinary person is only about 3.7 meters.
As for the running long jump world record.
Although nearly 9 meters long, it requires tens of meters of runway to build up pre-jump inertial speed, hence improving the final long jump score.
There was no such condition for himself now, especially carrying extra weight.
Looking at it this way, it was indeed challenging.
However, Fang Cheng was not timid.
After some consideration, he decided to shoulder the travel bag, took a few steps back.
Then, fixing his gaze on the concrete pier, his body’s muscles tensed like a bowstring, silently poised for action.
Suddenly, he stomped on the deck, unleashing all the power of his thigh muscles, and his entire body burst forward like an arrow released from a bow.
In just two steps, he crossed the three-meter distance of the deck, about to crash into the ship’s railing.
Just then, Fang Cheng fiercely twisted his waist and extended his hips, arms swinging, soaring into the air like a great bird.
Then, utilizing the horizontal inertial speed, he crossed over the ship’s railing, over the undulating sea, gliding through a long parabola in the air.
With a "splash," his body landed like a cannonball on the pier.
His feet planted in a horse stance firmly, his shoulders only slightly swayed, without staggering forward and falling.
"Wow, that was surprisingly easy."
Fang Cheng straightened his back and let out a breath.
Turning his head, he saw there was a considerable distance left behind him from the shore.
Just by eyeballing it, that jump must have been over 15 meters, right?
Indeed, one must dare to try and challenge oneself.
Otherwise, one will never realize how strong one can actually be.
The sea breeze, mingled with a faint saltiness, blew away some of the blood scent on him.
Fang Cheng set down the travel bag he was carrying on his shoulder and looked up at the street ahead.
The entire fishing port town was shrouded in nightfall, with only a few sparse street lamps flickering faintly in the darkness.
Now was the quietest moment; the occasional barking of dogs only made the surroundings even more silent.
It seemed that besides the nocturnal creatures, everything else was asleep.
Fang Cheng didn’t delay; he immediately picked up the travel bag and ran at a sprinting speed towards the camp base several kilometers away.
.........
The night was deep and silent.
Inside the bathroom, the sound of rushing water could be heard.
The light through the glass door cast a slightly blurred figure.
A moment later, the sound of water stopped.
Fang Cheng pushed the door open, toweling his hair, and walked out of the bathroom.
He had just taken a shower, cleaning himself from head to toe, finally removing the saltiness of the seawater and a certain peculiar fishy smell.
Pan Wendi was still curled up in the blankets, deep in sleep.
Fang Cheng tossed the towel aside, took out his phone from the bag next to the bed, and glanced at the displayed time.
3:45.
He then lifted his head and stared down at the still pitch-dark town below the mountain.
In an hour or two, fishermen would rise early to work at the dock or return from fishing trips out at sea late into the night.
By then, it would probably be bustling.
Lying in bed, Fang Cheng rested his head on his arms, his thoughts jumping around, with no intention to sleep.
Tonight’s adventurous tracking had yielded quite a bit of information.
First, there was a rough assessment of the strength levels of the creatures known as "Merfolk".
The situation underwater remained unknown.
At least on land, considering the speed and strength of those creatures, they posed no danger to him.
Of course, that is based on the level shown by the Merfolk who fought with the Wang brothers.
If there are stronger, more capable "elite monsters," things might be different.
Second, he had acquired an unexpectedly important piece of intelligence.
The mysterious force behind the Red Tiger Gang began to unveil its hidden cloak, revealing only the tip of the iceberg.
For Fang Cheng, this organization named "Noah" was like a shadow hanging over his head, never quite disappearing.
From the intelligence gathered so far, this organization had substantial strength, with many experts and a stronghold on Yong’an Island.
Moreover, they have a high level of research in biomedicine, having created a number of experimental beings with physical capabilities exceeding normal humans through human experiments.
Even someone like Wang Zongwu, who had awakened special abilities, was considered a mid-to-lower level cadre.
Recalling the previous scene of the fiery battle, Fang Cheng took a deep breath.
If it weren’t for the accidental awakening of some special ability tonight, as someone who was out of his element in the water, he would never have risked going into the sea to engage those monsters and Hunters.
Thinking of this, his eyes flickered, and he opened the panel.
He first skipped past a notification about the growth of his skill experience.
[Sanda Experience +35]
Then he switched to the Talent section, scanning the previous two talents:
[Beauty (Green Exemplary)]
[All-Known Language (Purple Epic)]
Finally.
His gaze rested on a new Talent radiating a deep blue light.
[Water Breathing (Blue Outstanding)]
