Chapter 858 Crossing the Whirlpool

The reason why myths and legends are absurd is that they give wrong explanations to objective phenomena, but it cannot be denied that there are really many whirlpools in the Digur River.

These whirlpools are certainly not the gates of the underworld, but turbulence formed by the impact of rapids on the dense reefs in the river.

Especially large whirlpools pose a huge threat to ships traveling upstream and downstream. If they are not careful, they will be sucked in and hit the reefs, causing accidents in which the ship is destroyed and people are killed.

The catamaran that Gao Fei and others were riding on went upstream in a river that was a kilometer wide.

After a morning of sailing, the river ahead gradually narrowed, and large and small whirlpools could often be seen on the water surface.

"There is a big whirlpool not far ahead, which is very dangerous. I have to go down and deal with it."

Pep handed the rudder to Gao Fei and Wang Daqing to take care of, took off his clothes, and jumped into the river naked.

Jiang Feng and Ma Yun saw this scene and turned their heads away quickly, feeling a little embarrassed.

"Brother Pep doesn't seem to have the habit of wearing swimming trunks, Sister Tang, is this probably the cultural gap you mentioned?" Ma Yun asked Tang Ning in a low voice.

"Not entirely." Tang Ning touched the little girl's head and explained to her with a smile: "Pep was born in an indigenous tribe. It is true that he has a rough and unrestrained personality, but he has also lived in the city and knows how to get along with so-called civilized people. The reason why he jumped into the river naked is mainly because he didn't want to tear his clothes."

"Ah? How can swimming tear clothes?" Xiao Ma looked confused, "By the way, I have another question, Brother Pep warned us not to go into the river to bathe, so why did he jump in?"

"You idiot, can't you see it? Brother Pep went into the water to escort the boat!" Ma Tao scolded his sister unhappily.

How can Pep escort a catamaran with a carrying capacity of more than 100 tons by himself?

Including Ma Yun, everyone cast their curious eyes on the river.

After entering the water, Pep immediately transformed from a flesh and blood body into a water element form.

His secondary occupation "Beast Warrior" sacrificed the ranger's spellcasting ability in exchange for the druid's "Wild Transformation".

Pep is a level 8 "Beast Warrior" and can transform into a medium-sized elemental form. He thought the water element he transformed into was not big enough, so he used his occupational ability "Thousand Faces", that is, "Transformation", to increase his size by one level and become a large water element.

Like a big snake made of liquid, Pep quickly approached the large whirlpool blocking the front of the catamaran, allowing himself to be sucked in, and at the same time he also transformed into a whirlpool.

Water elements can transform into whirlpools of corresponding sizes and change the direction of rotation at will.

At this moment, Pep is in the center of the clockwise rotating whirlpool, twisting his body and rotating in the counterclockwise direction.

Two whirlpools, one large and one small, form concentric circles in the center of the river surface, rotating in opposite directions, driving the water flow to move in the opposite direction along the tangent direction, and the forces offset each other partially.

In this way, Pep slowed down the rotation speed of the natural vortex, reduced the centripetal force, and weakened the traction on the ship.

If everything goes well, the catamaran can break free from the vortex and pass through this dangerous waters safely.

Unfortunately, his efforts did not achieve the expected results.

It has rained frequently recently, and the flow of the Digur River has increased sharply. Under the impact of the upstream river water, the destructive power of the vortex is also greater than usual.

Compared with the naturally formed vortex, the vortex that Pep turned into is much smaller and more powerful, and the effect of reverse confrontation is not obvious.

To make matters worse, there are still a large group of crocodiles wandering in the nearby diving area. When they heard the sound of the motor, they swam over, grinning at the passengers on the deck, blocking the channel, and trying to drive the catamaran to the vortex.

These smart reptiles found that ships often get wrecked in this area, and the drowning people are a delicious meal delivered to their mouths. They gather here when they have nothing to do, waiting for them.

Tang Ning realized that the situation was not good, so he quickly climbed onto the bow, took out the magic lipstick, applied "amplification" to himself, and sang "Taming Song" to the group of malicious crocodiles.

The magical singing voice, overwhelmed the sound of the waves and the roar of the diesel engine, and clearly reached the ears of each crocodile, quickly eliminating their hostility, turning their heads and swimming towards the shore, and the channel ahead was restored.

Tang Ning's singing could only soothe the crocodiles, but could not soothe the violent whirlpool.

In addition to Pep, there was another person on the boat who was also good at "Wild Transformation".

Gao Fei switched his secondary profession to "Mimic", wore the "Druid Mask" and "Berserker Mask", took off his outer clothes and pants, and jumped into the river wearing only shorts.

At first, he wanted to follow his brother Pep and turn into the whirlpool form of the water element to help Pep and join forces to fight against the natural whirlpool.

In a flash, he suddenly had an idea and changed his mind temporarily, turning into the form of the wind element.

Not long ago in Agats, Gao Fei witnessed the "Son of Thunder" Jacob the Great saving himself after falling into the water, manipulating the airflow to generate an air propeller under his feet, propelling himself to sail in the river, like a human speedboat.

Inspired by Jacob the Great, Gao Fei decided to imitate this special "submersible" technique and help the catamaran out of trouble.

Elemental creatures, no matter what their attributes, do not need to breathe air to survive, and of course they will not drown.

After Gao Fei became a wind element, he quickly dived under the water, approached the tail of the catamaran, and then transformed into a whirlwind.

At this time, his body was lying horizontally in the river, parallel to the river surface, and the whirlwind he created was also horizontal, whistling and circling underwater, like a long dragon!

The waves generated by the waterspout continuously hit the stern, providing continuous momentum.

The direction of rotation of this external force is the same as the direction of rotation of the propeller of the outboard engine, so a combined force is formed, causing the catamaran to accelerate suddenly, break through the vortex, and quickly escape from danger and enter a safe area with gentle water flow.

Gao Fei surfaced, flew directly to the deck, shook off the water droplets on his body, and then changed from a wind element to an earth element.

Tang Ning looked at him in confusion, not understanding why he turned into an earth element.

Jiang Feng saw through her boyfriend's thoughts, smiled shyly, opened the cabin door, let him in, and thoughtfully sent his clothes into the cabin, and stood guard at the door to prevent Tang Ning and Ma Yun from accidentally seeing something they shouldn't see...

Gao Fei changed back to human form in the cabin, put on his clothes, and walked out.

Not long after, Brother Pep also returned to the boat, put on his clothes, and immediately found Gao Fei to discuss his transformation experience with him.

Tangning saw that the two of them were chatting quite well, and she said to Jiang Feng, "I have known Pep for half a year, and every time I asked him questions, he would answer, and he would not even bother to say a single extra word. Today was the first time I saw 'Silent Pep' take the initiative to chat with someone else."