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Pet King - Chapter 898




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Chapter 898




Zhang Zian was serious . He really did only get one life jacket according to his own size . Jiang Feifei would not fit into it . Going out on the sea was serious business . Even if they were only staying near the beach, they had to be prepared for everything . Navy police and Fishery Administration staff wore life jackets all the time, as long as they were on the boat . Their boat was much nicer than his inflatable one .

A lifebuoy could fit all sizes, but not a life jacket .   

One had to be vigilant no matter how good of a swimmer they were . After all, all drowning victims were good swimmers .   

"…Well then . " Jiang Feifei felt much regret, but Zhang Zian left her with some hope . Maybe she would get a chance to go next time . Regardless, she wanted to buy a life jacket online as soon as she returned to her dorm that night .   

Wang Qian and Li Kun said, "Master, let us go with you! We don't have life jackets, but we both grew up by the ocean . We are very good swimmers . Our nicknames are Wave Captain One and Wave Captain Two!"  

"Then I'd be Wave General!" Zhang Zian vented . "Stay in the shop . Who will take care of the business if everybody runs to the beach?"  

Lu Yiyun couldn't swim, and she was not interested in the beach .   

Zhang Zian was not totally sure . He told them that if he had not returned within two hours, then his boat might have been capsized and they should call the police without hesitation . If they were able to get him out of water in time, he might be able to get a refund from the online vendor .   

After finishing his half-joking instructions, he got into his Wuling Hong Guang and drove to the beach .   

Soon, he parked his car at his old spot close to the beach . He then unloaded the big box containing the inflatable boat with great strength .   

The weather that day was not good, and it was a working day . There were very few kite flyers on the road and the beach was empty . Huang and Xiao Zhi were not there .   

Dark clouds were hanging low above the water . Waves washed up on the beach over and over again, carrying white foam .   

The wind was not strong . Even the sea birds were not there . It was very quiet nearby . Everything seemed to be waiting for the first spring shower of the year .   

Zhang Zian could not take too much stuff by himself . He transported the things to the beach in a few batches . There was nobody around, so he was not worried about losing anything .   

At the shop entrance, he could inflate the boat using a 220V power extension, but he couldn't do that at the beach . He could only inflate manually using a foot pedal .   

Zhang Zian's feet were sore after pedaling . Finally, the boat was fully inflated .   

He kept his eyes busy while inflating the boat . He had been glancing over the sea from time to time, searching for a trace of the whale .   



He learned his lesson in the past and brought a pair of binoculars . The view was much better while he looked through the binoculars; the fuzzy scenery became very clear . Yet, there was only ocean beyond the ocean, and sky beyond the sky . After gazing for a long time, he could not see anything . The sea was silent and peaceful .   


He felt slightly disappointed, although he knew it was very unlikely to spot a whale at the beach .   

He had been visiting the beach every day lately, and he had only seen whales twice . The first time, it was the minke whale . The second time, it was a giant whale .   

Whales were animals and not trees . They were marine animals with a massive area of activity . Besides, most whales lived in groups . They needed food and social interactions, and they could not stay in the same area waiting for him to come over . They didn't make an appointment, after all .   

After inflating the boat, he installed the accessories at the right places in the boat, such as the electric motor and rows . He attached the battery with the motor, and verified that the battery was full . The indicator was green .   

Everything was ready . As soon as he pushed the boat into the water, he was good to go .   

He didn't find the whale, but he still needed to test the boat in the water . One purpose was to verify that the boat even worked . The other purpose was to familiarize himself with the operation .   

The battery that came with the inflatable boat was full . According to the manual, it could power the boat at full speed for three hours, but that was clearly an overestimation under ideal conditions . Anyone who believed in that might end up stranded out to sea . It might only last two and a half hours at the most in reality .   



As it was a trial run, he didn't plan to get too far away from the shore, but to stay within the visible range through the binoculars at the beach . In that case, he could still try to swim back in case something happened .   

He didn't rush into the water . Instead, he sat in the boat and thought for a few minutes calmly, just in case he had forgotten anything . He then texted Wang Qian and the others, informing them about his approximate location . He emphasized that if they heard no news within one hour or two, they should call the police right away . After sending the text, he slipped his phone into a waterproof bag .   

He figured that Wang Qian and the others were probably confused as well . Why was he so nervous about a boat ride near the beach? Yet they had no idea about his dangerous plan to approach a giant whale on a boat .   

"Okay… Let's go!" He said to himself, trying to instill some courage . He pushed the boat into the water, then jumped into the boat himself . As his movements were so clumsy, he fell on his back in the boat . Luckily, nobody saw him .   

The waves were strong at the shore . The light, inflatable boat went up and down along the waves, as if he was sitting on a swing . If he was prone to motion sickness, he might have barfed on the spot .   

Zhang Zian didn't have any motion sickness, yet the waves made him very uncomfortable .   

The boat was too light, and the center of gravity changed at the slightest movement . He felt powerless while sitting in the boat, as if his destiny was in the hands of someone else .   

He grew more doubtful in his mind . Could he really drive the boat out to sea? Or was it a mobile coffin?  

The inflatable boat was not the smallest type for one single person . It was about 3 meters long, and it could fit four to six people inside of it; there was a lot of space . He also had a shading tent above his head, except that there was no sun that day .   

He crawled up from the bottom, sat in the middle seat at the back, then tried to figure out what direction he was going . He pushed against the sand with his paddle so he could push the boat deep into the water . He could not start the motor if the water was too shallow . Otherwise, the blades might hit the bottom and break .   

It was hard to keep the balance . While traveling against the strong waves, he shifted from left to right, then circled around in the same spot . He moved forward three steps, then backwards two steps . His head was dripping sweat and his arms grew tired . In fact, it was not because he was a weak bird, but it was because he wasn't a master of the techniques it took to row the boat .   

He did think about giving up, but he didn't . His biggest motivation was that the shipping cost would be too high if he decided to refund the boat right in that moment .

Despite the difficulty, the boat drifted slowly towards deeper water .   

He tried to feel the bottom with the paddle . It was about one and a half meters deep . He fixed the paddles on both sides of the boat and tried to start the motor .   

As the motor started with a loud noise, the vibration traveled from his arm to the rest of his body .    

The momentary acceleration caught him off guard; he almost fell out of his seat . The boat tilted and nearly turned back to the shallow water . Fortunately, it was stabilized in the end .   

The boat rode on the waves into the vast sea .   



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