Daily Evolution from Mastering Tai Chi

Chapter 508 - 350: Mastering the Art of Breaking the Sound Barrier

At the same time.

Wang Ye, who was running at supersonic speed dozens of kilometers away, couldn’t hear any sounds clearly.

His ears were filled only with the sound of his heartbeat and the flow of blood.

The sonic boom cloud behind him and the overwhelming explosions were completely inaudible to him.

This is because Wang Ye’s speed had surpassed that of sound. This meant that sound couldn’t catch up to his speed and couldn’t be captured by his ears.

He could only hear the sounds within his body,

The external sounds couldn’t keep up with his speed, naturally becoming completely inaudible.

By all accounts, Wang Ye should be feeling very quiet at this moment, as if he was alone in a tranquil space.

But instead of feeling any tranquility, Wang Ye felt unprecedented noise and ringing in his ears.

The overload of his body, driving the ultra-high-speed flow of blood and the three to four hundred beats per minute heartbeat, felt like standing by the rushing Yellow River, completely unrelated to the word "quiet."

Moreover, without the cover of external sounds, these internal sounds grew increasingly cacophonous over time, as if they were about to pierce through Wang Ye’s eardrums.

In truth, some ordinary people feel similarly when alone in a room. In an absolutely quiet, soundproof space, the heartbeat would grow louder from a slight thumping to a drum-like rumble, until it felt as if the whole brain vibrated along with the heartbeat.

It could even drive a person crazy.

Actually, during this process, the frequency and volume of the heartbeat change very little.

What changes is the brain’s way of processing information.

Since the human brain can process only a limited amount of information at a time, while the Five Senses can receive an overwhelming amount, the brain usually filters out over ninety-nine percent of the information.

Including the internal sounds of heartbeat and blood flow, a person standing normally outside without strenuous activity cannot hear their own heartbeat.

But when all external sound information is cut off, the brain is forced to process the body’s internal sounds, such as the heartbeat, breathing, and blood flow...

This isn’t controlled by consciousness, otherwise, many wouldn’t suffer from tinnitus and find it difficult to sleep through the night.

But Wang Ye didn’t pay too much attention to the roaring noise in his ears. He slightly adjusted his central nervous system, completely blocking out his hearing, and his mind returned to quietness.

Immediately afterward, he began to fully enjoy the thrill of breaking the sound barrier.

After breaking the sound barrier, his physical exertion while running significantly decreased,

and his body felt very relaxed.

It was like shedding a weight of a thousand pounds.

A large amount of airflow hit him head-on, carrying countless grains of sand that slapped against his cheeks.

He barely kept his eyes open under the protection of Gang Qi,

glancing at the scenery on both sides, witnessing countless yellow sands retreating rapidly.

Even with Wang Ye’s current eyesight, he couldn’t clearly see the surrounding scenery.

He could only feel the sensation of speed, pure speed, intense speed.

A sensation of speed unobtainable in any game or vehicle.

Even riding an airplane at a speed of 700 km/h couldn’t convey a fraction of this sensation.

Because airplanes soar in the high skies devoid of visual reference points, while Wang Ye was running on the ground, seeing numerous reference points overthrowing alongside him at the same speed. He could feel the fierce airstream hitting his body, could see, hear, and even smell many fleeting objects.

This sensation of speed is difficult to articulate with words, unimaginable for someone who hasn’t personally experienced it, even Wang Ye was experiencing such an intense speed sensation for the first time.

He believed that even riding those high-Mach-number fighter jets might not equal the speed sensation he was feeling right now.

Because when flying a plane, there’s a layer of glass barrier. The pilot can’t directly feel the airstream patting the body, nor can they fully see the rapid change of the 360-degree scenery around them.

This is why the speed sensation of a car isn’t as strong as that of a motorcycle, even if the car is driven over 100 km/h, it might not feel as intense as riding a motorcycle at over 50 km/h.

The glass obstructs too much, letting people unable to truly feel their rapid movement, much like in a game, no matter how fast you are, whether the speedometer spikes to 300 km/h or 500 km/h, no matter how advanced and excellent the game scene rendering and speed sensation crafting are, the speed sensation you can feel is less than one ten-thousandth of that in reality.

If viewed from a bird’s-eye perspective of Divine at this moment.

One could only see a gray-yellow stream of light fleeting across the desert.

In just the blink of an eye, he moved from one end of the desert to the other.

Accompanied by a piercing roar, more shocking than the sound of a high-speed rail passing by.

Many people while traveling or working, encounter a whistling high-speed train while waiting at a platform, despite the platform being designed at about ten meters distance from the second track, the billowing air streams and the piercing whistle still cause many to jump in fright.

Some people, especially those who are more timid, might have their heart race and feel panic for a while before calming down. This pressure is just too strong. The fear of massive objects is deeply etched in human genes.