Chapter 765 - 478

Chapter 765: Chapter 478

But faced with the knowledge system transmitted by Wang Ye, the knowledge they possessed seemed as small as fireflies before the bright moon. One must understand that their grasp of physics, chemistry, mathematics, etc., is the culmination of countless predecessors who devoted their lifetime to research, and they stood on the shoulders of these predecessors to reach their current level of knowledge.

However, the telekinesis system clearly had no predecessors, nor any lineage to study. In other words, this entire vast system was solely created by Wang Ye himself.

Simply... terrifying.

They continued practicing for about tens of minutes before they finally grasped some basic techniques of operating telekinesis.

Subsequently, Wu Chen began to take the lead in studying how to use telekinesis for flying since flying on the Moon was the most crucial skill.

He continually tried to lift his body to soar but ultimately failed, either falling headfirst to the ground or experiencing intense body tremblings, making it difficult to maintain a hovering posture.

Seeing this, the other two also began attempting flight, but their results were almost identical to Wu Chen’s.

In the end, they could only seek help from Wang Ye in frustration.

"Master, how can we maintain stable flight?" Wu Chen asked.

"It’s simple, just imagine a hummingbird," Wang Ye replied.

"A hummingbird?" The three asked, puzzled.

"The flight pattern of a hummingbird combines the characteristics of insects and birds. They are also the only birds capable of hovering and reverse flight. Think carefully about how a hummingbird achieves this," said Wang Ye calmly.

This theory regarding the hummingbird was something he realized while contemplating flight. Simulating the hummingbird’s flight laid a solid foundation for his subsequent flying techniques; without mastering this hovering skill, his flying could not have been as stable and effortless as it is today.

"The flight techniques of the hummingbird...?" The three pondered deeply. Being top students in various disciplines, they naturally had heard of the hummingbird species and knew some of its flight characteristics.

According to biologists, hummingbirds’ heart rates can exceed a thousand beats per minute during flight, over five times that of humans, similar to the extreme of bats.

Such a rapid heart rate dictates that the metabolic rate of hummingbirds cannot be low.

Therefore, to meet the body’s energy demands, a hummingbird needs to consume food greater than its body weight in a day. This is an extremely rare example in nature.

One must understand that food in nature is very scarce; most creatures can only consume ten percent of their body weight in food a day.

Especially for humans, a 150-pound adult male being able to consume ten pounds of food a day is quite remarkable, and even then, they might accumulate fat.

Yet, for hummingbirds, the amount of food they consume in a day proportionately is ten times that of humans,

which is enough to illustrate how terrifying the metabolic rate of hummingbirds is.

And what exactly supports their rapid metabolic rate?

Naturally, it is their flying style and body structure.

Proportionally, hummingbirds are nearly the fastest-flying birds. Their average flight speed can reach ninety kilometers per hour.

Although the peregrine falcon holds the record for the fastest diving speed in nature, reaching up to 360 km/h, if reduced to the size of a hummingbird, its speed might not be as astonishing.

One must understand that an adult hummingbird’s size is only a few centimeters long, not even as long as a finger, and it weighs just over a gram. In such a size, it can burst into speeds exceeding one hundred kilometers per hour, which is unparalleled in nature.

With the weight of about one gram, its pectoral muscles account for one-third of its weight, and its bones are almost completely hollow, meaning its attribute points are almost all allocated to speed, as its entire body structure is designed for speed.

Add to that its flying technique, which is crucial for maintaining hovering and free flight in all directions,

the wingbeats of a hummingbird do not move up and down like other birds.

Instead, they trace a figure-eight pattern. This figure-eight may not seem standard, but it allows the hummingbird to exert force in 360 degrees without any blind spots,

paired with the hummingbird’s semi-vertical flying posture,

if it wants to fly backward, it only needs to strengthen the forward swing force when drawing the figure-eight, and vice versa.

If it wants to hover, it just needs to apply nearly equal force forward, backward, left, and right with its wings.

Another key point— the reaction speed of the hummingbird is also crucial to its hovering ability. Hummingbirds have very sensitive nerves, with muscle contractions taking only eight milliseconds, thirty times that of humans, meaning any sudden disturbance during hovering is detected and adjusted back almost instantaneously, appearing almost motionless to other creatures.

Wang Ye’s early flying method was inspired by hummingbirds. Since unidirectional exertion affects body balance, he created an eight-way force exertion technique based on the hummingbird’s flying principle. Simply put, it’s about constantly generating thrust in all directions and adjusting in the opposite direction when the body deviates slightly.

The difficulty of this flying technique lies in the high level of telekinetic power required because eight-way exertion is more energy-consuming than one-way exertion, even causing the small hummingbird to have a heart rate beyond a thousand beats per minute and an explosively high metabolic rate.

The second challenge is the need for very fast reaction speed. From losing balance to plummeting to the ground, the entire process could take only half a second, which means the flyer must adjust within that half-second. And to achieve Wang Ye’s vibration-free hover that is invisible to the naked eye, the reaction nerves must be thousands or even tens of thousands of times faster than ordinary people.

For an average person’s reaction speed, even with full concentration, hovering steadily in midair is nearly impossible, like standing on a plank on top of a sphere, where the slightest roll of the sphere can cause one to lose balance and fall. Most people would fall within a few seconds, but a small number with very strong balance and focus could stand on the plank for extended periods. The feeling of hovering is similar, but since airflow is much more slippery than a sphere, hovering in air is all the more difficult.

Overall, with the three’s physique and reaction speed, if they practice the technique proficiently, they should manage to fly freely on the Moon.

But on Earth, it won’t be easy, considering Earth’s gravity is six times that of the Moon.

After listening to Wang Ye’s theory on the hummingbird, the three began training in thoughtful contemplation.

Their telekinesis continuously pushed in all directions, attempting to stabilize themselves midair in this manner.

But due to their immature technique, their bodies often flew off after maintaining balance for two or three seconds, ultimately crashing to the ground.

Fortunately, the spacesuits made by Wang Ye were sturdy enough; otherwise, they would have torn apart from the falls, leading to oxygen leakage and death.

Yet their mental strength, enhanced by Wang Ye, also improved their comprehension skills. In just a few minutes, their flying durations gradually exceeded ten seconds, twenty seconds, and even lasted for a full minute.

Their progress was visible to the naked eye.

But just as they were training,

Wang Ye, who was hovering nearby, suddenly directed his gaze to the outer space on one side.

It seemed he sensed the arrival of someone else.

Indeed, about half an hour later, a rocket pod from another country arrived at the Moon’s high altitude, gradually slowing down for landing.

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