Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 626: Confirmed filming plan, unexpected events

Lin Yuan was squeezed by water pressure from all directions. He felt as if he was trapped in a boundless abyss and unable to escape.

The huge water pressure accompanied by the biting cold made Lin Yuan feel pain all over his body, but he couldn't tell what kind of damage this pain caused.

Faced with the unknown and extreme discomfort, his mood inevitably began to become depressed.

This is a normal psychological reaction. If it happens to other people, they will inevitably feel trapped, desperate, and powerless, as if they have sunk into this ruthless water pressure and can no longer struggle out.

But Lin Yuan quickly adjusted his mindset: the problem was not that serious, at least the system did not force a damage prompt to pop up, which meant that the minor damage did not require a warning for the time being.

The reason why I feel so uncomfortable is that I am under tremendous psychological pressure, which amplifies the negative feelings I feel.

"Cuckoo~"

There was a regular sound in my ears, like bubbles bursting, or the sound of boiling water.

This sound continued to ring in my ears, increasing the psychological discomfort.

You can't help but worry about what's going on.

But Lin Yuan knew that there was no real sound.

Rather, it is a reaction to the huge water pressure acting on the eardrum, which will not cause any particularly serious consequences in the short term.

However, being under such stress for a long time may permanently damage your hearing.

At this point, Lin Yuan felt that he had completely adapted to the environment inside the escape capsule.

Meng Tao, who was standing by, made an inquiring gesture, asking him whether he wanted to proceed to the next step.

Lin Yuan wanted to raise his hand to signal, but found that every movement he made became heavy and laborious.

His arms and legs seemed to be tied up, and he had to overcome a huge invisible resistance to raise his arms, which made it difficult for him to stretch.

This resistance was not actually caused by water pressure, which made it difficult for him to move.

If this is true, how can free divers who dive to a depth of 200 meters swim up under their own power?

The reason why he felt uncomfortable was, on the one hand, because the sudden increase in water pressure caused strong squeezing of the muscles all over his body, making him feel heavy.

On the other hand, water pressure constricts capillaries throughout the body, hindering the flow of blood from the heart to the extremities. As a result, the oxygen supply to the extremities is reduced, which can also lead to this feeling of heaviness.

Lin Yuan knew that as his body slowly got used to it, this feeling of heaviness would gradually disappear.

But he had no time to wait, because he was holding his breath at the moment, and every minute and every second was crucial to him.

So Lin Yuan didn't wait, but raised his hand and signaled to open the hatch.

After receiving Lin Yuan's instructions, the submarine soldiers activated the external hatch of the escape capsule.

The circular external hatch opened, revealing the gray sea outside the cabin.

Seeing this scene, Lin Yuan and Meng Tao were stunned.

Although I already knew what kind of environment I would face outside the boat, I still couldn't help feeling nervous when I saw such a scene for the first time.

This is a gray that is extremely unreal and makes people feel instinctively uncomfortable.

It is easy to think of the foggy Silent Hill, as if behind the gray curtain, there is a giant beast from ancient times.

If it was just pitch black, although it would be extremely scary, Lin Yuan and Meng Tao, who had experienced the underground Kalonos Cave, already had a high tolerance.

At that time, Lin Yuan and Meng Tao were the last ones left in the cave. They gave their only headlamp to someone else. They stayed in that completely dark environment where they couldn't see anything for several days.

Therefore, simple darkness can no longer cause any waves in their hearts.

However, the scene before them, which seemed out of reality and even like a nightmare, brought them new challenges.

Looking at the strange gray sea, although Lin Yuan knew in his heart that this was a normal phenomenon in nature, he still instinctively did not want to step out of the cabin.

At a depth of 200 meters underwater, there is a boundary between the "euphotic zone" and the "twilight zone".

The "euphotic zone" from the water surface to 200 meters underwater is home to about 90% of marine life, and 95% of photosynthesis also occurs in this area. It can be said to be the life zone of the ocean.

Beyond 200 meters underwater, you enter the "twilight layer." Sunlight has difficulty penetrating the thick seawater and only a very small amount of light can reach here.

It is therefore called the "twilight zone". Here, photosynthesis is no longer sufficient to generate positive returns, so herbivores begin to feed on the debris of animal carcasses and feces.

Only a faint light is visible in this area, which is why the water appears this extremely unnatural gray.

From this depth downwards, visibility continues to decrease, and finally at a depth of about 1000 meters, it reaches the "lightless layer" where you can't see your hand in front of you.

Lin Yuan and his team chose to shoot at a depth of 200 meters underwater.

On the one hand, the water pressure at this depth is just at the tolerable limit, which can produce a very eye-catching publicity effect.

On the other hand, at this depth, the gray waters have an extremely strong visual impact, and at the same time, this weak visible light can also make the shooting process much easier.

Otherwise, it would be difficult to achieve the desired effect in completely dark water even with lighting.

It's impossible not to explain what happened at all and leave it entirely up to the audience to imagine, right?

Looking at the gray sea in front of him, Lin Yuan no longer hesitated and swam out of the cabin first.

Meng Tao and three submarine sailors beside him immediately turned on the headlights on their diving helmets.

Four beams of light were shot out, but they could only illuminate a distance of more than ten meters, and could not provide lighting at any further distance.

If you are in a diving area, any underwater lighting that cannot illuminate more than 30 meters is unqualified. Powerful searchlights can even illuminate 100 meters away.

However, 200 meters underwater, the density of the water increases significantly and the salt content in the water is extremely high.

In such an environment, being able to shine headlights more than ten meters away despite a water pressure of 20 atmospheres can be considered black technology.

Guided by the headlights, Meng Tao and others followed closely behind Lin Yuan.

After Lin Yuan came out of the cabin, he did not just float quietly in the water, but began to swim quickly.

Doing so will naturally consume a lot of oxygen, but this is exactly what Lin Yuan wants.

There are only two purposes for this extravehicular adaptation training:

The first goal is to test whether Lin Yuan’s body can withstand the extremely cold and high-pressure environment 200 meters underwater.

The second goal is to test how long Lin Yuan can persist in such an environment.

The first goal has been concluded, that is, Lin Yuan can withstand it and there is no obvious physical damage.

This has made the three submarine sailors extremely surprised. They did not expect that even though they were wearing heavy diving suits for protection and had to be extremely cautious in the deep water environment, Lin Yuan could completely overcome it with just his physical body.

Lin Yuan's physical fitness is so strong?
No wonder there are so many amazing action scenes in the movie.

The three submarine sailors couldn't help but sigh that the most important condition for becoming an action superstar is definitely not fear of death or good enough skills, but physical talent.

Without physical conditions far superior to those of ordinary people, nothing can be achieved.

Meng Tao was already accustomed to the surprise of the three submarine sailors.

Meng Tao may be one of the people who knows best how strong Lin Yuan's physical fitness is.

During the years of filming together, Lin Yuan had repeatedly broken through Meng Tao's cognitive limits, making him numb.

Although he still felt shocked, it would only last for a short while, and he would soon accept the reality he saw.

For Meng Tao, what he really cares about is how long Lin Yuan can last underwater?
This is the most important thing.

After all, it involves the shooting time of this scene, so it needs to be designed according to how long it will take.

Without this confirmation, the final shooting plan could not be determined.

For Meng Tao, he believed that Lin Yuan must be able to persist for 5 minutes, otherwise he would not be able to complete the final shooting.

Because in the final real shooting, it will no longer be as easy for Lin Yuan to get out of the cabin as it is now, but he will have to crawl out of the torpedo tube.

Moving in a narrow torpedo tube is much more difficult than in a spacious escape capsule.

At the same time, according to the plot during the filming process, the Virginia was chasing the hijacked Ohio-class nuclear submarine.

Therefore, the Virginia must move at high speed and cannot be prohibited from hovering in the water. That would be too ugly and there would be no sense of urgency in the crisis.

This meant that Lin Yuan had to climb out of the cabin against the current as the Virginia moved forward, overcoming the resistance of the water flow, which further increased the difficulty.

Even if the Virginia underwater is not traveling at full speed, its speed will still reach 50 kilometers per hour. The resistance at such a speed can be imagined.

Climbing out of the launch tube of the Virginia is definitely not an easy task. This process will consume Lin Yuan's considerable time, as well as a lot of his physical energy and oxygen.

After Lin Yuan climbed out of the Virginia's launch tube, he had to cling to the submarine's hull and crawl towards another torpedo tube.

Just thinking about this clip is maddening.

In Hollywood movies, there are often scenes where the protagonist struggles to crawl on a speeding vehicle against strong winds.

This time, Lin Yuan did something unprecedented, showing the scene of crawling against the violent water current when the submarine was moving.

Well, it’s pretty cool for others to ride on cars and trains.

In "The King of Spy Wars", Lin Yuan was not satisfied with just stealing the plane, and in "The King of Spy Wars 2", he went further and stole the nuclear submarine.

Or digging a nuclear submarine 200 meters underwater.

Just ask you if you agree?

I guess no colleague would dare to disagree.

But even if you are already full of admiration, you will find that the suicidal action scene has just begun.

When Lin Yuan clings to the hull of the submarine and reaches the mouth of another torpedo tube, a torpedo will be launched from it.

Lin Yuan clutched the torpedo tightly, and, guided by it, charged straight toward the Ohio-class. The image showed a torpedo traveling at high speed, trailing a long optical fiber guidance cable, and atop it was Lin Yuan.

At that moment, Lin Yuan was like a warrior charging on a warhorse, fearlessly moving forward.

This kind of scene is probably the last of its kind in film history.

No one will ever be able to capture a picture like this again, not even close.

But Lin Yuan’s charge did not end there.

According to the plot, the criminals hijacked the Ohio-class nuclear submarine, which had Charlize and Vin Diesel on board, so the torpedo could not directly sink the Ohio-class submarine.

(Because the strategic nuclear submarine is so secretive, Charlize and Vin Diesel, who play the hijacked, will not actually board the Ohio-class submarine, and can only complete post-production in the built shed.)
When a torpedo passes by an Ohio-class nuclear submarine, Lin Yuan will jump off the speeding torpedo and leap onto the target submarine.

Other Hollywood movies are all about jumping from one flying car to another.

Lin Yuan jumped from the torpedo onto the strategic nuclear submarine.

In terms of style, they are simply not in the same dimension.

Meng Tao didn’t know how his colleagues would make movies after this scene appeared on the big screen.
This is simply unreasonable!
In fact, because of the high-quality films produced by Lin Yuan in recent years, the entire action film industry has been forced to continuously improve its quality.

If all film companies still want to make a living in the action movie field, they must find another way to compete in special effects.

After all, the path of real-life shooting has been blocked by Lin Yuan, and only cooler special effects can satisfy the audience who have already been fed with such a picky taste.

Although the audience will know that these movies are made with special effects and are far less exciting than those shot by Lin Yuan, the cool visual effects still make people feel that the price of the ticket is worth it.

Lin Yuan's scene today will inevitably further increase the production costs of other Hollywood film companies.

After all, a movie made with special effects can’t be as thrilling and exciting as Lin Yuan’s real-life movies, but it can’t be that even the shooting ideas are so different, right?
Under the watchful gaze of Meng Tao and the submarine sailors, Lin Yuan kept swimming and rolling in the water, performing various difficult postures similar to synchronized swimming.

This is a test of various postures, and time is passing by every second.

Before he knew it, Meng Tao looked at the time and it was already 5 minutes and 35 seconds.

This means that the minimum time requirement has been exceeded. To complete so many actions in the planned shooting, at least 5 minutes is needed, otherwise there will be no time to complete the shooting.

Now Lin Yuan is 200 meters underwater and doing relatively intense exercise, but he can still hold his breath for at least 5 minutes and 35 seconds, which makes Meng Tao breathe a sigh of relief.

Seeing Lin Yuan looking at him, Meng Tao spread out his five fingers, indicating that the scheduled time of 5 minutes had expired.

At this time, if Lin Yuan has reached his limit, he will signal Meng Tao to end the test and return to the escape capsule.

But Lin Yuan gently waved his hands, indicating that he still had plenty of strength left.

Seeing Lin Yuan's expression, not only the submarine sailors were stunned, but Meng Tao was also stunned.

It’s so perverted!
It’s already 5 minutes and 35 seconds, and there’s still energy left?
This was beyond Meng Tao's imagination.

Meng Tao certainly knew that the gap between people was huge.

For example, the normal person's breath-holding time while diving is between 60 and 70 seconds, which is already the limit for ordinary people.

If you are diving or doing strenuous exercise, it may be good if you can hold your breath for 20 seconds.

Even for those pearl divers who are engaged in pearl diving, the diving time is generally only 2 minutes.

Lin Yuan's current diving time has far exceeded that of pearl divers.

Could it be that Lin Yuan’s diving ability could rival that of the legendary Bajau people?

In Meng Tao's opinion, the ultimate representative of human diving and fishing should be the Bajau people in the Philippines.

The Bajau people live in the entire sea area between the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia.

They live on a fleet of small boats, make a living by fishing, and migrate constantly following the fish schools, like nomads on the sea.

Over thousands of years, this lifestyle, along with genetic selection, has given the Bajau people a unique adaptability to underwater swimming.

Many of them can swim to a depth of 60 meters below the sea surface to fish without the help of any equipment and stay in the water for 13 minutes at a time.

This time has exceeded the imagination of most people.

Many people wonder, are the Bajau people still considered human beings?

Why are they like amphibians compared to ordinary people?
But Meng Tao, who had learned detailed information about the Bajau people, knew how much they had paid.

For example, some Bajau people will deliberately puncture their eardrums to cope with the decompression effects of rapidly diving and surfacing.

Puncturing the eardrum will not cause complete loss of hearing, but it will inevitably lead to a significant decline in hearing function.

A high proportion of Bajau people whose eardrums are punctured become completely deaf after the age of 50.

It can be said that the Bajau people paid too much to be able to move freely underwater.

Can Lin Yuan, who paid no price, reach the same level?
At this time, Lin Yuan had no idea that Meng Tao was having so much inner drama.

From the gestures Meng Tao gave him, he knew that his diving time had now exceeded 5 minutes.

He originally thought that his limit would be around 5 minutes.

But when the time exceeded 5 minutes, he found that he still had considerable energy left.

The result was quite surprising, but Lin Yuan quickly figured out the reason.

Before his physical fitness reached 30 points, his internal organs had already begun to undergo some degree of mutation.

It's not that the qualitative change is suddenly completed when the physical fitness reaches 30 points, but that the physical fitness is constantly strengthened throughout the entire process of strengthening.

For example, his diaphragm becomes extremely elastic, allowing his lung capacity to be temporarily expanded to occupy a larger chest cavity space when needed, in exchange for stronger blood oxygen transport capacity.

In terms of specific athletic abilities, his endurance has been greatly improved, his explosive power has become stronger, and his endurance in an anaerobic environment has also been greatly improved.

This is also the reason why he runs faster and faster and can maintain top speed sprints for long distances.

At the same time, his spleen seemed to have become somewhat abnormal, which he discovered while filming the fire tornado action scene in Canada.

He found that his spleen seemed to have a particularly strong blood supply, which enabled him to rush out of the fire even when the oxygen was exhausted.

So, during the more than one month that he pretended to recuperate at home, Lin Yuan also underwent a spleen function test.

I unexpectedly discovered that my spleen function is at least 220% of that of an average person!

For humans, the spleen is not an organ essential for survival.

But the spleen plays a role in the immune system and acts as a kind of filter for the blood.

Most importantly, the spleen can store blood.

Therefore, when Lin Yuan dives underwater, the spleen contracts and distributes the stored oxygen-rich blood throughout the body.

This is equivalent to him carrying a backup blood bank that far exceeds that of ordinary people, and the blood bank is rich in oxygen, which will further extend his diving time.

These changes combined have made Lin Yuan's underwater exercise time far exceed even his own expectations.

Time was passing by minute by minute, and Lin Yuan still felt that he had plenty of energy left.

I have gradually gotten used to the discomfort caused by the water pressure. The only thing I am not used to is the cold water temperature.

This really has no solution, and Lin Yuan can only accept it helplessly.

You know, when the Titanic was silent, Jack froze to death in the icy sea, but the water temperature was only about 2 degrees, far less than the minus six degrees that Lin Yuan is experiencing now.

The freezing sea water at minus 6 degrees Celsius may not harm Lin Yuan's vital signs, but it can make him feel extremely cold and uncomfortable.

Before he knew it, Lin Yuan had been out of the cabin for 12 minutes, and he vaguely felt that he was not far from his limit.

Lin Yuan estimated that about 14 minutes was his limit.

This period of time is quite long, enough for Lin Yuan to shoot the entire action scene he planned.

Even if some accidents occur during the filming process, he has enough time to solve the problems.

After confirming this, he raised his hand and gestured, indicating that Meng Tao and others should end the test and return to the escape capsule.

But when Lin Yuan looked at Meng Tao and several submarine sailors, his pupils suddenly contracted.

I saw a black shadow approaching rapidly in the gray sea water.

Meng Tao and others who were facing Lin Yuan did not notice the black shadow coming from behind them.

The shadow was moving very fast, even faster than the Virginia's full speed.

As the black shadow got closer, the huge shadow showed that it was definitely a big guy.

According to conservative estimates, it is over 4 meters in size and weighs at least 1.5 tons!
Is it true, as Depp said, that he encountered the giant squid called "Kraken"?
But the giant squid is not that big, and its swimming speed is not that fast!

So, what exactly is this thing?
Lin Yuan no longer cared about so much and swam hard towards Meng Tao and others.

Meng Tao was quite surprised when he saw Lin Yuan suddenly swimming towards them at a very fast speed.

The submarine sailors were still making gestures to ask questions, but Meng Tao, who knew Lin Yuan quite well, had already turned his head and looked behind him following Lin Yuan's gaze.

They saw a sharp object like a sword stabbing towards them at a rapid speed!

　Before I knew it, a year had passed.

　　On New Year's Eve, I wish all my readers good health, peace for your family, and great fortune in the new year.

　　=. =~As for my girlfriend~I won’t give her any blessings.

　　When you don’t have a girlfriend, your biggest worry is not having a girlfriend.

　　But when you have a girlfriend, your biggest worry is your girlfriend.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)