Chapter 97: King of Hell: Who the hell is kayaking at my doorstep?

After a quick browse through the mission details, Chu Chen immediately cast his gaze far ahead, constantly searching for a stretch of water suitable for performing these technical maneuvers!

These four maneuvers are all prescribed actions from the International Canoe Federation's freestyle kayaking rulebook from his previous life.

The difficulty ranking, in order, is Cartwheel, Loop, Space Godzilla, and finally, the 360 in the air!

Among them, the Cartwheel and the Loop are the most basic maneuvers in kayaking!

The so-called Cartwheel, as the name implies, is to use the coordination of the body's center of gravity and the paddle within a specific body of water to make the kayak's hull roll 360 degrees in the same horizontal direction, just like a rolling wheel.

The Cartwheel is a maneuver that every Extreme Abyss Drifting paddler must master proficiently.

Many high-difficulty freestyle maneuvers are evolved from it!

This kind of basic maneuver is nothing difficult for a competitor of Chu Chen's level; he can handle it with a casual flick of his hands.

Right now, directly in front of the stretch of water he is in, there happens to be a medium-sized whirlpool.

This water condition is very suitable for completing a Cartwheel.

Thinking this, Chu Chen immediately raised his paddle, shifted his center of gravity to the left, and charged into the whirlpool with both himself and the boat.

After entering, he did not rush to complete the maneuver, but first performed a Back Sweep to swap the directions of the bow and stern.

Only then did he use the counter-current within the whirlpool to complete a standard Cartwheel and successfully return to the original river channel!

During the completion of a standard Cartwheel, one must ensure that the angle formed between the hull and the water surface is between 45 and 100 degrees.

The one Chu Chen just completed was exactly within this angle range!

His movements were crisp and clean, done in one go from start to finish; it could absolutely be called a textbook-level demonstration!

Seeing this scene, many viewers in the live stream could not help but let out bursts of exclamations:

【Holy crap, what kind of maneuver is this?】

【666, great performance, deserves a reward!】

【Man and boat as one!】

【Too flashy!】

【Liaoning Provincial Dragon Boat Team sends a double-row invitation!】

【Haha! @Liaoning Provincial Dragon Boat Organizing Committee】

【Liaoning Provincial Dragon Boat is full of talent!】

After leaving the whirlpool, Chu Chen did not stop there, but instead found a back-eddy and performed a beautiful Loop!

There is not much to say about the Loop maneuver.

Many freestyle water sports have this technical maneuver, such as Surfing, paddleboarding, etc.

However, compared to these popular sports, the kayaking Loop still has certain differences.

According to freestyle rules, a kayaking Loop needs to be initiated within a horizontal angle of plus or minus 20 degrees.

Furthermore, after initiation, the bottom of the kayak must completely leave the water surface, otherwise, it counts as a failure.

The Loop is a much more difficult technical maneuver than the Cartwheel; it counts as an advanced maneuver and has very high requirements for the water conditions in the basin.

However, on the Congo River, these are not problems.

Looking around, water conditions capable of completing a Loop are everywhere!

Because the water surface conditions were super excellent, the completion of Chu Chen's Loop was also quite high; every detail during the process was handled perfectly, including the final entry and exit from the water—it was simply impeccable!

【Holy crap, 666!】

【He can even do a Loop?】

【I thought he capsized at first, I didn't expect him to be able to spin a circle, my cerebellum is shrinking!】

【Asking weakly, is this thing really played like this?】

【God Chu: Basic operation!】

【Brothers, I now seriously suspect that the King of Hell might not have God Chu's name on his list! Otherwise, why would he dare to play like this!】

【King of Hell: Who the hell is kayaking at my doorstep?!】

【God-tier "kayaking at the doorstep"!】

【Haha, dying of laughter, the chat is full of talent!】

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After completing these two maneuvers, Chu Chen took a short breath.

At this moment, he was only a few kilometers away from the final destination, Livingstone!

As the Waterfall approached, the river conditions became much more complex.

However, these changes were almost the same as Chu Chen's previous predictions; everything was still within an acceptable range.

Right now, he was still advancing according to the route planned earlier, provided there were no special circumstances in the next few kilometers.

In ten minutes, he would continue to follow the previous plan, heading straight forward along the center of the riverbed to charge directly down the Livingstone Waterfall!

However, before that, he still had to find an opportunity to complete the third maneuver—Space Godzilla!

Space Godzilla is a high-level maneuver in freestyle kayaking.

The sequence of the maneuver is not complicated; it is also a roll.

But this roll is different from a regular Cartwheel; it requires the paddler to add a 90-degree or greater twist during the rolling process, turning a conventional front-facing water entry into a side-facing water entry!

And this is precisely where the difficulty of this technical maneuver lies!

Wanting to complete a compliant Space Godzilla within the intricate and complex rapids is by no means an easy task.

Even Chu Chen could not guarantee that he would succeed one hundred percent!

Thinking this, he immediately gathered his full focus, then searched for a stretch of water where he could perform a roll, and used the boat's own center of gravity to lift the bow off the water surface!

Once you reach this point, if you just roll and drop, it is merely a Loop.

But if you twist the boat's hull more than 90 degrees during the roll, it becomes a perfect Space Godzilla!

"Whoosh!"

The moment the bow lifted off the Water, it kicked up countless splashes, like the most vibrant stroke of negative space, cutting across the livestream screen!

The next second!

When the bow reached its highest point, Chu Chen immediately tightened his core, simultaneously unified his waist and hips, and very quickly twisted his body 90 degrees to the left, taking the boat with him as he plunged into the rapids, only surfacing again after quite a while!

This series of movements completely stunned the viewers!

【Holy crap, a crocodile roll???】

【Brothers, I really want to try this!】

【Want to try it? First, test if your fate is tough enough!】

【This move is so cool!】

【I have to say, his waist is really good!】

【We all have lumbar discs, so why are yours so outstanding!】

After a huge wave of comments, Chu Chen successfully completed the third movement of the mission!

Right now, only the final Aerial 360 remains.

This movement requires a Waterfall with a certain drop to be completed.

And the Livingstone before him is the perfect place to complete it!

At this moment, the challenge continues!

After a period of navigation, the most turbulent and magnificent Waterfall on the entire Congo River finally appeared before the countless viewers!

Looking from afar, Chu Chen, who was speeding toward it, was like an ant moving alone on a flowing sheet of white paper, with not a shred of presence!