The war of attrition is ongoing.
The werewolf transformed by the mysterious wizard chased behind him without using any auxiliary spells, but his physical advantage alone allowed him to burst out at a speed far exceeding that of ordinary people for a long time. However, he did not directly catch up with Richard and launch an attack. Instead, he hung behind Richard, as if he was preparing to use this method to wear down Richard and kill him in despair.
Richard ran in front and kept running. With multiple layers of superimposed "wind spirit" on his body, he made various unconventional movements, overcoming numerous obstacles in the forest at the foot of the hill to the limit, gradually widening the distance from the mysterious wizard who transformed into a werewolf.
After maintaining this high-speed escape for a moment, Richard began to take a deep breath and sweat at the same time, but the speed remained unchanged.
At this time, Richard didn't have much fear in his heart. If there were no accidents, he could keep running like this. If the mysterious wizard dares to remain unchanged and return to his human body, Richard is confident that in this war of attrition, the werewolf transformed by the mysterious wizard will fall to the ground first, or even run to death.
The reason is none other than... Human beings are the most capable long-distance runners in the world.
Short toes, long legs, elastic tendons, well-developed gluteal muscles, flexible and slender, slightly twisted waist, arm swings that help balance the deviation of the center of gravity when stepping out, and well-developed ligaments in the neck that stabilize the head when running, providing Extra high fat content for energy supply. Everything constitutes the most powerful body foundation suitable for robes.
In addition, heat dissipation and breathing, as two golden advantages, make humans far superior to all creatures except humans. All living things!
First, heat dissipation. Heat dissipation is the main obstacle in long-distance running. Heat dissipation is divided into body heat dissipation and brain heat dissipation.
Regarding body heat dissipation, humans can sweat 500g per square meter of skin per hour, which is twice that of a camel and five times that of a horse. The developed skin sweat glands can quickly cool down the body;
For brain heat dissipation, the human intracranial venous system is developed, with countless small holes opened in the skull, allowing blood to circulate out of the brain and into the subcutaneous tissue, allowing the brain to quickly cool down.
As for other animals, in terms of body heat dissipation, most sweat glands are not comparable to humans, and they do not use sweating as the main method of heat dissipation, and their cooling is very slow. For example, dogs pant and stick out their tongues (use end-to-end breathing, sweat glands are in the mouth), cats touch their paws (sweat glands are on the soles of their feet), monkeys wag their tails (there are veins in their tails), and elephants and rabbits shake their ears (the ears are rich in capillaries). vascular network).
These heat dissipations simply cannot sustain long-term high-speed movement. On modern earth, someone asked a cheetah to step on a treadmill and found that although the cheetah on the treadmill was far from reaching the maximum speed of 110km/h, its body temperature was soaring. Once the body temperature reached 40 degrees, the cheetah refused to move at all.
In other animals, in terms of brain heat dissipation, the intracranial venous system is similar to that of humans. They all enter the spine from the skull and then enter the lungs. However, because there are no holes in the skull, the brain cools slowly. Once it starts running at high speed, the heat cannot be dissipated in time and the speed must be reduced, otherwise brain death will occur. For example, if a horse keeps running at a normal speed and eventually dies, the cause is likely to be brain overheating.
Second, breathe. Without breathing, there is no life, and naturally there is no running. Breathing generally includes two elements: frequency and depth.
The advantage of human breathing is that when high-speed exercise increases oxygen consumption, it can independently strengthen and deepen breathing to increase oxygen supply; when necessary, it can also open its mouth and use the oral cavity to absorb oxygen.
The disadvantages of other animals are: animals breathe passively, and the frequency and depth of breathing are completely achieved by the expansion and contraction of the chest driven by body movements; they cannot breathe through the mouth and can only use the nose. And the bigger the body and the longer the nasal cavity, the lower the efficiency. When running cannot meet the oxygen supply, you can only reduce the speed to reduce oxygen consumption, otherwise you will die. For example, if a horse dies while running at high speed, one possibility is comprehensive death caused by insufficient blood oxygen—poisoning + stroke.
There is no doubt that humans are the most capable long-distance runners in the world.
Simply comparing combat effectiveness, human beings are far from rivals of leopards, wolves, tigers, lions and other ferocious beasts. In terms of explosive speed, they cannot compare with wild horses, antelopes, and wild boars. But in the age of fishing and hunting, human ancestors moved in groups of three to five, often with dozens or even hundreds of people hunting around. One person was holding a spear, shouting and chasing, forcing the beast to flee desperately in one direction.
And the beast... can't escape at all!
Heat dissipation and breathing are tightly locked on the "neck" of each beast, like a shackles of death. No matter how fast the leopard is, it will stop in a few minutes; no matter how strong the wolf, liger and tiger are, it will be paralyzed in ten minutes. Even vegetarian animals such as antelopes and wild horses, which are famous for their endurance, can rarely run continuously for more than an hour.
By the time these beasts ran desperately until they were unbearably hungry and thirsty, and stopped in place to pant, rest, and find ways to eat, our ancestors had already followed their escape tracks and the excrement they left behind, carrying dry food with them. and weapons in pursuit. It may have been chasing for several hours, or it may have been chasing for a whole day, but the result was determined from the beginning, by the Creator when he created creation.
This is how the ancestors of mankind became prosperous! They rely not only on their wisdom in making weapons and cooperating with each other, but also on their strong bodies and beastly nature that surpasses all living creatures!
In ancient times, humans were the undisputed kings of beasts!
The king of beasts, the fierce beast, dominates the forest!
The king of beasts, man, hunts everything!
As for under normal circumstances, human beings often find it difficult to do all this, and then have doubts. This is entirely due to the environment, so-called wisdom, and willpower constraints. Like a pet cat raised in a room, it can be frightened by mice. In fact, there is no difference in physical structure or physiological mechanism between this cat and the cats that hunt mice in the countryside.
In a sense, many people are pet people raised by society's advanced survival model. If you dare to step out of this pattern, you can regain your lost instincts and gain incredible abilities.
On modern earth, many people are undertaking this kind of challenge, and the best proof of this is the extreme records:
For the 42.195-kilometer full marathon, the men’s record was 2 hours, 2 minutes and 57 seconds, and the women’s record was 2 hours, 15 minutes and 25 seconds;
In the 100-kilometer marathon, the men’s record was 6 hours, 13 minutes and 33 seconds, and the women’s record was 6 hours, 33 minutes and 11 seconds;
100-mile (160 km) ultramarathon, recorded in 11 hours, 40 minutes and 55 seconds;
135 miles (217 kilometers) Badwater Ultra Marathon in Death Valley, California, USA, record time of 25 hours, 41 minutes and 18 seconds;
In the 246-kilometer Spartan Ultra Marathon, the men’s record was 26 hours, 28 minutes and 19 seconds, and the women’s record was 27 hours, 2 minutes and 17 seconds;
The 875km Sydney to Melbourne Marathon, recorded in 5 days, 15 hours and 4 minutes;
For Richard, what the mysterious wizard gained when he turned into a werewolf was not the advantage of the wolf, but the disadvantage of the wolf. The more elements you transform into a wolf, the greater the disadvantage you get.
As a human being, before he came to this world inexplicably, he had been consciously exercising his body for more than ten years without acquiring magical abilities. Of course, due to limitations of conditions, it is impossible to reach the peak state of human beings. Moreover, after he started studying spells, he slacked off in training, but the foundation was still there, and he was confident that he could bring life and death to the werewolf transformed by the mysterious wizard.
Of course, this is based on the premise that the other party is really stupid enough to keep running like this and not make any changes.
So will the other party do it
Richard jumped over a stone in the forest and looked behind him.