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A missing local young man—besides his family members, who would care?

However, if Zhang Zian had not known that the surfer was going to encounter danger, that was one thing, but since Galaxy had already told him, if he watched the surfer be swept away by the sea without taking any action, he would be condemned by his conscience in the future.

Galaxy had told him about what was going to happen beforehand, and so he had other choices besides calling the police.

”Galaxy, wait for me.
I ’ll call him back. ”

Before he had finished saying the last word, Zhang Zian had already run near the sea, stepping on the slippery rocks and walking into the slightly deeper water.
He let the sea wet his trousers, gathered his hands around his mouth and shouted to the surfer, ”Hello! Come back here quickly! ”

Under the loud sounds of the wind and the waves, his voice was weak and lacking in energy.

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Zhang Zian yelled quite a few times, but the surfer did not hear at all and lay on the surfboard, rowing in another direction.

Why was he rowing in that direction?

Zhang Zian did not understand what the surfer was thinking, and he could only continue to wave his hand and yell, hoping the other party would turn his head and look in that direction.

The storm further reduced vision and blurred the surfer ’s figure.
It was as if he was tired and resting on the surfboard.

At this time, Zhang Zian noticed an unusual scene—the surfboard was carrying the surfer away from the coast at an unusual speed.

What was going on? Was the wind that strong?

As a child growing up by the seaside, Zhang Zian knew nothing about the desert but much about the sea.
He knew that there were many unknown dangers hidden in the sea.
So there was a proverb, ”Bully the mountain, but don ’t bully the water, ” meaning that the danger in the water was much greater than that in the mountains.

He observed more before it finally dawned on him.

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It was a rip current!

Rip currents, also known as offshore currents, were responsible for 80 to 90 percent of coastal drowning.

As the name implied, offshore currents were undercurrents flowing in the direction of the sea.
They were often hidden beneath the surface of the water and could hardly be seen from the surface.

However, the offshore currents were not without characteristics.
On the coast, if most areas were surging and one area was unusually calm, there might be fierce offshore currents hidden beneath the water in this area.

But people often instinctively felt safe when they saw calm waters.
Swimming in that area could lead to tragedy because of inadequate preparation.

Offshore currents were formed by topography, and most of them were funnel-shaped.
When a large amount of seawater was poured into one, the flow back from the funnel mouth would be accelerated.

No matter how strong the swimmer was, once he was pulled into the offshore current, it was like he ’d had his legs pinched by a water ghost.
If he did not use swimming props such as fins, if he wanted to resist the offshore current by his own strength, it would be a fool ’s errand.

What was worse was that offshore currents were affected by weather and other currents, and they carried a lot of sediment.
When sediment was deposited, the position and direction of offshore currents would even change, making them unpredictable.

If one was unfortunately involved in an offshore current, the most important thing was to keep calm and not try to swim back to the shore out of panic.
It was impossible.
One would only sink into the sea because they ’d exhausted all their physical strength.
The only way to survive was to swim sideways and try to escape in the direction perpendicular to the offshore current, but the chance was still quite slim because sometimes the offshore current would be hundreds of meters wide, which made it very difficult to understand the direction it was going in.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click www.webnovel.com for visiting.

Zhang Zian did not have any plans to go into the water and swim this time when he came to the Port of Mersa Matruh, and he definitely had not brought flippers.
If he were too rash and jumped into the sea, he would probably also meet the same fate.