"Splash——"
The sound of waves like a rising tide caught the attention of all the anglers fishing.
On the flat surface of the lake, suddenly, a black sharp tip emerged, like a sword piercing through a shield, carrying an unparalleled sense of pressure, thrusting toward the land.
And in the instant the illusion vanished, the body of an orca, as if pushing or riding the waves, appeared before all the anglers.
"??? "
The shock of a big fish flying ashore was deeply imprinted in everyone's pupils, reflecting in the depths of their souls.
The anglers, momentarily speechless, stared in bewilderment, like watching a stop-motion animation, watching the orca leap out of the water and collapse onto the waves, riding heavily onto the land.
The waves crashed onto the ground, turning into torrents washing over the loop and surrounding road embankments.
The orca wore a jubilant expression. Clamping a steel cable in its mouth, layers of waves from the lake lapped against its massive body.
"Ee-ee-ee——"
The orca's back spouted a water column, joyously calling out to Master Fu Li and Ah Qing, completely unaware that it was already beached.
"Wow——"
Ah Qing, drenched by the splashing lake water, opened their mouth wide, took a deep breath, and stared wide-eyed at the orca beached on land.
The orca, full of joy, blinked and let out a series of "eee" sounds from its mouth.
[......]
As the orca went ashore, the atmosphere in the fishing spot fell into a bizarre silence. In the livestream chat room, aside from the names appearing as they scrolled, there were no other comments on the screen, and in the room with eighty thousand viewers, not a single one was speaking.
But the silence was short-lived. After a brief accumulation, emotions erupted fiercely like a volcanic eruption.
[Holy crap! Divine fishing spot! Divine streamer! I'm officially envious in real-time!]
[World Tree, Elixir of Immortality, facing all beings, the streamer Ah Qing fishes alone for all eternity! I declare, if they're not in the Guinness record, I'm not watching any streamers!]
[Streamer is amazing!]
[From now on, if anyone brags about their fishing rod in front of me, I'll directly show them a clip of the streamer and shove my phone in their behind, because a steel rebar fishing rod is the ultimate pursuit for anglers like us!]
[Hail the Steel Rebar Deity! Congratulations to the Steel Rebar Deity for ascending to the celestial realm, unifying the fishing world, and setting the manmade fishing ceiling!]
Innumerable comments flooded in like a torrent, accompanied by small gifts crashing through Ah Qing's livestream room, making the gift effects flicker incessantly and causing the livestream phone to rapidly overheat.
Qiu Lingling snapped out of her daze, wincing as the phone's back panel burned her.
"Ugh——"
Ansheng, soaked from head to toe, opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of river water, with a look of exasperation.
"That's too much! I told you to bite the hook and come close, not for the whole fish to fly ashore!"
"....."
Hit by the waves, Chen Zhiyu, hugging Master Fu Li, fell sitting on the ground, wide-eyed and unable to speak a word about the scene unfolding before her.
Previously, she had indeed asked Ah Qing to go fishing.
But her intention was simply to use the fact that there were whales in her fishing spot as a topic to advertise the resort, never expecting Ah Qing would actually bring one up!
Of course.
Besides this straightforward plan, Chen Zhiyu also had the idea of sending Ah Qing away to have some private conversations with Master Fu Li, wanting to properly thank him.
"This is a big problem....."
In the instant she regained her senses, Chen Zhiyu quickly got up off the ground, wrapped her arm around Master Fu Li, with a slightly anxious expression, turned around, and loudly shouted:
"Peng Ming, Lao Hui, stop standing there. Go, bring over the cooking oil and soap from the supermarket, and get the hose and call all the men in the village over!"
"Hurry up! Everyone, start running!"
Dealing with a beached large fish is no small matter; it needs to be immediately moistened to prevent it from drying out.
However, the situation wasn't too problematic because, judging by the weight of the orca in front of them, it seemed to be only around five to six tons; with good moistening, pushing it back into the lake wouldn't be too difficult.
In complete silence and without any other help, Master Fu Li could kick it back with his bare hands.
"Ee-ee!"
The orca steadied itself, looking joyously at Ah Qing, and shouted out.
"Uh..."
Ah Qing lifted the corner of her shirt, twisted it to squeeze out the lake water, and with a face full of question marks, looked at the orca who now wanted fish and chips.
"Um.... shouldn't you be worried about being beached right now?"
Seeing the orca asking so carelessly, Ah Qing even started to feel anxious for it, looking around for a crowbar to help flip the orca back into the lake.
"Ying?"
The orca was taken aback upon hearing this. If the great granny who is three times my size can be skipped like a stone by Master Fulī, why can't I? Am I just wasting my energy coming to shore for nothing?
"Shush shush shush!"
Seeing the orca start to call out for Master Fulī, Ansheng didn't have time to shake off the water from his fur. With a couple of hops, he leaped forward and used his paws to clamp onto its mouth:
"You, keep it down! Are you trying to let everyone know about Master Fulī's robberies, his exploitation of monkey labor, and organizing spirit beasts into factions...?"
"Mmm mmm..."
The orca's mouth pouted, its eyes blinked, expressing grievance purely through its gaze.
Master Fulī seemed to just be pulling at its lips, but with his terrifying strength, even a gentle pull was like clamping down on the orca's mouth.
The orca's pout wasn't intentional, but rather the result of being squished.
"We'll talk about skipping later. For now, head back to the river so you don't scare people." Master Fulī sneaked a glance at Ah Qing, lowering his voice as he spoke to the orca.
"Ying..."
The orca nodded, spreading its fins wide. Using the power of its tail and belly, it turned around on the spot and struggled to jump back into the river.
"......."
Master Fulī, on all fours, looked around sneakily and casually lifted a hind leg to step on the orca's tail, giving it a swift push.
"Ying!"
The orca suddenly felt propelled forward, a strong force transferred smoothly from its tail, sliding effortlessly across the ground to the lake several meters away.
In the lake, the orca widened its eyes.
What a... novel feeling.
Is this the floaty sensation that the great granny said feels like the fish flying ahead and its soul chasing behind?
"Ang?"
The commotion of the orca's movements made it hard to not attract attention.
But against the massive orca, Master Fulī looked like a mere bean, not to mention the subtle flick of his foot.
In the eyes of everyone.
The stranded orca seemingly realized it was an aquatic animal. Its happy expression froze, and it quickly bounced around to face the water again, coiling its body tight and launching itself back into the lake with a burst of power from its belly and tail.
"See!"
"I told you, the fish in Changping Fishing and Leisure Resort are exceptionally cheeky. Now do you believe me?"
"Particularly those large black and white ones. You can't tame their wild energy without ginger and other herbs." Having witnessed the orca splashing its way in and then flipping back into the lake, Qiu Lingling turned her livestream camera towards herself and made a quip.
"Glug glug..."
The orca swam back, placing its big head on the riverbank, and made gurgling noises in front of Master Fulī and Ah Qing.
As for skipping... we'll leave that for now.
But where's my fish and chips?
I popped up here with a fishing rod in my mouth; surely you owe me a meal now, right?
"...Just wow."
The anglers, Peng Ming included, gradually approached the orca with its head resting on the riverbank. They felt as if they were dreaming, everything seemed surreal.
After touching the orca's head, Peng Ming suddenly had a revelation, his dark face lighting up with excitement:
"A world record!"
"This is definitely a world-class record!"
"With video, eyewitnesses, and evidence, you can totally apply for a world record! The previous best human fishing record was over a ton shark; this orca looks way over a ton!"
Peng Ming excitedly shouted to Ah Qing.
"Catch..."
Ah Qing looked at the orca, her mouth twitching, knowing full well it was not caught by her.
This fish was greedy for fish and chips, so it bounced ashore to crash into her.
It's really just waiting for her to order McDonald's fast food!