Chapter 52: Disaster! Fan-ge Dragged the Colossal Beast into the Water!
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Zhou Hong and Huang Mao were startled the moment they saw that enormous dark shape!
(Huang Mao: What a huge catfish! Oh no! It’s coming straight for us!)
(Zhou Hong! Swim back to shore quickly! Huh? Where did he go? Damn! He’s gone!)
When Huang Mao glanced beside him, Zhou Hong had already swum away.
Ignoring everything else, Huang Mao summoned all his strength and swam upward.
But in front of that gigantic creature, their speed was as slow as snails.
Soon, the giant catfish swam right beneath their feet.
Yet, it didn’t attack immediately; instead, it circled around them several times.
Only when it neared the surface did the giant catfish open its massive mouth and snap at one of Zhou Hong’s legs!
By sheer chance, Huang Mao, terrified, kicked the catfish, accidentally saving Zhou Hong’s life.
But this also drew the catfish’s attention to him. When it swam back, it opened its huge mouth, seeming capable of swallowing Huang Mao whole!
Seeing this, Huang Mao was so frightened that his whole body went limp, losing the strength to swim.
In the end, the giant catfish bit his clothes and dragged him underwater!
“Gulp!”
The sudden pull made Huang Mao choke on several mouthfuls of water.
Zhou Hong wanted to grab Huang Mao’s hand, but the force was too strong; the instant he caught hold, the pull tore his grip away.
Watching helplessly as Huang Mao was dragged step by step into the pitch-black depths, Zhou Hong felt his scalp tingle and his mind go completely blank!
*Splash!!*
Suddenly, a loud splash sounded on the surface.
Zhou Hong turned to see Jiang Fan.
Jiang Fan plunged into the water like a speedboat, shooting straight downward!
“!!”
(Zhou Hong: Damn! What speed?!)
Before Zhou Hong could react fully, Jiang Fan had grabbed Huang Mao’s hand.
(Jiang Fan: You big catfish, take this kick!)
Jiang Fan delivered a powerful kick, forcing the catfish to release Huang Mao!
Then, he pushed Huang Mao upward and charged at the giant catfish.
Huang Mao and Zhou Hong gaped in astonishment.
They both wanted nothing more than to get as far away from that monster as possible, so how could Jiang Fan treat it like a treasure? Not only did he not flee, but he actually swam straight toward it... Was he planning to capture the beast barehanded?!
That was just too fierce!
By now, Huang Mao and Zhou Hong had been holding their breath underwater for forty or fifty seconds and couldn’t bear it any longer. They quickly swam back to the surface and took deep breaths of fresh air.
Then, the two of them began shouting loudly.
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“It’s bad! Brother Fan dragged the giant creature underwater!”
“It’s bad! Brother Fan dragged the giant creature underwater!”
“???”
“???”
Liuzhou Cheng and He Qiang nearby heard Zhou Hong and Huang Mao’s cries for help and were baffled, question marks practically hanging over their heads.
“Jiang Fan... dragged the giant creature underwater???”
“What creature???”
Soon, Zhou Hong and Huang Mao realized their mistake and corrected themselves.
“It’s bad! Brother Fan was dragged underwater by the giant creature!”
“!!”
“Damn!”
Startled, Liuzhou Cheng and He Qiang quickly jumped into the water!
But as soon as they dove in, they saw Jiang Fan’s head emerge from below the surface, his expression full of frustration as he muttered curses under his breath.
“Damn it! Let it get away! So infuriating! So infuriating...”
“Five hundred fifty-eight pounds! Oh my god! I won’t be able to eat when I get home!”
Even after returning to shore, Jiang Fan continued grumbling and cursing.
Zhou Hong and Huang Mao were both startled; the former stammered as he asked,
“Brother Fan, you didn’t drag that giant creature away? When did you swim back up?”
Jiang Fan replied gloomily, “I couldn’t hold on. It got away.”
“...”
Huang Mao, still shaken, coughed violently several times before saying, “I’ve never seen such a huge catfish before. It was even bigger than the one you caught last time!”
“Brother Fan, thank goodness it was you, or I’d be dead!”
Jiang Fan said, “That fish eats everything. You guys better not go into the water unless you want trouble.”
After saying that, Jiang Fan left in a huff.
Unbeknownst to them, everything that had just happened was being witnessed by Huang Mao’s live-stream audience.
: Huang Mao almost got dragged underwater? What kind of fish could be that big??
: Yeah, Huang Mao nearly drowned. They’re fishing with their lives on the line. These anglers are seriously hardcore!
: But it sounds like what they said doesn’t quite add up?
: Huang Mao, say something! What exactly happened?
: Huang Mao, speak up! No reply and I’m unfollowing!
: Speak!!
Huang Mao: Whew! I nearly died just now! I was almost a goner!
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: Finally speaking! What’s the situation?
: Yeah, Huang Mao, you got dragged underwater right when the stream started. How big was that fish?
Huang Mao: The one that dragged me down was about a hundred pounds, but that’s not the point. There’s an even bigger monster underwater that almost ate me!
Huang Mao recounted everything that had just happened.
Upon hearing the story, the live-stream viewers exploded with excitement!
: Huang Mao, you say there’s a catfish underwater big enough to swallow a person? If it weren’t for that handsome guy, you might have become fish food!
: !!?
: Huang Mao, seriously? You’re not joining some TikTok guild to feed us lines, are you?
: Yeah, that story sounds way too exaggerated!
: And that dude swimming straight at the catfish? That’s obviously fake, like a scripted drama!
: Unfollow!
: Definitely unfollow!
Huang Mao panicked: It’s true! Thanks to my dad! Otherwise, I’d be done for today! That catfish was huge—maybe four or five hundred pounds! No, I think even more...
: Bullshitting!
: A catfish that big would scare anyone to death. There’s no way that guy would swim right at it!
: Scripted drama! Blocking! Never watching Huang Mao again!
The viewers cursed and ranted, but despite their words, none really left. Their curiosity had been piqued by Huang Mao’s tale.
Some even checked Jiang Fan’s TikTok account, and seeing he wasn’t live, returned to Huang Mao’s stream.
Soon, Huang Mao’s live audience swelled to over ten thousand, all eager to see what that giant creature looked like.
...
Jiang Fan returned to his fishing spot and resumed casting his line, waiting for the giant catfish to reappear.
He hadn’t spotted the Mekong giant catfish before, but its sudden appearance might have something to do with his unusual bait made from cow dung, horse urine, pig feed, corn, and grilled fish!
No matter what, today he was determined to reel in this giant catfish!
Just then, Liuzhou Cheng and He Qiang, their clothes still dripping wet, approached.
“Xiao Deng! Were you really dragged underwater by a big fish just now?”
Jiang Fan glanced at them and replied, “No way, there was no big fish. No fish at all. I just wanted to swim.”
Liuzhou Cheng and He Qiang rolled their eyes, said nothing more, and begrudgingly returned to their fishing spots, muttering curses.
Seeing them leave, Jiang Fan resumed waiting for the giant catfish to bite.
Before long, a massive dark shadow appeared beneath the surface. It lingered for a while before slowly swimming toward Jiang Fan.
It’s coming!