Chapter 64: Jiang Fan is in trouble, the 358th Regiment must help him out!

As Jiang Fan’s streaming duration increased, his influence grew steadily.

Coupled with reports from various netizens, the relevant authorities had already taken notice of the situation.

Just as things were beginning to show promising signs, the livestream room was suddenly banned.

Along with it, Yellow Hair and Ma Dongdong were also banned simultaneously.

"My account got banned even though I didn't say anything? What the hell!" Yellow Hair cursed.

"It's an old tradition. You'll get used to it," Ma Dongdong replied.

"Zhou Hong, isn't it time to let your dad step in?"

Zhou Hong frowned slightly. "My dad works in Sanyah City; I doubt his jurisdiction reaches all the way here to Yuanshan Town. Whatever, I'll ask him about it tonight when I get back."

"Brother Fan, are we still going to fish?" Yellow Hair asked.

"Of course. I came here specifically to catch a big fish," Jiang Fan shrugged.

If the livestream room was banned, so be it; the big fish still had to be caught.

"A big fish, a big fish!!!" Suddenly, Jiang Qi pointed at the lake surface below the paper mill's sewage discharge pipe and shouted.

Jiang Fan and the others instinctively looked over and indeed spotted a pitch-black, massive fish right there.

The giant fish swam out of the murky water for a short while before heading in the direction of Jiang Fan and his group.

"Holy shit! It's so, so, so big! How can a fish be this massive?!"

"It's a giant catfish! Could this be the thousand-pound monster the officials were talking about?"

"The Master is truly divine! He said there was a giant monster here, and lo and behold, it's actually here!"

"Look! It's swimming right toward the Master!"

Perhaps because Jiang Fan had baited the spot with a concoction of cow dung, horse urine, pig feed, corn, and grilled fish bait, the thousand-pound leviathan swam straight in his direction. It then poked its head above the water, circled around the spot, and suddenly slapped the water surface with a fierce splash!

"Quick, record it! Record it!"

"Hahaha, I gotta film this and post it on my Moments!"

"Film my ass! That's a walking 200,000 bucks! I'm jumping down there to grab it!"

"Are you out of your mind? Taking a single gulp of that sewage water and 200,000 won't even be enough to save your life!"

"But it's 200,000! How many years of working like a dog would it take to save up that much?"

"Working like a dog is one thing, what's scarier is that nobody even lets you touch the grass!"

The anglers chimed in, and two of them actually felt tempted.

Yet, upon second thought, if they managed to bag the 200,000 only to drop dead shortly after, wouldn't their wives and that 200,000 belong to other men? Damn it! A losing business where you lose both your wife and your troops was not worth undertaking!

With that thought, they dismissed the idea of jumping in to catch it and instead picked up their fishing rods, intending to try their luck.

"This leviathan is a whole circle bigger than the one Brother Fan caught before. Isn't this just too massive?!" Yellow Hair exclaimed.

Zhou Hong chimed in, "This is my first time seeing such a huge fish. It really is that thousand-pound monster with the official bounty!"

Ma Dongdong shouted, "Get it! Don't let it run away! Snipe it the moment it shows its head!"

After recording a few videos, Jiang Fan tossed his phone aside, switched his bait from the Wild Combat Blue Crucian Carp Crooked-Mouth Dragon King God Edition to the cow dung, horse urine, pig feed, corn, and grilled fish bait, hooked it on, and swiftly cast his line.

Zhou Hong and the others grew equally excited. Disregarding the overwhelmingly pungent stench of the cow dung, horse urine, pig feed, corn, and grilled fish bait, they each grabbed a portion from Jiang Fan and rapidly cast their lines as well.

Chang Kongjun remarked, "This fish is the exact one I saw earlier. It actually swam all the way to a place like this?"

Jiang Qi asked, "Is it possible there are many of them?"

Chang Kongjun replied, "Probably not. I remember seeing a notch on its tail earlier, and this giant catfish has it too. It's definitely the same one."

"Hehe, 200k! Watch me reel it in!"

Everyone was in high spirits, completely captivated by the thousand-pound giant.

At that exact moment, a few more local anglers hurried over.

"Holy shit! What a huge catfish! Is that really the one the officials talked about?"

"The Master's spot-on accuracy is unreal! By the way, where is the Master?"

"Isn't he right over there?"

"Hahaha, it's my first time seeing the handsome Master Xia. He's just like in the videos, ridiculously handsome!"

"Wait, why is the Master's livestream room banned?"

"Seemingly because too many people started talking about the paper mill's illegal sewage dumping."

Several anglers excitedly walked over toward Jiang Fan's group.

"Hey! Who told you guys to fish here?!"

Suddenly, an angry roar echoed from behind. Startled by the voice, the giant monster thrashed the water surface with a violent slap and plunged into the depths.

Jiang Fan: ((▼皿▼))

Jiang Qi: ((╬￣皿￣))

Everyone else: ((╬◣д◢))

"Who gave you permission to fish here?!"

Several staff members from the paper mill marched over aggressively.

If you knew they were paper mill employees, you'd think nothing of it; but if you didn't, you'd mistake them for street thugs and hooligans.

Among them, a burly, broad-backed ruffian looked particularly ferocious. This man was none other than Xiao Liu, who had just been on the phone with the paper mill boss, bearing the full name Liu Chan.

Jiang Fan and the others looked over, their resentment burning brighter than that of vengeful ghosts!

Dammit! 200,000 bucks, just like that, scared away by an angry roar from some random idiot?

"Damn it! I'm talking to you! Who gave you permission to fish here?!"

Chang Kongjun retorted, "Is this river your family's property? What the hell does my fishing have to do with you?!"

Liu Chan's face darkened. "Can't you see the paper mill? You guys are seriously interfering with our work, you know that!"

Chang Kongjun snapped, "Me catching a fish interferes with your fucking work? Damn it, then you just scared away my 200k—did you or did you not interfere with my work?"

The other anglers chimed in immediately.

"Yeah, exactly! What about interfering with our fishing? Pay up!"

"It's bad enough that your trashy paper mill is dumping sewage into the Beimen River, and now you're running your mouth too? Be careful or we'll report you!"

Gritting his teeth, Liu Chan resorted to intimidation.

"Who the hell do you think you are? The Jade Emperor himself? Go ahead and try reporting us, see if I don't mess up your whole family!"

A young angler, feeling quite defiant, stuck his neck right in front of Liu Chan and cursed, "Oh, I'm so scared! Come on, hit me, just try hitting me and see if I don't extort you dry!"

Liu Chan was a cunning fellow; knowing that actually hitting someone would lead to troublesome complications, he held back his fists. Instead, he snatched the fishing rods out of their hands and snapped them in half with brute force!

Facing several large, brawny men, the teenage anglers were genuinely frightened.

Just as Liu Chan and his thugs were about to snatch the rods from Jiang Fan and Jiang Qi's group, Liu Chan suddenly froze.

Liu Chan blinked: "??? Why is there an African person here?"

Jiang Qi exploded: "African your grandma! Open your dog eyes and look at me, do I look like one?"

With eyes bulging with rage, Liu Chan shouted, "Don't care what you look like, fishing is not allowed here!"

"Is this your family's property? I'm going to fish anyway. I love fishing! Not only am I going to fish, but I'm also going to pee in the river!"

True to his words, Jiang Qi dropped his pants right then and there and took a piss into the Beimen River.

Jiang Fan: "……"

Chang Kongjun: "……"

Zhou Hong and the others: "……"

Liu Chan was fuming, the flesh on his glossy, greasy face twitching violently as his eyes bulged wider than ever!

"Dammit! Don't act all cocky with me just because you're young! You better listen carefully when I speak to you, before I actually lose my temper and your own parents won't even recognize you as their idiot son!"

With that, Liu Chan waved his hand, and several thugs immediately surrounded Jiang Qi.

Jiang Fan frowned, hoisted his steel reinforcement bar onto his shoulder, and stepped forward.

"This place doesn't belong to you. We'll fish however we want. How about we call the police and let them sort it out?"

Liu Chan snarled, "Dammit, which piece of shit are you supposed to be? You wanna test me and see if I mess you up too?"

"Your daddy!!"

Suddenly, Yellow Hair, Zhou Hong, and Ma Dongdong stepped forward with fierce momentum, standing right behind Jiang Fan!

When Jiang Fan was in trouble, their 358th Regiment simply had to back him up!