72: "Water monster" attracts everyone's attention

Watching it finish the bait bit by bit, it still looked unsatisfied.

Chen Xiangbei had no choice but to feed it another handful, just in case it died on the way back and caused him unnecessary trouble.

He even regretted catching it!

"I was careless! Why did I get carried away just now? If I had known this thing was a venerable ancestor, I shouldn't have provoked it!"

Chen Wen leaned over and said to him, "Let's drive back a bit later. Otherwise, the people there haven't arrived yet, and we might encounter some people with ulterior motives on the way back."

Chen Xiangbei thought about it and agreed. It wouldn't even take half an hour to drive back from here.

And it would take at least an hour for the relevant departments to arrive at Baiyun Lake.

"Then we'll return in half an hour. Everyone, take a break."

"Okay, the two of us can just edit the video and send it out."

Saying that, the two of them went to the side to edit the video.

As for him, he went to the deck on the second floor and sat there, watching the big fish below.

He mumbled softly, "Don't you die on me. Just hold on for another hour, and I'll send you to be presented to someone else!"

He unscrewed a bottle of mineral water and drank it in one gulp.

The tug-of-war with the big fish, which lasted for more than 3 hours, severely depleted his physical strength. Now even walking made him tremble.

Half an hour later.

Chen Wen and Zhao Hu walked over, their faces full of joy.

Chen Wen said, "I've already sent out the video. Now we just wait for it to go viral!"

"You didn't forget to cut out my parts, did you?"

"Don't worry, I cut what should be cut, and I even pixelated what shouldn't be cut. No one will notice you."

"OK! Then shall we head back?"

"Let's go back. They should have arrived by the time we get there."

After a decision was made by the group, Chen Xiangbei shakily returned to the cockpit, started the boat, and slowly drove back.

It was not yet 11 PM.

They finally neared the 4th Wharf.

Looking from afar, the Fishermen's Wharf was brightly lit, with a surging crowd and dozens of cars parked there.

Chen Xiangbei piloted the boat and docked it steadily at the Fishermen's Wharf.

Then he saw the people on the shore rushing aboard one after another.

Some held microphones, some held cameras and video recorders, and some carried a large box in their hands.

After they got on the boat, they started frantically taking pictures of the fish in the tank. The scene was extremely chaotic.

Chen Xiangbei simply stayed in the cockpit and didn't go out, signaling Chen Wen and Zhao Hu to go out and handle it.

He, on the other hand, turned on all the lights on the boat to avoid any accidents due to the darkness.

After Chen Wen stepped out of the cockpit, he saw a middle-aged man walking towards him.

Recognizing the person, he smiled and walked up to him, extending his hand to shake the man's hand, and said,

"Zhang Shu, I'm really sorry to trouble you to come here personally so late at night!"

"Xiao Wen, you can't say that. You guys caught a Water Monster. That's like the mother of awesome opening the door for awesome - awesome to the sky!"

"This is the first successful case of catching a Water Monster nationwide. It will undoubtedly bring huge traffic to our Linhai City!"

"Look, all the major media outlets in the city have come to report on it. It will be a sensation nationwide tomorrow morning!" the middle-aged man said happily.

"Oh, Zhang Shu."

"It was all luck. A few of my brothers said they wanted to try, and we didn't expect to actually catch one."

"And it wasn't me who caught it. I was just doing odd jobs."

"It doesn't matter who caught it. The higher-ups will definitely give you commendations then."

"Just wait, your dad will surely praise you then, won't he?"

"That's true. I'm actually a bit looking forward to my dad's expression when he finds out, hahaha!"

"Alright, I'll go take a look at the scene first. The experts from the biological expert group are currently researching."

"Okay, Zhang Shu, please go ahead with your work. Call me if you need anything."

After the middle-aged man left, Chen Wen returned to the cockpit.

Chen Xiangbei learned after asking.

It turned out that the middle-aged man was the leader of the investigation team recently established by the fisheries department.

He was also Chen Wen's father's good friend, which is why Chen Wen called him when he was on the boat.

On the other side, due to the urgency of time, after a unanimous decision by the research experts,

A public venue near the Fishermen's Wharf would be requisitioned to establish a temporary research institute.

At the same time, a large pool would be built overnight to accommodate this big fish.

Chen Xiangbei was afraid this guy wouldn't survive the night and softened his heart, so he secretly fed it a handful of Secret Bait.

After that, there was nothing left for Chen Xiangbei and the others to do.

After returning the boat key to Chen Wen, he took the remaining Ornamental Fish and equipment back to the car.

The few of them parted ways here.

He rushed to the Baiyun Lake Market.

He handed the fish caught today to Ouyang and collected the money from selling the fish today.

Today Ouyang sold a total of 135,000 yuan.

They were all scattered Ornamental Fish. The silver panda Butterfly Koi had already been arranged for a transaction with the buyer tomorrow.

After the money was received, he left the fish at the shop for Ouyang to handle.

Of course, the seven dazzling glowing fish were not brought over.

Seeing this basket of Ornamental Fish, Ouyang Shengde didn't know what to say and exclaimed,

"If you have harvests like this every day, I'll be the first to protest if your name isn't on the Forbes list!"

"Come on, I can't compare with those capitalists. I'm just a small fisherman."

"Business is good today, isn't it? I thought it would take a long time to sell out, but I didn't expect it to be so fast." Chen Xiangbei teased.

"You don't know how powerful the internet's spread is. Just now, I saw a convoy heading towards the 4th Wharf."

"I estimate quite a few people from out of town have come again, planning to explore Baiyun Lake."

After hearing this, Chen Xiangbei's mouth curved upwards, and he smiled without saying anything.

He estimated that an internet earthquake would occur tomorrow. If Ouyang knew the reason, he would surely be dumbfounded.

He would never have thought that the person he was cooperating with had actually caught the Water Monster!

After bidding farewell to Ouyang, Chen Xiangbei returned to the car.

It was already nearly midnight.

Exhausted beyond words, he started the car and drove towards home.

Not long after driving out, the System settlement sound arrived as scheduled.

[Ding, the System begins settlement: Host's income today +108,000 yuan, average hourly wage +13,500 yuan, System reward amount 1,836,000 yuan, Intelligence +0.02, Settlement Points +500. Please continue your efforts!]

Hearing the System settlement sound, Chen Xiangbei felt greatly encouraged.

Although the big fish caught today couldn't be kept for himself, at least he still caught a considerable number of Ornamental Fish during the day.

Especially those seven mysterious glowing fish, they were Ornamental Fish as brilliant as stars!

Donating that big guy was mainly to provide cover for these seven glowing fish.

Everyone's attention would be on the big fish, so no one would target his glowing fish.