158: Chapter 158 Want to be a Casanova? According to the Criminal Law, you're at best a water ghost.

The mudflat was deathly silent.

Everyone's gaze was focused on the two divers squatting in the middle of the mud pit, clutching frozen hairtail fish in their arms.

Black silt covered their ankles, and the box of hairtail fish, which should have been full of "wildness" and "surprise," now felt like a loud slap across Sea King's face.

"Brother Sea King... what do we do now?" one of the divers finally couldn't hold it in and asked, his voice laced with tears.

He removed his breathing apparatus, and his voice sounded particularly comical on the vast mudflat.

Sea King trembled all over.

It was over.

Completely over.

In the livestream, the "666" and "Sea King is awesome" that had been filling the screen were now replaced by an overwhelming wave of "Refund" and "Scammer."

The fear of falling from the clouds into the mud pit instantly consumed Sea King's sanity.

No! I am the Chosen One! I have a System!

How could Mortals possibly understand the greatness of the System!

Sea King suddenly raised his head, his eyes bloodshot, staring fixedly at Gu Changan.

Since science couldn't explain it, then he would use theology!

"Hahahaha!"

Sea King suddenly looked up and laughed wildly, his laughter shrill, startling the few timid onlookers nearby.

He ripped off his waterproof overalls, stood shirtless in the mud, raised his hands high above his head, and struck an extremely shameful summoning pose.

"Ignorant Mortals! Do you think this is the truth?"

"Since you have pushed me to a dead end, I will no longer pretend!"

"I'm laying my cards on the table! I am the Reincarnation of the Donghai Dragon King! I am the messenger of the Sea God!"

Gu Changan frowned and took half a step back, not because he was afraid, but because he was worried that the mud splattered by this madman would stain his uniform.

"Water, come!"

Sea King roared hysterically.

He roared crazily in his mind: [System! Overdraw all points! Exchange for 'Elementary Tsunami Technique' for me! I want to drown these bastards!]

[Warning! Overdrawing current points will cause the host to lose ten years of lifespan. Proceed?]

"Proceed! Quickly, do it!"

As Sea King confirmed with his will, the calm sky suddenly churned with wind and clouds.

The originally sunny sun was obscured by large dark clouds, and the strong wind whistled, carrying the fishy smell of the mudflats.

In the distance, the river surged, waves crashing against the embankment, emitting a deafening roar.

The onlookers panicked.

"Holy crap! The weather has changed!"

"Does this Sea King actually have something?"

"The Dragon King is angry? Run!"

Watching the panicked crowd, a cruel, wild smile curled at the corner of Sea King's mouth.

This is power! This is the power of the System!

"Gu Changan! This is the consequence of angering me! Tremble! Kneel and beg for mercy, and perhaps I might leave your corpse intact!"

Sea King pointed at Gu Changan, looking like a god in control of everything.

Gu Changan didn't even lift an eyelid.

He calmly took a large black umbrella from Chen Xiaobei's hand, opened it with a "pop," and shielded his head.

"Chen Xiaobei, check the progress of the Meteorological Bureau."

Chen Xiaobei glanced at the tablet and reported: "Director Gu, the Donghai City Meteorological Bureau fired eight artificial rain enhancement rockets five minutes ago.

Moderate to heavy rain is expected, aimed at alleviating the recent drought and cleaning urban dust."

As soon as he finished speaking, Boom—!

A muffled thunderclap exploded.

Immediately after, bean-sized raindrops came pelting down.

It wasn't seawater.

It was rainwater.

And the rainwater even carried a faint smell of silver iodide.

Sea King, who just thought he could summon wind and rain, was drenched into a drowned rat by the sudden downpour.

He stared blankly at the sky, reached out to catch some rainwater, and put it in his mouth.

It was bland.

No tsunami, no giant waves.

Only the artificial rain precisely deployed by the Meteorological Bureau.

"This... this isn't right! Where is my tsunami? System! Where is my tsunami?!"

Sea King roared crazily in his heart.

[System Warning! Detected high-dimensional 'Truth Force Field' around the host!]

['Scientific Outlook on Development' aura is covering...]

[Supernatural elements have been shielded by the national will! Skill activation failed! Points have been deducted!]

Sea King was stunned.

What is a Truth Force Field? What is national will shielding?

Does this System even fear policy?

"Stop praying for rain."

Gu Changan stood in the rain curtain, holding an umbrella, his posture as straight as a pine tree.

"That's the Meteorological Bureau watering the crops; it has nothing to do with you.

If you insist that you summoned it, then please settle the bill for those eight rain enhancement rockets—it's 160,000 in total."

The surrounding Special Police couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Sea King completely collapsed.

He felt his IQ being rubbed on the ground.

"I don't believe it! I am the Sea King! I am the protagonist!"

Sea King bent down like a mad dog, grabbed a handful of silt mixed with shell fragments from the mud pit, and flung it at Gu Changan with all his might.

"Go to hell!"

Splat.

The mud hit Gu Changan's black umbrella and slid off, without even leaving a mark.

Gu Changan lifted the umbrella slightly, revealing those cold eyes.

"Chen Xiaobei, make a note."

"Assaulting police officers, and attempting to use biochemical weapons (silt), the crime is aggravated."

Sea King gasped for breath, reached back, and pulled out the fish spear stuck in the ground.

"This is the Sea God's Trident! A Divine Artifact! Those who block me shall die!"

He brandished the rusty iron fork, looking as if Poseidon had truly possessed him.

Gu Changan sighed, handed the umbrella to the nearby Special Police, and strode towards Sea King.

Facing the "Divine Artifact" being brandished with such vigor, Gu Changan looked like he was watching a child play with a wooden stick.

The moment the fish spear thrust forward, Gu Changan sidestepped, raised his hand, and precisely seized Sea King's wrist.

With a slight application of force.

"Ouch—!"

Sea King let out a pig-like shriek, and the fish spear in his hand clattered to the ground.

Gu Changan bent down to pick up the fish spear, pointing at a line of small text on the handle.

"Still the Sea God's Trident?"

"This is just an ordinary carbon steel fishing spear, made in Yiwu."

Gu Changan flicked the handle with his finger.

"See? It's even engraved with a laser code saying 'Taobao 9.9 Free Shipping.' Does your Sea God stock up on Pinduoduo?"

"A three-no product, without even a certificate of conformity, and you have the nerve to bring it out to show off?"

Gu Changan casually threw the fish spear into the evidence bag nearby.

"Alright, stop acting. It's time to take your final bow."

Gu Changan took the loudspeaker, his voice piercing through the rain curtain and clearly reaching everyone's ears.

"Sea King, male, 28 years old."

"Suspected of using feudal superstition to commit fraud, with a huge amount involved."

"Destroying the ecological environment of the Yangtze River estuary mudflats."

"Illegal hunting and abuse of national first-class protected animals."

"Publishing false advertisements, selling toxic and harmful food (seafood soaked in formaldehyde)."

Gu Changan took a step forward for every item he read.

"Especially that so-called 'Sea God's manifestation' just now; not only did it disturb public order, but it also attempted to claim the Meteorological Bureau's work results as one's own, suspected of picking quarrels and provoking trouble."

"Now, I am arresting you in accordance with the law."

Clank.

Cold handcuffs were locked onto Sea King's wrists.

At this moment, Sea King felt as if his spine had been pulled out, and he slumped in the mud.

He didn't understand.

Why?

Why are other people's Systems all-powerful, while his System is not only a Trash, but also gets investigated by the authorities?

The comments in the livestream were unreadable.

"Refund! Give back the yachts I gifted!"

"People like this should be sentenced to death! That's a finless porpoise! A national treasure!"

"I used to think his sea-gathering was quite stress-relieving, but now looking at it, he's just a clown."

"Is this a large-scale anti-fraud scene?"

The hardcore fans who were just shouting "Dragon King protects me" were now the ones attacking him the hardest.

Sea King looked at those comments, looked at the boxes of frozen hairtail fish and king crabs being carried away by the Special Police, and tears mixed with rainwater flowed down.

"Wah—! My money! My fans!"

The two-hundred-catty fat man cried like a two-hundred-catty child.

[Beep—! Detected host's social death, reputation value has reached zero.]

[System judgment: Host's IQ is too low, cannot continue binding.]

[Executing forced unbinding procedure...]

Gu Changan's eyes narrowed.

It was coming.

He felt a strange energy fluctuation surging out from Sea King's body, attempting to rush into the sky and escape.

"Want to run?"

Gu Changan pulled out a special device resembling a metal thermos from his waist and unscrewed the lid.

[Eye of True Appraisal] locked onto the light cluster.

"Collect!"

That light cluster, invisible to ordinary people, was sucked into the metal bottle while screaming, like dust caught by a vacuum cleaner.

Gu Changan quickly tightened the cap and stuck on a yellow seal covered with runes.

"Another brainless wild System."

Gu Changan shook the bottle.

"Just right to serve as a specimen for those old guys at the research institute."

He turned around, facing the still-running livestream camera, and revealed a professional smile.

"Netizens, today's 'sea-gathering' livestream ends here."

"Finally, a reminder to everyone: if you want to eat seafood, go to a legitimate market; don't believe the nonsense about king crabs growing in mud pits or catching lobsters in freshwater."

"Believe in science, reject superstition."

"Even if there really were a Sea King, he would still have to abide by the 'Dragon Country Fisheries Law'."

After speaking, Gu Changan waved his hand and turned off the livestream.

The rain stopped.

Only Sea King's sobbing continued to echo on the mudflats.