157: Fog Barrel

As Bai Ye observed his three "fellow patients," the Live Stream Room was dying of laughter.

"Hahahaha, that Song San is just too pathetic. Is he dating the air?"

"That's so sleazy; he's practically drooling."

"How come Bai Ye doesn't have any reaction? Is the illusion useless on him?"

Just as they were discussing this, a few more ships sailed into the dense fog.

Without exception, the moment the Beast Tamers on the ships heard the singing, they fell into hallucinations.

Much like Song San, or even worse, they started acting like crazy pile drivers against the air.

One Fourth-Tier Beast Tamer even knelt directly on the deck, shouting loudly:

"The four of you, don't come over! Don't you dare touch it!"

"Teacher, save me!"

The illusion did not affect the Live Stream Room at all, but if the contestants' physical actions were too extreme, the Live Stream Room would be temporarily shut down.

Only when the live broadcast drones confirmed their actions had returned to being suitable for all ages would the stream resume.

"Even a Fourth-Tier Beast Tamer is like this, so why is Bai Ye fine? Does he not have any desires?"

"That's impossible. Humans all have seven emotions and six desires. He must have used some special item, or his Beast Tamer talent just happens to counter this kind of illusion."

The audience speculated on the reason why Bai Ye remained unaffected.

Although Bai Ye also wanted to check the Live Stream Room to see to what extent the other contestants were affected by the illusion, it was better to disperse this annoying singing as soon as possible.

It would be best to catch a Siren and keep it by his side for Xiao Lan to play with as virtual reality.

He stood on the deck, letting the fog dampen his hair, the solar energy in his eyes becoming increasingly brilliant.

"Xiao Lan, get ready. We're going in."

Bai Ye said to the Ghost Orchid on his shoulder using Telepathy.

Xiao Lan's petals swayed gently, conveying a wave of excitement.

It couldn't wait any longer.

Bai Ye took a deep breath, and the solar energy within his body began to circulate.

His purple Telepathy Talent operated at full power, and his Mental Energy, like an invisible net, spread out toward the direction from which the singing came.

"Found you."

Bai Ye quickly locked onto the source of the singing.

It was actually a massive population.

Bai Ye walked back to the bow of the ship and picked up his Deep-Sea Dragon Tendon Wood fishing rod.

"Since this is a fishing competition, naturally, it should be solved in a fishing way."

Bai Ye tied the Vine Whip to the fishing rod, and attached a fishhook made from the tooth of an Emperor Shark to the other end.

He didn't hang any bait on the hook; instead, he had Xiao Lan extend a small section of the Vine Whip, wrap it around the hook, and activate the Fragrant Pollen.

This allowed a faint, elusive fragrance to waft out from the Vine Whip.

The fishhook, with a faint whistling sound, submerged into the seawater shrouded by the dense fog.

"infinite, maintain course and proceed at a constant speed."

"Yes, Commander."

Under the control of infinite, the whale breaker sailed steadily through the dense fog.

Bai Ye, like a patient old fisherman, waited quietly for the prey to take the bait.

Time ticked by, the singing in the dense fog remained melodious, and Bai Ye's fishing rod showed absolutely no movement.

"Strange, is my bait wrong?"

Bai Ye frowned. The Fragrant Pollen could even attract a frenzy of sharks; why was it useless against these singing creatures?

Could they be carnivores?

He tried changing to a few different types of "bait."

He tied a Rock-Skin Toothed Shark directly to the Vine Whip, or hung a glistening sea crystal stone on the hook.

The result was the same; the fishing rod remained motionless.

Bai Ye stroked the obediently lying Phantom Snow, feeling like he had overlooked something.

Looking at Xiao Hei, who was constantly tapping on a phone screen that had neither video nor sound, a flash of inspiration crossed his mind.

That's right.

The Siren Fog consisted of two parts.

One was the Demonic Beast that created the dense fog, and the other was the Siren that created hallucinations with its singing.

When he used his Mental Energy to probe earlier, he had only locked onto the source of the singing, which was that group of Sirens.

He hadn't found the Demonic Beast that created the dense fog.

Did the problem lie there?

Bai Ye closed his eyes again and pushed his Telepathy to the limit, sending his Mental Energy deep into the seabed.

Soon, he "saw" it.

Dozens of meters beneath the whale breaker, a Demonic Beast as large as a small hill was lying there.

It was grayish-white all over, and its shape closely resembled a giant squid.

However, its body was covered with countless holes of varying sizes.

Fog was continuously gushing out from those holes, rising to the surface to form this Siren Fog that covered dozens of kilometers.

【Name】: Mist Barrel

【attribute】: Water/Poison

【Rank】: Initial Lord Rank

【Aptitude】: Commander Advanced

【Introduction】: An extremely rare deep-sea Demonic Beast, gentle in nature, feeds on microorganisms in the seawater. With every breath, it can create a large range of dense fog. The fog it exhales carries a weak paralyzing toxin.

Sirens can parasitize within the fog, absorbing the energy from it.

Bai Ye suddenly realized.

No wonder he couldn't catch the Sirens using Fragrant Pollen; they didn't need to eat at all.

Their food was provided by the fog creator.

As for why the Sirens sang to bewitch human ships, Bai Ye could only conclude that they were "fun-loving" demons who just enjoyed watching humans in the awkward state of falling into hallucinations.

"Since that's the case, I'll just fish you up first."

Bai Ye readjusted his strategy.

He reeled in the fishing line, removed the sea crystal stone from the hook, and replaced it with a piece of Demonic Beast jerky he had found in Blackbeard's warehouse. It was half a meter large and contained rich Life Energy.

He cast the fishing line out again.

The fishhook landed precisely in front of the Mist Barrel's massive head.

After absorbing a large amount of water, the jerky began to emit an enticing aroma.

The dozing Mist Barrel's nose-like holes twitched, and it slowly opened its eyes.

Looking at the piece of jerky emitting an enticing aroma before it, it hesitated for a moment before extending a long tentacle to coil around the jerky.

It was true that the Mist Barrel ate microorganisms, but who wouldn't want to improve their diet?

Thanks to the heavens for this gift.

"It took the bait!"

Feeling the slight vibration coming from the fishing rod, Bai Ye revealed an arrogant smile.

He turned his head and pointed vigorously at the fishing rod in his hand toward the live broadcast drone.

This historic moment must be recorded!

Fishing up such a huge Demonic Beast with his own human strength would likely become a legendary feat in the history of anglers.

If he could, he would even consider paying for traffic.

With force in his wrist, muscles erupted all over his body, and the clothes on his upper body couldn't withstand the tension, tearing into shreds of cloth.

Seeing this, Xiao Lan quickly latched onto Bai Ye, using the Vine Whip to temporarily form clothes to prevent the Live Stream Room from being banned.

"Splash!"

The calm sea surface exploded instantly.

The Mist Barrel, comparable in size to the whale breaker, was dragged out from dozens of meters beneath the sea by sheer force.