After removing the fishhook, Lin Yang tidied up his bait fishing rig.
At a new depth, he successfully found a large Sea Bass, which greatly boosted his confidence.
He continued searching in the surrounding area with the same fishing method, casting and reeling in time after time, which, in the eyes of his livestream viewers, became a spectacular scene.
The fish density in Dongting Lake Scenic Area was indeed very impressive; as he kept casting and searching, he caught several more fish, most of them were snub-nosed fish and one slightly smaller Black fish, with no new species discovered.
After mostly searching the marked area, Lin Yang suggested, "We’ve searched this marked region quite thoroughly. Why don’t we take the boat forward to check out the Guanyu Pavilion area they talked about last night? Wasn’t there a big fish sighting there?"
"Okay, hold tight, I’ll take you there now," the college student driving the boat agreed readily and soon restarted the motor, heading toward the target area.
The scenery on the shore swiftly receded, the tender green reeds mixing with the lake’s occasional birds and dead grasses, creating an unusual sense of beauty. Coupled with the faint mist hovering over the lake, the view was nothing short of breathtaking!
A few hundred meters from the destination, Xiao Li, the college student, pointed at a building on the opposite shore and said, "That’s the Guanyu Pavilion. It has a good view from there. About 200 meters ahead is where they spotted the big fish!"
"Oh? Let the drone give the viewers in the livestream a sneak peak."
As soon as Lin Yang finished speaking, Li Xiaopeng was already in perfect sync, controlling the drone to ascend and fly straight ahead.
However, flying higher became a bit of a problem; the mist was thick, and visibility was not as clear as it was at lower altitudes.
"Wow, this is practically a fairyland on earth."
"You’re right, it gives me a feeling of déjà vu from when I watched Sun Monkey cause havoc in the heavenly palace as a kid, with all the clouds and mists swirling."
"It’s normal, Dongting Lake Scenic Area is a wetland. When the sun rises a bit higher and the temperature increases, the fog will disappear."
"The area of this body of water is much larger than the one we just fished in. It looks like a deep lake, no wonder they say there might be big fish here. Only waters that are wide and deep enough can conceal the big fish."
Viewers were chattering in the comments, discussing animatedly, when a sudden ’bang’ and ’splash’ sound came from about a hundred meters away.
Li Xiaopeng quickly searched for the source of the noise and zoomed in the camera.
However, by the time he locked onto the location, it was already too late; all that could be seen were large circles of ripples continuously spreading outward, with the culprit already vanished without a trace.
"What the heck, was that a big fish splashing?" Lin Yang was also half a step too slow and didn’t react right away.
"Brother Yang, it really seems like a big fish splashing. There’s nothing else on the water, look at the size of those ripples, the fish must be huge," Yue’er commented, pointing ahead.
Xiao Li, steering the boat, was also very excited, "Just one splash made such a big disturbance, the fish must be huge!!"
The drone’s camera continued to search the site of the disturbance, but this time without finding a trace.
Just as they thought they might miss this opportunity, the sound of another loud splash came from a position about fifty to sixty meters away!
"What on earth, was that the tail of a big fish? It seemed even larger than a fan."
"Could there be a water monster in Dongting Lake? With a tail that big, if it slapped someone, they could probably get knocked out cold."
"Host, be careful, it looks so scary. Make sure to stay safe. We don’t care about a water monster or not, but don’t risk your life over it—it wouldn’t be worth it."
Lin Yang glanced at the comments on the screen and chuckled, "Everyone, don’t be nervous. We’re quite far away from it, it’s not as scary as you think. It seems we captured that moment on camera. Let’s see if we can clarify the image a bit, please wait, we’ll work on it..."
After a brief greeting, Lin Yang turned on the drone’s video recording function on Li Xiaopeng’s control console, pulling up the footage they had just shot.
Because the movement was too fast and the focusing time too short, the video was somewhat blurry. However, there were post-processing modules in the video editing software. Lin Yang patiently worked on it and soon produced footage that was slightly clearer than the original shot.
"Here, this is probably the clearest footage we can restore. Have a first look," Lin Yang announced, and clicked the playback function on the camera.
The camera showed the water’s surface, with ripples and waves, when suddenly the noise came first, and the camera quickly panned, capturing a fish-tail-like object slapping the water and causing splashes.