Only I Have the Law: A Realistic Cultivation Game

"fine."

Team Leader Zhu walked over and patted Zhang Ming on the shoulder. "This thing is really hard to deal with. The fact that you managed to lure it out once means there's a chance."

Come back tomorrow when you're fully prepared.

"That's all we can do."

Zhang Ming nodded with a wry smile and bent down to start packing his equipment.

At this moment, Captain Zhu turned to look at Xu Zhiyi.

"Do you still want to try?"

"certainly."

Xu Zhiyi nodded.

He kept staring at the water's surface, wondering if the alligator gar would resurface.

Zhang Ming, who was packing up his fishing rods, looked up in surprise upon hearing Zhu's words, then turned his gaze to Xu Zhiyi: "This one... is also a fellow angler?"

"No," Xu Zhiyuan explained from the side, "He's good with slingshots, and he's really good at it, hitting the bullseye every time! He used those fish spears specifically for shooting fish to kill a lot of plecos, so I asked him to come and help."

"slingshot?"

Zhang Ming paused for a moment, then looked at Xu Zhiyi with some curiosity. "Brother, I don't mean to offend you, I'm just curious... That alligator gar is over a meter long, and its scales are harder than sheet metal. Even if your slingshot hits every time, can your harpoon penetrate its scales?"

At the same time, his live stream chat exploded with comments.

[Did I hear that right? This guy's going to use a harpoon to shoot an alligator gar?]

Is he trying to be funny?

[The little sparrow's 100-pound string just broke; is he trying to use a slingshot?]

I bet five cents he won't even be able to hit the target.

[Let's stop watching, I can't take it anymore.]

If he hits the target, I'll livestream myself doing a handstand and eating shit.

……

Xu Zhiyi stood on the shore, holding a slingshot in his left hand, the rubber band of which he had replaced with a thicker 1.2mm rubber band, and a tungsten steel fish dart between his right hands.

He didn't answer Zhang Ming's question, but looked at him calmly and said, "Could you cast your line a few more times to lure out that alligator gar?"

"Okay."

Zhang Ming didn't refuse; it was just a matter of casting a few more lines anyway.

Besides, his live stream had only just started, and it wouldn't be right to end it so abruptly.

So he picked up his fishing rod again, picked up a fishing line, attached a lure, and with a strong flick, the palm-sized lure landed on the water about twenty or thirty meters away with a "smack." Then he began to reel in the line at a steady speed.

Perhaps the alligator gar was frightened earlier and hesitated to show itself despite the lure.

Zhang Ming tried seven or eight times in a row, but the water remained calm and still, without any reaction.

Gradually, the people on the shore lost patience.

Some people were muttering to themselves as they prepared to leave.

Zhang Ming cast his line a few more times.

Seeing that nothing was happening, he began to have second thoughts.

"How about we call it a day?" He suggested, looking at Xu Zhiyi on the shore. "I'll bring my sea fishing gear tomorrow and I'm sure I can catch that alligator gar."

"Don't stop yet, do a few more."

Xu Zhiyi didn't want to withdraw.

It's only just past midnight.

It's still early.

Most importantly, who knows if this alligator gar will survive until he arrives tomorrow?

If he's not here tomorrow, and the fishery administration pulls in the nets and hauls the fish ashore to be disposed of harmlessly on the spot, then his mission won't be completed, right?

Zhang Ming frowned slightly and said seriously, "Young man, I think it's better not to waste your energy. With your equipment, even if you manage to shoot that alligator gar, you definitely won't be able to pull it up!"

As you just saw, alligator gars are incredibly strong; they can easily snap a 100-pound braided line, let alone your regular fishing line.

"you're right."

Xu Zhiyi first affirmed his statement, then said calmly, "However, as long as it can kill in one blow, there is no possibility of the fishing line breaking."

"A fatal blow?"

Zhang Ming chuckled to himself.

After a long pause, he shook his head and looked at Xu Zhiyi seriously, saying, "I believe you can hit this alligator gar, but you can't kill it with one shot!"

"It's not impossible."

Upon hearing that the topic involved his profession, Xu Zhiyuan immediately spoke up: "Although alligator gars are very resilient, if you can hit their brain or break their spine, you can make them instantly immobile!"

Of course, even though this alligator gar is over a meter long, its head is probably only about the size of a walnut, and it's hidden under a very thick skull plate. Under normal circumstances, it would be absolutely impossible to kill it with a single blow!

Unless you're incredibly lucky, or you're an Olympic champion-level sharpshooter!

Zhang Ming understood.

He stared at Xu Zhiyi in astonishment, and asked in surprise, "So you're planning to shoot that alligator gar in the brain the moment it emerges from the water?"

Xu Zhiyi nodded.

That was exactly what he intended to do.

Wow! This guy's such a show-off!

That's incredibly boastful!

How many dishes did you have to drink so much?

[Little sparrow, quickly lure the fish out; I'm waiting to see him get his comeuppance.]

If I could hit that target, I'd eat shit live on stream.

[If I can hit it, I'll livestream myself using a fan at its highest setting all day!]

Wait a minute, did you guys notice? This guy is really handsome!

Being handsome can put food on the table... well, it seems like it really can in today's society.

……

Zhang Ming glanced at his phone and found that the live stream, which had been quiet just moments before, was now flooded with comments.

"Okay, then I'll try with you for a while longer."

He picked up his fishing rod and continued casting to lure fish.

One, two, three...

Sudden.

The water surface exploded with a "splash"!

The huge black shadow darted out again and bit the lure!

In that very instant.

Xu Zhiyi was moved.

He suddenly exerted force with his arm, instantly pulling the reinforced rubber band to its full extent.

At the same time, a slight thought arises in the mind.

Sword Control Technique, activated!

"call out!"

With the combined power of the slingshot and the sword control technique, the cold and hard fish spear transformed into a streak of black light, shooting out at a speed almost imperceptible to the naked eye!

"puff!"

A dull thud.

The tungsten steel harpoon accurately struck the head of the giant alligator gar, making a small hole behind its eye, above the gill cover, in a tiny protrusion the size of a fingertip.

That's where the skull is thickest.

The brain's central nervous system is located beneath the bones.

In that instant, time seemed to stand still.

The alligator gar's body suddenly stiffened, then it began to convulse violently, its tail slapping wildly against the water's surface, creating huge splashes, but this was merely a reflex of its instinctive nervous system.

Its brain had been completely pierced by a tungsten steel dart, and its death came cleanly and decisively.

The convulsions stopped after a few seconds.

This enormous creature, which was over a meter long, stopped moving completely.

The shoreline was now eerily silent.

Zhang Ming remained in the casting position, his eyes wide open like copper bells, his mouth agape enough to fit an egg, completely unaware that the fishing rod in his hand had fallen into the water.

Xu Zhiyuan, who was closest to the camera, was completely stunned, and didn't even bother to adjust his glasses, which had slipped down to the middle of his nose.

Those from the fisheries administration and urban management departments had expressions of utter disbelief on their faces.

Meanwhile, Zhang Ming's live stream chat exploded with comments!

The first thing that appeared was a screen full of "?", followed by a screen full of "!" and "Holy crap".

After several tens of seconds, normal comments gradually appeared.

What the hell did I just see?!

Is this fake? Is it generated by AI?

[A meter-long alligator gar got its head blown off by a dart?]

【This is a human?!】

My mom asked me why I was kneeling while looking at my phone.

This is truly a master!

Where's the guy who just said he'd eat shit? Come out here and show yourself!!

[I've already taken a screenshot of the one with five speed settings for electric fans!]

[I'm going to swallow my cards!]

The brand is fine, polish my shoes!

[Damn it, he pulled off that charade!]

……