Chapter 107

The Yangtze sturgeon still has family? There's even a large unit about to rendezvous?!

The captain sucked in a breath of cold air; in the blink of an eye his face flushed red, unable to describe his excitement, he instinctively grabbed Ling Yue's sleeve, asking over and over: 'Is this real? Is this really true?'

Ling Yue nodded.

The rescue team captain finally reacted; after a moment, intermittent sobbing sounded on the boat.

Although there was government support, the Yangtze sturgeon's whereabouts were hard to find; these rescue team members relied only on government support and sheer enthusiasm, their days were not easy.

Even under these circumstances, the Yangtze sturgeon still went extinct; when the United Nations Organization announced it, everyone felt grief greater than death.

Who would have thought that fortunes would turn; they saw the Yangtze sturgeon again, and learned it wasn't just this one—it had a family, and even a migrating large unit.

Their excitement was indescribable.

Just like a patient who had already been pronounced terminally ill, suddenly receiving a reply—actually you're not sick, you were just misdiagnosed by the doctor.

After reacting, the search-and-rescue team captain wiped away his tears, not daring to look at Ling Yue.

Ling Yue pretended not to have seen, actively changed the topic, saying: "The most important thing now is to treat Xunxun; as for its family, although they are scattered, according to the information I got from Xunxun's mouth, they were scattered because of fishing nets."

Although the state has already begun a strong crackdown, fishing boats in the Yangtze River basin still exist, and dense fishing nets will cause unimaginable harm to a series of fish such as the Yangtze sturgeon.

More than ten years ago, there was a Yangtze sturgeon that became critically endangered due to fishing nets; despite everyone's all-out rescue efforts, it still died.

So, after hearing Ling Yue's words, the captain wasn't particularly surprised; after all, the wounds on Xunxun's body were obvious, and anyone with a little understanding could recognize them as cuts caused by fishing nets.

But when he heard that Xunxun had thus been separated from its family, with two large and one small—three Yangtze sturgeons missing—his face instantly turned deathly pale.

"We must find them!"

He hesitated for a moment, his gaze falling on Ling Yue; after the series of events just now, he would never think she was messing around, and instead held her in considerable respect.

Because she had rescued a national treasure, her contribution could not be disputed by anyone.

Ling Yue wasn't blind, so she naturally noticed his hesitant gaze; she already had some guesses in her mind, pursed her lips, and looked at him: "Is there something?"

The rescue team captain stared for a moment: "Yes."

"You have special abilities; can you help look for them?"

Ling Yue naturally agreed.

Here, hearing Ling Yue chat, Xunxun struggled to move closer to her; the staff applying medicine were amused by its cute yet clumsy actions, making them both cry and laugh.

The Yangtze sturgeon cooed coo-coo, rubbing its long snout; after receiving Ling Yue's stroking, it became content and stopped moving, and occasional back‑swimming posed no harm to its body.

But at this moment, the outside world had already exploded.

The news that the already‑extinct Yangtze sturgeon had reappeared immediately drew a flood of media outlets, the riverbank packed like dumplings being dropped into a pot.

Ling Yue and a few others, as the first witnesses, suddenly heard a sound coming from the river surface; they looked up and were startled by the dense crowd of heads on the bank.

Ling Yue withdrew her gaze, calmly working with the rescue captain to capture the Yangtze sturgeon; with Xunxun's cooperation, their transport proceeded extremely smoothly.

The Yangtze sturgeon Xunxun looked at her and emitted a reluctant sound.

Ling Yue: "Be good. We will help you find your family."

The Yangtze sturgeon Xunxun depended extremely on Ling Yue, trusted her words completely, and could even be said to be exclusively favored by her; for no matter what others said, it remained motionless, but only Ling Yue—even a single word—could make it quickly understand.

Seeing this, the rescue captain felt both envious and grateful; thanks to Ling Yue, their trip from departure to departure lasted only a little over an hour.

Before leaving, the rescue captain looked solemnly at Ling Yue: "I will definitely report to the state the invasive fish parasitism you mentioned; these fish must be removed from the Yangtze and must no longer harm our native species!"

Ling Yue nodded: "We, a group of people, will pool our wisdom; perhaps by then we will have a solution."

Jinjin in the water beside her wagged its tail, looking at her and saying: "Is it that you, the owner, have a solution?"

Ling Yue did not answer; her gaze fell on the large boat, where the Yangtze sturgeon now had only a faint purple skin left; seeing it receive effective treatment, everyone on the small boat simultaneously let out a sigh of relief.

Two boys holding cameras suddenly spoke out: "Broadcaster, we just recorded the whole process; can we upload the finished video online?"

Ling Yue didn't care about these things, so she nodded; she was thinking about how to punish these invasive fish in the basin, whose lack of natural enemies makes them nearly invincible in the Yangtze River basin.

Moreover, those immoral release‑ers—even if they perfectly solved the invasive fish problem, if they don't cut off the source, it's merely treating symptoms, not the root.

"If only we could make them bite each other like dogs."

Ling Yue rubbed her brow, and the small‑boat owner also sighed: "It's all these immoral people, accumulating merit—I think they're just immoral!"

"How come there's no karmic retribution!"

Ling Yue furrowed her brows and thought: "Retribution, does instant karma count?" Her train of thought suddenly cleared, she couldn't help but curl the corners of her mouth; seeing this, the dragon fish Jinjin flicked its tail and swam over happily: "What's up, what's up?"

Ling Yue: "I'm thinking about how to give them retribution."

She already had a plan in mind, then suddenly shifted the topic: "As for how to clear the invasive fish, if the bullied native fish unite, each one counting, and with human assistance, we can definitely eliminate these invasives!"

"Then what should we do?" an old voice came over; Ling Yue turned her head to see the Fengshui turtle master swimming in the water, with Xunbao Shu Duo Duo perched on its back, the poor little mouse already completely soaked.

Xunbao Shu Duo Duo looked at her; Ling Yue remained silent—this was the crux.

Even she herself hadn't expected that a simple outing would reveal such a serious and awful phenomenon.

As a fellow aquatic creature, the Fengshui turtle grandfather was deeply worried; he had always stayed in Jing Shi, never imagining that a place like the Yangtze would be so bullied by a group of foreign fish!

The Fengshui turtle voluntarily offered to Ling Yue: "I also want to contribute, to punish these hateful foreign fish!"

Ling Yue looked at it, her brows tightening.

Such a huge turtle instantly caught the boss's attention: "Holy shit, what a huge turtle!"

He had fished in the water for so many years and had never seen one this big; it's about the size of a grindstone, right?

The two boys who had seen it before quickly explained: "It's the broadcaster's pet; it actually followed over, really smart."

After returning to the bank, Ling Yue directly rented the boss's boat: "Pay first, I'll rent your boat for a day."

The boss stared, then said they were practically comrades‑in‑arms, hurriedly saying there was no need for payment—you're a great hero!

Only Ling Yue knew what kind of hero she was; she merely had other abilities that let her do more than others, but she also hadn't been able to further help these fish.

Perhaps because they are of the same kind, seeing the fish being bullied, Jinjin has been listless, feeling some sympathy for its own kind.

At the same time, the reporters waiting on the bank all swarmed over; Ling Yue grabbed a large bag of pet food, locked it in the car, took the small animals directly onto the boat, and before the reporters could arrive, she had already slipped away with her friends.

Everyone could only look at the river and sigh; fortunately, there were still the innkeeper and two others, with flashbulbs popping nonstop.

"May I ask how you discovered the Yangtze sturgeon?"

"May I ask how you rescued the Yangtze sturgeon? What characteristics does this Yangtze sturgeon have?"

"Hello, please answer..."

Countless microphones and cameras were aimed at them, like great white sharks that had smelled blood, swarming over.

"Stop stop stop!" At the crucial moment, the male student's friend spoke up, interrupting everyone's questions: "You shouldn't be asking us; you should be asking her!"

He pointed into the distance while saying this, and everyone followed his gaze to the calm river surface, where a white small boat was drifting.

The friend's eyes were full of admiration: "She's the streamer, she was the first to discover the Yangtze sturgeon, and she jumped in to save it!"

As soon as these words were spoken, a chorus of gasps erupted.

Everyone looked toward the river surface; although they couldn't see Ling Yue's relaxed and contented appearance, the small boat swayed gently on the water, exuding leisure and ease.

But saying she saved the Yangtze sturgeon is about as plausible as saying she came here for tourism!

Such doubts hadn't even been voiced when someone suddenly shouted—

"She's the head streamer of the Orca Platform!"

"The streamer who, two days ago, predicted an earthquake during a live broadcast and saved millions of people!"

Everyone was shocked and pale, recalling the faint glimpse of her appearance just now; her career has reached such a point that it can no longer be described by a single phrase like "rising rapidly."

To realize it was her only now, the speaking reporter regretted it so much his thigh almost slapped off.

"It really is her!" other reporters exclaimed in affirmation, looking toward the distance in astonishment.

"Oh my god, I regret it so much—why didn't I come over? I was just a little bit short!"

The reporters who heard this nodded in agreement—who wouldn't? In this era of developed internet, online streamers blossom everywhere, but Ling Yue, relying on her formidable strength, has carved out a road to heaven!

But once an opportunity is missed, it's gone forever.

They could only turn their gaze to others, but their attitude became much colder than before, while the remaining three felt more at ease.

The two male students gripped their cameras tightly, feeling ever more fortunate to have captured those videos; though they were at the riverbank, their minds were already at home, where a full set of equipment could definitely perfect the footage.

At that moment, on the calm river surface, Ling Yue leaned forward, gazing into the deep water, and the Golden Dragonfish immediately swam up: "Yueyue, what are you planning to do?"

Ling Yue smiled: "Call over the friends you know, and any other fish—however many there are, that's how many."

The Golden Dragonfish nodded, then shook its head: "I don't need to go find them."

As soon as the words fell, the Golden Dragonfish's whole body emitted a crimson-gold light; as the radius expanded, the fish in the water were drawn to it, except for those domineering invasive species like cleaner fish and so on.

Perhaps because they are foreign species, they aren't very responsive to the Golden Dragonfish's summons.

The ugly cleaner fish turned over and went back to sleep.

Ling Yue's plan was to launch a food temptation, but before she could turn her head, she heard a splashing sound, the crunching of bites, and when she turned, Big Black shoved his head into the bag, his big butt aimed at her!

Plus Xunbao Shu Duo Duo and the Mysterious Cat Queen, who, after noticing, immediately stopped—but—

Ling Yue slapped Da Hei's waist with a palm; the greedy dog let out an "aow" sound, and when its head stretched out, both cheeks bulged.

Ling Yue: "……"

Your pet food is in the car; these are the rewards I used to exchange for the fish.

As soon as the words fell, ripples stirred the calm river surface; with the dragon fish Jinjin's current ability, it was already enough to summon some medium-sized fish.

In the blink of an eye, the river surface that had just rippled suddenly churned, like a pot of boiling water; vast schools of fish swarmed the small boat, and in an instant, under the sunlight, they reflected dazzling scales of various colors, and the fishes' clamorous sounds immediately reached Ling Yue's ears.

"Who? Who is calling me?"

"That voice is so familiar—I was just sleeping at home, and I hurried over!"

"Let me see who summoned us."

Suddenly, the river surface splashed, and a white pomfret leapt out of the water in an instant; it tried to act indifferent, but its dead fish eyes met Ling Yue's and the small animals' gaze.

White pomfret: "!!!"

It jumped back into the water with a plop.

"Ahhh, friends, big trouble—I saw a human, and she seemed to have glanced at me!"

"I'm scared—is she here to catch us?"

"Wuuu, I've barely managed to live this long—I don't want to be eaten!"

"It's okay, I'm already used to it—I actually want to be eaten by humans; at least I'd die quickly, unlike other fish… Wuuu, my brother was parasitized by invasive fish, couldn't swim anymore, and they literally bit him to death!"

"Ahhhhh, so scary, so scary!"

It was obvious these fish came from all directions; their information wasn't well circulated, so some fish, upon hearing such a tragedy, were frightened and trembled.

"Whether it's humans or those monster fish, I don't want to be eaten!"

"Who wants to eat you guys!" the dragon fish Jinjin retorted, unable to hold back.

Upon hearing this, the fish froze; the moment they saw Jinjin, they were certain: "Are you the one who summoned us?"

The dragon fish Jinjin nodded; as the king of dragon fish, having some ability to summon aquatic creatures is only natural, right?

At that moment, a female voice suddenly rang out: "Don't worry, I'm not here to eat you; we have something we want to discuss with you."

In an instant, all the fish were terrified, splashing back several meters with a splash, and their frightened cries pierced Ling Yue's ears.

"Ahhh, Mom, am I not going to live long? How can I hear humans talking to fish?!"

"Heavens, there's a monster!"

"I heard it too—she's really talking to us!"

Ling Yue stood on the small boat, not yet speaking, when the dragon fish Jinjin shot forward, waving its fins and saying, "Everyone, don't panic!"

"This is a small matter; just listen to her continue."

The fish looked at it, fell silent for a moment, then in the blink of an eye erupted in discussion, their voices rising like a pot boiling over.

Ling Yue furrowed her brows, grabbed a handful of pet food, and scattered it, tossing out a small circle.

The fish that had been arguing incessantly instantly fell silent.

Those quick to react already had several pieces of pet food in their mouths.

In the fierce scramble, the water around the small boat was like boiling water just brought to a boil; a few minutes later, the fish looked longingly at Ling Yue.

"What is that?"

"It smells so good and tastes great, human—what did you feed us?"

Ling Yue bent over, right in front of them, and poured a handful of pet food glug-glug-glug into the dragon fish Jin Jin's mouth, the splash-splash sound making the fish's eyes turn red.

Anyone who had tasted the pet food couldn't remain indifferent; the rest were just unlucky fish that had only smelled it, staring at them longingly.

Ling Yue: "Can we be quiet now?"

She had thought the dragon fish king Jin Jin could easily command the school of fish, but now she realized she had overestimated things—Jin Jin had no experience and simply couldn't control them.

Ling Yue prepared to go up herself.

She patted the large bag full of pet food, and the splash-splash sound made the fish unable to bear their craving.

"Human, what do you want to do?"

"Sniffle, it smells so good, can you let me have just one bite? Just one!"

Ling Yue: "You can eat all of it, but I have something I want you to help with—do you want to wipe out the invasive fish in the Yangtze, like those scavengers, so they disappear forever from the waters?"

No sooner had she spoken than the clamor vanished completely.

All the fish looked at her as the largest fish swam forward; it was over a meter long, its mottled color like peeling wall paint, its movements sluggish, showing it was quite old.

The old fish asked her in a weary voice: "Human, do you know what you're saying?"

"If you really have a way to make those fish disappear completely, all the fish here would thank you! Even letting you be our fish king would be fine!"

Ling Yue sat on the gunwale, unmoved, looking at them and explaining: "It's not that I have a way; it's us—my plan requires your help to be carried out."

Her gaze swept back and forth over the school of fish, and for a long time afterward Ling Yue remained on the boat; the fish did not disperse but instead gathered ever more densely.

Because they were entranced by her, listening to her various countermeasures filled them with longing.

A hot-headed young fish violently flicked its tail: "They had it coming! If it weren't for the spines on their skin, I'd have bitten them already!"

"Me too—I really want to see them cry for their mom and dad! These big bad guys!"

"Sniffle, this year my wife and I worked hard to produce lots of fish eggs, hid them away, but they still found them and ate them all!"

"We must resist! We must fight back!"

From these fish's angry reactions, it's clear the native fish of the Yangtze basin have long suffered under the invasive fish.

Ling Yue's method is actually simple: the invasive fish formed an alliance, and the native fish gathered together to form the Fish-Fish Counterattack Self-Defense Unit, first luring them in, then wiping them out completely.

Easy to say, hard to do—just comparing the two sides' strength shows they are not equal.

Ling Yue waved her hand and reminded them: "You have outside help!"

The fish stared, bewildered: "Where is the outside help?"

Ling Yue pointed at herself: "It's me!"

As Jin Jin vividly described how Ling Yue had removed the scavengers from the Yangtze sturgeon's body and burned them to ash, the fish's gaze toward her changed.

"So it was you!"

"We just heard that a human had saved the Yangtze sturgeon, and it turns out to be you!"

"Wow, you're amazing—that's a big shot among sturgeons, incredibly powerful!"

Without realizing it, the conversation drifted, and only when the sky grew dark did their Fish-Fish Counterattack Self-Defense Unit finally settle on a rough plan.

Afterward they would certainly need to keep refining it; to that end, the Feng Shui Turtle Master, Ling Yue, and Jin Jin volunteered, offering to stay here.

The Feng Shui Turtle Master lay on the shore, the waves striking its body; the usually slow-moving Feng Shui Turtle Master, excited, said: "You go back first; for now we'll get familiar with the fish school, and we'll contact you later."

The dragon fish Jin Jin stood by: "Yeah, Yue Yue, wait for us, wait for our good news—when the time comes, I will definitely become a true dragon fish king!"

Ling Yue nodded, and before leaving she deliberately drove to the innkeeper, leaving him fifty thousand yuan so that during this time he would pay close attention to any movement along the riverbank.

Upon hearing that, he immediately packed his bags and chuckled: "What to watch for? I'll move in right away—I've seen your dragon fish and big turtle before, and if anything happens with them I'll let you know right away!"

It wasn't five hundred, nor five thousand, but a full fifty thousand! The only condition was that he guard the riverbank—isn't that like a pie falling from the sky?

Because they were preoccupied, the atmosphere grew heavy on their way back. What Ling Yue didn't know was that the video she had filmed had been posted online by those two guys, and it instantly went viral.

The intense, tense footage, with a single continuous shot, gave viewers an immersive experience, as if they were standing there watching everything unfold—especially when the Yangtze sturgeon struggled in pain, many sensitive people couldn't help but burst into tears.

Seeing the disgusting scavenger almost made them vomit up their leftover dinner.

Most importantly, this is a Yangtze sturgeon, a species already declared extinct in the Yangtze, and yet it has reappeared!

Moreover, it was seriously injured, rescued by a kind-hearted streamer, and that night the official Yangtze Sturgeon Rescue Station reposted the video, confirming its authenticity.

Ling Yue's livestream gained a surge of fans, even attracting many overseas fans who likewise climbed over the wall to follow; her livestream also contained her previous broadcasts, and upon seeing them, viewers directly flocked into her livestream.

At the same time, the overseas traffic to the orca livestream site also surged, with many foreigners exclaiming, "My treasure streamer has been discovered!"

Perhaps Ling Yue's next livestream will welcome a batch of passionate new fans whose speech is overly cheesy.

Of course, she still doesn't know any of this.

Because she had a small animal keeping her company, Ling Yue quickly composed herself, paid attention to the Yangtze sturgeon's dynamics, and checked the location provided by Xunxun; only then did she discover that the internet was flooded with news about her.

Because the property management where she lives is strict, no reporters have gotten in so far; the interview request sent via the orca platform's backend made her laugh—except for livestreams, she never opens the software at other times, and even when the orca platform contacts her, it's by phone, not a private message in the backend.

A few days later, Ling Yue's pet consultation shop suddenly opened; the Chen couple, who had been following her closely, finally got lucky and ranked tenth.

Besides them, there was also Miss Chen Xiner.

A gust of wind blew past, and the wind chime by the door rang out with a clear sound.

"Hello, Miss Ling." Mrs. Chen, dressed plainly and as modest as her husband, spoke while glancing at the little girl who kept hugging her sheep plush.

"Ruiru, this is the older sister who saved you before—do you still remember her?"

Chen Xiner initially ignored them, but upon hearing about the older sister she lifted her head, dropped the sheep plush, and lunged into Ling Yue's arms like a bird returning to its nest.

Mrs. Chen watched, then burst into tears on the spot.

It felt as if a knife had been stabbed into her heart and then twisted viciously.

She is warm and affectionate toward others, but indifferent toward her family—this is her daughter's current state. After a period of psychological counseling, Chen Xinrui's psychological shadow not only did not lessen, but grew worse.

She quickly wiped her tears: "Sorry, I just lost my composure."

Ling Yue nodded, indicating understanding.

She patiently waited for the Chen couple to settle their emotions, then asked: "What would you like to consult?",,.