Oh no! I've been kept as a pet by a stray killer whale!

Zhang Wei stared at the screen, his brows furrowed.

He also tends to think it's special effects, or that some wealthy team is filming a movie on location and then using it for live-streaming hype.

After all, what normal person could ride an orca after a shipwreck? That doesn't make scientific sense.

But... isn't this too real?

He turned his phone horizontally and set it to the highest quality.

On the screen, every fine line on the face of the man lying on the back of the orca, the dry, cracked skin on his lips, and even the wrinkles in his clothes clinging to his body after being soaked in seawater, were clearly visible.

The most important thing is that "texture".

That feeling of being utterly alone and helpless in the depths of the ocean, that sense of realism under the scorching sun, is something that no filter can replicate.

Just then, the live stream suddenly started shaking violently.

Because the situation beneath the sea surface has changed.

The orca, nicknamed "Big Fatty," seemed to have spotted an ocean current ahead and decided to speed up and rush into it to save energy.

"Hold on tight, little one! There's a speed bump up ahead! Let's go!"

Of course, only Jiang Che could hear these thoughts.

From the perspective of the viewers in the live stream, the huge orca, which was swimming steadily, suddenly had its tail muscles contract violently, and its whole body was like a fully drawn bow, instantly shooting out!

The speed increased instantly!

"boom--"

The immense inertia resulted in terrifying acceleration.

Jiang Che, who was originally lying on his back, never expected that this was a "launch start". He slid backward suddenly, and half of his body was already hanging in the air. He was about to fall into the wake of the white foam.

"Hmm!"

Jiang Che let out a muffled groan, his survival instinct causing him to unleash his last bit of strength.

His hands gripped the base of the orca's thick dorsal fin like iron clamps.

The seawater pounded wildly against his face, distorting his features.

That moment of disarray, terror, and the tense muscles were perfectly captured in 4K slow motion by the drone camera hovering to the side and front, and presented in the live broadcast room.

Even a single water droplet, caught by a wave, landed precisely on the lens before slowly sliding down, blurring a corner of the image.

This scene caused a momentary break in the chat room where people were clamoring for "special effects" and "green screen".

Zhang Wei stared intently at the screen, his heart pounding in his chest with each step the person took to fall.

"this……"

He swallowed hard, muttering to himself, "Isn't this physics engine a little too realistic?"

If this is special effects, the level of detail is incredible.

The bulging veins on the man's neck, the pained expression on his face after choking on seawater, and the frequency with which his windbreaker fluttered in the strong wind...

If this was acting, the acting skills would be enough to sweep the Oscars.

If this was done, the modeler must be God himself.

The comment section exploded again, and the tide began to turn subtly:

[I love drinking Coke]: Oh my god! That scared me to death! I almost dropped my phone! It looked so painful!

[Microscope Girl]: Sisters, I zoomed in on the screenshot, and there was dirt under the streamer's fingernails. Also, that stumble just now—his muscle contractions were completely subconscious physiological reactions. This doesn't seem like acting, unless he's a stuntman.

[The Angler Never Goes Home Empty-Handed]: Am I the only one paying attention to that orca? The explosive acceleration, the force of its tail fin slapping the water—as someone who's been fishing for twenty years, I can tell you with certainty that machines can't replicate that raw, visceral texture. This is a real orca! Alive!

【Ghostly Essence】: Hehe, even if it's a real killer whale, it's probably a trained one in an aquarium, right? It's just a staged photo.

[Passerby B]: Hey upstairs, is your aquarium's waves that big? Look at the background, that's the open sea! The open sea stretches as far as the eye can see!

As the debate escalated, the number of viewers in the live stream began to snowball.

Big data recommendation mechanisms are very sophisticated.

When a new live stream achieves a very high completion rate and a large number of bullet comments in a short period of time, the system will automatically push it into a larger traffic pool.

In just ten minutes, the number of viewers in the live stream exceeded 1000.

While this might not seem like much to a top streamer, it's nothing short of a miracle for a newcomer with no existing fanbase.

At this moment, Jiang Che had no time to care about how noisy the live broadcast room was.

He had just readjusted his position, securing himself to the fat man's back like a barnacle.

"Oh, I'm so sorry."

Big Fatty's憨憨的 voice echoed in his mind, tinged with a hint of apology: "I got a little excited just now and pressed the accelerator too hard. Are you alright, little thing? Did I throw you around and break you?"

Jiang Che was too weak to answer, so he could only press his face against its cold dorsal fin, silently shedding tears in his heart.

Brother, you didn't just press the accelerator too hard.

That's like launching a rocket and then using nitro boost!

"We're here! Can you see it? Land!"

Just then, the old grandmother who was leading the way let out a long cry.

The drone's camera slowly rose as Jiang Che's gaze followed.

At the horizon where the sea meets the sky, a green island surrounded by white waves is becoming increasingly clear.

It was a pristine, undeveloped island.

In the live stream, all the arguments temporarily ceased at that moment.

Everyone was stunned by the scene—

A tiny human being, riding a giant beast of the deep sea, charges toward a desolate, untamed island.

This doesn't look like a live stream.

This is like a modern-day documentary version of "Life of Pi".

User 9527 silently posted a comment:

"Whether it's special effects or not... I've followed this live stream."

……

The green dot on the horizon finally came into view as a real island.

This is a typical uninhabited tropical island.

As the distance closed, the drone's high-definition camera faithfully recorded its entirety:

In the center of the island is a small mountain, not too high, covered with dense, dark green tropical rainforest, like a giant broccoli floret placed on the sea. The outer edge is a ring of clean, fine white sand beach, dazzlingly white in the sunlight.

Between the beach and the deep sea lies a colorful shallow coral reef area.

Here, the seawater transitions from a deep, dark blue to a dreamy Tiffany blue, so clear that you can even see schools of fish swimming on the seabed.

For Jiang Che, who had been adrift at sea for a full day and night and had experienced life-or-death ordeals, this was not a deserted island, but paradise.

"Land...we can finally see land..."

Jiang Che clung tightly to Da Pang's dorsal fin, his chapped lips trembling slightly. The longing for a grounded life had never been so intense.

Once ashore, they can light a fire for warmth, find fresh water, and escape the fear of drowning at any moment.

However, just as Jiang Che was basking in the joy of his impending rescue, he suddenly discovered a very serious problem.

The "Orca Speedboat" beneath them not only didn't slow down, but instead... accelerated?