I became the King of Ryukyu

The feeling of being meticulously chopped into minced meat must be unpleasant.

It wasn't until Zheng Yi rode his bicycle to the edge of Anli River, when the fading sunlight shone through the gaps between the Ryukyu pines and banyan trees, that he finally emerged from the mental state of wanting to fight to the death at any moment.

It's not easy being a lone wolf!

For no apparent reason, Zheng Yi thought of Yan Zu's famous saying: "What good is being able to fight? When you're out in the game, you need power and connections."

Yu's bravery was unparalleled throughout history, yet he still ended up as a piece of the puzzle for a noble title on the banks of the Wujiang River.

In modern society, with airplanes, cannons, missiles, and nuclear weapons, individual bravery is greatly restricted.

Therefore, creating one's own power becomes extremely important.

Surrounded by the sea, Ryukyu might be a good idea to start building its own armed forces from the aquatic tribes.

Thinking this, a blue light screen appeared in front of Zheng Yi, like a map, with two flashing white dots on it, one of which perfectly matched his current location.

Those two white dots are the two military officers he recruited. I, Rugu Che, am also moving towards the Isshin Izakaya. I must have just finished my club activities and just got out of school.

The white dot overlapping with it is Little White Dragon—Little White Dragon is the nickname Zheng Yi gave to the white electric eel, which can be considered a kind of beautiful hope.

Besides the two white dots, there were three smaller gray dots moving towards the residential area. These were the three henchmen recruited by Tetsuya, the members of the so-called "Make Ryukyu Great Again" team, who were also three elementary school students:

A rich second-generation with a pockmarked face, a cute and playful little girl, and a short guy with glasses who loves to play soccer.

Zheng Yi's current official position is Tu Baihu, which allows him to recruit 100 soldiers. He has complete control over the allocation of these soldiers, but he also has to pay them a salary.

So Zheng Yi had previously brought Cheye and his three friends under his command.

This kind of elementary school student team was naturally of little use, and he didn't take it to heart.

Zheng Yi is now more interested in cultivating the newly appointed Little White Dragon. There are limits to being human. Although the electric eel is a bit stupid, his innate ability to generate electricity makes his potential very imaginative.

Finding a secluded grove in the small park, Zheng Yi took a small aquarium from his bag. The little white dragon was lying quietly inside, completely unlike its previous tense and restless state.

After becoming Zheng Yi's military general, he and his master—or rather, his lord—shared a deep understanding and were spiritually connected.

Zheng Yi closed his eyes and focused his mind slightly. The next second, he saw ripples in front of him, and a tall figure vaguely visible through the acrylic panel.

Looking up, the figure's face was none other than Zheng Yi himself. This was something he had discovered after recruiting the White Dragon.

Zheng Yi suspected that, as a close relative of the loach, the little white dragon had low intelligence and that his brain had been damaged by the electric shocks he had given him with the Mountain Spirit Money. Therefore, in addition to giving him orders, he could also completely control his body and five senses, just like possession.

Zheng Yi tried to wiggle his tail, but it felt very awkward. Then a strong feeling of hunger came from his stomach.

He opened his eyes, severing his direct conscious control over the little white dragon. Then, Zheng Yi held it in his hands and gently placed it into the Anli River.

Anri River connects to the waters near Ryukyu. As long as you are careful of those fishermen, there is not much danger in the river—at least upstream.

Anlichuan is located near the downstream estuary, where seawater flows back in year-round. It is a saltwater-freshwater interface area, inhabited by small sharks, lionfish, stonefish, and small sea snakes.

This is precisely why few people fish upstream of Anlichuan; they prefer the larger catches downstream.

In conclusion, electric eels, which are nearly 20 centimeters long, are relatively safe in the middle and upper reaches of the Anryu River.

After entering the water, Zheng Yi gave it the command to find food. Because of concerns about safety, Zheng Yi still paid some attention to the little white dragon, but did not completely deprive it of control over its body.

After all, Zheng Yi had no experience in hunting as an electric eel, so it was better to let the little white dragon follow its instincts.

Zheng Yi's first feeling was one of joy and delight. After being confined in a narrow, enclosed fish tank for many days, he was now back in the river. Even though the little white dragon's brain weighed less than a gram, had a smooth surface, and had been subjected to electric shocks, he still experienced the joy of a dragon returning to its abyss.

After a period of rest, the little white dragon's electric discharge ability had recovered. Its low-voltage electric field spread out, and no movement in the turbid river water could escape its electromagnetic induction. The clam shells on the riverbed, the snails on the rocks, the long-armed shrimp among the aquatic plants, and all kinds of aquatic creatures were clearly visible.

Zheng Yi even discovered several aquatic plants and animals that could be used for alchemy and medicine, which was an insight he gained from his apprenticeship as a sorcerer.

Suppressing the urge to collect medicinal herbs to refine a batch of pills, Zheng Yi let the little white dragon continue foraging for food.

It is fast, and its snake-like body is very flexible. With a twist of its body, it sucks a shrimp into its mouth.

[Your vassal, the White Electric Eel, defeated a Ryukyu Giant Long-Armed Shrimp, and you gained a negligible amount of experience.]

"Experience is required for this?" Zheng Yi tried it out and couldn't feel anything at all. It was impossible to gain experience by relying on this little mudfish-like electric eel for the time being.

The small amount of shrimp meat was far from enough to satisfy the electric eel's ravenous stomach, so it could only continue swimming forward.

A group of whitebait entered its sensing range not far away. Whitebait are small, gregarious fish that live in the upper and middle layers of freshwater rivers, feeding on plankton, small insects, and algae, and moving extremely fast. However, speed advantage is not very useful for electric eels.

The little white dragon crouched on the riverbed, quietly approaching. When it was less than three meters away, the muscles on both sides of its abdomen suddenly contracted and discharged electricity.

[Your vassal, the White Electric Eel, defeated 16 Fiends, and you gained a negligible amount of experience.]

In an instant, a surge of several hundred volts of high-voltage electricity swept across the entire body of water, instantly electrocuting more than a dozen whitebait.

This was only because the little white dragon was not in good condition and could not exert its full strength; otherwise, these small fish would have been electrocuted long ago.

Swimming quickly to the upper waters, the little white dragon picked up a white stripe about 7 centimeters long and swallowed it whole.

"Pah, pah, pah."

Zheng Yi still retained his consciousness connection. The small shrimp was fine before, but now the fishy smell of the whitebait was also transmitted to his taste buds without reservation.

Although he grew up on Kume Island, Zheng Yi has never been used to eating sashimi or similar dishes, let alone raw whitebait.

Even if a guy from Hengxian County, Guangxi came, he wouldn't be able to swallow that stuff without bringing out a complete set of four pieces of sashimi.

After swallowing a shrimp and a fish, the little white dragon felt satisfied and let out a contented burp, losing all desire to hunt and eat further.