It's time to become an evil god.

Bai Ge pulled out a sharp knife and slashed Zhang Hui's hand hard. Blood gushed out instantly, mixing with the rainwater and rushing into the river.

Zhang Hui forcefully broke free from the other person, clutching his bleeding wound, and said in pain, "What do you want to do?"

Bai Ge replied casually, "Of course, we'll lure them over with blood."

Zhang Hui's lips twitched, and he clutched his wound tightly. "Why didn't you use your own blood?"

Bai Ge smiled and replied, "I'm afraid of the pain."

"..."

A sudden sense of foreboding washed over Zhang Hui. He took two steps back and asked fearfully, "Who...who are you?"

"I?"

Bai Ge raised his head, revealing a chilling smile, "I'm just a fishing buddy who needs a live person to bait the spot."

Are living people setting up a nest?

Zhang Hui then realized what was happening, and his heart skipped a beat. "You mean you're trying to fish for some kind of ghost underwater?"

Bai Ge didn't answer the other person. After waiting for a long time, he turned around and said seriously, "Yeah, isn't it normal for a fishing buddy to use a living person as bait to catch ghosts?"

After saying that, Bai Ge pushed the middle-aged man, sending him tumbling into the surging river.

Chapter Three: Unless you pay more!!!

At 2 a.m., when all was quiet, a new post suddenly appeared on the fishing forum, with an unusually alarming title.

A dozen minutes later, the entire fishing forum was in an uproar.

[Late-night live stream reveals people actually fishing!]

Here's the thing.

A few days ago, a guy in our night fishing group posted a message saying that a mandarin fish the size of a door panel had been spotted upstream in the Zhuojiang River. A few of us decided to camp and go night fishing in the rain. The wind was really strong tonight; the guy with me broke ten lures in ten minutes, and he got so angry that he went to a nearby village to get some wild cucumbers, eggplants, pheasants, ducks, and geese.

Then we discovered a coffin floating in the middle of the river. That's right, in all my years of fishing, this is the first time I've ever seen a fisherman using a coffin as a boat! What kind of ghostly fishing method is this?

I thought the guy fishing with two coffins in the wind and rain had already broadened my horizons, but what he did next was so amazing it made our scalps tingle.

One of them grabbed the rope and pushed the other guy directly into the water. You heard right, this is the legendary live baiting!

I've been fishing for most of my life, and I've seen all sorts of amazing skills, but this is something I've never seen before!

Across the riverbank, visibility was poor at night. Shining a flashlight, we could only vaguely see what looked like a huge creature struggling in the rushing water. We've been fishing for years, and this was the first time we'd ever seen someone baiting the water like this. That guy who went into the water was definitely a tough guy.

The tenth floor posted two blurry photos with noise. Several beams of light from the shore illuminated the middle of the river, and a figure could be vaguely seen standing on a small boat, holding a rope tightly in his hand. Another guy was splashing around on the water, and a large group of blurry black shadows could be vaguely seen following behind.

The post quickly went viral.

—I was about to click and criticize the poster for bragging in a way that follows common sense, but when I clicked on the photo, I was like, "Holy crap, what kind of amazing thing is this?"

—As expected, the guys at the fishing forum will go to any lengths to catch fish! I've never seen anything like it in my life.

—Holy crap, this isn't a fishing expedition, it's a murder and body disposal scene! Call the police right now!

Hi everyone, I'm back again. I just got a call from someone claiming to be from the police station, calling to report my location and saying that if I don't cooperate, I'll be held legally responsible. It's hilarious! Is fishing illegal?

Wait, I think I heard police sirens. Guys, wait a minute, I need to go check on the couple.

However, the guy who started the live stream disappeared without a trace after posting his last message, and the entire live stream thread was also taken down ten minutes later.

A bone-chilling cold swept over me, slapping against my face.

At the same time, Zhang Hui, who was still struggling to swim, felt that fear of impending death again. He desperately tried to swim back to the boat, but when he glanced at the dark water, he was instantly terrified.

A giant, salamander-like monster with an ugly human head squeezed out a sinister smile at him in the distorted, dark underwater light. Then, the monster opened its mouth full of fine, sharp teeth and swam rapidly toward him.

Zhang Hui suddenly popped out of the water, clung to the edge of the boat, and reached out his hand, trying to get Bai Ge to pull him back. He said in a panic, "Holy crap, save me! There are nuclear-radiated mutated Japanese people underwater!"

A sticky webbed membrane landed on Zhang Hui's shoulder, and he froze instantly, as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

A bizarre human face covered in warts leaped out of the water, its fine, sharp teeth instantly biting into Zhang Hui's safety helmet and tearing it off.

The webbed feet had already clung to the edge of the coffin. The grotesque face spat out its safety helmet, preparing to bite off Zhang Hui's skull. Just at the critical moment, a long, black, strip-shaped object, accompanied by the pungent smell of burning sulfur and saltpeter, was shoved deep into its mouth. Then, it was kicked back into the water with a vengeance.

boom.

Before the water ghost could react, the powerful explosive force burst open in its mouth, directly flipping the top of its warty head, creating a wave on the river surface, and overturning the coffin, causing Bai Ge and the other person to fall into the water.

The smell of gunpowder that filled the river was quickly washed away by the heavy rain.

The cold rain soaked his clothes. Bai Ge swam with difficulty to the riverbank and lay down in the water plants, panting heavily.

The anomaly was eliminated by a player who was not the host.

[Automatically bind to host identity]

Welcome, host, to the glorious game of evolution!

"This is an absolutely realistic evolution game."

"You will complete your mission within the dark script of the evolution of civilization's products, survive, and become stronger."

"Newbie, here's some advice for you."

"Kill the prey, be wary of the hunter, and revere the ancient gods."

The notification bar on the system panel remained prominent, constantly flickering on his retina, making him think he was hallucinating.

However, the system's subsequent introduction made Bai Ge shudder.

From the system's narration, Bai Ge learned that the entire world had secretly begun a survival-of-the-fittest evolution game, and a lucky few unlucky ones would be randomly selected into the evolution game to become hunter players.

Although it is unknown how many players are active, the numerous urban legends and eerie videos that have emerged around the world at least indicate one thing: this evolutionary game is constantly developing and has a tendency to intensify, eventually evolving into a tsunami that sweeps the world.

After the introduction, Bai Ge's current host panel is displayed.

Name: Bai Ge

Rating: 1

Experience points: 300/1000

Stance: [Chaotic Evil]

[Note: Different stances will affect the types of instances the host will be able to access and the random reward items.]

Is the stance chaotic and evil?

Bai Ge immediately became unhappy. How could you say that I, a good young man who often goes to nursing homes to box with seventy- or eighty-year-old grandfathers and takes kindergarten children to amusement parks on weekends to ride roller coasters and watch them scream in terror, have a confused and evil stance?

Just as I was about to argue, a notification sound came from my mind that the task was completed.

[Normal Quest: Ghostly Shadow at the Bottom of the River (Completed)]

[Reward: Death Fishing Line]

A fishing line with a hook appeared beside Bai Ge's hand at some point, with specks of congealed blood on it. When he picked up the hook, it seemed to come alive, burrowing straight into his body and disappearing without a trace before he could even react.

【Name: Death Fishing Line】

[Quality: Rare]

[Special Effect: The bait can create illusions; once prey touches the illusionary bait, it will suffer mental pollution damage.]

[Note: This fishing line is a testament to the grievances and bloodshed of countless seasoned veterans. There are no level restrictions; anyone can participate. If you already have a fishing line, come and join a thrilling and exciting fishing operation!]

Bai Ge put the fishing rod into his backpack, stood up, and took off his shoes, which were covered in mud and water.

His trouser leg was tugged, and he quickly turned around. The middle-aged man who had just dug the nest stood up and stared at him with a gloomy look.

He held a brick in his hand and said tentatively, "Actually, you saw everything, didn't you?"

Bai Ge stared at the other person without answering.

Zhang Hui grew anxious, held up five fingers, and said, "I'll give you 50,000 yuan, you pretend you didn't see anything, how about that? Otherwise..."

"Shut up! I am a law-abiding citizen of Xu City. How could I possibly stand idly by and watch crime break out!"

Bai Ge shook his head and said seriously, "Fifty thousand is too little, you have to add more money."

"..."

The next instant, car sirens blared all around, and police cars suddenly appeared on the riverbank, blocking the entire river. Armed police rushed up and surrounded the two men.

Bai Ge skillfully crouched down, covering his head with his hands. The police officers who rushed up shone their flashlights on the dark river surface in the downpour, and without exception, they all showed expressions of shock. The officers with weaker mental fortitude crouched down and vomited.

The once empty surface of the turbid river was now covered with swollen, pale corpses that had surfaced, densely covering most of the river's surface. The stench of decay and stench, mixed with the damp air, eagerly filled everyone's nostrils.

All the officers gasped.

This is not murder, this is massacre!

"Behave yourself, squat down and don't move!"

Officer Huang walked over and, upon seeing Bai Ge, gasped, his eyes filled with fear and wariness. "It's you again? You said you had nothing to do with that case?"

"Wait a moment."

Bai Ge hurriedly tried to distance herself from the situation, saying, "I am truly innocent. It was this inconsiderate man who killed someone and dumped the body into the river in the middle of the night, polluting the environment."

He raised his hands, his expression innocent, and explained, "As for me, would you believe me if I said I was fishing for mermaids in the middle of the night and happened to catch a murderer who disposed of the body?"

Chapter Four: It's you again?

Bai Ge looked up, the bright, glaring searchlight stinging her eyelids, making her feel uncomfortable and sore.

The wet hair on his forehead was still dripping. His gaze moved down and the eight characters "Confess and you will be treated leniently; resist and you will be punished severely" came into view. He tugged at the bright shackles on his hands and felt a little pain.

The interrogation room door opened, and two stern-faced police officers walked in. One of them paused for a moment when he saw Bai Ge, his expression instantly changing. "What, it's you again?"

Bai Ge was also taken aback, then nodded with a wry smile.

Officer Huang, who was standing nearby, asked curiously, "Captain Li, do you know him?"

"Of course I know him, he's a regular customer."

Li Zhao said irritably, "Last time he was fishing, he caught a two-meter-long crocodile from the water. The time before that, he pulled out a large bag of dismembered bodies from the water. And the time before that, he happened to run into a drug trafficking gang's transaction. By the time we got there, the suspect was so angry he almost couldn't be saved."

Officer Huang was taken aback. "Huh?"

"This guy thought they were trading flour, so he kidnapped the suspects, stole the goods, and used them to bait the pond."