After fitting the large monster and its contents into his abdomen, Jiang Lin also tossed in the basketball-sized monster he had initially tied up.
Then, the viewers saw the bag gradually shrink until the streamer casually tied it around his waist.
"I wish I could turn into a bag... to hang around the streamer's waist."
"I am the streamer's clothes, and I forbid you from hanging around his waist!"
"What exactly is in there? Aren't you afraid of close contact? (Shocked jpg.)"
In the live stream.
After Jiang Lin put away the bag, his gaze shifted downwards.
Where the swamp should have been.
Since Jiang Lin had moved the swamp into the air, a giant pit had formed below.
It was filled with various things shaken loose from the swamp.
There were the corpses of small monsters resembling rats, some dark, unknown objects, and branches that had not yet rotted.
And also...
Human bones stained with mud.
The scattered skeletons lay in disarray at the bottom of the pit, with cracks in the skullcaps.
Jiang Lin thought for a moment and collected the bones as well.
He sensed the same aura on these bones as on the monsters.
He didn't understand this special area.
He wondered if the monsters' mutations were due to the area's peculiarity or these bones...
Or perhaps the bones were simply stained with the monsters' aura?
Jiang Lin didn't dwell on it.
His mission was to deal with these small monsters that had suddenly started attacking ghost messengers.
With the small monsters and these bones, the remaining matters would be left for the ghost messengers of the Southern Palace to judge and ponder.
He figured the Southern Palace would know no less about this area than he did.
Jiang Lin raised his hand, about to lower the swamp from above, returning it to its original position.
Halfway through, he heard a scream from the other side of the forest.
"Ahhh—"
The voice, released at full volume, echoed through the sky of this special area.
It sounded like something had happened.
Jiang Lin thought for a moment, quickly lowered the swamp, and then flew towards the sound.
This area was not suitable for human survival, so...
The scream might not have come from a creature of the living world.
"Where's the streamer???"
"Who is screaming, warming my loneliness~?"
The viewers in the live stream felt a blur before their eyes, and then the sound of rustling robes came from their phones.
Their reaction speed couldn't keep up with the streamer's movements.
As they approached the source of the scream, they could faintly hear the sound of something being dragged across the ground.
...
"Ahhh—"
The voice continued to scream.
In the forest, leaves and branches intertwined, casting a dim light.
Jiang Lin followed the sound.
He saw a ghost messenger with the aura of the Southern Palace, their lower body dragging on the ground, hands raised upwards, seemingly clutching something tightly.
The object being held was clearly struggling to escape, desperately running forward.
The ghost messenger refused to let go, and was thus dragged forward by the object.
The friction sounds Jiang Lin heard were from this.
"Streamer, did you see it? Did you see who was screaming?"
"What's happening inside? (My Calceolaria eyes widened jpg.)"
The viewers in the live stream could only see tall trees and the streamer's figure hovering above them.
They were all perplexed.
The friction sound in the forest suddenly stopped, the wind and leaves paused for a moment.
Whoosh—
The leaves rustled!
A large black fish, nearly two meters long, leaped out of the forest, forming a graceful parabola in the air.
As it flew, its two long whiskers danced in the wind, and a blue 'tail' dangled from its tail.
The ghost messenger, dressed in a blue robe, was dragged into the air, spinning around.
Even so, their hands holding the big black fish never loosened.
Perhaps to prevent slipping, the ghost messenger was wearing white gloves.
The gloves were not noticeable in the dim light of the forest, but now exposed to the sun.
It seemed the gloves were made of some special leather, with faint silver scales shimmering on the back of the hands.
They looked smooth and exquisitely crafted.
"Ahhh—"
The blue-robed ghost messenger let out a hollow cry and then tightened their grip on the big black fish's tail.
Bang!
After leaping up, the big black fish plunged downwards again.
The leaves in the forest fell.
In an instant, the big black fish leaped up again.
This time, both the ghost and the fish noticed the white figure not far away.
The moment they saw it, the big black fish's movements slowed down by a beat.
Now!
The blue-robed ghost messenger seized the opportunity to release their hands, their entire body landing on the upper half of the big black fish, their hands immediately gripping the fish's sides, in a riding posture.
They suddenly raised their head, aiming for the big black fish's head.
With a 'thump', they headbutted it.
"..."
The big black fish swayed, its brain momentarily dazed.
It felt like it was seeing stars in broad daylight.
...
"First time seeing a real headbutt in reality! Awesome!"
"This fish is twice as big as the biggest one my uncle caught this year! Its body looks so plump! (¯﹃¯)"
"We can make fish slices from some of it, deep-fry some, braise some, steam some... sour and spicy fish soup... slurp~"
"A whole fish feast is here, I reckon this fish would be enough for a big family during New Year's!"
The moment the big black fish appeared on the live stream, almost all the viewers instinctively opened their mouths wide.
Some younger viewers couldn't help but exclaim.
Calling out "Wow w(ﾟДﾟ)w" and "It's a fish, a fish! Such a big fish!"
After the amazement, the viewers instinctively took a sip.
This fish looked delicious.
"This won't do, how about I go and make some fish seasoning for this brother in blue?"
"No pot without fish seasoning, so let's get a knife and a pot, sharpen the knives for the black fish, hehehe..."
"No, no, brothers, don't think about it. This fish can fly in the sky and swim in the water. It would be a waste not to use it as a mount."
"How to raise a fish that can fly?"
The viewers might not be good at anything else, but when it came to food and joining in the fun, they were second to none.
However.
Although they were all eagerly slurping their drool, there was a hint of envy in their eyes.
Who didn't have a dream of flying?
The legendary immortals riding cranes into the sky, they had always wanted to try.
But as they grew up, they gradually realized that legends were just legends.
Until now, they discovered that even without cranes, fish seemed pretty good?
As long as it could fly!
This feeling was somewhat different from flying on an airplane.
Don't ask them how they knew, because they had ridden them in their dreams!
"Streamer, can we steal this? (doge)"
"Even if we can't ride it, it would be good for hot pot, streamer~"
...
(ps: First update. I'll be heading home these two days to prepare for the New Year ✿✿ヽ(°▽°)ノ✿)