Life by the lakeside was quite pleasant.

Apart from the survivors not being allowed to approach the lakeside, the rest of the time was rather leisurely.

The spectacle from last night would be a memory for many people for a lifetime.

If this scene had occurred before the apocalypse, seeing it would probably only be possible through movie special effects.

Whether it was those glowing butterfly fairies, well, Captain Chu Che's notebook recorded the word "fairy".

After thinking about it, Captain Chu added the word "butterfly" in front of "fairy".

Because those butterflies really did resemble the "fairies" from various legends, movies, and TV shows.

This lake was also named "Fairy Lake" by Captain Chu.

That's how Captain Chu wrote it in his notebook.

"March 18th, 2025, we left Fog City, traveled about a hundred kilometers, and arrived at Fairy Lake."

"Fairy Lake's location should be southeast of Fog City. We decided to camp here."

"Fairy Lake is beautiful, the water is blue-green, the scenery is picturesque, flowers and grass complement each other on the lakeshore..."

In Captain Chu's notes, Fairy Lake was described as incredibly beautiful, making one yearn for it.

"But there are big fish in the lake that attack humans. Caution is required. One survivor from our convoy was attacked and killed."

"Butterfly fairies appear at night."

"Butterfly fairies are formed from the lake water of Fairy Lake. They have large butterfly wings, humanoid bodies, about ten centimeters tall, with glowing wings."

"Butterfly fairies like to interact with kind-hearted, simple-minded people. Those with malicious intent and cruel hearts are despised by the butterfly fairies."

When writing this part, Captain Chu felt a little annoyed.

No matter what, he didn't consider himself a cruel person. Although he had made some decisions that seemed brutal for the convoy to survive this long.

He had at least protected most people's lives.

Although somewhat displeased, Captain Chu still faithfully recorded everything about Fairy Lake in his notebook according to the actual situation.

However, when Chu Che saw that Chen Ye, that guy, didn't seem affected at all by yesterday's events.

He became even more frustrated.

That guy Chen Ye was malicious and vicious. It served him right that the butterfly fairies didn't like or approach him.

But why me?

Frustrated as he was, he still had to write properly.

This notebook looked ordinary, but the value it contained was immeasurable.

Seeing Chu Che writing and drawing in his notebook, Chen Ye knew what Captain Chu was writing and didn't disturb him.

Today, these superhumans weren't without work either.

There were big fish in Fairy Lake, as seen last night.

Most survivors had already eaten these fish last night and said they tasted great.

So, Xue Nan thought about getting some big fish from the lake to make smoked fish as future reserve supplies.

This idea was agreed upon by many people.

But catching fish from this lake was no simple task.

For ordinary people, just standing by the lakeside was dangerous.

Let alone catching fish.

Therefore, this task ultimately fell upon Chen Ye and the others.

"Alright, leave this to me!"

Iron Lion agreed most readily, patting his chest as he promised.

Chen Ye wasn't very resistant to this task either. Supplies were hard currency now;no one would complain about having too many.

Besides, a large convoy would arrive soon, and they could exchange supplies for some good stuff with them then.

The Pink-haired Girl and Ding Dong naturally didn't refuse.

The remaining ordinary survivors, under Xue Nan's arrangement, planned to go outside the protective shield to look for wood to make smoked fish.

After consulting Chu Che's opinion.

These survivors only had work hours from 10:30 AM to 3:00 PM.

Once it hit 3:00 PM, no matter who it was or what they were doing, they had to return to the camp.

The tools in the survivors' hands were varied: shovels, fire axes, hammers—basically anything you could think of, they had.

These weapons were all picked up while gathering supplies earlier.

Ignoring those survivors.

Chen Ye focused on his own task at hand.

When the lake water glowed last night, Chen Ye saw many big fish in the lake.

The smallest among them weighed over ten jin, and the largest was probably over several hundred, even a thousand jin.

The smaller ones were no big deal.

But those big ones... Chen Ye didn't think those big fish would be very friendly.

As for fishing...

Forget about whether there were fishing rods.

Even if there were fishing rods, it probably wouldn't be easy to hook those giants.

"Iron Lion, how do you plan to do this?"

Chen Ye turned to look at the big fool standing beside him.

Iron Lion grinned: "I don't have any special method, just great strength and high endurance!"

What the hell does endurance have to do with this?

Just as Chen Ye was puzzling over this.

He saw Iron Lion tying a thick rope around his waist.

This rope was taken by Old Li from the roof of the school bus;it was originally used to tie down supplies on the roof.

Now it had become a fishing line.

And the bait was Iron Lion himself.

The other end of the rope was held by over a dozen male survivors, each with expressions of terror and tension on their faces.

Was this even feasible?

Chen Ye inwardly complained.

Iron Lion kept walking into the water, his robust body like an iron tower, stirring the water by the shore and creating ripples.

He only stopped when the water reached his waist, then continued slapping the lake surface with his hands.

"Will this work?"

Beside him came the Pink-haired Girl's doubtful voice.

Ding Dong had also come out, her calm eyes fixed unblinkingly on the big fool in the lake.

Not far away, a somewhat timid gaze was also sizing up Ding Dong.

Ding Dong seemed to sense something and glanced back.

That gaze met Ding Dong's and immediately looked down, pretending nothing had happened.

Ding Dong didn't think much of it and continued watching the situation on the lake.

Iron Lion slapped the water while nervously watching the situation below.

He was doing this for the first time;as for fear, he felt none.

Since becoming a Titan Sequence user and his brain slowing down, this guy no longer knew what fear was.

It's coming...

Right at that moment, Iron Lion saw a massive dark shadow slowly approaching from the water ahead.

Fairy Lake's water was very clear. Iron Lion could even see the black-gray patterns on the back of this shadow, the whiskers at the corners of its mouth.

And those small eyes hidden beneath, emitting a cruel light.

Iron Lion felt the blood in his body heat up.

Steady, steady, just wait for it to pounce.

At that moment, he saw the dark shadow flicker, stirring the lake surface ripples. The black fish had already disappeared.

The next instant, that enormous dark shadow leaped out of the water, charging straight at him.

What a huge black fish.

Calling it a black fish wasn't entirely accurate, but this fish looked very much like a black fish, just countless times larger in size.

The upper half of this black fish leaped out of the water, lunging straight for Iron Lion.

Chen Ye's eyes widened.

Damn, this fish was at least around ten meters long.

What the hell...

Iron Lion laughed heartily: "Well met, watch me!"

The black fish opened its pitch-black mouth, seemingly trying to bite Iron Lion and drag him into the deep water.

Just as that pitch-black fish mouth was about to bite Iron Lion.

Iron Lion extended his iron clamp-like hands, firmly grabbing the fish's upper and lower lips, his immense strength driving his fingers directly into the fish's flesh.

The tremendous force directly pushed Iron Lion into the water. The black fish also fell into the water, like a bomb detonating on the surface.

Splashing water high into the air.

It wasn't that Iron Lion's strength was inferior to the black fish's, but Iron Lion was standing in the lake. The mud at the lake bottom couldn't withstand the force. Even if Iron Lion had divine strength, without a solid foothold, he suffered a minor disadvantage this time.

Soon, Chen Ye saw water splashing high by the lakeshore. The water below became turbid, with two massive figures wrestling underwater.

That guy Iron Lion was actually fighting with this fish.

Even underwater, that enormous black fish dreaming of breaking free from Iron Lion's grip was just a dream.

"Damn it, what are you spacing out for? Pull!"