HDRDTH -Chapter 70 It was the fish that led me to it. Do you believe that?

The entire back-hill reservoir plunged into chaos in an instant.

Street vendors selling buns and trinkets didn’t even bother packing up. They pushed their carts frantically downhill.

The anglers from the so-called “Air Force General Headquarters” (a joking nickname for always-catch-nothing fishermen) were scrambling on all fours, abandoning expensive carbon fiber rods everywhere.

After a three-second freeze, the livestream chat exploded like never before. The flood of comments crashed the server, and the screen turned into static snow.

On the northern side of the hill, a hidden rocky riverbank.

Splash—

Four dark heads suddenly broke the water surface, gulping air desperately.

Old Hei ripped off his breathing mask and collapsed into ankle-deep mud, chest heaving like a bellows. His weathered face—usually hardened by wind and saltwater—was now pale as chalk.

“Boss… retreat. We need to retreat now!”

Ah Qiang crawled ashore in a panic, not even noticing his luxury diving watch had shattered against a rock. His hands trembled as he unfastened his weight belt, almost crying.

“That guy isn’t human! Was that fishing? He was trying to drag us up like live lightning rods!”

Da Liu climbed out too, worse off—his shoulder numb from being smashed by the overturned I-beam underwater. He glanced back at the dark water, eyes still shaken.

“I’ve never seen force like that in my life… that PE line cutting through water sounded like the scythe of death. Old Hei… that box… was it really that thing?”

Old Hei said nothing.

He stared at his palm. The cut from the PE line still burned, a reminder of that overwhelming, mountain-collapsing force.

Then he stood up and kicked Ah Qiang.

“We’re not getting paid for this anymore. That radiation symbol—we’ve hit something nuclear-level. If we get caught here, we’ll spend the rest of our lives behind bars.”

Without hesitation, all four of them fled into the reeds like frightened dogs, disappearing into the hidden mountain paths.

But before they had even run 500 meters—

A deep roar came from the sky.

VMMMMM—

Not one helicopter—three heavy military helicopters cut through the treetops, searchlights slicing the night like scalpels.

Old Hei immediately dropped to the ground, dragging his teammates down.

Through the grass, they saw the mountain road below erupt in flashing red and blue lights. Black SUVs screeched to a halt, and armed soldiers in gray chemical suits jumped out instantly.

“It’s locked down…”

Old Hei closed his eyes in despair.

Yu Xian’s single cast hadn’t just pulled up a military sealed container—

It had triggered an incident big enough to put the entire city of Jiangcheng on lockdown.

Meanwhile, at the reservoir shore.

The atmosphere had frozen solid.

The once lively “Master Yu Fishing Festival” was gone—replaced by scattered buns and broken flip-flops.

Yu Xian stood at the edge of the wind.

His titanium fishing rod was still stuck in the mud, tip trembling slightly as if mocking him.

His left hand bandage was soaked through and filthy.

“Mr. Yu, please cooperate.”

Two experts in heavy protective suits circled him cautiously, holding long detection rods like he was a dangerous suspect.

“I’ll cooperate. Definitely.”

Yu Xian raised his hands with practiced ease.

Then he glanced sideways at the metallic box glowing faintly in the dirt.

“Officer, I was just trying to catch a fish. You see that little bait fish over there? That’s my catch. Does that count?”

The lead detective didn’t even have time to wipe his sweat. He stared at the rapidly changing red readings on the detector, then at Yu Xian like he was looking at an alien.

“Master Yu… your hobby really escalates every time.”

He lowered his voice.

“Last time you pulled up a water mine, we could still write a commendation report. This time it’s a radiation-marked military sealed container… do you understand what would happen if it leaked?”

“Well, that’s why I pulled it up.”

Yu Xian replied matter-of-factly, even trying to reach for a cigarette.

“It was rotting underwater anyway. I just pre-emptively defused it for public safety. Old Shen, don’t you agree?”

Shen Zhinian, fifty meters away behind the cordon, was staring at the sky at a 45-degree angle, sighing: “What nice weather…”

Not far away, Wang Fei stood still.

Her expensive jacket was covered in mud.

She looked at Yu Xian—the man standing calmly under searchlights, surrounded by armed personnel, still casually discussing a “bait fish.”

And suddenly realized:

All her so-called diva aura… was nothing more than child’s play in front of this man.

He wasn’t fishing.

He was toying with the world.

“Fei-jie… let’s go…” Qin Yue whispered, trembling as she pulled her sleeve. “This place is terrifying…”

But Wang Fei didn’t move.

She kept staring at Yu Xian’s back.

She knew then—

This new song… might be something she would have to sing for the rest of her life.

Clack—

A chemical transport vehicle opened.

A major in military uniform strode forward.

He ignored the sealed box and walked straight to Yu Xian.

“You are Yu Xian?”

His voice was cold.

Yu Xian sighed and pulled his rod out of the mud, slinging it over his shoulder.

“Yes. What now? Is fishing illegal? I even have Shen principal’s approval slip.”

The officer paused for a moment… then suddenly saluted.

“It’s not illegal.”

“But we need you to explain how you precisely located a classified relic, code-named ‘404’, buried five meters under sediment.”

Yu Xian froze.

He looked at his mud-covered titanium rod… then at the still-flopping bait fish in the distance.

“I said…” he muttered.

“It was the fish that led me to it. Do you believe that?”

The officer didn’t answer.

He simply gestured.

“Please come with us.”

Yu Xian looked back at the shimmering lake surface.

He knew one thing for sure—

Tonight’s iron-pot fish stew… was not happening.

Far away in the shadows, Old Hei and the others crouched inside a drainage culvert, watching searchlights closing in.

“Boss… do we still run?”

Old Hei gritted his teeth and pulled out a business card.

“No.”

“In Jiangcheng… there’s only one person who might be able to save our lives.”

At that moment—

The metal box under the spotlight emitted a faint sound.

Click.

Like gears turning.

Everyone… instantly held their breath.