novelraw Chapter 178: Is This the Young Man?
Chapter 178: Is This the Young Man?
Lin Feng sat motionless on the beach, his gaze still fixed on the sea, seemingly oblivious to everything else, even the arrival of the police.
Suddenly, Lin Feng noticed another group of sharks a few hundred meters away, where several children were playing. Shaking his head, he walked back into the sea...
A few minutes later, the same scene played out on the other side of the beach.
Wang Daqi and Wu Zhe had not yet fully grasped the situation when they received another call from the police station, instructing them to rush a few hundred meters to the west, where sharks had also been spotted. Now, the two of them were utterly bewildered. What on earth was happening today? Had the sharks taken the wrong medication? Why were they all choosing today of all days to show up? Such an incident had never happened before in Yuegang’s history. Could this be a sign that something major was about to occur?
Although they were shocked beyond belief, they still had to follow the police station’s orders and rush to the scene of the incident. On arrival, they saw several sharks lying unconscious on the surface of the water. Could it be that these sharks were with the dozen or so from earlier, all knocked out by a young man?
With two incidents coinciding, the fact that the sharks were unconscious without having harmed anyone could only mean one thing: there really must be someone who had knocked the sharks out to prevent them from hurting people. Otherwise, there couldn’t possibly be such a coincidental occurrence. Were the sharks collectively passing out now, of all times? That would be too benevolent!
At first, they couldn’t believe that someone could have knocked out these sharks, but now they couldn’t help but believe it. The evidence was right there in front of them; they couldn’t deny it even if they wanted to!
Who exactly was this person, and why haven’t we seen him yet?
"Did anyone see any other young men?" Wang Da asked the children’s parents directly, hoping they could tell him where this mysterious young man was. He definitely wanted to get a good look at this "Divine Being". With over 20 sharks between the two incidents, if he single-handedly knocked them all out, it wasn’t just extraordinary—it was abnormal!
"Where did he go? He was just here!"
"Indeed, it wasn’t until he got out of the water that we noticed the sharks!"
"He was wearing a black pair of swim shorts."
"He was definitely just here!"
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The crowd around was extremely puzzled. How come the sharks surfaced right after this young man appeared? Could it be that he had knocked out the sharks before coming ashore? It must be so, it must be!
However, at this moment, they couldn’t find any trace of the young man, which made everyone even more curious. The young man had clearly been there just moments ago. With the beach so open and empty, where could he have gone? But he had vanished into thin air...
"Officer, I have footage from that time, but the young man is only seen from the back. Take a look!" Someone handed a portable camera over to Wang Daqi, showing the footage of Lin Feng’s back, which was the only available clue.
"Ah, is this the young man?" Wang Daqi saw the silhouette of Lin Feng on the camera and was momentarily perplexed. He had imagined that the young man would be a muscular hulk, otherwise how could he have knocked out sharks? But the reality was completely the opposite. This man seemed well-proportioned, without the look of a musclebound brute. How could he have had the strength to knock out the sharks?
Both Wang Daqi and Wu Zhe were stunned on the spot by this revelation. This man didn’t look to be more physically robust than either of them. The thought that he could knock out sharks was simply inconceivable!
It was at that moment that the police reinforcements Wang Daqi and Wu Zhe had called for arrived, accompanied by a long line of news reporting vehicles. With such a major incident, the media had descended like sharks drawn to the scent of blood, rushing to the scene.
The whole beach was chaos incarnate, with some dealing with the sharks, police officers taking statements, journalists setting up all sorts of big cameras to take frantic shots, and others interviewing both the children and their parents...
"Group one, call headquarters quickly, request marine police assistance to deal with the sharks."
"What was the situation like at the time?"
"This scene is too shocking; we must capture it well. The newspapers will be on fire later!"
"I am A’Lan, a reporter with Yuegang Entertainment TV, and now let us interview the individuals involved in this afternoon’s shark incident on Yuegang Beach..."
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During the evening news hour, all media in Yuegang were competing to report on the ’shark incident’ that happened that afternoon. Without a doubt, everyone commented that it was fortunate the sharks had all mysteriously fainted, otherwise the beach would have witnessed an unprecedented bloodbath! Many photos and interview dialogues were attached to the reports.
Shen Yao, having nothing to do at home, casually turned on the TV and happened to see this series of news reports. Only then did she learn that such a big incident had occurred not far from the afternoon’s gathering. More than twenty sharks - it was no joke; that could definitely cost lives!
But just as she was about to leave the living room to do something else, a scene on the TV abruptly pulled Shen Yao back. She saw a very familiar silhouette: the young man on the beach who had ignored her. She could never forget the way he looked when he dived into the sea! And right there on the TV, a close-up was showing the back of that very person, even the clothes were the same. It was him! It had to be him!
"This afternoon at 16:00, more than twenty stunned sharks suddenly appeared near the beach by Yuegang University. By the time the police dealt with the sharks, not a single one had died. After making several inquiries, it was found out that this unnamed hero knocked out all the sharks in a shark frenzy that Yuegang had never seen before, saving the children who were playing in the sea. It can be said that he saved the lives of dozens of children. Due to the urgent situation, we do not have a frontal photo of the unnamed hero, only this photo of his back, allowing us to always remember this mystery man who bravely saved dozens of children in the history of Yuegang. Yuegang News Television Station, reporter Wang Tao reports."
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Listening to the news on TV, Shen Yao took a long time to gather her wits. Calculating the time, the young man had dived into the sea precisely at that moment. The location of the incident was also opposite the beach of the gathering. To save the children, he had to have dived in from that side of the beach. So he had dived into the sea for the children!
No wonder she had seen traces of sharks at the time, and yet he still jumped down - but she could not have imagined that he knocked the sharks unconscious. How could that be possible! Those were a group of sharks, not a school of carp!
An average person can’t handle even one shark, let alone a group of them, much less knock them unconscious. The strength required to administer a strong enough shock to stun a shark would be enormous, and even more so underwater, due to the resistance of the water. However, that man had accomplished this unbelievable feat...
My God! How could this be possible!
How could a seemingly ordinary person have knocked out those sharks? She had watched documentaries before; sharks are the overlords of the sea. There are very few creatures in the ocean that can compete with them. A mature shark can easily bite through steel! Battling these sharks would be incredibly dangerous. She could not even dare to think about it. More exaggerated was the idea that he might have killed the sharks. If he had martial skills like Uncle Wang Meng, it might be possible to kill the sharks, but to knock them unconscious was entirely another matter. It would require enough strength to cause a severe impact on the sharks, yet he managed to do it in the water; his strength must have been immense!
Wasn’t he there to participate in the Yuegang University exchange event? Which means he is neither a teacher nor a student. How could a teacher or a student have such frightening skills? This is simply impossible. If any teacher or student had such abilities, who would still be a teacher or a student? There are far better things to do!
Alas! Who can tell me what is actually going on...
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The Yuegang University exchange event was held with unprecedented grandeur, and the entire Yuegang was buzzing with excitement. Exchange groups from well-known universities on the mainland also experienced the prestige and influence of the long-standing famous Yuegang University.
After a series of celebratory activities, it finally came to the main part of the exchange event. The first item was a major language debate. It seemed unremarkable, but when Ding Wan’er and Leng Mei received tomorrow’s discussion topic, both of them could not believe that Yuegang University would propose such a topic that took the inland universities by surprise.
"On the Communication and Exchange of World Languages"
That topic seemed too broad, and more importantly, there were many small annotations underneath. The most important one read clearly: This discussion involves many languages, and it is hoped that each school can send someone with a talent for various languages, preferably rare and less common ones.
This statement puzzled Ding Wan’er and Leng Mei. What did it mean to prefer ’rare and less common languages’? Was this exchange truly a hodgepodge of various languages, not merely focused on commonly used languages?
Seeing such a topic, the first thing Ding Wan’er thought was that they were doomed. Her exchange group had only three students specializing in a single language each. Facing this situation, they definitely wouldn’t be able to compete. If their school were cornered by another school, it would be a disgrace!
However, they still had to participate in the exchange. What to do? Sister Leng was good at foreign languages, but she too knew only the common ones. Rare and peculiar ones were not in her skillset. Even if she was competent, they couldn’t let her attend such an occasion alone.
That left only Lin Feng. Although she and Sister Leng both knew Lin Feng was good at foreign languages, how good he actually was remained unknown to them. This exchange could primarily involve rare and niche languages. The question was whether he knew those niche languages. If even he didn’t, then their school would make a fool of itself here in Yuegang. How would they ever build their school’s brand in the future?