343: Chapter 343 Pirated Book?

"Peo—people, where are the people?" The director stood up abruptly.

The small boat suddenly became unbalanced and began to sway violently.

The director lost his footing and nearly fell into the water.

Fortunately, the person next to him reacted quickly and pulled him back down to his seat.

The director was drenched in a cold sweat from the fright, but his gaze still scanned the surroundings, trying to find The Boatman and the dog.

But apart from the river, there were only pitch-black cave walls on either side; where could anyone possibly be hiding?

The others realized what had happened and began looking around in confusion.

"Strange, how could he just disappear like that?"

"Yeah, and we didn't hear a sound."

"Could this be an arrangement by the Film Crew?"

"I don't think so. It looks like the director didn't know about it beforehand either!"

"..."

Everyone was whispering among themselves.

But they couldn't come to any conclusion, so they had to give up.

Lin Ran's gaze remained fixed on the water's surface.

"What on earth is swimming under the water?"

She grew increasingly curious and reached her hand down.

This terrified Lin Xiao. "Stop!"

He didn't even have time to type.

Watching Lin Ran's hand reach into the water, his heart hung in his throat.

What is going on with this gossip system! Why didn't it warn him in advance that Lin Ran would be in danger!

According to the plot of that book, those things swimming in the water were corpse beetles that fed on dead bodies! They're poisonous!

But no matter how anxious he was, it was useless. Separated by the screen, he could only hold his breath, praying that all of this might be different from the plot of that book.

"Huh?" Lin Ran swished her hand in the water for a moment, then suddenly exclaimed.

Seeing this, Lin Xiao's heart jumped to his throat.

But the next second, he froze. Because Lin Ran had actually grabbed a fish directly from the water!

The fish was about forty centimeters long and weighed over a dozen pounds. Lin Ran held it by the tail and lifted it up, dropping it heavily onto the deck.

Looking at the large fish still flopping about, the others were a bit stunned. Catching a fish with bare hands? What kind of move was that?

This made the many fishing enthusiasts in front of their screens green with envy!

This wasn't just a matter of gear superiority; it was essentially rubbing the faces of those who spent a fortune on fishing tackle only to catch nothing into the dirt!

Lin Xiao stared blankly at the fish, a flash of confusion in his eyes. The script isn't right! Shouldn't it be corpse beetles? Why is it a regular fish? Could everything before this just be a coincidence?

Lin Ran had only caught the fish for fun. Seeing it jumping around on the deck, she picked it up again and tossed it back into the river.

With no one to navigate, everyone could only let the small boat drift deeper into the cave.

Lin Xiao couldn't help but grow nervous again. The danger in this cave hadn't ended yet! The worst part was still to come!

Without a moment's hesitation, he tapped on his keyboard and sent out more comments.

"It's over, it's over. We're reaching the female ghost's territory. You absolutely must not look back at the female ghost!"

Just like before, he copied and pasted these words many times, hoping the people on the other side would see them.

But the first ones to see it were the other viewers. This time, the viewers didn't hold back and flooded the chat with comments.

"Seriously, is that guy sick?"

"He was spouting nonsense earlier, and now he's still at it?"

"Can a moderator come and deal with this? Ban him!"

"Yeah, is it fun to act like this for attention?"

"Could he be a shill arranged by the Production Crew? Trying to scare people on purpose?"

"Reported, reported!"

"..."

Perhaps because there were too many reports, Lin Xiao received a private message from a moderator asking if he was encountering a situation he couldn't handle.

Lin Xiao didn't know how to explain it, so he just told the moderator to ignore the reports and that he would take responsibility for anything that happened.

Just as Lin Xiao was replying to the moderator, the small boat carrying the Production Crew had passed through the narrow passage inside the cave and reached a relatively open stretch of the river.

On both banks of the river, peach trees appeared. The pink peach blossoms were in full bloom; as a gentle breeze blew, petals swirled in the air before slowly landing on the ground.

"Wow, so beautiful!"

"The Production Crew put in the effort; this setting is really pretty!"

"..."

The guests on the boat exclaimed in admiration. The viewers' attitudes were similar, all praising the authenticity of the set design.

Lin Xiao stared at the computer screen, his mind full of question marks. This isn't right!

This is clearly the plot of the Seven Stars Lu Palace! Why did the corpse beetles in the water turn into big, fat fish, and why is the riverbank, which should have been a pile of corpses and a female ghost, planted with peach trees and filled with peach blossoms?

It's like buying a high-priced resource pack for "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" only to open it and find "Grandpa and the Seven Calabash Brothers." It's like buying "Avatar" at a high price, only to open it and find "Afanti." What's the difference?

Could it be that he bought a pirated book?

At this moment, others in the Lin family group chat also noticed the anomaly with Lin Xiao and the Live Stream Channel.

Su Yu spoke up first: "A-Xiao, those comments involve personal attacks. Do you need to pursue this?"

Lin Xiao remained immersed in his thoughts and replied casually with two words: "No need."

Lin Wanwan also thought Lin Xiao was angry because of the comments and advised him: "A-Xiao, there are all kinds of people on the internet. Don't lower yourself to their level. If it really comes to it, contact the moderator and ban them all!"

"Yeah, I know." Lin Xiao's attitude remained indifferent. He had always been unconcerned with online discourse.

What he most urgently wanted to know now was where exactly the Production Crew had gone.

After thinking it over, he called out to the system in his mind: "Hey, hey, do you know what exactly is going on here?"

The gossip system appeared faintly after a good while.

[Host, what did you say? I wasn't paying attention.]

"What are you doing? You didn't go binge-watching short dramas again, did you?"

[Hehe, you caught me!] The gossip system laughed sheepishly.

Lin Xiao sighed helplessly. "Are you really not afraid that you'll cause another bug for me?"

[Hey, hey, I only watched for a little while, it won't cause any problems!]

[Oh? It's already past midnight? It's Saturday, I should get off work!]

"Wait, hold on!" Lin Xiao stared in disbelief as the gossip system just logged off so blatantly, instantly feeling a bit crazed. At least answer his question before leaving!