Whole School Transmigrated: I Have 3 Daily Intel

If the Vermilion Fruit’s effects kick in and weaken it, its agility will plummet, making escape that much harder.

This would also make it easier for everyone on the bank to pin it down with attacks...

"President Zhong, you’ve seen this tributary. Compared to the wide-open waters of the main river, this environment is clearly more suitable for hunting it!"

Zhong Fang surveyed the scene, deeply agreeing.

"Indeed. I originally thought you were planning to hunt it in the main river. I’ve been thinking for the past two days... trying to kill that thing in such an environment would have been incredibly difficult."

"Now I get it. You really came prepared. Hunting the Giant Catfish in this tributary is the best way to limit its movements."

"But there’s one more thing I don’t understand. How do you plan to lure the Giant Catfish here? And how will you feed it the Vermilion Fruit?"

Chen Chong smiled faintly. ’Luring the Giant Catfish and feeding it the Vermilion Fruit... could not be easier.’

The intel mentioned that the Unihorn Catfish is greedy by nature and will eat anything.

Especially after getting a taste of humans, it has grown fond of the flavor. It spends its days hoping to eat a few more, which is why it constantly lurks near the shore.

Since the students and the Fishing Club members got smart and stopped giving it opportunities by going into the water, the Unihorn Catfish hadn’t eaten a human in days. By now, it was probably frantic for a taste.

The horn on its head wasn’t for attacking; it was for sensing the movements of all living creatures within a 3,000-meter radius in the water.

As long as the Unihorn Catfish passed through this area and there were humans in the water, it would definitely sense them.

Even if it was wary of this narrow tributary, it might hesitate to risk coming in for a single target...

But ten people, twenty people, or even thirty people!

Chen Chong didn’t believe it could resist the temptation. Spurred on by such a "delicacy," it would definitely come rushing over!

However, the risks were still considerable. Luring it over, getting it to eat the Vermilion Fruit, and then waiting for the effects to kick in would require people to act as decoys in the water along the way.

They would have to constantly draw it deeper, stalling for time...

The danger involved was immense!

One moment of carelessness could mean death...

After Chen Chong explained the plan, Zhong Fang fell silent.

"You mean we need people in the water at the confluence and for the next two thousand meters, constantly luring it deeper into the tributary?"

"That’s right. Human bait. The Unihorn Catfish loves eating people; there’s no better lure."

"The risk is indeed high, but... if we can get rid of the Giant Catfish, it’s worth a try!"

Zhong Fang’s decisiveness was a little surprising to Chen Chong, who hadn’t expected his determination to get rid of the Unihorn Catfish to be this strong.

’I thought I’d have to argue a lot more to convince him, especially since the people we’d be using as bait would mostly be from his club...’

"There’s one more thing I need you to prepare, President Zhong."

"What is it?"

"I remember that besides the various club rooms, your academic building also has an equipment room for sports gear, right?"

Zhong Fang nodded. "That’s right. Besides the gymnasium, our building has an equipment room too. Why?"

"Has everything inside been looted?"

"Not completely. Aside from things that could be used as weapons, like baseball bats and tennis rackets, it seems a lot of the other useless equipment hasn’t been taken."

"Are the tug-of-war ropes in there?"

"Tug-of-war... ropes?"

Zhong Fang paused for a second, then realization dawned on him as he understood Chen Chong’s idea.

"You don’t mean..."

"Yes. Otherwise, how will we control the Giant Catfish after it’s weakened?"

As an Extraordinary Creature, the Unihorn Catfish’s intelligence was certainly not low. While it might not match a human’s, it was no fool.

When it truly became weak and felt that something was wrong, it would definitely try to turn around and leave.

Even if the narrow tributary restricted its movement, if it wanted to leave, the people on the shore could only watch helplessly.

The Unihorn Catfish is not a land animal, nor is it amphibious. We can’t set traps for it on land. Any strategy against it must be executed in the water.

If it gets to the point where it tries to flee, the only way is to use something to hold it back, to keep it pinned in place.

Ordinary hemp ropes and the like had absolutely no chance of restraining it.

Fishing line wouldn’t work either. Even a hundred strands tied together couldn’t hold back the whale-sized Unihorn Catfish.

Only tug-of-war ropes, thicker than a person’s arm, combined with the trees on the bank, had a chance of holding it for a short time...

Chen Chong remembered that during the school’s sports festival, there were at least twenty teams competing in tug-of-war simultaneously, which indirectly proved that the school had at least twenty or more tug-of-war ropes.

Trying to hold the Unihorn Catfish with a single tug-of-war rope might be wishful thinking, but with twenty of them together... it would definitely work.

Plus, the weakened Unihorn Catfish’s condition would be severely degraded, its strength far less than before.

This way, we could completely immobilize it, giving everyone enough time to break off its horn and then drag it ashore!

"I’ll have to go back and check. Since the transmigration, everyone’s been scavenging all over the school. We’ve been to the equipment room, but I didn’t notice if there were any tug-of-war ropes."

"That stuff is pretty useless, but there’s no guarantee someone hasn’t taken it..."

Chen Chong nodded. "Do your best to find them. If someone has taken them, we have to find a way to get them back. They’re crucial for hunting the Giant Catfish!"

"Alright, I understand. I’ll take some people to check as soon as I get back!"

Zhong Fang wasn’t a fool. He knew that whether for controlling the Giant Catfish or for finally pulling it ashore, only thick ropes like the ones for tug-of-war would have any effect.

Any other kind of rope would be like a strand of yarn against a creature of the Giant Catfish’s size; it could snap it effortlessly...

...

After confirming the tributary was large enough to accommodate the Unihorn Catfish, the dozen or so people headed back.

Chen Chong needed to refine the plan in greater detail, while Zhong Fang had to go search for the tug-of-war ropes.

The two parties agreed to meet outside the school gates early the next morning to officially begin the hunt for the Unihorn Catfish...

Soon, night fell.

After finishing dinner, Zhang Meng and Huang Mao finished preparing the last batch of coarse salt and went back.

Shen Xinrou also brought up the day’s earnings from the clinic before returning to the first floor.

The maidservant and laborers went down with her.

Chen Chong, Xu Jun, Wang Biao, and Jia Wen sat together to discuss the details for tomorrow, then they each returned to their rooms.

Back in his room, Chen Chong checked the Rock Armor Eagle egg in the incubator. There was still no movement.

In the fishpond, no more dead fish appeared.

The Lion-headed Goose, ever since being scared off last time, refused to enter the room no matter what and only dared to stay in the living room.

The Tiger Striped Dog, however, seemed quite calm. The Rock Armor Eagle egg in the incubator didn’t seem to affect it in the slightest.

Chen Chong suddenly noticed that its body seemed to have changed a little again.

It had gotten bigger, growing from nearly a meter to a full meter long.

The gold in its fur was more pronounced, and the black was deeper.

The red in its eyes was more prominent, and its fangs and claws had become even sharper.

Moreover, even the wound on its neck, where the Terror Wolf King had bitten through, was healing at a rate far exceeding normal recovery.

In just one day, it had already scabbed over, and new flesh was beginning to grow.

At this rate, the wound, which should have taken at least half a month to heal, would probably recover completely in less than three days.

In just one day and night, the Tiger Striped Dog’s size had nearly doubled.

It went from fifty-five pounds to one hundred and ten pounds!

It was now comparable in size to an ordinary Fear Wolf.

Although the speed of its transformation slowed considerably during the day compared to the night, the changes hadn’t stopped completely...

Chen Chong couldn’t figure out if this was the effect of eating the Terror Wolf King’s heart and blood, or a change that came from continuing to eat its meat afterward.

But regardless, it was a good thing that the Tiger Striped Dog was getting closer and closer to becoming an Extraordinary Creature.

There were still over a hundred pounds of the Terror Wolf King’s meat left, and he planned to feed it all to the Tiger Striped Dog in the coming days.

Even if it didn’t evolve into an Extraordinary Creature after eating it all, reaching the size of the Terror Wolf King would still be good.

Combined with the Tiger Striped Dog’s own potential, the increase in size would also cause its combat power to soar...

Chen Chong stroked the Tiger Striped Dog lying at the foot of his bed with one hand as drowsiness slowly crept over him. He closed his eyes and drifted into sleep.

Time passed bit by bit, and in the blink of an eye, it was the early hours of the morning.

The sound of the daily settlement began to ring in his ears...

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