Chapter 245: Encountering a Great White Shark

This kind of spectacle was something only Yun Jiao could command.

The village kids who saw this were incredibly envious.

"Jiaojiao!"

A few of the little girls who were close with Yun Jiao ran over.

Yun Jiao calmly raised her chubby little hands and waved at them.

Then, from the large front pocket of her overalls, she took out several large, flowery hair ties.

They were brightly colored, slightly gaudy hair ties trimmed with lace.

This was just the sort of thing that was popular at the time, especially among children.

"Are these for us? Are these really for us?!"

The little girls’ eyes lit up with delight.

Yun Jiao nodded and stuffed one into each of their hands.

"A gift."

"Ahhh! Yun Jiao, I love it so much! Thank you, you’re the best!"

Yun Jiao said, "Call me boss."

’I’m so awesome, so of course I have to be the boss.’

Having received their gifts, the little girls didn’t hesitate for a second and immediately started calling her boss.

Yun Jiao nodded in satisfaction. "Alright, you guys can go play. Your boss is heading to the sea."

That’s right. Her main reason for coming out wasn’t to forage on the beach, but to go *into* the sea.

’The weather’s so warm now. Dad and Mom can’t possibly stop me from playing in the sea, can they?’

Yun Jiao expertly dismissed the flock of egg-laying "underlings" behind her to go find their own food.

"Cat Boss, Baozi, Tang Yuan, you guys keep watch. Don’t let anyone take the eggs. I’m heading to the sea!"

’It’s been too long! Ocean, here I come!’

Yun Jiao happily plunged into the vast ocean.

The ocean was her true comfort zone.

Yun Jiao was like an exuberant fish, her slightly longer hair fanning out around her like algae.

As the four-year-old opened her eyes underwater, for a moment it seemed as though the depths of her pupils were tinged with blue.

When she surfaced again, Yun Jiao was already a considerable distance from the shore.

’I seem to be a lot faster now.’

Her two short, pale legs dangled in the water, and Yun Jiao dove back under the surface.

’Time to find something to eat.’

She came across a jellyfish, grabbed it, and stuffed it into her mouth with a GULP.

It had a springy, gelatinous texture, and she slurped up its tentacles like noodles.

She caught a tasty fish and ate it raw like sashimi.

There were also squid and cuttlefish.

Yun Jiao was like an overexcited husky, wreaking havoc on everything she encountered.

Just as she was wandering around looking for snacks, a pack of three sharks swam toward her.

These three Great White Sharks were the notorious bullies of these waters. Most marine life fled the moment they saw them.

And today, Yun Jiao, visiting these waters for the first time, had an unexpected encounter with the three Great White Sharks.

For a moment, their eyes met. Yun Jiao’s tiny frame looked exceptionally small before the three massive, ferocious Great White Sharks.

In the eyes of the three Great White Sharks, she was: ’Prey I’ve never seen before. So pale and tender. Definitely delicious.’

Even if they’d never eaten her kind before, a Great White Shark would at least have to taste anything it found alive.

’If it’s tasty, we’ll swallow it. If not, we’ll just spit it out.’

Then, the three Great White Sharks began to circle her, swimming in aggressively.

Yun Jiao finished gnawing on a large crab leg and made no move to flee.

The first Great White Shark to charge her received a massive slap right across the face from Yun Jiao.

A fierce battle lust ignited in Yun Jiao’s eyes.

’I haven’t had a good fight in so long.’

’Humans are too fragile; I can’t go all out.’

’But now that three tough ones have shown up, I don’t have to hold back.’

Yun Jiao did an agile flip in the water. With her legs pressed together like a mermaid’s tail, she swung them and kicked another Great White Shark straight in the jaw.

WHAM...

Such a massive shark was sent flying by the kick.

The last shark, the one that hadn’t been hit yet, realized—despite its low intelligence—that this little thing was no prey. It was clearly a demon!

Instantly, the Great White Shark retracted its teeth, its eyes suddenly looking much more innocent.

It turned and, with a flick of its tail, tried to make a run for it.

It tried to flee... but didn’t get away.

Yun Jiao’s tiny hand had grabbed the Great White Shark’s tail.

The next second, the great shark learned what it meant to be caught in a whirlwind.

Yun Jiao’s "love" for this Great White Shark ran deep. She swung it by its tail, spinning it for a full thirty-something turns before tossing the dizzy and limp creature away.

Yun Jiao thought, ’I’m making myself dizzy.’

The Great White Shark was thrown clear out of the water.

At that exact moment, a cruise ship happened to be passing by on the ocean’s surface.

Onboard the medium-sized cruise ship were foreigners as well as people from Huaguo, some of whom were wearing military uniforms.

They were currently observing the ocean’s surface with binoculars, discussing something among themselves.

Suddenly, a Great White Shark burst out of the water.

"OMG, what is that!"

"A Great White Shark! It’s a Great White Shark!"

Yun Jiao emerged from the sea as well, riding the Great White Shark she had slapped earlier. This particular shark was incredibly stubborn; instead of fleeing after seeing its companions get beaten, it had charged forward, determined to see what she tasted like.

So, Yun Jiao had simply ridden it to the surface. As soon as she emerged, she saw a large ship with people on deck, chattering away in some language she couldn’t understand.

She tilted her head. At that moment, the Great White Shark she had thrown was already falling back down.

She grabbed her shark’s fin and gave it a tug, causing the pained animal to quickly swim off to the side.

SPLASH! The other Great White Shark hit the water, sending up a huge spray.

Everyone on the ship looked toward the sea, and their gazes naturally fell upon Yun Jiao, who was riding a Great White Shark.

Everyone on the ship stared, their eyes wide with disbelief.

"I’m not seeing things, am I? That’s a person... and a child at that."

"She’s riding a huge Great White Shark!"

Not only was she riding it, but the Great White Shark was still extremely ferocious, untamably wild and trying to throw her off.

Yun Jiao balled her fist and WHAM! WHAM!—after a few blows, the Great White Shark gradually lost its strength and passed out.

It even rolled over, belly up.

Yun Jiao hopped off the Great White Shark and gave it a disdainful kick.

’This thing has no brains. All it knows how to do is eat.’

Yun Jiao saw the people on the ship, including soldiers. ’They’re from Huaguo.’

Having a favorable impression of soldiers, Yun Jiao raised her little arm to give them a wave, then dove into the sea and disappeared.

As for the three Great White Sharks she had beaten up—they weren’t even tasty, so she left them behind in disgust.

Meanwhile, the people on the ship were left speechless. "..."

Silence. A silence unlike any they had ever experienced.

After a good while, one of the foreigners asked, "Are... are all of you Huaguo people this incredible? Do you all ride Great White Sharks?"

The translator beside him, equally dazed, relayed the question verbatim.

The Huaguo soldiers: "..."

’Of course not! We also had no idea someone could not only ride a Great White Shark, but beat it up, too!’

’And the most crucial part was, it was a child!’

Yun Jiao, however, paid no mind to the shock she had caused the people on the ship. She was off to find some killer whales to play with.

However, she didn’t find any killer whales. Instead, she found their mortal enemy: a Humpback Whale.

An adult Humpback Whale, at that.

The body of a Humpback Whale wasn’t much smaller than a large cruise ship.

An adult Humpback Whale can weigh over thirty tons, with a blue-gray back and a white belly.

It really did look like a spectacular, massive ship.

Yun Jiao was standing on this Humpback Whale’s head, using a seashell to pry off barnacles.

"What have you been doing? How did you get so many barnacles on you?"

The sheer density of the barnacles was enough to give someone trypophobia.

The scars on the Humpback Whale’s body were a testament to its many battles.

Yet this powerful creature was in agony because of tiny barnacles.

Barnacles really were a menace to many creatures of the sea.