"Huh? Holy shit, that’s right! Intelligence!"

Suddenly, Fang Chenyi thought of something. That’s right, intelligence!

While a shark’s pituitary gland is small and they don’t have much intelligence to speak of, that doesn’t mean they lack a brain or memories!

Thinking of this, Fang Chenyi suddenly grew excited. ’Who says I’m out of options? Who says this is a hopeless situation?’

’And wasn’t my most recent special reward a skill that changes people’s thoughts? That’s right, my most recent special reward was the ’Illusion Technique: Celestial Gods.’’

’It’s a technique that can subtly manipulate others and permanently alter their will. Hailed as the most powerful illusion technique, it’s some seriously badass stuff.’

’I was originally planning to use this skill on those foreign executives, but who would have thought its first use would be on an animal.’

’Of course, it doesn’t matter who I use it on. As long as it can save my life and work on this shark, that’s all that matters.’

Thinking this, Fang Chenyi didn’t dare hesitate any longer. Who knew if the creature would attack him in the next second?

But for a moment, Fang Chenyi had no idea how to use Celestial Gods.

The system hadn’t given him any instructions on how to use it before.

Just as he was getting anxious, a notification sound echoed in his mind:

[Host’s query detected. Usage instructions for ’Illusion Technique: Celestial Gods’ are as follows: The host may lock onto a target within fifty meters and issue the command to use the technique mentally. Note: The target will enter a stupor while their will is being altered.]

After hearing the explanation in his mind, Fang Chenyi was thrilled. ’I can’t believe it’s that simple!’

Now knowing how to use it, Fang Chenyi no longer hesitated. He found the circling shark with his eyes, focusing on it in his mind while keeping his gaze locked on its fin.

The next moment, at his mental command, the shark fin suddenly vanished. At the same time, a five-to-six-meter-long great white shark gradually surfaced.

That wasn’t the strangest part. The strangest part was that the great white was now floating motionless on the surface, belly up.

Seeing this, Fang Chenyi knew he had succeeded! But at the same time, a wave of lingering fear rose in his heart.

Before, seeing only its fin, he couldn’t imagine how big the creature was. Now, seeing its full size, Fang Chenyi broke out in a cold sweat. ’This thing is massive!’

At that moment, Fang Chenyi immediately began instilling a thought into the great white shark’s mind: that he was its master, and it had to obey his commands unconditionally.

After mentally reciting it once, Fang Chenyi, still uneasy, repeated it again.

However, as he used his mental power, Fang Chenyi felt his entire body instantly become exhausted. If the life jacket hadn’t been keeping him afloat, he definitely wouldn’t have been able to stay upright.

Feeling the weakness in his body, Fang Chenyi quickly withdrew his focus. He still had no confidence, however, uncertain if the Illusion Technique had actually worked.

As Fang Chenyi withdrew his mental command, the belly-up great white immediately flipped itself back over.

Not only that, but the moment it righted itself, the great white immediately swam rapidly toward Fang Chenyi.

The sight instantly drenched Fang Chenyi in a cold sweat. The great white was simply too fast; he had no time to react. In the blink of an eye, the creature was right beside him.

But in the next moment, the great white, now right in front of him, did something surprisingly human-like: it nuzzled Fang Chenyi’s body with its massive head.

Seeing this, Fang Chenyi’s heart, which had been lodged in his throat, finally settled back into his chest. He let out a heavy sigh of relief. ’Thank God the skill worked!’

He tentatively reached out and stroked the great white’s large head. In response, the shark seemed extremely excited. Although it had no facial expression, its excitement was clear from the way it continuously and gently nudged him with its huge head.

Fang Chenyi couldn’t help but crack a smile with his chapped lips. "Heh heh, I actually managed to get a shark as a pet. How badass is that."

Muttering this to himself, Fang Chenyi suddenly spoke to the great white shark:

"Hey, can you carry me to the shore?"

After he spoke, the great white shark, contrary to his expectations, didn’t move at all.

Fang Chenyi couldn’t help but feel a little puzzled. ’Could it be that its brain is too simple to understand what I’m saying?’

’It made sense. He’d read articles before saying that this creature’s brain was incapable of thought.’

’Now that I’ve forcibly changed it, its mind is probably filled with just one idea: that I’m its boss...’

’But that’s fine. As long as it doesn’t attack me, I’m content.’

He reached out and patted its head again, then turned and began to swim laboriously toward the shore.

Using Celestial Gods had already taken all his strength, and now swimming felt even more exhausting.

However, just as Fang Chenyi was struggling to swim toward the shore, he felt something bump him from below, followed by a powerful thrust from under his feet!

Immediately after, his body shot out of the water. It was just like a scene he’d seen in dolphin shows at an aquarium, where a dolphin pushes a trainer up from below. Before he could even process what was happening, he had covered dozens of meters and was already at the shoreline.

Just as he was about to reach the land, the thrust beneath his feet suddenly vanished. Fang Chenyi’s body plummeted straight toward the surface of the sea.

Fortunately, the sea was there to break his fall. SPLASH! Fang Chenyi landed flat on the water, now only two or three meters from the shore.

Turning his head to look at the great white shark that had resurfaced, Fang Chenyi suddenly found the creature to be rather cute.

Seeing that he had reached the coast, Fang Chenyi quickly grabbed onto the rocks on the shore. With a heave of his arms—WHOOSH—his body finally broke free from the water.

He flopped down onto a rock on the shore, gazing at the turbulent sea and the great white shark still circling endlessly. Fang Chenyi didn’t know what to feel.

’In just one short night, how many ordeals have I been through...?’

’I just wonder how Jinjin and the others are doing.’

He unfastened his life jacket, reached inside his clothes, and felt around until he finally found a damp leather pouch.

He unzipped it and saw a clean woven bag inside. Fang Chenyi couldn’t help but marvel; the quality of this leather pouch was truly top-notch. Despite being soaked in water, not a single drop had gotten inside.

Opening the woven bag, he pulled out a bottle of water and, GULP, GULP, GULP, drank the entire thing in one go.