Lord of the Myriad Worlds

Chapter 11: Fishing

After dinner, Penny and Fila both returned to the house to rest, and without needing to do anything else, Li Wei received a housing fee payment notification and a living expenses payment notification.

【You received 0.2 points of Cooking Experience】

【You paid 2 points of Construction Experience】

Interesting, he finally had some proper income.

So far, he still had three points of Family Contribution, 45 points of Farming Experience, 18 points of Construction Experience, and 0.2 points of Cooking Experience. Not bad.

After some mental planning, Li Wei didn't choose to sleep. Instead, he squatted by the fire, took a straight stick of suitable thickness, used his Short Knife to sharpen one end to a point, then buried it in the hot embers to carbonize the surface...

Well, that's roughly how it should be done. Whether it would actually work or not, he didn't know. Anyway, this was a method he'd once read about in a novel.

This wooden spear would be one of his hunting weapons tomorrow.

Yes, hunting was his only option for now.

The axe was broken, so he couldn't gain experience by chopping trees. He also couldn't find any other experience-earning scenarios temporarily, making hunting the only path forward.Of course, he could also fish.

He would try both tomorrow.

Next, Li Wei quickly carved out three wooden spears. He couldn't assess the effectiveness of these simple wooden spears, so he could only make several more.

"If only I could make a crossbow."

Li Wei thought with some regret, but unfortunately, even back on Earth, the only time he'd ever touched a bow and arrow was at a children's amusement park.

A short while later, he lit another bonfire near his wheat field. That's right, he still needed to guard his wheat field. During the sprouting stage, the wheat was easily dug up from the soil by small animals.

Especially at night—this was something Li Wei understood quite clearly. So he'd rather stay awake guarding it than sleep.

He didn't know if it was effective, but indeed, no small animals were spotted throughout the night.

When dawn began to break and Fila got up to cook porridge, Li Wei finally returned to the house to sleep. The interior of the house was quite crude too, with no partitions, so he just found a corner, spread out a sheepskin blanket, and used that as his bed.

By the time Li Wei woke up, the sky was already bright with the sun rising in the east and crimson clouds stretching thousands of miles. Penny was already busy, and from the looks of it, she seemed intent on building the Brick Kiln right next to the wheat field, completely eliminating any possibility of further expanding the wheat field.

Li Wei didn't care about that anymore. He quickly finished his bowl of Wheat Porridge, then set off with his Short Knife and those three wooden spears.

But his target wasn't the forest; it was downstream along the small stream. He planned to catch fish first, since fishing posed the least risk. Li Wei instinctively didn't want to go hunting.

Following the stream downward, he could see some faint wheel ruts along the bank, barely noticeable unless looked at carefully. These were likely traces left by this small family over ten days ago.

Li Wei was curious about when this scenario had started. Since every member of the family was a player, was it a relay-style performance?

One player gets eliminated, and a new player continues along the existing storyline.

Whoever develops the family better, whoever obtains more resources, becomes the Family Head? Could it potentially develop into a clan, or even a kingdom in the future?

Li Wei could only speculate like this.

After walking about two li downstream along the stream, the terrain gradually leveled out. Even the hills on one side became much lower, and in the distance, he could see peaks covered in pure white snow. But there were no roads—how on earth did this family manage to come here?

As the land began to flatten, the stream was also affected, widening until the broadest parts spanned thirty to fifty meters. It looked beautiful.

Li Wei stopped here, first routinely using the wooden spear to beat through the wild grass along the bank, scaring away any potential hidden poisonous snakes.

Whether he scared away any snakes was unknown, but he did startle away two plump wild ducks.

Even though Li Wei reacted quickly and immediately threw his wooden spear, he still failed to hit them. When he retrieved the spear with great regret, he was pleasantly surprised to discover a nest of wild duck eggs—a full eight of them.

For Li Wei, who had only been eating half-full these past few days, his eyes immediately turned red with desire. He was so hungry!

However, he resisted the impulse to have a picnic right there.

Instead, he carefully wove a small basket from branches and wild grass, packed up these eight duck eggs, and prepared to take them away.

All to boost his Family Contribution!

Next, he took out his Short Knife, cut down a large patch of wild grass by the bank to serve as his temporary camp. After all, with waist-deep wild grass, if some wild beast quietly crept nearby, one sliding tackle could finish him off.

Just in case.

Afterward, he placed two wooden spears and the Short Knife on the bank, keeping only one wooden spear as he entered the water.

The water wasn't deep, not even reaching his knees, but there were indeed fish in the water—schools of them. The largest were about thirty centimeters long, the smallest only a few centimeters. Most were loaches, and some might be grass carp?

He wasn't sure, but it wasn't important.

Li Wei spent a long time gesturing with the wooden spear in the water before returning to the bank. Using a wooden spear to spear fish was a foolish method; he had just been scouting the enemy situation.

Upon returning, he used the wooden spear to clear a path, broke off many flexible shrub branches, and used the simplest three-strand weaving method to create several rough 'fishing nets.'

Then he started moving stones from around the area, using them to form a semi-enclosed area of about ten square meters in the riverbed, and blocked the surrounding gaps with these crude fishing nets.

Next was herding the fish into the trap.

A very simple tactic, and quite effective—anyone who's played in water would know.

Li Wei used the wooden spear to continuously drive the fish schools. These fish were incredibly slippery in the water, as if they had mastered some mystical martial arts movement techniques.

Even with the right strategy and tactics, he still expended considerable effort before successfully driving a few fish into the enclosed area.

Then he blocked the entrance, leaving only the task of catching the trapped fish. This process was relatively easy; using two of the crude, rough fishing nets to scoop a few times resulted in a successful catch.

He then threaded these few fish onto branches, set them aside, and continued herding fish. At this moment, he was extremely happy, thinking that from now on, he could fill his stomach by fishing.

But a short while later, Li Wei suddenly felt that something wasn't quite right.

"Wait, why haven't I received any fishing experience?"

There were five fish in total—two large and three small—weighing at least two jin combined. Wasn't this more valuable than a bowl of Wheat Porridge? Why was there no fishing experience?

Li Wei was stunned for a moment, then warily glanced around.

Since no experience points were coming in, it meant these fish currently didn't count as his harvest.

No way, does going out to hunt trigger hidden scenarios?

After a brief thought, Li Wei gave up on continuing to fish. He picked up those five fish and prepared to go ashore. Today's hunting was over.