novelraw Chapter 621 474 The Fish Was Stolen! (4K)
Chapter 621 474 The Fish Was Stolen! (4K)
Li Zheng thought Phoenix Mountain would shine in this event, but he didn't expect it to be so exaggerated. One person's points were three times the total score of nearly fifty people on their team...
This score was achieved only because they found a fish catch gathering area.
"Phoenix Mountain's score is actually on the lower side."
Xiao Siyuan said in the channel, "There's a player next to us from an unknown faction named Deng Tianyuan, who has been casting his rod twice per minute since the event started, with a 90% hit rate and a 78% success rate. His fastest record is seven seconds per fish, and the slowest was forty-eight seconds. Absolutely amazing!"
"I've made some preliminary calculations. The points he's earned alone have already exceeded a thousand. If this continues, the faction this player belongs to might get first place."
Lu Li chimed in, "I just asked around, and it turns out he used to be a professional fishing coach and has participated in many competitions. Catching so many fish is purely due to skill."
"Hey~ I don't like what you said. Who doesn't rely on skill to fish?" Phoenix Mountain was discontented.
"Do you really think you caught all those fish using your skill?"
Xiao Siyuan said, "Among the thirty-some fish you caught, twenty-eight were sheer luck; do you think that's skill?"
"Well... luck is also a form of skill!" Phoenix Mountain argued.
"That's right," Li Zheng also said, "Whether it's a black cat, white cat, or blind cat, if it catches mice, it's a good cat."
"Don't think I can't tell you're mocking me for being a blind cat." Phoenix Mountain shouted, "Let me tell you, hitting targets once or twice is luck, but over 80% accuracy, that's skill! If you've got what it takes, why don't you try hitting so many targets?"
"Even though I know your logic is crooked, why does it strangely make some sense?"
Xiao Siyuan said, "Maybe this is what they call flawed logic is still logic..."
The group was chatting in the faction channel while fishing; it was truly a moment of relaxation.
Half an hour quickly passed by, and Li Zheng and his team had a fruitful harvest in the fish catch zone.
Though luck was not on their side, as they didn't catch any fish with special effects, their total points increased by nearly three thousand.
Among them, the fish with the highest individual score was level 6, caught by a faction member, making him extremely happy.
It's worth noting that after half an hour, there was only this one level 6 fish.
"That's about it, brothers. Let's pack up and move to a new location!"
Li Zheng saw the time was about right, so he mobilized everyone to get up, prepared to abandon this territory, and look for another fish-catch zone.
For those of them who were neither particularly lucky nor skilled, seeking fish-catch zones was the best way to maximize their gains.
"But... leader, aren't we doing quite well here?"
Someone was puzzled, "Why leave here when everything's going well?"
"Oh! The leader must have his reasons, just follow him, why ask so much?" Another person said quietly, "Do you want to be kicked out of the faction?"
These people, lacking any Prelis' Eye-like abilities or tools, couldn't understand Li Zheng's intentions and even indirectly criticized Zhan Zhouzhou's previous actions.
Even though he tried to keep his voice low, Li Zheng's hearing caught it.
He didn't take it to heart, but looked at that person meaningfully and said, "Because of the presence of icebergs, the surrounding environment has changed, and the fish schools have migrated. Continuing to fish here will yield diminishing returns, so we need to change locations."
"I see!"
Someone suddenly understood. The leader was an expert in fishing, considering even environmental factors!
No wonder he was so sure about fishing here earlier, probably judging that there was a fish school based on the environment?
The group stopped talking, packed their rods, and began to pick up the fish nets at their feet.
Just then, someone exclaimed, "Damn! Where are my fish?"
Following this shout, similar voices erupted one after another,
"What the heck! Why does my fish net have such a big hole? All the fish escaped!"
"Darn! My level 6 fish! I worked so hard to catch it, and now it's gone?"
"Everyone calm down, there's definitely something shady with so many nets getting damaged at the same time!"
"What's shady? We've definitely been targeted by that fishing equipment merchant, daring to sell us defective products, let's settle this with him!"
"Yeah! Let's settle this with him!"
"Hold on, this kind of hole doesn't look like it was made by fish; it seems more like it was cut by something sharp!"
This remark stunned everyone as they looked down to inspect their nets, discovering the holes were neat, not resembling ones made by fish squeezing or biting, but rather as if cut by a knife.
Li Zheng and Zhan Zhouzhou picked up their fish nets and found them intact. Only the faction members fishing on the other side suffered.
The two exchanged a glance, both realizing they were being targeted.
If it were a quality issue with the nets, how come their nets just happened to be sturdier than the others'?
"Let me take a look."
Li Zheng went over and took a fish net to inspect.
Fish nets are generally like cages made from something akin to fishnets, designed to temporarily keep caught fish alive, preventing them from suffocating in fish buckets.