eurekapd Chapter 299 Loading the Big Truck!
Chapter 299 Loading the Big Truck!
"Holy crap?! You can actually catch fish?!"
Upon seeing the obvious fish fins on the sea surface, Yichen's mouth gaped open, and his jaw almost dislocated.
Sure enough, within seconds, the fish fin came to the float, and then the mosaic fishing line snapped straight, and the fishing rod suddenly bent!
Upon seeing this, Yi Chen's heart tightened at first, then he breathed a sigh of relief.
They've definitely taken the bait.
However, getting hooked is only the first step towards successful fishing.
To truly catch a fish, you have to engage in a struggle with it to ensure it doesn't get off the hook or break the line.
Of course, the most important thing is to have enough strength and endurance to haul the fish up.
Although the dorsal fin of the fish, located tens of meters away on the sea surface, cannot accurately determine its size, it is still a good indicator of its size.
Based on Yichen's many years of fishing experience, it must have been a giant fish weighing at least several tons!
Such a large creature shouldn't be too much of a problem for Bai Jue, a third-tier evolved being, to lift it up with brute force alone.
However, if you want to catch it with a fishing rod, it's quite difficult.
Although a fishing rod has a pulley and can be considered a lever, it is not a lever that saves effort.
On the contrary, all fishing rods are effort levers, without exception.
A fish weighing around ten kilograms can require a healthy adult male to exert considerable effort to haul it ashore and successfully collect it.
Even with Bai Jue's strength, this fish was dead; dragging it ashore would be an impossible task.
Not to mention, it was a live fish!
Based on Yichen's experience, there are only three possible outcomes once Bai Jue takes the bait!
The first result was that the fish got off the hook.
The second result was that Bai Jue couldn't hold onto the fishing rod anymore.
The third result was that the fish didn't get off the hook, and Bai Jue held onto the fishing rod tightly. Then she was dragged to the bottom of the sea by this giant creature.
With this in mind, Yi Chen was already prepared to catch Bai Jue and prevent her from being dragged into danger by the big fish.
As far as he knew, as a pure northern girl, it was only natural that Bai Jue couldn't swim.
"Drink~!"
But the next second, Yi Chen saw that Bai Jue, who had transformed into Steve, was holding the fishing rod as steadily as a rock.
She didn't even use any fish-playing techniques; she simply grabbed the fishing rod with her left hand and started reeling in the line with her right...
What shocked Yichen even more was that, as Bai Jue did this, the giant fish, which was connected to the fishing line and had clearly taken the bait, was slowly and steadily approaching the shore with the splashes of its struggle!
"Wait... I must be dreaming..."
Unable to accept this scene, Yichen muttered to himself, his eyes glazed over.
He raised his hand, ready to slap himself in the face, but was a little afraid of the pain.
So, he settled for second best, extending his right index finger and thumb, using the tips of his nails to pinch off the stubble that had grown out of his beard in the past few days, and pulled it hard!
"Hiss... This isn't a dream?!"
Now, Yi Chen could no longer deceive himself; this was a dream. He looked at Bai Jue, who was still in Steve's form, with eyes full of envy, jealousy, and hatred.
He'd never caught such a big fish in his entire life!
Of course, it would have been difficult to find such a large fish before the revival of spiritual energy.
But this was Bai Jue's first time fishing, and she had no skills whatsoever, yet she managed to hook such a big fish, and it looked like she was about to haul it ashore!
Looking back on when I first became interested in fishing, I went two and a half years without catching anything before finally catching my first fish, which was a small crucian carp about the length of a finger...
Compared to this, he felt that all the fishing he had done for so long had been for nothing.
"It seems that Steve's fishing rod not only has the conceptual effect of always catching a fish when casting, but also the conceptual effect of being able to actually pull the fish ashore if you master it."
However, judging from Bai Jue's condition, pulling the fish up must have taken a lot of effort..."
Yi Chen was so concerned that he lost his composure, as if he had eaten a whole sour lemon, and all he could see was that Bai Jue was about to pull the fish ashore.
As for Cang Nian, today's disordered values show a surge in his mental attribute and a sharp drop in his speed attribute, so he can clearly sense that Bai Jue's spiritual power is being rapidly depleted.
Furthermore, even without sensing the fluctuations in spiritual energy, the three abstract blue beads of sweat on the forehead of Bai Jue's Steve form indicated that she was not at ease.
Clearly, even a character like Steve from Minecraft is not easy to use when it comes to conceptual effects.
But that's how it should be!
Otherwise, it would not comply with the law of conservation of energy.
Just as Yi Chen was filled with envy, jealousy, and hatred, and Cang Nian was filled with curiosity, the fish with the huge dorsal fin was finally dragged ashore by Bai Jue.
Bang bang bang~!
The large fish that had just come ashore thrashed about, splashing loudly on the beach.
However, no matter how much it struggled, its mouth seemed to be suppressed by some force, and it could not move.
"Phew... I'm exhausted! I finally caught one!"
How's it going, Brother Chen? It hasn't been two and a half hours yet, has it?
You promised that whatever fish I catch, you'd eat it upside down.
You're not trying to renege on your debt, are you?
After dragging the big fish ashore, Bai Jue immediately returned to his original form, then sat down heavily on the ground, panting heavily.
Even so, she still raised her little head, looked at Yichen with a smug and triumphant expression.
"This...this is something I can't eat at all..."
Upon seeing the large fish on the beach, Yichen's heart stopped beating.
After pulling it up, he realized it was a sailfish!
With its broad dorsal fin and bony spines connecting to a fleshy membrane, resembling a flag, it is called a sailfish.
Moreover, this fish has a thick, long, sharp spine on its upper jaw that accounts for a quarter to a third of its total body length, making it a very powerful weapon!
More importantly, this sailfish was exceptionally large, weighing at least four or five tons!
Bang bang bang~!
However, since Bai Jue has returned to its original form and is no longer restrained by Steve's fishing rod, the giant sailfish suddenly becomes energetic.
Moreover, this guy was quite arrogant; his first reaction upon gaining his freedom was not to rush back to his familiar seawater environment.
Instead, it hopped around and used the spear-like spikes on its upper jawbone to poke the white jade that it had fished up!
Seeing this, Yichen quickly pulled Baijue up and evacuated towards land.
Meanwhile, the onlookers immediately activated their supernatural abilities, preparing to kill the large creature that had come ashore.
Huh~!
Pa~!
However, at this moment, a huge figure burst out of the sea and slammed a claw onto the head of the giant sailfish!
The sailfish's sturdy skull couldn't withstand the blow from that claw, and it caved in, with bright red blood flowing freely and its grayish-white, translucent brain swaying back and forth.
[Ding! Rock Smash skill proficiency increased by 1 (6666/10000)]
[Ding! Killed a prey, Killing Skill Proficiency +6666! (648000/1000000)]
As two system notifications echoed in his mind, Cang Nian's lips curled into a smile.