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[Current water area: City Park Lake]

[Current Fishing Spot: Morning Exercise Trail]

[Current Environment: High Crowd Flow]

Current weather: Sunny

Current time: Afternoon

Current fish condition: Disturbed

Chi Cheng frowned as he looked at the last four words.

"Interference?"

"Wait, guys, there are environmental factors in fishing games?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a running NPC strolled past slowly.

The footsteps grew louder as they approached, and the few small ripples that had been moving along the shore instantly dispersed.

Chi Cheng's eyes widened.

"Why!"

"Did the fish really get away?"

"City fish are different, they've really seen the world."

Chi Cheng refused to believe in bad luck and moved to a spot further away from the trail.

This time, instead of casting his line, he casually opened the shop and took a look.

The gold coins I just earned in the mud pit, after unlocking the map, are not many left.

But now that the map has been changed, there are obviously more items available for purchase.

[Fine Line Set: 55 Gold Coins]

[Small Ise-ni Hook: 30 Gold Coins]

[Fermented Rice Feed: 30 Gold Coins]

Corn kernels: 25 gold coins

Portable Aquarium: 180 Gold Coins

Chi Cheng paused for a moment when he saw the last one.

"An aquarium?"

"This game lets you raise fish?"

The comments section immediately perked up.

Here comes the second stage of the angler's journey: reluctant to sell.

Keep the pretty ones, sell the ugly ones.

[Fish: I thought I was going to die as soon as I got ashore, but I ended up in the streamer's house.]

The scene that fishermen hate most has appeared.

[This is a ten-dollar game?! It even has a built-in aquarium raising system?!]

With the aquarium as a collectible element, Chi Cheng became completely obsessed.

For the next hour, he was absolutely dominant by the lake in the park.

By constantly changing his bait and location, he caught a series of beautiful red-eyed fish, wild catfish with long whiskers, and even a pure white, extremely rare platinum koi!

When Chi Cheng encounters a good-looking or rare fish, he puts it in the aquarium; when he encounters an ordinary-looking bighead carp, he sells it directly to the system for money.

With the rapid accumulation of gold coins, Chi Cheng also upgraded his weapons.

He threw the ancestral broken bamboo pole into the warehouse and spent several hundred gold coins to buy a jet-black [high carbon fiber super stiff action fishing rod], along with [high tensile strength braided fishing line] and [luminous high sensitivity float].

"Cool!"

Chi Cheng looked at his gold coin balance, which had already surpassed one thousand in the upper right corner, and felt triumphant.

"Brothers, get geared up! The park lake can't hold my dragon anymore. It's time to go out and see what the outside world is like!"

He skillfully opened the world map.

[Outside the Reservoir], Unlock condition: 800 gold coins.

With his vast wealth, Chi Cheng simply waved his hand and unlocked it!

"Fishing has to be wild fishing! Let's go to a reservoir in the suburbs! I want to find real rivals in nature!"

Click on the [Outside Reservoir].

The scene shifts again.

This time, the scene was so vast that it inspired awe.

The sky is higher, and the water is wider.

Distant mountains rising in layers, and a deep, dark green reservoir.

"This map... feels different."

"Brothers, we're getting into the swing of things."

"This place definitely looks like it has big stuff."

"I'm not asking for anything else today, just give me a ten-pound one, so I can see the gold content of the reservoir."

The comments section started flooded with messages.

This place seems like it could really catch big fish.

The water tasted just right once it came out of the reservoir.

["Just ten pounds," the streamer's tone started to get arrogant.]

[I just caught a two-pound grass carp in the park lake and it started calling; now it's catching ten-pound ones.]

Chi Cheng changed to the thin line and corn kernels he had just bought, and with all his might, cast the float directly into the deep water area dozens of meters away.

The reservoir is very quiet.

This quiet was completely different from the bustling atmosphere of the park lake; it carried a sense of oppression before a storm.

I waited for several minutes.

The float remained motionless.

Chi Cheng was initially quite patient, but his expression gradually changed.

"Wait, are the fish in this reservoir really that aloof?"

"At least the park lake has some small fish splashing around, but this reservoir doesn't even give us a little bit of water?"

The comments section erupted with schadenfreude.

[Big Fish in the Reservoir: Who are you, streamer?]

[Trying to catch fish without baiting? Dream on.]

[Fishing Master's First Lesson: If the fishing spot doesn't attract fish, even a god can't help you.]

Chi Cheng glanced at the comments and immediately realized they made sense.

"OK."

"You mean baiting the nest, right?"

"Then I'll hit it."

He reeled in his fishing rod, opened his backpack, and scattered a small handful of the corn kernels he had just bought near his fishing spot.

Corn kernels have been added.

The probability of fish activity in the vicinity has slightly increased.

Chi Cheng nodded in satisfaction upon seeing the notification.

"See? The game has approved it too."

"This is what we call scientific fishing."

Re-bait and cast.

The fishing float fell into the water again.

One minute later, it was still motionless.

[Scientific fishing attempt failed.]

[Trying to fool a reservoir's fishermen with just a handful of corn? Is the streamer mistaking the fish for college students?]

[Get some more! The reservoir is so big, who can eat all that corn?]

Chi Cheng wanted to argue, but looking at the motionless fishing float, he gritted his teeth and opened the shop again.

Corn kernels: 25 gold coins/bag

"purchase."

[Fermented Rice Feed: 30 Gold Coins/Bag]

"Buy it too."

Fermented Corn (Old Jar): 60 Gold Coins/Bag

Chi Cheng remained silent for two seconds.

"This name sounds professional."

"purchase!"

Over the next ten minutes, the atmosphere in the live stream gradually went awry.

Chi Cheng has stopped fishing.

He started digging the nest.

Scatter the corn kernels.

Sprinkle the fermented rice mixture into the pan.

The fermented corn from the old jar was also sprinkled in.

Prompts kept popping up on the water's surface.

Corn kernels have been added.

[Fermented rice has been added.]

[Fermented corn has been added to the jar.]

The more you attack, the more nests there are!

The viewers in the live chat were stunned.

【No, are you here to fish or to feed the fish?】

"This would need a whole sackful!"

[Host, if you keep sprinkling this, the fish in the reservoir will be ready to be served at restaurants tomorrow!]

[Fish: Brothers, don't worry, someone's treating us to a meal today.]

[This isn't just fishing in the pond; it's poverty alleviation through the reservoir.]

Chi Cheng is very stubborn.

"What do you know?"

"To catch a big fish, you have to be willing to invest."

"If you don't invest in it, why should it trust you?"

"How many years have those big fish in the reservoir lived? What haven't they seen? I call this building rapport first."

The comments section was filled with laughter.

[Building a relationship? Are you dating a fish?]

This relationship came at a bit too much cost.

[If the streamer makes two more bags, the fish should give you a friend card.]

Despite the laughter, as more and more bait was added, the water surface did begin to change.

Occasionally, a string of tiny bubbles would rise from the once still, deep water.

An unnatural ripple will suddenly appear on the water in the distance.

The water flow feedback from the handle was no longer the monotonous light vibration of before, but a very slight disturbance every now and then, as if something was slowly approaching from the bottom of the water.

Chi Cheng's expression gradually became serious.

He reattached the line and took a deep breath.

"Brothers, this rod is different."

"I have a feeling."

The big shipment is coming!

This time, after the fishing float fell into the water, the live stream became much quieter.

Everyone kept laughing at Chi Cheng for feeding the fish, but when there was actually movement on the surface of the water, everyone couldn't help but stare at that small float.

Soon, the fishing float bobbed slightly.

Chi Cheng stared at the screen, barely saying a word.

After another ten seconds or so, the controller suddenly emitted a very dull vibration.

This tremor was not only large in amplitude, but also carried a chilling sense of power.

Immediately afterwards, the buoy on the water's surface, without even touching it, was instantly pulled into the deep water with a terrifying speed!

The fishing line on the water was stretched taut, making a piercing sound as it cut through the air!

Holy crap!

"What is this thing?!"

The controller started vibrating wildly.

The fishing line tension bar turned red almost instantly.

Chi Cheng quickly released the drag, but the underwater thing was completely unreasonable, dragging the line and rushing towards the deep water.

The vibration resistance on the handle was ridiculously high; Chi Cheng had to use all his strength to barely hold it down.

On the screen, the tip of the fishing rod was even submerged directly in the water!

Beneath the surface, a massive, suffocating black shadow was moving rapidly.

Huge waves burst open on the water's surface, instantly turning the reservoir's calm surface into a boiling mess.

"We can't hold them back! We simply can't hold them back!"

Chi Cheng frantically manipulated the joystick, trying to turn the fish's head around, but the monster underwater, weighing at least ten kilograms, wouldn't have any of it and launched a brutal, deadly charge!

"Sizzle sizzle sizzle..."

next second.

"Snapped!"

A crisp snapping sound rang out.

The fishing rod snapped back.

The violent vibrations of the controller abruptly ceased at that moment, instantly losing all power.

On the screen, the taut fishing line floated limply on the water's surface.

The huge black shadow, carrying Chi Cheng's fishing hook and float, disappeared completely into the unfathomable depths of the reservoir.

A notification pops up in the center of the screen.

[Fishing line broke!]

sluggish.

Chi Cheng looked at the broken fishing line on the screen, feeling somewhat distressed.

The live stream room was filled with gasps of surprise.

[Holy crap! The line cut!]

[A giant creature weighing over ten kilograms! It just got away like that?!]

[This pulling force is terrifying! My hands are going numb just looking at it on the screen.]

Has the streamer broken down?

The pond got a lesson from the fish!

[Fish: What kind of class do you think you are, daring to fish for me?]

[Fish: Thank you for the treat, I'll come again next time.]

It ate all those bags of corn, and the fish got away.

Chi Cheng stared at the empty water surface, remaining silent for a long time.

"Brothers."

"To be honest, that felt great."

"I didn't catch anything, but I had a great time."

"That immense sense of power, that tension of fighting to the death against an unknown underwater behemoth... this game delivered!"

"I originally thought that a ten-dollar fishing game was just something to have fun with."

"But now, it perfectly recreates the thrill of extreme hunting in a ten-dollar single-player game!"

"I have no idea how Chaoxi Games managed to do that!"

Then, he picked up his phone and glanced at the time, and suddenly froze.

"Holy crap, guys, it's already 7 PM?!"

"I started streaming at 1 PM and spent hours playing a fishing game like I was in prison?!"

Even Chi Cheng himself found it unbelievable.

For a streamer like him, who is used to fast-paced shooting games and various AAA titles, staring at a single fishing float for four consecutive hours is simply a fantasy.

But he just got hooked!

Not only did they get engrossed in the game, but they also felt like they hadn't had enough, their minds filled with the image of that big fish weighing over ten kilograms that had escaped from the reservoir earlier!

At this point, Chi Cheng looked at the camera, his tone very serious.

"Brothers, I genuinely recommend this one."

"I'm not doing this for a living."

"This time, I sincerely recommend everyone download this game!"

"This game is definitely the biggest dark horse in the domestic indie game scene this year!"

"And I just checked, the next map looks like it's some kind of overpriced, shady illegal mining site in the suburbs!"

"Shouldn't I give this guy a good talking to and teach that unscrupulous boss a lesson?"