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Chapter 20 As long as I am illiterate, it cannot restrain me!

And this decisive blow came very quickly.

It was a little after nine o'clock at night.

Chi Cheng's live stream popularity has actually increased instead of decreased.

Logically speaking, viewers should be tired by now if a fishing game livestream lasts four or five hours.

But now, instead of leaving, the number of people in the live stream is increasing.

Because Chi Cheng had finally saved up enough gold coins, he had already unlocked the map that made countless fishing enthusiasts' blood pressure rise.

[Overpriced illegal scalping in the suburbs]

At this moment, Chi Cheng was completely obsessed!

[Entrance Fee: 300 Gold Coins]

[Standard Fishing Spot: 100 Gold Coins]

[Prime Fishing Spot: 200 Gold Coins]

[Fishing spot next to the aerator: 350 gold coins]

[Boss's Recommended Fishing Spot: 500 Gold Coins]

[Fish prices are relatively low today]

[Amount of fish released: The boss said they were released]

Chi Cheng was initially full of confidence, thinking that he had fought his way from the wild river at the village entrance to the reservoir in the suburbs, and had even encountered large men weighing over ten kilograms. He felt that the mere owner of the illegal pit was nothing to fear.

After experiencing it for ten minutes, he fell silent.

At a regular fishing spot, not a single bite.

I changed the corn, but the float wouldn't move.

I tried a different commercial bait, but it still didn't move.

After finally getting a slight twitch from the float, Chi Cheng lifted the rod, only to find the hook empty.

Wait, throw again, go short again, and the cycle continues...

I prepared some rice wine bait.

The fishing float doesn't budge.

He refused to believe it and added another handful of pellets to the hideout.

The water surface finally stirred.

Chi Cheng's eyes lit up as the float gently touched the water, and he suddenly lifted the rod.

Still no hook.

Holy crap!

"I won't accept this! Today I'm going to drain this pool dry!"

"And not only do you charge money to unlock the map, but you also charge money to enter!"

"Fine, I understand there's an entrance fee! But what kind of fish do you have here?!"

"Your fish must have been trained!"

Chi Cheng stared at the ever-shrinking gold coin balance in the upper right corner, his heart aching so much he could hardly breathe.

"Was this fish personally interviewed by the boss? No one gets the job unless they bite?"

He got angrier and angrier as he spoke, but his hand honestly clicked on the store icon.

[Black Pit Particles: 80 Gold Coins]

【Strong Fishy Potion: 120 Gold Coins】

[AHA Drops: 120 Gold Coins]

[Loose bait: 150 gold coins]

Chi Cheng gritted his teeth and stared at it for two seconds.

"Since we're already here!"

"Bought it!"

The live chat was filled with question marks.

【Wait, didn't you just say your boss ripped you off? How come you're still paying so much tuition?!】

Despite the complaints, the money still has to be paid.

The streamer has already started offering bribes to the boss.

This isn't just baiting the fish; it's practically a feast for them!

Here we go again, the familiar pre-cow sway!

Why don't you give the fish some digestive aids? You don't want it to get indigestion.

Chi Cheng was completely absorbed in his fishing ideas.

He first threw the black pit pellets into the water, then kneaded the loose bait and threw it into the fishing spot in clumps.

The water surface made continuous "plop, plop" sounds, as if a feast was being held for the fish in the pond.

Not content with that, he added various additives to the bait.

Strong fishy smell, fruit acid, granular powder, stringy powder...

After a series of actions, the viewers in the live stream were dumbfounded.

The owner of the illegal pit was grinning from ear to ear.

[Fish: Who's treating us tonight? Boss Chi is treating!]

[Holy crap! Are you digging a hole or filling in the sea?!]

[Is this Jingwei filling the hole?]

Chi Cheng is stubborn:

"What do you know? This is called luring fish!"

"How did you get that big fish in the reservoir? Didn't I catch it little by little with bait?"

"When it comes to fishing, you can't catch a wolf without risking your cub, and you can't catch fish without using your bait!"

As it turned out, the black pit was not a reservoir. In a reservoir, if you bait the spot, the fish will actually slowly move in.

Fish will come if you bait a fishpond.

But he seems picky; he just doesn't eat properly!

The float would sometimes rise half a mark, sometimes pause gently, and sometimes move slowly sideways. Chi Cheng's heart was about to jump out of his chest, but every time he lifted it, it was either an empty hook or a fish scale caught on it.

It's so hard!

Chi Cheng stared at the shrinking gold coins in the upper right corner, his heart aching so much he could hardly breathe.

The entrance fee is 300.

The prime fishing spot costs 200.

The cost of groundbait, additives, and bait adds up to a significant sum.

The money he painstakingly saved in the reservoir, which he had intended to use to buy more maps, has now all been wasted in this black pit, without even a sound.

But the more he lost, the more resentful he became.

The more dissatisfied he was, the more he wanted to get his money back.

That's the most terrifying thing about a black pit – it's constantly pulling you along!

So Chi Cheng could only slowly observe the wind direction, the location of the aerator, and the bubbles on the water surface. He had to choose a fishing spot, prepare the groundbait, adjust the bait's consistency, and ensure that his fishing line wasn't too thick.

At first, he was completely dominated by his boss.

But gradually, he actually figured out a bit of the trick.

After all, it's not like we won't eat the fish in the black pit.

They eat very cunningly.

The float didn't go completely black; instead, it gently bobbed up and then slowly dipped half a mark.

There's so much room for maneuver here!

Chi Cheng started by cursing his boss, but later he calmed down, staring at the fishing float and gripping the handle tightly.

You finally manage to catch one or two fish, but the buyback price is incredibly low!

After an unknown amount of time, Chi Cheng took a deep breath and decisively clicked to exit the Black Pit map.

"never mind."

"If I can't afford to offend them, can't I at least avoid them? If they don't want me here, there are plenty of other places that will!"

He opened the world map and his gaze immediately locked onto the gray area at the very edge of the entire hand-painted sheepskin scroll, which was also the most mysterious.

No fishing zone!

Unlock condition: 2000 gold coins.

Looking at the name and then at the 2150 gold coins he had left, Chi Cheng fell into deep thought.

"Luckily, I had enough savings from the reservoir!"

"But guys, to be honest, I never imagined that a single-player fishing game that's less than two gigabytes in size and costs ten yuan could keep me playing intensively for over six hours straight!"

"Is this the joy of fishing?"

Based on his current experience, sometimes going 0 for 20 minutes straight makes him so angry that he wants to throw his fishing rod away.

Sometimes you finally catch a fish, but then it gets away because you didn't control the fishing line properly.

Sometimes, even when you correctly judge the fish's bite, you still miss the best time to set the hook.

But the more he did this, the less he could stop.

Unlike the Reservoir map, the Black Pit map doesn't rely on large fish to create a sense of oppression.

It relies on mental torture!

You know perfectly well that the boss is making money off you.

You know perfectly well that you might not be able to break even.

But as soon as the float moves even slightly, you'll still feel like you've made your money back on the next catch!

Chi Cheng continued to pay money while fishing and cursing.

When he finally climbed out of the dark pit, he looked like he had just fought a tough battle.

This stuff is incredibly addictive!

Chi Cheng didn't want to sigh anymore. He slowly moved the mouse to the icon with the golden padlock.

"However, this final, ultimate map is actually called the No-Fishing Zone?"

The comments section erupted in a frenzy of discussion.

[No-fishing zone? Are there even any fish in there?]

[Going there would probably be a waste of time; the name itself sounds unlucky.]

[I've already come back from dinner, and the streamer is still fishing?]

[Brother Chi, think it over! You've got two thousand gold coins! What if you unlock a map where you can only look at the scenery but can't actually fish? You'll have worked for nothing today, and you won't even have money to go back to the starting village to buy earthworms!]

Faced with well-intentioned advice from the comments to turn off the game, a glint of wisdom flashed in Chi Cheng's eyes, and his tone was extremely firm.

"It's alright!"

"Our streamers all like to analyze the game!"

"Think about it, why is fishing prohibited in no-fishing zones?"

"Because there are lots of fish!"

"If there are no fish, what does it prohibit?"

"Why are there no-fishing zones in real life? It's because the ecology there is well-preserved! Because no one fishes or disturbs the water year-round, the fish can grow and reproduce freely!"

"And according to the game's logic, the places you're forbidden from going, the bigger the rewards!"

"This must be the final large-scale map!"

"Chaoxi Games placed this map last and set such a high barrier to entry; it's clearly an ultimate bonus map for us high-level players to farm gold to our hearts' content!"

The more Chi Cheng analyzed, the more he felt that his logic was absolutely flawless.

"What are you waiting for? This is called 'the greater the risk, the greater the reward'! Open it!"

soon.

Map unlocked, 2,000 gold coins deducted instantly.

Golden light flashed on the screen, and the mysterious gray mist completely dissipated!

A brand new loading screen appears.

The moment the screen lit up, the atmosphere in the entire live stream changed instantly.

Gone is the hustle and bustle of the park lake, and the open and bright reservoir.

The scene here has a dark color tone, surrounded by dense primeval forests, and seems to be at the cusp of dawn or dusk.

The water was a deep, dark green, and a thin, persistent white mist hung over the surface of the river.

Directly in front of the image stands a huge red sign with white lettering, bearing several glaring characters:

[All fishing and angling activities are strictly prohibited in key ecological protection areas! Violators will be held responsible for the consequences!]

In the distance, there were some scattered notice boards.

But the meanings are roughly the same.

Fishing is prohibited.

Protect aquatic ecological resources

On the muddy ground beneath those signs, there were several broken fishing rods, a flattened bait bag, and half an old landing net.

Looking at these details, Chi Cheng couldn't help but nod.

"sure."

"The atmosphere of the fishing ban has been created."

"It seems quite a few seniors have been here!"

"But don't be afraid! Just because they can't do it doesn't mean I can't!"

The comments section was filled with laughter.

[Is your situation really that bad, senior? How big must the fish here be?]