Chapter 107

Hearing Alicio's cry, Ye Bai felt no emotion at all. He even regretted that he was not a real devil. Otherwise, if he could absorb some of Alicio's negative emotions, it would probably be a great experience.

She casually consoled him, "It's okay. You're incorporeal, so you won't actually be eaten. This really makes good use of your ability to lure living creatures!"

"Is that the same kind of lure?!" Under the water, Arisio was tied to the fishhook by the chain of truth, and his body was compressed by Ye Bai into a ball of green fluorescence. At this time, it was floating slowly with the flow of the sea water, and it looked really attractive.

"That's about right. Don't worry about the details." Ye Bai waved his hand.

Using the devil as bait was not a sudden idea of ​​Ye Bai, but the devil was the best choice of bait in all aspects.

Its intangible nature means that Alisio is a standard lure and it is impossible for him to be eaten by fish as bait. Food is scarce on this deserted island, and Ye Bai cannot use real food to fish. If he doesn't catch anything, it will be worse.

And even if it is really eaten by fish, Ye Bai can transmit it out again through the contract. It can be said to be healthy, non-toxic, green and environmentally friendly... Oh, speaking of green, this thing can also naturally emit green fluorescence, which is also unique in attracting some fish.

The more Ye Bai thought about it, the more he felt that if the devil fell into the eyes of a professional angler, it would definitely be an excellent bait.

Ignoring Arisio, Ye Bai completed the fishing action and opened his personal attribute panel.

After waiting for a while, Ye Bai's eyes gradually brightened and he smiled.

The stamina value actually didn't move at all!

Not only the physical strength that would naturally be consumed by the activity of fishing, but also the physical strength that Ye Bai himself would consume over time, all came to a standstill with the action of fishing.

In other words, the characteristics of the fishing stool take priority over the influence of the Kraken's breath. If Ye Bai can endure it, theoretically he can use this characteristic to fish here forever.

Add to that a fishing rod that can catch any big fish and a fish basket that can hold an unlimited amount of fish, this three-piece fishing gear set is truly... a fisherman's magic weapon!

However, for now, the mere effect of stopping physical exhaustion has made Ye Bai breathe a sigh of relief. It would be even better if he could catch some more fish.

Fishing is also a life skill in the Ten Thousand Worlds. If there are abundant water resources near the territory, you can build a fisherman's hut early. As a source of food for the territory, fish can be directly supplied to the villagers for consumption, or it can be made into smoked fish in a smokehouse and preserved for a longer period of time.

When Ye Bai first chose the territory, he had seen the lake and river resources nearby, but he did not choose them because of the source energy crystal mines. Now that the direct jurisdiction of the territory has expanded, he built a fisherman's hut near the lake not long ago.

Fishermen working in fisherman's huts can also become fishermen by mastering fishing skills.

Correspondingly, players can also activate fishing proficiency when fishing on their own. There are five levels in total. The higher the level, the more advanced fish with special attributes can be caught.

High-level fish will have different beneficial effects after being eaten. Some fish scales, tentacles, blood, etc. can also be used as materials for making potions.

Fishing proficiency is not easy to improve. In Wanjie, if players want to improve their fishing proficiency, it is inevitable that they will spend a lot of physical strength and time. In addition, they also need to be equipped with high-level fishing rods and bait in terms of tools, which requires a lot of investment in the early stage.

After completing these basic preparations, you must then choose a suitable water area. If it is an ordinary small lake, no matter how high your fishing level is, the upper limit of the water area is there, and it is impossible to catch any high-level fish. High-level fish are basically in various more dangerous areas.

Ye Bai had never fished in the Ten Thousand Worlds before, so when he opened the fishing proficiency page, he naturally started from scratch.

But the starting point she has now is the best in every aspect.

A three-piece fishing gear set that can be called a fishing artifact, the most advanced water area in the entire universe - the deep sea of ​​the divine realm, and... a devil fish bait that will never run out. The only thing to consider is whether there are any fish in this seemingly desolate sea area.

The sea breeze blew, and the sea surface below Ye Bai was sparkling with waves. It was so deep and boundless that the situation underwater could not be seen.

From the truck of seafood sent to the Lord of Purgatory that Ye Bai had seen in Purgatory, it can be inferred that this deep sea hidden in the interlayer of Purgatory is definitely not a dead sea, otherwise it would be impossible for the Purgatory creatures that are afraid of water to get seafood. However, Ye Bai is afraid that because of the influence of the Kraken's breath, no other fish dare to approach this sea area.

Fishing is an activity that requires time and patience. As time passed, Ye Bai did not receive any other movement except the complaints from the devil Arisio transmitted through the chain of truth.

Holding the cold fishing rod in her hand boredly, her thoughts raced, and she couldn't help but wonder about the origin of this set of fishing gear.

Whose fishing gear did this belong to? What fish had ever been caught in this now-empty basket? Why was it placed here?

This characteristic is so outrageous that even the sea god Kraken could be caught.

As soon as this outrageous guess came into his mind, Ye Bai suddenly shuddered. Wait, with this all-round restraint effect, could it be that this fishing gear is really intended to be used to catch the sea god?

As luck would have it, at this moment, Ye Bai felt the fishing rod in his hand move, and the mantra chain that acted as a float began to shake violently and sink, and a pulling force came from the end of the fishing rod.

"Let me go back!!!" Alisio screamed, which came directly through the truth chain.

"!!" The hairs on Ye Bai's back stood up, and her mind was filled with shock and anxiety. She couldn't tell whether she was more worried or more excited. She just held the fishing rod tightly in her hand and pulled it up with force.

Originally, Ye Bai subconsciously wanted to stand up from the fishing chair and exert herself, but then she inexplicably thought that only by sitting on a fishing stool would she not consume any physical strength. This information immediately occupied her blank mind, and she immediately sat down again.

So, under the strange gazes of Ottophis and the paper man, Ye Bai maintained a strange posture of exerting force, sat on the fishing stool, and pulled up a creature that had just been hooked underwater.

During this time, since Asilio kept shouting through the truth chain, Ye Bai took it back with just a thought.

Asilio suddenly appeared in the air next to him and let out a sigh of fear.

"What's that down there?"

Ye Bai frowned and exerted force while asking Alisio, his heart beating rapidly.

At this time, the fishing line is taut, the fishing rod is pulled into an arc, and the creature hooked underwater is struggling desperately.

Even though he was a magic profession, and even though this posture was not easy to use, Ye Bai had reached level 40 as a second-level professional. The fishing rod had a constant maximum weight of 5 kilograms, and the hooked creatures were still irresistibly pulled ashore little by little.

"Huh... I don't know. I couldn't see anything underwater. I just felt a strong life force approaching very quickly, and then... I was swallowed up."

As he said the last sentence, Asirio's voice trembled uncontrollably. The devil's fear of death was ingrained in his bones. Even though he knew that he was an incorporeal creature and would not be hurt, seeing himself being swallowed by something still caused him great psychological trauma.

Asilio looked at Ye Bai with anger and fear, as if she was the devil.

Before meeting Ye Bai, these devils were all decent and elegant, luring living beings, leaving contracts, and harvesting souls. Even if they offended the Lord of Purgatory, they could not wipe it out and could only lock it up in a big jail. When had they ever suffered such injustice!

Didn't get any information from Asilio, but Ye Bai didn't need it, because the next moment -

“Crash!”

Splashes of water exploded on the water surface, and a white figure at least two meters tall emerged from the water. Following the momentum of the fishing rod, it flew onto the sea surface, drawing a graceful parabolic arc in the air. The salty and bitter sea water even splashed on Ye Bai's face.

“Snap!”

The white figure that was caught was pulled up by the fishing rod and fell heavily to the ground behind Ye Bai.

“Patta, patta…”

The sound of flesh hitting the ground continued to be heard. Ye Bai and others looked over and saw a large silver-white fish with fine scales all over its body struggling on the ground.

“What a big fish!”

After Ye Bai saw the creature he had caught, his eyes widened. He breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time, he felt a strange sense of loss... Well, this fish definitely couldn't be the Kraken, the god of the sea.

The big fish struggled for a moment and then became wilted.

Ye Bai suddenly understood and saw the information about the big fish.

【Ice Snapper】

Level: Rare

Attribute: Food/Material

Weight: 75.8kg

Capture level: Highest

Condition: Alive (under anesthesia)

Quality rating: S

Wow!

This ice snapper weighed over 100 kilograms, and with its struggling strength, it definitely had a pulling force of several hundred kilograms. However, due to the special effect of the magic fishing rod, its weight was limited to within 10 kilograms, so when it was hooked, Ye Bai felt unexpectedly relaxed.

Fishing catches have unique attributes. The level is the species level, which refers to the rarity of the fish. The weight, catch level, and condition are the three major factors that affect the quality evaluation of the fish, and are related to how much fish meat and materials can be harvested from the fish.

Because fish are [captures], they can be processed and collected later. This collection process is like reopening a blind box. The higher the quality rating of the fish, the higher the quantity and level of materials that can be harvested, and the higher the fishing skill proficiency gained.

This giant ice snapper is not only a rare purple fish, but also extremely large in size and weight. In addition, Ye Bai's anesthesia fishhook can obtain the highest capture level, so the final quality evaluation reaches the highest S level.

In addition, fish with a quality rating of B or above can be taken to the Fishing Enthusiasts Association to be made into specimens free of charge. The prepared specimens can be displayed at home as decorations to show off, and can also increase the reputation of the Fishing Enthusiasts Association, which can then be exchanged for various high-end fishing rods and baits.

At the same time, Ye Bai received a system prompt:

[You gain 120 points of Fishing proficiency]

[Your 'Fishing' skill has been upgraded to 'Fishing I' level]

Catching a fish directly fills up the first level of fishing proficiency. This is the power of the three highest-level bonuses. It has to be said that Ye Bai’s current starting point is the end point of many anglers. If he had really caught the Kraken, the god of the sea, just now, I wonder if Ye Bai would have directly upgraded to 'Fishing V'.

Putting aside this outrageous idea, Ye Bai walked to the anesthetized ice snapper.

Ottophis sniffed the ice snapper curiously, opened his big teeth and gestured, looking eager to try it.

Ye Bai's mouth twitched as he watched from the side. Eating bread was fine, after all, it was vegetarian. But the setting of a donkey eating fish didn't seem very reasonable...

However, Ottophis quickly rolled his eyes, stopped his movements, and then cast his gaze towards Ye Bai, giving her a look -

Ye Bai strangely understood the message from its eyes: process it before eating.

"You... okay."

[Do you collect fish?]

【yes】

After the choice was made, just like after killing a BOSS, the huge ice snapper turned into white light, and Ye Bai obtained a large number of drops at the same time. The only difference was that there was no experience point gained from killing monsters.

[Obtain 'Fresh Ice Snapper Meat' x20]

[Obtain 'Ice Snapper Blood' x5]

[Obtain 'Ice Snapper Bones' x8]

The fish blood and bones are both purple magical materials, while the fresh ice snapper meat is a golden legendary ingredient.

【Fresh ice snapper meat】

Level: Legend

Attribute: Food

Special effect: Within 1 hour after consumption, fire damage is reduced by 80%.

Description: Extremely delicious fish meat, with natural cooling magic, can be eaten raw even if you don't know how to cook it.

This special effect is the effect of eating raw. One thing that can be confirmed is that cooking it can restore higher physical strength than eating it directly. As for how much physical strength can be replenished after eating it, it depends on the cooking level of the maker.

"Ahhh!"

Seeing the fish that Ye Bai had harvested, Ottophis on the side cried out, and from its expression it seemed that it wanted to eat it.

Having just caught his first fish, Ye Bai also felt very curious and somewhat understood the feelings of the fishermen. The moment he successfully caught a fish, he would have an incomparable sense of accomplishment, and the feeling of satisfaction was somewhat similar to when he had a good harvest from farming.

Then try it!

Ye Bai raised his eyebrows and became interested. After putting the ice snapper materials into his backpack, he built a bonfire nearby with the firewood on his body.

Ye Bai naturally had no cooking skills, and there were no cooking ingredients nearby, so he just made the simplest grilled fish.

"boom!"

Soon, flames rose, and Ye Bai's hands moved skillfully under the guidance of the system. He skewered the fish meat with two long fish bones and roasted it on the campfire. The island was bare without any branches, so he could only use fish bones to skewer the fish. However, once there is a chance, there will be two. Now it has been proven that there are fish in this place, so he can just continue fishing later.

Soon, the fish skewers grilled on the fire began to overflow with fat, and a layer of golden charred layer appeared on the delicate white fish meat, which made people's appetites grow.

Fish is the fastest cooking of all meats. Ye Bai quickly cooked large pieces of fish. He prepared one piece to feed Ottophis, who was spinning around anxiously after smelling the fragrance, and kept one piece in his hand.

As for the devil Asilio, he could only smell the smell like a ghost.

Of course, the worst off was the paper man, who couldn't even smell anything. Ye Bai suggested drawing a fish for him to taste, but he refused with a complicated expression. It was obvious that the drawn things were not tasty.

"Ahhhhhhhh!"

"It's still a little hot, eat slowly." At Ottophis's urging, Ye Bai handed the hot fish to it and reminded it to eat slowly.

The next moment, Ottophis opened his mouth wide and swallowed the entire piece of fish vertically into his mouth.

"Well!"

"Baji, baji... Gulu!"

He swallowed the fish in one gulp, chewed it twice, and then Ye Bai clearly saw the intoxicated expression on Ottophis's donkey face.

“Is it really that delicious?”

Ye Bai picked up the other skewer of fish in his hand with some doubt and took a bite.

Fresh, tender, and chewy, after chewing, you can also feel a little bit of indescribable cool sweetness, wonderful~

After taking a sip, Ye Bai, who was used to drinking nutrient solution and whose taste buds had deteriorated in reality, once again experienced the feeling of eating carefully cooked delicacies after being extremely hungry, with a kind of spiritual enjoyment attached. Although he had never eaten it, Ye Bai felt at this moment that the "science fiction and fierce" delicacies produced by the ancient civilization with super taste buds were probably no more than this.

It is worthy of being a gold-grade ingredient. Even if it is just grilled, it tastes so good!

Ye Bai's eyes lit up, and he happily finished a skewer of grilled fish. Then he took out two more pieces of fish, put them on the bones and continued to grill them.

"Ahhhhhhhh!"

Ottophis on the side also let out an excited cry when he saw this. Ye Bai took out a piece of bread and gave it to him.

“Baji…”

Ottophis finished the bread in one bite, then continued to stare at the fish Ye Bai was grilling.

Well, it looks like this guy wants it all.

Shaking his head with a smile, Ye Bai continued to grill the fish while opening his character panel to check how much physical strength he recovered after eating a piece of grilled fish.

However, after seeing the data, Ye Bai couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

The physical strength was restored by 35 points, which is the value of ordinary grilled fish. Even though the grilled fish is delicious, it seems to still follow Ye Bai's cooking level and has only basic added value. If it has not been grilled, the raw fish can only restore 25 points of physical strength.

Every time Ye Bai grilled a piece of fish, he spent 10 points of physical strength, twice as much as before. In addition, when grilling Ottophis, a piece of fish only restored 15 points of physical strength in essence. It can be said that the efficiency is not high.

Of course, after eating the grilled ice snapper meat, Ye Bai also gained the special effect of fire resistance, which is very effective in dealing with purgatory enemies. Unfortunately, Ye Bai does not need to fight monsters now.

At this moment, Ye Bai, who was about to close the character page, happened to glance at the personal experience pool below.

Ye Bai paused and checked the amount of experience.

Originally, Ye Bai's experience was enough to upgrade to level 45 or above, and except for the last two digits, it was exactly an integer of 4.5 million. At this moment, the ten thousandth digit changed from zero to five, which was a full 50,000 more experience than before.

Fishing is a rewarding life skill, so it only increases skill proficiency, not personal experience like a historian.

So where does this experience come from?

Apart from fishing, Ye Bai's only action during this period was to eat a fish.

Ye Bai looked at the fish being roasted on the campfire, his eyes lit up, and a new guess came to his mind.

Soon, the new fish was grilled.

This time, Ye Bai did not feed Ottophis first, but quickly ate the first portion of grilled fish to verify his idea.

After eating a string of delicious and tender fish, Ye Bai opened his personal panel and paid attention to the experience pool.

The next moment, the five in the ten thousandth place suddenly jumped and turned into zero, while the number in the hundred thousandth place next to it changed from "five" to "six".

"this……"

Ye Bai was shocked. Eating fish actually increased his experience points?!

If that's the case, what's the difference between this and becoming stronger by breathing?

Ye Bai hadn't eaten anything before, and his physical strength was restored by leveling up, so he only noticed this effect now.

"What's wrong?" The paper man and Ottophis on the side saw Ye Bai's strange behavior and looked over.

"After eating the fish, I found that my strength has increased." The NPC didn't know what experience points were, so Ye Bai organized the most intuitive language to describe it.

"Is it... because the fish meat is of high quality?" The paper man was also very surprised when he heard this.

From previous experience, we know that the paper man can only see Ye Bai's personal information at an approximate level, and cannot be refined to more detailed "experience value" changes, so he did not notice this effect.

Fish meat? However, the description of fish meat doesn't mention that it increases experience. Theoretically, if it did, the system information would at least have some ambiguous description, like the treasure hunting function in the Golden Compass.

Ye Bai shook his head: "I don't think so."

At this moment, the paper man suddenly thought of something and said, "Could the problem be with 'eating'?"

"Eat..." Ye Bai had a flash of inspiration and immediately took out a piece of bread from her backpack and ate it. Then, she found that in addition to recovering 30 points of physical strength, her experience pool also increased. However, compared to the grilled fish, the bread only increased her experience points by 200 points.

But no matter how much, the key point is that the experience points have increased!

"Yes, it's eating!" Ye Bai confirmed the information, and then immediately thought of the influence of the breath of the sea god Kraken: "Is it because... of hunger?"

"Indeed." The paper figure nodded. "The Sea God's aura is extremely powerful. This 'hunger' may already be a hunger within the meaning of the law. Under the influence of this aura, if you satisfy your hunger, you will receive a 'reward' in some sense."

"Hiss..." Ye Bai took a deep breath and suddenly felt enlightened.

Archaeological experience is great for historians, but they also need to find ruins. Where else can you find something as good as eating and drinking to become stronger? Why not seize the opportunity?!

Before, Ye Bai felt that the doubled consumption of physical strength was very damaging and food was in short supply. Now, she just felt that the Kraken... no, the fish were quite good!

And from the previous comparison between grilled fish and bread, it can be seen that the higher the level of food Ye Bai eats, the more experience points he can gain.

After feeding the freshly grilled fish to Ottophis, Ye Bai immediately sat down on the fishing stool again.

This deep sea in the cracks of purgatory has no day and night. Ye Bai transformed himself into the most enthusiastic fisherman, and forgot about time as he sat there.

Deep sea eels tumbling with currents, fill the fish basket!

Four-meter-long black catfish, filled with fish basket!

Rainbow koi with colorful halos, filled with fish baskets!

Translucent fluorescent jellyfish, fill the fish basket!

I'm fishing!

I eat eat eat!

[Your 'Fishing' skill has been upgraded to 'Fishing IV' level]

All the fish caught were high-level fish, the lowest of which was rare. Two days later, Ye Bai, who had originally been mainly gaining experience, had his fishing level continuously improving, and his proficiency was not far from the highest level.

On this day, Ye Bai, who had cast countless strokes, once again felt the waves coming from underwater.

“Crash!”

After skillfully raising the rod, Ye Bai's eyes focused. The expected shadow of the big fish did not appear, only a small ball of something flew over his head.

This is rare, because none of the fish Ye Bai caught in this obviously high-end sea area were smaller than one meter.

"Plop." Accompanied by the sound of the 'fish' falling to the ground.

Ye Bai just turned around when he heard a clear little girl's voice shouting, "Hungry, hungry, hungry!!!"

Hahaha, my birthday was yesterday but I went out to play, so I’ll make up for it and update today~