Chapter 878 The Gods' Game: Card Swapping 122
That same phrase again.
"The joy of fishing lies in the waiting and the adventure."
Yu Xunge ran her fingers over the text on the photo, looked at it for a while, and then pasted the photo back.
She wandered alone through the city at sunset for 24 hours.
Flipping through old newspapers in a shop's dilapidated warehouse, gazing at the port city from a lighthouse at sea, and reading biographies of fishermen in a bookstore.
When the time stop ended, Yu Xunge was already standing at the last fishing spot—the place where he had seen Blue Spot 11,367 times.
She stood by the wooden bridge, holding the "Sunset and Tsunami" scroll, with the sunset directly in front of her.
There was also a fisherman standing next to him, the fishing master who had recorded this fishing spot, looking at the sea and waiting for something.
Apprentices lingered on each wooden bridge, chatting in twos and threes. Most of them, like Yu Xunge, still held fishing rods in their hands.
Maple Syrup has changed her bait recipes hundreds of times. She is frowning as she adds a new recipe to the hooks. She has heard that this is a bait recipe that has been passed down for hundreds of years and is the favorite of bluefin bream.
Mist Blade sat not far away, holding a fishing rod in her hand.
This is an epic fishing rod that the owner finally allowed her to touch after she spent 200,000 fish bones at a fishing tackle shop.
She had just touched the most expensive fishing rod in the entire port city two hours ago, and then she copied it.
Fat Goose had given up. He lay in the middle of the wooden bridge with his hands behind his head. Ju Bai had just stepped over him and he hadn't caught his breath yet.
He turned to the side and sized up the apprentices who were still stubbornly holding onto their fishing rods.
He keenly sensed the difference; they all seemed to be holding on, but some apprentices only appeared to be holding on—it was easy, all they had to do was hold the fishing rod.
Some apprentices were unwilling to give up. They had tried their best, and now they were just missing a bit of luck or a miracle, like maple syrup or a mist blade.
But some apprentices... are like long swords that have been gathering strength for a long time, waiting for the moment to strike.
He looked at Xun Ge at the end of the wooden bridge. The sun had already set below the horizon, and from this angle, she was standing right in the sunset.
A pale red countdown appeared on the fiery clouds in the sky—00:07:21.
With only 7 minutes left, she still hadn't given up.
——00:05:00
Suddenly, a nearly transparent, pale blue fish appeared in front of Yu Xunge. The fish had flowing fluorescence on its body and was swimming towards the setting sun.
"Blue spots!"
"Blue spots have appeared!"
"Quick—Blue Spot!"
The sound of waves rose, and a deep blue ship's rudder appeared before Yu Xunge.
— [Illogical]!
"My bait is the kind of bait that bluefin bream love to eat the most!"
With those words, Yu Xunge cast his fishing rod again, and the hook landed steadily right in front of the blue spotted grouper!
Distorting the perceptions of all living beings will naturally also distort the perceptions of Blue Blue!
However, to her dismay, the bluefin bream didn't even glance at the bait. It gracefully twisted its body, brushed past the bait, and continued swimming towards the sunset without looking back.
Yu Xunge was the fastest to act among the apprentices, but he was by no means the only one who had not yet given up on Blue Blue.
Queque, Douli, Xiexie, Taoyou... all the apprentices who wanted to win the championship rushed over.
The sea where Blue Blue was located was pried out as if an ice block had been pushed out of an icebox.
But soon, an invisible hand reached into the icebox, attempting to grasp the blue spot along with the seawater.
Queque and Douli have started their operation, and more skills are on the way.
The apprentices couldn't fight each other, so Yu Xunge could only watch. She couldn't forcibly interrupt their skills with "There's a Cat Here," but just as her heart sank, things took an unexpected turn. The blue spotted cat jumped straight through all the skills and back into the sea!
The apprentice's skills are ineffective against it?!
Bluefin bream can only be caught using the most traditional methods.
Yu Xunge flew over with her fishing rod, hovering directly above the blue spotted grouper, and began casting the bait in front of it again and again.
The flying apprentices swarmed over like locusts, almost obscuring half the sky. They began casting their lines around the bluefin bream or flying alongside it, bringing the bait in front of the bream in an attempt to lure it to eat.
Blue-spotted fish repeatedly evaded the bait.
No skill can catch it.
4 minutes...
3 minutes...
On the high seas, only a handful of apprentices remain who persist in following Blue Blue.
That's so stupid.
Everyone could see that the bluefin bream wasn't taking the bait.
Sometimes, even knowing that doing something will not yield results, we still try again and again. This kind of persistence not only fails to move anyone, but also makes others think we are foolish.
2 minutes...
Even Maple Syrup and Mist Blade stopped.
So pathetic, like a toddler throwing a tantrum after their favorite toy has been taken away, helpless and laughable.
Only Yu Xunge hasn't given up yet.
Her black hat billowed in the sea breeze at sunset as she followed Blue Blue, casting her line again and again, landing the bait right in front of Blue Blue. The sunset was dim, and no one could see if there was pleading or tears in her eyes.
Maple Syrup couldn't help but advise, "Forget it... it's too late..."
The voice that came out was soft and gentle, as if murmuring to herself, not as soft as the sea breeze.
That person was so serious, so serious, that you felt it would be an insult to her to advise her to give up.
When only seconds remained in the air, Yu Xunge finally stopped. She was panting, her trembling right hand hanging down naturally, her long fishing rod lightly touching the surface of the sea, creating a ripple.
She was the last apprentice to stop, and also the apprentice closest to Blue Blue.
She watched helplessly as Blue Spot left it and swam towards the setting sun.
Ahead, Blue Spot swims towards the setting sun without looking back, while behind him are the apprentices hovering in the air. The closer they get to the shore, the more apprentices there are, making the formation look like a fan from above.
They were looking at Blue Spot, and also at the apprentice who persisted to the very end without giving up.
The warm sea breeze seemed to carry the scent of shattered dreams.
There won't be a "Heavenly Hand of a Wealthy Seven" this year either.
...
Tianhu Haoqi propped his cheek on his hand, gazing at the game scene that resembled a beautiful oil painting.
Behind them, there were sighs of regret; the school principals were saying that they wouldn't see Tianhu Haoqi again this year.
He wailed softly, "There's still a chance."
Tianhu Haoqi replied in an even softer voice, "Yeah, there are still 48 seconds left."
Sitting beside the wailing figure, the wind whale, who had remained silent until now, spoke for the first time: "Yes."
Only Tianhu Haoqi knows when the game will end.
On the other side of the audience seats.
The blood elf blinked hard, trying to clear the heat from her eyes: "It's just a fish, really. She did her best, right? What can you do if the skill isn't suitable?"
Black Cat: "Two minutes ago you were calling her a fool who can't accept failure and only throws tantrums."
Blood Elf: "I take back what I said. I was the fool. If only Zhu Ri hadn't left the arena, she would have forgiven her apprentice for not winning the championship."
Black Cat: "...Sigh, yeah."
A black-haired dwarf in the front row suddenly turned around and glanced at them, his eyes filled with incomprehension, disdain, and a hint of speechlessness.
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