Yun Jian on the screen knew nothing about any of this. She stopped and listened carefully. Only after the sound of the frogs croaking became clearer did she continue walking forward.
The water source wasn't far from her, but she didn't rush to get closer. Instead, she lowered her pace and stealthily approached. Usually, animals would come to drink near the water source, and if she encountered a large carnivore, she would be in danger.
And there was indeed some movement by the stream.
Yun Jian gently parted the grass and saw several men repeatedly spearing fish in the water with tree branches. She immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Upon seeing her appear, the people in the water immediately looked over alertly.
A man with a goatee looked her up and down, then walked over to her with a grin. "Little sister, are you a player too? Here to catch fish, huh? You're new here, so you don't know, but the fish in this game aren't like real fish. They're really hard to catch. Look at all the people in this stream, haven't they been battling for almost a whole day?"
Yun Jian glanced at him and immediately sensed that the man exuded the aura of a cunning businessman.
She whispered, "Excuse me."
The goatee-bearded man, unwilling to give up, moved to Yun Jian's side and continued his nagging: "I, Tang Jianyuan, have no hobbies in life, except for helping others. I'll help you catch fish, and afterwards, you only need to give me 80% of the task reward. See, you didn't do anything, and you got 20% of the reward for free. Isn't that a great deal?"
Upon hearing this, Yun Jian stopped and looked at Tang Jianyuan in disbelief.
80%!
Those unscrupulous merchants deserve to die a horrible death!
She disliked this man even more, glanced at him, and said irritably, "Don't block my way!"
Tang Jianyuan was taken aback, his face darkening. "Young lady, don't be so ungrateful. If you fail to complete the mission, you'll be close to death. If you come back to me then, the price won't be the same."
Yun ignored him and replied coldly, "I won't give my head to a heartless merchant."
She stood on the bank, rolled up her trousers, and was about to go into the water when a pebble suddenly fell into the water in front of her. Looking up, she saw Tang Jianyuan holding a few pebbles in his hand, grinning at her with ill intent.
"In this stream, whether someone can catch fish or not, I, Tang Jianyuan, have a say."
Yun lowered her eyes, looking somewhat irritated.
She looked at the sky, abandoned her plan to go into the water, and instead went into the woods to collect vines and palm leaves.
Viewers in the live stream were extremely anxious upon seeing this.
How can I encounter such a disgusting person while playing a game? Isn't this forcing someone to make a deal with him?
[If you ask me, Yun Jian should just agree to him. Anyway, she can't catch ten catties of fish by herself. Now she's made an enemy. As soon as she goes into the water, that guy surnamed Tang will come and cause trouble, and she'll be even less likely to complete her mission.]
[The person upstairs is too naive. If that guy surnamed Tang knew Yun Jian's task was to catch ten catties of fish, would he have done it?]
[I'm so worried! The situation is like this, Yun Jian, you need to think of a solution quickly! What are you doing setting up a campsite at a time like this? If we delay any longer, there won't be any time left!]
Amidst the arguments in the live chat, Yunjian's makeshift campsite was already set up.
At the same time, heavy rain also poured down.
The audience was astonished to see the screen almost completely filled with water vapor.
[Holy crap! What's going on? Why did it suddenly start raining so heavily?]
[I used to mock Yun Jian for her recklessness, but now I realize I was the clown! How did she know it was going to rain? Holy crap, that's incredible!]
[A reasonable analysis suggests that Yun Jian had looked at the sky several times by the stream, likely based on changes in the cloud cover.]
Lin Yongqi stared at the computer screen, then paused.
She does have some skills, after all; she's not as useless as she thinks.
With a simple tap, a small speaker icon appeared on the screen.
[Announcement: It was Yongqi, not the Fifth Prince, who tipped the streamer 200 Whale Coins...]
Meanwhile, Yun Jian, who was comfortably lying in the camp, had no idea about any of this. After a long day of commotion, she needed to take a nap to replenish her energy.
The heavy rain lasted almost all night.
In the morning, as the temperature began to rise, Yunjian came out of the camp and the system panel popped up on its own.
[Warning: Hunger has dropped to 60. The character is currently hungry, triggering a cascading effect: sanity is decreasing. Please replenish energy as soon as possible!]
Yun Jian glanced at it quickly and then closed the system interface, but her face showed no emotion.
It seems she had anticipated this situation.
Unhurriedly, Yun Jian found an open space, took out the green leaves he had picked yesterday, crushed them with a stone to extract the juice, sprinkled some juice on the soil, and waited there.
The viewers in the live chat were stunned by her action.
What is she doing? Isn't that wild vegetable? Eat it quickly to replenish your energy!
[I'm speechless. Watching Yunjian's livestream is so frustrating! She's a master of self-destruction. I can't take it anymore, I'm going to place a bet. She definitely won't be able to complete the task!]
[The system has already issued a warning; doesn't she understand the importance of food? Wasting food under these circumstances—is she trying to prolong her life?]
Just as netizens were expressing their disappointment, Yun Jian smiled and curled his lips on the screen.
Netizens are outraged: [How could she even be in the mood to laugh!]
But then, netizens saw Yun Jian bend down and pick up some small items from the ground.
As the camera zoomed in, they could see that Yun Jian was actually holding some earthworms!
After a moment of silence in the live stream, a few exclamation marks appeared.
[Holy crap again, an earthworm? Is she planning to catch ten pounds of fish? Now that I think about it, I think she might be able to complete the task.]
Even if she had earthworms, she didn't have a fishing rod, so it would be a waste of time; failing the task was a certainty.
[Looking at it another way, earthworms are a decent food source in the wilderness; maybe she was planning to eat them to replenish her energy?]
The comments section was full of analysis about Yun Jian's next move, and everyone thought their analysis made a lot of sense.
However, on the screen, Yun Jian did not choose to eat the earthworms after collecting them, but instead headed towards the stream.
See? I told you she wanted to go fishing!
Users who said Yunjian was fishing for fish were sending smug comments in the live chat.
Beside the stream.
More and more players are finding this place, wanting to complete the quest.
Yun Jian deliberately avoided crowded places, but as soon as she appeared, Tang Jianyuan still spotted her.
"You've finally come. I've been waiting for you for a long time."
Upon hearing the voice, Yun Jian frowned. Clearly, this person had already set their sights on her.
Tang Jianyuan, holding a tree branch shaped like a harpoon, swaggered towards Yun Jian. "Little girl, how about it? Have you thought about what I told you yesterday?"
Yun Jian didn't even raise his head, and simply walked past Tang Jianyuan.
She walked to the stream, picked up a twig, poked it in the water, and chose a spot to go in.
Tang Jianyuan followed, switching the branch in his hand from left to right and then back to left. When Yun Jian went into the water, he followed suit.
"What are you looking at? You can go into the water, but I can't? Do you own this stream?" Tang Jianyuan glared and shouted.
Yun Jian's gaze darkened; he remained silent, but secretly opened his system inventory and quietly took out a sharp branch he had prepared beforehand, holding it in his hand.
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