With Li Sheng around, the Monkey King's victory was almost a foregone conclusion. The Monkey King once again ascended his throne, and after dusting himself off, he left behind only fruit and not a single leaf.
The Monkey King also escorted Li Sheng on his way. He went to the trap again, but after his experience of being trapped there by a snake, he didn't dare to open the lid with his bare hands. Instead, he kept his distance for a while and first tapped it with his axe. If there was prey inside, it would definitely make a sound.
Sure enough, his tapping caused a commotion and panic among the trapped prey. This time it was a wild rabbit, but it wasn't very big; it wouldn't be enough for Cuihua to eat back home.
Cuihua is the mother leopard's new name. The cubs are named Dahua, Erhua, Sanhua, and Yaohua respectively. They don't have any special meanings; the main point is that being extremely rustic is trendy.
The food we brought back from this trip isn't enough to feed the whole family, so it looks like we'll have to spend some more time fishing today.
Fortunately, he still had lures, otherwise it would have been difficult to support his family of three by hunting in the forest. However, after the first day of newbie benefits, the fish he caught in the following days were unremarkable, with the largest not exceeding 200 pounds.
Sitting on the bamboo raft, Li Sheng cast his line very frequently, and soon there was movement. Just by feeling the fish, he could tell how big it was.
"Finally, the big one is here. This fish must be a hundred pounds."
After a struggle, the fish came up; it was a large mackerel, weighing about 100 pounds as expected.
He should have had enough meat for the day, but he didn't intend to stop there. Instead, he continued casting his line, wondering if the reason he couldn't catch any big fish was because the bait was too small.
This time, Li Sheng prepared live bait—small fish he had caught before—and he changed to the largest hook he had ever used.
"This bait could sell for at least a hundred yuan in the market."
"The fish that I couldn't bear to eat was used as bait."
"If you're unwilling to use good bait, how can you catch big fish? This is just the most common practice."
"This streamer is quite skilled. Fishing isn't as simple as just casting the hook; you also need to know what the right time, place, and people are."
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It sounded incredible, but Li Sheng really did catch a big fish. The commotion was so great that it completely exceeded Li Sheng's tolerance. This fish was definitely the biggest he had ever caught.
Li Sheng was pulled by the big fish and ended up lying on the bamboo raft, hooking his feet onto the raft to prevent himself from being dragged into the sea by the fish.
This time, he's on a big cargo plane, which is exciting, but also very dangerous. If he gets dragged into the sea, he might face the same fate as when he fought the sharks before, and he doesn't want to go through that again.
However, he couldn't do anything else for the time being and could only remain in a stalemate, waiting for the fish to run out of energy, but it didn't seem that easy.
With a strong tug from the big fish, Li Sheng slid forward.
This won't do; he'll definitely be dragged into the water by this fish. We have to kill it.
Fish in the sea struggle and occasionally surface, revealing a very large shadow.
The moment the fish surfaced, Li Sheng swiftly drew his crossbow. The arrows inside were coated with cobra venom, and although a considerable amount of time had passed, some venom still remained. It was too difficult for him to give up on this fish; he had to capture it.
Let's take a gamble.
Before the fish sank, he fired quickly, aiming for its spine. Any animal that suffers a spinal injury will be paralyzed, although he wasn't sure if the crossbow's power would be sufficient.
It was highly unlikely, so he chose to win by sheer numbers. Obviously, Li Sheng's actions triggered the fish, and at this moment, the big fish in the sea was struggling desperately, with a force that Li Sheng could not control.
So he could only keep firing his arrows quickly, because if the fish continued like this, he would end up in the sea with his rod.
However, he was always a lucky and fortunate human, and the fish quickly lost its ability to resist.
He gradually pulled her closer, and upon closer inspection, he saw that all the arrows Li Sheng had fired were embedded in the back of the giant sturgeon, stuck in its bones.
No one knows how he did it; his strength is terrifying to a fantastical degree.
The fish wasn't dead, it was just paralyzed.
If we were to use a metaphor to describe a person, it would be like a ditch on their back, with nails all pointing straight down.
This fish weighs nearly 600 pounds, and Li Sheng can only drag it to the shore by using the buoyancy of the water; it would be very difficult to drag it directly up this slope.
So he chose to dissect the two big fish he caught, and the smaller fish wouldn't go to waste either, since there are plenty of mouths to feed these days.
Once the sturgeon's belly was cut open, it was filled with black fry, sturgeon roe, and black gold—this was a huge windfall!
"Is this what those pretentious people do, putting it in the tiger's mouth and licking that thing with their mouths?"
"This stuff is expensive, but seeing so many of them gathered together looks a bit disgusting."
"This amount could fill hundreds of Michelin-starred restaurants."
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It really was that stuff, but Li Sheng wasn't into it. He'd tried all sorts of fish roe these past few days, and after trying it, he found the taste to be just so-so. In the end, he fed it all to the chickens.
It's such a waste.
With so many kilograms of fish, we won't have to worry about food for at least the next two weeks.
Every day, Li Sheng would still go back to the monkey forest to take a stroll. His guess was right; the lower-ranking monkey was still thinking about reclaiming the throne at any moment, and he still had quite a few monkeys supporting him.
Monkey King was almost tricked, but luckily Li Sheng arrived just in time and taught those monkeys who were trying to seize power a lesson, which further solidified Li Sheng's position, and Monkey King's position was also completely secured.
He ate well and his physique returned to that of the robust monkey he once was, and the rewards that Brother Monkey brought him were very generous.
Whenever Li Sheng went there, the Monkey King would direct the other monkeys to pick fruit for him. They would always come with empty baskets and leave with baskets full.
The scene resembled a ritual offering.
Li Sheng was living a comfortable life, but he still didn't let his guard down and patrolled the woods near the shelter, since something had hurt Cuihua before.
He also discovered clues: not far from the shelter, he found feces, which were bear feces.
Therefore, he was very cautious when he went out. All his arrows were coated with cobra venom, and he never let go of his axe. Unfortunately, he never managed to come face to face with that thing.
However, he has always been lucky and has a high probability of running into someone, so he has been rehearsing in his mind many times how to kill them if they happen to meet.
Two months have passed in the blink of an eye, and none of the remaining three teams have withdrawn. Wang Yao and Yang Xiaoxiao are now the most surprising combination.
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