Just when Lu Ye made up his mind to take a temporary break from fishing to recuperate, a bright red system prompt suddenly popped up on the world channel, instantly catching the attention of all online players!
[World Announcement: Due to the player "Lu Ye" successfully handling and utilizing the "Extreme Environment Stress Test," which produced "positive unknown impacts" on the marine ecosystem, the negative status of "Monster Attack Intensity Increased by 150%" has been lifted early!]
[World Announcement: Congratulations to player "Lu Ye" for earning the special title - "Fishing Master"!]
[Fishing Master: Passive effect: Your chance of encountering random supply boxes while sailing in the sea increases by 10%!]
“???”
"What's going on? The system will remove the debuff in advance?"
"Lu Ye? It's this Lu Ye again! What on earth did he do to anger heaven and man... No, what earth-shattering deed did he do?"
"Fishing Master? That title doesn't sound impressive, but increasing the chance of finding a supply box by 10%? That's a magical skill in the early stages!"
"I'm jealous! I was almost killed by a B-rank sea snake yesterday, and the system even gave me a debuff that caused me to bleed profusely. How come Lu Ye was able to remove it early?"
"Some hidden mechanism must have been triggered! This guy is definitely a bug!"
The public channel exploded instantly, with countless players discussing the topic, expressing shock, envy, jealousy, and all kinds of emotions intertwined.
It was the first time they saw the system so "humane" that it helped players remove negative status in advance and gave them a reward.
Everyone speculated that Lu Ye must have completed some extraordinary challenge in a place they didn't know about.
The heat of the world channel has not completely dissipated, and there are still players who are unaware of the truth and are expressing their "opinions" in a sour manner.
"This Lu Ye, is it possible that he has recognized the system's own son as his godfather? He must have found some incredible box and opened a god-level item!"
"That's right! Otherwise, how could it be possible to remove the negative status and give a title? It must be luck!"
On the deck of the flagship, Lu Ye's face turned so dark when he heard the discussions collected through the special channel.
Good luck? Bullshit!
He kicked the alloy guardrail, making a dull "clang" sound, which startled Qin He, who had just recovered from his shock.
"You can't afford to play anymore, right?!" Lu Ye gritted his teeth, with two small flames burning in his eyes.
"I worked so hard to plan this 'Black Fish Buffet', and it was about to allow my babies to ascend collectively, but you, you bastard, System, actually cut off my support!"
Those ordinary sea monsters had mixed flesh and thin energy, and when they were fed to his deep-sea rippers, the upgrade progress bar was as slow as an old ox pulling a broken cart.
Even the so-called "high-energy nutritional porridge" prepared by Xiao Yiyi, the new cook on the ship, after racking her brains, could only fill the stomachs of those giant beasts and had little help in improving their strength.
His original perfect plan was to take advantage of the 150% monster strength, frantically catch mutated black fish, feed the entire army of deep-sea rippers with the "Dark Devouring Buff", and create a sonic underwater commando!
Now, it’s all gone to waste!
This system clearly doesn't want me to feel comfortable!
Qin He stood not far away, looking at Lu Ye's furious expression, a thin layer of cold sweat seeping out of his forehead.
This guy… his negative status was lifted, and he even got the title of 'Fishing Master' which is obviously a positive gain, but he is still as angry as if his father had died?
What else does he want? Turn all the monsters in this sea into canned fish?!
He recalled with lingering fear the moment when he mustered up the courage to contact the search and rescue team leader Fan Meng.
"Captain Fan... you'd never guess that Lu Ye... Lu Ye actually keeps a group of deep-sea monsters under his flagship that can chew through alloy plates! He even takes advantage of the night to scoop up those terrifying black fish that emerge from the darkness and chop them up... to feed the fish! Those monsters," Qin He stuttered, his voice trembling. "Now, their speed is almost... almost catching up to the speed of sound!"
On the other end of the communicator, Fan Meng was silent for more than ten seconds before responding in a tone that sounded like, "Are you confused because of a fever?"
"Comrade Qin He, are you sure you're reading this correctly? Our reconnaissance team would have to avoid a contaminating creature of that level if they encountered one. Even a little bit of the black mist could corrode the hull and mutate the crew. He... Lu Ye... used that stuff to feed his pet? And he even managed to produce something close to the speed of sound?"
Fan Meng's tone was full of the subtext of "Are you crazy?"
Qin He just felt powerless at that time.
Alas, this kind of shocking news that destroys all worldviews actually doesn't even have an audience that can understand it! Captain Fan and the others could never have imagined that Lu Ye had perfectly combined "seeking death" and "becoming stronger"!
Lu Ye vented his anger, and the depression in his chest eased a little.
He took a deep breath and his eyes became sharp again.
"Hmph, since the system won't let me 'fish' comfortably, then I'll try something else!"
He waved his hand violently, and the sound echoed throughout the flagship.
"Attention all units! Turn, target—those coordinates that previously provoked me on the public channel! Today, I'll show them what 'disaster comes from the mouth' means!"
Then, Lu Ye strode to the broadcasting console on the bridge, pushed Su Baiyue away, and directly started the regional broadcast.
"Hey, hey, hey! All those bastards who have spoken rudely to me, Lu Ye, on the public channel, I'll give you one hour to find a good place, clean your necks, and wait! In one hour, I'll come to your door personally, and every single one of you will pay for what you said in blood!"
This extremely arrogant declaration instantly caused the target area channel to explode!
"Lu Ye! It's that madman Lu Ye! Is he really here to seek revenge?!"
"Run! This guy even took over the Pirate King Mo Yang's fleet. Our little fortune isn't even enough to fill his teeth!"
"It's over! I was just being mean and cursing along... Boss Lu Ye, I was wrong! I kowtow to you! Please let me go!"
For a time, panic spread like a plague. Countless small fleets that had followed the trend before weighed anchor like frightened schools of fish, trying to escape from this sea that was about to turn into a Shura field.
In the midst of this chaos, a self-proclaimed "righteous" voice, with a tone of gloating, sounded in the channel.
"Huh! Lu Ye? So what if he comes now? Does he really think our sea area is still a place where he can run rampant? He is simply courting death!"
Someone immediately chimed in, "That's right! I'm telling you the truth, you cowards! And let that lunatic Lu Ye hear it clearly! A super active volcano has recently appeared near our sea area! It's in its active phase now, spewing magma like fireworks every day, and the surrounding sea for hundreds of miles is almost boiling! The sea conditions are as bad as hell! And there are countless fire elemental monsters accompanying them! If Lu Ye dares to come, just wait for him and his boat to be turned into volcanic ash! Hahahaha!"
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