Chapter 253: The Tenth Day of Survival at Sea (4) Fish King Competition...
Near noon, the rainstorm gradually subsided. The sea was very calm at this time. The sun was scorching the sea surface. The layers of mist were dispersed by the strong sunlight before they blew over the boat.
Yu Miaomiao stood on the float and fought side by side with Xiaoguai, killing more than 20 long-billed white birds. The sweat on his forehead was dried by the scorching sun before he could wipe it off.
The air was a little stuffy, and she felt like she couldn't breathe. She looked at the figure fighting on the other side of the boat. There was only one person.
Huabietu had already gone to the expedition site alone, Lulu was still resting, and on the boat on the other side, Yingying was fighting with five long-billed white birds, and she looked a little exhausted.
Yu Miaomiao put all the bodies into her backpack, traded them to Chenchen, and asked her to dismember them. Then she said to Xiaoguai, "I'm going to help Yingying across the way. Xiaoguai, can you come and help?"
After she asked, she stepped on the connecting board and was about to go over. Xiaoguai, who was standing on the edge of the boat, saw that she was about to leave, glanced at the boat opposite, let out a short "meow", and jumped to the opposite side, reaching the boat opposite before her.
Then Xiaoguai gathered his strength again, jumped into the air, and tore the two flying white birds into pieces in mid-air. The whole movement was smooth and flowing.
The white birds that were fighting with Yingying were killed by Yu Miaomiao with two swords.
This was not the first time that Yingying witnessed the cooperation between Miaomiao Buqshui and Xiaoguai. This time, after observing them up close, it was truly a pleasure to watch.
After the safety was lifted, Yu Miaomiao and Yingying squatted on the ground and dismembered the monster together. Then they saw Xiaoguai walking around stealthily on the larger deck.
Perhaps because Yingying and Yu Miaomiao, who often fed it delicious food, were the only ones left on the boat, Xiaoguai slowly let down his guard, wandered around on his own, and even... started to cause trouble. One of its claws had already hit an outdoor wooden frame.
Before the sound of wood breaking could be heard and Yu Miaomiao could utter the word "Xiaoguai", a familiar system voice entered her mind again.
【System prompt: Please draw your gift pack card】
This time, Yu Miaomiao had only one card in front of her. She had discussed with Yingying in advance that they could observe each other's card drawing screen, so she looked to her side at the same time.
The card drawing scene that Yingying faced was similar to Yu Miaomiao's at this moment, with only one card.
The styles of the cards are very similar, both with a sea-blue wave base and covered with vines, but the one in front of Yu Miaomiao is obviously more eye-catching.
Yu Miaomiao didn't dare to move, fearing that the system would automatically select her.
She first looked around at the scene of the people around her.
The two ribbons deliberately placed behind the two of them were blown by the condensing fan, so that only half of them were exposed outside. The other half of the ribbon that was supposed to touch her back was missing.
The cold wind did not blow into the independent space where she was, and there was silence all around.
There was no clear boundary between Yingying and her surroundings, and she was not sure whether the Yingying she saw was an image projected by the system or a simulation. In order to check the process later, she made a gesture.
There was a hint of confusion in Yingying's eyes. She turned her head and made another gesture in the opposite direction.
Yingying saw it, but what she saw was herself on the other side.
It can be confirmed that the two are in an independent place, and... this independent place has flaws.
Even the correspondence between the characters is not consistent with the world of survival at sea.
This is an immature system or technology, so we are using ordinary people to test it.
What exactly is being measured? Is it measuring the apocalyptic environment? Human growth? The ability of humans and monsters to fight each other?
And why does everyone have this panel attribute? Do the various values in it really exist? Do they have any other functions?
What kind of situation or scenario is worth "interested people" or "a certain organization" spending so much energy to maintain what Yu Miaomiao sees now, and even continue to bring new humans into this world?
The countdown for drawing a card appeared, and there was only one card in front of her, so she had no choice.
The card says "Intermediate Life Resource Card."
After making her selection, she was about to check the results of today's card draw. Before she could press the button, she heard a new notification tone.
[System Notice: Fish King Competition is open for a limited time]
[Event Time: This event will automatically start at 12:00 noon on the tenth day of Survival at Sea. Players will have 5 minutes to prepare after starting. The event will last for 12 hours.
Gameplay: Players can use fishing rods obtained through system draws to fish at sea. During the event period, there's a chance to catch the coveted rare King Fish. Add different types of bait to your hook or use special plants to nest your line to increase your chances of catching King Fish. Because King Fish are extremely rare, various unexpected situations may occur during the fishing process, so please stay alive.
Fish King Competition?
Are you serious?
And from this sentence, we can also see how dangerous it is when you catch a king fish.
Yu Miaomiao opened the card she got today.
[System Notice: Beginning to calculate the Intermediate Life Resource Card rewards]
[Failed to trigger the Lucky trait, failed to trigger the Blessing, obtained Golden Fishing Rod*1, Earthworm*4.]
Sure enough, today's supplies are related to fishing.
"Are you also getting daily necessities?" Yu Miaomiao just opened her mouth when she heard Yingying ask, "Sister Miaomiao, did you get the fishing rod too?"
Yu Miaomiao replied, "Yes, triggering the blessing failed, but we still have the earthworm as bait."
Yingying's eyes were a little excited. "I successfully triggered the blessing. I got two fishing rods, four earthworms, and two portions of fishweed for bait."
Yingying must have heard the system prompt about the Fish King Competition. Her eyes met Yu Miaomiao's, and she quickly operated in the air, picked up the fishing rod, and came to the side of the boat, saying, "Sister Miaomiao, let me try how to fish first."
Yu Miaomiao had already grown fishy grass for fishing and knew that it was a special plant that was helpful for fishing. Unexpectedly, after Yingying received the blessing, she directly drew this special plant.
But her card is obviously brighter than Yingying's. The blessing should just double the rewards given by the system, so how could it be more than hers?
After the two of them talked to each other, Yu Miaomiao finally understood why.
Her golden fishing rod... is better than Yingying's. The good thing is that her fishing rod is made of real gold. It sparkles with golden light and feels quite heavy in the hand.
Yingying had already put on the bait and said regretfully, "Oh, if this gold could be brought back to modern times, I wonder how much it would be worth."
If she could get it back, Yu Miaomiao could probably buy a house directly.
Gold is a rare commodity in the entire federation, much rarer than the so-called fish king. All the gold on the blue planet is used to build high-tech products, and there is not much that humans can see in daily life. But in the end times, it is directly made into a luxurious fishing rod.
"Yingying, don't you know how to fish?" Yu Miaomiao saw that Yingying had already swung the rod, but the posture did not look like she had ever fished before.
Yingying pulled back the fishing line that was floating beside the boat. She tugged and tugged, but couldn't get the hook to move further. She was very distressed. "Yeah, I've never fished before, so I thought I'd go fishing early so Lulu can wake up and talk to her. Not to mention the king fish, it would be great if I could catch some shrimp for Xiaoguai to eat."
Just after Yu Miaomiao explained to Yingying how to fish, she saw Hua Bie appear out of nowhere. He must have returned from the expedition.
The next second, Xiaoguai, who hadn't smashed the wooden frame, hit something and sent it flying into the water. He was still excited, but he immediately became alert and made threatening whimpering sounds.
What's wrong with Xiaoguai? Why does he have such a strong prejudice against Huabie? According to Huabie, there should be no conflict between them.
"Little sweetheart, come back with me to eat some meat," Yu Miaomiao called out, then turned her head and said to Yingying, "We'll talk about the card draw details in the group later. And if you have any questions about fishing, feel free to ask me."
Hua Bie heard the conversation between the two people and was about to take out his fishing rod to ask about fishing when he saw the figure walking away with a zebra cat that turned around and bared its teeth at him.
Yingying asked curiously, "Brother Huabie, did you step on a cat's tail before, causing it to resent you so much?"
Now in Yingying's eyes, Xiaoguai is right, and Huabie must have done something to make Xiaoguai act like this.
Hua Bie glanced at the fishing rod in his hand, then looked at the opposite side, and said with determination, "Yingying, tell me how to grill the shrimp."
When Yu Miaomiao was halfway through fishing, he saw smoke rising from the stove opposite.
Hey, didn’t Hua Bie come back from the expedition just to participate in this Fish King Competition? Why is he starting to get food? Is he trying to get some level 5 or 6 food to improve his fishing efficiency?
On the tenth day of survival at sea, the survivors were fishing, fighting monsters, and taking shelter from the rain. They were busy all afternoon, but before nightfall, no one had caught a king fish.
"Hehe: Hehe, we've been fishing for so long and still haven't caught any big fish. Is the system teasing us? Is it trying to keep us stuck in the same place?"
"My Lie in April: Does the person upstairs know something? What good is there in forcing us to take control?"
"Hehe: April brother, don't be so paranoid, I'm just suspicious."
"Beautiful Girl Warrior: Any suspicion could be the correct answer. Can you share what you heard and saw?"
"Beihan: I don't know whether there are any soldiers or not, but what I do know is that the foreign servers now regard us as enemies."
"Candy: Was the above person talking about the blessing? I really think this system is intentional. Why would they choose to give out double resources on the same day as the King Fish Competition? And they even specifically mention that this King Fish is very rare. If anyone on our server actually catches this King Fish, everyone else will definitely criticize us to death."
Yu Miaomiao had already browsed the cross-server post and knew that the Fish King Competition was carried out simultaneously on all servers. Even on foreign servers, no one had ever caught a King Fish so far, and no one knew what a real King Fish looked like.
Fishing in the apocalypse is obviously much more difficult than in modern times. If you don’t have skilled rod-pulling skills, the fishing line will most likely be bitten off. However, the system’s store provides unlimited fishing line for purchase.
Each sub-line or main line costs 2 units of slime. In her eyes, this operation seems like the system is taking advantage of this competition and deliberately making all survivors consume slime, rather than really wanting the survivors to get any rewards.
"Flying Fish: How can there be such a useless person like you in the beta test? I'll criticize you all I want. Master Miao worked so hard to get us double the supplies, but you didn't make good use of them and are still hesitating. You're so scared, why don't you just stop fishing and pack up and go to bed."
"Candy: Is it really that violent? You've never played a game, have you? Did you know that games love to create conflict? They're eager to create conflicts between players of different factions, which will lead to a large consumption of supplies."
"Hehe: That's the game to make money, why does the Doomsday System do this?"
"Beautiful girl warrior: Haven't you noticed when you're fishing? I've only caught a few fish and already lost several sets of fishing line. I've used up 50 units of slime just to buy fishing line. Isn't this just wasting our supplies and making survival more difficult in disguise?"
"Yang Haotian: Have you ever thought about this? Currently, there are only 70,000 people on the beta test server. According to general gaming practices, once the number of players decreases, another thing will happen - a server merger."
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