As a Fisherman, My Fish Can Level Up-Chapter 169 - 157: Four O’Neals?

Chapter 169: Chapter 157: Four O’Neals?

The salesperson was slightly disappointed that he couldn’t persuade Chu Mingcheng, because he believed Chu Mingcheng had the means to buy the boat.

“By the way, I’d like to know about the fishing boats that are more than twenty meters but less than twenty-four meters long, with reduced salon areas and cheaper prices, and then expanded refrigerated storage compartments. What would be the approximate price?”

Although he didn’t plan to buy a boat now, Chu Mingcheng thought he could set a goal for himself.

It seemed that the seven hundred thousand he owed his parents could be earned before long, but even if he could find more fish in the nearshore waters, they would not include large species like Golden Spearfish and Flagfish, which are the real money-makers.

Perhaps these fish’s unit prices aren’t as high as those of premium Stone Fish or Coral Fish, but these species are large!

“Your requirements generally fall under custom new boat purchases, which start at a minimum of three million. For something more practical, you would need about five million.”

“Of course, there are luxury versions that cost tens of millions, but if it’s for earning money through fishing, then there’s no need for that.

Chu Mingcheng understood and decided to set himself a small goal—to earn five million.

As for mortgages, he had never considered them.

Giving interest away to the bank felt worse to him than losing a fishing boat.

But the next moment, Chu Mingcheng suddenly thought of something important.

In Huaxia, when men get married, they usually prepare a new house, regardless of whether it’s in the city or countryside; a new house is a must.

If he planned on settling down in Xia City, then even if he didn’t get married, he must buy a house for himself to live in comfort and peace, right?

As for the house prices in Xia City… better not to mention them!

Chu Mingcheng suddenly felt a tingling on his scalp; should he buy a house or a boat first?

Forget it, I should just go buy a speargun first!

Men of the new century really have it tough, the pressure is just too damn high!

The installation of a small crane was very fast; Chu Mingcheng didn’t have to wait long before it was set up, matching the boat’s white color.

After paying, he drove the fishing boat away.

Returning to the dock and mooring the boat, Chu Mingcheng drove to the market to buy some groceries. Since it wasn’t yet ten o’clock, he went to some river park ponds to use the scanning function to see if there were any Alligator Gar.

Luckily, or unfortunately, after three tries, there were no Alligator Gars.

So, he just headed back to make lunch.

However, as he passed a small river, he saw a Fishing Man dumping all the fish he caught into a mud pit, and couldn’t help but stop and curiously ask, “Brother, why are you burying all the fish you caught?”

Even if he didn’t want them, releasing them would be better than burying them!

“Man, don’t remind me. I fished all morning and caught only Scavengers. Burying them can at least fertilize the soil, releasing them would just harm the local aquatic ecosystem.”

“Scavengers?” Chu Mingcheng’s eyes lit up.

He knew that many small rivers might contain Scavengers, but without knowing the specific waterbody, he had no way to fish for them. Now that he knew Scavengers were here, and since he wasn’t planning on going out to sea, he could come here in the afternoon to convert life!

The Fishing Man, seeing Chu Mingcheng’s somewhat excited expression, felt a bit depressed, “Brother, what do you mean? You seem kind of happy to hear about Scavengers?”

“It’s not happiness but disgust; I too love fishing, and what I hate most are these invasive species.” Chu Mingcheng’s expression changed instantly, quickly showing a righteous indignation, “I’m going back to eat lunch now. I’ll come back in the afternoon to fish for Scavengers, to eliminate more of the nuisances.”

After speaking, without waiting for the Fishing Man to react, Chu Mingcheng stepped on the accelerator and his car quickly shot away.

The Fishing Man stared at the departing car, then rolled his eyes and continued burying the Scavengers.

After Chu Mingcheng returned home to make lunch, he didn’t spend much time with Jiang Luoluo and left the house again with her slightly depressed gaze, this time bringing along his hand rod.

Field-made 918 bait could be used to fish for Scavengers, but he found it too troublesome and went directly to buy some pig liver instead.

Cut into small pieces and hung on the hook, the bait just needed to lie on the bottom to catch Scavengers.

Moreover, with Scavengers present, no other fish species would appear at the fishing spot.

After arriving at the spot, the Fishing Man who had buried Scavengers in the morning was already gone.

Perhaps because this body of water was populated with these fish, he didn’t see any Fishing Men fishing by the river when he arrived.

Holding the rod with the pig liver bait, Chu Mingcheng started fishing. With the help of a sinker, the bait directly lay on the bottom, and he casually threw some pig liver to bait the hole.

Scavengers have their mouths on the bottom and slowly suck at the bait when they eat, and their large appetite makes them easy to attract.

Sure enough, it wasn’t long before Chu Mingcheng felt a response on his rod.

A quick jerk of the hand rod, and indeed, the feel of a Scavenger was not bad.

For recreational fishing, fishing for Scavengers was quite acceptable.

He forcefully lifted the hand rod, and a Scavenger was pulled out of the water.

He took the fish off the hook and threw it onto the muddy ground beside him, then dispatched it with a diving dagger.

This was the first one, necessary for activating the new panel in the aquatic life catalogue — he had to kill the Scavenger first.

The subsequent ones didn’t need such treatment; once he had caught enough, he would process the Scavengers all together.

At that moment, a new panel appeared in the aquatic life catalogue.

[Scavenger (Invasive Species)]

[Ecological Destruction Index: 5 stars]

[Eliminating Scavengers: 1]

[Tracking: 1/day (After use, can automatically help the host find an area with a large number of Scavengers, once per day for easy fishing)]

[Unlock Special Equipment: Net (Too many, when will you finish catching them?)]

[Fish Gathering: 1/day (Can gather all the Scavengers within a one-kilometer radius around the host in front of the host, effective for four hours)]

[Life Transformation: 0 times (1/50) Every 50 Scavengers eliminated can be converted once]

With so many Scavengers around, using Fish Gathering to lure them and then casting a net, wouldn’t he be able to catch hundreds or even thousands in four hours?

Immediately, Chu Mingcheng took out his phone and looked up online, how many times better is Captain of Country Chou’s physical fitness than that of peak athletes?

Faced with Scavengers, was he still afraid of not having enough Life Transformations?

Reaching the physical fitness of Captain of Country Chou would be a breeze, easy!

Oh, it turns out to be four times that of peak athletes, so the template of peak athlete can be… O’Neal.

The physical fitness of peak O’Neal is definitely strong, let’s set a small goal first, reach four O’Neals.

Having understood, Chu Mingcheng put away his fishing rod, why bother fishing anymore!

He immediately drove off to buy a small casting net and also bought a short-handled iron shovel.

Scavengers, unlike lungfish, would die if buried in the soil, just not as quickly.

Returning to the fishing spot from before, Chu Mingcheng first found a suitable spot and dug a large hole nearly a meter in diameter with the iron shovel.

The depth was average, only about thirty centimeters.

It had rained the past two days, so the soil wasn’t so hard to dig.

After he had quickly finished digging, nearly twenty minutes had passed.

Then, Chu Mingcheng took out the casting net, used the Fish Gathering feature on the Scavenger data panel, and then prepared to cast the net.

He didn’t know how to cast a net, but there was ready-made material for that!

He opened his phone, clicked on the video.

“Monster! I knew at a glance you’re not human! Hmph, mere tricks daring to show off before an expert, Great Mighty Dragon…”

After a round of Great Mighty Dragon, Chu Mingcheng successfully learned how to fling a cassock… oops, the posture for casting a net.

He grabbed the rope on the casting net, then scooped it up three times, and with his right hand, he scooped up the net’s mouth, weighted with lead, into his hand.

Then he struck a pose and swung the net beside him like swinging a pendulum twice to generate momentum.

On the third swing, he tossed it into the air, and with the pull of the lead weights, the mouth of the net rapidly opened.

But being his first time, he was not very skilled, and the net’s mouth only opened halfway before falling into the water.

Yet, this also proved that his method was correct, Master Fa Hai truly was an expert at catching water snakes; maybe his ancestors were fishermen who cast nets daily?

Chu Mingcheng pulled on the rope, waiting for the net to completely sink to the bottom before pulling it up.

But as he pulled, his eyelid twitched; it felt heavy, and it seemed that many fish were struggling and jumping, transmitting that sensation through the net to the rope.

As he gathered more rope, the net was slowly pulled into shallower water, and seeing a cluster of Scavengers inside left him speechless.

A quick glance revealed there were about twenty or so.

This was just the start of using the Fish Gathering function; probably many Scavengers hadn’t arrived yet!

And the mouth of the net wasn’t even fully open; if he were more skilled, wouldn’t each net bring about one Life Transformation?

Maybe he should change his target from Captain of Country Chou… to the Hulk?

After pulling up the entire net, it felt about eleven or twelve pounds heavy.

Being quite familiar with hunting and fishing, he was sensitive to weight now; holding them in his hands, he could roughly guess the actual weight, and it wasn’t much different from the real weight.

Chu Mingcheng didn’t count and directly dumped the net of Scavengers into the pit he had just dug.

Anyway, once all the Scavengers were dead, he’d know exactly how many he had caught today.

After dumping them, he tidied up the net and cast it a second time.

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This time, the mouth of the net opened a bit more and trapped even more Scavengers, at least thirty or so.

As time passed, the effect of Fish Gathering would get better, gathering all the Scavengers living within its covered area.

After casting it four more times, the pit Chu Mingcheng had dug was filled with fish.

This pit of Scavengers was hair-raisingly numerous, probably around one hundred fifty in total.

They were of various sizes, but most were around two to three taels, though there were more than a dozen heavier than one pound.

After reaching adulthood, Scavengers usually weighed around two to three taels, and their growth rate slowed drastically; you could imagine how long those over one pound had grown.

Their appetite was large; not only did adult Scavengers eat moss and other algae, but they preferred fish roe even more.

They could consume three thousand to five thousand fish roe a day; no wonder they looked so harmless yet were defined in the aquatic handbook as a five-star invasive species.

Having filled the pit, Chu Mingcheng didn’t cover them up immediately or continue digging another pit, but took advantage of the remaining time of the Fish Gathering effect to keep casting his net.

But the next three nets he cast yielded fewer each time, and after the fourth, there were only four or five Scavengers.

Undeterred by the fatigue, Chu Mingcheng continued casting his net at this spot, only stopping when he couldn’t catch any more.

He first buried all the Scavengers in the pit, leveled and compacted the soil, then dug a small pit to bury those that wouldn’t fit and were left on the bank.

Afterward, carrying his gear, he drove along the river to a spot one kilometer away, where he continued to dig pits and cast his net.

Because he didn’t just throw the Scavengers in piles on the ground, and some dense wild grasses between the road and the river obscured the view, his actions didn’t attract much attention.

The passing cars mostly ignored him; otherwise, catching a few hundred Scavengers with a net would certainly have drawn some onlookers, and then more and more people would have gathered.