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Chapter 280 - 280 279 Four Types of Competition Part 9

280: Chapter 279: Four Types of Competition (Part 9) 280: Chapter 279: Four Types of Competition (Part 9) In fact, from the beginning until just before the fishing lines connected, Yue Feng’s attention always had a trace on the guy next to him named Meng Chuan.

However, since the fishing had started some time ago and his opponent had been fishing quite properly, Yue Feng finally relaxed his guard.

At this time, Meng Chuan took out a pack of basic bait from his Fishing Box, measured a cup, and skillfully prepared a portion of plain bait.

Judging by his actions, Meng Chuan seemed to want to make the bait a bit stickier than usual, tirelessly kneading it in the bowl, and it took him quite a while to get the ball of bait ready.

After the other changed his bait, Yue Feng glanced over with the corner of his eye and noticed that the other had just prepared a ball of plain bait, so he continued to focus on fishing his spot.

Meng Chuan was also aware of Yue Feng’s faint vigilance and feigned changing to the soft, sticky Ragworm bait and cast a few lines, still without a bite.

At that moment, Meng Chuan’s left hand suddenly touched his pocket, and a sphere only slightly larger than a little finger pad was grasped in his palm.

The next second, Meng Chuan pretended to prepare a large bait nest, rolling two bait balls as big as jujubes, one of which was wrapped around the bait ball he had just held in his hand.

Yue Feng didn’t pay attention when the bait was hooked normally, but he was startled when Meng Chuan made his cast.

Not only did this guy stand up when casting, but after the bait hit the water and the float turned, Meng Chuan seemed quite genuine as he eyed the boundary line between the two people’s fishing spots.

Performing this action so deliberately was meant for Yue Feng to see, with a clear subtext saying, “Buddy, I’m within my own fishing spot, I didn’t cross the line!”

For these anglers who frequently participate in competitive matches, in the absence of wind, short rod casting could almost always be done with precision, and Meng Chuan’s bait landing spot was right on the boundary line of the fishing spot, but indeed, it did not cross the line.

In a normal mixed-fishing competition, the distance between each fishing spot was around 2.4 meters, and from the boundary near Yue Feng’s spot, it was only about 1.2 to 1.3 meters.

Initially, Yue Feng didn’t notice anything unusual, but after fishing for about five minutes, the fishing spot started to slow, and then, the bites completely stopped.

Not only had the bites stopped, but the dense schools of fish that had just been in the fishing spot also vanished without a trace!

This took Yue Feng by surprise!

Just a few minutes ago he was getting continuous bites, and now there was not a single one.

Connecting this to the cast Meng Chuan made earlier, Yue Feng had a bad feeling – it was very likely he had fallen for a trick!

Realizing something was wrong, after a brief moment of panic, Yue Feng instead calmed down.

“System, system!”

[Present!]

“I think I’ve been set up!

Can I access the drone’s live footage?”

[According to your current privileges, you can access the footage from during the live broadcast!]

“Okay, how do I do that?”

[You can view it through brain-wave imaging or by downloading the hardware.

Just think of the relevant command!]

“Brain-wave imaging to view the live footage!” Yue Feng thought the command, and a virtual screen suddenly lit up in his mind.

On the screen was a video file from today’s live broadcast, which began playing like a normal movie after he chose to view it.

However, Yue Feng couldn’t wait and forcefully fast-forwarded through it, quickly finding the footage of Meng Chuan preparing the bait.

At first, it all seemed normal, but after a few casts with bait changes, Yue Feng found a problematic detail.

Meng Chuan probably had already forgotten that not far behind him was a drone hanging in midair, and the action of taking that small pill from his pocket had been clearly captured by another wide-angle lens of the drone.

But that’s all there was to it, because the obstruction behind him, Yue Feng couldn’t see the footage of the small pill being placed into the bait and taken down the hole.

Now Yue Feng was a bit dumbfounded.

Damn it, with the evidence he currently had on hand, there was no way to prove that the other party had played dirty.

If they insisted it was just a candy that they had eaten themselves, no one could find fault with that.

“Fuck!” Yue Feng cursed softly, his mental state crumbling a bit.

Yue Feng’s unusual behavior quickly attracted the attention of his live streaming audience.

“What’s happening?

Why did Feng suddenly stop talking?”

“Hard to say, maybe his fishing spot got emptied?”

“Doesn’t seem like it, there was plenty of fish activity in the spot just now, it’s not like he was getting bites on the first couple tries and then suddenly all went silent, right?

Feng has been very careful with his hook sets, there haven’t been any incidents of the hook slipping off, fish getting away, or slinging the bait!”

“Don’t panic, let’s see how Feng adjusts.

There’s still time!

Keep it steady!”

Yue Feng felt like he was about to explode, but he was helpless.

For a moment, he even thought about standing up and slapping the guy next to him.

But the little rationality he had left prevented him from doing so, considering the thousands of people watching the live broadcast.

Besides, he didn’t have any solid evidence, if he started a fight, he would be the one who ended up looking unreasonable!

After taking several deep breaths, Yue Feng forcibly calmed his emotions.

If the fish had cleared out of the hole, that meant the other party’s sabotage must have worked.

Now, to break the spell, the last chance was to open up a new fishing spot.

Luckily, Yue Feng’s chosen spot was quite unique, being at the edge of position one.

To the left of his position one fishing spot, there was still about a meter of distance from the edge of the pit.

With this in mind, Yue Feng baited two hooks with ragworm and cast them toward the extreme left boundary of his fishing spot.

This was the spot furthest from where the other party’s bait had landed during normal fishing.

If he could get a bite here, there would still be time to fish.

But if this spot was also within the destructive radius of the other party’s sabotage, the chances of making a comeback were slim to none.

Soon the double hooks hit the water, the float flipped over, and then slowly settled at the bottom.

Yue Feng held his breath, hoping for a miracle.

But after a full minute of waiting, not a single bite, not even a nibble on the line!

Not wanting to give up, Yue Feng reeled in and switched to a hook with ragworm and one with Loose Powder Baits, then continued casting at the previous drop point.

The result was still the same!

Seeing this, Yue Feng steeled his heart, gave up on the ragworm bait altogether, and with hooks baited with only Loose Powder, cast several lines as if it cost nothing, into new drop points.

Still, there was no sound at all!

The float was as still as if it had been tossed into a water tank at home.

If there had been an HD camera underwater at that time, it would have caught a very strange scene.

The small pill had completely disappeared; centered around the spot where Meng Chuan had dropped his bait, a circular area roughly three meters in radius had become a zone devoid of fish.

Passing fish, when nearing this area, would detour around it!

The new drop spot that Yue Feng had cast with hope just now was right on the edge of this circular area.

After more than ten forceful attempts, still no action, Yue Feng was at a loss.

What could he do now?

Yue Feng’s arms trembled uncontrollably, but he kept telling himself not to panic.

There had to be a way!