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Chapter 153 - 145: Captain of the Ghost Ship (Thanks to the Alliance Leader, Lazy Sheep, who is as numerous as murderer)_1

Chapter 153: Chapter 145: Captain of the Ghost Ship (Thanks to the Alliance Leader, Lazy Sheep, who is as numerous as murderer)_1

"Fish Hole?"

Mu You was taken aback; he seemed to have come across this thing in the guide of Dragon Soars Software.

With this thought, he paused the game, took out his satellite phone, opened the Dragon Soars Software, and searched for ’Fish Hole’.

Sure enough, the top result was the guide he had once read.

"Fish Hole, a special landscape that occasionally appears in marshes and wetlands, is a sort of treasure-hunting location similar to a hidden easter egg. When you approach, the game usually notifies you of the number of Magic Fish Species swimming below, allowing you to make a fishing rod to fish."

"But remember, fishing consumes action points and it can potentially fail. Each time you fail, a fish will run away from below. So, the number of fish is equal to the number of chances you have to fish."

"Here’s how to fish: set up your timer, wait after casting, and the game will notify you after a while that ’a fish is approaching your hook’. 3-5 seconds after this notice appears, the fish could bite at any moment. However, the bite only lasts around 0.5 seconds and then it lets go, and there’s no notification, so it relies on luck to hit ’reel in’."

"If it states ’you’ve caught a fish’, then you’ve succeeded. Otherwise, if it says ’nothing on the line’, then you’ve failed, wasting your energy... uh, statistically speaking, the success rate is only a quarter, so whether to fish or not when you encounter a Fish Hole is up to you. Personally, I think it’s worthwhile unless you’re really, really unlucky."

"The rewards for fishing are usually various Magic Fish Species, which can be used to feed pets, and a few have special functions. Occasionally, you can discover treasures they swallowed inside the fish’s stomach. Those who can fish out such fish are typically known as ’Big Winners’."

"Also, there’s a rumor of a skin called ’Fisher Man’, which can succeed in fishing 100% of the time..."

...

After reviewing the guide, Mu You decisively decided to go back to the game and fish.

Fishing, which depends on luck for a catch, was his forte!

[You rummage through your stored materials and use bamboo sticks and spider silk to make a simple fishing rod, using the bodies of some insects as bait.]

[You sit in front of the Fish Hole, cast the fishing rod into the hole, and watch the calm water surface quietly. You can reel in at any time.]

In reality, of course, Mu You was already holding the Time Pocket Watch, waiting for the game’s prompt to pop up.

After waiting for about two or three minutes, the prompt from the guide finally appeared.

[You vaguely see a fish in the Fish Hole swimming towards your hook.]

Mu You counted silently, pressing ’reel in’ at the fourth second.

[You hurriedly reel in the fishing rod, but unfortunately, it was a bit late. The fish had eaten the bait and slipped off the hook. The hook is empty, and a fish in the hole was frightened away by you.]

Mu You wasn’t phased; he went back in time to try again. A one-in-four chance was godlike for someone like him who often retries hundreds or thousands of times.

He was late last time, so he reeled in earlier this time, 3.5 seconds after the prompt, and sure enough, he got the fish reliably.

[You hastily reel in the fishing rod, hooked onto it was a lively loach.]

[Loach: One of the evolved forms of the Snotworm, a favorite of the mages, full of nutritional value. Feeding this critter will slightly increase the growth rate of the mage.]

[Do you want to kill and take it out?]

"An evolved form of the Snotworm?"

Mu You was taken aback; the Snotworm was Cola’s favorite feed. He didn’t expect this thing to become a fish after evolving.

Mu You clicked confirm.

A fish about 30 centimeters long and similar to a black loach appeared in Mu You’s hand.

The fish was already dead at this point, covered in a layer of slimy mucus. It was so slippery that Mu You almost didn’t catch it.

Mu You held it up curiously to take a closer look, but other than a faint sense of magic fluctuation, it seemed no different from the 20 yuan loaches from the market.

"Cola, you’re doing great tonight, I’ve prepared something delicious for you!"

Cola had just come back from the restroom at this time. Mu You put the loach into its food bowl, waiting to see its gorging reaction.

But, Cola just sniffed the food bowl, licked the loach a few times, then made a disgusted face. It stretched out its paw and acted as if it was trying to bury shit.

Mu You looked at him with an odd expression, "Aren’t you going to eat?"

"This stuff is too greasy, I’d rather have cat food," said Cola.

"Damn."

Mu You rolled his eyes. This silly cat, it’s only been on Earth for just over a month, and it’s already been assimilated to this extent by inducers?

"Chirp!"

At this moment, an excited chirp came from above their heads. Mu You looked up to find that the Little Spider had woken up at some point and was staring at the loach on the ground, its mouth watering.

In the blink of an eye, the Little Spider swung down on a thread, running swiftly to the food bowl and taking a bite of the loach.

The erstwhile indifferent Cola, seeing this, was instantly not amused.

Even if I don’t like it, that’s what the poop-scooping officer gave ME, you can’t steal it!

Cola immediately ran back to the food bowl and hissed at the Little Spider, trying to scare it away.

"Hiss!"

However, the Little Spider hissed right back. Both front legs were raised, with a row of sharp teeth showing. Its face was fierce, fully in food-protection mode.

Instinctively, Cola stepped back, losing quite a bit of its momentum. As it continued to hiss, it secretly compared its Combat Power to the Little Spider’s...

Then it chose to shut up.

Forget it, forget it, not bearing minor losses can ruin great plans.

I’m a big cat, and I’m not going to bother with a little shrimp like that.

Cola went to the cellphone side, continue being a couch potato.

The little spider, on the other hand, wasn’t at ease. It spat out a few webs to wrap up the mud loach fish, then hopped back to its nest in a few hops. It pulled up the thread bit by bit.

Only when it transferred the mud loach into its nest did it start eating with peace of mind.

Mu You climbed onto the roof for a look. In less than half a minute, the little spider had swallowed the whole fish, leaving no bones behind. It then made a satisfied face, belched and continued its sleep.

Using the Omniscient Crystal, Mu You looked over the little spider’s stats and was surprised to find that it had leveled up and its stomach capacity had gone from 0% to 41%.

This fish seems to contain a lot of energy!

Satisfied, Mu You nodded and went back to his game.

This fish has a good effect. If he got the chance, he’d catch a few more for the little spider as a reserve.

[You let down the fishing rod into the hole again, waiting for the remaining two fish to bite.]

[You faintly see another fish swimming towards your hook...]

[You hurriedly reeled in the fishing rod, on the hook is a lively Lava Bass.]

The second time went smoothly, with the experience from last time, he made it at the first attempt.

Mu You hurriedly clicked on the text to read the description.

[Lava Bass: A very precious magic fish, it was born within the magma of the ocean floor, its body is filled with the surging energy of the Fire Element, which can permanently enhance your strength by one point after eating it.]

"Permanently increase strength?"

Mu You was surprised. Eating one fish could permanently increase strength - this effect was too valuable!

Mu You had to admit, even he was starting to salivate. Unfortunately, this fish was only for pets to eat...

Shaking his head, Mu You clicked on ’Kill to Take’.

A fiery red bass appeared in his hands. Unexpectedly, even though the fish were dead, the surface was still continuously radiating a somewhat hot temperature. It was truly a fish born from magma.

It doesn’t seem appropriate to put this thing in the fridge. Mu You had no choice but to wake up the little spider again and feed it. This would prevent it from going bad.

Of course the little spider was not choosy. It swallowed the fish eagerly and stored it in his stomach. Now it wouldn’t be hungry for a week.

Mu You then returned to his desk to continue fishing. The fish hole had one more chance left.

Soon, Mu You did just as before and caught the last fish.

However, the fish he pulled up this time was a bit special.

[You’ve obtained a bloated Inflatable Fish.]

[The body of the Inflatable Fish can stretch and shrink like a balloon. When it swallows something hard to digest, its body will grow. At the moment you see its swollen belly, suggesting it might contain something.]

[You killed the Inflatable Fish and found a pair of ’Mud Boots’ in its stomach.]

[Sludge Boots: These magic boots are a must-have for swamp travelers. They can morph freely to fit the wearer’s foot. Wearing the boots can slightly improve your speed and enable you to walk on muddy roads as if on land, reducing the speed of sinking into the mud.]

"Nice stuff!"

Mu You liked what he saw.

It appeared that these boots were dropped by a traveler who died passing by here. They were swallowed by a fish in the underground river, and now he had stumbled upon them.

And he just happened to need to take a muddy detour now. These boots came just in time.

Mu You immediately put the boots on his game character.

[Wearing the Mud Shoes, you can now trek with ease across the wetland, your speed boosted significantly.]

The fish hole yielded three fish. Although none of them turned out to be treasures of high value, they came in handy. At least, the three stat points spent on fishing were not wasted.

Mu You contentedly continued on his journey.

Unexpectedly, after walking a few steps, the Pumpkin Lantern gave him another pleasant surprise.

[Pumpkin Lamp Special Effects trigger!]

At this prompt, Mu You’s heart leapt. Which big luck had he bumped into today that led to consecutive triggers of the Pumpkin Lamp?

He quickly looked down.

[Illuminated by the Pumpkin Lamp’s greenish light, you see a lamp post being drowned by grass at the edge of a lake in front of you. Tied to the lamp post is an old bell.]

[Curiously, you approached and rang the bell. The bell echoed, and suddenly a faint green light lit up on the lamp post. The light swirled and finally formed a spectral silhouette of a human.]

[It seems to be a long dead soul trapped in the lamp post.]

[Would you like to strike up a conversation with it?]

[You chose to talk to him.]

[The soul tells you that he is called Vieri. He was once the pirate captain aboard the Ghost Ship Pirate Ship. He was brutally betrayed and killed by his men, who stole his ghost ship and fled. He, however, became a grudgeful spirit remaining in the lamp post due to his frenzied resentment. He preferred to endure endless time in torment while waiting for his revenge.]

[With a thousand years having passed since the event, his residual soul is now hanging by a thread and will fade away soon. If his Ghost Ship and crew are still alive, they are likely hiding deep in the complex underground river system of the Star Spirit World.]

[Vieri tells you that he won’t look down on you for being a Fool. As long as you are willing to venture into the Underground Dark River to find the Ghost Ship and take revenge for him, he is willing to offer his very own Ghost Ship to you as a reward.]