Name: Xiang Ye
Age: 27
Height: 188 cm
Weight: 85 kg
Strength: 11 (average human: 10)
Agility: 10
Constitution: 12
Wisdom: 11
Health: 58 (normal human health is 60–80; below 60 is considered suboptimal)
Available Attribute Points: 100
Looking at the panel before him, Xiang Ye raised an eyebrow. Wow, this had some serious MMORPG vibes. But when he saw the little plus signs next to Strength, Agility, Constitution, Wisdom, and Health, he hesitated.
He had 100 Attribute Points. It sounded like a lot, but it wasn't quite enough to max out more than one stat. He needed to think this through.
Just as Xiang Ye was deep in thought, Ai Bai nudged him.
"What's with the blank stare? Your brain freeze or did your processor crash?"
"Ah? Oh, nothing. Just checking if the line's fraying," Xiang Ye replied, making up a quick excuse.
"You're fishing whitebait, what line could possibly fray?" Ai Bai scoffed, clearly not buying it.
Xiang Ye didn't argue. He baited his hook again and cast out. Deciding how to allocate his points could wait until tonight. Right now, it was money time.
As he tossed the bait into the water again, he noticed two lines of small text floating above his rod—text only he could see:
"Bait Buff (Beginner): Successfully increases fish attraction rate by 100%."
"Line Protection Buff (Beginner): Successfully increases line resilience by 100%."
Xiang Ye blinked, then remembered these were part of the newbie reward. He wasn't sure how effective the bait buff was—after all, he couldn't see underwater—but the line buff clearly meant he could handle bigger fish on lighter line. Not bad at all.
While he was still checking out the buff, his float bobbed again. A quick tug—and another whitebait was lifted cleanly from the water. Another 100 yuan in the bag.
At this rate, he wasn't fishing for fish—he was fishing for cash!
Without hesitation, Xiang Ye tossed the fish into the keepnet and baited again. But this time, maybe he was getting a little too eager. A few missed tugs followed, and he sighed. Gotta stay calm.
Sure enough, after taking a deep breath and settling down, he resumed catching fish. Fishing required patience—no room for rashness. At first, nobody around paid much attention to him. After all, catching whitebait in Wild Fishing was nothing special.
But before long, people started noticing something was off—Xiang Ye just kept catching.
His 100% bait attraction buff was showing its value. Even though he was just using the Classic Trio of Baits, it was performing just as well—if not better—than others using more advanced bait, like red worms or meat-scented mixes.
One after another, fish flew out of the water. People around him grew intrigued and started switching to short rods for a little whitebait action themselves.
But no matter how they tried, they just couldn't keep up with Xiang Ye. At first, they could manage a few, but then even that rate slowed.
Even Ai Bai, sitting right beside him, was stunned. He'd been one of the first to swap to a short rod to go after whitebait, but by now he'd only caught five or six, while Xiang Ye had to be nearing thirty!
"Ding! Congratulations, host has caught Crucian Carp x1 (63 grams), reward: 200 yuan."
While Xiang Ye was on a whitebait spree, he suddenly pulled up a small Crucian Carp. Just over an ounce, but it doubled the reward to 200 yuan.
Ai Bai perked up instantly.
"Quick, switch lines and hooks! There's Crucian Carp in the swim—Common Carp are bound to follow!" Ai Bai exclaimed, more anxious than Xiang Ye himself.
But Xiang Ye just frowned. Sure, to most anglers, a Crucian Carp sighting was a golden opportunity—why keep catching whitebait?
But for Xiang Ye, big fish weren't the goal. His spot was too shallow. If a big fish stirred up the swim, it'd ruin the whole spot. And honestly, catching whitebait was a blast—and profitable.
In this river, Common Carp didn't get that big. At most, a bit over a Jin. Catching one of those would take longer than reeling in ten whitebait, and at 100 yuan per ounce, the math was clear—whitebait was the better deal.
So, Xiang Ye decided not to change to bigger gear. He stuck with his small hooks and lines and fished a little longer. As expected, whitebait stopped biting, and instead a few more small Crucian Carp showed up.
"Here, take my spot—I'll move," Xiang Ye offered, handing his swim over to Ai Bai. He found a new patch with some weeds and went right back to whitebait.
Sure enough, once he resumed, the whitebait started returning. Watching them swarm in again, Xiang Ye couldn't help grinning. Now this was the way to make money.
Meanwhile, Ai Bai was totally baffled. Why pass up Crucian Carp and Common Carp to fish for whitebait? What, did Xiang Ye want fried whitebait for dinner?
Still, with big fish biting, Ai Bai wasn't about to complain. He grabbed a short rod and got to work.
And wouldn't you know it—after five or six Crucian Carp, Ai Bai landed a Common Carp. Just over a Jin, but it blew the swim apart. Xiang Ye's original spot was now spent.
To Xiang Ye, this was a loss. But to Ai Bai and the others? Totally worth it.
After all, these were wild fish. And wild fish fetched a very different price than farmed ones. A standard Common Carp might go for five or six yuan a Jin at the market. But a wild one from this river? Minimum 25 to 30 yuan per Jin.
Even Xiang Ye's whitebait could sell for 15 yuan a Jin. The small Crucian Carp? Up to 40 yuan a Jin.
Just that one Common Carp alone paid for all their bait today.
Of course, they wouldn't sell it. Eating it at home? Way more satisfying.
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