"Got one?" Ai Bai shouted excitedly as he saw Xiang Ye's fishing rod lift high into the air, the tip fully bent and the line stretched taut.
"What kind of fish is it?" Huang Kai leaned in, equally excited and a little nervous. After all, this was the first fish caught in the whole reservoir.
Earlier, while picking their fishing spots, they'd scoped out the area and found that no one else had any bites. Xiang Ye once again became the star of the entire reservoir.
"Not sure yet, let's pull it up and see." Xiang Ye kept his focus on the rod, feeling the strength of the fish. No wonder these fish were said to rival wild ones in tenacity.
It probably wasn't massive, but it was powerful—darting every which way under the water despite the tension on the line. But that wouldn't help much.
Xiang Ye was using a heavy-duty rod built for big fish. Forget this wild one—he could likely reel in something over a hundred Jin with it, and the rod still wouldn't break. As for the line, it came with a protective buff. An 8.0 line could normally handle about twenty Jin, but with the buff? Forty Jin wouldn't be an issue.
Even though the reservoir and its fish were sizeable, forty Jin seemed unlikely.
So, the battle between man and fish began. It darted wildly underwater, and Xiang Ye held his rod high, using its strength and flexibility to wear the fish out. If the fish swam toward someone else's spot—or back toward his own—he would pull it away and keep it circling in a neutral zone.
You had to admit, these wealthy guys weren't stupid. Many might suspect that these fish were just farmed and released into the reservoir, but no farmed fish would have this kind of power and stamina.
Clearly, Huang Kai and the others had found a truly reliable reservoir.
More than ten minutes passed—longer than it had taken Xiang Ye to even start fishing. As the fish neared the bank, even people whose rods hadn't twitched gave up watching their floats and gathered around, eager to witness the reservoir's first catch of the day.
Everyone was excited: Huang Kai, Zheng Jianping, Qi Hongbo, Liu Guangqing—and of course Ai Bai, who already had his phone out, ready to snap pictures.
Xiang Ye, however, raised an eyebrow. The first fish he landed turned out to be a Common Carp. It looked like it might weigh six or seven Jin—not quite the ten Jin he needed.
With Ai Bai's help, they netted the fish and removed the hook. Xiang Ye weighed it briefly, then shook his head.
"What? That fish must be six or seven Jin! Not satisfied?" someone nearby laughed.
"It's a bit short. My goal was a ten-Jin fish," Xiang Ye replied with a smile, revealing his ambitions.
"Haha, there are definitely fish over ten Jin here. Whether you can catch them is another story."
"Man, if I could catch one like that, I'd be smiling in my sleep!"
"Hey bro, mind if I borrow your fish for a photo?"
Everyone laughed and chatted. Xiang Ye didn't mind—he passed the fish over for a quick photo and then dropped it into the keepnet.
"Ding! Congratulations, host has caught Common Carp x1 (2987). Reward: ￥6000.
Ding! As this is a wild Common Carp from a reservoir, value reduced by 20%. Final reward: ￥4800."
"Ding! Congratulations, host has completed the daily task. Reward: 2022 Bentley Bentayga V8S."
As the fish hit the net, two system messages popped into Xiang Ye's mind. The first confirmed the fish's value—￥4800 after deductions.
The second? The daily task was complete, and he had just earned a Bentley Bentayga V8S.
Bentley he knew—it was a top-tier luxury brand—but he wasn't familiar with the specific model. Curious, he pulled out his phone and looked it up.
When he finished reading, he was stunned.
The car was an SUV—Bentley's flagship SUV. Price tag? ￥3,136,000. After taxes and fees? ￥3,489,369.
Staring at the number, Xiang Ye took a deep breath.
That car cost about the same as his house.
"I just wonder if the car's all taken care of too," he muttered quietly to himself.
"What's up? Feeling a little discouraged? Don't worry—fish always get bigger the more you catch." Huang Kai had just tossed in a couple more handfuls of corn and noticed Xiang Ye staring at his phone.
He figured Xiang Ye was bummed that his first fish wasn't over ten Jin.
"No, I was just thinking whether to take a picture and show off. This is the biggest fish I've ever caught," Xiang Ye grinned and tucked his phone away. He couldn't exactly explain that he'd just earned ￥4800 and a luxury SUV from a single catch.
But the math was adding up fast.
Fishing here was a goldmine.
Back in natural waters, a full day of catching small White Bait might net him just over ￥10,000. But here, a single six-Jin Common Carp had brought him ￥4800. Catch just three fish like that and he'd beat a whole day's work elsewhere.
Of course, that was thanks to the quality of this particular reservoir.
Other places, without those underground rivers, usually stocked farm-raised fish. And if the system only valued those at 1/100th, then the payout wouldn't be worth it.
"I should definitely come back here—assuming the owner doesn't get annoyed with me," Xiang Ye thought.
Bait reld, he cast his line back into the spot.
His float settled again, and he waited for his second fish of the day.
It didn't take long—less than ten minutes this time.
But this fish was smaller than the first.
As he reeled it in, he saw it was a long, thin Topmouth Culter—about the length of his forearm. It looked bigger than it was, but likely weighed no more than two Jin.
Ai Bai ran over with the net, scooped it up, and Xiang Ye quickly unhooked it and tossed it into the keepnet.
Weight: 2.3 Jin. Post-discount reward: ￥1920.
Just like that, another ￥1920 earned.
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