As a Fisherman, My Fish Can Level Up
Chapter 417 - Chapter 417 Chapter 300 Upgrade of the Aquatic Product Guide

Chapter 417: Chapter 300: Upgrade of the Aquatic Product Guide Chapter 417: Chapter 300: Upgrade of the Aquatic Product Guide The two quietly went about their business, obviously unconcerned that the school of Golden Spearfish might swim away.

The school of Golden Spearfish had been attracted by the bright lights of the Sea God, and were sure to stay tonight.

Of course, the tranquility of these waters had been disrupted by the sudden arrival of visitors.

The native fish were even more miserable, chased about by the school of Golden Spearfish, and even forced to leave their long-inhabited homes.

This was a reluctant choice, but any slower and they’d become dinner for the Golden Spearfish.

After several minutes, the bait on Jiang Luoluo’s side had finally melted a bit with the hot water.

She moved to Chu Mingcheng’s side and began to slowly throw the bait as he requested.

The initially thrown bait slowly sank, catching the attention of few Golden Spearfish.

But as the bait gradually increased, some Golden Spearfish began to notice the situation.

Compared to food that required effort to catch, this motionless food, though less tasty and appealing, offered ease of access; they just had to swim over and open their mouths to eat.

Therefore, more and more Golden Spearfish gathered, and soon the food sinking to the bottom was eaten up, leading them to follow the bait to the surface.

Jiang Luoluo maintained her pace, now attracting a Golden Spearfish with each piece of bait thrown.

Chu Mingcheng adjusted the lights and even put on a headlamp, so standing on the steps he could clearly see the surface of the water.

“We’re in luck, it seems like those are longfin tuna down there.”

“Yes, I was worried about catching smaller fish that wouldn’t increase our ranking! Some of these longfin tuna are quite large, they should weigh over fifty pounds, right?”

Not only Chu Mingcheng but Jiang Luoluo also saw clearly what type of Golden Spearfish was coming from under the water, thus a happy smile appeared on her face.

Earning money and boosting their ranking in the competition was naturally the best outcome.

Chu Mingcheng nodded, “This school of longfin tuna varies in size, and some large ones appeared just now. Judging by their size, they should weigh over fifty pounds. We’ll just need to focus on these big ones tonight.”

Jiang Luoluo now understood the reason behind using a spear, allowing them to selectively aim, avoiding the waste of time on small Golden Spearfish.

But whether this was feasible or not, she wasn’t sure.

So, when she saw Chu Mingcheng lifting his spear, she moved closer and kept a vigilant watch on the surface while throwing bait.

At that moment, an impatient Golden Spearfish from the depths suddenly burst forward, pushing its kin aside, and surged to the surface to swallow a piece of bait that hadn’t yet sunk.

Chu Mingcheng’s eyes lit up, finally spotting a larger one.

He decisively threw his spear, and it whooshed straight into the head of the Golden Spearfish.

With Chu Mingcheng’s strength and the sharpness of the spear, it plunged deep into the Golden Spearfish’s head, delivering a fatal blow.

As for accuracy, after getting used to using a spear, his precision was much higher than that of many seasoned Golden Spearfish fishermen.

The complete enhancement of his physical abilities also included his eyesight and reaction speed.

The fatally stricken longfin tuna managed to swim just thirty-nine meters, then its strength faded due to the severe injury, and it uncontrollably floated sideways in the water.

As Chu Mingcheng felt the condition of Golden Spearfish through the line, he knew it was time to haul it in and began to slowly reel it back.

Watching the fish being pulled up through a small gate in less than five minutes, Jiang Luoluo wore a strange expression, “Ah Cheng, do you think we’re cheating with this method?”

Chu Mingcheng chuckled, picked up a fishhook, and forcefully jabbed it into the fish’s mouth, tugging on it a few times, “See, this way we’re not cheating, I definitely caught this fish.”

“…” Jiang Luoluo’s mouth twitched, she gave a thumbs up, speechless at his maneuver.

Seeing Chu Mingcheng getting ready to bleed the fish, she took the initiative to take over the messy task.

“You continue feeding to keep the fish from escaping. Bleeding is quick, I can handle it.”

Chu Mingcheng didn’t relinquish control, however, taking up a fish knife he chopped off the fish’s tail with two snaps, then made a cut across the artery, and swiftly bled the fish with a hose.

His movements were extremely efficient, quickly processing a Golden Spearfish, then he gutted it, grabbed it by the gill cover, and directly lifted it to be weighed — sixty-seven pounds.

This weight had already surpassed the competition’s requirement of fifty pounds for longfin tuna, so he confidently placed it into the cold storage chamber.

A Golden Spearfish, from being speared to placed in the cold storage, took just seven or eight minutes in total, a highly efficient process.

“Using fishing rods, it would’ve taken at least an hour, right?” Jiang Luoluo glanced at the time and couldn’t help but exclaim.

Chu Mingcheng smiled but didn’t reply; a seventies or eighties-pound Golden Spearfish he should be able to fish up in half an hour, but since the fish weren’t in deep water, naturally, a quicker method was needed to get the fish aboard.

Following that, nearly every ten minutes, a longfin tuna over fifty pounds was placed into the cold storage chamber.

But this school was larger than Chu Mingcheng had anticipated, and even though the cold storage was filled to capacity, there were still many fish left, unfortunately, he had to stop.

Exactly how many longfin tuna he had speared was unclear to him.

He checked his watch, it was now just past one in the morning.

From eight o’clock last night to now, over five hours had passed, which by an estimate of six per hour, should mean thirty-one fish in the cold storage.

Of course, the actual number should be more, because later on when there was no space left, he had to stack the fish on others already frozen solid.

It’s a pity that the price of longfin tuna was only slightly higher than that of yellowfin, almost comparable to that of high-quality yellowfin.

Although the cold storage was full, the actual value definitely couldn’t match the thirteen fish from before, plus that one black-skin spearfish might come close.

But last time, it took five days on the sea, returning to the dock on the sixth day.

Yet today was only the third day at sea, saving half the time, which by that calculation, certainly made this turnout better than the last.

With the cold storage filled, the two naturally went to sleep.

However, at three in the morning, while Jiang Luoluo was deep asleep, Chu Mingcheng quietly got up.

When he returned to his bedroom, he had already used life conversion to restore his energy to its optimal state, so of course, he could not sleep.

Moreover, he had thoroughly bullied Jiang Luoluo before bed, so he was not at all worried about her waking up.

Gently closing the bedroom door behind him, he walked over to the living room.

Suddenly, four pairs of greenish eyeballs appeared on the sofa.

“Meow~”

As the cries of Xiao Mi rang out, Chu Mingcheng hurried over to pet the cats’ heads, signaling them to be quiet.

Luckily, the puppies were still young. Once asleep, it would take a good shaking to wake them up.

Unlike adult dogs, which are highly alert and wake up at the slightest disturbance.

Chu Mingcheng put on a headlamp, only wearing boxer shorts, walked out of the cabin, and then jumped into the water with a spear gun.

He was going to search for three types of seafood during the night to upgrade his seafood guide.

Having delayed for so long, the changes in the leaderboard numbers upon his return would certainly alert the other competitors.

By then, everyone would undoubtedly become more competitive, so he needed to see what the new abilities were after the upgrade to decide how to approach the next competition.

An hour later, Chu Mingcheng climbed out of the water.

He first went to the bathroom in another room to take a shower, washed his wet boxer shorts, hung them up to dry, and then returned to the bedroom to lie on the bed. He hugged Jiang Luoluo while looking at the new changes in the seafood guide.

The seafood guide had naturally upgraded upon his return.

[Seafood Guide (Level 4)]

[Current Experience: (0/100)]

[Unlocked Capture Tools: Hand, Fishing Gear, Spear Gun, Crab Cages, Long Lines]

[Max seafood level: 50]

[Unlocked Seafood: 1 Mud Shrimp, 2 Crucian Carp, 3 Whitebait….]

[Special Abilities: Free Swimming, Seafood Affinity Aura, Ocean Guardian]

Upon seeing this new ability called Ocean Guardian, Chu Mingcheng had an odd expression.

He suspected that the seafood guide was targeting him for previously eating the Jinxiu Lobster.

[Ocean Guardian]

[Bound Area: Huaxia Sea and surrounding international waters (unbinding available)]

[Ability One: Tenacious Survival, all first-class protected animals in the bound aquatic territory will not go extinct. When the aquatic animals in this area face an extinction crisis, their reproduction and survival ability will be maximized, allowing them to increase their population to a safe number within six months]

[Ability Two: The host can bind up to five endangered or protected aquatic animals. All bound aquatic animals will have their reproduction speed increased by tenfold, and the food required for their growth will also increase proportionally to ensure the balance of the food chain (the reproduction growth speed is not stackable with other abilities)]

[Bound Aquatic Animals: None]

[Search: Can check the location and number of bound animals, limited to the bound waters]

Looking at Ability One, it seemed that because he had eaten a protected animal, the external plugin began to actively protect?

But this was a good thing for Chu Mingcheng as it at least ensured that the endangered animals in the country would no longer go extinct.

Unfortunately, the plugin was a bit late; otherwise, the Yangtze River Paddlefish might not have gone extinct.

If Ability One ensured the lower limit of critically endangered aquatic animals, then Ability Two might cause the numbers of protected animals to overflow.

Now that Ability One ensured the lower limit for the critically endangered animals, Chu Mingcheng’s five binding slots for Ability Two could first be used as needed.

This search function was precisely what he needed most for this competition.

Therefore, he immediately bound the Pacific Bluefin Tuna and the Southern Bluefin Tuna. As for the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna, he was helpless, unable to manage that far.

Even if he could, he would not bind it; he could not catch it, which would only benefit others for free.

Having bound the two types of Bluefin Tuna, he then added a vulnerable species, the Big-eyed Gold Spearfish.

These three fishes were crucial to his income in the years to come; the more fish, the more he would earn.

Having more tuna was not a problem; they would definitely be exported. The domestic sashimi market was only so big at the moment, so allowing the local population to earn some money from Japan wasn’t a bad idea.

Chu Mingcheng hesitated over the remaining two binding slots.

After some thought, his fourth choice was the East Starfish.

East Starfish were currently rare and protected, but their numbers were expected to overflow and likely be removed from protection in a couple of years.

The Yellowlip Fish and Su Mei Fish he had considered were at a higher level of protection.

Their numbers, even if overflowing, would hardly be legally served on tables for many years, so he temporarily did not consider these two.

For the last binding slot, he thought of the Earth Dragon, whose high prices and slightly more substantial numbers could earn him a lot of money. With the search function, finding them would not be as troublesome as before.

However, when he tried, he could not bind it; the rare Earth Dragon was neither protected nor on the red list.

After much thought, Chu Mingcheng remembered another valuable fish, the Rat Spot.

Rat Spot, like the Big-eyed Gold Spearfish, were vulnerable.icensed to be served on tables domestically, making them a perfect choice.

However, because of domestic cultivation, Chu Mingcheng would control the numbers of Rat Spot to prevent a significant drop in price, which could cause cultivators to lose money.

After all, no matter how cheap this fish got, those who could afford it would still eat it, and those who couldn’t afford it wouldn’t.

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