Monsters Are Coming
Chapter 70 - 65: Expanding into a New Domain_2

Chapter 70: Chapter 65: Expanding into a New Domain_2

Preschool Group - Cute Baby: Although I’m not interested in fishing, I’m sure your strategy post will attract quite a few players to join the Fishing Faction. I even imagined a magical scene where a super muscular man stands above the endless sea, fishing for a sea beast that’s thousands of meters long, and then engaging in an intense battle after pulling it up. Theoretically, to fish for powerful aquatic creatures, you need a really strong foundation of power, otherwise, you might be the one who ends up getting caught.

Game Working Party: Oops, you clearly didn’t realize the impact of your strategy post. You mentioned in the post that the fishing line is made from the silk of Iron Shell Bugs, and man, I used to have lots of it but gave it all to Emperor Zhao for sacrifice. Looks like the price for this kind of material is going to skyrocket. Hamster Party Players are going to be ecstatic, while I’ve suffered a huge loss (God of Wealth sad.jpg).

Shield and Sword Power: Hahaha, thanks for your strategy post, bro. Although I still prefer hunting monsters, I’m quite interested in fishing now. I’m a Fishing Man in real life just like you, I’ve saved your post, and I’ll go fishing when it’s time to relax. Looking forward to tasting the fish you described. Also, what’s your fishing method?

Eternal Angler (the host) replies to Shield and Sword Power: Conventional rod fishing, but you’re welcome to explore other fishing methods if you’re interested.

Shield and Sword Power replies to Eternal Angler: Can I use a Spiritual Bomb to blast fish (sly smile)?

Eternal Angler: Thanks, bro, for your strategy post. It’s because of selfless players like you that us noobs can learn and progress. I’ve decided to follow in your footsteps and become a Fishing Faction Player. I’m going to start making fishing gear and head out!

Chasing Delicious Food Cat: This is why I love browsing forums; you can always find various novel gameplay strategies. I admire your ingenuity, playing games in creative modes while I’m just on the standard mode. Looking forward to the growth of this genre. As a member of the Hamster Party, I just love collecting all sorts of oddities. By the way, my Space Bag is filled with lots of Iron Shell Bug Silk, and I’ve never had the heart to sell them, hehe.

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The strategy post Wu Quan published on the forums kept gaining popularity, attracting a large number of players who like fishing to join the discussion.

After learning that even fishing could lead to growth in Monster World, many messaged directly in the post to ask how to do it.

Meanwhile, Wu Quan, while continuing his fishing, patiently replied to the posts.

During this time, some players made suggestions on alternatives for fishing rod materials during their exploration in Monster World.

The influence of the post exceeded Wu Quan’s expectations.

The first to be affected was the market price for "Iron Shell Bug Silk," which skyrocketed.

Many players, influenced by the strategy post, followed Wu Quan’s ideas to craft fishing gear, especially making fishing lines from Iron Shell Bug Silk.

This material, which most players initially got and sacrificially offered to Emperor Zhao, saw a price explosion due to the advent of the fishing faction. Players who had these in stock were few.

Now, Iron Shell Bugs in Dark Cave had been eradicated with no sources to obtain more; once a silk was used, it was gone.

Only a few hoarders among the "Hamster Party Players" still had this resource.

This made the players who had earlier offered their Iron Shell Bug Silk as a sacrifice hit their chests in regret, lamenting their initial choice since keeping it till today could have increased its value at least tenfold.

At least until a new fishing line replacement was found, the price of Iron Shell Bug Silk would continue to climb.

This was the first time players recognized that materials from dead monsters could have purposes other than sacrifices.

Many now contemplated hoarding materials, guessing that some seemingly insignificant materials might explode in value in the future.

Aside from the fishing gameplay, the post’s most discussed aspect was the curious players eager to know what the fish tasted like, with many offering high prices to buy the fish meat to taste it themselves.

This also allowed many from the Working Party to see opportunities for profit.

Just as Wu Quan had hoped, his strategy post successfully opened a new gameplay faction in the game.

Although this faction was still in its formative stages without professional advice, it was foreseeable that with the collective efforts of the vast Fishing Faction, the fishing gameplay would experience one upgrade after another, especially in fishing gear.

As the popularity continued to surge, large numbers of players flocked to Wu Quan’s live streaming room, where the viewer count, previously at zero, skyrocketed.

During this time, Wu Quan caught a Level 3 aquatic creature.

It looked like a fish-turtle hybrid, with a shell on its back.

Analysis Information Displayed:

[Turtle Ray (Monster)]

Hunting Level: 3

Monster Introduction: A common low-level aquatic creature in the Pale Continent - Emperor Tomb Mountain Range region, omnivorous, with a wide range of food sources, it searches for underwater prey using its acute sense of smell, but usually feeds on aquatic plants and algae, prefers to reside in the deep parts of lakes, and likes dark and quiet waters, during the day, Turtle Rays often hide in underwater caves or rock crevices, using their camouflage ability to blend with the surroundings to avoid predators, often foraging at night.

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Despite the strange appearance of the Turtle Ray, Wu Quan still chose to decompose it into meat, skewered the meat strips on a stick, and roasted it over a torch in front of the live stream audience.

The roasted fish meat displays an enticing golden-brown color.

Although the spectators couldn’t smell the fragrance through the screen, the sizzling greasy fish meat still made them hungry.

Some players immediately commented on the live chat, asking to buy a piece of fish meat to taste.

Wu Quan ignored them.

Under the gaze of the live stream audience, Wu Quan took big bites, commenting on the taste of the fish meat.

During this, Wu Quan was again conquered by the taste of the fish meat imbued with spiritual particles.

Although the fish was prepared simply by roasting over a fire, without any complex process.

The inside of the fish remained tender and juicy, perfectly locked in all the freshness and flavors by the right amount of heat, each bite started with the crispiness and slight char flavor of the fish skin, followed by the delicacy and sweetness of the fish meat, an indescribable deliciousness danced on the taste buds, bringing endless satisfaction and joy.

In just a few bites, Wu Quan devoured the roasted fish meat and gave a thumbs up to the live camera (Guiding Avatar):

"It’s so delicious, definitely an experience you can’t get in reality, you all must try it."

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Primordial Altar.

Wu Quan posted a strategy, and naturally, Qi Sheng saw it.

And this was exactly the outcome he wanted to see.

Just like hunting monsters, whether players decompose aquatic creatures caught by fishing into food or obtain evolution points and sacrificial power by killing them, he could extract 30% of the profits, essentially making fishing another form of hunting.

His profits suffered no loss.

Importantly, the birth of the Fishing Faction introduced a new domain for containing Primordial Monsters.

Emperor Zhao independently created a vast number of Primordial Monsters, not only those walking on land and flying in the sky but also a large number hidden in various waters of Monster World, even the ocean.

Compared to the terrestrial Primordial Monsters, the underwater ones are harder to locate, and currently, there is no Life Soul of Primordial Monsters that can provide power for underwater combat.

The appearance of Fishing Faction Players undoubtedly filled the gap in containing underwater Primordial Monsters and brought expansion into new areas.

This only benefits the development of the Player Corps.

Among these, the development and use of fish meat would involve his plans to introduce a secondary profession model in the future, aimed at producing spiritual food for attribute growth.

In Qi Sheng’s envisioning of the Player Corps, besides powerful combat abilities, there needs to be a large number of function-assisting players specializing in other innovative developments, providing side growth support to the Player Corps.