As a Fisherman, My Fish Can Level Up

Chapter 75: Chapter 75 Isn’t This More Thrilling Than a Roller Coaster?

Chu Mingcheng found a way to conserve energy as he returned to the pier, and he checked the time—it had only taken him eight minutes, almost a minute per hundred meters.

At that moment, he even considered whether he should switch careers and become a swimmer instead.

Breaking his own record every year, each time faster by 0.1 seconds—wouldn’t that be awesome?

But it was just a thought, as being an athlete required repetitive and dull practice, which wasn’t as freeing as going out to the sea to hunt and fish.

Chu Mingcheng hung his harpoon on the rebar of the pier, as he didn’t need the harpoon for catching fish with the currents.

He then unhooked the live fish and tied them to the rebar as well.

Utilizing the currents to catch fish meant he couldn’t carry the fish with him.

Otherwise, the fish could get caught up in the currents and its dorsal fin might stab him.

Moreover, his position was at the edge of the bridge, where boats rarely passed, so it was highly unlikely that anyone would spot his stuff hanging under the pier.

After preparing, Chu Mingcheng dove back into the water.

Now his target fish wasn’t fixed, groupers were hard to come by, and he was fine with anything valuable.

He had previously caught striped rockfish here, which were also pricey, so he decided to search for them.

Ignoring the smaller fish in the upper middle layer, he went straight to the bottom.

After checking the previous position of the currents, he began searching for prey.

He found nothing at the bottom, but when he looked up, he saw a good four or five striped rockfish swimming towards him from not far away, leisurely circling a pillar above him.

Chu Mingcheng immediately surged upward, startling the school of fish, which scattered in all directions, with two heading towards the currents.

He followed them, expecting the two fish to split up again, but they plunged into the currents instead.

The currents that even the previous grouper couldn’t withstand were too much for the sea breams weighing only two to three pounds.

They had no ability to resist and were swept away by the currents.

Chu Mingcheng didn’t hesitate and plunged into the currents to continue the pursuit.

He hadn’t been prepared before and hadn’t really felt what it was like to be swept away by the currents with his feet forward.

This time, with his head forward and his hands placed at his sides in a straight line,

he swiftly skimmed through the water, experiencing a sense of weightlessness and visual impact similar to a roller coaster plunging from a height—it was thrillingly awesome.

If he could speak, Chu Mingcheng would definitely shout, “Thrilling!”

Isn’t this more thrilling than riding a roller coaster?

That costs money and every time you ride, you have to queue, but he could experience these currents again and again.

And the two sea breams in front of him were already dizzied by the currents. @@novelbin@@

This time Chu Mingcheng specifically checked the time, and when he emerged from the currents, about a minute had elapsed.

The speed had reached over thirteen meters per second, almost matching that of a roller coaster.

No wonder, whether it were him or the fish, once they entered these currents, there was no room for struggle or resistance.

The two sea breams were more completely dizzy than the grouper, and Chu Mingcheng easily caught them.

He lassoed one, and held the other in his hand to bleed it.

After handling both, Chu Mingcheng lassoed the tails of the two fish and swam back.

Returning to the pier, the grouper was still intact.

After securing the sea breams, Chu Mingcheng didn’t waste any time and promptly went back down to continue driving fish.

Zhao Jun had about two hours before he needed to haul in his nets, and once the boat came over, he couldn’t use the undercurrent to fish anymore.

Otherwise, going down under the bridge and reappearing eight hundred meters away wouldn’t be easy to explain.

It was a pity that there were few types of fish under the pier, and the larger fish were just sea bass and black sea bream, with occasional sightings of stone bream and yellowfin snapper.

There were plenty of small ones, like small yellow flower, Changyu, stone fish, and others.

If Chu Mingcheng couldn’t find any stone breams, he would choose sea bass and black bream instead. By the time Zhao Jun arrived, he had no idea how many times he had experienced a “rollercoaster ride.”

Unaware of any discomfort in himself, he kept repeating until he saw a fishing boat approaching from afar, only then did he float on the surface and wait.

“Ah Cheng, are you okay? Do you feel any discomfort?” Zhao Jun focused all his attention on Chu Mingcheng. Seeing that he was fine, he breathed a sigh of relief and didn’t initially notice the fish hanging under the steel bars.

“I’m fine. There were too many fish under the bridge. I caught a bunch and had a blast today.” Chu Mingcheng climbed onto the boat with Zhao Jun’s help and then vigorously lifted the fish attached to the live fish hitches.

Twelve hitches were not nearly enough, so he ended up threading a rope through the fish gills and tying it up.

“Hiss~” Zhao Jun gasped. They were all high-value fish.

As a fisherman, he could tell at a glance that the catch weighed at least fifty or sixty pounds, and there was an unusually large grouper among them.

The catch today was even more outrageous than yesterday’s.

“Did you catch all these just now?” Zhao Jun’s tone was incredulous.

“Yeah, there are a lot of fish under the bridge. It’s quite easy to catch them with a lasso. It’s a pity I haven’t passed the hunting and fishing license exam yet. If I had a spear gun, I could have caught at least a hundred pounds of fish.”

Chu Mingcheng wasn’t exaggerating. As long as he became proficient with a spear gun, he really could do it.

Not just him; any normal hunter would also be able to catch over a hundred pounds of fish before running out of energy.

“You’ve found the perfect job for yourself, but this task is not something ordinary people can handle.” Zhao Jun shook his head and then asked, “Are you going back in the water?”

“Not anymore, I have a dinner party tonight and need to head back early.” Chu Mingcheng opened his fish box, which was prepared with crushed ice.

“Brother Zhao Jun, can I borrow an empty box from you? I don’t plan to sell this grouper.”

“What, are you giving it as a gift or eating it yourself?”

“To eat myself, of course.”

Zhao Jun was surprised; he hadn’t expected him to be so extravagant. He passed him an empty box and said, “That’s lavish, this one weighs at least ten pounds, much more expensive than that green spot you had before!”

“I’m going to Qiongzhou in a couple of days to take the hunting and fishing exam. After that, I’ll head straight to Xia City to develop my career. I caught this grouper especially for my parents to try.”

Chu Mingcheng took the box, placed the grouper inside, then poured out half of the crushed ice to make a bed and threw the rest of the catch into the box one by one.

“Heading to Xia City to develop?” Zhao Jun was taken aback, then thinking of Chu Mingcheng’s hunting skills, he thought it made sense for him to go there.

He was quite tempted himself, feeling a surge of desire to learn fishing and hunting at that moment.

But then the faces of his wife and child appeared in his mind, and the fiery thought was immediately extinguished.

Unlike the single Chu Mingcheng, he couldn’t afford to take the risk; his life had to prioritize stability.

Rather than learning to hunt and fish, it was a better decision for him to find a few reliable partners and jointly buy a boat to fish in the Far Sea.

Back at the dock, Zhao Jun parked the boat and came to the front deck, just about to help Chu Mingcheng carry the fish box ashore, when he noticed a sea bass about four or five pounds heavy lying on his own catch from today.

Zhao Jun knew for sure he hadn’t netted any sea bass today, he resignedly said, “Ah Cheng, I just gave you a ride by the way, take this fish back with you!”

Chu Mingcheng looked puzzled, “What are you talking about? Aren’t all my fish in the fish box?”

Zhao Jun couldn’t help but laugh and said, “Alright, it’s just because you’re leaving for another place. Otherwise, if I took you out to sea every day, I could probably earn an extra five or six thousand a month.”

Chu Mingcheng chuckled and didn’t continue the conversation.

Zhao Jun knew how he felt about him; not to mention anything else, but stopping to first check on his physical condition as soon as the boat came made him feel very comfortable.