Chapter 105: Other Rewards and Losses

Plop. A bobber landed back in the sand once more.

“That makes two. Now for the third...”

Yu Zhiye glanced at the last fishing rod in his inventory. Unlike the other two, this one... had its durability in the red zone!

This was… kinda expected. How could the durability stay perfect when the entire rod gets bent out of shape?

That boss catch didn’t cost the normal 1 durability but almost an entire bar!

Perhaps if the [Unbreakable I] enchantment wasn’t there, his fishing rod might’ve snapped in the middle of that struggle!

Gotta admit: plot armor really did come at a timely basis. Ahem.

Whether there was plot armor or not, only the reader beyond the fourth wall will know.

As for him? This life was reality. Just enjoy those gifts of fate and play it by the ear.

After casting out the last line, Yu Zhiye plopped down in his seat and relaxed back against the wall.

As long there’s fish to catch, the fishing rod will eventually mend itself back to perfect condition. In exchange, he’ll suffer from a short-term loss in XP.

Not a big loss, especially compared to all the rewards he earned!

Aside from emeralds, meat source, and the special invitation, that catch also earned him 10 core energy!

Yep, not one, but ten!

Yu Zhiye didn’t know how exactly that got calculated, but why complain? He’ll take it.

Besides those, that catch also came with an achievement!

[Elite Monster Hunter] Slay an elite-tier creature. (3rd) All Base STATS+0.8

That’s right! This achievement blessed him with an all-around stat gain! Now, this status changed to:

[Name] Yu Zhiye#6969696969

[Age] 24

[Class] Human [XP] Lv21 (631/679)

[Affiliation] Outpost #128A7193S

[Stats] STR (5.9), DEX (8.1), INT (8.6), CON (5.6), WIS (9.4), CHA (3.8), SAN (0.8)

[Gift] %#%@! Fisherman's Hideout (Black)(E-)

[Title] None

CON is no longer below the halfass mark. That’s a big win stamina-wise!

As for the other basic stats…

“Uh huh. Not as pitiful as before.”

Well, if the CHA and SAN stats get ignored, that is.

Sanity was a specially-unlocked hidden stat attribute and didn’t get enhanced here. Normal.

As for charisma… uh…

“Seriously, there must be something wrong with the system. How is my charisma worse than my constitution? Look at me now. Teammates and even a lover flocked to me on their own!”

Alas… the system had no reactions to his complaint.

Testing whether the system was consciously monitoring him failed+1.

Of course, that didn’t mean the system was dead. At least, it was alive where it needs to alive, like in the world chat that exploded again.

[System] Congratulations to Player [Anonymous] from Faction [Wilderness - Desert] for being the first to slay the elite boss [Death Angel Queen]!

[Please Suck Me] Holy Shet! Another boss from the desert again? The ancestral graves of those desert transmigrators must be smoking!

[Piss Off] Seriously! How is this fair? Two big bosses all originating from one faction? Man, this pisses me off! How will the rest of us play this game?!

[Professor X] Now, now, how do you know it’s two and not one? Look at the name. It’s Anonymous again. Could it be the same person from last time?

[Piss Off] Impossible! How can the game allow a single person to claim all the achievements?! Wouldn’t that be even more unfair?!

[Dudepool] Hey, I feel there’s something wrong here. Maybe it’s a bug in the system. Perhaps even the admins didn’t expect there’s a cheater that can slay bosses so easily at this stage. An exploit maybe?

[One-Eyed Troll] Dude, this isn’t a game. What admin can there be? Mr. Wade, I suggest you go see a psychiatrist in Free City.

[Heavenly Sage] Hey, hey, Daoist One-Eyed. Don’t come to conclusions so quickly. You never know. Perhaps there’s a Heavenly Dao blessing a heavenly chosen protagonist of this era.

[Little Dragon Maiden] Waaah! Why can’t that protagonist be meee!

Aside from those, most of the rest were recruitment copy-pasted nonsense that Yu Zhiye didn’t even bother caring about.

He’s living life just fine. Why find a boss to sit on his own head?

And it’s doubtful whether others could even come pick him up in this desert that’s located heaven knows where.

“Whatever. Even if they can, I rather find a way out myself.”

In a chaotic world like this, it’s best to not leave his life in the hands of others.

After scrolling through the chat once more to make sure he didn’t miss anything, Yu Zhiye shut it down.

“As expected, the system will announce the hunt even if I selected no. This might be… one of those transparency things?”

“Perhaps only the first hunt of an elite boss might earn rewards from the system? So all boss names get announced so players will know which boss achievement no longer existed. Wait—boss name?!”

Yu Zhiye remembered the name he skimmed over and quickly pulled up the chat again.

He scrolled up and stared at the name shown on the screen. He didn’t remember wrong! Death Angel Queen!

“How can that be?! Isn’t the boss I plot-armor-killed a Big Sandfish? Why is the name different from what’s shown in the inventory—Wait.”

Yu Zhiye suddenly discovered something was very wrong.

If Death Angel Queen is to [Big Sandfish] then...

What has he been eating these past few days?!