Chapter 203 - 137: Consecutively Unlocking New Collection Entries

Chapter 203: Chapter 137: Consecutively Unlocking New Collection Entries

"This fish is delicious!"

"Yeah, it’s really tasty. Ah Nan, why aren’t you eating?"

"I had two big pieces for lunch, so I’m a bit sick of it. I saved these just for you guys."

"You’re a real one!"

Half an hour later, dinner was over. After resting for a bit, An Jun and Ye Jing were about to leave, but Gu Nan hurried to stop them.

"Come with me. I got you guys presents; they’re in the car."

An Jun was surprised. "What’s the special occasion? It’s not a holiday or anything. Why’d you get us gifts?"

For some reason, Ye Jing suddenly had an ominous feeling. "Ah Nan, what did you get us?"

"You’ll find out when we get there!" Gu Nan laughed and waved them over. As he walked outside, he turned to Yi Chen. "Yi Chen, once you’re done cleaning up, just lock up and head home. I probably won’t be back tonight."

"Okay, got it!" Yi Chen nodded, already prepared for him not to show up at the shop at all tomorrow.

’If he does show up, he’ll probably get cornered in here.’

Zhao Jiajia watched the three men leave, her expression suspicious. "I don’t know why," she said, "but I get the feeling your boss is up to no good."

"Yup. That’s why he got diapers for his two bros!" Yi Chen couldn’t help but laugh as she spoke.

"What the hell? Diapers?" Zhao Jiajia was baffled. Then she suddenly remembered the fish on the table that Gu Nan wouldn’t let her eat, and her eyes widened. "Was there something wrong with the fish?"

"Do you know what kind of fish that was?" Yi Chen asked with a grin.

Yi Chen hadn’t known at first, either. She only figured it out after Gu Nan sent her a message while she was cooking.

"That’s oilfish, also known as the ’leaky-butt fish.’ It contains a type of oil that the human body can’t digest, so it comes out through your... ahem, you get the picture!"

"Gasp..." Zhao Jiajia sucked in a sharp breath. ’That was a close call. If Gu Nan hadn’t insisted I not eat it, I would’ve been in for a total disaster at school tomorrow.’

Then, she started to gloat. "Tsk, tsk. Your boss is pretty ruthless with his friends, huh!"

Yi Chen just smiled. ’A friendship with a bit of roughhousing is a good one. So many lonely people would kill for a friendship like this!’

After cleaning up the shop, she locked the door, took Gulu and a bag of cat food, and rode her electric scooter home with Jiajia.

She was basically the one using the electric scooter now, which made commuting much more convenient than before.

Meanwhile, Gu Nan laughed heartily as he started his pickup truck and sped away.

After getting in the truck, he immediately locked the doors and tossed two packs of diapers out the window.

By the time An Jun and Ye Jing realized what was happening, his truck was already far in the distance.

Gu Nan didn’t even explain what kind of fish they’d eaten, but that wouldn’t stump them. They could just look it up online, and they’d understand for sure once the... leakage started later that night.

A special situation last night had kept him from completing his daily task, costing him a day, but he absolutely had to go today.

’We’re 400,000 characters in, and still no sign of a regular boss on the new map. That’s just unacceptable.’

Gu Nan first drove to an ice shop to buy two boxes of sea ice. The catch rate for native Seven-Star Rock fish with an 89% compatibility was even lower than at the Fengqi Coast, but it wasn’t zero.

So, every time he went out to sea, ice was a necessity.

Next, he went to a tackle shop and bought some Antarctica shrimp. This stuff was an all-purpose bait. It could be used for chumming or as hook bait, and most importantly, it was cheap.

Once he was ready, Gu Nan went to Fisherman’s Wharf and moved his things onto the boat.

He filled the large water bucket; he still had bottled water to drink.

Then, Gu Nan started the fishing boat and set off. Seeing that he only had a third of a tank of diesel left, he took a detour to a fueling station to fill up.

There were two ways to refuel. The faster way was to go to a dedicated marine fueling station built on the shore.

If you weren’t in a hurry, you could call the station and have a fuel truck come over, but most boat owners just went to the station themselves.

’So much for today’s profits. They’re all going straight to the fueling station.’

With a full tank, Gu Nan finally set sail for Sanlian Reef.

Today was July 18th, which happened to be the first day of the sixth lunar month. It was a spring tide—a great time for fishing.

But when he arrived at Sanlian Reef, he didn’t see any other fishing boats.

Gu Nan had already seen in his group chat that the other fishing fanatics had all gone to a different spot. The word was that the fishing was good there, but it wasn’t because a big school of fish had arrived.

He wasn’t interested in joining the crowd unless it was for a school of high-value fish. Otherwise, it wasn’t worth his while.

Unfortunately, the game-map rules stipulated that he could only use one rod, and only a rod produced by that map could catch the local marine life.

’If I could use a few more rods paired with electric reels, I might just become a millionaire overnight.’

Finding a spot that felt promising, Gu Nan took out his Seven-Star Rod and started fishing.

The rod had fifteen guaranteed daily catches, and with the twenty guaranteed all-map catches accumulated from not fishing yesterday, he could land at least thirty-five fish today.

’I hope it’s not like last time, when a whole school suddenly showed up and all I caught was the same species.’

Gu Nan baited his hook with a Big Fatty lure and decided to try a few different fishing methods today to see if he could unlock more entries in his collection.

He started with a cast. He raised the rod and flicked it, sending the lure flying far out. In the darkness, he couldn’t see where it went, but thankfully the splash was loud enough for him to pinpoint its location.

He slowly turned the handle, and the lure carved a path across the water’s surface.

But it had only moved three or four meters before a fish leaped out of the water and swallowed it in one gulp.

The fish was powerful, its pull extremely strong. Gu Nan immediately guessed it might be a Pool Fish King.