Starting from the office buildings we kept passing through

Chapter 21 Fishing

"Brother Chen, the wolf carcass was carried away by some unknown creature."

Zhang Zhen reported to Chen Hao.

By this time, they had re-entered the jungle, returning to the place where they had first encountered the wolves.

They had left behind a wolf carcass here because they couldn't take it with them.

Not long after they returned, the wolf carcass had vanished.

"Once it's gone, it's gone."

"Let's continue our journey."

Chen Hao didn't care much about this.

"clear."

The group continued onward.

This time, they encountered no large carnivores and successfully reached the riverbank.

Of course, we encountered quite a few small snakes and animals along the way.

But these creatures were either scared away by Chen Hao and his large group, or Xiao Tian caught their scent and dragged them out.

As expected of a summoned creature, Xiaotian was agile and had sharp claws.

Xiaotian can deal with most venomous snakes with ease.

They even caught a wild rabbit.

Chen Hao tossed the rabbit into his backpack, while the venomous snake became Xiaotian's meal.

Xiaotian was very clever. After biting off the snake's head, he carried the snake's corpse in his mouth and ate it as he walked.

"What a comfortable breeze."

When she arrived at the riverbank, Liu Yun opened her arms wide, enjoying the refreshing breeze full of moisture. It was very cool for her, as she had been walking in the jungle for quite some time and had sweated a lot.

Compared to her somewhat reserved actions, the men had already run to the riverbank, scooped up the water, and started washing themselves.

Water is a precious resource in that building; it's not something you can use for bathing or washing your face.

"I want to wash too."

Liu Yun also joined in.

Suddenly, Chen Hao's eyes narrowed, he put down the river water he had just scooped up, and quickly backed away.

With a "splash," just as he was backing away, a fish covered in fangs leaped out of the water.

If he hadn't backed away, he would likely have been bitten in the cheek by the fish.

"Everyone back off, it's dangerous in the water."

Chen Hao shouted loudly.

Upon hearing this, everyone dared not delay and quickly retreated.

But some people were too late.

"Ah, my hand."

Liu Zhan let out a scream as a strange fish had his hand firmly bitten.

If Liu Zhan hadn't instinctively used his hand to block, he would have been bitten on the face, not the hand.

"Relax."

Liu Zhan tried his best to pry it open, but he couldn't break the strange fish's sharp teeth, which looked like animal traps.

"I'll do it."

Chen Hao quickly came to Liu Zhan's side, stretched out his hands, grabbed the upper and lower jaws of the strange fish, and pried them open with force.

They pried open its mouth, allowing Liu Zhan's hand to be easily removed.

Then, Chen Hao threw the strange fish on the ground, and the fish was still jumping around.

Everyone gathered around to observe the strange fish.

The strange fish has black scales all over its body, bulging eyes, and a mouth full of sharp teeth. It is about thirty centimeters long.

"What kind of fish is this? It's so ugly."

Kong Hao commented.

"I don't know if it's edible."

Looking at the row of bloody teeth marks on his hand, Liu Zhan, who had been bitten, said through gritted teeth.

"That's easy. Just find a wild animal, feed it the fish, and see if it has any adverse reactions after eating it."

Zhang Zhen pushed up his glasses and said.

Chen Hao thought for a moment, then stabbed the strange fish in the head with his knife.

[Congratulations! You have successfully killed a one-star common creature—the Flesh-Eating Fish, and have obtained one one-star card.]

"That's right, killing this fish will also get you a card."

Chen Hao nodded in satisfaction.

"This fish is called a carnivorous fish. Let's try to catch some."

Chen Hao naturally took the opportunity to acquire the card seriously.

He glanced at the one-star card; it was a white water card.

"How are we supposed to fish? We don't have any fishing rods. I didn't even bring mine to the office; I left them at home."

Luo Hai touched his bald head.

"Of course that's true."

As he spoke, Chen Hao took out a bundle of thin rope from his backpack, punched a hole in the [Flesh-Eating Fish], threaded the rope through it, and tied a tight knot.

Then they threw the fish carcass into the river.

In just a few seconds, Chen Hao felt a pulling force, and he suddenly pulled and threw it.

They brought up two carnivorous fish.

Even after being pulled ashore, these carnivorous fish continued to bite the corpses of their own kind, refusing to let go.

"That's how you fish."

Chen Hao laughed.

"It's that simple?"

Everyone else was dumbfounded.

Luo Hai, in particular, is a fishing enthusiast, but he often comes away empty-handed.

For him, Chen Hao's actions were simply unacceptable.

"How could it have been caught so easily?"

"It's simple, the resources here are too abundant."

As Chen Hao spoke, he picked up a stone from the ground and threw it towards a dark patch of water.

When the stone fell into the water, it startled countless black Carnivorous Fish, many of which even jumped out of the water.

"Hiss!" Luo Hai's eyes widened. "So many fish!"

Then, following Chen Hao's example, everyone threaded a rope through the fish's body and threw it into the river.

Often, within seconds, a fish will bite the hook. At this point, you can catch one or two carnivorous fish by pulling them forcefully to the shore.

No skill is required at all; just a little brute force will suffice.

Once those carnivorous fish bite the bait, they basically won't let go, so you just need to keep pulling.

Luo Hai was overjoyed. For someone who often missed out on fish, this was the first time he had ever had such a consistent catch.

And today, he experienced it firsthand.

So much so that while everyone else was too tired to even start cultivating, he remained full of enthusiasm.

In the end, Chen Hao stopped him and said, "That's enough, stop fishing."

He stopped, still wanting more.

As soon as he stopped, he felt that his arms were swollen and painful.

This is caused by using too much force.

At this moment, there were already hundreds of [Flesh-Eating Fish] on the ground.

Chen Hao rallied everyone to help kill the fish.

Everyone responded to the call, and then their faces showed surprise.

Because they all heard the notification sound and saw the card that suddenly appeared in their bodies.

Afterwards, they handed all the cards to Chen Hao.

They were all white cards; there wasn't a single blue card.

There are a total of 35 white cards, with a drop rate of about one-third.

Among them, water cards were the most numerous, perhaps because they were obtained from fish.

There are thirteen cards, followed by meat cards, and then eight.

Then there are five salt cards, three iron cards, three rice cards, and three bucket cards.

[One-Star Supply Card (White) - Wooden Bucket: Made of wood, it can hold water and other items]

Chen Hao used up the three bucket cards immediately.

Three buckets appeared, each about half a meter high and about thirty centimeters in diameter.

"Is this a bucket?"

"Great, the bucket card just happened to fall down, it'll come in handy."

"Let's take a break, then fish some more and see if we can get more bucket cards."

Chen Hao addressed the crowd.

"it is good."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Then, Chen Hao led Xiaotian into the jungle, and soon they caught a wild cat.

Chen Hao grabbed it by the scruff of its neck, making it pant continuously.

It only stopped hissing when Chen Hao threw a carnivorous fish in front of it.

After testing it for a while, the wildcat began to happily eat the fish.

Half an hour later, the wild cat was still lively and energetic, and even tried to scratch Chen Hao, but Chen Hao slapped it away and sent it flying back into the jungle.

"It's okay, the fish is fine to eat, no problem."

"Very good."

Everyone was very happy.

They were getting tired of eating grilled meat all the time, so the fresh and tender fish was a good alternative.

So Chen Hao told Li Laoshi to light a fire and grill the fish, while the others continued fishing.

Chen Hao stood aside, alert to potential dangers and checking the newly generated purple cards.