Chapter 48: Luck Value Zero, Big Wave Warning

As for these chives, they just keep getting cut, one batch after another.

As for the radish, it's not that he loves eating it so much; it's just because it looks good when grown.

After returning, Ye Cheng checked the system; his points had already reached 220, and today they increased quite a bit.

After getting up, Ye Cheng's first thing was to open the system.

Luck: 0

Points: 220

Seeing the Luck Value drop to zero, Ye Cheng, who had been lying in bed, was so frightened he jumped straight up, rubbing his eyes several times before confirming there really was a minus sign in front.

"What the hell, what a crappy system, how did it even produce a negative number?"

"What does this mean? I can understand that low Luck means you can't pick up things, but suddenly becoming zero—what does that mean?"

"Does it mean I can't even pick up death itself?"

Not understanding the system's meaning, to be safe Ye Cheng decided not to go out today, let's see how you make me suffer a loss.

Thinking Xiao Hu would come over, Ye Cheng deliberately called him and said they wouldn't go out to sea today.

Xiao Hu didn't ask further; anyway, he understood—just follow Ye Cheng's orders and it's settled.

If he didn't go out, Ye Cheng started planting vegetables in the courtyard.

In his previous life he was a top-tier elite from a big company, fluent in English, able to program, capable of producing a weekly report within ten minutes, fixing bugs, and offering design ideas—a godlike figure.

But when faced with planting vegetables, he was a bit clueless.

He remembered that planting vegetables should be a profound subject, but...

He didn't know exactly how to plant them; that damned seed seller should have included instructions—modern e-commerce always provides manuals and nutrient solutions.

Holding a handful of seeds, at a loss, he had no choice but to rely on his elementary school labor class knowledge: dig a hole, toss them in, cover with soil, water them, whatever happens happens.

At noon Ye Cheng casually threw together something to eat, then lay in bed playing Snake for a while before falling into a deep sleep.

Taking a nap is a rare pleasure in modern times.

Halfway through his sleep, Ye Cheng was startled awake by a strange voice echoing in his mind.

"Alarm!"

"Alarm!"

Ye Cheng shot up from bed, and the system suddenly popped up before his eyes, a red alarm blaring continuously.

【Alarm! In two hours, there will be a big wave in the sea area of Baiyun Village.】

What is this?

It seems to be the Danger Perception skill awakened after his previous injury.

A big wave in two hours?

No way.

Ye Cheng checked his phone; it was 2 p. m., meaning the waves would come at 4 p. m.

Then...

The people going out to sea.

I'm going!

Although he hadn't verified this skill before, he fully trusted anything the system produced.

Ye Cheng grabbed his phone, pedaled his bike out the door, first went to Xiao Hu's house; Xiao Hu's parents were still working at the dock, sometimes going out to sea.

"Xiao Hu, where are your parents? Have they gone out to sea?" Ye Cheng rushed in, grabbed Xiao Hu and hauled him up from the bed.

Seeing Ye Cheng's stern expression for the first time, Xiao Hu was momentarily unable to react.

"Hurry up, have your parents gone out to sea?" Ye Cheng grew anxious and shouted.

"They said they went out to sea with my second uncle, what's up, bro?"

"Damn! What's up? Hurry, hurry call your second uncle and tell him he must return immediately, right now, do you understand?"

"No, what's actually going on, bro? You're looking kinda scary."

"There are wind and waves on the sea, a big wave is coming right away—you hurry and call, I'll call my brother to see where he is."

Ye Cheng didn't bother explaining further; while pulling out his phone to call, he also dialed Ye Guowei.

Ye Guowei didn't have a cellphone, but there was a landline at the dock, so Ye Cheng quickly got in touch with him.

"Bro, are you at the dock?"

"Ah, yeah, I'm here, unloading cargo. Why are you urgently looking for me? Anything wrong at home?" Ye Guowei on the other end sounded a bit worried.

"Bro, I'm telling you, at 4 p. m. there will be a big wave at sea—have your boats find shelter quickly, and you too take cover, got it?"

"Huh? Lao Er, the weather's great—where's the wind and waves coming from? Take a look yourself."

Ye Cheng had checked the outside weather; though not exactly cloudless, it was pleasant and mild, showing no sign of extreme weather.

Hearing his older brother's skepticism, Ye Cheng helplessly lied, "Bro, believe me—I have a friend at the city meteorological bureau who says they've already detected wind and waves at sea; hurry up, and if you really can't, just come back yourself—losing a bit of money doesn't matter."

"Ah, the city meteorological bureau—well, then I'll tell the boss." Hearing it came from such an authoritative department, Ye Guowei also believed it mostly.

As for where Ye Cheng got this city friend, he hadn't thought of it yet.

"Ah, forget it, I'll come myself."

After saying all that, Ye Cheng really couldn't relax; his older brother's stingy nature might make him reluctant to lose wages, and the boss might not believe it either.

"How's it going? Did you get hold of your second uncle?" After hanging up, Ye Cheng turned to Xiao Hu and asked.

"I called, but my second uncle doesn't really believe it; I said it was you who said it, so he's half‑believing, half‑doubting—but bro, don't worry, my second uncle is timid and afraid of death, he'll definitely come back."

Ye Cheng also knew that Wang Haisheng was greedy for money and petty gains, but afraid of death.

To be safe, Ye Cheng called him again, repeating exactly what he'd told Ye Guowei; this time Wang Haisheng really got a bit panicked and promised to return immediately.

Ye Cheng checked the time; it was already 2:20 p. m., he should have enough time to get back.

Let's go, follow me to the Matou, and bring my brother back.

He can ignore others, but he must guarantee his own older brother.

Although the Matou is not at sea, he loads and unloads cargo on the boat, and a big wave coming would also be very dangerous.

"Brother, will there really be big waves at sea?" After coming out, Xiao Hu still didn't quite believe it.

By this point, Ye Cheng could only say that he had it.

"You believe me, I have a source of information, alright?"

"What did you tell Brother Guowei about knowing people in the city? I don't know about that—aren't you always with me?"

"Boss Qian told me this—now you believe it, right?"

"Oh, that must be it—Boss Qian's business is big and he has wide connections."

Sigh, these days, as a village loafer like me, it's really hard for people to believe what I say.

When they rode to the village entrance, Ye Cheng suddenly braked hard, and Xiao Hu almost crashed into him.

"Xiao Hu, do you think there are also people from the village who go out to sea?" Ye Cheng asked, frowning.

"Of course there are—today's weather is fine, who'd expect big waves?" Xiao Hu pointed at the clear sky.

"Go to the Village Chief's house, have the Village Chief tell the others to recall the person, or else something big will happen."

Ye Cheng thought for a long time, but still decided to go to the Village Chief's place; although the villagers weren't very friendly to him (of course, this was mainly due to the original host's reasons), as a normal person he still hoped to save as many as possible.