Chapter 957: Half-Day Leisure

Game time, there's still a bit left.

Not much…

Go out and level up.

Su Sheng suddenly felt a bit lazy…

Anyway, in the game, it's basically either leveling up or fighting monsters.

Moreover, by now, this kind of game progress can't really create a noticeable gap in just a day or two, unless there's some fortuitous encounter.

I've gotten sick of grinding this period.

Besides, the global martial arts tournament is just a seasoning.

For the remaining game time, Su Sheng planned to stroll around…

Then he went straight to Yanhuang Town to stroll.

He went to the town center and took a look at YiSiLanDiEr.

Then he ran over to the dwarves' side and pulled on the Iron Hammer Dwarf King.

Along the way, many players seeing Su Sheng greeted him.

Su Sheng wasn't too aloof, after all, the players who come to Yanhuang Town are basically the bosses of Yanhuang—since whenever they come to Yanhuang Town, they're bringing in revenue for Yanhuang.

After strolling around, Su Sheng came to the bridge, looked down at the fishing players, and couldn't help but reveal a faint smile.

Sometimes, I really envy these veteran fishing players' leisurely lifestyle.

Coincidentally, Su Sheng saw a fishing player who seemed to have something going on, suddenly stood up and hurriedly ran offline outside.

Su Sheng raised his eyebrows, then walked over and sat down at the fishing spot.

"Ah? Mo Wen, the big shot?"

The fishing player beside him saw Su Sheng and couldn't help but stare for a moment.

"What's up?"

Su Sheng tilted his head.

"Haha, it's nothing… I just noticed the fishing spot next to me was empty and thought to let my friend know to come over."

"That kid this morning was half a step late, missed the spot, and now he's gone out to fish elsewhere; since you, Mo Wen the big shot, have come, I'll tell him not to come back."

That fishing player said with a laugh.

As for offending Mo Wen Qianchen? Only someone with a screw loose would do that…

"Haha, quick hands get it, slow hands don't." Su Sheng grinned, pulling out a fishing rod from his backpack.

Basically, as soon as game time starts each day, this place becomes the fishing players' "battlefield."

However, those fishing veterans who didn't snag a spot usually just go elsewhere to fish, rather than waiting idly here.

So, after that fishing player logged off, there were no other fishing players around trying to take the spot.

Thus Su Sheng was able to smoothly obtain…

…

As the fishing line was cast, Su Sheng could also be said to have stolen a half-day of leisure.

And the Suanni simply lay down beside Su Sheng, its eyes fixed on his fishing bucket.

As a player's pet, it inherently possesses some intelligence… and as a Mountain Sea Divine Beast, the Suanni's intelligence is naturally not low.

It still remembers… the taste of the last dragon carp.

Even, the Suanni stuck out its tongue, licked its lips, apparently savoring the flavor of the dragon carp.

Su Sheng laughed, reached out a hand, and rubbed the Suanni's head—though its size had grown, the feel of its big head remained exceptionally comfortable.

After all, the actual combat power of most pets can only be considered the icing on the cake.

In this situation, giving these pets a decent level of intelligence lets them occasionally seek their owner for affection, act cute, and engage in basic interaction… not quite real pets, but even better than real pets.

Normally, these pets, aside from adding some combat power as a bonus, are also smarter than the vast majority of real-world pets.

They can also provide considerable emotional value, just like real pets.

Furthermore, they lack the annoyances of real pets—shedding, deworming, defecation, etc. —and their cost is far lower than that of real pets.

Pets have no satiety meter, don't strictly need to eat, but if you feed them they will eat, and any food-based buffs also take effect on them.

Furthermore, for beasts like the Suanni, the Crossing River Dragon Carp can also trigger an "evolution" effect, which counts as one of the Easter eggs—not explicitly stated, leaving players to figure it out themselves.

Anyway, the higher the pet's grade, the higher its intelligence!

Pets also have various little Easter eggs...

So, as for pets, besides those with strong combat power being valuable, pets that are cute and good-looking also have considerable value.

Moreover… Su Sheng also knows that in the game there are specialized pet hunters who seek out these pets to catch and sell for money.

After all, aside from combat players, the game also has a portion of older "pure casual players"—old ladies and old gentlemen—who are the main audience for these adorable pets!

Especially many of them are spending their retirement at home, some with pensions, some with filial younger generations.

They're also quite generous with their spending.

Su Sheng, while rubbing the Suanni, also looked at the forum.

Flipping through some game-related current events, the forum basically has all kinds of messy content.

Of course, there are also some gossip news and such...

Even Su Sheng saw quite a bit of gossip about himself that made him laugh and cry.

Even back when he was in Newbie Village, his battle with that rabbit boss was dug up by these players.

Being famous brings both praise and criticism; now Su Sheng is definitely far more "popular" than most outside celebrities, though it's also thanks to the fact that his game character and real-life face still differ—unless it's Huan Jie and his parents, who are familiar faces.

Otherwise, basically hardly anyone could directly recognize him from his game character's appearance.

And Su Sheng's true appearance hasn't been exposed; otherwise he couldn't be so leisurely going to the college to work calmly every day.

If his identity were exposed, the college students alone could probably surround the security office.

Although Wei Cheng knows his true identity, publishing that stuff would hardly affect him in any practical way, so he naturally is too lazy to do the useless work.

Swish~

Suddenly the float moved!

Su Sheng immediately lifted the rod.

The fisherman beside him looked over directly.

A purple catch.

Su Sheng curled his lip, casually stowed it into his backpack, and turned around to give it all to Wu Long.

"Mo Wen Da Lao, impressive! You just reeled in a purple one so casually!"

The fisherman beside him opened his mouth to compliment.

"Lucky, lucky," Su Sheng said modestly. He's not really interested in purple ones; so far the only catch that interests him is the Crossing River Dragon Carp.

And also that colorful catch that got unhooked last time.

Nothing else excites him, but he knows these fishermen; many of them are probably air‑force big shots who can't stand much stimulation.

Su Sheng naturally wouldn't provoke them.

So, before long...

Su Sheng pulled up another purple catch...

The fishermen nearby stared eagerly at Su Sheng.

A while later.

Su Sheng pulled up another one.

The surrounding fishermen looked at each other, then glanced at their own motionless floats, showing a look of existential doubt.

"Boss, what bait are you using?"

Finally a fisherman asked.

Su Sheng didn't even lift his head: "The best one."

"..."

"..."

1,000 Gold Coin per serving of bait!

No wonder!

Can't afford to provoke...