Chapter 958: Ranking Match

Exactly!

Su Sheng was using the most expensive bait, 1000 Gold Coins per portion.

At a one-to-one exchange rate after tax deduction, it's basically 1000 units per rod.

Normal ordinary fishing players would naturally be reluctant to spend that Gold Coin, after all a purple catch sells for at most seven or eight hundred Gold Coins, and ordinary ones only four or five hundred.

Pure loss…

Unless you can reel in an orange catch, the minimum is basically several thousand, and the valuable ones can reach tens of thousands.

As for red catches, not to mention… they can be several hundred thousand, and the more valuable ones can even reach over a million.

As for colored catches, I haven't even seen one hooked yet.

Besides those who are already rich in real life and come just to 'fish for big catches,' after all the fishing community's culture has now split in half, and real‑life fishing culture has almost swiftly moved into the game.

After all, it's unlike traditional games; 《Zhu Lu》 is practically billed as the realism of a second world, allowing one to truly experience fishing fun almost identical to real life.

Furthermore, compared to real‑life fishing, you don't have to suffer sun and rain or disrupt your schedule.

It's simply wonderful!

Of course you need to find a relatively safe fishing spot; the vast majority of outdoor spots aren't completely safe, and besides the fixed monster spawns at training spots, the wilderness map also has wandering loose monsters, most of which are elite monsters.

Thus, the fishing spots in Yanhuang Town are especially precious!

Most importantly, two red catches have already been recorded here!

Moreover, in the fishing community, that one colored catch that got away back then has been circulating as a legend.

Red catches—among them, one belongs to Su Sheng, and one to Yong Bu Kong Jun!

And precisely because safe fishing spots are scarce, another interesting profession has arisen in the game.

Fishing‑bodyguard!

Fishing players aren't hegemony contenders; their strength is relatively ordinary, so to fish in peace, poorer fishing players basically pool money to hire someone.

The wealthy simply hire directly.

Moreover, the difference in leveling pace of a day or two no longer makes much progress, so most players are still happy to work as a one‑ or two‑day bodyguard for fishing players.

After all, most fishing players are quite generous.

Besides extra income, it also adds a bit of fun to the monotonous leveling routine.

As for Su Sheng, when that boss originally delivered the bait to him, he complained… who would buy bait costing a thousand Gold Coins a portion?

The result is that he himself has become that 'big sucker'.

In itself, catching a red or colored fish is already difficult; without using the top‑grade bait, it naturally becomes even harder.

Nothing more to say!

Fish!

A single Crossing River Dragon Carp, Su Sheng has seen purchases of over a million on the forum; one million exchanged for a thousand Gold Coins per rod—how many rods could you cast?

But...

Obviously, the difficulty of obtaining red or colored catches is greater than imagined!

All the way until game time ended...

Even though Su Sheng used the highest‑grade bait and cast nearly four or five hundred rods, aside from a few escapes, he dropped a huge pile of purple and blue catches, and even some white and green ones, though relatively few.

He hasn't even seen a single orange catch, let alone a red one.

It's quite obvious that his earlier catch of a Crossing River Dragon Carp was probably just the newbie protection period for fishing players.

The surrounding fishing players watched Su Sheng frequently hooking fish, feeling envious… but thinking that each rod costs a thousand, overall it's still a loss.

So there's nothing to envy anymore.

However, Su Sheng isn't upset either; after all, to him these are just… small change!

If he could land a dragon carp, everything would be worth it.

Game time is about up, reel in and log off!

During this period, Su Sheng saw many fishing players return and log off at this spot.

After hastily washing up, Su Sheng came straight out of his room and sneaked into Huan Jie's room.

In the kitchen, Mom Su narrowed her eyes, flashed a hint of a smile, then walked out and bumped into Dad Su, who was engrossed in the game forum.

Dad Su lifted his head in bewilderment...

Mom Su saw that, rolled her eyes, couldn't be bothered with this 'internet‑addicted middle‑aged,' and went back to the kitchen.

Left with a clueless expression, Dad Su scratched his head, decided not to think, and once again turned his gaze to the computer game forum.

Did he also grab a notebook, recording something!

Dad Su could fight his way all the way to the global martial arts forum; aside from the mechanic monsters, he himself also has a bit of skill.

This old man's youthful passion is stirred!

The notebook is full of game‑related stuff...

Su Sheng naturally went to Huan Jie to wash his eyes...

After all, the greasiness of that 'Tiger tank' from Bangzi Nation back then was really...

Eye‑stinging!

It's also hard to understand why Bangzi Nation, which eats kimchi all day, could still have such a tonnage 'Tiger tank'.

Game time has arrived!

Log in!

Su Sheng had just logged on and was looking at the 'grand scene' before him!

A large crowd of fishing players swarmed in to grab spots...

Su Sheng recalled how, yesterday, as the logout time approached, a group of fishers returned to this spot to log off.

Su Sheng involuntarily shook his head slightly.

Ding~

System Notification:

Esteemed Global Top List player!

In thirty minutes, the Global Top List ranking battle will commence!

Please get ready!

Ding~

System Announcement:

In thirty minutes, commence the Global Top List ranking battle!

Whoosh~

Instantly, everyone began discussing excitedly.

"Haha! Global Top List! Our domestic server's Mo Wen Great God will definitely be first!"

"Chairman, mighty!"

"That's not certain; although Mo Wen Qianchen is currently level 68, the highest level globally, the experts from Eagle Sauce and Mao Xiong are no joke."

"Haha, Mao Xiong's number one, that War God didn't lose to Mo Wen Great God, did he?"

"Eagle Sauce Server's number one hasn't yet faced off against Mo Wen Great God; I watched the match of 'I am not Thanos', and his style is very similar to Mo Wen Great God's."

"Exactly! High attack, high defense!"

"On Mao Xiong's side, Ke Qiu Sha Zhan Shen lost to Mo Wen Great God, so the only one left who could threaten Mo Wen Great God would be the Thanos from Eagle Sauce Server."

"As long as Mo Wen Great God defeats Thanos, the first place on the Global Top List will belong to our domestic server!"

"Haha, speaking of which, that's also impressive—out of over a thousand on the list, our domestic server accounts for nearly one-fifth!"

"Too bad that Ye Tianzi guy actually took the opportunity to go set up a base and didn't participate in the Global Martial Arts Tournament; otherwise our domestic server could have had a few more spots."

"Haha, it's not just because they're worried that the Yan Huang will cause trouble while they're setting up their base; taking this opportunity to construct a base is also a good strategy."

"Tch, it's not like the Yan Huang are offended by themselves; otherwise the Yan Huang, being so idle, would bother them..."