Chapter 452: Hua Tie Lu?

Lao Fu Tou was sailing the fishing boat, and did not particularly approach the island.

First, drop the Crab Pot.

Wu An left only 60 Luck Value, and gave all the rest to the Crab Pot.

The Crab Pot quickly descended into the sea.

Lao Fu Tou said, "The water here isn't very deep; set the Longline Fishing farther away from the island."

Wu An had no objection.

In this regard, listening to Lao Fu Tou is certainly correct.

Even if it fails, Luck Value still provides a fallback.

Longline Fishing is a bit more troublesome than the Crab Pot; it requires dropping while Bait Hooking at the same time.

A Qing and Mei Wu were already cooperating very well; the two of them could complete the task.

Wu An glanced at the time, it was almost meal time, tidied up and went to cook.

First, steam the rice.

His sister-in-law made some salted fish; he took two pieces and cooked them with tofu. Although the Crab Pot's haul wasn't great, it still caught many pipi shrimp, and he gathered some small, damaged ones and fried a big plate of pepper‑salt pipi shrimp. Finally he stir‑fried some greens, as his sister-in-law requested; spending every day on the sea under wind and sun, they need to eat more green vegetables to replenish moisture.

Wu An thought that eating vegetables to replenish water made little sense, but still decided to follow his sister-in-law.

The simple three dishes took a little over an hour to make.

Just finished, about to call everyone to eat, A Qing and Mei Wu happened to push the door and walk in.

Wu An asked, "Is it all set?"

A Qing said, "Not only the Crab Pot, the Longline Fishing has also been dropped."

Wu An surprised, "That fast?"

A Qing proudly said, "A Wu Ge and I coordinated well."

Wu An raised his thumb.

Praise.

He praised vigorously.

After a while, Mei Wu pushed the door in, grabbed the cold tea and drank a big cup.

Such a hot day.

He and A Qing worked nonstop, that's why the task was completed so quickly.

Wu An plated the rice and said, "Quickly wash your hands and eat."

Mei Wu wiped the water from his hands, saw the dishes on the low table, and said, "A Qing hasn't washed his hands."

A Qing just sat down.

He looked up with a plaintive glance, under Wu An's smiling gaze, muttered "good words" and got up to wash his hands.

Eat the good rice.

Lao Fu Tou went to wash the dishes, saying that after sailing the boat for half a day, he needed to move his body.

A Qing and Mei Wu curled up and took a nap.

Wu An lay down, subconsciously checked the system, and at once the drowsiness vanished.

Why?

Because the Longline Fishing that was dropped didn't reduce Luck Value at all.

Luck Value can decline quickly or slowly for many reasons—lots of catch but low price, or little catch but high price—many possibilities, yet Luck Value didn't drop at all.

Then there's only one situation.

The Longline Fishing didn't catch any fish at all!

This shouldn't happen.

From dropping the Longline Fishing to eating a good meal, not counting much, it's about an hour.

Wu An sat up cross‑legged, examined the system over and over, but there was nothing much to say; the system essentially has no functional options, and the ability to display real‑time Luck Value is just a result of the recent upgrade.

System Hua Tie Lu?

Shouldn't be.

It's been two or three months, and the system has never had a bug.

The nearby area isn't deep water, so there shouldn't be Killer Whales or similar sea creatures; the rapid decline of Luck Value originally granted to the fishing boat must have been because the sea's resources are good.

But now.

The Longline Fishing gave no response, yet plainly told him there was no catch nearby.

Look at the Crab Pot again.

Basically there's no consumption either, but the Crab Pot differs from Longline Fishing; the catch doesn't rush into the Crab Pot as fast, and Luck Value consumption is also slow. Need to see if it's the same as the Longline Fishing, so wait a bit longer.

Contradiction.

Too contradictory.

Wu An was at a loss.

He decided not to think about it.

Sleep!

Groggily waking up, it was A Qing calling him.

A Qing saw him open his eyes, frowned and asked, "Brother, are you okay?"

Wu An retorted, "What's wrong with me?"

A Qing said, "You seemed to have a nightmare, talking about the Air Force, having to run a useless trip, that made my skin crawl. I couldn't hold back, so I woke you up."

Wu An: "…"

I thank you.

He propped himself up to sit and asked, "What time is it?"

A Qing said, "It's past three."

After two hours of sleep, Wu An felt a bit dazed; he had A Qing pour a cup of cool tea, drank the whole big cup in one gulp, and instantly sobered up—this is more refreshing than any coffee.

Stepping out of the boat shed, the sun was blazing hot, making the air shimmer; Mei Wu, fully armed and wearing a hat, was tidying the fish basket. Seeing Wu An come out, he called out, "A An, are we going to start?"

Lao Fu Tou also turned his head over, waiting for Wu An's decision.

Wu An glanced at the system.

The 3-kilometer longline had been given a total of 60 Luck Value points; so far, exactly 20 points have been consumed.

To lift or not to lift?

This is a problem……bullshit.

Of course we lift.

Get up early and go elsewhere to drop the line.

Looking at the crab pot, it's also only consumed a dozen or so Luck Value points.

No need to think about it.

The situation with the crab pot and the longline is the same.

Damn it!

This isn't scientific!

After checking the system's status, Wu An immediately said, "Lift."

Having said that.

He looked at A Qing.

A Qing looked at him.

Mei Wu and Lao Fu Tou also looked at him, waiting for him to lift the longline.

Wu An sighed, took the hook and went to hook the float.

Pulled up the float.

Then operated the winch.

A Qing and the others watched eagerly; previously, when lifting the longline, they usually did so after about two hours, last time even faster, but this time they'd had it down for three hours—the catch definitely won't be bad.

Soon.

The longline came out of the water.

Ten meters, twenty meters, fifty meters, one hundred meters……no catch at all, but hooked a lot of marine trash.

A Qing cursed while cleaning up the trash, piling it in the corner.

Until five hundred meters, finally pulled up a sea wolf fish.

Its size was not small.

It was flopping with great strength.

Last time we caught quite a few, but didn't sell them for much money.

Mainly because this fish isn't worth much; only big ones fetch a price—ordinary-sized ones can sell for a hundred or eighty bucks each.

Upon hearing it was a sea wolf fish, Lao Fu Tou hurried over to look, warning A Qing to be careful—the sea wolf fish's teeth are sharp; a bite will definitely leave a bloody gash, and if luck is bad, a chunk of flesh could be gone.

A Qing shouted that he knew, saying Lao Fu Tou had said the same last time.

Old people are like that—nagging, unable to stop worrying about these youngsters in their hearts.

He hit him with a stick.

The sea wolf fish glared, then calmed down.

A Qing gutted the fish, Mei Wu retrieved the hook and reeled the line; the two worked together quite well.

After lifting another hundred meters, not only was there no catch, even a branch line had vanished; Lao Fu Tou said, "It must have been a sea wolf fish that bit the line and ran."

After lifting a 1-kilometer longline, we only harvested a dozen or so sea wolf fish, but lost twenty-odd branch lines—no surprise, we ran into a school of sea wolf fish.

Seeing this situation.

Wu An's anxious heart finally gave out.