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Chapter 68 Go Fishing
"Meow, it's a wise choice to follow me."

A catman named Duoduo led a small group of players to the central lake, including Fat Cat and Wang Yue.

The sullen fat cat did not follow Wang Yue's advice to kill monsters, but directly chose [Fishing] as his secondary occupation, and still looked angry.

It seems very reasonable for Wang Yue, who is disguised as an NPC, to bring Rogue to follow the cat man, and no player would suspect that NPCs are gathering together.

As for the other players who followed, they all had psychological trauma from being "guarded by corpses" and only wanted to complete the task in a safe way.

"Fishing is a science. If you don't have patience, you might go back hungry, meow."

After accepting the secondary profession, every player who learned to fish spent 10 copper coins to buy a [simple fishing rod].

As an entry-level tool for beginners, it is a branch tied with a piece of thin rope.

Wang Yue flipped through his [Woodworking] crafting menu and found that he could also make fishing rods, and the result depended on the quality of the materials.

"It's a pity that I missed this business because I needed some fabric."

There are ways to get cloth in the castle. There is endless wool on the sheep in the [pen], and he can even borrow some spider webs from the [web-weaving spider].

When the time is right, Wang Yue will definitely make a fortune from the players.

The Central Lake is not far from the Ice Fortress and is named after its location in the center of the snowfield.

They can see wandering [Snowfield Wild Boars] along the way. They are all level 5 yellow monsters and will not actively attack players who go fishing.

On the first day of the internal test, the [Snowfield Wild Boar] was only the size of a piglet, but on the second day it was as if it had been injected with hormones and turned into a "stable" big wild boar overnight.

Not only has the wild boar's strength been improved, it also has a new skill [Charge], which is exactly the same as the warrior's skill and can quickly approach the target.

There was already a player challenging the wild boar in the distance. He obviously didn't know the monster's skills. As a hunter, he shot an arrow when he was suddenly approached. He was stunned for a few seconds before he remembered to change weapons and engage in close combat.

"Luckily we chose to go fishing, these wild boars are really scary."

The salted fish players sighed and said that it would be great if future tasks could be completed in a Buddhist way. They were just in the internal testing atmosphere group and never wanted to participate in any struggle again.

"Remember the key. If the fishing rod suddenly sinks, it means a fish has been hooked. Good luck, meow."

Duoduo brought everyone to the lake where floating ice was. After she finished her explanation, she jumped and ran away.

The lake water is deep blue, you can't see the bottom at all, and you can't see the fish in the lake clearly.

Wang Yue walked to the shore first, pulled out the bone spur, and pointed the sword at the center of the lake.

[Mission objective: Fishing (0/30)]

[Quest Reward: Wooden Weapons]

"The lake holds secrets."

After saying this, Wang Yue once again placed the bone spur in front of her and stared at the lake with empty eyes.

Wang Yue has already seen that this group of players are escaping. There will be no such easy tasks in the future, and escaping is useless.

As the biggest behind-the-scenes manipulator of the game, he must inspire the fighting spirit of the players and demonstrate their value.

"The equipment I made with my level 20 woodworking proficiency is comparable to green equipment. Don't be ungrateful."

The players who accepted the mission clicked on the mission rewards and found that the white quality weapons seemed a little different.

Green weapons of the same level can improve their attributes and increase their attack power by 3 to 5 points, but wooden weapons can increase their attack power by 5 to 7 points, which is equivalent to putting all the improved attributes into the attack power.

"I don't understand the use of agility and strength. I understand attack power, but the damage will be much higher."

They are all still wearing novice weapons that increase the attack power by 1, and it is hard not to be tempted by such a huge improvement.

"Don't waste time, go fishing, catch 30 fish first, maybe we can defeat the wild boar."

"If I can get a new weapon, the damage I cause can be increased from 5 points to 10 points, which doubles my strength."

The players immediately ran to the lake and cast their fishing lines towards the center of the lake.

The fishing in the game is a simplified version of fishing. As the fishing proficiency increases, players can catch rarer fish and shorten the time it takes for fish to be hooked.

Less than 10 seconds after the players cast their rods, some of them started shaking violently.

"The first one!"

Players only need to pull the fishing rod up with force at the moment the hook is taken, and then drag the fishing line to the shore, and a fish will become a prop and be put into the package.

Fat Cat was also very lucky. She originally just wanted to distract herself by fishing, but she didn't expect to catch a fish in just three seconds.

[Snowfield silverfish: a rare fish that grows in cold regions and is a top-notch cooking ingredient]

Although the silver, long fish is not big, its body shines silver when it is dragged ashore. It looks very beautiful and delicious.

Seeing that fishing is so easy, the players gradually regained their confidence.

30 fish is a considerable number and it takes players a full 5 minutes to complete.

Moreover, this group of players also had to complete the task of [obtaining food]. In the end, they stayed here for 10 minutes, not only calming down their minds but also forgetting about their frustrations.

Even the fat cat joined in. Wang Yue was originally worried that she would not be able to sit still due to her hot temper, but she didn't expect that she would calm down and catch 50 fish before leaving.

"Your fish."

When Fat Cat handed in the task, although her tone was still cold, her expression showed that she was in a much better mood.

Just like she did with other players, Wang Yue also gave her a wooden dagger as a mission reward.

The players who received the rewards were very excited. Completely different from the fishermen who were just sitting quietly by the lake, they ran directly to the wild monsters and started fighting with their newly acquired weapons.

Wang Yue instantly obtained at least 300 fish, and he was very satisfied.

Because there is a chef in the castle who can teach him how to cook without occupying his secondary profession. After processing these [Snowfield Silverfish], he can use the new items to issue tasks.

"I use the task materials submitted by players to give players task rewards. I think I have discovered a perpetual motion machine."

Wang Yue kept 20 fish as a task requirement to test his strength. This was the first time he completed a task through NPC and he had a very good experience.

"As expected, players are good. They will help me with trivial rewards."

As the players left, Wang Yue also brought Rogue back to the Ice Fortress from the lake.

He was still happy about his success in playing the NPC, but unexpectedly he met another acquaintance along the way, who was Dolly, whom he had seen many times.

Fat Cat spotted his sister from afar. Although the two had teamed up before, their bad relationship did not improve.

In order to avoid another fight, Fat Cat chose to use [Stealth]. She sneaked back to the fortress alone, leaving Wang Yue alone to be surrounded by the players led by Dolly.

(End of this chapter)