I'm a junior in college this year, and I've linked my fishing check-in system.

The old river patrolman walked over with a smile.

The younger one followed behind, hands in his pockets, looking on with an expression of amusement.

"Young man, how was your harvest today—"

The old river patrolman's voice stopped abruptly. He first saw the cat and was about to make a joke, but then he immediately saw two buckets that were full.

He walked over quickly and peered into the bucket.

The mandarin fish and snakehead fish were all large, crowding the bucket to the brim, and the water was almost overflowing!

They were all plump and strong!

What a bountiful catch!

But they hadn't seen anyone like that that morning.

The old river patrolman noticed something was wrong; this must be electrofishing!

Otherwise, it can't be that this kid came for an hour and caught fish that others couldn't catch in a whole morning, right?

At the same time, the mandarin fish suddenly flipped over, splashing water directly onto the young river patrolman's trouser leg.

The older patrolman squatted down, looked up at the younger patrolman, and the two exchanged a glance. They knew then, they'd run into someone fishing with electricity…

The old river patrolman looked up at Jiang Qian.

"Young man."

"This won't do, this is too much of anything!"

He subconsciously touched the body camera on his chest to confirm it was on, then his tone changed: "Young man, where did you get this fish?"

"No netting allowed on Li Gong Di!"

Jiang Qian chuckled. "A river patrolman, huh? So naive. This is nothing..." He raised his fishing rod. "Fishing with just one rod and one line!"

"Is it okay to get aquatic products sporadically?"

The young river patrolman glanced at the fishing rod, then at the fish in the bucket, his expression somewhat puzzled.

The old river patrolman stood up, shook his head, and said, "Impossible."

He's not some big shot, is he? You think he's so easy to fool?

Jiang Qian sighed and was about to explain when the pole in his hand suddenly sank!

He was stunned. How could he catch fish at this time?

The tip of the pole instantly bent into an arc shape, and a tremendous force was transmitted to Jiang Qian's hand!

The spool began to lose power, and the PE line shot out wildly, making a piercing hissing sound!

Jiang Qian didn't have time to pay attention to the two of them for a moment, and said, "See, I told you I wasn't from the internet, right?"

"Here it comes!"

He gripped the rod handle tightly with both hands, pressed his wrists down, and shifted his center of gravity half a step back!

"Whether it was fished or not, you two should take a good look!"

Jiang Qian instinctively pulled back!

The old river patrolman was stunned.

The young river patrolman was also stunned.

The two exchanged a glance, both filled with doubt: "Could it be?"

The experienced river patrolman turned around, glanced at the fishermen in the distance who had just finished lunch, and shook his head.

"I dare not say!"

What a joke!

Those fishermen behind me have been here all morning!

But their catch doesn't even look like half the catch this person has had in such a short time!

They actually witnessed it; this child had caught a fish they hadn't caught in so long, while they were eating!

That would be terrible!

You can't exactly tell people that you were just unlucky, can you?

The veteran river patrolman couldn't guarantee what extreme things these psychologically unbalanced anglers might do.

On the other side, the line is still coming out.

Jiang Qian didn't rush to reel it in. He steadied the pole and let the drag system do its work.

That thing underwater is incredibly powerful; each thrust causes the rod tip to vibrate violently.

Jiang Qian was almost certain that this was a large shipment he had never handled before!

None of the previous bulk shipments had this kind of feel!

Jiang Qian was overjoyed at the thought of unlocking a new illustration in the encyclopedia and continued to pull it along.

ten seconds.

Thirty seconds.

One minute!

Seeing that he was finally showing signs of exhaustion, Jiang Qian began to reel in the line.

Rotate the lever, press down the rod, lift, and press down again!

The underwater creature refused to give in and suddenly made a horizontal cut, stretching the line taut and making a buzzing sound in the air.

Jiang Qian bent over, engaging in a tug-of-war with the giant underwater creature.

The cat owner squatted on the steps, turning his head left and right in the direction of the fishing line, while his tail slapped the ground frantically.

A few minutes later.

The underwater sprint finally began to weaken.

Jiang Qian seized the opportunity and shook the fish violently a few times, pulling it a large distance towards the shore.

Then--

The lake exploded!

A huge silver fish flipped out of the water, flashed in the sunlight, and crashed back into the water, creating a splash that was half a meter high.

Then a "ding" sounded in my ear: [Fishing/Catching Proficiency +1!]

[The mandarin fish weighs 8.4 jin!]

"So it wasn't a new fish species after all..."

Jiang Qian was a little unhappy, but an eight-pound, four-ounce mandarin fish was enough!

But little did he know that, to the old river patrolman, his expression was as if he had seen a ghost!

This fish looks so big, but the old river patrolman, looking at Jiang Qian's expression, found that he was actually somewhat unsatisfactory!

What does he mean?

Could it be that he's still not satisfied with such a big fish?

Did he catch an even bigger fish before?

The old river patrolman gasped.

Holy crap!

"I'll do it! I'll do it! I'll do it!"

He went over to help, and Jiang Qian finally managed to pull the fish head out of the water.

It was a huge mandarin fish, over a meter long, with a body as thick as a silver torpedo!

The young river patrolman lowered the net, caught the fish, and when he lifted it up with both hands, his arms visibly strained.

"Heavy! It's fucking heavy!"

The fish was scooped ashore!

It crashed to the ground and was still violently spinning its tail, slapping the concrete surface repeatedly!

The old river patrolman squatted down beside him and watched for a full ten seconds before looking up at Jiang Qian with an extremely complicated expression on his face.

Jiang Qian looked at him and chuckled, "Didn't I tell you I was playing solo with a single rod?"

The old and young river patrolmen exchanged a glance and shook their heads with wry smiles.

One person, one rod? Who would have thought you'd do something like this, one person, one rod?

"According to regulations, obtaining aquatic products sporadically is not illegal."

"But what you've obtained is hardly sporadic acquisition!"

The old river patrolman pointed to two full buckets, then to the rice sprigs on the ground.

"You're here to buy goods at Jinji Lake, right?!"

"Fine, fine, I'll leave you be. You... well, when the old man comes, you'll have to figure out what to say to him yourself. They're definitely not happy to see such a big mandarin fish."

Jiang Qian chuckled. "Just kidding. Who am I? The nemesis of old men. My shoes are trembling; there must be some old fishermen nearby..."

"Meow!"

The cat owner circled the mandarin fish on the ground.

That mandarin fish was longer than its entire body.

After circling around once, it stopped in front of the fish's head, raised its head, and meowed again at the two patrolmen.

Its tail was held straight up, and its chin was slightly raised.

That gesture clearly said—

Fuss!

Jiang Qian smiled as he watched them walk away.

"so."

Jiang Qian tossed another large mandarin fish to the cat owner, saying, "You usually don't get a chance to eat fish this big, right?"

"I'm going to give you a task today."

The cat owner looked up at Jiang Qian, his eyes fixed longingly on the fish.

Helpless, Jiang Qian pointed to the people in the distance and meowed.

Then drop the fish on the ground, "and if you see someone, start meowing."

"And then I'll give you a fish, how about that?"

The cat owner pondered for a moment, then took a bite.

"Meow!"

It's rare to eat fish like this. The cat owner shook his head, as if to say—

Why don't you give the cat a more challenging task?

Otherwise, the cat won't feel at ease eating...

Jiang Qian was relieved to see the cat boss like this. Surely no one would bother him while he was fishing now.

……

On the other side, the cat boss started running around happily.

He finally found the person, an old man wearing a photographer's vest. He saw the man and then meowed.

The old man was a little confused. He looked in the direction the cat owner was pointing, but only saw...