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

Soon, the fishing competition came to a close with the sound of Boss Ji's loudspeaker.

Both of those live streamers have already ended their broadcasts.

Jiang Qian felt that today's harvest was quite good. He looked at his fish basket, put it into the bucket, and felt very satisfied.

"today……"

He secretly calculated that he had caught at least thirty catties of fish today!

This is the first time since the Awakening System was implemented that something has gone this far.

In the distance, Brother Zhou finally couldn't hold back any longer and jogged over.

"Dude, I've been watching you catch fish for ages, how many have you caught?"

Jiang Qian watched as this person approached, his face showing a slightly strained expression. Only when Brother Zhou actually arrived did he smile and say, "Hello, Brother Zhou!"

"I've been watching your live streams since I was very young, good afternoon, Brother Zhou!"

When Brother Zhou saw this, he immediately smiled. He had originally wanted to get closer to them, but he didn't expect them to be fans.

But when he saw Jiang Qian's bucket, he froze on the spot:

"Wait, did you catch all of this this morning?"

"Um."

"Black carp, mandarin fish, topmouth culter, and this... what the hell is this fish?"

"It's also a blackfish."

Brother Zhou looked up at him, his expression complex.

"Dude, is this your first time in this warehouse?"

"Emmm...actually, no." Jiang Qian chuckled. "Boss Ji and I are good friends."

Brother Zhou was taken aback, took half a step back, and turned around to shout in Liu Feiyan's direction, "Brother Feiyan! Come and take a look!"

Liu Feiyan didn't move, clearly still stunned by the unscientific fishing method...

Jiang Qian put down the tub, stood up straight, and smiled. "Do you know that person over there?"

"Of course I know him, everyone in the lure fishing community knows him." Brother Zhou lowered his voice, "He's not in good form today, don't worry about him, he's actually a very nice person."

Jiang Qian nodded without saying anything more.

At this moment, Boss Ji came over from behind, glanced at the protective barrel, and paused.

"Xiao Jiang, weigh it."

The fish basket was placed on the scale, the number jumped slightly, and then settled down.

32.5 jin (16.75 catties)...

Whether it was a coincidence or not, Jiang Qian secretly glanced at Brother Zhou and couldn't hold back any longer.

Brother Zhou seemed to be feeling a bit tense too, "Luckily, the broadcast has already ended..."

Boss Ji put away the scales, patted Jiang Qian on the shoulder, and said, "Your skill level is really wasted."

Jiang Qian did not respond.

"Would you be interested in trying your hand at the Lure Fishing Open?"

Jiang Qian shook his head subconsciously.

For him, the word "competition" was a pure nightmare during his three years of university. Every competition in the research group was the result of all-nighters. After the rankings came out, the honors went to the supervisor, and everyone was completely drained. He really had a deep-seated aversion to this kind of thing.

Mr. Ji's relaxed and fun competition style is fine, but he would develop PTSD if he went to a real open tournament.

"Don't be so quick to shake your head," Boss Ji said with a smile. "This competition is completely different from yours."

"The Lure Fishing Open is mainly a place for networking and meeting people."

"Take Lao Li for example, he's been participating for ten years."

Jiang Qian suddenly smiled. A competition that even Lao Li could participate in?

Still participating for ten years?

That might indeed be a bit more relaxed and straightforward...

Jiang Qian thought for a moment, then didn't immediately refuse. "Do you have any requests?"

Seeing that he had relented, Boss Ji spoke much faster, "The requirements aren't high. It's an open competition; anyone who signs up can participate. It'll be next month."

"And it's not just fishing," Boss Ji added, "the main thing is that you can accumulate a lot of other rewards."

"Besides, now that you have such amazing skills, why don't you go and make a name for yourself?"

Jiang Qian looked at him, thought about it, and realized that what he said made sense.

He never intended to be detached from worldly affairs; he was simply afraid of the word itself.

Looking back now, I think it's definitely worth a try.

"I'll think about it."

Boss Ji nodded, "Okay, the registration deadline is at the end of the month. No rush, think it over when you get back."

Before leaving, Jiang Qian added Brother Zhou as a friend, after all, he was his idol since childhood.

Back in the day, Jiang Qian even did something like adding Brother Zhou from Baidu Tieba as a QQ friend...

He took a couple of steps, glanced down, and mentally assessed his gains for the day.

Two black carp, two mandarin fish, one mandarin fish, plus a few smaller ones scattered around. Today's trip has significantly improved my encyclopedia progress.

Of course, the most direct thing is that we caught a lot of fish today!

He planned to sell the fish first, thinking, "If I sell them today, I might make over ten thousand!"

Jiang Qian couldn't help but smile when he saw that the fishmonger was a man in his twenties who was playing Naruto.

He was once very interested in this and had been deeply involved in discussions about the conspiracy theories surrounding the Naruto Daimyo.

But as he grew older, he fully realized the absurdity of conspiracy theories and that the bullying theory was clearly the most reasonable explanation.

After all, these commoners have nothing better to do than bully others all day. Hey, this is the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki who likes to sing, dance, rap, and use swords—try bullying him! Hey, this is the Fourth Hokage's son—try bullying him! Hey, that girl is the daughter of the prestigious Hyuga clan—she can't escape it either…

Oh, Gaara kills people when he's unhappy?

But we, the villagers of Sunagakure, are determined to show you what scientific spirit is, even at great risk, to verify the dangers of Jinchuriki.

The fact that the bullying of ordinary people is treated equally suggests that it's not a conspiracy by higher-ups, but simply that the people in the Naruto world have such low moral standards. After all, conspiracy theories can explain the birth of Amegakure, but they can't explain why the people of Sunagakure would risk their lives to bully Gaara.

Seeing such a person again now naturally feels very warm and familiar.

The fishmonger, used to seeing individual customers, glanced at them but didn't react much before bending down to pick up the fish basket.

Then he looked up.

"Where did you get this?"

"Fishing."

The fishmonger placed the fish trap on his scale, reached in and rummaged through it, then scooped up the largest blackfish and weighed it in his hand.

"There are such big blackfish in this tank?"

He was shocked.

Didn't they say there were a lot of people fishing today? How could he have such a great catch?

Is this person cheating?

"Yes," Jiang Qian chuckled. "I was lucky."

The fishmonger didn't say anything, looked down at the scale, and gave a number.

It was a little higher than Jiang Qian had expected, but not by much.

His account balance is now [10093.52].

After receiving the final payment, Jiang Qian put the money away, said goodbye to Lao Chen, and turned to leave.

He walked a dozen meters or so, then stopped and stood by the roadside for a while, thinking.

Having money in hand is a good thing.

But where he lives now is too close to the school and too close to his research group. He is likely to run into people he doesn't want to see when he goes out, and he is also irritable when he comes back. The key thing is that every time he goes up and down the stairs, he hears familiar voices in the corridor. It is too depressing.

"or……"

Should we move to a different place?

After thinking about it, he decided to discuss it with Dai Zhenli first.

It was noon, and after selling the fish, Jiang Qian was thinking of going for a walk with Dai Zhenli.

But just then, he received two messages on his phone:

The first message is a short message: "Your wildlife conservation award process is still in progress... the money won't be in your account yet, but your school has already received the news."

Jiang Qian smiled nonchalantly.

It's good that the school has received the news; it's not a bad thing.

The second message was from Senior Brother Wang. It had been a long time since I'd contacted him. I clicked on it, and it was—

They're having a research group gathering tonight, are you coming?

Jiang Qian was about to refuse and confront him, but the next message from the other end was:

I didn't really want to tell you, but... that research you did before you mentored Yang Wensu has yielded results, and you published a paper in NC...

They're having a celebration tonight, don't you really want to tear them apart? The main experiment and the idea were yours, but you...

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Note:

NC, Nature Communications, is a sub-journal of Nature and is considered a top-tier journal.