Elf: Seriously? You only get a cheat code when you're about to die?

Chapter 66 Delicious Fish Soup

四大家鱼的鱼苗是1幸福点150尾，鲈鱼苗1幸福点100尾，鳕鱼苗1幸福点50尾，鳇鱼苗1幸福点1尾。

The fry of CJ's four fish are all priced at 10 Happiness Points each. (Note: Fish fry prices are the author's own creation and should not be applied to reality.)

After much deliberation, Anjie decided to buy 30000 fry of each of the four major freshwater fish species, which would only cost 800 happiness points in total, a cheap deal.

There are also 30000 sea bass fry, priced at a total of 200 happiness points, which is also cheap.

15000 cod fry, priced at a total of 300 Happiness Points, not expensive.

10000 sturgeon fry, totaling 10000 Happiness Points, a bit pricey.

There are 10000 fry of each of the four types of fish: knife fish, shad, catfish, and silverfish, totaling 40 happiness points. Damn, that's incredibly expensive.

These four types of fish fry are more expensive than the price of regular adult fish meat!

After selecting the species and quantity to be raised, Anjie did not buy them immediately, but added them to her shopping cart first.

Unlike tree seedlings, live fish fry cannot be stored in the system inventory. They must be retrieved immediately after purchase. However, there is no place at home to raise them, and they are easy to kill. Therefore, Anjie plans to wait until the release date to purchase them.

After selecting the fish fry, Anjie started selecting shrimp and crabs.

Raising shrimp and crabs not only provides food for your own consumption but also serves as food for the farmed fish—a win-win situation!

After much deliberation, Anjie chose three types of shrimp: white shrimp, green shrimp, and crayfish.

White shrimp are small shrimp, green shrimp are medium-sized shrimp, and crayfish are large shrimp.

Anjie bought 60 white shrimp larvae, which cost 1 Happiness Point for every 3000 larvae, for a total of 200 Happiness Points.

One happiness point buys 2000 shrimp larvae, and Anjie bought 300,000 shrimp larvae, for a total of 150 happiness points.

One crayfish larvae costs 1000 Happiness Points, but Anjie still bought 300,000 larvae, totaling 300 Happiness Points.

(Note: This has no reference value and should not be applied to reality.)

After adding the shrimp seedlings he wanted to buy to his shopping cart, Anjie then started selecting crab seedlings.

In the end, Anjie only selected two types of crab seedlings: swimming crabs and mitten crabs.

Swimming crabs are as cheap as white shrimp. One happiness point can buy 3000 of them, so Anjie bought the same number of white shrimp, 600,000, for a total of 200 happiness points.

The price of hairy crab seedlings is the same as that of crayfish, 1 happiness point for 1000 crabs. Anjie bought 30 crabs, for a total of 300 happiness points.

Actually, Anjie mainly raises white shrimp and swimming crabs to feed the fish, because they're cheap.

After selecting the fish, shrimp, and crabs to be farmed, Anjie's family of five had dinner together. Then, as usual, they chatted, played games, and watched TV shows together. Afterward, they went to the training room to practice their cooking skills, and finally went back to their rooms to sleep.

The next afternoon, the other Pokémon went to plant trees. The planting of Pineapple Berry and Black Plum Berry was nearing completion and might be finished today.

Meanwhile, Angel, Snorlax, and Sobble stood on the shore of Lake Nebel with Poliwag and several Poliwag Swimmers, right across from Angel's house. At their feet was a large pile of things, including nets and some pillars.

If you're going to raise fish, then you need to set up a proper fish farm. Otherwise, if you just release the fish into Lake Nibel, all the fry will probably swim down the waterfall into the Nibel River and drift downstream, not knowing where they'll end up, or they might even be eaten by other aquatic creatures or Pokémon.

"Alright, let's begin," Anjie said.

"Bobo~"

Several mosquito coil swimmers nodded in agreement. Some picked up the poles and jumped into the water, while others dragged their nets into the water. Then they all swam away into the distance.

The mosquito coil frog king also jumped into the water.

Anjie took a fishing boat from her system inventory, put it in the water, and then jumped on with Snorlax and Sobble.

Now that we've started fish farming, how can we not have a fishing boat? This fishing boat was just bought by Anjie today. It's easy to operate and very intelligent. Even though Anjie has never driven a boat before, he can easily handle it.

The technology in the Pokémon world is amazing!

However, such a fishing boat is not cheap, costing Anjie 30 happiness points, and the boat is still small.

Anjie simply cannot afford large or medium-sized fishing boats.

He spent a lot of happiness points last time merging the secret fortress, and this time he spent a lot more on buying fish fry and fishing boats. His happiness points are about to run out.

Happiness points really don't last long; they're gone in a flash after buying just one or two big items.

The fishing boat slowly sailed towards the center of the lake. The little Snorlax sat on the boat, curiously touching everything around. This was its first time riding a boat.

The fishing boat drifted on the lake. Angie sat at the bow, Munchlax sat at the stern, and Sobble would sometimes jump into the water to chase the fishing boat, and sometimes nimbly climb up to spray water and play. They were having a great time.

Over there, the mosquito coil swimmers had already reached the center of the lake, and one by one they were diving into the water, burying tall pillars into the lakebed.

Ange planned to use nets to enclose half of Lake Nibel near his house for fish farming, and the posts buried by the mosquito coil swimmers were for hanging the nets.

The mesh of this net is very dense. When used to enclose a body of water, it prevents shrimp larvae, crab larvae, and fish larvae from passing through.

Moreover, by only enclosing the area near Angel's house, his fish farming will not affect the ecology of the upper and lower reaches of the Nibel River, nor will it affect the fish's migration the following year.

The mosquito coil swimmers were all very strong, with bulging muscles. The pillars were very thick, each one thicker than Anjie's waist. They carried the pillars and swam in the water without any effort.

Besides the pillars, the nets were also very heavy, and even heavier in the water, yet the mosquito coil swimmers still moved freely while dragging the nets.

The net that Anjie bought is very sturdy and made of special materials. Even if a large water-type Pokémon charges at it violently, it will not be easily damaged.

Ange's nets were not only used to separate Lake Nibel from the fish farm, but also to divide the fish farm into smaller areas.

The fish fry, shrimp fry, and crab fry are all still too young to be raised together. If they are put together, there will only be one outcome: they will kill each other. Fish will eat fish, fish will eat shrimp, and shrimp will eat fish, and Anjie fish farmers will lose everything.

Seeing the Poliwag Swimmers huffing and puffing as they buried themselves in the pillars, sometimes diving into the water and sometimes surfacing, the little Snorlax suddenly jumped into the water with a splash and swam quickly towards them.

I must say, Kirby's swimming skills are outstanding, and his movements are very agile.

"G-G-G-!" I need help! I need help!

After swimming over to the Poliwag Swimmer, Snorlax said enthusiastically.

The mosquito coil swimmer looked at it with a skeptical expression, "Popo~ Popo~" Can you do it?

"G-G-G-No problem."

The little Snorlax patted its chest and made a promise, then it imitated the Poliwag swimmer and plunged headfirst into the water.

The mosquito coil swimmer thought for a moment and then plunged into the water as well.

Munchlax is indeed capable and a good swimmer. It is so agile in the water that it doesn't seem like a land-based Pokémon at all. With its joint efforts with Poliwag, a pillar was quickly buried.

Seeing this, Anjay called out to Munchlax from afar, "Mumplax, that was great!"

"Gang~"

The little Snorlax waved happily at Angel.

The Sobble, perched on the gunwale, looked at Ange and then at the Snorlax, before suddenly leaping into the water and swimming quickly to the other Poliwag swimmer.

"Meow~ Meow~" I'll help.

It mimicked the little Snorlax's words.

"Po?" The mosquito coil swimmer was taken aback by what it said, then burst into laughter, "Popo~ Popo~" Be good, stop fooling around, go play somewhere else.

Hearing what the mosquito coil swimmer said, the teardrop lizard was very unconvinced, so it grabbed the pillar with both hands and pushed hard, trying to straighten the pillar that was lying across the water.

"Meow~ Meow~"

It gritted its teeth, closed its eyes tightly, and used all its strength, but the pillar remained motionless.

"Bobobo~~~"

The mosquito coil swimmer burst into laughter.

"Meow~ Meow~"

The tearful lizard clenched its fist in anger and punched the pillar hard, only to find that its own hand was in excruciating pain.

o(╥﹏╥)o "What the heck..."

Tears welled up in the corners of the teardrop's eyes.

"Bobobo~~~"

The mosquito coil swimmer laughed even more heartily, showing off its muscles with a boastful air, and then easily erected the pillar in front of the teardrop lizard.

() "Meow~ Meow~"

The teardrop lizard was so angry it cried.

Mosquito Coil Swimmer was still smugly showing off his strength, completely unaware of the seriousness of the situation. Sure enough, not long after, Mosquito Coil Swimmer started crying along with Sobble.

"Bobobo~~" What's going on?!

The mosquito coil swimmer asked while wiping away tears.

"Meow~" I'm not telling you!

"Tearful Lizard said angrily, then its body suddenly became transparent and disappeared from the side of the Mosquito Coil Swimmer."

What the mosquito coil swimmer didn't know was that the tears of the sob lizard contained a very strong lachrymating component, said to be equivalent to the power of 100 onions. How could it not shed tears when it was so close to the sob lizard?

At this moment, the mosquito coil swimmer's companions noticed what was happening. Seeing the mosquito coil swimmer's humiliation, they also mocked him mercilessly.

A smile doesn't disappear; it just moves on.

Everyone joked and laughed while working, creating a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere.

Following Anjie's instructions, the mosquito coil swimmers quickly buried the posts one by one, and the next step was to hang the nets.

Mosquito Swimmer, Poliwag King, and Munchlax swam in the water, dragging the nets and hanging the two ends between two posts. The fish farm was gradually taking shape.

After the nets were hung, the fishing grounds were divided into areas of different sizes. Anjie then took out heavy metal chains and threw them to the side of the nets, so that the mosquito coil swimmers could tie the metal chains to the bottom of the nets.

These metal chains are called anchor chains, and they are used to secure the bottom of the fishing net. Without them, the fish in the fishing grounds would still escape through the bottom of the net.

By the time the anchor chain was secured, it was already quite late. Anjie and his team spent some more time working on the details, and by then it was already evening.

The afterglow of the sun bathed Lake Nebel in a warm orange hue.

Just then, with a clatter, a large, lively fish was thrown onto the fishing boat by a mosquito coil swimmer. It was a big black fish, a full 1.5 meters long, and it was unknown how long it had lived in Lake Nibel.

Just then, Munchlax returned to the ship. Seeing this, Ange quickly said to it, "Mushlax, catch it quickly!" As he spoke, he was about to pounce on it himself.

However, before Ange and Munchlax could pounce, Sobble, quick as a flash, rushed forward and hugged the big black fish, then triumphantly asked Ange, "Meow~ Meow~ Am I handsome? Am I awesome?"

Its tiny size was barely a fifth the size of the big black fish, and the way it held the fish was incredibly comical.

Sure enough, the next second, the tearful lizard was whipped into the water by the big black fish's tail.

"Meow~" Ouch!

At this moment, Anja and Munchlax pounced on it. Anja grabbed the black fish's head, and Munchlax grabbed its tail. When the black fish tried to struggle, Anja punched it on the forehead.

The blackfish stopped moving instantly; it had been stunned by Anjie's blow.

Being strong and healthy is indeed a good thing.

Anjie blew on his fist, mimicking the Sobble Lizard's usual manner, and coolly asked the lizard that had just surfaced, "Am I handsome?"

Tearful Lizard: ...

After the fish farm is fenced off, it needs to be cleaned up, so fish fry cannot be released immediately. Wild fish living in the water are one of the targets that need to be cleaned up.

Although these fish are few in number, they pose a great threat to fish fry, shrimp fry, and crab fry, so they must be cleaned up.

Seeing that it was getting late, Anjie said to Mosquito Coil Swimmer and Mosquito Coil Frog King, "Let's go home, or it will get dark. We can clean up the fish farm tomorrow."

The mosquito coil frog king and the mosquito coil swimmers responded quickly and gathered around Anjie's fishing boat, swimming towards the shore together.

After getting ashore, Anjac and Munchlax carried the giant black fish together. As they walked, he said to Poliwag and Poliwrath, "Let's have fish soup tonight!"

Snakehead fish soup is very nutritious!

"Bobo~ Bobo~"

"Bo Nuo Luo~~"

……

Poliwag and the Poliwag Swimmers cheered, and Snorlax and Sobble were overjoyed.

When Anjie and his friends returned home, the Pokémon that planted the trees had already come back. They gathered in the square in front of Anjie's house, chasing and playing, chatting and frolicking, waiting for Anjie and his friends to come back and cook dinner.

As Anjie walked home, she said, "Everyone, just wait a little longer, dinner will be ready soon!"

After arriving home, he and Munchlax took a quick bath and then started working in the kitchen.

Angie entrusted the tasks of killing and cooking the fish to the teardrop lizard. Angie had taught it how to cook fish, and today was the day to test its culinary skills.

The tearful lizard harbored deep resentment over being slapped on the tail by the blackfish, so it gritted its teeth when killing fish, slicing a fish over a meter long into pieces with its water blade.

The blackfish from Lake Nibel are truly excellent; their flesh is translucent, snow-white with a hint of pink—a delicacy!

The teardrop lizard is not only talented at cooking porridge, but also at cooking fish soup. In a huge pot, steam rises from the pot, and the teardrop lizard stands guard by the pot, constantly adding seasonings to the fish soup. Soon, a rich aroma fills the kitchen.

Seeing that the fish soup was ready, Tearful Lizard took a small spoon and bowl, scooped out a small bowl and tasted it.

*(*)* Wow~ It's so... so delicious!

The teardrop lizard was instantly won over by its own culinary skills.

Carrying a spoon and holding a bowl, it ran along the stove to Anjie's side, holding the bowl up and looking at Anjie expectantly, saying, "Meow~ Meow~ Anjie, try it quickly."

(End of this chapter)