My two-dimensional resident

"Goodbye, Uncle Hercules! I'm going to see Sister Ilya tomorrow!"

Afraid of waking Illya in Hercules' arms, Erza lowered her voice and told her that she would go to play with Illya the next day.

"Let's go, Erza. Let's go catch some wasps!"

Watching Hercules leave, Lin Tian gently patted Erza's head and said in a tender tone.

"Huh! Catching wasps? Brother, didn't Flick say wasps can become philosophers? Uncle Hercules was stung and knocked unconscious. Why are you..."

Erza was shocked to hear that her brother was going to catch wasps, a very dangerous insect, and looked at Lin Tian in disbelief.

"Don't worry! It's just a wasp. I can catch scorpions with ease. A wasp is nothing."

Seeing Erza's worries, Lin Tian smiled confidently. He wouldn't tell Erza that he used to practice his backflip technique in Animal Crossing to avenge a wasp sting.

Dodging! Dodging! Ghost Blade... Pshaw! There's no Ghost Blade, only the Bug Net!

After that, every time he shook the wasp nest off the tree, he was able to catch the wasps before they got close.

Seeing Erza's disbelieving expression, Lin Tian felt his position was being questioned. He coughed, turned around, and walked towards the woods where wasps were.

"elder brother?!"

"Brother! Wait for me!"

Seeing that Lin Tian had already walked three meters away, Erza quickly jogged to catch up with him.

"Erza, when you see a beehive fall from the tree, remember to get away from me immediately, so you don't get stung by the wasps!"

"Um..."

Hiding behind Lin Tian, ​​Erza cautiously peeked out, looking around at the unfamiliar cedar trees. She looked left and right, afraid that a lost wasp might suddenly fly in front of her.

Feeling the little hand gripping his arm a bit too tightly, Lin Tian smiled knowingly and lowered his head to comfort Erza.

"Don't be afraid. Unlike scorpions, wasps don't suddenly appear and attack us. They usually live in their hives, and they will only attack us if we shake the hives down from the tree."

"Actually, I'm not afraid of wasps. I disturbed a hornet's nest when I was a kid. But even Hercules got stung and knocked unconscious by a wasp... I..."

Erza felt she had become too dependent on Lin Tian lately, even though she was the one who had once picked up a short sword and fought against an evil mage.

Why did I become like this after coming to this island? I'm becoming more and more like a timid and fragile little girl who doesn't understand anything.

"Alright, Erza, stand back a bit, I'm going to start shaking the tree."

Because it was too dark, Lin Tian didn't notice Erza's change in expression. He gestured for Erza to step back, then went to the base of a cedar tree and shook it vigorously.

No?

Then let's change to another one...

Seeing that no beehives had fallen from this tree, Lin Tian walked to another tree and began shaking its trunk again.

But the result disappointed Lin Tian; no beehives fell from the second tree either.

If this is considered bad luck, then from another perspective, the fact that no beehive fell on him is also a sign of good luck, since it means he doesn't have the risk of being stung by wasps.

Unfortunately, this was not what Lin Tian wanted. A wasp was worth 2500 Bells, but if he sold it to Flick, it would be worth 3750 Bells.

So he also had to catch all the wasps in this grove, and for the bells, he continued toward the next tree.

boom!

Buzz!

'Got it!'

Upon hearing the low buzzing sound of wasps flapping their wings, Lin Tian felt a surge of joy. He immediately turned and ran back, quickly pulling out his insect net.

Just as the wasp was about to rest, it suddenly discovered that its nest had fallen to the ground. Annoyed, it moved around the hive searching for the culprit. Seeing Lin Tian running away, it immediately assumed he was the murderer and chased after him, flapping its wings.

They've taken the bait!

As Lin Tian ran, he kept looking back to see the wasp's movements, and he discovered that the wasp had already come up behind him. He didn't feel scared; instead, he was very happy.

"Brother!" Erza looked at Lin Tian nervously. Since it was night, she couldn't see the wasp and could only silently pray that Lin Tian would succeed.

'It's time!'

Seeing that the wasps had flown to his side and were about two meters away, Lin Tian suddenly turned around, raised the insect net with both hands, and slammed it down from above!

"Haha! Even in reality, my muscle memory for catching wasps has never disappeared."

After collecting the wasp from the insect net into his backpack, Lin Tian smiled happily. In Animal Crossing, what he hated most wasn't scorpions or tarantulas, but wasps!

This thing appears suddenly in front of you whenever you're collecting branches without warning, and before you can react, its poisonous stingers have already stung your eyes.

For Lin Tian, ​​a player who focuses on collecting branches to fish for bass, wasps are his biggest enemy.

Wow! Brother, you're so fast!

Seeing that Lin Tian had successfully captured the wasp, Erza happily ran to his side and said incredulously.

"Hehe, it's just a matter of practice makes perfect. If Erza can maintain the right distance from the wasps, she can catch them too."

"Okay, sure. I'll try it in a bit!"

"Okay, if you do encounter a wasp, I'll help you out!"

Upon hearing that Erza also wanted to capture wasps, Lin Tian patted her head, expressing his strong approval of her idea.

After picking up the beehive on the ground, Lin Tian and Erza began their sweeping rampage, ruthlessly destroying the trees in the area.

......

Around 11 p.m., when the clouds that had been obscuring the moon dispersed, the four people, who had used up all the durability of their four insect nets, gathered in the square.

Begin a final deal with Flick, who is staying here.

"Not bad, Ace. You actually caught the Great Blue Butterfly and the Emperor Moth. Impressive!"

Seeing Ace display all the insects from his backpack in front of Flick, Lin Tian stepped forward and began to examine them closely. Apart from a few inexpensive pink and monarch butterflies, most of them were spiders worth 600 Bells.

What shocked Lin Tian the most were the five insect boxes containing large blue butterflies and emperor moths placed on top.

Chapter 72 Why are the people on the high seas so obsessed with winning the insect-catching championship? (Bonus Chapter!)

Since it's early March, and excluding the scorpions and tarantulas that are present on the island year-round, those high-priced insects won't be available this month.

For example, the golden cassia beetle, valued at 12000 bells, only appears in July and August...

Therefore, catching a Blue Butterfly worth 4000 Bells and an Emperor Moth worth 3000 Bells is already considered a pretty good catch.

"Haha, this isn't the only time I've caught these two kinds of insects. Lin Tian, ​​just watch me become the first insect-catching champion!"

After receiving the 38,000 Bells he earned from Flick, Ace earned a total of 95,000 Bells that night!

"Hehe, that's not necessarily true!"

Seeing Ace's confident victory, Lin Tian smiled mysteriously, led Erza to Flick's side, and removed all the insects from their bodies.

Apart from the ten wasps at the bottom, the rest were mostly tiger beetles worth 1500 bells, and at the very top were three large blue butterflies.

"Sorry, Ace. I also have a Great Blue Butterfly. I even have this!"

"what?"

Under Ace's watchful gaze, Lin Tian pulled out the last insect box, inside which was a ferocious-looking wolf spider covered in spider hair.

Like the scorpions that often appear around Lin Tian's tent, tarantulas are insects that appear on the island year-round and are worth 8000 bells.

Lin Tian was actually quite surprised when he encountered the tarantula. He hadn't expected that besides scorpions, there would be tarantulas on his island.

Surprise was nothing compared to the insect net in Lin Tian's hand.

Seeing Ace's bewildered expression, Lin Tian instantly realized that this guy had completely forgotten what he had told him.

Feeling that his attempt to show off had failed, Lin Tian sighed and began to reinforce Ace's knowledge of the island's common sense.

"This is a tarantula worth 8000 Bells. If I sell it to Flick, it'll be 12,000!"

"Oh, this..."

After hearing Lin Tian explain that the tarantula was worth 8000 Bells, Ace was stunned, and his previously confident heart instantly deflated.

"Brother! We earned 92,000 this time, which, combined with what we earned before, makes a total of 246,000 bells!"

Because Lin Tian was talking to Ace, Erza took on the task of trading with Flick. After selling the insects to Flick, she excitedly ran to Lin Tian's side and told him how many Bells she had earned.

"Two hundred and forty-six thousand Bells, split between the two of them, that's twelve thousand three hundred each... I can't even compare to Erza..."

Ace was somewhat withdrawn. The grand ambitions he made before the match had now become a slap in the face for him.

"Haha, it's alright, Ace. At least you know that 240,000 divided by 2 equals 123,000. Although I don't know how you calculated it, you've made progress in math today!"

Seeing Ace's dejected look, Lin Tian walked over, patted him on the shoulder, and earnestly comforted him.

"I...math is too difficult..."

Looking at Lin Tian with a bitter expression, Ace wanted to say, "This is much simpler than counting. Just divide two into two ones, four into two twos, and six into two threes, and you'll figure it out..."

Unfortunately, Lin Tian had already turned and walked towards Kikyo, giving him no chance to explain.

"Kikyo, how much money did you make tonight?"

"Hmm...not much...only 131,000 in total..."

In response to Lin Tian's question, Kikyo closed her eyes and glanced at the amount of Bells in her spatial backpack. Subtracting the more than 10,000 Bells she had earned before, she had earned the most Bells of everyone tonight.

"Wow! Kikyo-neechan is amazing! How did you earn so many Bells?"

Erza asked in surprise when she heard that Kikyo had earned more money than Lin Tian.

"You really are lucky... I thought I was guaranteed first place after encountering the tarantula, but I still didn't earn as much as you... Kikyo, what insects did you catch? How did you manage to earn so much?"

Like Erza, Lin Tian was also curious about how Kikyo earned so many Bells, so he asked her.

"Well... it's like this, Lin Tian, ​​didn't you tell me the price of each insect? So I specifically hunted the high-priced insects!"

Three pairs of eyes looked at her with curiosity. Kikyo smiled slightly and explained calmly.

'Me too! It really really is a difference between lucky and unlucky people!'

Lin Tian sighed. He had truly resigned himself to his fate this time and decided that he would never compete with Kikyo again in a contest that involved luck.

Perhaps this decision wasn't enough to provoke Lin Tian, ​​so Kikyo added another sentence.