Chapter 20

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Knowing that rising to fame in live streaming took time, Ye Chen bade farewell to the viewers in the live stream room for the day. “All right, today’s live stream is over. See you tomorrow!”

Ye Chen turned off the livestream and started to pack up his fishing gear.

Compared to the other fishing pros, Ye Chen was much more relaxed.

After all, just like what the viewers in the live stream room had said, Ye Chen was once again empty-handed that night.

Ten minutes later, on a road beside the river in Jiang City, a group of fishing pros were riding electric scooters with fishing gear on their backs and buckets on their pedals.

At the very front, a young man on an electric scooter was smiling. There was a big red box of urn on his handle.

The young man was none other than the Skunked King, Ye Chen.

It was only then that Ye Chen remembered that the system had given him two blind boxes.

One of the two boxes was Ye Chen’s reward for leveling up.

At this moment, Ye Chen did not know if it was the placebo effect in play, but after obtaining the King of Fishing system, he could clearly feel that his physical fitness was much better than before.

If it was any other day, fishing from 7 a.m. to 2.a.m. of the next day would definitely make him feel sleepy.

However, now, Ye Chen did not feel sleepy at all. Instead, he felt much more energetic. At the same time, he could also feel that his physical strength was much better.

The other blind box was Ye Chen’s reward for unlocking his new Floating Corpse Night Encounter achievement.

As he enjoyed the late autumn night wind, Ye Chen opened the level blind box rewarded by the system.

“Beep! Congratulations to the host for unlocking the new skill, ‘Never Get Skunked’!”

“Heck!” Ye Chen cried out in surprise and almost let go of his electric scooter handle. The old men behind him could not help but be shocked.

“Hey, Mr. Ye, be careful!”

“I know you just won 200,000, but you don’t have to be so excited!”

“Yes, yes, yes, Mr. Ye. Calm down!”

…

Ye Chen waved his hand without looking back and said, “Haha, I’m fine. I was just distracted!”

As a veteran fishing pro who wanted to make a name for himself, what was he most worried about? Getting skunked, of course! As expected, the King of Fishing System was named such for a reason. It gave such a good skill as a level reward from level 1 to level 2.

Ye Chen had confidence in the greatness of the new skill as he had experienced the effects of the system’s Evil Warder skill before.

Thanks to using the Evil Warder skill, Ye Chen actually received a reward of 200,000 and at the same time, gained such high popularity for his live stream room. With this skill called “Never Get Skunked”, wouldn’t he be busy catching fish until his hands were tired?

In his excitement, Ye Chen took a quick look at the effect of the new skill.

As he had guessed, “Never Get Skunked” was a passive skill.

“Never Get Skunked: every time you fish for more than half an hour, you will be guaranteed to catch something. With increased fishing yield, you will never get skunked.”

“What? ‘Something’?” When Ye Chen saw the description, he felt a little dizzy for a moment.

Why would the skill guarantee that he would catch something – not necessarily a fish – every time?

Ye Chen was not trying to be demanding, but it was just that he had just fished a corpse earlier.

The system previously warned Ye Chen that he would catch a huge creature, but when he caught it, it was not a fish, but an actual dead person.

Ye Chen felt that the Never Get Skunked skill was not very reliable.

Forget it. It didn’t matter if it worked or not. Ye Chen would try it tomorrow.

No matter what, it was better to have the skill than not having it.

Fortunately, Ye Chen still had another blind box. He hoped that the reward this time would not be something strange.

Ye Chen let out a long breath. While riding his electric scooter, Ye Chen opened the system interface that only he could see and activated the other blind box reward from the Floating Corpse Night Encounter blind box.

“Beep! Congratulations to the host for obtaining the skill ‘Corpse Harvest’!”

Ye Chen’s eyes twitched violently.

Looking at the new skill, Ye Chen cursed in his heart.

The skill was literally what it meant. It could increase the probability of catching dead bodies in the water, including but not limited to human corpses.

For a moment, Ye Chen did not know whether to laugh or cry. His heart was extremely complicated.

He was suffering.

If Ye Chen could earn 200,000 from fishing up a dead person every day, wouldn’t that be great?

But Ye Chen could not bring himself to be happy about that.

“I want to catch fish! Fish!! What the f*ck! At this rate, I might as well stop fishing and become a corpse recovery specialist,” thought Ye Chen.

Ye Chen wouldn’t even need to go into the water to look for the corpse. He could just casually swing his fishing rod and wait on the shore for the corpse to be hooked.”

While other fishermen went fishing, they would only get fish and show it off to everyone they met, saying “Do you see this? I got a huge catch today!”. Meanwhile, Ye Chen would only get corpses and shout to everyone, “Paging for the deceased’s family members…”

Ye Chen would probably be chased down and beaten if he did that.

I’m a fishing pro, not a professional corpse recovery personnel.

Just then, the helpless Ye Chen’s King of Fishing System’s system interface updated.

Name: Ye Chen

Level: level 2

Experience points: 15/500

Skills: Evil Warderl, Never Get Skunked, Corpse Harvest

Locked achievements: …

Unlocked achievements: Rotten Fish’s Direct Bite, Floating Corpse Night Encounter.

“The prediction function will be activated after the next time you go fishing.”

Evil Warder: help the host change his fate. Improves the host’s luck by converting bad things into good things.

Never get skunked: every time you fish for more than half an hour, you will be guaranteed to catch something and your fishing yield will increase, which will help you to never be be empty-handed.

Corpse Harvest: dead bodies include but is not limited to human corpses. Increases the host’s chances of catching corpses.

…

Ye Chen looked at the system’s interface and sighed bitterly.

It seemed that he had used up all his good luck today.

D*mn it!

If Ye Chen only relied on this stupid system, he would probably never be able to catch any live fish in his life.

As expected, one had to rely on themselves to survive.

The group of fishing pros were still on their electric scooters, though several had broken off from the main group for their private affairs.

Ye Chen, Mr. Liao, and the other fishing pros lived pretty nearby each other. According to the plans, each would go home first to bring back their fishing gear and the fish they had caught. Then, everyone would go to the roadside stall where they often went to eat skewers and drink beer.”

When the group reached a fork in the road, Ye Chen greeted everyone and prepared to head home and pack.