CH 4.2

It wasn’t until then that Ji He knew what exactly the system had meant when it said that simply catching fish could complete the task. The group of fish that gathered together wasn’t the big fish Ji He had seen earlier, but was instead a school of about thirty fish each about twenty centimeters long.

Though the special effect soon disappeared, Ji He was satisfied.

[Master, I’m sorry, I can only last a minute.]

The system’s tone was a little low, as if full of guilt for not being able to help Ji He. Ji He thought for a moment and said firmly: ‘No, Tem. You’re already the most powerful system I’ve ever seen.’

[Really, master? I am the most powerful system you have ever seen~!] The system echoed cutely before chiming happily, [I will try my best to make the duration master can see clearly for longer next time!]

Ji He showed a gratified smile: ‘Then you can continue to watch the barrage and play around. If anything is wrong, just tell me.’

[Ah! Good!] The system thought it was a little embarrassing that Ji He found out that it was slacking off, but thinking that the master himself who allowed gave permission to watch the barrage this time. The system went happily to watch, and thought that its master was very good.

Due to the brief help of the system, Ji He finally saw the situation in the river. He looked at the homemade harpoon in his hand. If he used this to spear the fish, he would be able to get two fish at most. After that he wouldn’t be able to see where the fish went, and the remaining fish would be vigilant against him and would stay away from him.

Ji He lowered his head and looked at his jacket. He didn’t know what happened to him. He was wearing a big-brand mountaineering suit he bought before, which was waterproof and wind-resistant. In order to be happier when going out in winter, he bought two more sizes. When he came over, he had several clothes inside, but because of the heat, he packed all other clothes into his bag, and now he only wears short-sleeved and coat.

He thought about it for a while, then took off his jacket and fastened it to the two harpoons by the sleeves to secure it. The simple “fishing net” was done, it’s just that the make-shift fishing net didn’t alow much water to readily pass through.

With the tools ready, Ji He rolled up the legs of his pants. As he had heard from Wang Xuan that there might be creatures with big pincers appearing in the river, Ji He didn’t dare to do something as risky as to take off his shoes.

He walked cautiously into the river, not daring to go too deep, and stopped as soon as something touched his ankle. Fortunately, this group of fish was also close to the shore, and they were a bit stupid and not afraid of people. Seeing Ji He going into the water, they still swam around his feet.

Ji He carefully felt the movement of the fish swimming beside his feet. When the fish swam past again, he quickly dropped his hands, dipped his clothes into the water and scooped them up.

Sure enough, the clothes containing the river water and fish became very heavy. Ji He couldn’t move, so he used all his strength to throw both the water in the clothes and the fish to the shore.

After such a set of operations Ji He was a little overwhelmed, and he couldn’t even tell whether he had caught them or not.

[Ding- Task Updated]

[Catch Small Animals: 3/10] 

[Skill Unlocked – Production Lv.1] 

Oh, that can tell.

Ji He thought about it and felt it was very convenient. He could get three fish just by catching blindly.

After two more attempts, Ji He shook his head when he heard that five of the task had been completed. His physical strength couldn’t keep up, and he couldn’t catch many fish, so he might as well just stop.

Ji He returned to the shore, picked up the fish that had just been knocked unconscious by being thrown to the ground, and carried the bag of fish back to the fire.

Wang Xuan looked at Ji He’s drenched body and was shocked several more times over: “Boss, you went to take a bath!?”

“Boss, your clothes are all wet, what did you do at night?”

“What about it?” After taking out the fish from his clothes, Ji He put his coat by the fire to dry. After listening to Wang Xuan’s questions, he asked his own casually.

Wang Xuan said worriedly: “The climate here is different from the outside. Don’t look at the heat now. After a while, the temperature will start to drop.”

“Is the weather like this here? Hot in the morning and cold in the evening?” Ji He kept his hands moving as he spoke. He picked the largest fish and neatly cleaned it, then he stuffed the green onion and ginger slices he had just found into the fish’s belly. The smallest bamboo shoot was picked out and cut in two, and the smaller portion was sliced and also stuffed inside the fish with the aromatics. Finally, a small lump of the fresh, raw ginger was used to season the skin of the fish.

After the fish was done being prepared, Ji He picked out two of the bamboo shoots that Wang Xuan had just peeled and wrapped them around the fish. Two thin bamboo cords were cut with a knife and wrapped the parcels tightly before they were placed on the newly assembled bamboo grill.

Wang Xuan watched Ji He hands rise and fall as each fish was cleaned. Although he didn’t know what was happening, he felt that if he wasn’t good, he would be the next one to receive such treatment.

“It should be spring now. Summer will be hotter, and there will be more wild beasts. There’s no autumn here. After summer, it go directly into winter. If you aren’t prepared, winter will be really difficult.”

Looking at the crackling fire where the fish was grilling, the two fell into a brief silence.

~~~~~Translator’s Quest Log~~~~~

Completed:

1:    Distinguish Edible Plants: 10/10

Reward: Highlighting Mode

In Progress:

1:    Catch Small Animals: 3/10

Reward: Unknown

2:     Distinguish Edible Plants: 0/100

Reward: Unknown

~~~~~Translator’s Skill Page~~~~~

Picking:     Lv.1

Digging:    Lv.1

Production:    Lv.1