Chapter 131: Land of the Yeti 7
Chainsaws, drills, flamethrowers, and other tools appeared in the hands of Redlight and his teammates.
Even though Zephyr Murphy’s side had more people, it was Moira’s team that broke through the ice first.
As the block of ice was removed, clean lake water surged up from the opening.
Just then, a plump fish suddenly leaped from the water, its silver scales glittering in the air.
At the same time, a familiar object appeared in everyone’s hands: the same kind of basket they had used during the Mocha Forest game, though this one was slightly different.
Moira Lynch glanced at the basket’s handle, where the number "100" was displayed.
There were advantages to having fewer people. If the rule was one fishing hole per ten people, their side only needed to cut two more. Zephyr Murphy’s side, with its larger numbers, would have to cut several more.
Moreover, compared to Redlight’s team using machines to quickly cut large, neat holes, Zephyr Murphy’s side was relying entirely on manual labor.
The Body Enhancement Talent was powerful, but as the saying goes, an army marches on its stomach. People who had awakened this talent had an appetite that was not to be underestimated.
So, to keep these players with the Body Enhancement Talent continuously smashing the ice, one had to provide them with a constant supply of food.
Without batting an eye, Zephyr Murphy took out a huge pile of food.
When Moira Lynch saw this, she wasn’t shocked by the food. Although Caelus was currently experiencing extreme heat, there were still quite a few people who had stockpiled large amounts of food before the apocalypse and didn’t lack for anything to eat or drink.
What shocked her was that when Zephyr Murphy opened his coat, there were over a dozen Space Buttons hanging inside.
The style of the Space Buttons looked a little familiar. ’It seems they’re the ones I sold.’
’So this is a classic case of making up for a lack of space with sheer quantity, huh.’
’Isn’t he afraid of losing them, hanging so many Space Buttons on his body?’
Moira Lynch shook her head and looked away.
Now that the ice holes were open, the others took out their prepared tools and crouched by the openings, ready to act.
Moira Lynch also took out her fishing rod, found a random spot, and started fishing.
But her fishing line had no bait, not even a hook, because her attention wasn’t actually on fishing.
’With cheat tools like spiritual power and my personal space, who would bother fishing one by one?’
Lake Iluna was massive, roughly the size of a hundred basketball courts.
She sent her spiritual power penetrating beneath the ice. The cold of the lake water fed back to Moira Lynch through her spiritual power, making her shiver involuntarily.
’Strange, can spiritual power feel temperature?’
After adjusting for a moment, Moira Lynch continued to explore with her spiritual power.
Beneath the ice, the water was wall-to-wall with swimming fish. Their sheer density was unbelievable.
This was no exaggeration. Just as the travel rush is a crush of people, the space beneath Lake Iluna’s surface was a crush of fish.
Seeing this, Moira Lynch didn’t hold back. She immediately used her spiritual power to start pulling fish into her personal space.
She didn’t even have to aim. A single pull would net more fish than water.
Moira Lynch even wondered how fish at such a high density could possibly survive. Not even fish farms were this ridiculously packed.
’And these are supposed to be wild fish, no less. What could they possibly be eating?’
After extending her spiritual power to its maximum and collecting fish several times in a row, the number of fish underwater showed no sign of decreasing. However, Moira Lynch’s temples began to throb—a sign of overusing her spiritual power.
She had never felt this way before, even when constantly using her spiritual power to collect items, which just went to show how many fish she had gathered in such a short time.
Sensing her spiritual power was depleted, Moira Lynch decided to rest for a while before continuing.
She attached a hook and bait to her fishing line. The moment the hook hit the water, a fish was on it in the blink of an eye.
After reeling in the first fish, she placed it in her basket.
As the first fish was placed inside, the three-digit number on the handle instantly became a two-digit one.
Once her spiritual power had recovered, Moira Lynch went on another harvesting spree several times. Only then did the density of fish underwater begin to show signs of decreasing.
An hour later, as the competition ended, the baskets in everyone’s hands vanished instantly.
The people on Moira Lynch’s side looked dejected. Their team was smaller, and even though they had saved a lot of time cutting the ice holes at the beginning, it was still difficult to overcome that disadvantage.
Then, the System’s voice echoed in everyone’s ears.
[As the number of players on both teams was unequal, for the sake of fairness, this system will calculate the total weight of fish caught by each team and then divide it by the number of people on that team to determine the average weight. The team with the higher average weight wins. Additionally, the single best-performing player among all participants will receive an extra prize.]
Upon hearing this, the people on Moira Lynch’s side cheered. With this rule, the advantage was now theirs.
In contrast to their cheers, Zephyr Murphy’s expression on the other side turned utterly grim.
However, no matter how grim his expression was, he couldn’t change the game’s decision.
A minute later, the results were in. Moira Lynch’s team had an average of one hundred and fifty pounds, while Zephyr Murphy’s team only had a little over one hundred. It was a decisive victory for Moira’s side.
The results of the competition were out, but no one showed any signs of leaving. The System had said that the best-performing player would receive an extra prize.
As for what "best performance" meant, most people assumed it would be whoever caught the single largest fish within the hour.
At that moment, Moira Lynch’s heart skipped a beat. Although she hadn’t caught one hundred fish through angling, she had stuffed quite a few into her basket—and she had specifically picked out the big ones.
’I’d be happy to get the extra reward, but the game system isn’t going to just announce my name, is it?’
’After all, something similar had happened not too long ago.’
Seeing that everyone’s attention was focused on waiting for the System, Moira Lynch quietly slipped away to an empty corner and activated her Illusion Cloak’s Stealth Mode.
Feeling that still wasn’t enough, she took out a relatively small Flying Device and hid it under her cloak. If anything went wrong, she would fly away immediately.
The wait was even longer this time. After about two minutes:
[Congratulations to player SoySauceDrunkard for winning first place in the fishing competition. Reward: one ticket to the Navi Auction.]
The next second, a golden light flashed, and a card appeared in Moira Lynch’s hand.
With practically no hesitation, Moira Lynch stored it directly in her personal space.
The moment the name "SoySauceDrunkard" was announced, everyone’s eyes went wide.
"So, that master player was right beside me this whole time!!"