Whole School Transmigrated: I Have 3 Daily Intel

As the three of them drew closer, the wild bird, which had been mostly still, sensed the danger and began to struggle frantically.

At the same time, it let out the characteristic QUACK of a duck.

"It’s a real wild duck, and it’s still alive!"

Xu Jun pointed at the wild duck in the mist net, grinning from ear to ear with excitement.

Most of the wild duck’s body was covered in brownish-tan feathers, with a hint of blue at the tips. Its beak was bluish-black, and a dark brown line ran across its head like eyeliner.

Its belly was covered with a smattering of white feathers, and its feet were a bright orange-red. It looked very different from a domestic duck.

"This should be a... spot-billed duck," Chen Chong said, identifying the species after a moment of observation.

"Brother Chong, how’d you know that?" Xu Jun asked, surprised.

Chen Chong explained, "I like to scroll through wilderness videos in my spare time. I happened to see this kind of wild duck in a show about migrating geese, so it looked familiar."

"I like watching those too, but not that often. You’ve got such a wealth of knowledge, Brother Chong," Xu Jun said with an envious look.

Chen Chong smiled. "Let’s get it down. We can’t just leave it tangled up there."

"Alright!" Xu Jun got to work...

To get a bird out of a mist net, you have to lay the entire net flat and slowly untangle the threads.

Because of the fine, easily tangled threads of the mist net, any bird caught in it had virtually no chance of escape. The more they struggled, the tighter they became entangled, until they couldn’t move at all.

For that very reason, getting them out was also quite a hassle.

It was normal for someone inexperienced to spend half an hour untangling one.

Many people would get frustrated and just pull out a lighter, burning the surrounding threads to get the bird out. After a few times, most of the net would be ruined, and they’d have to buy a new one...

Of course, Chen Chong’s group couldn’t do that.

In this world where tools were scarce, this mist net was a rare and precious hunting tool that had to be cared for as much as possible.

「Ten minutes later...」

"Finally got it out. This is more trouble than solving equations."

Xu Jun was completely drained, holding the flapping wild duck with a wry expression.

At first, the three of them trying to untangle one duck only made things more chaotic. Fortunately, they eventually found a rhythm and became more proficient.

"About how heavy is it?"

Wang Biao took it and weighed it in his hand. "About three pounds."

Chen Chong wasn’t surprised. Compared to domestic ducks, which could easily weigh five to eight pounds, wild ducks were more slender, usually only weighing around two to three pounds.

This was because they didn’t have the abundant food sources of domestic ducks and had to find their own food in the wild.

Besides, being too heavy would affect their flight, ultimately leading to them being eaten by predators.

Any wild duck that managed to survive generally wouldn’t be too heavy. In fact, this was true for all wild birds, including pheasants...

"Let’s take it back, raise it, and get it to lay eggs. Tie it up and toss it in the backpack with the other one."

"Yes, Sir!"

Wang Biao tied the wild duck’s wings and feet with a rope, tossed it into another backpack, and left just its head sticking out to breathe, same as the wild rabbit.

Having caught a wild rabbit and a wild duck in succession, the three of them were in high spirits.

Even though the rain was coming down harder, they were still full of energy and turned to untangle the other few birds from the net...

The mist net hadn’t just caught a wild duck.

Several small, palm-sized birds of different colors were also hanging in it.

The birds’ Life Energy was a bit stronger than the wild rabbit’s. All of these birds tangled in the net were alive, just unable to move.

Although they couldn’t identify the species of these birds, it didn’t change the fact that they were edible.

Even a sparrow is still meat. Back at the school, many people even caught and ate rats and insects from the jungle.

Although Chen Chong’s group had deer meat as a reserve, they weren’t so well-off that they could afford to waste any resources.

If it was edible, they would take it all!

With their newfound experience, and since these birds weren’t as badly tangled, it only took a short time to free them.

In a flash, Wang Biao snapped the necks of all five birds and stuffed them into his bag.

Then, they set the mist net back up, just as it had been when they arrived...

"It probably rained last night, so a lot of birds didn’t leave their nests. Otherwise, given the resources in this jungle, we could have caught more."

"This is plenty, Brother Chong. Our haul is already huge, and we still haven’t checked the fish trap you set, right?"

"True. Let’s go check the fish trap."

Full of anticipation, the three headed toward the creek...

The mist net had been set up just a hundred meters or so from the bank where the fish trap was.

Rain pattered on the creek, sending countless ripples across its surface and kicking up a light mist.

"You guys wait here on the bank. I’ll go get it."

Chen Chong rolled up his pant legs and stepped into the creek. The water came up past his knees.

His hands fumbled through the mud and sand covered by aquatic plants, and soon he found the location of the fish trap...

He gave it a pull with both hands but found he could barely move it. In fact, he was nearly yanked over into the water.

"Hah?"

Chen Chong’s brow furrowed. He couldn’t believe it. ’Is this fish trap really that heavy?’

’I don’t remember it being this ridiculous yesterday.’

This time, he put all his strength into it, heaving the fish trap up toward the surface...

SPLASH—

The sound of splashing water mixed with the sound of the rain.

But that wasn’t all. The sound was also coming from the thrashing fish inside the trap, which had nearly filled the entire space.

"Holy shit!"

"It’s overflowing!?"

Xu Jun cursed from the bank.

He’d never even seen a haul this insane on his short-form videos. There were so many fish they were about to be squeezed out.

Compared to this, other so-called "full hauls" were pathetic. This situation could only be described as an explosive catch.

Chen Chong, holding the fish trap, was also a bit stunned.

He had expected to catch a good number of fish since the water was so rich with life, but he hadn’t expected this many.

’No wonder it was so heavy...’

"Give me a hand, my arms are about to break."

"Oh, oh, coming, Brother Chong!"

Chen Chong strained to drag the trap toward the bank, where Wang Biao and Xu Jun grabbed hold of it.

With two people pulling and one person supporting it from below, they barely managed to haul the trap onto the bank.

Out of the water, the catch inside the trap was even more apparent.

The fish trap was exquisitely made and of excellent quality, but it wasn’t particularly long.

It was only about twelve feet long and divided into nearly twenty funnel-like sections that only allowed entry, not exit.

Even so, every single section was packed with fish and shrimp, from the tail end all the way to the first section at the main entrance.

Just by looking, you could see that it contained not only the most common fish and shrimp, but also crabs, loaches, frogs, and even a good number of river snails.

Most of them were small, finger-length miscellaneous fish.

Occasionally, you could also spot a few decent-sized "big fish" of at least a pound or more.

"I thought catching the wild rabbit and pheasant was going to be the biggest haul of the day, but then the fish trap hit the jackpot. This is awesome."

"The resources in this creek are just too abundant. With so many fish in this trap, there must be hundreds..."

Chen Chong and Xu Jun smiled.

Even the usually stern Wang Biao broke into a smile at the bountiful harvest.

Chen Chong took out a fish box as he spoke with a smile.

"Let’s load all these fish up. We can sort them out when we get back, see which ones are suitable for the fish pond and which ones..."

Before he could finish his sentence...

Suddenly!

The hair on Chen Chong’s body stood on end, and his pupils contracted violently.

An intense sense of crisis welled up inexplicably in his heart.

Even though he had never used this ability before, at this moment, Chen Chong was absolutely certain that this feeling came from...

Beastly Intuition!

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