Chapter 39 No fishing today, catching fish today

Du Yu, who was currently inside his bedroom, naturally had no idea that someone was plotting against him once again.

His sister-in-law's recent arrival had interrupted Du Yu from checking the Luck Value Mall. Now, back in his room, Du Yu reopened the system interface.

He opened the Luck Value Mall.

{Luck Value Mall}
[New]
[Diving Suit]: 500 Luck Value
Description: Compatible with the [Diving Specialization], granting lesser resistance and faster speed underwater.
Remarks: A real-life marine fish simulator~

[Water Purification Pill]: 100 Luck Value
Description: Purifies water quality, suits the living environment of marine fish, and promotes their growth. It also carries a 10% chance to obtain the [Marine Environment Simulation Pill], perfectly replicating an ocean environment. However, a single use only supports the growth of up to 50 marine fish.
Fish Type: Currently unable to support the growth of precious marine fish species.
Remarks: Experience coastal foraging right at your doorstep.

[Noble Fish Feed]: 100 Luck Value
Description: Effectively helps marine fish thrive and grow sturdily, with a certain chance to elevate their quality.
Duration: 7 days
Remarks: Green-grade forced growth for fish.

After reading through these items, Du Yu roughly understood.

The level 3 system's [Aquaculture Specialization] was not meant for the host to sow fish fry and farm fish themselves; rather, it primarily provided a better growth environment for the fish they caught, ensuring they would grow sturdier and of higher quality in the future.

In short, it made them taste better.

The [Noble Fish Feed] even reminded Du Yu of a certain brand of bottled drinking water from his past life.

With 1,700 Luck Value remaining, Du Yu pondered for a moment and decided to purchase one of each of the three new items, leaving himself with 1,000 Luck Value as a reserve.

"Acquired [Diving Suit]"
"Acquired [Water Purification Pill]"
"Acquired [Noble Fish Feed]"

Du Yu tossed the [Water Purification Pill] into his home fishpond, packed his things, called out to Wang Xiaowei, and drove the van toward the seaside.

The familiar group of fishermen was there.

"Little brother, out fishing again today?"
An old fisherman greeted him with a chuckle.

"Hey, little brother, if you have time today, teach us old fellows how to fish, won't you?"
Another fisherman chimed in.

The others quickly seconded the request.

"Hehe, sorry, uncle, I'm not fishing today."

Hearing this, the old fishermen were extremely puzzled.
Not fishing? If not fishing, why come to the seaside?

"Catching fish today," Du Yu added.

At this, not just the old fishermen, but even Wang Xiaowei was left completely bewildered by Du Yu's words.

Wang Xiaowei rummaged through the tools in the van, and indeed, there were no fishing rods!

Could it really be as this little brother said, that he was going to catch fish today?
Yet the surface of the sea was so calm, where on earth was he going to catch them?
This wasn't like gathering crabs where you just lifted a stone and spotted them!

However, the old fishermen did not ask further and simply watched quietly as Du Yu made his preparations.

Du Yu took out the [Diving Suit] he had brought, swiftly changed into it, picked up a landing net, activated his [Diving Specialization], took a deep breath, and plunged straight into the sea.

The men stared at each other in blank dismay, and Wang Xiaowei froze once again.
Every time, Du Yu had a way of leaving people completely baffled.
Back in the East Sea, you had an oxygen mask or something, so I could understand you diving down.
Now you just changed your clothes and went right in?

The old fishermen clicked their tongues in secret amazement.
This little brother not only swam like a fish, but his swimming speed was not the least bit slower than the ordinary marine fish they had ever seen, and perhaps even slightly surpassed them.
Whose fish school did you secretly take as your master?

The crowd simply gathered around the shoreline and watched Du Yu.

Beneath the surface of the sea:
Du Yu was quite surprised. The [Diving Specialization] was truly miraculous; he could now open his eyes wide underwater without suffering any irritation.
However, Du Yu could also distinctly feel that if he went any deeper, his eyes would no longer be able to bear it.

Various swimming postures of different fish species flashed through Du Yu's mind, and he was astonished to find that he could replicate them with absolute precision.

After adapting to the underwater environment for a few minutes, Du Yu chose to surface for a breath of air.

"Brother Yu! You scared me to death, just diving straight down like that! How is it, are you alright?"
Wang Xiaowei immediately hurried forward.

"Of course I'm fine. Wait here, I'm going to catch some fish!"

After a brief word with Wang Xiaowei, Du Yu took a deep breath, turned around, and plunged back into the ocean.

This time, it was time for some serious fishing.

Spotting a small yellow croaker, Du Yu swam toward it swiftly and scooped it up with his landing net.

I must say, catching fish this way—without needing the fish to willingly take the bait—was infinitely more satisfying.
Who cares whether you bite the hook or not?
I'll just manually "hook" you instead.

The small yellow croaker inside the landing net visibly grew a size larger right before his eyes. Du Yu tightened the mesh of the net so the fish couldn't escape, and turned his sights toward his next target.

"Host detected..."
...

By the time Du Yu surfaced again to catch his breath, the landing net was packed to the brim.

Du Yu climbed ashore and dumped the captured marine fish all at once into a bucket.

The nearby fishermen couldn't help but gasp in sharp intakes of breath. No wonder this little brother said he wouldn't teach them today.
Even if he offered to teach, who would dare to learn?
He stayed underwater for a full ten minutes; these fishermen had never seen anyone hold their breath longer than this little brother.
This was hard-core fishing.

After Du Yu repeated this routine a few times, the buckets were stuffed to capacity.

However, something that puzzled Wang Xiaowei today was that not a single one of the fish Du Yu caught was a rare species.
That was a first.

Still, having caught so much fish, Wang Xiaowei didn't dwell on it. He helped Du Yu load the buckets onto the vehicle, and after Du Yu changed his clothes, the two of them bid farewell to the fishermen and drove back to the village.

Parting ways with Wang Xiaowei, Du Yu returned home.

He dumped all of today's marine fish into the fishpond, which was now crystal clear.
Du Yu was somewhat surprised; he had only been gone for such a short while, and the [Water Purification Pill] had already completed its "job."

After dumping the fish into the pond, he dropped in a piece of [Noble Fish Feed]. In essence, this stuff wasn't entirely just food; it also made the water quality much more suitable for the living environment of marine fish, allowing the algae to thrive as well.

Back inside the house, Li Chunhong had already prepared dinner, and mother and son sat down to eat just like any other day.
The television remained on, broadcasting the day's news.

"Recently, G-shares plummeted, H-shares saw intensified fluctuations, and major movements may occur in the coming days..."

Du Yu naturally heard the news report. He glanced casually at today's date, connected it with the broadcast, and suddenly thought of something.

According to Du Yu's memories from his past life, over the next few days, X-shares were going to experience a mad surge, whereas prior to this, X-shares had shown no upward trend whatsoever and had been steadily declining!

Du Yu couldn't help but straighten his posture.

This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.