142: First time fishing

Around noon, Chen Xiangbei casually found a restaurant and savored authentic Hangzhou cuisine.

In the afternoon, he continued to visit other attractions in Hangzhou. Each place made him linger, although there were quite a lot of people.

During the daytime of this day, Chen Xiangbei fully experienced the beauty and charm of Hangzhou.

It wasn't until evening that Chen Xiangbei went directly to the airport and took a plane back to Linhai City. As for the hotel matters, the program staff could handle them for him.

As night fell, the plane flew in the sky, and the darkness outside the cabin window was gradually illuminated by the city lights.

Chen Xiangbei gazed at the sparkling lights below through the small window, as if he were in a dreamlike world.

The outline of Hangzhou was clearly visible in the night, with high-rise buildings shimmering with colorful lights, like magnificent palaces.

Vehicles on the streets were like flowing rivers of silver, shuttling on the brightly lit roads, heading towards their respective destinations.

The plane continued to fly forward, carrying Chen Xiangbei across time zones, through the darkness, and towards Linhai City.

Around 8 PM, the plane slowly landed at Linhai City's international airport. Chen Xiangbei left the terminal empty-handed and took a taxi home.

It was already past 9 PM when he got home.

Chen Xiangbei first opened the short video platform to withdraw the video earnings from the recent period.

Looking at the video earnings displayed in the creator center backend, Chen Xiangbei was slightly shocked. He hadn't expected the earnings to increase so much in just a few days!

The last time he checked, the earnings were around 200,000, but now they had doubled, reaching over 460,000. This was almost as much as his variety show appearance fee from yesterday!

Chen Xiangbei thought to himself: It seems I should post more videos in the future. With such high earnings, why would I need anything else?

He clicked the withdrawal icon, and a prompt window popped up, showing that the money would arrive in about an hour.

Chen Xiangbei decided to take a shower first. He had been walking around all day, and his clothes were already wet and dry again, making them terribly uncomfortable to wear.

He took out the clothes he had changed out of from his Portable Space, threw them into the washing machine with the clothes he had just taken off, and then went into the bathroom to shower.

Since having the Portable Space, everything has become much more convenient for him. He doesn't have to run around wasting time.

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At 12 AM, the System settlement arrived as scheduled.

[Ding, System settlement begins: Host's daily income +¥468,000, average hourly wage +¥58,500, System reward amount ¥1,310,400, Intelligence +0.03, Settlement Points +2000, please keep up the good work!]

Seeing the SMS notification of the deposit, Chen Xiangbei's small vault once again surpassed 30 million, taking another step closer to a top medical laboratory.

Chen Xiangbei adjusted the ecological fish tank to the "Sweet Dream" mode, then found a comfortable position to lie on the sofa and waited to fall asleep.

Compared to the dreamless night until dawn yesterday, tonight he once again arrived at the familiar dream castle. Looking at the cute and charming army of beast-eared girls, he was once again immersed!

The next morning, Chen Xiangbei woke up early and rushed into the bathroom to shower immediately.

If you have a regular routine, taking a shower in the morning is really comfortable and keeps your body cells active.

After showering, Chen Xiangbei put on a set of casual clothes, then put all his fishing gear into his Portable Space and went out.

He went to the underground garage and found his Great Wall Cannon. He hadn't taken it fishing for a long time, and today he finally had a chance to take it out.

He used his phone to navigate to the Yacht Club, ate breakfast on the way, and also bought some hot food to put into his Portable Space so it would still be warm when he took it out to eat.

At exactly 8 AM, Chen Xiangbei drove to the reception center of the Yacht Club, parked his car, and walked in. Seeing the place brightly lit and the staff energetic, it was clear they had 24-hour shifts.

After explaining his purpose, the staff enthusiastically led him towards the Fishermen's Wharf berth.

They chatted for a bit on the way, and he learned from the staff that they indeed had 24-hour shifts, and he had just started his shift, which was why he looked so energetic.

The two talked happily, and soon arrived at the berth where his boat was parked.

Chen Xiangbei looked at the white luxury fishing yacht quietly docked nearby. Even after many days, there was no dust on it, clearly indicating it was maintained daily.

Chen Xiangbei walked onto the fishing yacht, stood on the deck, turned around, and waved at the staff, signaling her to go back to work.

Then, Chen Xiangbei entered the cockpit, first familiarizing himself with the buttons on the control panel, then inserting the key and starting the engine to warm it up.

At 8:10 AM, the fishing yacht slowly sailed out of the Fishermen's Wharf under Chen Xiangbei's skilled operation, heading towards the vast sea.

Since it was his first time going out to sea, he didn't plan to go too far and would just fish within the inner sea area.

He would consider fishing in the High Seas after becoming familiar with sea fishing for a while.

The fishing yacht's speed was relatively fast. After sailing for a while, Chen Xiangbei arrived at the junction of tropical and subtropical zones, where the main catch was Grouper, which had good price and delicious taste.

Upon reaching the specific location, Chen Xiangbei reduced the speed and used the sonar fish finder to carefully search for the location of the fish school.

In the vast sea, besides old fishermen, it is generally difficult to find fish schools without the aid of sonar fish finding equipment, as the living habits of sea fish are different from freshwater fish.

No matter how freshwater fish swim, they remain within that particular body of water, whereas sea fish will go wherever there is food to forage, without fixed living locations.

After some searching, Chen Xiangbei finally found a school of small fish near an underwater reef.

Based on Chen Xiangbei's estimation, this fish school was either sea bass or Grouper.

He stopped the boat, went to the bow deck, took out his fishing gear from his Portable Space, and selected and adjusted the appropriate fishing rod.

Then, he redeemed a pack of Secret Bait for saltwater fish from the System Mall, which cost 2000 points.

However, the finished product made from this Secret Bait for saltwater fish was much more than that from the previous Secret Bait, as the scale of use in the vast sea is much larger than in freshwater.

Chen Xiangbei first mixed a certain amount of standard bait according to the instructions, and then mixed an appropriate amount of chum according to the chumming standard.

Chen Xiangbei found that the finished product of this saltwater-specific bait was much heavier than the freshwater-specific bait. This meant he didn't need to add weight to the bait to prevent it from not sinking.

After all preparations were complete, Chen Xiangbei grabbed a handful of chum and threw it towards the location of the fish school.

Upon contact with the water surface, the chum sank at an extremely fast speed, only starting to emit an attractive scent at a certain depth, and did not volatilize immediately upon contact with water.