Wasteland Border Inspector-Chapter 382 - 150: Snowfall, the Overbearing Fish King! (Part 4)
Cheng Ye let out a sigh of relief, paused, and said again, "Let’s start packing up, and we’ll head back to the city at dawn, so we don’t delay anything."
"Alright!"
Although it was snowing, it was still summer after all, and the daybreak came early.
The sky was already turning faintly gray.
Cheng Ye packed up the tent and picked up the bucket of fish, suddenly pausing for a moment.
[Collector detects biological information being emitted, automatically absorbing...]
[Absorption complete, new biological guide entry: Freshwater Fish]
"Eh, the fish in this bucket can form an entry too?"
He paused for a moment, looking down at the bucket.
There was only half a bucket of water, with four black-striped fish still struggling and blowing bubbles, while the grass carp and silver carp had already suffocated, their eyes turned white, and their bellies bulging at the surface.
Cheng Ye opened the panel, glanced at the guide.
There were two illustrations, one was from yesterday’s initial sighting, and the other was the belly-up grass carp in the bucket, somewhat amusing.
The text below was even simpler.
[Freshwater Fish]
[Description]: Fish living in freshwater
[Currently Recorded Traits]:
Underwater Breathing (0.15%)
Water (5.57%)
...
As for the description, it was briefly mentioned in one sentence.
But as for the traits...
"Hmm, these two traits seem quite practical?"
Compared to the flashy special abilities of Extraordinary Creatures and mutated beings, the traits offered by ordinary freshwater fish seem better suited to survival needs.
Cheng Ye thought for a moment, took out a small knife, and swiftly and decisively slaughtered a black-striped fish.
Unfortunately, the guide did not prompt a new species, still categorized under "Freshwater Fish."
But after refreshing the page, there was an additional illustration, a close-up of the black-striped fish he had just slaughtered, and the freshwater fish trait list had an additional entry:
Growth Factor (1.19%)
"The traits below the guide actually increase..."
Cheng Ye was somewhat surprised.
As the name suggests, this new trait likely had something to do with the mutation of the black-striped fish.
Could it be the source of accelerated growth?
Unfortunately, one fish only accumulated just over 1%, to gather enough for the required percentage exchange, it would take nearly a hundred kills.
"Thinking about it, doesn’t seem like much?"
Cheng Ye’s eyes flickered, decisively naming the remaining three black-striped fish and two white-striped fish.
Every time he slaughtered one, the "Growth Factor" value ticked upwards, contributing about 1% per fish, finally stopping at 6.57%.
"Should we go to the riverbank to gather more before heading back?"
Although it was freezing, the fish might become unusually active due to the temperature drop.
Upon hearing his idea to return to the riverbank, Jiang Chuan nodded without hesitation, "Let’s go, it’s worth checking, the fish might yield unexpected finds in the snow."
The two packed up their things and got into the pickup truck, by that time dawn had just broken, and the snow seemed heavier, the world was a vast expanse of white.
Luckily, the cold weather had slightly hardened the muddy road, the wheels no longer sank deeply, only occasionally slipping, making a creaking sound.
Upon arriving at the tributary, Cheng Ye opened the car door and was stunned by the sight before him.
What an overwhelming school of fish!
Possibly stimulated by the sudden temperature drop, the entire tributary almost changed color.
The surface was densely packed with a layer of fish, black-striped, white-striped, grass carp... crowdedly thrashing about, even red shrimp gathered in the shallow water, tinting the surface a mottled red.
Moreover... Cheng Ye’s gaze suddenly fixed on the center of the fish school, where a colossal black-striped fish, exaggerated in size, was at least four times the size of an ordinary black-striped fish, its body length reaching over one and a half meters, weighing an estimated sixty to seventy kilograms easily.
Where it swam, the surrounding fish made way, parting like Moses parting the sea.
Goodness, so domineering?
Is it a mutated creature... or an infection source?!
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