- Set in a modern city where recreational fishing is booming and commercial pay-to-fish ponds have become a mature industry with a fully developed supply chain.
- Both official and unofficial fishing tournaments exist, and professional anglers enjoy high social standing and commercial value.
- Fishing livestreams are hugely popular. Top fishing streamers earn a handsome income and are both internet celebrities and athletes.
The novel follows Lu Chen, a programmer who has been laid off and returns to his hometown, where he binds to the Black Pond King System. With the System’s support and his own dedication to research, he starts by taking on the local unscrupulous pond owners, then sweeps through commercial fishing ponds across the region, builds a wildly popular fishing livestream, and forms a team with his childhood sweetheart, surgeon Su Wanqing, and his old friend Zhao Dachuan. Together, they compete in commercial tournaments at every level and the national Black Pond King Championship, ultimately exposing the industry’s shady dealings, ushering in a new era of competitive fishing, and making Lu Chen a legendary figure in the sport.
