[Fishing] [Deep-Sea Fish] [Marine Ecology] [Monsters]
After quitting his job, Zhang Chu had planned to lie flat back in his hometown. Instead, he unexpectedly inherited the lease to an offshore deserted island left behind by his grandfather.
Black Reef Island lay thirty-six nautical miles from shore. It had no fresh water, electricity, or dock, and reefs surrounded it on all sides. Even the local fishermen dismissed it as a barren reef where not even birds would shit.
Just as Zhang Chu was about to sell it off cheap, a notification suddenly rang out in his mind:
[Deep-Sea Fishing Tycoon System successfully bound!]
From then on, the uninhabited island nobody cared about was completely transformed.
A one-pound black porgy could snap an imported fishing reel.
A three-pound grouper could drag a seasoned sea angler to his knees.
A ten-plus-pound giant trevally could make a professional angler question his life.
After the System upgraded, ordinary little fish would surge into genuine monsters the moment they left the water. Deep-sea trenches, tidal schools of fish, and offshore monsters were unlocked one after another.
Other people developed deserted islands by burning money. Zhang Chu did it by making fellow anglers lose their minds.
When He Zhenhai, vice president of the Sea Fishing Association, came to the island, he blew out his reel on the spot.
Marine science prodigy Wen Ruyu brought equipment to debunk the claims, but the more she researched, the more she doubted science.
Debunking streamer Lei Dagang snuck onto the reefs at night, only to be chased by a swarm of moray eels until his livestream turned into a disaster.
Anglers, gear merchants, wealthy tourists, and professional competitors all flocked to the island.
From a barren reef island to the nation's top sea-fishing destination.
From a little fishing spot on Black Reef to the Deep Blue Sea King Cup.
Standing in the sea breeze and gazing at the deep blue waters surging below him, Zhang Chu smiled faintly.
"Here, it's not fish we're catching. It's faith."
