Ancient God Fishing Logs

[August 3: I used earthworm meat to catch a netful of cod, sold it for eight shillings, and bought myself a lavish dinner.]

[August 17: I used a Deep One's eyeball to catch a strange fish and sold it to a bunch of cult fanatics researching yogurt-flavored contagions. In return, I got a lead on potion ingredients for the Tier Three “Ocean” Sequence.]

[September 6: I used a baguette to catch an eight-year-old sea monster who claimed to be the illegitimate daughter of the Queen of Prussia. Sold her for... No, that's definitely not something I can sell.]

Li Wei transmigrated to Victorian-era England, where he became a fisherman's son, living in utter poverty and afflicted with a terminal illness.

Nobles, capitalists, superhumans, cultists…

Sequences, god-blessed, fallen gods, colonial wars…

The turmoil and epic conflicts of this world seemed to have nothing to do with a dying man like him.

That is, until he discovered he could turn anything into bait and use it to fish in the sea.

From then on, to Li Wei, the ocean's treasures, relics, potions, and those unknowable things slowly sinking into madness and corruption…

were all just fish that hadn't yet taken the bait.