Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Skill Point System

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Back at the City Grand Hotel, the situation had been urgent, so Du Yu had not taken the time to inspect the system properly.

He had therefore assumed that this fusion was nothing more than a simple fusion.

He never expected the Luck-Value Shop and the Skill-Point System to be interconnected!

And exchanging five hundred luck points for a skill point—wasn’t that an incredible bargain?

Du Yu felt that after gaining a few more levels, he would be able to go into the sea and catch fish with his bare hands.

Sharks, too.

Du Yu opened the system.

{Level-Two System}

[Host: Du Yu]

[Luck Value: 550]

[Skill Points—Level-Two System:

1. Threatening Presence (3/5): Causes all creatures within a hundred meters to feel fear and flee!

Note: Effectiveness against aquatic creatures increased by 50%.

2. Combat Mastery (5/5): Primarily enhances combat techniques, while also granting dynamic vision and the ability to identify weaknesses, making the host nearly unbeatable in combat!

Note: Effectiveness against aquatic creatures increased by 50%.

3. Stamina (3/5): Stamina and concentration have now been fused.

Note: When the host is underwater, stamina receives an additional 50% increase.

4. Fishing Mastery (3/5): Increases the success rate of fishing and enhances fishing techniques.

Current skill points: 0

Note: The maximum skill level in the Level-Two System is five.

Notice: The Level-Three System contains:

1. Aquaculture Mastery

2. Diving Mastery

Prerequisite for advancing to the Level-Three System: The host must catch ten tuna, at least one of which must be a bluefin tuna.

Advancement time: 24 hours]

After reading the system, Du Yu exclaimed that he was practically cheating.

There was even a Level-Three System? And the Level-Three System included Aquaculture Mastery?

Although he had no idea what it did, it sounded incredibly powerful.

If tuna and other fish could be bred artificially, it would mean an endless stream of wealth for Du Yu.

There was just one problem…

The requirements for advancing to the Level-Three System seemed rather difficult.

All right, Du Yu admitted it. They were extremely difficult!

Forget ten tuna—even catching one had taken him considerable effort and involved a great deal of luck.

Even assuming he really did manage to catch ten tuna, what then?

Wasn’t he still missing one bluefin tuna?

As for how rare those things were, let’s set that aside for the moment. They were certainly not common.

The key problem was that they were mainly found in the East China Sea!

System, are you telling me to swim all the way to the East China Sea, use my hopelessly unlucky face to catch a bluefin tuna with odds of less than one percent, and then swim all the way back?

There wasn’t a fishing boat that could travel such a great distance!

Unless… unless there was one in the Luck-Value Shop?

A sudden inspiration struck Du Yu.

That was right. The fishing boat in the Luck-Value Shop might actually be capable of it!

A mere thousand luck points. Time to get to work!

After gathering his equipment, he dragged Wang Xiaowei—who had been crouching in the courtyard, playing with a cicada—along with him. The two of them set out to resume their old trade.

“Brother Yu, it’s already so late. Can we really catch any fish if we go now?”

Wang Xiaowei still seemed reluctant to part with the cicada.

“Trust me, Xiaowei. If we go fishing now, there’ll hardly be any fishermen by the shore. With fewer people competing with us, we’ll definitely catch something!”

Du Yu had just exchanged two oxygen balloons and a hundred and fifty pieces of bait. Among them, five were rare-fish bait… His luck was a little poor, but it was no big deal!

Du Yu was brimming with confidence.

Of course, what he had told Wang Xiaowei about no one competing with them was complete nonsense. Even if someone did compete with them, so what?

Wouldn’t this still be Du Yu’s one-man show?

He had three hundred and forty luck points left, since he had just exchanged for another dip net as a precaution.

He had never imagined that this spare dip net would prove invaluable!

When they reached the shore, they found that only a handful of fishermen were still fishing at that hour. The old fisherman they knew was among them.

“Young fellows, fishing this late at night?”

The old fisherman greeted them warmly.

“Yes, Uncle. There are fewer people now, so there’s less competition. Heh heh.”

Du Yu smiled broadly.

“You’re joking, young fellow! Whenever you fish, everyone gathers around to learn from you. Besides, even if someone really did fish here, could they possibly outfish you?”

The old fisherman flattered Du Yu a little, but he was also speaking the truth.

These past few days, everyone had still been enthusiastically discussing how Du Yu had caught five kinds of sea fish in a single haul—fish they normally never even saw. That boy was practically supernatural!

After exchanging a few words with the old fisherman, Du Yu and Wang Xiaowei quickly got into position.

Nothing mattered more than farming luck points!

Du Yu skillfully tossed the oxygen balloons into the sea. This time, he threw all fifty pieces of bait into the water at once.

There was no helping it. They did not have enough oxygen balloons, so they had to make up for it with more bait!

The first school of fish soon gathered.

Perhaps because there was more bait, far more fish gathered this time than the last.

That was an excellent sign!

Du Yu and Wang Xiaowei immediately picked up their dip nets and got to work.

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“Host detected obtaining…”

“Detection…”

The system notifications rang out without pause.

As the two of them busily scooped fish into their buckets, one netful after another, Du Yu happened to glance up in Wang Xiaowei’s direction. His pupils suddenly contracted.

“Watch out, Xiaowei!”

Combat Mastery (5/5) activated. Du Yu’s fist shot forward like lightning and slammed into the tiger shark in front of him.

The shark was sent flying onto the beach by a single punch. Blood seeped from its body. After flopping twice, it lay motionless.

Wang Xiaowei: ???

Du Yu realized that he had used far too much strength—it was no longer normal. He coughed awkwardly and said,

“This shark… tried to scam me!”

Wang Xiaowei stared at Du Yu speechlessly.

Du Yu, however, was quite satisfied with his reaction speed. Back at the City Grand Hotel, the circumstances had not forced him to display his full strength. But now, a blow delivered with all his might had actually sent the little shark flying.

As he looked at the tiger shark lying on the beach, the system notification sounded.

“Host detected obtaining a tiger shark. Inedible. Luck-value reward: +0.”

Well, it couldn’t be eaten, and it couldn’t increase his luck value either.

All that effort for nothing.

With the two oxygen balloons in the water, the pair soon hauled up a great many fish.

Du Yu checked his luck value: [1040]

That should be about enough.

From their arrival to their departure, barely an hour had passed.

“Young fellow, my net was damaged when the fish rammed into it. Do you think you could lend me a dip net?”

Well, he really did end up using it!

Du Yu readily lent the dip net to the old fisherman. Then he drove the van home with Wang Xiaowei.

After bidding each other farewell, Du Yu hurried back to his room.

Exchange for a fishing boat!

A fishing boat appeared in the fish pond outside Du Yu’s bedroom.

“The host may inspect the fishing boat’s attributes.”

Du Yu rubbed his hands together excitedly. He had successfully taken the first step!

“Host detected obtaining sea bass. Luck-value reward: +5.”

The system notification rang out.

Du Yu was utterly bewildered.

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