Chapter 12 The Voice of Questioning

"Just saw a friend share this, I thought it was a prank, didn't expect it to be an actual dead person?"

"Damn, the King of Fishing really is skilled in everything except fishing!"

"Why is the streamer wearing a Taoist robe late at night? Are they fishing or performing a ritual?"

"The streamer is too calm if you ask me, what a brave soul!"

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It wasn't long before.

Driven by curiosity or perhaps the courage that comes from being in a group,

a fisherman took the lead and walked over.

He was sizing up the body from a few meters away.

Soon enough, the other shaken fishermen also snapped back to reality and came over one after another.

Many began discussing near Ye Chen and the dead body on the shore.

There were even some bold ones who started to examine the corpse up close.

"Teacher Ye, I told you before that catching rotten fish is really unlucky, you didn't listen, and now look, you've caught a corpse."

"Buddha bless us...we didn't mean to disturb you..."

"Damn it, I knew something was off with its color earlier, I wondered how could a fish be so white, and you all told me it was the belly of a fish!"

"Geniuses, you are all geniuses, earlier so many people were helping Teacher Ye pull the rod, and now we ended up catching such a thing..."

"Dammit, I'm never coming here to fish at night again..."

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Compared to the fishermen who were discussing heatedly, old Liao's situation was undoubtedly the worst at the moment.

He finally managed to move his lead-filled legs a bit further from that thing.

You should know, although it was Ye Chen who caught it, it was old Liao who was the closest to the net.

Now his mind was full of that earlier scene.

He was crying without tears, woefully shouting on the side: "Damn it!!!"

"My wife reminded me especially before going to our daughter's house today, to not go out fishing at night."

"Damn, if I had known, I would've never come here!"

"Do you all know...how much of a shock that thing has caused to my fragile heart?"

Compared to the startled old Liao.

Ye Chen, on the other hand, seemed perfectly fine and judging by the look on his face.

It seemed...

Quite pleased?

He lifted the fishing rod in his hand.

"Hehe, what's there to be afraid of just because we caught a dead person?"

"I already performed a ritual just now!"

Ye Chen acted this way because of the system.

Now, not only has he leveled up, but he also unlocked new abilities and achievements...

Old Liao was shivering all over: "What kind of ritual did you perform!"

"People do rituals to dispel evil and bring good luck, but look at you, you ended up catching such a thing!"

"Enough, let's hurry and call the police over!"

Old Liao's words won a wave of agreement from the crowd.

"Right, old Liao is correct, we should get the police to handle this!"

"Exactly, exactly, quickly get the police over!"

"With that thing here, I'm afraid I'll never have the courage to fish here again in my life!"

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At the same time, the audience in the live stream room shared the same thoughts.

"Holy shit, 666! There's actually a corpse!"

"I was thinking the same as these anglers. I swear, I'll never go night fishing again!"

"Some trolls used to say the streamer was staging everything for attention. I say, streamer, you should call the cops to prove your innocence."

"That's right, the best solution right now is to get the cops involved!"

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Unbeknownst to them, Ye Chen, who had fished up the clump of a corpse, was now frowning.

He lowered his head, muttering to himself.

"As everyone can see, I've been chumming the spot extensively."

"Let's not call the cops. What if they scare away the fish from my chum spot?"

"Till now, I haven't caught a single living fish!"

Upon hearing this, the anglers around who were discussing the situation fell silent.

They looked at Ye Chen with eyes filled with fear, as if Ye Chen at this moment was even more terrifying than the floating corpse by the shore.

"Ye, what's with the timing? Why are you still worried about scaring the fish?"

"It's like Mount Tai collapsing in front of you, and there you stand, unmoved. In this life, I might pass by a fallen wall without helping, but I am truly convinced by you, Teacher Ye!"

"Forget about fishing, just go home, take a shower, and pray at the temple tomorrow!"

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The audience watching the live broadcast also started giving large amount of gifts.

"OMG... Streamer, even now, you're worried about the fishing spot? I can only say you're awesome!"

"It's King of Fishing indeed! Now I've finally witnessed the grandeur of the King of Fishing! Although Teacher Ye is always full of hot air, he still insists on fishing even after hooking a dead person. Just for that spirit alone, Teacher Ye is truly admirable!"

"Streamer, just go home! You're not going to catch any fish!"

"Here's a single '6' for you, streamer!"

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As the popularity of Ye Chen's live stream rose, some trolls started appearing in the live stream room.

Among them was a user called "East Sea's King of Fishing" who especially liked to stir up the crowd.

"Why won't you let us call the cops? Don't you guys find this situation a bit suspicious?"

"Today's event is a bit too exaggerated. This streamer has an urn and is wearing a Taoist robe, and then does something called a 'stinking fish straight mouth', and finally pulls up a dead person, and yet he doesn't want to call the cops?"

"Also, this streamer has been able to predict before what he would fish up."

"Once, didn't he say that within five minutes he would catch a fish and indeed he caught a dead fish."

"Then he said that two hours later he would catch a giant, and this so-called dead person can be considered a giant."

"I think this streamer just wants to become famous so badly, he resorts to staging everything."

"Don't you know that some fishing streamers, to increase popularity, will have someone place objects underwater?"

"I've already guessed the ending, this damn thing is not a corpse at all, but something like a quilt."

"Otherwise, ask the streamer, see if he dares to have the cops come over."

"If the cops really come, he might be charged with disturbing the public order."

"You bunch of fools, still giving the streamer gifts, have you all lost your minds!"

This user named "East Sea's King of Fishing" was also a fishing streamer.

Although his fishing skills were not on par with those top Domestic Fishing Masters, he was certainly considered an expert.

Whether it was night fishing or fishing in stocked ponds, he could mostly secure a full haul.

And in his live stream room, the audience had always been stable at around one thousand viewers.

In fact, this number of viewers already brought him a pretty good income.

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