A farming master in Stardew Valley

Chapter 157 The Obsession of 0 and 1

"Since the outcome of this war is about to be revealed, what will the Gautlo Empire pay?"

Since Lewis knew intelligence about the international situation, Lyon naturally did not intend to miss this opportunity to find out information.

"It's probably the expansion of the Gem Sea. The Gotlo Empire doesn't have anything that the Fingill Republic needs, but the Gotlo Empire's territorial waters are what the Fingill Republic has always coveted. With the victory of this war, most of the islands in the Gem Sea may become the territory of the Fingill Republic." Lewis replied.

"Why is the Fingir Republic interested in the islands in the Gem Sea?" Leon asked.

"I don't know what the big shots above are thinking, but those islands in the Gem Sea basically have relics and secrets from ancient times. This may be what they need." Lewis added in a low voice after he finished speaking.

"Don't tell anyone about today's conversation, including Pam's story. I will reveal the truth when the bus to the Calico Desert is repaired."

"Yeah." Leon expressed his understanding.

After saying this, Lewis turned around and went back to continue drinking with Marnie.

After Leon got what he wanted to know, he didn't stay in the Star Fruit for long. After paying and saying goodbye to Emily, he left the bar.

After leaving the bar, Leon felt a little chill, but it was within a tolerable range.

Thinking that there was nothing to do if he went back so early, Leon put his bicycle into his backpack, walked to the stone arch bridge across the river connecting the town to the beach, and took out his new fishing rod.

After putting on the bait, the hook was thrown into the water. The float of the fiberglass fishing rod was a round single float the size of an egg, and it could reflect fluorescence in the night, which looked much more advanced than the previous bean float.

Special fish appear at night as gifts for the fish tanks at the old community center.

Moreover, Leon's fishing level is still level 0, so he chose to fish at this time.

Leaning on the stone arch bridge, Lyon looked at the float floating on the water from time to time, yawning in boredom. After all, fishing is like this. It is quite boring before there is a fish biting the hook.

I don’t know if it’s because the bait used doesn’t suit the taste of nocturnal fish, or because there are no fish in the area Lyon chose, but after waiting for more than ten minutes, Lyon didn’t see any movement of the float.

After waiting for more than a minute, seeing that there was still no movement of the float, Leon lifted the rod, replaced it with the red worm given by Willy, and threw it back into the water.

As a result, not long after the hook entered the water, Lyon saw the float start to jump up and down on the water surface, and then he lifted the rod and reeled in the line.

The hooked fish did not struggle too much. If it were not for some feedback, Leon would even think that he had caught garbage.

Lifting the hooked fish easily, Leon saw a fish with silver scales and light blue fins, slightly longer than a chopstick.
"Snapper (fish): a common river fish that is active at night."

Lyon was very happy after catching the target fish with one rod. At the same time, he also remembered that Willy had given a good evaluation of the bait he made before.

Leon now believes that Willy said that to encourage and comfort him. The reality is that the bait recommended by the old fisherman can beat his homemade bait in seconds.

However, Leon still couldn't believe that his homemade bait was so bad, so he changed his homemade bait and threw the hook into the water.
This time he didn't have to wait long. Two minutes later, he saw the float move. He lifted the rod and pulled it up without much resistance. A smallmouth bass was directly pulled ashore by Lyon with brute force.

After retrieving the smallmouth bass, Lyon changed the bait to red worms and threw it into the water. More than a minute later, a snapper was caught.

This made Lyon even more confused. After trying a few more times, he found that the homemade bait was quite attractive to smallmouth bass.

Snappers seem to have a special liking for bloodworms, and most of the fish caught with red worms on the hook are snappers.

This experimental control made Lyon a little unsure. If he said that the homemade bait was ineffective, the smallmouth bass would bite the hook with the homemade bait. If he said that it was effective, the snapper would ignore it.

Unfortunately, Leon hadn't caught a single catfish during his attempts so far, making him unsure whether the catfish he caught with his homemade bait during the day was just luck or if the catfish was good.

"Forget it, let's go to the beach and try our luck."

After taking back the fishing rod, Leon didn't plan to waste time in the river in the town. Without catfish, the profit would not be too high even if he caught a lot of smallmouth bass and snapper. After all, these fish were too small and were caught too often. It was obvious at a glance that they were not valuable.

Since the fishing has already started, I might as well go to the beach and see if I can catch eels, another type of nocturnal fish required for the sacrifice pack.

And up to now, his fishing level is still 0. Leon decided that he would not go back to sleep unless he turned this 0 into 1 tonight.

There was basically no movement at the beach at night except for the sound of the waves. The dark sea looked very oppressive from a distance. The sky was starless due to the dark clouds, and the moonlight was very weak. Coupled with the slightly damp and cold sea breeze, Lyon had the illusion of entering a horror movie.

But Leon was not timid. He went up to the dock with his fishing rod, found a good spot and started casting.

This time, Lyon chose red worms as bait. Lyon still believed what Willy said. His homemade bait was not attractive enough for sea fish. Red worms, a standard bait certified by old fishermen, were more reliable.

Staring at the sea surface against the sea breeze, Leon soon noticed the movement of the fishing float and hurriedly reeled in the line and lifted the rod, but the fishing line was instantly taut at this moment. At the same time, Leon was surprised to find that he could not turn the reel.

The feedback from lifting the rod seemed to be that something heavy was hooked on it, and the pulling felt like dragging a huge rock. Even though Leon had used all his strength, apart from forcing the fiberglass fishing rod to bend into a bow shape, he was unable to retract an inch of the fishing line.

After trying for a while without any effect, Leon looked a little helpless. He was sure that he had caught the planet.

Just as Lyon was about to take out the Galaxy Watermelon Knife to cut the fishing line, Lyon noticed that a black shadow suddenly appeared on the sponge, and the black shadow was gradually expanding, and it was in the direction where his fishhook was hanging.

Upon seeing this, Lyon immediately took out his Galaxy Watermelon Knife and entered a state of alert. If most people saw this scene, they would either abandon their rods and run away, or decisively cut the line and slip away. However, as a reckless man and a holder of forest magic, Lyon was not panicked at all. He wanted to see what was hanging on his fishing hook.

(End of this chapter)