I asked you to dig wild vegetables to pay off your debt, not go up the mountain to pick up money!

"Wait a moment, I'll take a break..."

Song Anning and Old Man Pan leaned against the railing and breathed deeply. The winch and crane did 90% of the work. The two of them only helped to reel in the rope and pulled it a few times, but they were so tired. It was enough to show how difficult these two fish were.

“Huh, little Aning, luckily you have these devices, the boat can also become bigger.

Otherwise you would be in danger today.

Okay, if you don’t have anything to do, I’ll go back first. The kids are waiting for me to teach them.

Don't go too far, just hang around nearby and don't be careless."

Old Man Pan and Song An Ning had breakfast on the boat. Each of them drank half a bucket of spiritual spring water to restore their strength. Then they said goodbye and went about their own business.

With the departure of Old Man Pan, Song An Ning made the boat smaller again and continued to discharge electricity, collecting nearly a thousand kilograms of piranhas, and more than a thousand taels of silver were added to the system's small treasury.

"Master, don't forget, the system can be upgraded."

"I know. How long will you be gone this time?"

Xiangxiang thought about it and gave her the answer.

"From level three to level four, it will take about half an hour.

But does the master need to use the direct upgrade card to upgrade two levels in a row? That will take about an hour."

Song Anning opened the system and checked the time, then asked:

"You can use the backpack and space when you upgrade, right?"

“Master, don’t worry, everything is normal, except that the fragrance will disappear for a while.

Please read the map carefully. If Xiangxiang doesn't scan it, the master should be careful."

Xiangxiang was like a little housekeeper, she was extremely worried about Song Anning. She explained everything from the space to the system in detail, and then she said happily:

"The system is upgrading, please do not disturb!

Ding, level three to level five, activated..."

Xiangxiang was no longer making any sound. Song Anning sat on the boat bored. He had collected more than 2,000 kilograms of piranhas, and the boat was full of big steel teeth. Without Xiangxiang, there was no way to collect them.

You can only store it in your backpack to keep it fresh.

An hour later, the system still had no sound. Song Anning was not in a hurry. It seemed that every upgrade would not be so fast, and there would always be some unexpected problems.

However, good things take time, as long as the result is good, it's fine.

So, she took out her fishing gear from her backpack, equipped herself with a set of freshwater rods, took out the two piranhas she had just caught, cut them in half with a dagger, hung them on the hook, and added a little spiritual spring water.

The boat was moving all the time, and without Xiangxiang's reminder, Song Anning remained alert at all times. He simply kept the big screen in front of his eyes and stared at the situation in the water.

After her extensive fishing, there are only a few piranhas left in this area.

But strangely, the red dots shown on the map did not decrease and their shapes were strange.

There is often a particularly large red dot surrounded by several or dozens of small red dots.

Old Man Pan was not around, and Xiangxiang couldn't explain it either. Seeing this situation for the first time, Song Anning couldn't help but shudder.

"What the hell is this? Is there some kind of mammal underwater? With a cub in its belly?"

It rained last night and the river water was very turbid. One could only see the situation around the boat. Song Anning walked around the boat and didn't find anything unusual, so he opened the parasol, sat under the umbrella, cast the rod and waited for the fish to bite.

Time passed by little by little. I looked at the map and saw a lot of things below, but no one was biting the bait.

I wanted to complain to Xiangxiang, but when I thought about Xiangxiang not being around, I felt a little lost.

After being alone for a long time, she thought she could withstand the loneliness, but now it seems that if Xiangxiang had not been with her all the time, she would be the only one in the huge rainforest. This feeling is like being abandoned by the whole world.

The surroundings were very quiet. Occasionally, a fish jumped out of the water, causing ripples on the calm water surface, making people drowsy.

Just then, the fishing rod moved suddenly. Song An Ning hurriedly grabbed the rod, but was pulled by something in the water and staggered.

"Oh my god, so much strength...

What kind of monster is this..."

Thinking of the arapaima just now, Song Anning felt the speed at which the fishing rod was being pulled and shook his head in denial.

"No, the Arapaima is not that fast.

It's very strong, large, and fast, so it might be a giant, abnormal catfish."

Song An Ning muttered a few words with certainty, then held the fishing rod and slid it along with the force of the big fish.

As the fishing rod continued to tighten, the thing in the water gradually lost its strength, but the fishing boat was still moving forward. After a while, she could see the huge object in the water clearly.

“It’s indeed a giant catfish.

How ugly it is!"

The puppet helped pull the fish up. The catfish on the deck had six barbels, clearly the giant catfish with six barbels that Old Man Pan had been talking about. It was about a meter long, and judging by its appearance, it was a minor.

Xiangxiang had given her some scientific knowledge before. An adult giant catfish is two to three meters long and weighs over a hundred kilograms. If you encounter a super giant catfish, it takes more than ten adult men working together to catch it.

"No wonder he was pulled up so easily, it turns out he's a minor."

Song An Ning asked the puppet to hold the catfish down, and she went forward to remove the fishhook and prepare to put the fish back.

But when she looked up at the map, she instantly lost her composure.

It's clearly a fish, so why are there so many red dots on the map? Could it be a parasite?

Song Anning's scalp tingled. Thinking about the many insects he saw in the rainforest yesterday, there didn't seem to be so many red dots. What was going on?

She put on thick rubber gloves very carefully, found a wooden stick, and hit the catfish with it. The catfish was stunned.

After carefully turning it over twice, she finally saw two translucent little fish on the catfish's gills. It was because she had good eyesight, otherwise she would have easily overlooked them.

This fish is only three or four centimeters long and looks very cute. It is harmless to humans and animals. However, since it survives by clinging to the gills of catfish, it is also very dangerous.

The little fish struggled vigorously in her hand. As soon as Xiangxiang's cheerful voice sounded, it turned into an urgent reminder:

"Ding ding ding, my little ancestor, you are so brave!

This is the notorious blood-sucking fish in the rainforest. It lives by parasitizing the gills of large fish. It's really scary.

Throw them away, master!"

"What are you throwing away? Hurry up and collect them. Unlock the species atlas."

“Okay.

Ding, two toothpick fish were recovered. Toothpick fish are freshwater fish of the catfish family. Their bodies are almost transparent, and their gills have barbed spines. They swim very fast.

If they accidentally enter the human body, they will attach to the internal organs and suck blood, or gnaw on human tissues, which is very dangerous.

Therefore, the master must be careful with this kind of fish, and if you go into the water, you must use water-repellent pills."

Song An Ning used a dagger to pry open the gills of the giant catfish, and found that it was densely packed with these blood-sucking fish.

"Tsk tsk, it's too shameful to watch..."

An emoticon of an old man on the subway looking at his phone appeared on her face. Catfish was already dizzy, so she decided to let Xiangxiang take it.

So, Xiangxiang retrieved another juvenile giant catfish, along with dozens of toothpick fish in its body.

Not only that, Xiangxiang was also very considerate and emptied Song Anning's backpack. She got nearly three thousand kilograms of piranhas and more than three thousand taels of silver.

After having the puppet clean up the deck, Song Anning walked into the cabin and changed his clothes. He was looking forward to seeing what the upgraded system would look like.

"Come on, Xiangxiang, you've been gone for so long, what have you been doing?

What functions will be available after reaching level five? Tell me..."