Financial freedom begins with fishing

Chapter 45 The Correct Way to Use Aperture

After lunch, Xiao Kai returned to his fishing spot to fish, while Xiao Peng went into his tent to sleep.

Before we knew it, it was past three in the afternoon, and the sun had already peeked out from behind the clouds.

As weather changes cause temperatures to rise, the dissolved oxygen levels in the water also change.

This has led to a further decrease in the frequency of fish opening their mouths, especially bottom-dwelling fish.

Seeing this, many experienced anglers began to change their strategies, shifting their target fish species from bottom-dwelling fish to mid-water or even top-water fish.

That is, the original bottom fishing method was changed to float fishing.

And sure enough, this change had an immediate effect. Some anglers who hadn't had a bite since morning started to enjoy their best time of day, catching fish non-stop.

Even the worst-affected rapids have benefited considerably from this change.

Xiao Kai was the only one who remained unchanged throughout the process, still fishing at the bottom.

As we all know, the fish that are commonly caught when float fishing, apart from fish that are more likely to appear in hot weather such as whitebait, minnows, and chub, are mostly large fish.

Whether it's silver carp or mandarin fish, any one of them is bigger than a crucian carp, especially the silver carp, which can easily weigh ten or twenty kilograms.

Not many are needed, just a few are enough to erase Xiao Kai's original advantages.

...

Sure enough, Xiao Kai's temporary ranking dropped in the next hour or so.

She dropped from third place to seventh.

Xiao Kai felt helpless about this, but there was nothing he could do.

It's not that he doesn't want to, it's that he doesn't know how.

Although he knew that rising temperatures would cause changes in air pressure and dissolved oxygen levels in the water, which in turn would affect the fish's feeding behavior.

Unfortunately, so far he has only ever used bottom fishing, and he really doesn't know how to float fish.

In his view, it's better to maintain the status quo than to cram at the last minute and try to learn something new.

As for the rankings, he didn't care much, since there was still plenty of time.

On the contrary, Xiao Peng seemed even more anxious than Xiao Kai about his drop in ranking.

Xiao Kai could understand this, after all, there was still a big gap between third place and seventh place.

In terms of both prize money and fame, they are not on the same level.

Fortunately, this change came and went quickly. As the sun set and the sky gradually darkened, the temperature in the air dropped back to its original level.

The anglers who were enjoying float fishing suddenly found that they weren't getting any bites.

Now, everyone is back to where they were at the beginning.

This continued until 9 p.m.

During this period, very few people caught fish, and gradually many people began to lose confidence.

Some of the less patient ones had already gone to their tents to rest after finishing the dinner provided by the organizers, preparing to recharge for the next day's battle.

Even more extreme, some contestants directly applied to the organizers to withdraw from the competition.

This included one of Xiao Kai's neighbors who was an air force veteran.

This person fished for a full twelve hours, from eight in the morning until eight in the evening, experiencing several fishing windows and trying different fishing methods, but still only caught a few small whitebait.

To be honest, this kind of luck is truly unbelievable.

Therefore, Xiao Kai expressed his understanding regarding his withdrawal from the competition.

If it were him, he might have left even earlier.

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"Xiao Kai, I'm going to sleep now. You should get some rest too!"

Xiao Peng, who had spent the whole day with Xiao Kai, had to return to his tent to rest as the night grew quiet and he had nothing to say. Before leaving, he made sure to say goodbye to Xiao Kai.

"Okay, you go to sleep first, I'll stay and watch over you for a while longer!" Xiao Kai said without turning his head.

He knew very well that although the race was called a 72-hour endurance race, everyone knew that in the cold winter, there were only a few time slots a day when it was easy to catch fish.

This basically excludes the night, which is why so many participants stop fishing shortly after nightfall.

Perhaps in their view, it's better to conserve energy and prepare for tomorrow than to waste time defending the position.

But Xiao Kai is different. He has an aura. As long as a fish passes by, it will be gathered into his small aura. As time goes by, it's only a matter of time before he catches more and more fish.

For example, this afternoon, thanks to his persistent efforts, he caught quite a few fish.

Although it wasn't as fruitful as in the morning, it was still worthwhile.

Fortunately, he wasn't sleepy, so it wouldn't hurt to stay a little longer.

Time passed by unnoticed, and it was past 11 p.m.

It was less than an hour until midnight.

Seeing that there were fewer and fewer luminous floats around him, Xiao Kai decided to take a break.

Just as he was about to get up, a loud splashing sound suddenly came from the water about thirty or forty meters from the shore.

Splash!

Immediately, Xiao Kai, who had been feeling a bit sleepy, became alert again.

He quickly stood up and shone his headlamp in the direction of the sound. He saw that the water surface where the sound came from was rippling violently, clearly caused by a large fish.

"Wow, what a huge fish! It must weigh at least several dozen pounds!"

Looking at the ripples that lingered for a long time, Xiao Kai couldn't help but let his imagination run wild.

"Unfortunately, the rod couldn't reach it. If the aperture were bigger, I could have tried fishing!"

The idea had just formed in my mind.

The next second, Xiao Kai's eyes lit up, as if he had thought of something. He suddenly slapped his forehead, and his whole body instantly became energetic, with a look of excitement on his face.

"Yes, it's within reach, how could it not be?"

It turned out that Xiao Kai had thought of a problem.

Since he got his hands on an aperture, he has always used a large aperture nested within a small aperture while fishing, within the range that the fishing rod can reach.

But in reality, his approach was completely wrong because he overlooked an important factor: his aperture could be adjusted at his will, and its flexibility was far greater than he imagined.

Therefore, he has absolutely no need to limit the range of fish gathering to the length of the fishing rod, because that would be putting shackles on himself and restricting the use of the aperture.

He was just thinking that if he moved the aperture further away to gather the fish, and then slowly moved the aperture to the shore after a certain number of fish had gathered, wouldn't that be the same as gathering fish from further away into his fishing spot?

In that case, wouldn't he be free from resource constraints in this game?

No, this method can be used for fishing in other places as well, not just here.

So what if the resources aren't good? He can control the aperture to a farther place or even the position of other players, then gather their fish and slowly move them to the area in front of him. Isn't that just fishing however he wants?

Of course, all of this is based on the premise that it is within his sight.

His aura moves with his will, and his will moves with his gaze.

Even if he wanted to gather other people's fish over, he would have to go to their side first and then slowly control the light circle to move over.

This is obviously not advisable, but it is more flexible than rigidly adhering to a defensive stance.

After all, with such a large body of water in front of him within his sight, how could he not attract fish?

"Perhaps this is the correct way to use the aperture."