9: Chapter 9: The Beautiful Ocean, A Bountiful Harvest!!!

As An Ke entered the sea, it was just as he had expected.

[Diving Proficiency] and [Swimming Proficiency] began to rise rapidly.

To his surprise, [Breath-holding Proficiency] was actually increasing as well.

An Ke remembered that in his previous life, the Guinness World Record for the longest breath-hold was around 24 minutes.

However, they all used external help, relying on inhaling pure oxygen to increase their breath-holding time.

If his [Breath-holding Proficiency] could reach a high level...

Would that mean he could break the world record from his previous life without needing external help or pure oxygen?

An Ke's imagination ran wild, and he felt quite cheerful.

In island survival, the longer he could hold his breath, the more seafood he could harvest.

Soon, An Ke reined in his thoughts and began to seriously search for targets.

Fortunately, the seawater in this [Wilderness National Fortune Game] was not polluted at all.

Just as it appeared very Azure on the surface, the seabed was also a expanse of Azure.

Moreover, there was no domestic waste, and the visibility on the seabed was extremely high.

An Ke saw all kinds of coral and other beautiful underwater scenery.

This was something he had never seen in either his previous or current life, and for a moment, he was immersed in it.

"I finally understand why there are diving enthusiasts."

At this moment, An Ke felt he could resonate with diving enthusiasts.

The seabed was truly beautiful.

This cradle where life was born was simply breathtakingly beautiful.

What An Ke saw, the live broadcast room could see as well.

As residents of Planet Blue, they had almost never seen such magnificent undersea scenery.

Corals of various colors, and all kinds of fish swimming freely.

"It's so beautiful!"

"So this is what an unpolluted ocean looks like."

"Damn Japanese, if it weren't for your foolish actions back then, the ecology wouldn't have been so severely destroyed."

"You Japanese are truly disgusting."

The Japanese people in the live broadcast room saw the bullet comment and immediately responded with dissatisfaction.

"How can you blame it all on us?"

"Have other national governments not destroyed the ecology?"

"Exactly! If we hadn't done that back then, how would that waste have been handled?"

"You can't expect our government to digest it ourselves, can you?"

"Besides, our Lighthouse Country daddy allowed it too."

"..."

The shamelessness of the Japanese was plain for everyone in the live broadcast room to see.

This time, the Dragon Country Masses didn't even need to curse; people from other countries popped up one after another to condemn Japan.

For a time, Japan became the target of public criticism, and they were flamed so hard they went silent, not daring to speak up again.

On the screen, An Ke began to try catching fish with a harpoon.

Catching fish in the water was no easy task.

Countries like Japan and the Lighthouse Country began waiting to see a joke.

Other aspects could be compensated for with skill and experience.

But catching fish underwater required sufficiently great strength.

How much strength could a kid like the Dragon Country Contestant have?

However, people from the Lighthouse Country, Japan, and other nations were soon dumbfounded.

That scene which science could not explain was playing out once again.

Some small and medium-sized fish would immediately stop moving upon encountering An Ke.

They looked as if they were just waiting to be picked.

Some of these fish even actively approached, seemingly afraid that An Ke wouldn't catch them.

"Seriously! He's just Aquaman, isn't he?"

"sibal! Are these fish idiots?"

"Why didn't our contestants encounter such stupid fish?"

"Bullshit! We should have dumped waste to kill off these idiots."

The Foreigners collectively lost their minds.

This is so unfair!

The contestants from many of their countries couldn't catch a single fish.

Yet An Ke could just take his pick?

And the fish were practically picking themselves for An Ke.

In the program, everyone present was clicking their tongues in wonder.

Sa Beining could no longer contain his curiosity and looked at the professor and experts to ask:

"Professors, what exactly is going on here?"

"What method is student An Ke using to make these fish offer themselves up?"

Professor Wu, Coach Zhao, Expert Cui, and the others all fell into silence.

They looked at each other, seeing only bewilderment in each other's eyes.

They had absolutely no idea what was going on.

It was simply impossible to explain.

For a moment, everyone stared at each other in awkward silence.

Meanwhile, in the [National Fortune Game], An Ke did not choose to take them all.

After all, without refrigeration, anything he couldn't finish would be a waste.

After some thought, An Ke finally set his target on a grouper.

This grouper was about half the length of An Ke's arm.

It could fill his stomach without being wasteful.

An Ke struck decisively and caught the grouper.

The moment An Ke caught the grouper, surprised and happy voices filled the bullet comments.

"Great! The materialization condition has been met again."

"The number of groupers within our borders probably didn't exceed fifty, right?"

"Increasing by 1,000 at once, I'm afraid we'll soon achieve grouper freedom!"

"..."

The reason everyone was so pleasantly surprised was that the [national fortune system] announcement appeared again.

[Congratulations to Dragon Country Contestant No. 1 for meeting the Thousand Times Materialization condition for grouper.]

[Materialization of 1,000 groupers complete.]

In an instant, 1,000 groupers appeared in Dragon Country's waters.

They would roam within Dragon Country's waters and would not swim to the waters of other countries.

This belonged to Dragon Country!

In the live broadcast room, after the initial surprise, everyone began to feel grateful to An Ke.

"Not only did he make coconut trees reappear in the world, but he also gave us over 1,000 groupers within Dragon Country."

"I am full of hope for Dragon Country's future."

"I hope the motherland gets better and better!"

"Speaking of which, this [National Fortune Wilderness Game] is truly incredible."

"At first, I thought it was a scam, but I didn't expect it to be real."

"The National Fortune Game is simply comparable to divine power."

"..."

Three materializations had shown everyone the power of the National Fortune Game.

Therefore, most people in the live broadcast room were silently praying in their hearts.

Praying that An Ke must persevere.

After all, only by persevering would Dragon Country become better and better.

Secondly, it was because failure would implicate the entire Dragon Country.

On the screen, An Ke, having caught the grouper, immediately headed toward the beach.

Soon he left the seabed, returned to the sand, and quickly put on his clothes.

Glancing at the sky, An Ke murmured, "Time to head back."

Otherwise, the wilderness at night would be extremely dangerous.

Before leaving, An Ke first cleaned the grouper.

Then, carrying the Swimming Crabs and shells wrapped in leaves, along with three scattered coconuts, he set off on the return journey.

The sight of him returning fully laden made the Dragon Country Masses feel elated.

In the bullet comments, the masses began to strike back at the Lighthouse Country, Japan, and others.

"See our An Ke's food?"

"Is this something your contestants can compare to?"

"Keep shouting, why aren't you shouting anymore?"

"..."

The Foreigners were gnashing their teeth in anger, but there was nothing they could do.

They could only stubbornly and desperately talk back.

"Tch! It's just good luck today, that's all."

"Exactly! What's the big deal?"

"There's still a long time to go, it's not certain who will have the last laugh."