Outside the Great City, on the ancient river, a small boat was moored in the middle of the river. At the bow of the boat, an old fisherman was casting his net into the water, while at the stern, a man in black armor was fishing.
The old fisherman reeled in his net, which contained dozens of large fish. With a wave of his hand, these fish somehow all fell into the small fish basket on the boat. Some of the fish were even larger than the entire basket, and they all managed to fit inside at once. It seemed that this fish basket was a treasure.
The old fisherman was chatting with the man: "You finally got the hidden mission and can learn the third life profession. Why did you choose to be a fisherman?"
The man smiled: "It's not me, 'Little Black'. His appetite is astonishingly huge, and he especially loves fish. I even let half of my property go to him, and the fish prices in this city have been raised by me. So, I still need to catch some fish for him myself."
The old fisherman smiled and looked up at the huge black dragon circling in the sky: "Ah, you were born with such a powerful pet. How many pleasures of the game have you lost because of this... "
The man frowned: "The pleasure of the game lies in becoming a strong one and overpowering others, doesn't it?"
The old fisherman smiled without saying anything and changed the topic: "Your intelligence is really high. I never expected that Old Qiu could find such a hidden mission for you, and you can even find out that I'm the highest-level fisherman in this game. And you know that being with me can speed up your skill training by several times faster than practicing alone. And you've already mastered the expert level in the other two life professions. You're the highest-level player in the game. It's really incredible, how did you do it?"
The man laughed loudly: "I'm nothing, the lord of the Great City. I'm not already at level 150? And you, have you not reached the highest level of the life profession, the divine level?"
The old fisherman was about to speak, but suddenly had an epiphany and closed his mouth. The two fell silent again.
After a while, the man asked the old fisherman: "Why is your fishing net so wide? Then those medium-sized fish can slip away."
The old fisherman smiled: "The smaller fish, I'll wait for them to grow a little more before catching them. They are still young and haven't experienced many things. If I catch them, they will surely be reluctant. I don't want to cause too much trouble. Moreover, if I catch them, it will take a long time for new big fish to appear in the river. Do you think I can't catch a big fish for a few months? That would be too painful."
The man shook his head disapprovingly. Just then, in the fish net that the old fisherman had cast, a golden light appeared. The man exclaimed happily: "It must be the boss of the fish, pull it up quickly!"
He was about to go over to help, but the old fisherman's hand gently shook, and the golden light vanished in the river bottom in an instant. The man was stunned: "Why?"
The old fisherman smiled slightly: "Today, I came out to teach you skills, so I didn't bring a good fishing net. Using this net to catch it, the outcome can only be a net that fails to catch any fish. I don't want it to die, nor do I want the net to break. Let's talk about it later."
The man frowned tightly: "Now I'm starting to doubt if you are the highest-level fisherman on this continent."
The old fisherman didn't get angry and smiled: "My best fishing net, before using it, I have to take a bath, burn incense, kneel down and ask it to come out. It's not something that can be used easily."
The man looked at the fishing net that the old fisherman was using now, and there was actually a small mechanism. Just by pressing it, one side of the fishing net would fall off, and naturally, the fish couldn't be caught anymore.
The old fisherman smiled: "This is what we fishermen call 'opening one side of the net'. When encountering fish with spirit or too fierce that shouldn't be caught, we will give them a way to live."
The man snorted coldly: "The 'opening one side of the net' story I know is about the hunter's net for catching birds. It has nothing to do with fishing."
The old fisherman shook his head: "Things in the world are the same. There's no need to be too ruthless."
The man was about to argue, but suddenly felt a warning in his heart: "An intelligent program is attacking the host, emergency defense system activated!"
The man trembled. With a roar, the black dragon descended, carrying the man up into the air. In an instant, they landed in a quiet place. The man closed his eyes and his thoughts spread along invisible lines at the speed of light.
There, he saw a purple figure with a bull's head and human body, using magic to fiercely attack the black space he had set up in the host's brain. The outer wall of the black space had already begun to show tiny cracks.
The man snorted coldly: "This is just such a low level of intelligence, and it's incomplete."
The Holy Demon Lord chuckled. "There was no problem originally, but you already know my secret. I can only destroy you!"
The purple figure trembled. The opponent in front of him was not only powerful, but he was also in his territory. The most sensible thing now was to run away. But the purple figure immediately noticed that all the other lines from the virtual helmet to the game world were blocked by a large amount of junk data, and the only remaining path was firmly occupied by the "Holy Demon Lord".
The Holy Demon Lord let out a long roar, without the opponent thinking much, he released a black light in his hand: "Break Evil"!
The purple figure roared loudly and gathered all his purple light ball to counterattack: "The Ultimate Oath of the Bull Head God - The Will of the God!"
In a loud boom, the purple light ball was shattered. The purple figure screamed and flew backward, almost shattered by the black light. It understood that it couldn't escape today. Its eyes showed intense hatred: "Even if I disappear, I won't let you be so easy!" Then, the purple figure, using all its last strength, turned into a light ball and crashed into the black space head-on.
After a huge explosion, the purple figure completely disappeared, and several small openings appeared on the outer wall of the black space. The Holy Demon Lord looked at those small openings and was secretly astonished: "This Bull Head God's intelligence is actually quite strong. What seems to be only a small part of its intelligent program, there are indeed many high-intelligence programs in the 'Infinite World', and the 'Hai Lan' who created them was such a terrifying existence."
The Holy Demon Lord waved his hand and emitted several black lights to slowly repair the outer wall of the space, while extending his thoughts into the space. He saw a white figure nervously staring around.
"Ah"了一声, the Holy Demon Lord felt an unprecedentedly strong will from the white figure. "What's going on? 'The Unlucky Star' has made such a great progress in his spirit in such a short time. If he continues to grow like this, the space will eventually be unable to contain him."
The Holy Demon Lord was lost in thought for a while, then in hesitation, a voice from his mind suddenly appeared.
"Fish die, net breaks... Open the net... "
The Holy Demon Lord was stunned for a while: "It seems that my intelligence is still far from perfect. I don't know how to make a decision on a matter. Should I always erase this human mark forever...?"
After much contemplation, the Holy Demon Lord finally gave up the idea of attacking: "Alright, I'll let you grow into a big fish. You should know that in this game, my intelligence is also advancing rapidly every day. I really want to see if you can pose a threat to me in the next game, haha."
Before leaving, the Holy Demon Lord sent a black light to the original small hole on the black space. However, the black light was quickly blown away by a force around the hole.
The Holy Demon Lord sighed: "The main brain of this game is truly powerful. I still can't cut off the connection between it and this human. But, one day, I will defeat you!"