Depths of the Living
Chapter 701

Fisherman

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Luo Di knew one thing very clearly: "animals" did not exist in the Corner.

The biodiversity of the Human World did not apply here. The Corner was a screening ground, and only individuals with Pituitary Gland Sprouting were qualified to enter.

The dead fish in the basket most likely came from some kind of special monster.

Moreover, the Flesh Fibers crawling over the dead fish's surface made him deeply uncomfortable and instinctively repulsed.

And just as Gustav had said, these fish carried an intense fishy stench, several times stronger than that of ordinary dead fish. It was like a drunken fish had drowned inside a pirate boot that had not been washed for hundreds of days.

Just as Luo Di was about to refuse, Wu Wen suddenly leaned in. "How much are they?"

The other party's swollen face looked as if it had been soaked until bloated. Seawater seeped from it as he spoke. "Ten Corner Coins each. I caught them early this morning."

"That's a little expensive! But if I buy them all and pay you double, could you spare a day to show us around the fishing village?"

The fisherman's waterlogged eyeballs, which nearly protruded from their sockets, began to turn. The pupils hidden within rolled into view as he carefully observed the visitors before him.

"Oh! So you're not here to live in the fishing village, but to investigate? That price needs to be calculated separately. I've lived in the fishing village for six years, and few people know it better than I do.

"Five hundred Corner Coins, and I can be your guide."

Wu Wen directly took out a bag of coins. "Here's half... Once your work as our guide is done, I'll give you the other half."

"Thank you."

Just as the fisherman accepted the

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