The Divine Sequence, First Fishing

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"Do those people have a screw loose or what?"

"I already paid, so why are they still staring at me..."

"Saying I'm showing off? What am I showing off? How is paying my bill showing off?"

Jiang Fu muttered under his breath.

He quickened his pace and left the supermarket area.

In his past life, he'd been bedridden for three years.

Every day, he basically killed time by listening to audiobooks, watching shows, and auto-scrolling through short videos.

Aside from his parents and younger brother, he rarely saw any other living people.

Now, suddenly seeing so many people, he was a bit unused to it.

Especially those people, staring straight at him.

It made his whole body uncomfortable.

Jiang Fu even wondered if it was because he hadn't interacted with people for so long.

He'd developed some social anxiety.

Yesterday, when he came back from the Wilderness Area, at the safe passage entrance and the Martial Artist Guild's trading hall.

Being stared at by so many martial artists had made Jiang Fu uneasy.

But back then, he had the backing in his arms, so he felt a bit of security.

Now, though.

It was just Jiang Fu here alone.

"I should've just walked out without paying, like everyone else!"

He used his Spirit Power to press down the brim of his cap.

Quickly sidestepped and changed direction.

At a certain corner by the street, he found the Blue Abyss Emperor Crab leg and the Blue Ringed Octopus's venom gland he'd hidden earlier.

At this moment.

Because a Mutated Beast had appeared near the supermarket.

Quite a few people had run over to watch the commotion.

So in this blind spot at the street corner, no pedestrians were passing by.

Jiang Fu multiplied the internal space of the backpack he'd bought by ten.

Then he packed the crab leg and the venom gland into two separate backpacks.

After doing all this.

Jiang Fu looked up at the sky.

The weather, clear and cloudless in the morning, was now shrouded in gray overcast clouds.

A breeze blew past, carrying a chill.

Jiang Fu picked up the pace.

He moved swiftly through the city and soon returned to the Blue Shore Manor Residential Area.

It was just past noon.

The living room was quiet.

Shi Jiu, wearing a fluffy cream-colored loungewear set, was curled up in a corner of the sofa.

Her phone was in her hand, but she had already fallen asleep.

Jiang Fu set down the backpack, took off his mask and cap.

He paused for a moment in thought.

Then walked slowly over to Shi Jiu, took the phone from her hand.

And reached out his arms to gently lift her up.

The girl's breathing was light, her sleeping face serene.

As if sensing that familiar presence.

The slight furrow between her brows instantly relaxed.

Her fair, delicate cheek unconsciously nuzzled against Jiang Fu's chest.

Jiang Fu felt a refreshing, heart-soothing fragrance wash over him.

His heart felt as if brushed by a feather, ticklish.

"Next time I go hunt an Ultraman in the M78 Nebula, I'll have to mask the scent on my body..."

"By the way, what was that thing that masks scent called again..."

"I'll check the Martial Artist Forum later."

"I heard Darkseid and Captain America's wedding is coming up..."

His mind was a jumble of random thoughts.

Jiang Fu, carrying Shi Jiu, had already reached the second-floor room.

He gently set the person down on the bed.

The weather was still a bit chilly.

Jiang Fu tucked Shi Jiu in, placed the phone on the nightstand, then closed the door and left.

The moment the door shut.

He seemed to hear a dissatisfied mumble.

Jiang Fu let out a slight sigh of relief.

"Damn, I've gotten used to carrying them."

Seeing the girl sleeping alone on the sofa.

He couldn't help wanting to scoop her up.

Jiang Fu shook his head.

With light steps, he returned to the first-floor living room.

He sorted through the spoils he'd brought back this time, organizing them by category.

Snacks and small cakes were placed on the coffee table.

The ingredients stayed untouched.

He'd deal with those after Shi Jiu woke up.

Falling asleep now was probably due to the snake venom.

Thinking of the snake venom.

Jiang Fu glanced again at the backpack holding the Blue Ringed Octopus Venom Gland.

...This thing should be worth a pretty penny.

Still, Jiang Fu had no plans to sell it.

Tier 2 Blue Ringed Octopus venom, smeared on a blade, would be a deadly weapon.

Those eight massive king crab legs.

Jiang Fu also cut them open.

Tossing away the excess parts.

Keeping only the prime meat, he stored it in the fridge's freezer.

After tidying everything up neatly.

Jiang Fu finally took out the red box.

He retrieved the Vitality Pill inside.

The Vitality Pill was sealed in wax.

Inside, it was a dark red, like congealed blood.

"Now's not the time to take the Vitality Pill."

"I'll get the most benefit if I take it after Multiply by Ten's effect wears off!"

Jiang Fu silently put the Vitality Pill away.

Then.

He patted his stomach.

He'd eaten a lot in the morning.

He wasn't hungry yet.

"Time to try... my Sequence!"

Thinking of his Sequence.

Jiang Fu couldn't help a surge of excitement.

He changed into loungewear.

Grabbed the fishing rod and small stool he'd bought that morning.

And ran straight to the pool behind the villa.

Space is the river, time is the water.

At the peak of all realms, Fish the Heavens!

Concept System, Divine Sequence.

Fishermen never go home empty-handed!

Jiang Fu didn't know how to fish.

His casting stance wasn't standard either.

But as long as the hook hit the water, that was enough.

And the moment Jiang Fu cast his line—

This world, this sky and earth, seemed to spin and shrink at breakneck speed.

Condensing into a tiny speck of light.

That speck hurtled backward, merging with countless other specks of light.

Forming the phantom of a surging great river.

Gone in a flash.

"Huh? There's a countdown?"

Jiang Fu hadn't noticed that great river.

But a countdown had appeared on the Sequence Screen in his mind.

Within the sixty-minute countdown, Jiang Fu could use the power of the Divine Sequence to fish out any item of any rank.

"Good luck multiplied by ten, lasting sixty minutes!"

"Probability of fishing out high-rank items multiplied by ten, lasting sixty minutes!"

After the multiplication, Jiang Fu sat on his little stool, leisurely starting to fish.

But fishing alone felt a bit dull.

So he took out his phone, using Spirit Power to float it in front of him.

And began browsing the Martial Artist Forum.

"Something that can mask your own scent, called Breath Concealing Spray... the name is straightforward, no pretentious nonsense."

"One hundred milliliters per bottle, priced at one hundred sixty-six thousand?!"

Jiang Fu couldn't help but wince.

That was really expensive!

"Before entering the Wilderness Area, spray it on yourself, and it masks all your scent."

"Lasts twelve hours."

"Right, the seven martial artists who were chasing me—there should be some in their backpacks!"

That backpack also held a bunch of scattered odds and ends.

Jiang Fu didn't recognize them, so he'd just tossed them into a corner.

Now.

Jiang Fu used his Spirit Power to rummage through the backpack.

Sure enough, he found a bottle of Breath Concealing Spray in the corner.

It was already more than half used.

"... Multiply by ten!"

Without hesitation, Jiang Fu multiplied that half-bottle of Breath Concealing Spray by ten.

And then, Jiang Fu had ten half-bottles of Breath Concealing Spray.

"Hm?"

Suddenly.

Jiang Fu felt a slight tug on his fishing rod.

He instinctively reeled it in.

And saw a hazy purple longsword dangling from the other end of the rod.

"This is... a sword!?"

Jiang Fu's eyes lit up.