[So Depressing!] Seeking Follows and Favorites

As for Su Yu, he remained nervously watching the sea surface.

"It's here." Seeing the float suddenly sink into the water, Su Yu gripped the Fishing Rod tightly.

[★★★★★Common Wooden Treasure Chest]

Description: Contains one +10 Square Meter Island Fragment.

Fishing Technique: Pull at a steady speed initially; once you feel the resistance of the chest decrease, pull rapidly.

[+10 Square Meter Island Fragment]

Description: Use to increase the user's own island area by 10 square meters.

"Good stuff." After the treasure chest was hooked, Su Yu couldn't help but feel happy when he saw the Insight prompt floating before his eyes.

One must know that Su Yu possessed the Double Happiness talent; after fishing up this chest, it would provide his island with a full 20 square meters of area. How could Su Yu not be happy?

More than half an hour passed quickly. After Su Yu's back-and-forth tugging, the chest was finally worn down enough, and then Su Yu exerted a sudden burst of strength, dragging it onto the island.

Already knowing what was inside, Su Yu naturally didn't bother with any prayers to the gods and buddhas before opening the chest, hoping for something good.

As Su Yu's thought flashed, two +10 Square Meter Island Fragments appeared out of thin air before him.

Seeing these, Su Yu chose to use them immediately, and in an instant, the two fragments merged into the island where he stood.

This time, Su Yu clearly saw the island grow a circle larger, and now his total island area had reached 137 square meters, a full third larger than the initial 100 square meters.

"137 square meters, that's roughly 11.7 by 11.7 meters. Starting to build the Thorn Fence now still seems a bit tight." Calculating the length and width of the island to himself, Su Yu had no choice but to push back his plan to build the Thorn Fence.

[Ding, survivor Ji Qingrou requests a private chat with you. Do you accept?]

Just as Su Yu was about to continue fishing, the voice that suddenly rang in his ears interrupted his plans.

"That girl from earlier, could it be she wants to trade something again?" After a moment of thought, Su Yu chose to accept the private chat request; he could afford to spare a short moment, anyway.

"Mr. Su, I would like to trade one +1 Square Meter Island Fragment for the uses of Fiberglass, PE Braided Line, and Carbon Cloth. What do you think?"

At this moment, on her own island, Ji Qingrou, holding two +1 Island Fragments in her hands, directly proposed the trade terms to Su Yu.

As the fourth-ranked player in regional prosperity, Ji Qingrou had naturally opened a +1 Square Meter Island Fragment from a Ranking Treasure Chest, though she hadn't used it yet.

The other fragment in Ji Qingrou's hand right now was one she had opened from a Two-Star Wooden Treasure Chest she had fished up, so she was naturally clear on the value of these fragments.

"Trading one +1 Square Meter Island Fragment for the uses of Fiberglass, PE Braided Line, and Carbon Cloth... could it be that this woman has gathered the materials to upgrade her Fishing Rod again?"

To be honest, when he saw the message sent by Ji Qingrou, this thought immediately popped into Su Yu's mind.

After pondering for a while, Su Yu replied directly to Ji Qingrou: "Two fragments plus a Common Energy Crystal, and I'll tell you the uses of these materials, plus I'll gift you an item made from them."

Ji Qingrou, who was staring at the private chat interface, couldn't help but furrow her brows tightly when she saw the message Su Yu had sent.

While the Island Fragment was manageable, the Common Energy Crystal made Ji Qingrou feel a genuine sting of heartache; after all, a single piece was equivalent to thirty portions of Common Bait, and thanks to her talent ability, she had only managed to save up two Common Energy Crystals so far.

However, her intuition told Ji Qingrou that trading with Su Yu would be more beneficial for her subsequent development.

Thinking of this, Ji Qingrou didn't hesitate and sent a reply directly to Su Yu: "Mr. Su, please list the item on the Trading Channel, and I will purchase it directly."

Upon seeing the message from this girl, Su Yu immediately edited a trade listing and posted it on the Trading Channel.

Trade Item: Blueprint.

Requested Items: +2 Square Meter Island Fragment, one Common Energy Crystal.

As soon as Su Yu's trade listing went up, Ji Qingrou used the filter criteria to immediately purchase the item Su Yu had posted.

After extracting the traded item, Ji Qingrou, holding the Fishing Rod Upgrade Blueprint in her hand, immediately understood what the three materials, including the Fiberglass, were for.

"Many thanks, Mr. Su. I will contact you again if I have needs in the future." After sending a thank-you message to Su Yu, Ji Qingrou immediately placed the blueprint and the three materials next to her Novice Fishing Rod, then silently recited a command to use the blueprint.

As for Su Yu, after seeing the message from the girl named Ji Qingrou, he didn't reply to her, but instead directly used the two +1 Island Fragments.

The [Common Fishing Rod Blueprint] was of no use in Su Yu's hands; it was more cost-effective to trade it away for some resources.

Su Yu estimated that this thing only had value in the early stages; after all, this blueprint was merely something he had opened from a Two-Star Wooden Treasure Chest, and since entering this world, a day and a half had already passed—some lucky individuals might have already found one.

As for whether trading the blueprint away would cause someone else to upgrade their fishing rod and knock him off the top spot on the leaderboard, Su Yu wasn't worried in the least.

Because anyone with that kind of capability wasn't relying on the fishing rod; it was definitely due to their talent, a fact Su Yu understood from personal experience.

[Beneath the sea surface here, Two-Star Wooden Treasure Chests are clustered together; it is recommended to cast a net and secure them.]

Having just used the two fragments, Su Yu began to get busy again. After glancing at a patch of the sea, Su Yu immediately baited his net, cast it, and instructed the two Goblins to keep a firm hold on the rope.

[Beneath the sea surface here, Half-Star Wooden Treasure Chests are in groups; it is not recommended to cast a net or fish here. It is recommended to change locations.]

Su Yu, who had just finished casting his net and shifted his position, glanced at a sea area not far away and immediately looked away.

[Eight meters beneath the sea surface here, there is a trace of a One-Star Black Iron Treasure Chest.]

"Damn it." Seeing this message, Su Yu felt incredibly frustrated because he couldn't fish this thing up—his hardware simply wasn't up to the task!

Using a Novice Fishing Rod to pull up a Black Iron Treasure Chest was a guaranteed recipe for a snapped rod!

Not to mention, Su Yu didn't have the bait required to fish for a Black Iron Treasure Chest, so he could only stare longingly at the location before changing direction once more.

[Five meters beneath the sea surface here, there is a trace of a Five-star Wooden Treasure Chest; it is recommended to fish for it.]