Soon, Chen Zhe and Clark came to a nearby freshwater river, which became much wider under the influence of the rainy season, and the water in the river was also rapid.

In terms of location, this river is the upstream of the river next to Chen Zhe's tree house, and it stands to reason that when Chen Zhe and Xiao Qiao went fishing a few weeks ago, they could still catch a large number of freshwater fish.

But this is not the case, there is indeed no trace of fish in this freshwater river, Chen Zhe and Clark watched the river for more than ten minutes, but not a single fish appeared.

Speaking of which, the water quality in this river is not completely clear, and it is far from reaching the point where "when the water is clear, there are no fish", and how did the fish suddenly disappear in the waters where there were clear schools of fish and shrimp a few weeks ago?

This made Chen Zhe feel incredible, and there must be something strange in this.

"Mr. Chen Zhe, what do you think?" asked Clarke, who was standing next to him, with a frown.

"This river is upstream of the river next to our camp, and I fished in the river a few weeks ago, when there were a lot of pomfret and grouper in the river, and the number of fish upstream should be more ......," Chen said.

"And now, will you still be able to catch fish downstream?" asked Clarke.

"I don't know. Chen Zhe shook his head, "Because we have enough food to eat recently, we haven't gone to the river for the time being......"

This is a truth, Chen Zhe has caught crocodiles, pythons during this time, and just hunted a small wild boar yesterday morning, these foods are enough for Chen Zhe and them to survive the rainy season, so why is it necessary to catch fish.

"But I think since there are no fish to be found upstream, the situation downstream will only be more bleak. He added, "There are definitely no more fish downstream." ”

"So there were fish in this river before, but all of a sudden, there were no fish in this river?" asked Clarke, "what is the reason for this? Mr. Chen Zhe?"

"There are probably two possibilities......

Chen Zhe speculated,

"Either someone upstream has overfished and drained all the fish in the river, or the river's water source has changed so much that the water is no longer suitable for fish, resulting in a large number of fish dying in a short period of time." ”

Clark nodded and muttered, "If that's the case, then I'd rather be the first case, because if it's the second case, it's terrible." ”

......

And at this moment.

The upper reaches of the river.

A giant net of vines runs across the river, cutting off any fish that pass through the river from upstream to downstream.

Riverside.

In a sturdy sanctuary built against two palm trees, two dark-skinned, sturdy men sit leisurely, admiring their "masterpieces".

Next to the shelter there are several shelves made of bamboo poles, and all the shelves are freshwater fish, which are densely displayed in several rows, and there are hundreds of them.

In the farther grass, there was a large pile of dead fish, which had rotted and stinked because they had not been treated for a long time, and they were in an extremely disgusting and sloppy state.

It's an amateur combination.

This pair of amateurs are brothers, the elder brother is called Chang Longgang, and the younger brother is called Chang Longqiang.

The brothers come from a small fishing village on the southeastern border, and they have a wealth of experience in the wilderness.

Surviving on a desert island is not very difficult for them, and the sudden arrival of the rainy season has not disrupted their rhythm of survival, after all, as aborigines who grew up by the sea, heavy rains and strong winds are already commonplace.

The two men had come to the upper reaches of the river three weeks earlier, built a shelter along the riverbank, and had woven a fairly wide vine net for fishing along the river.

But their purpose is not to eat fish, or rather, not just to eat fish.

They deliberately chose to intercept the upper reaches of this freshwater river to catch fish, so that all the downstream competitors would have no fish to eat.

Looking at the huge net in the river, his younger brother Chang Long crossed Erlang's legs and asked in the dialect of his hometown: "Brother, we have been barricade for more than two weeks, there should be some results, right?"

"Definitely. Chang Longgang squinted his eyes, "Our nets are so dense that even the finger-length small fry can't leak through, people downstream don't want to eat fish, fish can only be here for us." ”

"Brother, how many players are there downstream?" Chang Longqiang asked again.

Not long ago, Chang Longgang personally went downstream along the Tamsui River to investigate and spy on the camp stationed downstream.

Because the water source is a key factor in the location of a player's camp, there is sure to be another player to be found along the fresh water.

And Chang Longgang's investigation is indeed quite rewarding.

"There are four groups of people downstream. Chang Longgang said, "They all live along this river, and there is a group of players who are very powerful, and they even built a tree house." ”

"Treehouse?" Chang Longqiang's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Who is so capable that he can build a treehouse?"

"I don't know, I guess it's a helper invited by a celebrity, I didn't get too close when I went last time, and I vaguely saw a beautiful girl in the tree house. Chang Longgang said.

"Tut-tut...... Beautiful female star. ”

Chang Longqiang laughed enviously, with a lewd expression on his face,

"Celebrities are amazing, they have powerful partners around them, and now the rules of the show have been changed again, and fans can still reward them and provide them with materials and equipment...... It seems that the program team is afraid that the star will not be able to win the championship. ”

A few days ago, the program team suddenly revised the rules, and the amateur group Chang Longgang and Chang Longqiang were of course also notified, and the modification of this rule can be said to be very unfriendly to amateurs, because few fans spend a lot of money to reward amateurs.

Not to mention Chang Longgang and Chang Longqiang, a pair of amateurs who don't have many shots, even Chen Zhe, who has the best performance among amateurs, can't earn any rewards.

It's only when he exterminated the wolves and killed the crocodiles, the number of tips in the live broadcast room will be more for the time being.

So when it came to this matter, Chang Longgang and Chang Longqiang were full of resentment.

Hearing his younger brother's complaints, Chang Longgang smiled.

He patted his brother on the shoulder and said, "Don't panic, what if the stars have supplies? As long as they monopolize the aquatic products on this river, their supplies will be ours sooner or later." ”

Chang Longqiang nodded and said with a smile: "Brother, you're right!"

After that, he glanced back at the fresh fish drying on the bamboo pole, and said: "Hold them for another week, and wait for a few more heavy rainstorms, so that the downstream groups of players have no meat to eat, and we will take these fish and meat to them to exchange resources......

As long as we have fish and meat in our hands, we can exchange whatever we want!"

......

After half an hour of investigation, Chen Zhe and Clark temporarily returned to Liatila's tent.

Liatila and Yan'er greeted each other and asked curiously, "How's the situation?"

Chen Zhe replied: "There are indeed no fish in the river, and it looks like they are extinct. For the time being, I think there are two possibilities – either someone is deliberately overfishing upstream and monopolizing all the fish, or there is a sudden change in water quality that leads to a mass fish die-off. ”

Liatila nodded slightly.

And Yan'er put forward her own opinion: "That must be the first possibility." ”

"Oh, why?" asked Clarke, curious.

Yan'er said: "It's very simple, if it is because of the second reason, a large number of fish die, then although the fish die, they will not disappear out of thin air, and the downstream will definitely be covered with fish carcasses, right?"

Clark suddenly realized and nodded, "That's true." ”

Chen Zhe also said: "So there must be someone upstream who is overfishing?"

"It's possible. Yan'er nodded slightly, and then speculated, "Maybe someone saw the preciousness of aquatic products, deliberately monopolized aquatic products, hoarded a large number of fish, and waited to sit on the ground and raise the price." ”

"I think what Yan'er said makes a lot of sense. Clark agrees, "During the rainy season, the islands are very scarce in terms of material resources, especially food, a large number of wild animals are hiding, and the woods are full of dangers, and fishing during the flood season is the easiest way to obtain meat......

Lyatira suddenly realized, and said thoughtfully, "So as long as you occupy the upper reaches and hoard the fish, then this is a great fortune." ”

Chen added: "Even if these fish can't be turned into wealth, it makes sense to cut off the river and catch all the fish, so that it will be difficult for the downstream competitors to get food, and when food is so scarce during the rainy season, the only thing that awaits them is to be eliminated." ”

"That's too insidious, isn't it?" said Liatira.

Chen Zhe shrugged his shoulders unexpectedly and said: "No way, this is competition, since there is healthy competition in nature, then there will inevitably be vicious competition."

In order to win, many people will choose unscrupulous means, and this means are nothing, I understand. ”

Although Chen Zhe said this, Liatila was very dissatisfied, she frowned, and said, "Then I'm going to go upstream to see which group of players is so vicious." ”

Clark hurriedly reminded: "Miss Liatila, please calm down, our purpose is to continue to survive on the island, and it is best not to cause unnecessary disputes." ”

Liatila smiled and said, "Clarke, where do you want to go? Do you think I'm going to take the overfished ones with a shotgun? ”

Clark nodded and said, "It's best not to cause a dispute, I hope you can resolve it peacefully." ”

"I know. "After all, this is still a live show, and it is impossible for me to do anything excessive in front of netizens across the country." ”

Speaking of this, she turned to Chen Zhe and said, "Chen Zhe, you can go with me." ”

"Yes. ”

Chen Zhe did not refuse, he just wanted to see this group of oligarchs who monopolized the entire Tamsui River fishery.

So the two of them walked up the Tamsui River together and began to search for the secret of the disappearance of the fish.

As she passed through the woods, Liatila noticed that there were still no wild animals in the woods.

In the past, when she was walking down the mountain or in other forests, she could always see pheasants, hares and other small animals jumping around.

But there are very few animals in this area, it is as abnormal as the absence of fish in the river, and she can't help asking: "Chen Zhe, have all the animals in the woods been taken away?

"It won't. Chen Zhe immediately shook his head and said, "It is not difficult to monopolize the fish in the water, because the water is turbulent during the flood season, and most of the fish swim from upstream to downstream, so the monopoly can be completed by fishing with a net upstream."

However, the forest area of the Yanhe River basin is huge, and an ordinary group of players is absolutely unable to catch all the beasts in the entire forest, which is unreasonable. ”

"Then there are no animals in this forest?" asked Liatila, "why don't I see pheasants, hares, and the like?"

Chen Zhe thought for a while and said: "There is only one explanation I can think of now - that is, the people upstream overfished the fish in the river, which destroyed the ecological balance in the vicinity, and some carnivores that fed on fishing lost their original food and went to the forest to hunt other animals, which in turn caused the disappearance of the animals in the forest......

It is likely that these animals have been preyed upon and migrated elsewhere to escape sudden predators, which is why animals are scarce in the woods. ”

"That's right......" Liatila said suddenly.

As he was talking, Chen Zhe suddenly saw a pinch of black hair under a palm tree in front of him, which looked fluffy and quite lush.

Liatilla also saw the black hair, and asked curiously, "Huh, what is this? Animal hair?"

"Yes. ”

Chen Zhe nodded, then picked up the clump of hair on the ground and looked at it carefully.

"What kind of animal hair is this? It's so dark...... "Liatila asked, and then suddenly a spirit suddenly said vigilantly, "Oh no, could it be the hair of the panther?" Chen Zhe, didn't you say that there is a panther in the forest on the other side of the river? Could it be that the panther has crossed the river?"

Chen Zhe immediately smiled and reassured: "Don't worry, this is not the hair of the black panther, this animal is obviously itching against the palm tree, so it rubbed off some hair, and the black panther will not rub the itch against the palm tree......"

"Then what kind of animal has this habit?" asked Liatila curiously, "Chen Zhe, do you know?"

Of course, Chen Zhe knew that he had already understood what kind of animal these hairs belonged to through the item upgrade system.

"There is indeed one animal with this habit and this kind of hair – and that is the black bear. Chen Zhe said.

"Black, black bear?" Lyatira became nervous when she heard this, "But are there bears on the island?" Chen Zhe, don't bears live only in the north?"