In the second half of the night, Zhou Dashan woke up very consciously and insisted on keeping vigil for me.

When I woke up, I looked at the back of the river for the first time, and I saw that the four rafts were almost unclear like four thin lines, and they had already fallen four or five hundred meters behind us.

I wonder if these ghosts all rested for the night and gave up paddling at night, or if they gave up chasing us altogether?

After dawn, the Sunrise Master woke up on time, and it was breakfast time again.

Before I could speak, Zhou Dashan, who was greedy for the sunrise and beauty, had already told her what happened on the first day as if he were courteous.

Sunrise looked at the river behind him in confusion, and asked while eating, "What raft is chasing you?" Where and how can I not see it? ”

I briefly briefed her on the situation we were facing, and after listening to Sunrise, he patted the raft and said fiercely: "What are you afraid of, aren't you just a few wild ghosts, don't be afraid, when they come, I, the ancestor, will clean up for you." ”

Her tone changed, and she looked at me very gently, "My good disciple Sun has worked hard to save me, hugging me and feeding me, I feel distressed when I think about it." ”

As she spoke, her extremely provocative nature was revealed again, stretching out her slender white hand to touch my face, I suddenly stepped back and smiled awkwardly, "Master, let's stop joking, I don't know if you will sleep for another day and a night after eating." ”

Sunrise touched the air with one hand, leaned forward involuntarily, and almost fell down, she quickly sat down again, and looked fine, but I could see that her body was still very weak.

After breakfast, Sunrise didn't go to sleep, but sat on the raft with all her spirits, occasionally teasing me, and more often just staring at the water in a daze, not knowing what she was thinking.

Looking behind me, there were no more rafts at the end of the river, and I wonder if the King of the Mountain had finally given up chasing us, but I always thought it was unlikely, he coveted the beauty of the sunrise, and he didn't look like the kind of person who would give up easily.

Over the past few days, I have noticed that the water has become clearer and clearer, and from time to time I can see large fish about a foot long swimming in the water.

With nothing to do, Zhou Dashan and I cleaned up the branches we picked yesterday, removed a strand of rope from the raft to make a thin thread, tied it to the branches, and then looked for suitable materials to make fish hooks.

But after looking for a long time, we didn't have anything metal on us except for the short knife.

Sunrise smiled, took off a golden hairpin from his head, and handed it to me, "Use this, you use a knife to cut a fishhook out." ”

I looked at the golden hairpin, and suddenly had an idea, pinched the hairpin in my hand, and kept melting it with my flaming palm, after a quarter of an hour passed, the golden hairpin turned into a puddle of golden water, and after the temperature cooled down a little, I used the melted hairpin to pinch two golden fish hooks, instantly quenched the water, so that the hardness of the fish hook could be improved, and finally hung the two hooks on the thin line.

The bait is made of the monster meat we carry, and we only need to hang a little bit on the hook, so we don't waste much at all.

When everything was ready, Zhou Dashan and I sat on either side of the raft, put our feet in the water, and began to catch fish.

After a while, I noticed that the fish had bitten the hook, so I pulled it suddenly, and I caught a strange-looking fish with a pitch black body.

"Ghost Fish!" Sunrise was well-informed and recognized the fish at a glance.

I saw that the body of this fish had a piece of scales that were raised like spikes, the head of the fish was thin, a pair of eyes were red, the mouth was pulled by a hook, and the mouth was like a crocodile's fine teeth.

Sunrise hurriedly said, "Pull it up quickly, be careful that it bites off the thread." ”

I immediately pulled the fish onto the raft, and the blackfish began to jump continuously, and Sunrise grabbed the wood pulp and hit it on the blackfish's head several times in a row, and the blackfish finally stopped moving.

At the same time, Zhou Dashan on the other side also shouted, "Take the bait!" ”

I saw him pull up the same black ghostfish, but before he could reach the raft, the blackfish bit off the rope and fell into the water again.

We looked at the fish that swam away with regret, and it seemed that we needed to strengthen the line a little more.

I turned over the blackfish that had been knocked unconscious by the sunrise, and I saw that the hook had just hooked its outer mouth, and it was about to break its mouth in places that were not easy to bite with its teeth.

Sunrise Master explained: "In the Lechuan River, in addition to all kinds of water monsters, the remnants of those dead ghosts, there are also fish, the most common is this kind of ghost eater fish, they eat everything, if you accidentally fall into the river, it is very likely to be attacked by this kind of fish, so don't put your feet in the water when fishing." ”

I held a short knife and plunged it into the mouth of the black fish, and the unconscious black fish struggled violently a few times before dying.

I handed the knife to Zhou Dashan, "Come, you come and peel and wash." ”

Ever since I fell into the belly of the big water monster and smelled enough of that stench, I have tried to touch as little as possible to the monsters in this wasteland, especially the fish in the water, and the belly may not be dirty and smelly.

Zhou Dashan has been in the wasteland for a longer time than me, and he should have killed more animals than me, so it is only fitting that this task should be entrusted to him.

I re-untied the fishing hook, untied all the thin lines on Zhou Dashan's fishing rod, dismantled some new lines, strengthened the fishing line and re-tied the fishing hook, and now we have this one fishing rod left, but we must be careful to use it, in case it is bitten again, I will not be able to find the material to make the fishing hook.

Zhou Dashan quickly removed the sharp scales on the black fish, broke the belly of the fish, and dug out the internal organs.

Finally, he cleaned the fish with river water and handed the knife to me, "Boss, it's time for you to show your hand, quickly grill fish fillets for us!" ”

When Zhou Dashan spoke, his mouth was almost drooling, he had already said it, so he was hungry for a mouthful of fish.

I cut the black fish into finger-wide slices, took two slices and placed them in the left and right palms, and baked them over a slow fire, and after a while, the red flesh fillets began to curl in my palms, and a hint of heat came out, and a tempting aroma of meat entered my nose.

As we roasted the fish, the sunrise pointed to the end of the river.

"Look, they're catching up again."

When I turned around, I saw that the Mountain King and their four small rafts had once again appeared in sight, and they were moving quickly.