At first, Ling Xue and Li Xiao could catch half a basket of small fish and shrimp every time, and they could catch one every half an hour.
The two of them were in two separate territories, far away from each other.
Gradually, the efficiency dropped. After half a morning, the fish were taken out once an hour, and there was only a quarter of the basket full of fish and shrimp.
Despite this, the two were very satisfied.
After all, it’s a pretty good harvest for such a small pond.
By noon, the two of them had harvested enough to barely cover the bottom of the basket each time.
The bait Li Xiao used was ordinary mutant sweet potatoes, so her catch was much less than Ling Xue's.
She has an open-minded personality and is not dissatisfied with anything. Instead, she feels that she has made a lot of money.
Li Xiao's thinking was quite objective. She was only able to benefit from Ling Xue's success because she was familiar with her. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to achieve such a significant gain based on her own abilities. So, what was she dissatisfied with?
Soon, they lost even this harvest because the gatherers also discovered this place.
A large number of collectors heard the news and called their friends to come and catch freshwater fish. Although their fishing tools were not good, they were numerous and still grabbed a large share.
Most of the collectors go to the big pond to grab a position. The harvest there is indeed bigger, and it is considered a big profit if you can catch a larger freshwater fish.
But there were still many women and children who could not get a spot in the big pond, so they turned to the small pond.
In this situation, Ling Xue and Li Xiao also lost their advantage.
They were noisy and occupied most of the space in the small pond, giving Ling Xue a headache.
"Wow, I caught three big shrimps and a small fish!" a woman shouted.
"So impressive?" her companion leaned over to see that there were indeed three shrimps and a small fish in her fellow resident's basin. Her eyes welled with envy. There was nothing to be proud of; it was just some lucky swag.
Although she cursed in her heart, she was still looking forward to catching so many fish and shrimps at one time.
A little girl on the other side was very dissatisfied: "What's the big deal? My aunt caught a big fish, which is much more valuable than those small fish and shrimps."
The onlookers saw that it was indeed a huge fish, as big as a palm. If they ate this fish, perhaps those ordinary people in the family who had not yet activated their superpowers would be able to activate their superpowers.
Now there are even more people who are jealous.
The envious ones remained envious, but the smart ones all worked harder, hoping they would be the next lucky person. There was no point in just being envious; the fish and shrimp wouldn't automatically jump into your basin.
Water-based mutants have more benefits at this time. They can control their abilities to trap fish and shrimp in the water, and then use a scoop to scoop them out. This yields much more than other collectors.
At this time, families with water-based abilities were all rejoicing that they had a water-based ability user in their family. The extraordinary gains made them very excited.
Therefore, families with water-based superpowers suddenly became much prouder, their voices became louder, and of course their backs were straighter than usual.
It turns out that happiness is all about comparison!
Ling Xue is a person who is very afraid of trouble and has a slight social anxiety, so she plans to retreat.
Besides, she and Li Xiao both took the big portion, so they couldn’t leave some soup for others, right?
So Ling Xue took out the last fish basket and collected the fish and shrimp that didn't even cover the bottom of the basket.
These half-covered fish and shrimp were discovered by the sharp-eyed collectors, and Ling Xue received a lot of envious and jealous looks.