At this time, from a team that wasn’t particularly famous, loud noises suddenly erupted.
As everyone knows, especially in wild fishing, the more skilled you are, the more you avoid shouting, yet such noise in a high-level competition was unusual.
The camera crew immediately focused on that team, led by a popular fishing streamer, named the ’Yuedong Turtle God’ team from Yuedong Province.
The one who was shouting was their captain, Chen Jun.
"Hahaha, I got one! Guys, look, see what I’ve caught!" With Chen Jun’s shout, the live camera also showcased the fish he had just caught in his hands.
"Caught what, spicy strips?"
"Brother Jun is best at two things, one is preparing the fishing spot, and the other is catching spicy strips, surely he couldn’t have caught spicy strips in Erhai, could he?"
"New viewer, asking what are spicy strips?"
"Don’t know what spicy strips are? In the eyes of Yuedong people, snakes are spicy strips."
Amidst the teasing from the audience on-site, the camera showed Chen Jun holding a small fish, about ten-odd centimeters, appearing like a little common fish.
This small fish was dark in color, but its side bore a row of very pretty multicolored spots; if you didn’t look closely, it almost resembled a segment of a small snake’s body.
Soon, an audience member knowledgeable about fish shouted out.
"It’s the Seven-star fish, a legendary ancient fish species! This fish is a bit like the Black fish, but its rarity is completely different. It is said to be a species from the ancient times with very high biological value!"
"What are you talking about, the fish is pretty common in the mountain hollows of my hometown."
"The guy above isn’t bragging, this type of fish mostly lives in mountain hollows, so catching it in Erhai is quite rare, this fish is worth 5 points!"
In the midst of the audience’s explanations, the program’s experts also spoke up, confirming that it indeed was a Seven-star fish.
It was also one of the most valuable fish species in today’s competition.
Now, in the final hour of the competition, a contestant had finally caught one of the types, which pleased the crew immensely. It proved that their list of fish species with point values was not randomly compiled, but was based on sound evidence.
Indeed, although the species list included scores for over a hundred types of fish, the actual catch from the many contestants consisted of only about a dozen types.
That’s because Erhai is too vast, many fish species might be in just a little part of the vast lake, you might not see one for years, even decades.
Some fish only live in deep waters, in the middle of the lake, and cannot be caught with pole fishing techniques.
So, the inclusion of the Seven-star fish, Big Head Carp, and the Erhai Bowfish—a member of the four most renowned fish types scored at 10 points—on the program’s list meant they were all quite rare in Erhai, making them incredibly difficult to catch.
Chen Jun, being the first to catch a Seven-star fish, consequently received a lot of attention from the camera team.
The live stream audience also lavished him with praises, thanking him for capturing a Seven-star fish, and allowing everyone to witness such a rarely seen species.
Chen Jun thus garnered considerable attention from new viewers, much like Lin Yang had in the Lotus Pond Match at Tan Sha, skyrocketing to fame once again.
This is the value of the program, and a common phenomenon on the internet nowadays—once you perform well in a program, you have the opportunity to rise to fame quickly.
Following Chen Jun’s catch of the first special fish species scoring above 5 points.
The other teams’ contestants also harbored more hope, wondering if they could catch a special fish in the remaining time, especially the yet unseen Big Head Carp and Erhai Bowfish.
For catching one would offer them a chance to rise to fame in a single glorious battle.