"Damn, this guy caught a carp, over a pound? This is amazing, and he’s become the river champion!"
"Absolutely the river champion, I’ve done the math, so far aside from him, the largest fish caught seems to be a small white fish just over an ounce."
"It’s really funny, a carp over a pound takes the river championship."
"Who is this guy? He seems a bit unfamiliar, doesn’t seem to be some Master, could he be a rising star?"
"I recognize him, isn’t he the guy with no real presence from Master Lin’s team? Named Li Xiaopeng."
"Yeah, that’s him, in previous competitions, he’s always clung to Master Lin’s coattails to advance, but personally, he hasn’t had any standout performances."
"Yeah, this time it’s unexpected that he actually caught a carp and became the river champion, finally turning the tables."
"The guy who once held onto coattails is now the one others cling to, becoming Master Lin’s coattail is really amazing."
"Wait, I want to see how Master Lin is performing now."
The audience was buzzing with discussion, and many people also flooded into Lin Yang’s personal live stream.
Then they saw the scene in the live stream.
They just saw the float slightly moving up and down, a clear sign of fish nibbling at the bait, but the kind of movement where the fish probably hadn’t bitten hard enough yet, so Lin Yang hadn’t lifted the rod right away.
However, those who had just entered had no clue, and when they saw the float, they were momentarily taken aback.
Then someone spoke up.
"I guess Master Lin is doing the same as everyone else, frantically reeling in small miscellaneous fish."
The other spectators had the same thought.
Because it made perfect sense, with so many participants in the competition, everyone had been observed, and besides the highlight moment where Li Xiaopeng caught a small carp.
Everyone else was just reeling in all sorts of small miscellaneous fish, without exception.
So naturally, everyone assumed Lin Yang was also reeling in small miscellaneous fish, because it couldn’t possibly be big fish, right? That would be mind-blowing.
So, when they saw Lin Yang’s float gently moving in the shot.
The audience started making guesses.
"I bet it’s a small white fish?"
"If it was a small white fish, it would’ve completely submerged by now, I guess it’s Pangpi."
"Why do I feel like it’s Mai Sui? This fish’s behavior is just like when I caught Mai Sui last time, it bites as soon as you cast, but you can never reel it in, played with it for over half an hour only to find it wasn’t even as big as my hook."
"The person above paints such a vivid picture, it really resonates with my last experience!"
"Pangpi and Mai Sui, the lifelong nemesis of anglers!"
"I disagree with your guesses, just now I saw Master Lin’s rod had already reached the bottom, so it can’t be any of the small white fish, Pangpi, or Mai Sui, it’s got to be Shrimp Tiger!"
"Hahaha, people are guessing all sorts of things, but surely it’s not a big fish, right?"
"Of course not, where would all these big fish come from, look at the whole river, apart from just now with Li Xiaopeng, there’s not a second person who caught a decent fish!"
"Look, it’s submerged! The answer is about to be revealed!"
Amidst everyone’s speculations, Lin Yang’s float suddenly sank slowly until it completely submerged.
This kind of submerging float action had actually been seen quite often in today’s competition.
Don’t be fooled by the fact that people were catching small fish, the smaller the fish, the more reckless the float actions, many would bite as soon as they were cast, and there were even immediate submersions.