After circling nearby reefs, Mu You quickly saw a buoy not far away. He walked over and pulled up the fishing net to take a look.
As expected, it was completely empty inside...
A large hole had been torn at the bottom of the fishing net, crudely patched up with a material that obviously didn’t belong. Now, only a few fish scales were left hanging from the patched-up hole.
It was clear that some fish had visited, but they’d swum around and slipped outside the hole again.
Mu You shook his head. He hadn’t truly expected this damaged net to catch any fish.
Once again, he threw the net into the water. He opened his backpack, took out a prepared can of bait, poured a bottle of sleeping potion into the bait, then rolled it into a ball, wrapped it with spider silk, and hung it in the center of the net.
"I hope this potion will be effective..."
Mu You took a deep breath. As per the rules of the game, the net could only be harvested once a day. He planned to return and check on it the next day, hoping the trip wouldn’t be a waste.
After setting up the fishing net, Mu You climbed onto the shore, found a high spot and looked around. He quickly located the direction of the city.
A city was built halfway up a mountain about ten kilometers away, with half of it nestled in the mountain and the other half built over water.
The city appeared to have a substantial population. Even in the dead of night, it was lit up brightly. The brilliance of various magical lamps illuminated the city, making it look like a sleepless city in the water.
There were a few drainage ditches around the city, presumably the same ones the game characters had escaped from previously. But perhaps due to the fugitive incident the day before, all these ditches now had guards patrolling and closely monitoring every movement in the water.
Of course, Mu You brought a mask this time, so he could just enter through the front gate.
Mu You put on the fisherman’s skin, put on the Mask of Thousand Faces, and activated the mask’s feature to conceal his aura. For the next twenty-four hours, he wouldn’t be detected as a Fool.
He picked up a bamboo basket by the river, filled it with water plants, and pretended to be a returning fisherman heading towards the city gate.
Along the way, he ran into quite a few players who were active during the night.
It was obvious that the major crackdown in the Star Spirit World had put massive pressure on the players, forcing them to carry out their activities under cover of darkness. They all lingered around the city, not daring to venture near the city gate.
Mu You took some time to observe the player characters and realized that it was extremely easy to distinguish between players and NPCs. Although they looked identical, their behavior was noticeably different. Those who acted suspiciously, occasionally stuttered, and moved rather rigidly were undoubtedly players.
Upon reaching the city gate, Mu You found a number of royal knights gathered there, carefully checking passing pedestrians.
Mu You trusted the effectiveness of his mask, but he took precautions before approaching. He held a pocket watch and magic wand hidden in each sleeve, ready to rewind time if necessary.
Turns out, he was let through without any issues.
The guard at the gate failed to detect he was a Fool. After a thorough examination, they even issued him a new identity token.
Mu You took a look at it. It was a token with the emblem of Sunset City, storing his reputation data from the justice camp. Currently, it only held the seven points he’d earned from killing the werewolf, so it was just a black iron badge. As his reputation increased, the badge level would be upgraded as well.
As for what benefits a higher level badge would bring, Mu You had no idea for now.
Once in the city, Mu You took in the sights of this foreign world’s night market.
The nobles and wizards of the city lived in the upper parts of the city, ordinary citizens lived below in the mountain, and the poor who couldn’t afford housing squeezed together in the cold and damp underground waterways at the bottom.
Mu You strolled alone along the streets, passed a few bustling commercial streets, and when he walked into a dark alley, he suddenly heard someone calling him.
"Oh? A new fisherman? Are you new to the city? Welcome to Sunset City! Why don’t you take a look at my wares? I guarantee good value for money!" A small green-skinned goblin with pointed ears was running a stall by the roadside. Seeing Mu You pass by, his eyes lit up, and he immediately called out to him.
Mu You turned his head to look and started laughing when he saw the green-skinned goblin by the roadside.
Wasn’t this the goblin merchant who had tried to scam him yesterday?
I haven’t even started looking for you and here you come to me!
Mu You decisively walked towards him: "What do you sell?"
As he asked, he glanced over the stall. He saw some bread, fruits, colorful stones, dirty-looking antiques, and metal jewelry displayed on a yellowed table cloth. The items were mostly worthless junk with nothing valuable in sight.
"Take a look at this!"
The goblin picked up a packet of cookies and enthusiastically advertised, "These are the latest elf cookies. Eating one piece will keep you full for three days. This pack would last you for three months. It only costs 20 days of life, how about it?"
Mu You snickered inwardly as he had used the Omniscient Crystal to check the properties of the cookies.
Rotten Elf Cookies: Eating one will leave you without hunger for three days, but you will suffer from diarrhea for three days afterwards.
If he actually ate this, he’d probably become dehydrated from the diarrhea. To think that such fake products could be sold, this was truly unscrupulous.