1164 Fish? Men? Ants! (1/2)
Chapter 1164: Fish? Men? Ants!
Translator: RITF_Rain Editor: Chrissy
The fish didn't swim away far. Among the dozens of fish, only a few truly swam away and left the group.
Most of the fish stayed after being alerted. They just kept swimming around, as if they were waiting for something. After a while, they all looked at the spot where the bait had been hanging. They just didn't want to leave.
Apparently, they knew how dangerous it was, but they still wanted to eat the bait. They couldn't even leave.
Ye Xiao sighed when he saw it.
The greedy fish were exactly like the people who were crowding in Heaven's Terrace, having the same look in the eyes!
They knew what it might cost to take the bait, they knew they might die for it, yet they still kept scrambling for it!
After a while, with a sound of something dropping into water, another bait came down again. It wasn't at the exact spot this time, but quite close.
The fish was swimming over the bait and hesitating for a while, and then swam slowly to the bait in the end…
Some just kept moving around the bait; some used their tails to touch it… some even hit the bait with their heads…
However, no matter what they did, they did it gently. Apparently, they had the lesson of some fish being caught…
The man who was holding the bait was calm and steady. No matter how the fish kept touching the bait in different ways, he just stayed still. No matter what, he just wouldn't pull the string.
After a while, a big fish seemed to be sure that there was no danger anymore, so it rushed over and bit the bait with its big mouth…
However, when it took the bait, the string was tensed. The hook tightly held its mouth. The big fish painfully twisted itself, trying to get away, but it only got itself pulled up by the string soon…
It was impossible for the fish to fight the power of the fisherman!
The group of fish started to spread out in panic again. This time, they all went far away. They even stirred up the dust on the bottom of the lake. The water became blurred…
When the water became clear again, another bait was hanging right there, waiting for the next fish to fail in resisting the lure…
The fish gathered together again, moving around the bait… They were more cautious now, but still couldn't truly leave this spot…
It seemed there were more fish in this group now…
Apparently, some new fish joined them…
Ye Xiao quietly observed everything, watching the fish go away and gather up again. He watched them blur the water, touch the bait, bite the bait, get hooked, spread out again, and gather up again… Another fish got caught…
Again and again, it was a loop. Everything repeated…
Ye Xiao showed a bitter smile.
[Fish?]
[Men?]
[What is the difference?]
[What is to be hooked? And who is fishing?]
[Maybe… in the eyes of the man who put down the fruits… we are just like these fish… Aren't we?]
[Are we just a dish?]
[That's all!]
[Before coming to Heaven's Terrace, one will never realize how insignificant we are; nor will one know what we are in the real powerful people's eyes.] Ye Xiao was lost in thoughts while staying under the water.
He felt… furious.
[What does he want? Nobody knows how far he is from us.]
[What does he treat us as?]