Chapter 952: Neither of Tianyuan's Teams Will Be Spared!
This guy picked up the fish guard, mostly small crucian carp, with a few golden crucian carp mixed in. His total catch in one and a half hours was 21.3 kg! Being next to Yue Feng and not getting shut out, catching more than twenty kilograms of fish, is already pretty good.
"Tsk tsk, your results are pretty good. You're currently ranked third on this bank, not much affected by being next to Yue Feng!" The referee, who now recognizes Yue Feng, said with a smile while chatting with the angler next to him as he recorded the scores.
"I'm far behind Yue Feng. It's not that I wasn't affected, it's just that he's focusing on the golden crucian carp and large crucian carp at the bottom! I misjudged at the start and was fishing for small fish!"
The next moment, when Yue Feng's fish guard was lifted out of the water, the referee and staff recording the scores were once again shocked.
Man oh man, when people usually lift their fish guard, it's mostly packed with small crucian carp. But when Yue Feng lifted his, there were hardly any small crucian carp to be seen—all golden, plump, large golden crucian carp! The smallest over half a pound, the largest over a pound, all plump and healthy!
Clearly, this was the weigh-in segment for the target fish competition, yet Yue Feng made it feel like a fish-selling scene at Black Big Pit.
"Wow, Mr. Yue Feng, you caught all golden crucian carp!" The referee kept quiet seeing the catch, but the young guy doing the weighing couldn't hold back.
As they weighed the catches along the way, almost each guard had golden crucian carp, but only a sparse handful. Few had more than ten, let alone a guard almost entirely full of them now.
Yue Feng nodded with a smile, "Ah, it's a weight tournament, naturally I fish for what's heavier! Need a big hand here?"
"No need, no need, the two of us can lift it! This weight is incredible, at least three blocks ahead of them!"
"Hehe, just random fishing!"
Very quickly, the two young men collaborated to pour the fish from the guard into the basket, over a hundred golden crucian carp packed in tightly. After covering them with a small blanket, they were almost to the rim of the second basket.
Upon weighing, a number quickly stabilized on the digital display.
41.8 kg!
Fishing at a leisurely pace, seemingly not fast, yet resulting in over eighty pounds. Such a score in a target fish competition is already reaching the pinnacle level, far surpassing ordinary anglers with a catch difference of over ten to twenty kilograms.
"41.8 kg, impressive!! One person's score matches that of two other teams! Your mixed fishing was quite good too, right? Maybe your club's total first-round weight ranking will take first place again! Here, sign next to your score!" The referee marveled as he asked Yue Feng to sign off on the score.
"Our total weight from the last round was decent, aiming for first! Once the scores are out, drinks on me!" Yue Feng was not hesitant in the least.
"Hehe, alright!" The referee agreed with a broad smile, deepening his understanding of Yue Feng's team.
With the weighing completed, Yue Feng tidied up his gear briefly and casually left Pit No. 1.
According to the competition setup, after finishing two rounds of competition, there were no events scheduled for the morning. Gathering with teammates to check the results and waiting for the first round's rankings was all that remained.
In the waiting area, he chatted with fellow anglers while waiting for his teammates to come out. About ten minutes later, everyone regrouped.
In this match, due to Yue Feng's precise pre-competition judgments, all four anglers targeting specific fish had excellent catches. As for Zhao Ran fishing mixed, he caught 65 kg, another astounding number, seemingly unaffected by previous fishing, the fish condition didn't significantly impact the catch.
The final scores have been tallied.
In the second match, Yue Feng 41.8 kg, Zhao Ran 65.1 kg, Zhao Zheng 37.7 kg
Wang Zhen 35.5 kg, Xue Kai 38.6 kg.
Total weight 218.7 kg! Adding the weight from the previous round, the team's final total weight reached 565.3 kg, equivalent to 1130.6 jin! An unbelievably impressive result.
Yue Feng pulled out his phone calculator, did a quick calculation, and exchanged a knowing smile with the team leader, Niu Ben.
Yue Feng: "Alright, first place in total weight is definitely secure! Let's go find a place to eat, wait for the ranking, when the afternoon matches start, it's time for some payback!! Tianyuan team better step it up, don't even think about failing to make it to the top 12!"
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A little past eleven, as the group awaited their orders in the restaurant's private room, team leader Niu Ben's phone buzzed with a WeChat message—the morning's competition rankings were out!
It was exactly as Yue Feng had predicted, a total weight of over eleven hundred jin, dominating the competition, leading the second place by a full two hundred kilograms.
Yuefeng Fishing Club, total weight 565.3 kg, ranked first!
Hua Clan Fishing Club, total weight 344.9 kg, ranked second.
Tianyuan Team One Fishing Club, total weight 331.5 kg, ranked third.
Tiancheng Fishing Club, total weight 307.7 kg, ranked fourth.
Chiwu Fenghua Club, total weight 289.9 kg, ranked fifth.
Zhongsheng Fishing Club, total weight 270.6 kg, ranked sixth.
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Tianyuan Youth Training Team Two Club, total weight 244.1 kg, ranked eleventh.
Fisherman's Wharf Club, total weight 231.9 kg, ranked twelfth.
Well, Tianyuan's reputation might not be great, but their hardware strength is okay. Both teams managed to rank within the top 12. Although Youth Training Team Two ranked eleventh, just barely made it.
In the top 12 list, aside from Zhongsheng Club's slightly lower score, these rankings basically reflect the current overall strength of domestic clubs. With abundant fish conditions dictated by competition rules, as long as the technique is good, there's room to perform, and no strong contenders have been eliminated due to bad luck.
Niu Ben directly posted the result in the WeChat group, saying, "The results are out, I've sent it to the team group. Check the specific ranking yourself!"
Yue Feng took out his phone, surveyed the results, and smirked: "Not bad, both Tianyuan clubs made it, just what I wanted! I'll start with Team One this afternoon, sort them out properly and collect some interest first!"
"You plan to directly use the opponent selection rule to lock in Tianyuan Team One?" Niu Ben frowned slightly upon hearing Yue Feng's decision.
Rationally speaking, Niu Ben preferred dealing with the youth training team first because they have the lowest strength, proceeding to the top eight would better serve the team's interests.
However, Yue Feng wasn't considering which choice was more cost-effective, but rather which would be more satisfying and effective.
Yue Feng nodded, "Why? With a straight two hundred jin catch difference, is there a problem picking Team One?"
"I understand your feelings, but logically, I still think it's better to pick Team Two!" Niu Ben gently advised.
Yue Feng shook his head, "I won't let any of them get away, picking Team One is just the beginning!"
As he spoke, Yue Feng found Han Luofeng in his phone contacts and made a call.
"The morning rankings are out, and I will pick Tianyuan Team One. Team Two is in your hands, my request is to send both their teams to the revival round! Any problems?"
"No problem!!"