Chapter 2

【Talent Entry】, 【Ability Entry】, 【Information Entry】.

These three are the true core of the golden finger light screen.

In short, Cui Ze can obtain corresponding attribute bonuses by acquiring different entries, ultimately enhancing his overall personal strength.

A clear and straightforward upgrade path!

Cui Ze's personal panel attributes are very poor, almost all F, with an estimated overall combat power of less than 5.

And the content of his personal entries looks very thin.

However, that's not the case.

In the three days since he arrived in this world, the reason Cui Ze was able to survive in the perilous "Emperor's Battlefield" was due to these few entries!

【Visitor from the Other Shore】 is the only talent entry Cui Ze possesses, a talent ability he brought with him upon crossing over.

As the name suggests, this is essentially a "穿越者光环" (穿越者 means "crosser," and 光环 means "aura"), and its effects are incredibly powerful!

【EX-Level Entry: Visitor from the Other Shore】 (Red Talent)

【Entry Effect: Permanent two-level boost to personal luck attribute! The upper limit of the luck attribute is EX!】

【Entry Evaluation: Sorry, the luck of a crosser is just that good!】

Even though Cui Ze's current situation doesn't look too good.

In reality, the situation when he first crossed over was truly dire.

Compared to other crossers who arrived at the sea, Cui Ze's "reincarnation luck" was indeed bad to a certain extent.

Some seniors landed on a spy island at the start, gaining a very stable early development period;

Some seniors received the identity of a Marine at the start, and even if they played it safe, they could steadily level up;

Even luckier seniors could directly obtain citizenship of the Holy Land, Mariejoa, at the start—

Yes, not as slaves.

In contrast, the pitiful little Ze...

On the day he crossed over, Cui Ze only remembered that the wind was strong, the waves were even stronger, and the seawater was very salty, a hundred times saltier than his tears.

Damn it!

Why was he thrown directly into the Grand Line at the start?

Even a small piece of land to stand on would have been fine!

Why was he thrown directly into the sea?

If it weren't for the luck attribute boost from 【Visitor from the Other Shore】, Cui Ze felt he would have been reborn on the same day he crossed over!

Anyway, although he was forced to go into the sea at the start, the unexpectedly high luck value allowed Cui Ze to barely make it to shore and figure out his predecessor's identity.

Cui Ze Felte, sixteen years old, a young man.

In the year 1491 of the Sea Calendar, he was born in a small country in the first half of the Grand Line, a prince of the royal family.

For unknown reasons, his family went on a sea trip and was attacked by pirates. He witnessed his family members die in the pirate's cannon fire. To avoid becoming a pirate slave, he was pushed into the sea by a servant and lost consciousness after drifting in the water for several days...

Crosser + both parents dead + wandering prince, a classic protagonist script!

Cui Ze thought so too.

Until he landed and accidentally stumbled into the battlefield of Kaido and another top-tier sea warrior...

With the luck aura from 【Visitor from the Other Shore】, Cui Ze's luck wasn't supposed to be that bad.

If the story followed a normal development, he should have met another group of people, a group of "just companions"—Marines who landed on the island around the same time—right after he made it to shore.

But who would have thought that before landing, Cui Ze decisively claimed the only "newbie draw" offered by the light screen?

Before landing, with his luck still sky-high, Cui Ze hit the jackpot in the newbie draw, obtaining an incredibly powerful EX-level divine skill—

【EX-Level Ability Entry: Fishing】 (Red Skill)

【Entry Description: Using Sea Kings or other things as bait, you can fish out corresponding-level talents, abilities, information entries, or other miscellaneous items from the dimensional sea.

The items fished out are not limited to the current world and will likely change according to the surrounding sea environment and island conditions.】

【Entry Effect: For sea beasts under five meters, you can fish out F-level or lower talents, abilities, information entries, or other miscellaneous items from the dimensional sea; for Sea Kings between five and twenty meters, you can fish out E-level; for small Sea Kings between twenty and fifty meters, you can fish out D-level; for medium Sea Kings between fifty and five hundred meters, you can fish out C-level; for large Sea Kings between five hundred and five thousand meters, you can fish out B-level; for super-large Sea Kings or intelligent Sea Kings over five thousand meters, you can fish out A-level;

For Sea Kings, you can fish out EX-level talents, abilities, information entries, or other miscellaneous items.

Additionally, defeating opponents with different overall evaluations will grant you corresponding-quality "victory bait," allowing you to fish out corresponding-level talents, abilities, or other miscellaneous items, with the fishing yield related to the defeated opponent's abilities.

Additionally, a single Devil Fruit, regardless of type, can directly fish out EX-level talents, abilities, or other miscellaneous items, with the fishing yield related to the Devil Fruit's abilities.】

【Entry Evaluation: The vast sea can only be relied upon for fishing to sustain life.】

The ability description is a bit long.

To summarize, the 【Fishing】 skill allows you to use "Sea Kings," "defeated enemies," and "Devil Fruits" as bait to fish out countless light screen entries or magical items from the all-encompassing dimensional sea!

For example, the 【Beast Breathing】 from the "Demon Slayer" world, which enhances personal physical attributes, was fished out from the dimensional sea using the 【Fishing】 skill!

Although it's an F-level skill, 【Beast Breathing】 clearly records subsequent "Complete Concentration Breathing," "Complete Concentration·Constant Breathing," and "All Eleven Sword Forms," and the ability can be upgraded through subsequent training!

Returning to the 【Fishing】 skill.

The 【Fishing】 skill is very strong, even a bit too strong.

It may look like just an EX-level skill, but if you have enough "bait" resources, it can fish out countless EX-level skills!

This is probably why, after landing, Cui Ze's personal luck was significantly depleted, causing him to miss the best time to join the Marines and be forced to live under the terrifying tyranny of Kaido.

Of course...

Cui Ze himself doesn't know this yet.

To this day, Cui Ze still doesn't know who the top-tier sea warrior battling Kaido in the sky is.

He still thinks it's likely a pirate not recorded in the original story...

Before crossing over, Cui Ze, who had read the entire "Wano Country" arc of the manga, had a certain degree of sympathy for the diligent Kaido.

As a dedicated good teacher—no, as a villain hoping to rule the world, facing a "world's child" is not tragic.

What's tragic is facing a "world's child" in the midst of a power-up phase!

Especially a "world's child" whose power-ups are incomprehensible, unreasonable, and unreliable!

What the hell is a "Human-Human Fruit·Mythical Beast Type·Sun God Form"??

However, when Cui Ze really crossed over to the sea and stumbled into Kaido's presence, his sympathy for the Beast King was completely reversed!

Being bombarded by the aftereffects of the battle for three consecutive days was one thing!

The key is that Cui Ze really hates the feeling of being unable to control his own fate!

He really hates it!

If he ever gets the chance, Cui Ze will definitely repay Kaido for these few days of "revenge"!

For now...

Cui Ze will consider the hundred ways to fish with "victory bait"...

In the three days since he crossed over, although Cui Ze mostly avoided the aftereffects of the battle in the sky, he still killed as many zombies as possible.

Each F-level zombie provided Cui Ze with an F-level "victory bait."

Currently, Cui Ze has nine "victory baits"!

Nine fishing opportunities!

"Today's luck seems—"

Cui Ze recalled the狼狈 (狼狈 means "embarrassing" or "awkward") journey, the destruction of two temporary bases, and his lips couldn't help but twitch.

"Alright, it seems a bit bad."

"But!"

Cui Ze took out an F-level "victory bait," his eyes shining brightly.

"Isn't there a saying 'extreme bad luck turns into good luck'?!"

The first time he fished, he got 【Beast Breathing】, a great thing.

Cui Ze, who firmly believed in his "fishing luck," collected nine "victory baits" over three days, all for this moment!

He likes to go big!

Most importantly, the 【Fishing】 skill is the only way out of his current situation!

"Let's try one first..."

Cui Ze muttered, throwing the "victory bait" in his hand.

Using his finger as a rod and his will as a line, the invisible fishing rod rippled in the air.

Cui Ze held his breath, his eyes fixed on the fishing line and hook as they crossed dimensions, hooking a precise item in the dimensional sea.

Cui Ze reeled in his arm, and the light screen displayed today's first "fish"—

【Type of This Fishing Harvest: Item】

【Low-Grade Item: Tanjiro Kamado's Rice Ball】

【Item Origin: "Demon Slayer"】

【Item Description: A rice ball made by Tanjiro Kamado, large, soft, white, and hot】

【Item Effect: Fill the stomach】

【Item Evaluation: This is just a regular rice ball, what did you expect?】

"..."

Cui Ze tilted his head, his previously bright eyes now looking a bit lost.

The upgradable 【Beast Breathing】...

And the low-grade 【Tanjiro Kamado's Rice Ball】...

The gap between these two things...

Isn't it a bit big?

"No, that's not right... It shouldn't be... Today's luck does seem pretty bad... But... Maybe... Maybe this is... just a setup?"

Cui Ze's fingers twitched slightly. He opened the light screen, subtracted the consumed bait, leaving him with eight baits.

The 【Fishing】 skill has a hidden setting where low-quality baits can be fused to create high-quality baits.

Cui Ze's eight F-level "victory baits," although all from the lowest-level zombies, can be fused to create a low-quality E-level "victory bait."

After hesitating for a while, Cui Ze took another sip of red wine, his eyes slightly red, like a gambling dog about to go all in.

Fishermen don't believe in tears.

"Let's do it! Take a chance, turn a bicycle into a motorcycle!"

Determined, Cui Ze fused the eight F-level "victory baits" into a new E-level bait and immediately started fishing.

Using his finger as a rod and his will as a line, the fish was hooked!

"Lady Luck is—"

【Type of This Fishing Harvest: Item】

【E-Level Item: Nezuko Kamado's Bamboo Mouth Cover】

【Item Origin: "Demon Slayer"】

【Item Description: The bamboo mouth cover worn by the demonized Nezuko Kamado, filled with her sweet saliva】

【Item Effect: 1. Wear the bamboo mouth cover for a low-quality cosplay; 2. The saliva in the bamboo mouth cover, influenced by Nezuko's demon abilities, has a slight healing effect, with a healing bonus for the specific race [Demon Race]; 3. Quench thirst】

【Item Evaluation: This taste, it's the taste of a pervert!】