The spaceship ignited, piercing the night sky with a thunderous roar.
Jiang Ye gazed upwards for a long time, and only when it completely disappeared from sight did he return to the base.
He opened the chat channel. A large number of orders from Cao County citizens awaited him.
It took Jiang Ye an hour to process all the orders, and the final payments quickly arrived.
Looking at his account balance, it was 8,789,000 yuan.
The funds were quite ample, roughly equivalent to the net worth of the world's richest person. He needed about 1.2 million more to upgrade to a Level 13 base.
It was very easy.
After delivering the goods, Jiang Ye wanted to lie down and sleep, but he felt sticky all over.
He had sweated too much today and needed to take a bath.
In the old base, Jiang Ye used his self-dug hot spring pool for bathing.
Now, there was no hot spring pool, and the sea was full of dead fish. He could only go to the ship's bathroom.
Jiang Ye went out, walked to the dock, and boarded the ship.
The ship was quite intelligent. It was dark initially, but as soon as Jiang Ye stepped on board, the corridor lights lit up. It should have a weight sensor.
He took off his clothes and entered the bathroom.
The bathroom was well-sealed, with a hint of residual steam.
On the white porcelain floor were streams of water and many long strands of hair.
"Quite a bit of hair loss," Jiang Ye muttered to himself.
He turned on the shower and first rinsed the floor, washing away all the hair.
Jiang Ye officially began his bath, washing his face first, then his hair.
Midway through washing his hair, he froze.
On the shelf where towels were placed, there was a small object.
It was round and pink, and he didn't know what it was.
Next to it was a pink remote control.
"This must have been accidentally left behind by Isabelle. It wasn't here before."
Jiang Ye was bewildered. "What is this? A fascia gun?"
He picked up the remote control and pressed it.
The small device immediately buzzed and vibrated gently.
"It's definitely a mini fascia gun."
Jiang Ye had seen muscular men using fascia guns in the school gym. They were just a bit larger than this and vibrated at high frequencies to relax muscles. After hours of lifting weights in the gym, a massage with a fascia gun was quite satisfying.
After his bath, Jiang Ye returned to the base with the fascia gun and remote control.
He opened the chat channel and sent a message to Isabelle.
Jiang Ye: Your fascia gun was left in the bathroom. Remember to take it with you next time.
Delivery Person Isabelle: What thing? Fascia gun?
Delivery Person Isabelle: Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap, I know, sorry about that. Don't tell anyone, I'll take it next time I come over.
Delivery Person Isabelle: Never mind, why don't you just throw it away? It's not worth much.
Delivery Person Isabelle: No, I'll take it next time I come. It's not appropriate to give it to you. Just put it somewhere for now.
Jiang Ye scratched his head. Isabelle seemed a bit too flustered, speaking incoherently.
He closed the chat channel and went to bed.
The sea breeze at five in the morning wailed like ghosts, waking Jiang Ye up.
He got up, opened a can of bear meat, and fried it.
As usual, he took his supplements and injected a physical enhancement agent.
He bought a fishing net, a complete haul net, with the mesh size set to the finest!
With a flash of light from the trading bay, a large pile of fishing nets appeared.
The fishing nets were black, with lines as thin as phone charging cables. Jiang Ye pulled them hard a couple of times. They were very strong; ordinary fish shouldn't be able to break them.
Carrying the fishing net, he left the base.
He boarded the ship and installed the fishing net on the automatic net-hauling machine.
He went to the cockpit and started it!
The entire ship came alive, like a giant awakened sea beast, causing ripples in the calm dock.
Jiang Ye clicked the captain's screen. "Forward!"
The fishing boat sailed out of the dock, gradually accelerating towards the vast ocean.
An hour ago, the sea breeze was fierce, but now there was almost no wind. The entire sea surface was calm, with only slight undulations.
The sun had just risen, and its rays cast a golden hue across the sea, a truly spectacular sight.
Jiang Ye activated the sonar to search for nearby schools of fish.
Small, sesame-sized red dots appeared on the screen, distributed around the ship.
However, their numbers were quite small, not worth casting a net for.
Jiang Ye continued to drive forward. In such a vast sea, he just had to go for it.
He set the sonar to automatic search, updating fish locations every ten seconds.
After driving for more than ten minutes, large patches of red dots finally appeared on the screen!
Jiang Ye manually operated the sonar, continuously scanning the deep sea.
The red dots were at a depth of ten meters directly below the ship, and they were rushing towards the ship!
Forty meters away!
Twenty meters!
Ten meters!
"Drop!"
Jiang Ye activated the machine, and the fishing net instantly plunged into the sea, heading towards the school of fish!
From the screen, it was clear that the red dots suddenly scattered!
Presumably, the school of fish was startled and trying to escape.
But it was too late.
More than half of the red dots were caught in the fishing net, unable to disperse.
Jiang Ye clicked the screen again. "Haul!"
The ship stopped, and the net-hauling machine on the deck emitted a sharp sound.
Jiang Ye left the captain's room, ran onto the deck, and leaned over the ship's railing to look down.
The fishing net was slowly being pulled up, and soon it was lifted out of the water!
Thousands of dense, silvery-white small fish were tightly packed within the fishing net, forming a mass the size of a car. Water gushed out of the net, creating splashes on the sea surface.
All the small fish struggled fiercely, causing the surface of the net to bulge repeatedly, but the net lines were very strong, and not a single one was torn.
The crane increased its power, and the entire fishing net was dragged up.
The partition on the deck opened, revealing the cargo hold below, and the fishing net was automatically dragged into the cargo hold and secured.
Jiang Ye stepped forward and opened a corner of the fishing net.
*Slap, slap, slap, slap, slap, slap*
The dense fish struggled desperately, slapping against each other slickly. A strong fishy odor wafted over.
The school of fish caught this time had a distinctive appearance: they were palm-sized, with silvery-white bodies but red tails, as if their bottoms were on fire.
Jiang Ye's heart leaped with joy. The first haul was truly a great success.
As for whether it would be a good start in terms of money, that remained to be seen after selling them.
He ran back to the captain's room and clicked on the screen.
There was an option labeled "Trading Bay."
He clicked it directly.
A progress bar appeared on the screen: 1%, 6%, 15%, 88%, 94%, 100%!
The scan results were out, a long list:
[Item 1: Self-Immolating Fish]
[Item 1 Description: A common saltwater fish that likes to extend its red tail out of the water at night, appearing from a distance like a school of self-immolating fish. The flesh is tender but the internal organs are poisonous. Usually used for extracting fish oil.]
[Quantity: 2537]
[Retail Price: 50 yuan each]
[Total Estimated Value: 126,850 yuan]
This should be the type of fish he saw earlier, making up most of the catch in the net.
There were also some other items caught simultaneously:
[Item 2: Nuclear Bomb Jellyfish]
[Item 2 Description: When unfurled in water, its shape resembles a mushroom cloud, hence the name Nuclear Bomb Jellyfish. It has strong reproductive capabilities and is food for many fish. It contains trace amounts of toxins and is not edible for humans.]
[Quantity: 280]
[Retail Price: 40 yuan each]
[Total Estimated Value: 11,200 yuan]
Jiang Ye understood. A school of Self-Immolating Fish was preying on the Nuclear Bomb Jellyfish.
And then, like the mantis stalking the cicada, he was the oriole behind, catching them all with one net!
The total value of this haul was a staggering 138,050 yuan!
No need to hesitate, sell!