Today, I'm challenging myself to five updates. If I fail, I'll cross-dress as a panda!
The day was still calm and peaceful, the sun shining brightly.
Jiang Ye pushed the engine to its maximum speed, his fishing boat slicing through the sea, leaving a long trail of white wake. Occasionally, small fish, unable to dodge in time, were stunned by the boat and floated in the wake.
The sonar detected several schools of fish, indicating the sea had returned to normal.
However, after the sea monster incident, the ocean no longer appeared as harmless in Jiang Ye's eyes. He knew that who knew what kind of demons and monsters might emerge from the deep sea.
He encountered two schools of fish on the way and cast his nets for both.
The first haul was a great success, selling for 120,000. The second net was cast slower, and most of the fish escaped, earning only thirty thousand.
Personal account balance: 3,645,000 yuan.
Arriving at the gold mining area, Jiang Ye expertly stopped the boat, donned his diving suit, and descended into the water with his stun gun and sack.
The afternoon sea was not as cold as the morning, still quite comfortable.
As soon as he entered the water, he encountered many jellyfish, huge and luminescent white, resembling countless short skirts worn by young women. When the sunlight hit them, they reflected colorful light.
Jiang Ye's understanding of jellyfish was similar to that of mushrooms: the more alluring, the more poisonous. Thus, he held his stun gun and continuously pulled the trigger, shattering any jellyfish that came close.
After breaking through dozens of jellyfish, he finally reached the seabed.
The sea worms from before were gone. Many small fish, about the size of a thumb, hovered around the gold ore, perhaps having eaten all the sea worms.
Jiang Ye ignored the small fish, opened his sack, and began picking up gold ore.
Scattered gold ore was still everywhere; the gold mine had been mostly blown to pieces.
In twenty minutes, he filled a sack, pulled the rope, and swam upwards, returning to the fishing boat.
The ore was dumped into the trading bay and sold.
After a short rest and waiting for the oxygen tank to refill, he dove again.
Picking up gold ore from the seabed was a very tiring and monotonous job.
Jiang Ye worked mechanically for four hours, hauling sack after sack to the boat to sell. By the last time he returned to the boat, he was almost too tired to walk.
Fortunately, looking at his account balance, all the hard work felt worth it.
4,495,800 yuan!
It was dusk, and he steered the boat back.
Previously, he had always returned directly.
Today, Jiang Ye decided to take a detour, making a large circle around the nearby sea area, and catching a couple of nets of fish along the way.
Of course, taking a detour also required some skill and choosing a suitable direction.
Jiang Ye pondered for a moment, then removed a bullet from the end of the ammunition chain. He pinched it between his thumb and middle finger, spinning it on the ground like a top.
After a few seconds, the bullet stopped, its tip pointing northeast.
Jiang Ye stood up, clicked on the screen, and steered towards the northeast!
He stood in front of the screen, watching the sonar display.
The sonar was set to wide-area scan, as small fish and shrimp were not worth catching. If he was going to catch anything, it would be large schools of fish or giant creatures.
Ten minutes after setting sail, a yellow dot appeared in the upper right corner of the screen.
Jiang Ye's eyes immediately changed. It had always been red dots; what was a yellow dot? What did a yellow dot mean?
It definitely wasn't an ordinary fish. He had to bring it up and see!
He clicked on the screen, maneuvering the fishing boat towards the yellow dot.
Jiang Ye noticed that the yellow dot had barely moved, staying faithfully in place. Thus, the fishing boat quickly reached the area above the yellow dot. Judging by its size on the display, this thing should be about the size of a person.
He clicked to cast the net!
The fishing net plunged into the sea and smoothly ensnared the yellow dot.
Reel in the net!
Jiang Ye left the captain's cabin and went to the deck to watch.
As the fishing net rose to the surface, he was slightly stunned.
Through the mesh, he could see what was inside. It looked like an iron coffin.
And it wasn't a new iron coffin; it was very old, with a layer of orange-red rust caked on it, and many shells and algae had grown on it.
After it was hauled onto the deck, Jiang Ye suddenly understood why this thing had shown up as yellow on the sonar.
It was because it was making noise.
*Click, click, click, click.*
It was a very regular mechanical sound, somewhat like the ticking of a clock's second hand, but several times louder than a clock.
Jiang Ye's face suddenly turned pale. Damn it, could this be some kind of timed bomb?
He quickly ran back to the captain's cabin, clicked on the screen, and had the fishing net moved into the cargo hold.
Scan in the trading bay!
The results displayed made Jiang Ye very surprised.
[Item: Spy Robot Landing Pod produced by the Mil people]
[Item Description: A malfunctioning landing pod containing a spy robot. Due to the malfunction, the robot was activated long ago but cannot get out. It can only futilely turn the pod's password lock inside, attempting to escape. If you approach it, you might hear the clicking of the password lock.]
[Reward: 300,000 yuan]
Jiang Ye raised an eyebrow. There was a spy robot inside that iron coffin?
This guy was really unlucky. His colleagues had already completed their missions, but he had been trapped in the pod and couldn't get out. He was still stubbornly twisting the password lock, who knows for how many months.
Goodbye!
He clicked to sell, and the thirty thousand yuan reward was in his hands, increasing his personal assets to 4,735,800 yuan.
He set sail and continued forward.
The journey was calm, encountering no schools of fish or other yellow dots. Only some small fish and shrimp, not worth the effort to catch.
A gentle breeze blew, the water was calm, and it seemed like another peaceful day was coming to an end.
However, as the fishing boat approached the base, a large area of red suddenly appeared on the screen!
Jiang Ye's eyes widened, staring at the sonar display. There were an incredible number of small red dots, covering half the screen, making him suspect the sonar had malfunctioned.
He looked up and out the window. From this distance, he could already see the shore.
Holy crap! He couldn't help but curse.
On the beach, a dense layer of blue things was surging like a tide, having already surrounded the base and the dock.
As the fishing boat sailed into the dock, Jiang Ye finally saw clearly.
It was countless blue crabs, emerging from the shallow sea and rushing ashore!
The entire coastline was occupied by blue crabs. As far as the eye could see, at least a million of them, covering every stretch of beach, a truly spectacular sight!
Jiang Ye was cautious and didn't disembark immediately. Instead, he used his fishing net to catch a few in the dock. As expected, he caught dozens of crabs that hadn't managed to land yet.
He pushed them into the trading bay and scanned them.
The information displayed:
[Item: Queen Crab]
[Item Description: Blue-shelled crabs. In their youth, they are male, called King Crabs. Upon reaching adulthood, they become female, called Queen Crabs. Every spring, they collectively come ashore to lay eggs. The eggs are special, hard spheres the size of soybeans, with a high hatching rate. Queen Crab populations are vast, reaching tens of millions, and they are aggressive. Thousands of Queen Crabs often attack whales collectively, devouring them. However, there's no need to worry; as long as you run with all your might, these crabs can't catch you.]
[Quantity: 32]
[Total Price: 1,600 yuan]
Jiang Ye was dumbfounded.
He had arrived just in time for the alien crabs to come ashore to lay their eggs!
While he was reading the scanning information from the trading bay, some crabs had already climbed onto the boat.
On the deck, he saw more than a dozen small, luminous blue crabs wandering around confusedly.
Jiang Ye was a bit worried. Crabs were everywhere; how was he going to get home?