Jiang Ye held the Kai Xi assault rifle and opened the captain's cabin door, then immediately closed it.
A sound like rain immediately entered his ears. Listening closely, it was the clicking of countless crab claws opening and closing, thousands upon thousands, merging into a vast cacophony!
The continuous stream of Queen Crabs was climbing onto the fishing boat's deck, already numbering in the hundreds.
Jiang Ye carefully avoided them, quickly disembarked, and fled before he could be surrounded on the boat.
The shore was densely packed with blue Queen Crabs, their clicking sounds like a downpour on a rooftop!
As soon as Jiang Ye stepped onto a small patch of open ground, the surrounding Queen Crabs charged towards him.
Without hesitation, he bolted!
Jiang Ye sprinted towards the base vehicle, not caring what he stepped on, just running.
Along the way, he constantly stepped on crabs, the sensation distinctly crisp.
Many crabs were enraged and chased Jiang Ye, but their short little legs couldn't keep up with Jiang Ye's long strides.
Jiang Ye ran, panting, grateful that the trading bay had been right: if he ran fast enough, the crabs wouldn't catch him!
Damn it! He suddenly cried out and stopped.
Looking down, a small Queen Crab was firmly clamping onto Jiang Ye's ankle with its claw.
"Bastard!" Jiang Ye was furious, kicking his leg hard, but the crab wouldn't let go. Instead, it clamped down even tighter.
The crab swarm, like the sea, surrounded him, extending their claws. Jiang Ye's other ankle was quickly joined by two more crabs. Even more crab claws swayed and approached.
He couldn't stop; if he stopped, he'd be pinched to death. Jiang Ye yanked his legs and continued to sprint, dragging the three crabs attached to his ankles.
The base vehicle had turned completely blue. Only the glass was too slippery for any crabs to climb. The tires, doors, and roof were covered in Queen Crabs, hundreds of them at least, a surging blue mass.
Jiang Ye felt like he had arrived on a crab planet. There were just too many!
Reaching the base door, a Queen Crab was also clinging to the doorknob.
He directly smashed it with the butt of his gun, knocking the doorknob crab off, and quickly opened the door to get inside.
The entire process took only two or three seconds, but three more small crabs had attached themselves to Jiang Ye's legs.
The moment the door opened, four more crabs seized the opportunity to crawl inside.
They were simply everywhere!
Jiang Ye grabbed a shovel and furiously smashed the crabs on his legs, knocking them off one by one, then scooping them up and throwing them into the trading bay.
A single crab seemed to be worth 50 yuan. Honestly, they were quite valuable.
Once the crabs inside the base were sold, it was suddenly quiet.
No, it wasn't quiet. He could still hear countless clicking sounds, like a thousand people cracking walnuts outside the base.
Jiang Ye felt a stinging pain on his legs. He rolled up his pant legs and saw several claw marks, the worst one even bleeding.
"Bastard!" He couldn't help but curse again.
Jiang Ye washed his wound with water and took gauze from the medical kit he had bought earlier to bandage it.
The medical kit also contained a hemostatic agent. The instructions said it could stop arterial and venous bleeding. Jiang Ye felt his injuries weren't serious, so he didn't open it. He fumbled at the bottom of the medical kit, found a bottle of iodine, and applied it to disinfect the wound.
He was hungry. He opened the Galaxy Mall, bought a can of meat, and cut half a watermelon, which served as his dinner.
While eating, he opened the chat channel.
The channel was as lively as a festival:
Wu Niu Chuan Yue: Damn it all, so many crabs by the sea! It's killing me!
Gua Bao Shu Ma: These crabs can be sold for money, fifty each, very expensive. But my legs were mangled by their claws, bleeding a lot, and I feel dizzy. I'm holed up in the base now, too scared to go out.
abandon: Holy crap, so many crabs, I'm afraid to even go out to pee!
Cun Shang Dong Mian: Inland folks report calm seas, not a single crab in sight.
Che Chuang Li De You Hun: It's spectacular. I've never seen so many crabs in my life. I've already caught a few and steamed them. For the next week, I'm eating crabs every day until I'm sick of them.
From the information in the chat channel, Jiang Ye deduced one thing.
The Queen Crab population on this planet was enormous.
Furthermore, their spawning season was synchronized; they were all coming ashore to lay eggs today.
In an instant, coastal areas across the entire planet erupted in a crab disaster!
Jiang Ye looked out the window. Night had fallen, and countless Queen Crabs were still emerging from the sea, filling his entire field of vision with their undulating blue.
Qin Shi Huang conquering the six states, the Mongols sweeping across Eurasia – the momentum was similar.
With fifty yuan crabs littering the ground, he couldn't just stand by.
After eating, Jiang Ye put on his cotton pants, two layers.
He tucked the pant legs tightly into his shoes, leaving no gaps.
Jiang Ye squeezed them with his hands, nodding in satisfaction. This thickness should make him immune to the small claws of the Queen Crabs.
Grabbing a shovel and a sack, he pushed open the door and quickly closed it.
The crabs immediately surrounded him with their clicking sounds, launching their attack.
Jiang Ye didn't hold back. He threw the sack on the ground and furiously counterattacked with the shovel. Each scoop flipped several crabs, flinging them into the sack.
The cotton pants indeed worked. Many Queen Crabs tried to pinch Jiang Ye's legs and feet, but it felt like a tickle.
In just ten minutes, the sack was half full of crabs.
He lifted it and returned to the base.
He threw them into the trading bay and sold them!
A total of 70 crabs, heavy as lead, sold for 3,500 yuan.
His personal assets increased to 4,741,400 yuan.
Jiang Ye felt that doing it this way seemed too slow.
Even if he worked until dawn, he'd only earn a little over a hundred thousand.
He clicked on the [Galaxy Mall], selected the [Fish Luring Lamp], and purchased it!
After spending two thousand yuan, a large white lamp sphere appeared in the trading bay.
Jiang Ye picked up the lamp sphere, exited the base, closed the door, and ran forward.
He crossed the tide of Queen Crabs and reached the dock.
With a powerful throw, he tossed the lamp sphere into the water.
Upon contact with seawater, the lamp sphere immediately reacted chemically, emitting a brilliant white light!
Jiang Ye hopped around somewhat foolishly, avoiding the crabs crawling onto his legs, while keeping an eye on the lamp sphere.
At first, the crabs were indifferent to the lamp sphere. Jiang Ye was disappointed, thinking this type of Queen Crab disliked bright lights.
But after more than ten seconds, crabs from all directions swarmed towards the lamp sphere, quickly forming a large pile. It seemed they just had a longer reflex arc and still liked the light.
Jiang Ye was overjoyed. Since the crabs were attracted to light, things would be easier!
He scrambled over the crab swarm and boarded the fishing boat.
The deck was already covered with a layer of blue crabs, scuttling across the deck with their clicking sounds.
Jiang Ye moved with incredible speed, rushing into the captain's cabin and quickly closing the door. This time, not a single crab got in.
He clicked on the screen and cast the net!
The fishing net immediately captured the crab swarm near the lamp sphere. The entire net was pulled up, bulging as if it had caught a small car, a truly spectacular sight.
The trading bay immediately scanned it. Besides a large number of crabs, the lamp sphere also appeared on the scan list. This was unavoidable; the crabs had completely enveloped the lamp sphere, so it was bound to be caught.
[Estimated Value: 150,500 yuan]
Sold!
Jiang Ye's personal assets rose to 4,889,900 yuan.
Jiang Ye was shocked. In just a few minutes, he had earned 150,000 yuan from one net?
He looked up, gazing at the countless crab swarms along the coastline. An idea struck him:
At this rate of earning, wouldn't he make a killing tonight?