As a Fisherman, My Fish Can Level Up-Chapter 275 - 230 Inside News of the Turtle Family

Chapter 275: Chapter 230: Inside News of the Turtle Family

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Chapter 275 -230: Inside News of the Turtle Family

Chu Mingcheng didn’t want these live seafood to gradually die, so he had to make a trip back tonight, which didn’t conflict with his original plans.

Before diving in, he closed the small door to prevent Little Sea Lion from following and interfering with his catching of rich shrimp.

Upon entering the water, Chu Mingcheng discovered that today’s sea was clearer than yesterday, making it more suitable for fishing.

However, he was there to catch rich shrimp, so the clarity of the water didn’t greatly affect him.

Arriving again at the habitat of the rich shrimp, he used the fish attraction function to lure them out again.

This time, he brought two nets and planned to finish when both nets were full.

Thus, he followed the distribution of the caves under the sand bed and unwittingly began to move toward the upper end of the island.

Chu Mingcheng hadn’t expected there to be so many rich shrimp living here; he had originally planned to just pass through and return once there were no more caves.

By repeatedly going back and forth, he believed all the rich shrimp would come out at least once, allowing him to pick freely.

However, upon reaching the upper end of the island, he found a new surprise on the sand bed – a Spot shrimp, also known as a Nine-Section Shrimp.

This Nine-Section Shrimp was very large and estimated to be nearly twenty centimeters in length.

Of course, if it were only this one, Chu Mingcheng naturally wouldn’t have been surprised.

He specifically turned off the fish attraction feature and took a tour around this area, immediately discovering that this was a large group of Nine-Section Shrimp.

They varied in size, all resting on the sand.

Compared to fish, shrimp seemed to be more popular.

The main reason is that many fish have a fishy smell, making it difficult for those who can’t stand the smell to accept it.

But fresh shrimp certainly don’t have this issue, and their meat is delicious and nutritious.

Also, dried shrimp is tasty and easier to accept than dried fish.

The only disadvantage is that the price of wild shrimp is too high; ordinary families can afford to eat them occasionally, but it’s hard to afford them regularly.

Luckily, there are plenty of farmed shrimp in the country, with many at prices people can afford.

Nine-Section Shrimp rest during the day and are active at night.

While they were resting on the sand, Chu Mingcheng didn’t even need to use the fish attraction function to easily catch them.

However, the second net also already had a few rich shrimp, so he thought about it and decided to first return along the original route.

He could catch some more while also storing the rich shrimp on the boat.

It was a pity he hadn’t discovered this group of Nine-Section Shrimp last night; if he had, he would have simply set two shrimp traps here, eliminating the need to catch them manually.

Since it was their resting time now, setting shrimp traps wouldn’t be effective, and it was quicker for him to catch them directly, albeit more tiring.

Chu Mingcheng moved away from this area and restarted the fish attraction function, sweeping his way back to the boat.

It was now nine in the morning, and Jiang Luoluo had just gotten up, eating the breakfast she had just made.

When she saw Chu Mingcheng return, she first gave him an eye roll and then, while eating her sandwich, she stepped out of the cockpit.

This eye roll was clearly an expression of her displeasure that last night he hadn’t been gentle and considerate at all.

Although it had been exciting, Jiang Luoluo still didn’t like being so exhausted that she couldn’t move.

Chu Mingcheng chuckled, completely unfazed by the eye roll, and actually seemed quite proud of himself.

He now fully experienced the benefits that came with life transformation and improved quality; he had never been so strong when he had girlfriends before.

Feeling sore and weak had been common, but he was young then, at the peak of a man’s energy, so he never ended up voluntarily sleeping on the couch.

“Luoluo, I caught a lot of rich shrimp again. How would you like to eat them this time?”

Looking at two nets full of rich shrimp, each one over twenty-five centimeters, Jiang Luoluo nearly choked on her sandwich.

She hurried back and took a sip of milk to clear her throat.

“How many rich shrimp are there exactly? Isn’t this a little too exaggerated? Not only are there many, but they’re all so big?”

“Actually, it’s not too much. Including the ones I caught yesterday, in total, there are probably just over a hundred. Considering how large the underwater sand bed is, there definitely aren’t few.”

Given the size of the environment, a hundred or so large rich shrimp really wasn’t much.

Jiang Luoluo felt it was a lot primarily because large rich shrimp were rare and expensive, compared to other shrimp varieties.

“It’s all thanks to Little Sea Lion. If it hadn’t led us here, we wouldn’t have had such a great catch!”

Chu Mingcheng patted Little Sea Lion’s head and decided to prepare some shrimp meat from the rich shrimp for him to taste today.

After Jiang Luoluo finished her breakfast, she helped select the shrimp with some that were weak or close to dying separated from those that were lively to prevent any chain reaction.

Ultimately, along with the five that died this morning, thirteen were separately taken out; all were stored in the refrigerator inside the cockpit, kept for their own consumption.

“Ah Cheng, are we going back this afternoon?” Jiang Luoluo asked.

“No rush, this afternoon I plan to take you to the coral reef to practice diving, and also to check out the resources there, and then we’ll head back in the evening.”

“It’s still early now, you rest a bit on the boat, continue to conserve your energy. I found a group of Nine-Section Shrimp resting in the sand bed, I’ll go catch some first.”

After finishing his words, Chu Mingcheng prepared to continue diving.

“There are Nine-Section Shrimp too? Well, be careful, and if you get tired, come back to rest. Don’t be too greedy.”

“Don’t you know very well whether I would get tired or not?”

“Pff, I’m just not in good form. Let’s see who begs for mercy later.”

“Haha~” Jiang Luoluo’s reddened face from embarrassment made Chu Mingcheng laugh uncontrollably. Winning against him was something she would never achieve in this lifetime.

Back in the water, he turned off the fish attracting feature and swiftly swam towards the Nine-Section Shrimp’s habitat.

At the moment, Little Sea Lion was lying on the deck sunbathing, too lazy to follow after a full meal. Chu Mingcheng thought he had been overly concerned before.

The density of Nine-Section Shrimp was even higher than rich shrimp; there was almost one every meter.

Chu Mingcheng decided to first test the vigilance of the Nine-Section Shrimp. He held a lobster tongs in his left hand and tried to grab with his right.

The Nine-Section Shrimp in front of him, almost as large as a palm, was a perfect target.

He approached slowly, keeping the water as calm as possible.

Perhaps because it was morning, the Nine-Section Shrimp did not react at all to his approach.

Whether it was asleep or felt safe buried in the sand, he didn’t know.

Then, just like Sun Monkey, it was subdued by the Tathagata Divine Palm.

Chu Mingcheng grabbed the super-sized Nine-Section Shrimp, already knowing that catching them would be very easy.

But there was a downside, because he was too close to the seabed, the disturbance caused by grabbing the shrimp immediately alerted the nearby shrimps, and they all darted away.

He put the Nine-Section Shrimp into a net bag and decided to try using the lobster tongs.

With the lobster tongs, he didn’t need to get so close, and perhaps it would not scare the nearby Nine-Section Shrimp.

Chu Mingcheng swam ahead and quickly found another large Nine-Section Shrimp.

This time, using the lobster tongs for catching was a precise success, and it didn’t disturb the nearby shrimps. Indeed, for underwater shrimp catching, using the right tool was essential.

Chu Mingcheng immediately embarked on a joyous money-picking adventure, with a large Nine-Section Shrimp weighing about three taels.

At the market price of two hundred and seventy per 500 grams, one shrimp was worth around eighty yuan.

Indeed, screw-driving offered no financial future.

But he didn’t just pick the particularly large ones, he also took slightly smaller ones.

Those smaller ones had a more delicate texture; however, they lacked the satisfaction provided by the larger shrimp.

Under normal circumstances, shrimp populations were vast, reaching thousands of kilograms when caught with fishing nets.

Wild Nine-Section Shrimp were rare, but with some luck, catching a few hundred kilograms was not an issue.

At the slow pace at which Chu Mingcheng was collecting, it barely affected the population of the shoal.

Moreover, now with accelerated reproduction and growth rates, the Nine-Section Shrimp living near the island might experience exponential growth in the latter half of the year.

Therefore, even if he caught some small ones, it wouldn’t affect the shrimp population.

Time slowly passed, and Chu Mingcheng soon filled one net bag and continued on to the second.

While collecting, he spotted a vague shadow approaching in the distance.

Its speed was not fast, but its size seemed substantial. Judging by the shadow, it appeared to be a large sea turtle.

If he had been free, he might have swum over to take a look.

But he was happily catching Nine-Section Shrimp right now and had no time to spare for it.

Nine-Section Shrimp tasted excellent, and he caught so many not merely for selling but also planned to share them with friends and relatives. Therefore, he needed to catch quite a bit more.

Although he ignored the huge sea turtle, it approached him after noticing him.

As is well known, sea turtles like humans to help remove barnacles from their bodies.

This group of sea turtles also had internal information, knowing that humans were very friendly towards them, not only would they not harm them, but they would also help them out whenever they needed it—a stark contrast to the last century.

This huge sea turtle had lived from the last century, perhaps older than Chu Mingcheng’s great-grandfather.

Having experienced the change in human attitudes towards them, if it had been in the past, it would have guaranteed turned and fled upon seeing Chu Mingcheng.

But now, needing his help, it approached him voluntarily.

Chu Mingcheng sighed as he looked at the mountain of barnacles forming a small hill on the turtle’s back, realizing trouble had come knocking.

The giant sea turtle was not at all shy, and it stopped right in front of him.

Seeing this, Chu Mingcheng could only wave his hand for it to follow and gave up his plans to continue catching Nine-Section Shrimp.

The sea turtle, not quite understanding his gesture, saw the person who could help it walking away and hurriedly followed.

The mass of barnacles on its back greatly impacted it; if it continued, it didn’t know if it could bear the burden much longer—perhaps this year would see its end.

Affected by these barnacles, its hunting difficulties had greatly increased, and it had been a long time since it had a full meal.

Seeing the sea turtle catch up, Chu Mingcheng then relaxed and swam to the fishing boat at a speed the turtle could keep up with.

He had only caught about thirty pounds of Nine-Section Shrimp, which should have been much more, but unfortunately, today’s time was destined to be spent on the sea turtle.

Back at the boat, Chu Mingcheng pushed the sea turtle to the rear deck stairs for later assistance from Jiang Luoluo.

Little Sea Lion was frightened by its size; previously lying flat, it suddenly flipped up, bawling and running towards the cockpit with a pitiful sound.

Jiang Luoluo thought something had happened and hurried out, only to see a giant sea turtle at the stern of the boat.