While touring, they collected sea urchins into their spatial storage. Purple sea urchins were everywhere, and their spines were much sharper than those of black sea urchins; one could easily get pricked if they weren't careful when handling them.

This might explain their rampant proliferation on this seabed. Chen Hong also found many black sea urchins, large crabs, and sea cucumbers here. She even discovered a sea cucumber called the "flower sea cucumber"—the first time Chen Hong had ever found one on the seabed!

The underwater forest is a resting place for fish, where many fish mate and mate, chirping and twittering, forming many pairs. Chen Hong saw many such pairs. Seeing how affectionate they were, Chen Hong felt too embarrassed to touch the fish.

But there are so many kinds of fish here! Red grouper, eastern grouper, western grouper, and many kinds of rock grouper alone. There are several kinds of blue wrasse in various colors, and you can't tell them apart until you get up close. There are also several kinds of fish with zebra stripes and various body shapes, which is dazzling.

A 40-centimeter-long mantis shrimp peeked out of its burrow, while an octopus changed colors in several ways, trying to blend into its surroundings. A giant lobster burrowed under the rocks, only its long tentacles peeking out cautiously.

Several white-tip reef sharks patrolled back and forth above the seaweed. It was unclear whether they were waiting to ambush young couples in the forest or acting as security guards for the forest dwellers.

Chen Hong didn't dare to test them; it was a small team, and the sea was their territory. As a guest, Chen Hong felt it was best to keep a low profile.

In a coral reef, colorful sea fish were leisurely strolling around their own front door. Suddenly, the metal detector that Chen Hong was using as a weed-removing stick beeped.

Chen Hong, who was secretly watching two parrotfish cuddling, was startled. She noticed the flashing red indicator light on the metal detector in her hand and realized that there was metal nearby.

Looking around, there shouldn't be any metal objects in sight. But the detector keeps beeping, so I must have overlooked something.

Chen Hong stopped and searched carefully, finally finding a leather suitcase under the coral reef. She used a hook to pull it out of the coral.

They found it covered in algae, and the suitcase was corroded in the seawater, with a large hole torn in it by Chen Hong's hook; it looked like it was about to fall apart.

Chen Hong didn't dare to move it and put it into her spatial storage. She would open the box later to see what good things were inside, hoping for a surprise, but she couldn't get her hopes up too high. There were no shipwrecks nearby, and judging from the state of decay of the suitcase, it wasn't too old. "If I get it, I'm lucky; if I lose it, it's fate. I'll see when I have time."

After collecting most of the sea urchins from the seabed, Chen Hong surfaced only when she was far enough away from the white-tip reef sharks. She boarded the boat, changed out of her diving suit, took a shower, and then sailed away from the surface of this underwater forest.

Chen Hong sighed inwardly. This seabed had formed a complete ecosystem. Since she had taken away most of the sea urchins, the seaweed would grow even more vigorously.

In just a few years, this underwater forest will expand significantly, providing a new home for the fish and shrimp in the surrounding area.

Chen Hong also embarked on a new journey, searching for new prey all over the sea.

In the afternoon, Chen Hong cast her net again and caught 1,500 jin of fish. This net pulled up nearly 1,000 jin of silver pomfret, each over 1.5 jin in size. When they were hauled onto the boat, they were almost blindingly beautiful, shimmering with silver light.

Bathed in sunlight, the fish were piled up on the deck like a heap of silver coins. Interspersed among them were some grouper, red snapper, red snapper, and large blue wrasse. Basically, all the fish caught in this net were of high value, mid-range species known for their good looks and delicious taste.

Chen Hong was overjoyed; her luck had been off the charts these past few days, with one good thing after another happening!

This kind of motivation from God is truly inspiring, giving me so much energy that I can't stop even if I want to.

After happily unloading the fish and putting away the net, Chen Hong put more than half of the live fish into his spatial storage. Only a thousand catties of silver pomfret, over three hundred catties of dead fish, and about five hundred catties of mid-to-low-grade live fish remained on the boat. Chen Hong excitedly steered the boat back to the dock.

This time, Zhang Baiqiang, Liu Quantian, and Liu Laohu were all waiting at the dock!

The boat had docked, and everyone rushed aboard, causing it to drop ten centimeters. Chen Hong greeted everyone with a smile, and Uncle Erhu's family quickly filled their tanks with fish.

They loaded and weighed the fish, and in less than an hour, the three families had divided up all their catch and hurried away. Chen Hong earned another 150,000 yuan this time, with the silver pomfret alone adding over 60,000 yuan to his income!

After finishing her work on the boat, Chen Hong transferred 150 yuan to Uncle Erhu and gave him two silver pomfret weighing over two jin each, so he could take them home and cook them.

Uncle Erhu and his family of three didn't want it. This is outrageous! Two fish cost half the price of a day's wages for them. How could they possibly accept it?

I'll post another chapter next time. I wish all my readers a happy reading weekend!