Chapter 249, exclusively published on Jinjiang Literature City, details the current situation of other gathering places...
The first net yielded less than 20,000 catties of mackerel and some other miscellaneous fish mixed in.
This time, Lu Xuan did not store the catch in his spatial storage. Instead, he bought a large fishing boat and used its equipment to haul up the full nets.
The live fish in the fishing nets were all tilted onto the deck after being hauled onto the boat.
The villagers, who had moved to the fishing boats ahead of time to help, couldn't stop smiling as they watched the fish thrashing about on the deck.
"This fish is really lively!"
"I also saw a lot of shrimp, and it looks like there were even lobsters!"
"This haul is much bigger than the winter fishing season this year!"
Li Tie chuckled for a while, then shouted to the others, "Alright, we can talk about this later. Quickly pick out the different kinds of seafood, sort them, and pack them into boxes to make room for the next catch."
While they were talking, the second fishing net had already been cast.
The fish below haven't dispersed yet; we need to cast a few more nets while we can.
It took about an hour, during which the fishing boat cast its nets five times, reaping a total catch of over 100,000 catties of fish, of which mackerel accounted for more than 80%.
There were several thousand kilograms of prawns, and dozens of lobsters had also accidentally gotten caught in the net.
People who love lobsters can't help but drool when they see lobsters mixed in with schools of fish.
[Hey streamer, why don't we find a sea area with lots of lobsters and catch a bunch of them!]
Steamed, garlic, spicy... Waaaaah, I want to eat lobster!
Lu Xuan's eyes were still fixed on the radar. He casually said, "No rush. Let's catch the other fish nearby first."
The mackerel school has all fled, and casting nets again will only catch a few scattered ones. However, he has discovered a crab school, large enough to ensure that the entire village will have no shortage of crabs to eat for the next few years.
The area where the crabs were located was about half an hour away from them. After setting the automatic navigation mode, Lu Xuan went to the deck.
Before reaching our destination, we need to quickly get rid of the mountain of seafood piled up on the deck.
Using his gravity ability, he lifted a large number of fish, precisely selected different species, and used his wind ability to throw them into the corresponding tanks. With Lu Xuan's help, the catch was sorted and moved into the fishing boat's warehouse at an extraordinary speed.
At that moment, we arrived at our next destination.
After determining the coordinates of the crab swarm, Lu Xuan decisively cast his net.
Because crabs are mainly found on the seabed, the wait was longer this time, but the results were as expected.
The first net hauled up a full 50,000 catties of crabs!
Not long ago, the audience members who were clamoring for lobsters immediately changed their tune.
So many crabs! I want to eat them!
Steamed crab, spicy crab, and drunken crab—the kids are going crazy with cravings! (ˉ﹃ˉ)
Lu Xuan: "I'll cook you a seafood feast tonight."
We're about to start our life at sea, so why worry about not having enough seafood? We could eat it until they were sick of it!
Are the crabs plump and fat this season? I want to eat crab roe and crab paste!
Lu Xuan glanced around the net and said, "It should be the peak season, with plump and juicy plump animals."
The audience became even more excited and urged Lu Xuan to produce more.
The second and third nets did not disappoint, yielding harvests comparable to the first.
An hour later, the village had harvested an astonishing 300,000 jin (150,000 kg) of crabs.
These crabs already comprise a large portion of the crab population that Lu Xuan discovered in this sea area.
He didn't intend to wipe them all out at once, and moved on to another location while he was ahead.
The third group that Lu Xuan targeted was a group of sea bass.
The final harvest was similar to that of Spanish mackerel, both exceeding 100,000 jin (50,000 kg).
By the time they finished fishing, it was past 5 PM.
Normally it would be dark by now at this time of year, but we are still in the midst of the midnight sun, and the sun is so bright that it's hard to tell how much time has passed.
Lu Xuan said, "Let's stop here for today."
The group, still wanting more, said, "Anyway, it won't get dark yet, so there's no harm in continuing a little longer."
Lu Xuan asked them, "You've been busy all day, aren't you hungry?"
Almost as soon as the words were spoken, rumbling stomachs came from all directions.
The young men belatedly touched their bellies and said, "I didn't realize it until you said it, but now that you've mentioned it, the hunger has suddenly kicked in."
Zhang Chengming said, "I've been starving for ages."
Li Tuo: "I feel like I could eat a whole cow right now."
However, that evening, the restaurant's kitchen robots prepared a seafood feast using the fish they had caught that day.
There's no beef, but there's plenty of fish!
Steamed sea bass, sweet and sour pomfret, braised mackerel, deep-fried yellow croaker, boiled fish fillets, fish head tofu soup;
Braised prawns, boiled prawns, salt and pepper prawns, spicy crab, steamed crab, drunken crab, garlic lobster, and cheese-baked lobster;
Main dishes include mackerel dumplings, seafood porridge, seafood fried rice, seafood noodles, etc.
The fish, shrimp, and crab that were still very fresh half an hour ago were all exceptionally delicious when eaten. The crab, cut in half, was full of roe and crab fat, just as Lu Xuan had said. Whether steamed or spicy, every bite was full of sweet and fresh crab meat and crab roe, bringing a sense of satisfaction.
The drunken crabs used Shaoxing wine obtained from other settlements. The wine and marinating process were accelerated by Lu Xuan's time, so the final product not only retained the original freshness of the crab meat, but also had a rich and mellow wine aroma and a smooth taste. The combination of the two achieved a 1+1>2 effect.
Everyone who tasted it couldn't help but exclaim repeatedly, "It's so delicious!"
But if you ask which dish the villagers love the most, drunken crab would be in the top three at most.
The top choice has to be baked lobster with cheese!
Most families have some of the other seafood dishes on hand and cook them every now and then, but the cheese and butter in the cheesy lobster were only purchased by Lu Xuan after unlocking the streamer's shop.
The sour, salty, sweet, and milky flavors blend together to create a complex taste unlike anything I've ever experienced before. Sprinkle a thick layer on top, and you'll feel incredibly satisfied eating it. It even has a stringy texture, and combined with the deliciousness of the lobster itself, it's so fragrant it'll make you feel dizzy.
This dish quickly became the favorite of the entire village, especially the younger children like Lu Chen, Zhang Dafu, and Xiong Dabao, after scrambled eggs with tomatoes.
[Wow, it smells so good! Every dish is delicious!]
Sea bass and mackerel are good, but crab and lobster are still the most satisfying!
The wine used for the drunken crab was so fragrant, I felt like I was going to get drunk! So satisfying!
[Baked lobster with cheese is the most satisfying way to eat it! The cheese is piled thickly, with long, stretchy strands, and you could eat ten of them without getting tired of it!]
Ten is nothing; I'd eat them every day.
[Don't even think about eating it every day, but the village will probably have plenty of seafood until the tide recedes. We should be able to enjoy it to our hearts' content with the livestreamer for a while.]
Because seafood is considered to be cooling in nature, it was served with ginger tea and brown sugar water. The villagers sat together eating and drinking, and the entire restaurant was filled with laughter and joy. It was impossible to tell that they had just experienced a devastating disaster a few days earlier.
On this day, at least half of the villagers ate so much that they had to take digestive pills to help them digest, while the audience could eat as much as they wanted without feeling full.
After Lu Xuan returned to his room, he took out half of the more than 100,000 catties of fish he had received that day for a lottery.
Food items are temporarily unavailable for the lottery, but seafood items are still available.
The viewers, who had just enjoyed a sumptuous seafood feast, were not tired of it at all, and the lucky winners were so excited that they flooded the live chat with comments again.
Lu Xuan let them continue their revelry, while he put on a holographic helmet and entered the holographic world's lounge to meet the leaders of the other gathering places.
This also includes the new emperor.
Liu Wenchi, Chu Ming, Huo Tiankuo, and others, who were originally officials and generals, were fine, but Ye Feiluan, Old Master Chen, and others were inevitably reserved.
However, as everyone exchanged information and reported the current situation of their respective settlements to the new emperor, the initial restraint gradually faded, and everyone's expressions became serious.
While people in Yunlu Village were busy farming, other settlements were also busy, using a large amount of diving equipment they had bought from Lu Xuan to salvage supplies.
The most important of these is the greenhouse.
Liu Wenchi sighed and said, "There aren't many wood-type ability users in Luochuan, so we can't accelerate the ripening of crops like Yunxianhou. We can only try our best to preserve the greenhouses that haven't been damaged, continue watering and fertilizing them, and wait for them to ripen."
Ye Feiluan and He Tongzhi of Licheng nodded in agreement, "We are the same."
Ye Feiluan said, "We can't harvest from the greenhouses for the time being. We've been trying to find other supplies these past few days. However, diving is very physically demanding, and the water has been very murky since the rainstorm, so the harvesting efficiency is very low. We probably won't be able to finish until the rain stops."
Even in Fengxian, which is considered relatively small, the journey takes even longer; places like Luochuan and the capital take even longer.
This has resulted in them remaining trapped around their original town and unable to leave.
Although the towns bought a lot of ships from Lu Xuan, and Lu Xuan even gave them discounts, the price of large ships was still not cheap.
A single room can cram in three or four people, and a double room can squeeze in as many as ten people. Even so, the boat is still not big enough to accommodate everyone.
The hoverbuses, originally intended for transportation, were temporarily used as shelters, consuming energy as they floated in the air.
And that's considered good; those who couldn't even squeeze onto a bus could only take shelter from the torrential rain and surging waves in tents set up on large manual kayaks or inflatable platforms.
Although temperatures begin to rise after the start of the polar day, the outside temperature is still below minus ten degrees Celsius.
The cold, the uncertainty about the future, and the fear of the recent disaster caused many victims to fall ill, leading to a surge in the consumption of antipyretics and sedatives.
Lu Xuan asked, "Do we need to replenish our supplies of medicine?"
Everyone shook their heads. "Not for now."
"These two drugs have been the most consumed since the disaster began. We had stockpiled enough to last for a while."
The new emperor asked Lu Xuan, "How is the situation in Yunlu Village?"
While they sent people to buy more boats and diving equipment, the people of Yunlu Village remained in their original places. Lu Xuan personally led people into the water to recover the heated houses.
These past few days, everyone has been busy settling the disaster victims and hasn't had much time to contact Lu Xuan.
Lu Xuan paused for a moment, then succinctly explained his own schedule, as well as the villagers', for the next few days.
For example, they bought a huge cruise ship, left the village, and went to sea. They converted most of the cruise ship into farmland, and today they took people fishing and harvested hundreds of thousands of kilograms of fish, shrimp, and crabs.
As Lu Xuan continued his narration, the lounge fell into a deathly silence.
The new emperor and the other officials in charge looked dazed and confused.
No, did they live through the same period of catastrophe?
We're all human, so why are you so amazing?
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Author's Note: Thanks to "wie1219" for throwing a landmine. (Time of throw: 2025-06-29 15:01:16)
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