Chapter 271 Exclusively Published on Jinjiang Literature City: Preparing for a Breakthrough
Bullet comments:
I thought all the natural seafood I'd eaten before was delicious enough, but I never imagined there could be even better!!!
[Waaaaah! I'm speechless. This is heavenly!]
Indeed, the best food always comes from the unpolluted ancient times. Food videos from other eras have largely been influenced by industrial processes, resulting in less flavorful vegetables, fruits, meat, and seafood.
The salmon was so delicious, especially the belly; it melted in my mouth, so tender and succulent, I couldn't stop eating it!
[King crab is delicious! It seems even better than the ones I've had from other streamers before. Streamer, you must catch more so I can cook it every day!]
Xiong Mao and the others went crazy, grabbing salmon and king crab, and in the blink of an eye, several bowls of crab and shrimp shells appeared.
While eating, he didn't forget to say to Lu Xuan, "Let's stay here for a couple more days and catch more seafood with a few dozen nets."
"That's right! We must bring back more of these delicious fish and shrimp for my parents and my wife to try as well."
Lu Xuan's movements weren't as hurried as the others, but he actually ate quite quickly. He ate two plates of salmon sashimi, two whole king crabs, and a bowl of chilled shrimp all by himself.
I was quite surprised when I ate it.
It wasn't because the taste was more delicious than he had expected, but rather... the seafood was much larger than he had anticipated.
The average size of a king crab is about ten pounds, and only a few can grow to twenty pounds.
However, it was common for them to catch king crabs weighing 20 jin (10 kg), accounting for half of the total, and many of the remaining ones weighed 30 jin (15 kg), with several even approaching 40 jin (20 kg).
It's become abnormally large.
Even if it was because of the superior environment in ancient times, would it really be that exaggerated?
Why didn't other sea fish caught before exhibit this special case?
The salmon and sweet shrimp were the same; they were almost twice the size of anything he had ever seen before.
These unexpected changes only intensified the ominous premonition that had been lingering in Lu Xuan's heart.
However... it can't get any worse than he can handle.
After finishing his meal, Lu Xuan acted as if nothing had happened and joined the other excited young men in searching for schools of fish, then began a large-scale fishing expedition.
Using the largest fishing nets available, each haul can easily bring in tens of thousands of kilograms of fish and shrimp.
Because of their large size, king crabs are not as easy to catch as fish and shrimp. You might only be able to catch a hundred or so at a time, but if the number in one net is small, you can cast another net, ten or twenty times!
In ancient times, these seafoods had not been subjected to large-scale fishing and were almost overflowing in the sea. There was no need to worry about overfishing by just a few dozen people, so they could catch as many as they wanted.
In just one day, Lu Xuan and his group obtained tens of thousands of king crabs and hundreds of thousands of kilograms of salmon and sweet shrimp.
The viewers in the live stream were both thrilled and envious, wishing they could take the place of the seafood and catch a thousand or eight hundred pounds of it to eat their fill.
Not content with just this group, they stayed an extra night after telling their families, and continued fishing the next day.
They only returned home reluctantly after catching several groups of king crabs down to a few scattered members, and after catching over a million pounds of salmon and sweet shrimp.
They didn't stop working on the way back either.
The main reason was that Lu Xuan remembered another type of top-grade seafood that he hadn't had a chance to get his hands on yet, so he deliberately took some time to search for it, and finally found traces of this fish about half a day later.
Looking at the group of enormous fish displayed on the detector, Li Jing asked curiously, "Do these fish taste good too?"
Lu Xuan looked at the plump-looking creatures on the detector with satisfaction and nodded, "Of course. Bluefin tuna is famous for its delicious taste, comparable to salmon."
The young men around them, who had their ears perked up, couldn't help but swallow hard.
"Furthermore, bluefin tuna are much larger than salmon, generally one to three meters long and weighing between two to three hundred kilograms and a thousand to eight hundred kilograms. The whole village might not be able to finish a single fish in one meal."
The others listened with growing astonishment.
Xiong Mao couldn't wait any longer and said, "Then what are we waiting for? Let's log off now!"
Wu Yang glanced at him and said, "How could you possibly catch such a big fish with a fishing net?"
The bigger the fish, the stronger it is. If a net catches dozens of tuna weighing hundreds of kilograms, the net will probably be torn to pieces in the blink of an eye.
Lu Xuan said, "This kind of fish is very particular about freshness. It's better to catch it with a fishing rod than with a net."
You can also enjoy the fun while fishing.
Everyone immediately thought of the swordfish they had caught before, and many people's eyes lit up.
A moment later, the group of people each found a feng shui seat on the Lu family's No. 1 ship, took out fishing rods made by the Star Alliance, and started sea fishing!
The area they were in was home to large numbers of bluefin tuna, so soon after they sat down, fish began to bite the bait.
However, getting a bite doesn't guarantee you'll catch it.
In reality, the failure rate for catching this kind of big fish is extremely high. On average, it takes one or two hours just to play the fish, and several people may need to take turns playing it when they run out of strength.
Although most of the hunting team members possessed superpowers, not everyone was necessarily very strong. Initially, none of them had any experience, and before Lu Xuan or other power-enhancing individuals could come to help, the fish had already escaped the bait.
In the end, Lu Xuan released the blood-sucking vines, which spread throughout the entire ship. Whenever someone was in trouble, they were immediately pulled back to prevent them from being dragged overboard. Lu Xuan then quickly arrived to help pull the fish away.
Just as he could pull up a swordfish with pure strength without needing to play it, Lu Xuan was not afraid of the tuna at all.
With a strong grip on the fishing rod, the arm muscles suddenly pulled upwards, and the huge tuna was pulled directly from the sea, forming an arc in the air before landing on the boat.
To prevent the impact from damaging the fish, Lu Xuan used his gravity ability to "lift" it slightly at the crucial moment, allowing the tuna to float lightly onto the deck.
As soon as he got the fish, Lu Xuan immediately bled it to remove the acid and cut it into sashimi to distribute to the others.
The moment the fish sashimi, different from salmon but equally delicious, entered their mouths, Zhang Chengming and the viewers in the live stream got excited again.
The latter kept yelling in the comments, while the former was in high spirits and became even more eager to bait the barrage.
Besides helping others, Lu Xuan also set up a row of fishing rods, and quickly pulled up whichever rod made a movement.
My thoughts wandered for a moment during the journey, and I remembered a survival game I played on a raft at sea before the apocalypse.
Starting with a fishing rod, all resources depend on fishing?
Lu Xuan smiled wryly; he was much richer than the players in the game.
...
The hunting team was mostly men, and they weren't necessarily happy to keep asking Lu Xuan for help. Many of them volunteered to try catching a tuna themselves.
After all that effort, apart from the strength-type ability users, only Wu Yang and Xiong Mao managed to catch a fish weighing over 300 pounds after several failures—and they were exhausted—while everyone else failed.
Despite this, the group's enthusiasm for sea fishing did not diminish at all. On the contrary, they became more and more determined and stayed in the surrounding waters for another two days, doing nothing but fishing and eating.
They returned to the island five days after they left.
Many of the women complained, "If you don't come back soon, I'll think you've been bewitched by some vixen outside."
The young men thought to themselves, "There are no little demons, but plenty of big fish."
After several days of traveling, they also gained a lot.
The huge catch before going to the polar regions, including polar fish and tuna, totaled millions of kilograms, almost filling up my spatial ring.
Lu Xuan caught over a hundred tuna of varying sizes all by himself, including more than a dozen weighing over a thousand pounds, and one of them weighed an astonishing two thousand pounds, breaking the world record.
Even though Lu Xuan alone took a large share, the other households in the village still reaped a considerable harvest.
That day, the delicacies made from these top-quality seafoods satisfied everyone's appetite, and many people smacked their lips in lingering relish.
Having acquired so many fine goods, Lu Xuan naturally didn't hesitate to share them with his friends.
Everyone was physically exhausted from sea fishing, and they needed to rest for a few days afterwards, so Lu Xuan took this opportunity to go to the Western Continent.
In addition to selling some of the catch, I also gave some to acquaintances.
Everyone who has tasted this seafood has been amazed and full of praise.
Before the catastrophe, unless you were from a coastal city, even in the new capital, you couldn't often eat seafood. The seafood you did eat was chilled and rushed back. It was fresh enough, but the taste was always inferior to freshly caught seafood.
They originally thought that being able to eat the freshest seafood at any time was already a rare benefit after the catastrophe, but they never expected that Lu Xuan would bring them even better food.
Of course, even among top-quality seafood, individual preferences vary depending on personal taste.
For example, the new emperor loves to eat sashimi, tuna, and salmon, while the crown prince doesn't like sashimi and prefers king crab legs and sweet shrimp.
Huo Tiankuo and Chu Ming both prefer king crab, finding it very satisfying, whether steamed or spicy.
Liu Wenchi, Ye Feiluan, and others prefer milder flavors. Besides steamed dishes, they also enjoy baked crab with cheese, tuna rice balls, and tuna salad.
Bai Xuefeng, the Xie brothers, and Chen Bing were all quite philanthropic and loved to eat everything.
Like the members of the hunting team, after enjoying such top-quality seafood, they were still not satisfied and asked Lu Xuan for details about the specific sea areas where these fish and shrimp lived, preparing to personally catch a batch and cook them in various ways.
As for Yunlu Village, although they wouldn't lack seafood for a while, their experiences a few days ago had ignited their passion to eat all kinds of delicious fish and shrimp from the ocean, and they urged Lu Xuan to travel around the world with them.
During the trip, we caught some fish, but more importantly, we encountered many creatures that we had only seen before when watching documentaries in the village's private school.
A pod of orcas that are beautiful in appearance, love to photograph seals and play with humans; blue whales as long as cruise ships;
When they encountered it, they witnessed a whale leap that was even more astonishing than a dolphin's leap. Everyone who saw it was stunned and remained speechless for a long time.
On another occasion, they even saw a massive mirage at sea.
The mirage revealed a vast palace complex, even more exquisite and magnificent than the imperial palace in the capital, which amazed everyone, including Lu Xuan. Some even wondered if they were dreaming.
Later, as the outside temperature continued to rise, reaching 60 degrees Celsius and entering the peak of extreme heat, the group returned to the island to prepare for a period of time to escape the heat.
At the same time, Lu Xuan also prepared to absorb the eighth-level crystal core for his breakthrough.
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