Chapter 89
"Look, there's a pond in front!"
Yanhong squeezed past Shaoxingyang and also let out a wow.
"What a huge pond! It looks like there are fish in it!"
Tang Zeyu stepped on the tall plants by the water to make it easier for Lu Shiyu to come over. Lu Shiyu was shocked to see such a large and clean pool of water. Not only was the water quality good, but there were also small lotus leaves. If the surroundings were cleaned up a little, it would be no different from an artificial lotus pond.
"Lu Shiyu, come and take a look!" Yan Hong pulled Lu Shiyu to the water's edge and said, "See if there are any fish in there!"
Lu Shiyu was pulled to the river by Yanhong. He looked down and saw something moving under the water. It seemed to have noticed that they were looking at it, so it flicked its tail and slipped away, diving into the deep water and disappeared without a trace.
"It seems to be there," Lu Shiyu squatted down to take a closer look and asked, "But can such a large pond be formed naturally?"
Yan Hong looked up and thought for a while, she didn't know this either.
"I don't know. Maybe someone dug it out in the past, but now it's abandoned because no one is around."
The two were chatting when Shaoxing Yang ran into the grass as tall as a person and came out with a fishing net in his hand.
"Look what I found!"
The dark green polyester fiber net was entangled with many plant roots and dead leaves, and it looked like it had been abandoned here for a long time - after all, it was impossible for people to be outside in the ten years since the end of the world. The good news was that the fishing net did not seem to be damaged and seemed to be still usable normally.
Shao Xingyang pulled off some plants clinging to the fishing net and said, "This might have been a fishing pond before. I wonder what's become of the fish there now."
The disaster occurred without any warning and swept across all areas before anyone realized it. Even the base was hastily built and then continuously raised and reinforced.
Ordinary people naturally had to abandon those properties that were difficult to take away, such as the fishing pond. The owner of the fishing pond had to leave in a hurry at the time, and naturally had no time to sell the fish in the pond, and no one would want his fish under such circumstances.
Therefore, the fish originally raised in the fish pond are still in the pond. If they had avoided the danger underwater, they might have survived to this day.
Lu Shiyu and Yan Hong looked at each other and saw the eagerness to try in each other's eyes.
"show me!"
Yan Hong snatched the fishing net from Shao Xingyang's hand and checked it in turn to make sure there were no holes or anything like that and that it could be used normally.
Chen Yunliang also came over at this time. Seeing the fishing net in Yan Hong's hand, he asked, "Are you planning to fish?"
“That’s right!”
Chen Yunliang pushed up his glasses and asked, "Does anyone among you know how to catch fish with a net?"
"ah?"
Yan Hong blinked and looked at the two people behind her. Lu Shiyu quickly shook his head to indicate that he didn't know how to do it. Shao Xingyang scratched his head and didn't know how to do it either.
Yan Hong looked at the fishing net in her hand, and then she remembered that no one in their team seemed to know how to fish.
If they wanted to go directly into the water to catch fish, they could give it a try, but this was their first time using a fishing net.
Tang Zeyu saw what she was thinking and warned her, "We don't know what the underwater structure here is like or whether there are any potential dangers, so you are not allowed to go into the water, let alone catch fish."
"I understand." Yan Hong curled her lips, obviously not taking his words to heart.
"Ah, so annoying."
Yan Hong shook the fishing net in her hand and said, "Having tools but no one knows how to use them is worse than having nothing. It's just depressing to see."
Chen Yunliang took the desire from Yan Hong's hand and after observing it for a while, he said, "I roughly know how to use the fishing net, but I'm not sure it will be effective."
"Let's give it a try," Lu Shiyu said. "Even if we don't catch any fish, we won't lose anything."
"That's true," Yan Hong touched her chin and asked, "How do we do it specifically?"
Chen Yunliang held the fishing net in his hand and began to introduce the structure of the fishing net.
The bottom edge of the fishing net is a circle of heavy sinkers, which can allow the fishing net to sink to the bottom of the water quickly and shrink the net body after casting. The thick rope at the top is the pull rope, which is convenient for exerting force when retrieving the fishing net. The sinkers are connected to the suspension rope.
The principle of fishing with a fishing net is also very simple. After the fishing net is thrown out, it will spread out into a huge circle on the water surface, and then it will drop rapidly under the gravity of the sinker. At this time, the fishing net will form a round cover in the water, which looks like a giant jellyfish.
If there are fish in the net, they will be caught by the net body, and the sinker will sink to the bottom of the water, trapping the fish inside and making them unable to get out.
When collecting the net, you only need to pull the hand rope, the sinker and the net mouth at the bottom will begin to shrink inward, and the net mouth will gradually close to form a closed net bag. The fish trapped inside can only wait to be pulled up with the fishing net.
Although it sounds simple, the most important step of casting the net requires repeated practice many times. Only after you find the feel for it can you successfully cast the net.
Yan Hong felt sleepy after listening to the principles, so she asked Chen Yunliang to tell her directly what to do.
"Throw the net out, then pull it back in, and it's gone."
Yan Hong: "Then what are you doing with all those things?"
"Disclaimer."
After a brief explanation of the principles and usage, Shaoxing Yang was eager to try it out and wanted to be the first to try it.
"I found the net! I should be first!"
Yan Hong snorted and handed the net to Shao Xingyang.
"Take it. If you fail, I'll take your place."
Shaoxing Yang held the fishing net in his hand and confidently swung it towards the calm water.
Then the fishing net was thrown into the water like a bomb, scaring away all the fish that had been staying in that place.
"Why is this different from what I expected?"
Shao Xingyang was puzzled. Shouldn't the fishing net have expanded into a circle after he threw it out? Why was it in a heap?
"Don't blame the uneven road for your incompetence. Get out of the way, get out of the way, and let me do it!"
Yanhong grabbed the fishing net that she had just pulled out of the water, walked a few steps along the edge of the pond, and found a place where there were fish again.
"Look here, let me show you what talent is!"
Yan Hong cast a provocative look at Shao Xingyang, then took a half step back with one leg, changed into a stable stance, held the hand rope with one hand and the fishing net with the other, and then threw the fishing net out like a shot put.
The fishing net was thrown very high, drawing an arc in the air. Everyone's eyes followed the fishing net and finally fell into the water.
thump!
Another bomb.
Shaoxing Yang laughed gloatingly: "Hahahahahahahaha! You're the only one who's blaming me! Aren't you also unable to cast your net at all! Hahahahahaha."
Yan Hong slowly pulled back her desire to the water, with Shao Xingyang's laughter ringing in her ears. Now she just wanted to slap the fishing net on his face to stop him from laughing.
"Can I try it?"
Lu Shiyu took the messy fishing net, tidied it up a bit and then threw it out. It seemed like he threw it casually, and few people had much hope. But Lu Shiyu really let the fishing net go!
A huge circle bloomed on the water surface like a newly grown flower, then fell to the bottom of the water, covering the fish swimming within the circle.
"Holy crap! It really worked!"
Success came as unexpectedly as an accident. It suddenly appeared when no one was looking carefully, scaring everyone.
"It seems to be done." Lu Shiyu saw the sinker sink to the bottom and began to try to pull up the fishing net, but he felt a little powerless. He shouted to the people on the side: "Hurry up and help me pull it up! It's so heavy!"
The fishing net itself is not light in weight. After the net is successfully cast, the resistance in the water increases the difficulty of pulling it back, not to mention the lively fish in the net. It almost becomes a rally, and the opponents are the live fish in the net bag.
Tang Zeyu and several others stepped forward, grabbed the hand rope, and began to pull it back with force.
As the fishing net was pulled ashore, the water flowed out of the mesh, leaving only the fish inside, which suddenly became much lighter.
"Lu Shiyu, how did you do that?" Shao Xingyang asked excitedly, pointing at the desire on the ground: "Did you use any tricks? Or is there something we didn't notice? Is this really your first time using this?"
Lu Shiyu stammered, "Well, actually, I don't know. I just threw it and it worked. I don't know why."
Chen Yunliang squatted down beside the fishing net and checked the fish in the net bag.
But when he saw the fish in the fishing net, Chen Yunliang suddenly stopped reaching out.
Inside the fishing net, several slender fish were twitching constantly, struggling to escape from the net, but of course it was useless and they were still trapped in the net in the end.
This small, slender fish is dark brown in color. Its dorsal fin has a row of sharp bone spurs that explode and injure predators when it encounters danger. Its mouth is also full of tiny, densely packed fangs, making it look like a fish living in the deep sea.
But these are just the most insignificant parts of its body. What really terrifies Chen Yunliang is its belly.
Although its body is only two fingers wide, it has a belly that is almost ten times larger than its body size!
Its belly is connected to its body in a weird way, as if two things were forcibly melted together. Its belly is a flat round structure covered with only a thin layer of skin, as if it would burst at any time. It doesn't look like a belly at all, but a round cake stuck under the fish's body.
Even Chen Yunliang had never seen a fish with such a body shape. He couldn't figure out whether its huge belly was filled with fish fry or parasites that could penetrate every pore.
Yan Hong and Shao Xingyang continued to compete in casting the net. Lu Shiyu and Tang Zeyu walked to the fishing net together. They were also shocked when they saw the appearance of the fish caught in the net.
"This is also a deformed creature," Lu Shiyu said. "It looks... quite novel. I've never seen a fish with a shape like this."
Tang Zeyu also said: "I haven't seen it either. I thought such ugly fish only lived in the deep sea."
Before, they were standing on the shore and couldn't see the fish in the water clearly, so they didn't notice anything wrong. Now when they pull it out, they don't know if it is still a fish.
Lu Shiyu pointed at the belly of one of them and asked, "What's in its belly?"
"I don't know. To find out, we need to cut it open."
Lu Shiyu turned his head to look at the other one.
"Why doesn't this one have such a big belly?"
Chen Yunliang and Tang Zeyu looked in the direction and saw that there was indeed a fish at Lu Shiyu's feet. Its shape and appearance were the same as other fish, the only difference was that it did not have a huge belly hanging under its body like the other fish.
If you carefully count the fish in the net, you will find that some of them look normal, while others have a belly that is bigger than their body.
Seeing this, Chen Yunliang walked to the backpack placed beside him, took out a pair of gloves and put them on.
"It's time to get back to work."
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