Chapter 127: The Mystery Solved
"I guess I'm right. Let's not talk too much for now. Let's catch up and find out what's going on. Then everything will be clear!"
Liang Ziqiang felt that describing it in just a few words would not be enough to make it clear, so it would be better to just catch up and find out the truth.
The key point is that the ocean is so vast and there are so many strange things that he cannot be 100% sure whether the answer that flashed through his mind is exactly the truth.
Moreover, the mysterious and strange thing in front of me was running quite fast. If I hesitated for a moment, it would jump into the water near the beach and I might not be able to find it.
Liang Zifeng, who had previously declared that "a gentleman does not speak of strange things," now seemed a little hesitant.
The main reason was that they were far away at the beginning, and the light was very dim before dawn. He was standing on the bow and saw an unidentified object like a human head running on the beach from afar. He thought that he might be seeing things, and maybe it was just something round rolling on the beach. It was not that mysterious.
Now that he was closer, he saw with his own eyes that an inanimate object could actually run wildly on its own. This directly rubbed his limited materialistic consciousness acquired from textbooks. All the scientific laws and physical rules were overturned on the spot in an instant.
"I really thought you were so brave! If you don't want to go, get on the boat and I'll catch it for you to see!"
Liang Ziqiang was now much calmer and he strode towards the running coconut.
At this point, the coconut seemed to have run enough on the beach. It stopped in front of a shallow beach and was about to jump into the sea.
The whole coconut sank a little, then stretched out again, trying to jump into the water with the force of its bounce.
Suddenly, I found that I couldn't jump anymore.
A large hand was pressing on the coconut, holding it tightly.
Coconut twisted a few times, as if struggling with curses: Ma Gebi, where did your hand come from? I've finished my morning run, can't I just return to the sea? !
Liang Ziqiang simply used both hands to pick up the coconut on the ground. He took a look at the two thin tentacles sticking out from the gap under the coconut. Liang Ziqiang raised the corners of his mouth, thinking that he was right!
To be honest, if he hadn't loved watching the ocean channel in his later life, he would never have known that there was such a creature in the world.
He held the coconut and strode back.
At that time, on the boat, Deng Zhaocai was recalling the terrifying experience to Li Liang, Zhong Kang and others: "Didn't I find a corner to squat? Suddenly, there were two noises in the bushes a few steps away. I thought there was a snake, but when I turned around, I saw something much scarier than a snake! A bodyless human head stood up from the bushes and ran towards me!
But I was so scared that I didn’t even know how to poop. I just stood up and ran! The problem was that the more I ran, the more he chased me…”
"But Acai, when Aqiang shone the flashlight just now, I vaguely saw it, and it doesn't look like a human head?!" Zhong Ming on the boat nearby asked doubtfully.
"Look, isn't Aqiang here now? Just ask him and you'll know. Hey, what's that thing he's holding in his hand? Did he grab that thing?"
Zhong Kang looked at Liang Ziqiang and said in surprise. Because the light was still dim, Liang Ziqiang was walking on the beach and he couldn't see clearly what he was holding in his hands.
As they were talking, Liang Ziqiang walked closer and closer. Without returning to his own lotus-patterned boat, he jumped directly onto Li Liang's boat.
Zhong Kang and Zhong Ming also jumped onto Li Liang's boat. Now they could see clearly that it was a coconut.
Everyone had question marks on their faces: "Coconut? What's going on?"
In front of them, Liang Ziqiang used both hands to try to split the coconut in half.
Even though he had such great strength in his hands, he was unable to pry the coconut open in one go. This shows how strong the suction power of the six tentacles inside is!
He applied a little more force, and this time, the coconut cracked and broke into two halves.
Just like a magic trick, there was no coconut milk inside, but several tentacles waving out at the same time, scratching and twisting in the air, as if cursing:
"Ma Bi, who demolished my house?!"
"This is... an octopus? An octopus living in a coconut? I've never seen such a thing since I was a child, and I've never even heard of it! Do all octopuses have this hobby?" Zhong Kang's expression froze, and he couldn't believe it for a long time.
"No, all octopuses do not have this hobby, with only one exception, the coconut octopus!" Liang Ziqiang explained.
Several people shook their heads: "What is a coconut octopus? There doesn't seem to be such an octopus?"
Liang Ziqiang opened his mouth and suddenly found that he had no way to explain it to them clearly.
They were right. In that era, there was indeed no record of the species "Coconut Seal".
In later times, with the overdevelopment of the islands, more and more tourists went to the islands to play, and threw the two halves of coconut shells left after eating at the scenic spots. A few days later, someone discovered a special octopus that would quietly drill into the coconut shell and, like a skilled craftsman, splice the two halves of the coconut shell into a complete coconut. Then, the coconut became a part of their life, and they would live in the ocean with the coconut and never throw away the coconut shell for the rest of their lives.
This octopus was discovered in my country's South China Sea.
Thus, a new name appeared in people's vision - Coconut Seal.
There are 252 species of octopuses discovered in the world, but there are only two species that can walk using their wrists, one of which is the "coconut octopus" in front of us.
Of course, the fact that this octopus was discovered later does not mean that it is a species that only appeared later.
Like other octopuses, they are very ancient creatures on Earth, but humans have never paid attention to this strange octopus before.
After all, there weren’t so many tourists in the past, and they would throw a few coconut shells on the ground from time to time.
Guanqi Island is relatively close to the shore, and fishermen would occasionally rest and stay on the island. It is not surprising to see coconut shells abandoned by humans on the island.
"It's a kind of octopus that likes to live in coconut shells!" Liang Ziqiang realized that his explanation was not clear, so he made it short and simple.
"Brother Qiang, how do you know so much?" Li Liang was a little confused.
"I forgot who told me that." Liang Ziqiang said casually, and the next second he quickly changed the focus, "A coconut, look how scared you are, Acai!"
"That's right, Acai. You usually brag so loudly, but in the end you are afraid of injections and coconuts. Women are braver than you, right?" Everyone turned to Deng Zhaocai and started to make fun of him.
The conflict was instantly diverted, and Liang Ziqiang suddenly felt relieved and happily became a spectator.
It was rare that the beast Deng Zhaocai also knew how to blush and argued: "It's not even daylight yet, and everything is dark and gloomy. Who wouldn't be afraid of a thing that looks exactly like a head coming out? If you guys were faster than me, you might faint from fright!"
At this time Li Liang took a look at Deng Zhaocai's pants. This guy had already fished out the pants that fell into the water and put them back on. Water was dripping onto the deck.
"Fuck Ah Cai, you son of a bitch, you came back without even cleaning your ass, get out of here now, don't make my boat dirty!"
Li Liang recalled the details and suddenly realized something, which was horrifying when he thought about it carefully.
"What a sin!" Zhong Kang and Zhong Ming quickly covered their noses and ran back to their own boat, not wanting to stay on Li Liang's boat for even a second.
"No, I haven't even started pulling yet, seriously, absolutely not!" Deng Zhaocai had already sworn to the sky in order to avoid being kicked off the boat by Li Liang.
Liang Ziqiang did not dare to have too much trust in his oath, so he immediately turned around and left Li Liang's boat and went back to his own boat with Liang Zifeng.
He knew that this coconut seal was non-toxic and edible, but the coconut seal was small and its price was far less than those diamond-fin squids caught at night, so he could only sell it for a few cents, so he released it back into the sea.
He couldn't possibly travel thousands of miles to find experts and professors to ask them to come and study the newly discovered octopus. If he really did that, he would probably waste a month on it, not only would he miss out on making money, but he would also be called a psychopath or a liar. In short, there would probably be no results...
The sky was gradually getting brighter, and the figure of Liang's father appeared on the sea driving a gondola.
"You all still here? How was last night? Didn't you catch the fish thief?"
Liang's father came over and asked them.
"The bastard didn't come last night, so we'll continue to guard tonight!" Liang Ziqiang replied to his father.
"We caught so many fish at night? It seems that this night was not spent in vain!" Liang's father was a little regretful at first, but when he saw the mountain of fish piled up in Liang Ziqiang's cabin, his tone became much more relieved.
Liang's father cruised on the sea and started another day of fishing with nets.
Liang Ziqiang and his friends drove the boat back to the shore, preparing to exchange the harvest from last night's fishing for cash...
(End of this chapter)
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