Chapter 266 Mangrove
At this moment, the stronger the belief, the greater the power. Everyone dragged their heavy bodies forward, was dragged back, and climbed up again.
The whirlpool seemed to be irritated, and it sent huge waves crashing down on them. Waves higher and higher than the last toppled them over, but no matter how painful the fall or how uncomfortable the seawater choked them, they refused to let go.
Climbing forward little by little, Xie Yu, You Hao and others who were at S-level in physical fitness climbed ashore first, and immediately went to pull others until the last one was pulled up.
The group stumbled into the mangroves, unable to hold on any longer, and fell to the ground, falling asleep.
"Gulp!" There are puddles everywhere in the mangroves, and bubbles keep coming out of the puddles.
"It hurts!" Yun Xiang was awakened by the dampness beneath him. He opened his eyes, then quickly closed them again because the light was too bright.
She calmed down and felt a crack on her back. She climbed up and reached back to grab it. Oh, it was so slippery!
With a low cry, he threw it out.
"Ah, ah, what's wrong? What's wrong?" Li Zixi didn't open his eyes, waved his hands randomly, and actually caught the fish.
Yun Xiang was stunned.
Li Zixi opened his eyes, but didn't realize that he had a fish in his hand. He said nervously, "Not dead? Really not dead?" He was about to pinch his thigh when he suddenly saw the fish in his hand. He immediately showed an incredible and complicated expression.
Is he so obsessed with money?
While escaping, don’t forget to catch fish?
How much money does he need?
It hurt instantly.
The others woke up one after another, all of them looking disheveled, but they didn't care at all. They were immersed in the joy of surviving the disaster.
Tengchong noticed the fish in Li Zixi's hand and asked, "Are you starting to look for supplies?" Kids nowadays are really hardworking.
Hey, good excuse!
Li Zixi suddenly understood and nodded quickly, "Yeah, there are a lot of seafood in the mangroves."
Although he hadn't confirmed it, he could infer a few things. When they fled, a large number of mutant fish followed them, and when the water receded, they must have left behind many.
He had already thought of this, but still hadn't thought of the fish in his hand. Yun Xiang was about to explain to him, but it seemed unnecessary.
"Really?" Tengchong said in disbelief. There happened to be a puddle nearby, so he reached in without thinking. "Fuck! It hurts!"
He hurriedly shook his hand off, but unfortunately he failed to get rid of it. A fat swimming crab clamped his middle finger tightly with its claws and refused to let go.
Tengchong is really in pain and happy.
Everyone completely believed Li Zixi's words, found a place to clean up simply, and started digging a puddle.
Although they were bound to get dirty again, they had spent a day in the sea and slept in the mangroves at night. Even now, their clothes were caked with dirt and rubbed their skin, causing itching and pain.
They brought plenty of water with them, so they could simply wipe their whole bodies and take a shower, which they would do after returning to the spacecraft.
There is a seawater desalination device on the spacecraft. Apart from the unpleasant taste, it is no different from the water we use every day.
This mangrove forest is particularly large, covering an area of about a hundred acres, with countless puddles of various sizes, which contain a lot of seafood.
There are all kinds of fish, including swimming crabs, female spider crabs, lobsters, groupers, etc., in considerable quantities and easy to catch.
Some people used fishing nets, some used plugs, some just caught the fish with their hands to satisfy their urge to do so, and some simply drained the water from the pit and put the fish into bags.
Everyone was busy and happy, and they couldn't hide their smiles. They should be thankful for the strong turbulence yesterday, otherwise there wouldn't be so many fish coming ashore.
Everyone was busy in the mangroves all day, but they hadn't finished yet, so they decided to continue working in the evening.
"What are you thinking about?" Xie Yu picked a lobster and handed it to her.
Yun Xiang dipped a little of the sauce Qi Lian had prepared and immediately narrowed her eyes. It was so fragrant. She didn't usually like seafood, but at this moment, she thought the shrimp were fresh and delicious.
Well, I can eat more seafood in the future.
After Yunxiang finished eating, he drank a mouthful of seafood soup. "Oh, this is delicious too!" Yunxiang smacked his lips quietly and scooped another spoonful. It was so delicious!
Seeing this, Xie Yu smiled and didn't point it out. What should I do if my fiancée is so cute?
Yun Xiang took the shrimp from Xie Yu again, and suddenly remembered that he seemed to have asked her something. What was it? She thought hard and finally remembered.
"Oh, that seems a little weird to me."
Xie Yu had long forgotten what he asked, but still followed her and asked, "What's strange about it?"
"Hmm... wow!" Seeing everyone looking at her, Yun Xiang was startled. "The tide isn't coming in! It usually rises every four or five hours. We've been working all day, and still nothing. Isn't that strange?"
When she said this, everyone suddenly realized that there was indeed no high tide today.
Xie Yu thought for a moment and said, "We'll continue to move in. The high tide won't affect us. We'll see what happens tomorrow. If something doesn't seem right, we'll leave immediately and find a way out."
At this point, Xie Yu looked at You Hao and asked, "No signal yet?"
You Hao shook his head, "No."
"Then let's do it this way."
That night, they walked deep into the mangroves and were busy until the next morning.
Finally, we are almost out of the mangroves.
Only then did I realize the terrain of the mangroves was different from what I'd usually see. The deeper I went, the lower the ground became. At first, the water was ankle-deep, but soon it was knee-deep. The edges of the mangroves formed several deep gullies with the tall rocks, the deepest of which was over ten meters deep.
When the tide is high, the seawater fills up the ditch with fish, shrimps and crabs, and when the tide is low, the ditch is trapped and cannot be walked out. You can imagine how rich the seafood is in the ditch.
Everyone was ecstatic when they saw fish jumping out of the ditch from time to time. Their bodies were fat and shaped like cones, and their tail fins were big and shaped like crescents. They were easy to recognize as bluefin tuna.
The surprise made me calm down. Perhaps the mutant bluefin was too fat and felt the groove was too small, so it had to jump out of the water from time to time to stretch its muscles.
It didn't dare jump into the woods because it knew there was no water and it would die of thirst.
Xie Yu did not change his plan because of the surprise. He first asked You Hao to climb to the highest rock to receive the signal, while the others took out tools to fish.
Soon, Tong You, with the help of a few others, caught a mutant bluefin. Wow, it looked like it weighed about 500 to 600 kilograms, it was simply too good to be true.
The bluefin bream has delicious meat and extremely high nutritional value. It is one of the best among a bunch of high-end ingredients. How can people not be excited?
Don't make a fuss, just watch it and get your hands on it, but you don't catch anything except splashing water all over yourself. He is unwilling to give up, so he calls Chu Xu, Jin Jiaren, Tengchong and others.
After finally catching one, Tong You finished another one on his own, which made it seem like their previous efforts were in vain.
After playing around for a while, they started to salvage the fish seriously. That day, they all dealt with the ditch.
That night, we camped on a group of rocks not far from the ditch. In the middle of the night, the sea began to rise. Instead of being frightened, we felt more relaxed and slept through the night to the sound of the waves.
You Hao continued to receive signals.
They went back to the ditch to fish, but after a while they found very little seafood, and their work was in vain.
Just as they were thinking about returning to the mangroves, You Hao's navigation device finally received a signal. After positioning himself and checking the route back to the spacecraft, everyone packed up and prepared to leave.
You Hao's navigation device only needs a little signal to work, but their communicators and optical computers are still unusable, so they are still in a semi-lost state.
The return route required them to go through the mangroves again, which fulfilled their wish. After that, they could reach the destination by walking west along the coastline.
(End of this chapter)
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