"Brother Yu, Brother Tianyu, come quick! I've found fish here, and they're big fish, lots and lots of big fish!!!"
Wang Hai's voice rang out from afar, and Bai Yu and Liu Tianyu looked in the direction from which the voice came.
To their surprise, while they were chatting, Wang Hai had already wandered off from them and was searching for prey on the reef.
Bai Yu and Liu Tianyu also followed the sound toward Wang Hai. Before they even reached Wang Hai, they both heard a 'splashing' sound, which was clearly different from the sound of waves crashing on the rocks.
Immediately afterward, another flash of silver light appeared before their eyes, followed by a 'splash' and a burst of water.
"Xiao Yu, was that a fish that just flew up?"
"It should be, but that thing flew too fast, I didn't see what kind of fish it was."
Bai Yu and Liu Tianyu exchanged a glance, both seeing a hint of confusion in each other's eyes.
Everything that just happened happened so fast that Bai Yu and Liu Tianyu hadn't even had time to react before the fish had already disappeared.
Bai Yu and the other person quickly walked to Wang Hai's side and looked at him together.
"Ah Hai, what kind of fish was that? It was so powerful, it could even fly!"
Bai Yu looked at Wang Hai and asked.
"Flying? Brother Yu, are you talking about that flying fish that just jumped up? It's gone, that thing has disappeared."
"Disappeared? How is that possible? We're still quite a distance from the sea. How could that thing have vanished?"
Upon hearing Wang Hai's answer, Bai Yu immediately became doubtful.
It's not that he doesn't trust Wang Hai, but their current location indicates that the guy can't escape. The place Wang Hai discovered was a rocky pit, which was more than two meters above the sea surface.
There was a gap connecting the reef pit to the sea, but Wang Hai has now blocked that gap. If the flying fish wants to return to the sea, it can only do so by flying.
However, even if that fish could fly, it couldn't possibly fly more than two meters at a time, and it wasn't flying towards the open sea, but rather towards the top of the reef.
"No, Brother Yu, you misunderstood. When I said 'disappeared,' I didn't mean the fish ran away, but that it was eaten."
That flying fish wasn't very big. Look at all these creatures in this puddle; every single one of them is bigger than that flying fish. They could eat the flying fish in just a couple of bites without much trouble.
Following Wang Hai's explanation, Bai Yu looked in the direction he was pointing and saw four large fish in the puddle in front of her, and all four fish were of the same species: sea wolf fish.
The barracuda, also known as the sea wolffish, is a long and thin creature with a mouth full of sharp teeth, making it a well-known predator in the ocean.
"Holy crap, sea wolf fish? And four of them at once, and each one is so big, the biggest one must be a meter long, what are such big sea wolf fish doing here?"
"Let's eat. Before you guys came over, I saw these guys tear apart two big blue crabs. Look at these shell scraps, they're the remains left by the big blue crabs."
The same thing happened to that flying fish, the one from the biggest barracuda. It swallowed it whole, leaving only its fins floating on the surface.
Looking at the four barracudas in the rocky pit, Bai Yu and Liu Tianyu fell silent for a moment. They didn't feel the surprise they had expected from discovering such large fish.
The silence was even more deafening when Wang Hai said that the four sea wolf fish had killed two large blue crabs.
At this moment, Bai Yu and Liu Tianyu had only one thought in mind: to give these sea wolf fish a good scolding.
"Who do you think you are? How dare you treat a giant mud crab like that? Do you even know that one pound of giant mud crab can be exchanged for several pounds, or even ten pounds, of barracuda? What a waste! This is an absolute waste!!!"
However, what's done is done. The giant blue crab that Wang Hai mentioned has disappeared, and now only four sea wolf fish remain in the puddle; no other creatures can be seen.
"Brother Yu, what do we do now? These sea wolf fish are so fierce. Look at their teeth, they're so sharp, just like wolf fangs. If they bite us, who can stand it?"
The reason Wang Hai called Bai Yu and Liu Tianyu over was because he was a little intimidated by these sea wolf fish, and he felt somewhat at a loss when he saw their sharp teeth.
That makes sense. The reason why sea wolf fish are called that is because they have several sharp teeth in their mouths, which are as sharp as wolf teeth.
Moreover, this guy is incredibly fierce. He's notoriously ruthless in the ocean, fearing no one and daring to bite anyone he encounters. Whether he can actually defeat them is another matter.
"Cousin, what do you think we should do to catch these barracudas?"
Bai Yu looked at the sea wolf fish and was also a little at a loss. The main reason was that they had brought only beachcombing equipment, and they did not expect to encounter such big guys as sea wolf fish.
The only tools we could use to catch sea fish, besides crab tongs, were a landing net. However, the net was too small to catch the largest sea bream, let alone the smallest, which was 60 or 70 centimeters long.
"My suggestion is to just use crab tongs to kill them, but we didn't bring any ice this time, so I don't know if these barracudas will still be fresh when we get back to the dock."
"It would be a waste if they weren't fresh. These four sea wolf fish must weigh at least thirty or forty pounds. Even if they sell for ten yuan per pound, that's still three or four hundred yuan."
"Cousin, what do you think about us just grabbing them? The three of us can go together and take them down one by one."
"Not good at all. In my opinion, your idea is the worst possible. Xiao Yu, you need to remember one thing: one pound of fish is equivalent to ten pounds of strength. Don't underestimate these sea wolf fish just because they weigh only about ten pounds. They are definitely not weak."
Moreover, their teeth and tails can be used as weapons; the group of us might not be able to defeat them!
After hearing Bai Yu's suggestion, Liu Tianyu was completely speechless. He then rejected Bai Yu's decision, saying that catching a sea wolf fish with bare hands was impossible, and he would never be able to do it in his lifetime.
After hearing what Liu Tianyu said, Bai Yu realized that his cousin was right, so he stopped thinking about it.
Then, under Liu Tianyu's watchful eye, Bai Yu took out an iron glove from his bucket. He didn't have to grab it with his bare hands; he had another glove, so he could grab it while wearing it.
"Cousin, is everything alright now? You two can help me catch the fish's head, okay?"
Seeing that Bai Yu was still determined to capture these sea wolf fish alive, Liu Tianyu had no choice but to agree.
Then he and Wang Hai worked together to separate the four sea wolf fish, and then they started with the smaller one.
They used plastic buckets to trap the barracudas. Keep in mind that they were wearing sandals while beachcombing, and none of them went into the water, for fear of provoking the creatures and getting them bitten on the feet.
After seizing the opportunity, Bai Yu quickly grabbed the head of the sea wolf fish and pinned it down.
With a 'smack', the sea wolf fish flicked its tail, hitting Bai Yu. Fortunately, Bai Yu was wearing a life jacket, so the slap did not cause any harm, but he was still splashed with seawater.
"Hold it down, hold it down, Ah Hai, hold this guy's tail. Cousin, add some water to the fish hold on the boat. We'll put this guy in the fish hold. As for whether he can survive until we get back, that depends on his luck."
Bai Yu wiped the seawater off her face with her other, ungloved hand, and then spoke to Wang Hai and Liu Tianyu.
"You're really something, kid! You managed to pin down a sea wolf fish like that? Awesome!"
With the combined efforts of Bai Yu and his two companions, the sea wolf fish, which was about 60-70 centimeters long and weighed about 6-7 kilograms, was transferred to the fish hold of the small boat.
Then, they used the same method to catch the remaining three sea wolf fish. During this process, Bai Yu was whipped by the sea wolf fish several times.
Although most of the swipes landed on his life jacket, when he grabbed the biggest one, the creature slapped him in the face with its tail, and Bai Yu's face turned red.
Fortunately, it was just red; it didn't hurt much, and there were no wounds.
After catching the four sea wolf fish, Bai Yu and his two companions stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the fish hold that was crammed full. They didn't think these fish would live long enough to get them back to the dock.
Their boat was, after all, a small boat. The fish hold on it was called a fish hold, but it was actually just a place to put fish that had been partitioned off in the middle, and the space inside was very limited.
These four barracudas were enormous; they struggled to even turn over inside, let alone survive.
But that doesn't matter, as long as it can delay the death of the sea wolf fish, and these guys will still be fresh when they return to the dock, that's fine.
"Finally, we've taken down all these guys. It wasn't for nothing that I slapped them so many times. Once we get back to the dock, we'll sell them off and split the profits."
"Forget it, you and Xiao Hai can split the sea wolf fish. It's not worth much, and you won't get much money even if you sell it. Alright, I'll be going on my own from now on. Just call me if you need to go back to the dock."
"Okay, cousin, you go ahead with your work. Let's go beachcombing too."
After saying that, Bai Yu and the other two went their separate ways.
Bai Yu didn't need Wang Hai to film him today; their main goal was to explore the reef and see what they could find, all for the purpose of making money.
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