Niu Dazhuang not only brought back a car, but also three boxes of live fish. Yes, on the way back, which was nearly 10,000 miles, these three boxes of fish survived.
Li Ke later saw the strange-shaped fish that Song Xian had mentioned. These were found by Niu Dazhuang and the others in the shallow waters near the sea. Later, they went to the seaside and found more of these fish.
These fish all had hard shells, fins covering their bodies, and came in all sorts of shapes and sizes. Niu Dazhuang and his friends were quite startled when they first saw them.
Later, they caught a few more and managed to skin them. In the end, they only got a small piece of fish meat about the length of a finger. This was one of the larger fish they had chosen, and the fish meat was dark in color. It also smelled terrible when grilled. In short, they dared not eat it.
Later, they finally found a clue to the supplies, and were busy fighting with people, so they forgot about the fish. When everything settled down and they parted ways with Qin Zhao and the others, Niu Dazhuang discovered that the fish that had been in their car for a week were still alive. The water in the tank was almost gone, and the fish's mouths could no longer reach the water, but they were still alive and well.
Thinking that Jin Ce might be interested in these things, they caught some more on the way back. They traveled for more than a week without replenishing the water for the fish, and they still made it to the base alive.
Jin Ce was indeed very curious about these fish, so he took two boxes with him. He left the remaining box of Niu Dazhuang fish at the base. Later, when he heard Song Xian say that he was quite curious about them, he brought a few to Song Xian and said that he would give them to him.
Due to the torrential rains during that period, although the quality of the rainwater was a major problem, the first thing everyone did after the weather cleared up was to repair the water storage. All the underground water storage tanks were filled, and if that wasn't enough, more were repaired. All available equipment was used to store water. After all this, although the riverbed has dried up again, their water resources are still sufficient for now.
However, this water needs to be purified multiple times, and even so, it is still very harmful to the human body. But at this point, we can only drink poison to quench our thirst.
Li Ke looked at the fish and they didn't seem unfamiliar. In his previous life, there was a time when some people would collect these fish. Ten fish could be exchanged for two biscuits or fifty milliliters of water. At that time, everyone thought that these fish were edible. Some people even peeled the skins and tried to eat them, but they found it hard to swallow. Some of them were even poisonous. After that, no one dared to eat them casually anymore.
These fish are easy to catch when the weather is hot. Once the weather gets cold, they disappear without a trace. Li Ke heard some people say that they hibernate in the soil.
Because they are inedible but can be traded, many people hunted them, and in the following years, their numbers began to decrease significantly, making them difficult to find.
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