"Holy crap..."
Ah-chan screamed in terror and quickly dodged to the side.
The shipworms that flew at them were avoided, but an unexpected turn of events occurred.
As he dodged, he landed right on the edge of the boat.
Unexpectedly, the place was also hollowed out by shipworms, and it broke apart with a "crack".
He immediately lost his balance, his body swayed violently, and like a kite with a broken string, he fell into the sea with a "plop".
"Ah Chan!"
Feng Ye instinctively shouted and rushed forward, trying to grab Ah Can.
However, he also encountered the same situation as Ah-chan, stepping on wood that was infested with ship maggots and eroded by seawater.
The wooden planks beneath his feet collapsed instantly, and he lost his balance, falling uncontrollably into the sea.
Suddenly everything went black; he was completely enveloped in the icy seawater.
Feng Ye remained calm and immediately held his breath, while spreading his arms to stabilize himself in the water using his body's balance.
He quickly scanned his surroundings and saw that Ah-chan, two meters away, had already surfaced.
At that moment, he wanted to slap himself; his subconscious reaction had really caused a problem.
Ah Chan can swim, so why worry?
Now, both of them have fallen into the water.
Moreover, the ship had been punctured by its own foot, and seawater was rushing in; it would probably sink soon.
Well, it seems we don't need to pry the goose barnacles off now.
Feng Ye was secretly annoyed, but he had no time to think about it. He quickly swam to A-Can's side and surfaced.
"Ah Chan, are you alright?"
"What could have happened? It was just a sudden scare."
Ah-Can wiped the seawater off his face, rolled his eyes, and said, "Also, you disgust me."
Feng Ye smiled awkwardly: "I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence that it ended up flying towards you..."
At this moment, Feng Xuan's impatient voice came over: "What are you two dawdling for? Hurry up and come up."
"They're here, they're here."
Feng Ye responded and swam to the side of the Rising Sun with A-Can, climbing up on all fours.
"Look, this is all your doing. Now it's all ruined."
Feng Xuan glared at the two of them and pointed at the old ship that had already begun to sink.
A large hole appeared at the bottom of the wrecked ship, like a giant maw that swallowed everything, with seawater pouring into it continuously.
This hole was created by Feng Ye stepping on it, and that's how he fell into the sea.
At this moment, the wooden boat had been filled with a large amount of seawater and was slowly sinking, making creaking and groaning sounds, which seemed to be its final lament.
Feng Ye stared at the ship that was about to sink to the bottom of the sea, feeling extremely frustrated.
He just wanted to tease Ah-chan, but it turned out like this, directly causing him to be unable to harvest the goose barnacles he should have gotten.
If all of them were harvested, their value would be quite high, at least worth a thousand yuan.
And now, everything is gone.
"I never expected that the ship would be in such a terrible state. It's no exaggeration to say that it's made of tofu. I thought it was quite sturdy before."
"It's probably because it's been at sea for too long, and the wood that came into contact with seawater rotted. Plus, it was eaten away by ship maggots, which is why it breaks so easily when you step on it."
Listening to A-Can's analysis, Feng Ye also echoed the guess, saying, "Perhaps the bottom of the boat was covered with shellfish, which is why it has lasted until now. When I stepped on it, it couldn't withstand the pressure and naturally collapsed."
"That should be it."
Feng Xuan and A-Can both nodded in agreement.
"Well, what's done is done, there's no use regretting it now, I can only accept my bad luck."
Feng Xuan sighed and shook his head.
Soon after, the ship finally disappeared and sank to the bottom of the sea, leaving only some broken planks and logs floating on the surface.
In addition, there were two buckets that were originally used to hold goose barnacles.
Once the sea had calmed down, Feng Ye went into the water and retrieved the two buckets.
The bucket was empty; the goose barnacles that had been pried off were nowhere to be seen.
"Damn it, we really didn't get anything this time."
Feng Ye couldn't help but curse, feeling extremely frustrated.
Not only that, but they also lost two screwdrivers.
"Ah-Can, do you know how deep the water is here?"
He thought about it and was still somewhat unwilling to miss out on these precious goose barnacles.
"Brother Ye, what do you mean by..."
"Hmm, if it's not too deep, I'd like to dive down and pry those goose barnacles off."
"Well... when I was catching sea urchins, I did find a very deep trench, but I don't know if it's down here."
Without a buoy and a reference point, Ah-Can wasn't sure.
"Then I'll go down and take a look."
As Feng Ye spoke, he put on the diving equipment that was on the deck.
Feng Xuan advised with some concern, "Maybe we should just forget about it..."
Before he could finish speaking, Feng Ye interrupted him, saying firmly, "No, I have to go down and take a look."
Be careful, don't overexert yourself.
Seeing his determination, Feng Xuan stopped trying to persuade him.
"Um."
"Brother Ye, let me go down with you."
"No need, let me confirm the situation first."
"Oh well."
After putting on his diving gear and checking it one last time, Feng Ye leaped into the sea.
The seawater instantly surrounded him, bringing a chill.
He took a deep breath, adjusted his breathing rhythm, and then slowly sank down.
As he descended deeper into the ocean, the surrounding light grew dimmer and dimmer...
The problem is that he's already dived down fifteen or sixteen meters, but he still hasn't reached the seabed.
He remembered that the depth of this sea area was only about ten meters, so how could it be so deep today?
Could it be that there really is a very deep trench down there?
"Could I really be that unlucky?"
He muttered something to himself and continued descending.
The deeper he went, the greater the pressure in the seawater became, and his eardrums began to ache slightly.
He knew he was nearing his maximum diving depth.
However, he still couldn't see any trace of the seabed.
At this point, he had no choice but to abandon his dive and slowly rise to the surface.
We shouldn't put ourselves in danger for the sake of a few goose barnacles.
When he finally surfaced and felt the warmth of the sun again, he felt a strange sense of relief.
He looked at Ah-Can and Feng-Xuan waiting on the deck, their faces filled with concern.
"How's it going, Ye-ge? Have you found anything?" A-can asked anxiously.
Feng Ye gave a wry smile: "There's nothing there. It's too deep down there; I can't reach the bottom at all."
Feng Xuan shook his head: "I told you to forget it, but you insisted on it and it was a waste of time."
Ah-Can exclaimed in surprise, "This really is that trench!"
"It's that deep, it must be."
Feng Ye nodded.
"Alright, that's enough of that. Let's get back up here and catch some sea urchins at the buoy, that's the important thing."
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