In the early hours of the morning, when it was still pitch black, Feng Ye got up on time.
Stepping out of his house, a cool night breeze greeted him, instantly invigorating him.
The dock was bustling with activity, its lights flashing as fishermen set sail, one group leaving and another arriving.
Arriving beside the Rising Sun, looking at the ship that had been with them for a year, Feng Ye felt a surge of inexplicable emotions.
Ah-Can was already waiting on the boat. Seeing him looking a little dazed, he urged, "Brother Ye, what are you doing? It's time to set off."
"They're here."
Feng Ye snapped out of his daze, quickly untied the rope, jumped onto the boat, and poled it away from the shore.
Ah-chan then picked up the crank and started the diesel engine.
With a sputtering sound, the bow of the ship slowly turned and headed towards the vast sea.
Ripples gradually spread across the sea, and the Asahi Ship steadily glided between the night and the waves.
As the distance increased, the dimly lit scene on the dock gradually disappeared into the darkness.
Only a faint glimmer of starlight on the distant horizon guided their way.
Their destination was still the same sea area they had frequented for the past month.
"This is the last time we'll be sailing with the Rising Sun. We hope for a good harvest and a perfect ending."
Ah-chan gazed at the sea reflecting the starlight, his voice filled with hope.
Feng Ye nodded, a hint of emotion in his expression: "Yes, I hope so."
After nearly two hours of sailing, they finally arrived at their destination.
At this point, the sky became completely dark, and the night entered its final frenzy of the day.
The trawl net enters the sea from the tail slide, opening its gaping maw to devour all the marine life that passes by.
However, when they pulled up the first net, they were disappointed.
The catch this time was no different from usual, neither good nor bad, just average.
Moreover, the same applies to the second net that follows.
"Damn, looks like I'm not going to have a good harvest today."
Looking at the net full of goods that had just been hauled up, Ah-Can couldn't help but swear, his face full of disappointment.
"If it's not there, it's not there. Don't think about it too much. Let's cast one last net and then go catch the squid."
Feng Ye was also somewhat disappointed, but what could they do when Lady Luck wasn't on their side today?
"Why……"
Ah-Can could only sigh helplessly and join in tidying up the trawl net.
As the third net was cast, time seemed to stretch on endlessly.
Suddenly, Ah-Can's excited shouts came from the driver's seat: "Brother Ye, Brother Ye, there are schools of fish! I saw a lot of seabirds!"
Feng Ye was sorting the fish with his head down when he heard this, so he immediately stood up and looked up.
Sure enough, a flock of seabirds circled in the distance, though not in particularly large numbers.
This also suggests that there is likely a school of fish.
However, the fish were small, or rather, they had just risen to the surface, so not many seabirds were attracted to them yet.
"What are you waiting for? Let's go take a look!"
"We're driving that way."
As Ah-Can responded, he stepped on the gas and accelerated the Rising Sun toward the direction where the seabirds were circling.
However, because the net was still attached, we didn't dare to go too fast.
As the distance decreased, the number of seabirds that could be seen increased.
They either skimmed low over the sea or soared high, their chirping calls rising and falling in waves.
Feng Ye stood at the bow of the ship, his eyes fixed on the sea.
"Brother Ye, look what that seabird is carrying in its beak?"
Ah-Can looked at the seabirds that had just skimmed the surface of the sea and taken flight in the distance, his face full of surprise.
Feng Ye looked up and saw a seabird carrying something thin and long in its beak.
A thought flashed through his mind, and he exclaimed with delight, "Could these be eels? Or a school of eels?"
Ah-Can also thought of this possibility, and his face instantly lit up with joy: "Yes, yes, it looks quite similar."
If it's a school of eels, then today's trip will have come to a perfect end, haha..."
Feng Ye became agitated, gripping the gunwale tightly with both hands.
However, he didn't say anything more, and his gaze returned to the sea, staring at it intently.
Suddenly, the sea ahead churned, and a head emerged from the ground.
Before he could even see what it was, a seabird swooped down from the sky, snatched it in its mouth, and flew high into the air.
At this moment, Feng Ye's gaze followed the seabird, and he finally saw the creature in its entirety.
In an instant, his pupils contracted, his hair stood on end, and goosebumps rose all over his body. He exclaimed in shock, "Holy crap, it's not an eel, it's a sea snake!"
What the sea serpent caught by the fishing rod was a black-headed, bluish-gray sea snake with black rings on its back.
Upon hearing his exclamation, Ah-Can was immediately horrified: "What? A sea snake?"
“Yes, I’m pretty sure it’s a sea snake, and it looks like a flat-tailed sea snake.”
"What do we do now? We're trawling, and there's a chance that sea snakes have already gotten into the net."
"We're doomed!"
Feng Ye imagined the scene of sea snakes infiltrating the net, and immediately felt a chill run down his spine.
The key issue is that it's still unclear how many sea snakes were dragged away, especially if there were many, and they were still alive...
Just thinking about that scene sent a chill down his spine.
Who could stand that? Isn't that tantamount to taking his life?
He's terrified of snakes, absolutely terrified.
"Let's go, let's get out of here quickly."
No sooner had the words been spoken than several more snake heads emerged from beneath the sea, prompting the seabirds that had been eyeing them from the air to swoop down and hunt them.
None of the sea snakes that emerged from the sea escaped the seabirds' clutches; they were all snatched up and carried high into the sky.
In mid-air, the sea snake coiled its body and struggled incessantly.
However, despite their ferocity and potent venom, sea snakes are helpless against seabirds once they take to the air.
Now Feng Ye could see clearly that it was indeed a flat-tailed sea serpent.
Ah-Can saw it too and couldn't help but gasp.
"Damn, it really is a flat-tailed sea serpent!"
Sea snakes are all highly venomous.
While the venom of the flat-tailed sea snake is not as potent as that of the blue-ringed sea snake, it is still extremely strong, more than ten times more potent than that of the cobra.
Its venom contains a variety of toxins, including neurotoxins, blood toxins, and myotoxins.
The interaction of these components makes them more toxic than imagined.
When the venom of the flat-tailed sea snake enters the human body, it quickly attacks the nervous system, circulatory system, and muscle tissue, causing symptoms such as difficulty breathing, rapid heartbeat, and muscle paralysis.
Extremely high mortality rate. Flat-tailed sea snake.
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