Suddenly, a black, spherical object on the beach caught Ye Cheng's attention. He rolled up his trouser legs a little more, went into the water, and took two steps forward.
Now we can finally see clearly what this black, spherical object is—it's a sea urchin.
Nature's creativity is truly amazing, and sea urchins are such a magical creature.
It's a dark, thorny thing, but the meat inside is incredibly delicious. It's great eaten raw or steamed with an egg.
Ye Cheng picked up the sea urchin; it was quite large, much bigger than the ones he used to eat at buffets.
"Little Tiger!" Ye Cheng called out loudly.
"Hey bro, what's up? Got any stock?"
"Bring the snakeskin bag over here, there are lots of sea urchins."
You can't fit many of these in a bucket; they're too big and have too many thorns. They're more suitable for a snakeskin bag.
There were dozens of sea urchins in front of Ye Cheng; two snakeskin bags probably wouldn't be enough to hold them all.
"Wow, so many sea urchins!" Little Tiger excitedly untied the snakeskin bag and used a net to put them in one by one.
This area seemed to be a habitat for sea urchins. The two of them picked up more than 40, filling both snakeskin bags before they finished.
Ye Cheng straightened up and rubbed his aching lower back.
"Damn it, if you do a few more, my back will be ruined."
"Brother, you take a break first. I'll look over there; maybe there are more." Xiao Hu pointed to the other side; this guy was getting a little addicted to picking up sea urchins.
Ye Cheng ignored him, casually found a rock above the water and sat down, stretching his legs out to relax.
Suddenly, a long, white object bumped into Ye Cheng's calf. The slippery appearance startled Ye Cheng, who screamed "Snake!" and jumped up from the rock.
Hearing the sound, Xiao Hu turned around, pointed at the water, and laughed, "Brother, what snake? It's a ribbonfish, a big ribbonfish!"
Ye Cheng looked closely and, damn it, it really was a large, silvery-white ribbonfish darting around in the not-so-deep water.
If you don't look closely, this thing really does look almost like a snake.
Once he realized it was a ribbonfish, Ye Cheng wasn't afraid anymore. He simply put a net over its head and caught it.
Once inside the net, it became docile. Ye Cheng grabbed it by the neck and lifted it up. This ribbonfish was over a meter long and seven or eight centimeters wide, definitely a big one. The fright it had just received was not in vain.
Seeing that Ye Cheng had caught the ribbonfish, Xiao Hu walked ahead on his own.
After tidying up the ribbonfish, Ye Cheng didn't want to rest anymore. His back and legs were no longer sore, so he casually flipped over the blue stone he had been about to sit on.
Good heavens, another shipment! A blue crab.
The crab was probably tired and didn't want to run away at all. It just lay in the pit in the rock and was picked up by Ye Cheng with one hand.
With its yellowish body, yellowish shell, and yellowish joints, it was another yellow crab. This made Ye Cheng very happy, and he casually flipped over several stones next to it.
However, this time they weren't so lucky; apart from a few small, unidentified sea fish, they found nothing else.
Xiao Hu went to the left front, while Ye Cheng went to the right front.
They picked up several more cat's eye snails along the way, and Ye Cheng also pried one off the water where it was hidden.
Just as I was about to put it away, suddenly, a bubble appeared in the sand a little bit in front of me.
Haha, bro, you've been exposed.
Ye Cheng collected the cat's eye snails into the bucket, then took out a small shovel and gently stirred around the bubbling snails.
The water was very clear; with just a slight movement, the surface sand was cleared away, revealing a cute little mouth.
Ye Cheng was stunned for a moment; it was indeed a small, round mouth.
What the hell is that?
It looks similar to the retractable straw nozzle of the Razor Clam King brand, but it's much larger.
Although I don't know what it is, I'm pretty sure it's a shell or some other mollusk; at least it won't suddenly stick out a pincer to pinch me.
Ye Cheng picked up a shovel and cleared away the rubble, revealing the creature's true form.
Damn, it's you.
Ye Cheng picked it up. The shell was milky white, and a long piece of shell meat protruded from it, just like an elephant's trunk. So its name was derived from this: Geoduck.
This is a really good dish; it used to be a very popular dish at business banquets.
It's perfect for geoduck sashimi; it's incredibly crisp and tender, something Ye Cheng used to love. As sashimi, it's not as greasy as salmon.
Eating a dozen or so slices of salmon would be a bit too much, but Ye Cheng could eat a whole geoduck.
Moreover, apart from the most prized parts used for sashimi, the other parts can be used to make porridge, which is absolutely incredibly delicious.
This is a high-quality crab that can rival the butter crab, and it deserves to be the centerpiece of the bucket.
Based on Ye Cheng's experience, if one has appeared here, there must be a second one.
He crouched down and began searching carefully in the water.
Sure enough, we found several more bubbling creatures in the sand. When we dug them up, we found they were all snails.
Damn it, what are you doing here, you little snail, getting involved in this mess?
After searching seven or eight places, Ye Cheng finally found a second geoduck clam, which was much larger, with the shell almost the size of Ye Cheng's palm.
The protruding shell meat was a generous offering, and Ye Cheng happily put it inside.
Further ahead was the sea. The two walked together to the seaside and stopped. The seawater was very clear and blue. The sea is really beautiful when it is calm.
The two lit a cigarette and rested for a while.
"Brother, isn't that enough? It's getting late."
"Yeah, I'll go back after I finish my cigarette."
Ye Cheng was fairly satisfied with today's harvest; he should be able to make some money from it.
The two had just finished smoking and were about to leave when suddenly a thin white line appeared on the sea.
At first, the white line was quite thin, but it gradually became thicker and thicker. By the time Ye Cheng and the others could see it clearly, it had already converged into a tidal wave.
"Damn it, the tide's coming! Back up!"
Suddenly, a tide appeared out of nowhere, and Little Tiger was so frightened that he immediately turned tail and ran away.
The tide may look calm, but nobody knows what lies behind it.
Sometimes it's just one burst, sometimes it overlaps from one end to the other, and then there's a sudden reversal, and the person is gone.
Xiao Hu had only run two steps when he realized that Ye Cheng hadn't followed.
He quickly stopped and looked back. Ye Cheng was still standing there, having thrown away his cigarette and put on a net, completely focused on watching the tide.
"Brother, let's go! What are we waiting for? It's dangerous!"
Xiao Hu was afraid of danger, but Ye Cheng was not, because the system did not issue any warnings, which meant that the tide was not dangerous.
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