Along the way, there were several potholes, and Ye Cheng even encountered a deep one. If Ye Guowei hadn't been holding him back, Ye Cheng would probably have fallen in halfway.
It must be said that Ye Guowei's position in the middle was quite useful. He was a laborer and had enough strength to pull Ye Cheng back in one go.
"Cheng, be careful, let's go around it."
Ye Cheng tentatively circled around it with his foot.
After finally reaching the spot Xiaohu had mentioned, the seawater was already above knee-deep, so they had to reach out and touch it.
Ye Guowei stood in the middle and pulled the two of them down to feel in the seawater.
At this point, there's no need to worry about clothes anymore, they're already soaked.
In the pitch black, Ye Cheng felt for the first time how dangerous beachcombing could be. His face was pressed against the seawater, and every now and then a small wave would surge over him, the seawater splashing on his face, stinging painfully.
After searching for a while, I could only find some stones, but I couldn't find the trap at all.
No wonder Yuan Mazi was so happy when he found it; it's damn hard to find.
"It seems we can't find Yuan Mazi's side either," Ye Guowei said, glancing over there.
After Yuan Mazi went down, he never came back up. He kept looking around, but he couldn't find the second trap.
Ye Cheng remembered that he had placed it relatively close together at the time, but he couldn't find it after searching for so long, which could only mean one thing: it had been scattered, and scattered very far apart.
“Brother, we need to expand the area.” Ye Cheng pointed to the area. “We’ve laid it for almost 100 meters, that’s a bit too big.”
Ye Guowei thought for a moment, then released their hands and took two steps towards the outer sea.
“Let’s stand in a line like this, with me on the outside, Acheng in the middle, and Xiaohu on the inside. If we go sideways like this, the chances of success will be higher.”
Ye Guowei is strong and sturdy, so he is the most suitable person to stand on the outside.
"Brother Guowei, let my brother be in the innermost position, he's the weakest." Xiaohu, being very loyal, placed himself in the middle.
"You're the weakest one, you've died 100 times fighting a Golden Skull!" Ye Cheng retorted without hesitation. How could a man be called the weakest?
This touched a nerve with Xiaohu, who then stretched his neck and said, "That...that's a game. In reality, you're the weakest."
The three of them took their positions and began to walk along the coast like they were hauling in a net to catch fish.
The water was deep over Ye Guowei's side, reaching halfway up his thighs, while it was shallowest over Ye Cheng's side, just reaching his knees.
After walking a few meters, Ye Guowei stopped, kicked the ground with his foot, and said, "It seems like there's something here. Let me touch it."
As he spoke, he squatted down, leaving only his head above him.
"Be careful, brother," Ye Cheng said nervously. It was pitch black, and a big wave could cause trouble.
Fortunately, Ye Guowei only squatted down for a moment before standing up, holding a rope in his hand as he stood up.
Ye Cheng recognized it at a glance; it was their cage.
"Brother, this is it." Ye Cheng exclaimed.
Ye Guowei pulled the cage with one hand, and Ye Cheng and Xiao Hu also joined in, the three of them pulling it up together.
Although it's been soaking in seawater, you can still feel that it's quite substantial and contains a lot of ingredients.
The three of them pulled the fish trap ashore and exclaimed in surprise, "So many!"
Is this still called a ground cage?
Are you sure this isn't a shared apartment?
Every compartment was crammed full, with sea cucumbers, abalone, and conch visible to the naked eye.
Seriously, how did you guys manage to climb in at that speed? There didn't seem to be enough time to even get in while we were in line.
Ye Guowei was also stunned. He had never seen so many goods in a cage before, and he stood there dumbfounded.
Only Xiao Hu remained calm, grabbing the snakeskin bag to load the goods. After all, this guy had chopped down over 200 skeletons; what was there to panic about with such a small amount of stuff?
There was no time to organize them; the three of them just haphazardly stuffed the burlap sacks into the bags. They had brought a total of six burlap sacks, and two of them were instantly filled, while the third was half full.
"Brother, if we keep going like this, we won't have enough bags!" Little Tiger said with a happy but worried expression.
"Let's find the trap first. Look at Yuan Mazi, it seems like he's only found one." Ye Cheng gestured in that direction.
Sure enough, Yuan Mazi had already come up, sitting there panting heavily.
"Uncle, did you find it?" Ye Guowei walked over.
Yuan Mazi shook his head with a bitter expression. "It's gone. I've looked for it for ages, but it's gone. It was probably washed away."
What about you?
Ye Guowei pointed behind him, "We've only found one so far, let's look for the others."
Yuan Mazi stood up and looked around. Seeing that the two snakeskin bags were already full, he gaped and stared at Ye Guowei, "You have so many in one of your traps?"
"Ah, this is indeed a bit full."
"Um, Uncle, if you don't need the rope anymore, then I'll take it back." Ye Guowei pointed to the rope.
"Okay, thanks, Guowei." Yuan Mazi untied the rope and handed it back to Ye Guowei, but his eyes were fixed on their snakeskin bag. He couldn't see what was inside, which made him even more curious.
After Ye Guowei retrieved the rope, he tied all three of them up.
With the rope, the three of them began to spread out further apart, no longer needing to hold hands.
Having found the location where they had discovered the trap, the three of them slowly walked over, following the same layout as before, lining up in a row and feeling their way in.
Because the search scope is larger this time, the search is slower.
Ye Cheng basically lay down and used both his hands and feet to hit and kick.
Even so, they walked for ten meters and still couldn't find the trap.
"Damn it, Tiger, did you not tie it up properly? It's already ten meters out, where is it?" Ye Cheng complained.
"Impossible, I tied a tight knot, absolutely tight," Xiaohu argued, then seemed to remember something.
"No, brother, you tied up the second one. I remember it clearly."
"Really?" Ye Cheng scratched his head, to be honest, he had forgotten about it himself.
"Brother, let's take another look out to sea."
Since I tied it myself, it might have been loose. When it comes to tying ropes, I'm no match for Xiaohu.
Ye Guowei walked a few more steps into the seawater, which was already up to his buttocks, making it impossible to walk any further.
Two meters further on, Ye Cheng kicked his foot casually and felt something touch it. He reached down and touched something that looked like a net.
Before anyone could speak, Little Tiger in the middle shouted, "I touched it! I touched it!"
"I touched it too, I touched it first," Ye Cheng quickly said.
“It must have been me, I called first.”
"Bullshit, I touched it a long time ago, I just didn't shout it out."
The two of them started arguing for no apparent reason.
Men, this damn competitive spirit, it just comes out of nowhere.
"Alright, hurry up and pull them up, it should be the same one." Ye Guowei interrupted the two's pointless argument and walked over to them.
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