Rocky Island at High Tide
By this time, the sun had risen, and several beams of green light refracted off the rocks directly facing it.
Chen Zhiyao was bold; not only was she not afraid, but she became excited and took even faster steps.
Soon, she found herself standing in front of a huge rock.
At this point, the green light on the rocks disappeared, replaced by several wild abalone climbing on the rocks.
These abalone are not only large, but their shells are also colorful, especially beautiful in the sunlight.
These little creatures clung tightly to the rocks, making them difficult to pry off. However, with her all-purpose tongs in hand, Chen Zhiyao wasn't worried at all.
She liked shiny things, so she picked up the one she thought was the prettiest, and with a gentle snap, separated it from the rock.
Wild abalone shell
"It looks pretty good."
Chen Zhiyao examined the abalone shell carefully and felt that it looked somewhat familiar.
After thinking for two seconds, she remembered that it resembled the pretty seashell she had picked up on the beach before.
That seashell was so colorful, it was even prettier than the one in my hand. It must have been an abalone shell from the deep sea.
Chen Zhiyao quickly broke all the abalone off the rock; there were eight in total.
They're quite big, each one weighs about two or three ounces.
Abalone +8
Chen Zhiyao, carrying the now much heavier bucket of water, continued walking forward with a cheerful gait.
She collected all the whelks and snails that were on the rocks around her.
Flower snail +5
Spicy snails +10
This rocky island is not large; even when the sea recedes to its lowest point, only a little over 100 square meters are exposed.
Few people usually come here specifically to go beachcombing, but there are quite a few good things to find here.
Soon, she spotted another crab on a rock, its body plump and resembling a soft loaf of bread.
"Wow, this bread crab is quite plump. From a distance, it looks like a rock."
Before the big guy could react, Chen Zhiyao quickly clamped it with a clip.
It's quite heavy, probably over a pound.
Bread crab +1
bread crab
The bread crab got its name because its shell is round and looks like a soft loaf of bread.
Among the group of crabs that bar their claws and look imposing, the bread crab appears particularly cute and adorable.
In her uncle's aquarium, there are two particularly cute bread crabs, and Chen Zhiyao occasionally goes over to feed them.
Brown crabs prefer to hunt at night and bury themselves in the sand during the day.
This big guy had clearly just finished foraging and hadn't had a chance to lie down on the sand when the tide went out.
The bread crabs are large and meaty, but Chen Zhiyao thinks they are not as delicious as the blue crabs and mud crabs.
Just as she finished tying up the big guy, Chen Zhiyao looked up and saw two small, spotted fish next to a rock on her right.
Chen Zhiyao immediately picked up the net from the bucket, but before she could get close, the two alert little creatures had already run far away.
She could only watch helplessly as they swam happily into the sea with the waves.
Chen Zhiyao slapped her thigh in frustration, "Those two little fish are pretty fast, how did they manage to get away?"
"Splash..."
At this point, the seawater receded a little further, leaving behind many wonderful things on the wet rocks in front of us.
In a shallow puddle about the size of a table, Chen Zhiyao found a black sea bream lying flat.
It's not big, only about a pound.
This guy had several small wounds on his body and wasn't moving at all, so it seemed he had peacefully left this world.
Chen Zhiyao used a net to scoop it up and looked at its gills, which were still bright red, so she guessed it had just died.
"They're quite fresh, perfect for steaming black sea bream for lunch."
Black sea bream is a relatively expensive type of seafood, but it tastes good, so Chen Zhiyao immediately arranged for it to be prepared.
Black sea bream +1
"Splash..."
Suddenly, from a small puddle nearby, came the sound of fish swishing their tails.
Through X-ray glasses, Chen Zhiyao saw that there were several stone goblins hidden under the rocks in the puddle, and they were all quite large.
She walked over quickly, wielding her all-purpose tongs with great skill, and soon pulled four stone cicadas out of the crack in the rock.
These little guys are much bigger than the ones Grandpa Chen usually catches; the smallest ones weigh three or four ounces, and the two biggest ones weigh half a pound each.
Shi Jiugong +4
Chen Zhiyao is currently on the outer edge of this rocky island, where she usually hides in the seawater, surrounded by a lot of sea snails.
On almost every rock, there were several little creatures crawling around.
Flower snails, spider snails, spicy snails, and conch shells—in less than half an hour, the bucket was filled with all sorts of sea snails.
Chen Zhiyao carried the heavy bucket and continued walking along the outer edge of the reef island.
There was a huge rock in front of her that was even taller than her, but Chen Zhiyao didn't pay much attention to it and simply walked past it.
At this moment, Xiaomeng in my mind suddenly spoke:
"Tangtang, there's something good on this rock."
Upon hearing that there was something good, Chen Zhiyao immediately stopped and looked up to carefully examine the huge rock in front of her, which was two heads taller than her.
She carefully walked around the stones and soon found some valuable little things on the side facing the sea.
In the crevices of the rocks, a ring of white things grew. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be the goose barnacles she had found on Dolphin Island some time ago.
Goose barnacles
Thinking that these things cost 180 yuan per kilogram, Chen Zhiyao was overjoyed and quickly took the sand shovel out of the bucket.
However, these goose barnacles are different from the ones that grew on the flat rocks in front of the cave.
These little creatures hid most of their bodies in the cracks in the rocks, with only their heads sticking out. The shovels simply couldn't get them down.
Chen Zhiyao looked at the tools in the bucket; besides a sand shovel, a net, and a pair of tongs, there was nothing else.
She tried using the multi-tool in her hand to pick up these little guys, and to her surprise, she easily pulled one off.
She felt that the 200 points were well spent and that there was no better tool for beachcombing than this all-purpose clip.
Chen Zhiyao used her all-purpose tongs to quickly pluck the expensive goose barnacles one by one.
As the number of goose barnacles in the bucket gradually increased, Chen Zhiyao became more and more excited as she pulled them out.
She found that pulling goose barnacles was more stress-relieving than digging for clams on the beach, and she was practically addicted to it.
Soon, she had pulled all the barnacles off the rock.
Chen Zhiyao looked at the little guys in the bucket; they probably weighed three or four pounds each.
Although the bucket had become much heavier, Chen Zhiyao's steps became even more cheerful.
"Not bad, not bad, another few hundred yuan easily made."
As she passed a small puddle, Chen Zhiyao saw a round little ball inside and couldn't resist scooping it up with a net.
Looking at the small round ball in her hand, Chen Zhiyao smiled and said, "This little guy is quite cute."
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