This mangrove forest is actually no different from the mangrove forest on Seagull Island, with lush trees everywhere.
The only difference is probably that the water level is lower here; even though the tide has receded, the ground is still wet.
When Chen Zhiyao looked up, she saw a cute little creature.
Tree snail
The tree snail was quite pretty, but the little guy was only a tiny bit bigger than a fingernail, so Chen Zhiyao was too lazy to catch it.
There are many good things in the mangroves; she has already spotted several large crabs nearby.
Chen Zhiyao used her X-ray glasses to look around, then found a direction with more crabs and asked her father and grandfather to go there.
He then carried the bucket and the multi-tool and walked in another direction.
Grandpa Chen said worriedly, "Be careful and don't go too far."
"I know, I'm in this little grove of trees over there. Come back here and find me later."
With that, Chen Zhiyao grabbed her beachcombing tools and ran off without looking back.
The trees in the mangroves grow in all sorts of strange shapes, especially at the base, where there are often many floating roots.
These floating roots form natural caves, which crabs love to hide in.
After walking a few steps, Chen Zhiyao stopped in front of a strangely shaped tree.
mangroves
This tree may not look special, but several large crabs are hiding in the surrounding mud and under its roots.
Looking down, Chen Zhiyao noticed a faint, round figure in the mud.
The little guy was hiding under the mud, but it was probably too big, because no matter how well it hid, a big bulge was still visible.
From above, it is clearly the shape of a crab; it couldn't be more obvious.
Chen Zhiyao simply picked up the big guy and put it in a small puddle to wash it clean.
After the mud was washed away, the green shell was revealed, clearly indicating that it was a large crab weighing over a pound.
Blue Crab +1
And while she was washing the crabs, she also found another small crab.
At the bottom of the puddle, there was a small orchid crab hiding. The little guy was blowing bubbles when she was washing the crabs.
Orchid Crab +1
Immediately afterwards, she turned around and went back to the big tree she had just been standing in front of, where she found two large blue crabs weighing about seven or eight ounces each under the roots.
Blue Crab +2
They found three blue crabs and one orchid crab on just this one tree, and Chen Zhiyao was so happy that her eyes narrowed.
I had only taken a few steps outside when I suddenly stepped on something hard.
Looking down, I found another blue crab, but it was a little smaller.
"Haha, I didn't expect there to be one fish that slipped through the net."
Blue crab
Although it's a bit smaller than the blue crabs we just saw, it still weighs about half a pound.
Chen Zhiyao happily tied it up and then put it in the bucket.
Blue Crab +1
Of course, it's impossible for every tree to have crabs hiding under its roots.
After walking for a while, Chen Zhiyao only found a few round sea duck eggs.
Not long after, Chen Zhiyao discovered a small ditch.
The water in the ditch is not deep, only a few tens of centimeters deep, and only about half a meter wide.
However, several valuable treasures are hidden beneath the ditch.
She walked quickly to a rock that was neither too big nor too small.
A lot of long whiskers were visible under the rock, whiskers that Chen Zhiyao was very familiar with.
Through the X-ray glasses, she could clearly see that there were four little green dragons here.
"Get rich!"
Chen Zhiyao happily took the big guys into her pocket, and the weight of the bucket at her feet suddenly increased by several kilograms.
Little Green Dragon +4
Turning her head, she discovered two orchid crabs, one large and one small, hiding under a big tree across the ditch.
Chen Zhiyao was carrying a bucket of water and was about to go over when she suddenly saw a long, thin figure swimming past in front of her.
"This moray eel is quite big, just as big as the one we just had."
As she spoke, she quickly chased after it and, before the moray eel could burrow into its hole, grabbed it and picked it up.
Razor eel +1
Chen Zhiyao happily weighed the large eel in her hand; it weighed over a pound.
After putting the lid on the bucket, Chen Zhiyao turned around and found the big tree where she had just discovered the orchid crab.
At the base of this large tree, there is a hole that has been eaten away by insects, which has become an excellent burrow for crabs.
Moreover, the tree didn't have any messy floating roots, so she easily pulled out the two orchid crabs.
The larger one weighed five or six ounces, while the smaller one barely weighed two ounces.
Chen Zhiyao looked at the little orchid crab in her hand, thought for a moment, and then put it back into the tree hole.
As they left, they smiled and gave the little creature inside the tree hollow some instructions:
"Eat more food and grow up quickly. I'll pick you up from school later."
Although the little crabs inside couldn't understand Chen Zhiyao's words, they still sensed the danger and trembled in the deepest part of the tree hole.
"Gagaga..."
Suddenly, the call of a sea duck came from the grass not far away.
Upon hearing the sound of the sea duck, Chen Zhiyao's legs seemed to have a mind of their own, and she tiptoed over.
Tonight's conch and duck stew is settled!
When she arrived, she saw a plump white duck laying eggs, with several large, pale blue duck eggs behind its rear end.
The sea duck was very agile, so Chen Zhiyao didn't make any rash moves. Instead, she hid behind a big tree, thinking about how to catch this fat duck.
"It's a pity we didn't bring a net, otherwise we could have just caught this guy."
Chen Zhiyao looked at the things in her hands; all she had were a bucket, a net bag, and a pair of clips.
The universal clip is very effective against marine life; once it touches a creature, it will not resist.
However, she experimented with her dog, Ah Huang, and found that the universal clip had no effect on it, indicating that it could only be used in the sea.
Seeing that she was dawdling, Xiaomeng reminded her:
"Tangtang, sea ducks are also marine creatures."
"By the way, these sea ducks live by the sea and grow up eating small fish and shrimp, so they're not much different from crabs."
As he spoke, he grabbed the multi-tool and rushed toward the sea duck that was incubating its eggs.
Chen Zhiyao made a lot of noise and quickly woke up the mother sea duck.
Seeing that the duck she had just caught was about to fly away, she quickly used a pair of clips to hold one of the duck's wings.
Then a magical thing happened.
The sea duck, which had been flapping its wings and trying to fly away, suddenly stopped moving.
Chen Zhiyao seized the opportunity, grabbed its two wings, and tied them up with the rope used to tie crabs.
After tying up the wings, she was still not at ease, so she tied the sea duck's two claws together as well.
The mother duck had already been caught, so Chen Zhiyao naturally didn't let the remaining sea duck eggs go either.
Sea duck +1
Sea duck eggs +5
After the universal clip was removed, the bound sea duck struggled to escape, so Chen Zhiyao simply put it into an empty net bag.
After walking a while, Chen Zhiyao found a rotten tree root.
Rotten tree roots
She glanced at it once and immediately jogged over.
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