Continuing to the left from the beach, you'll reach the rocky beach.
Just as she reached the boundary between the beach and the rocky shore, Chen Zhiyao spotted a cat's eye snail lying half-submerged in the sand.
"You little rascal, you couldn't have hidden it any better. Hehe, I got lucky."
Chen Zhiyao picked up the cat's eye snail and skillfully squeezed the water out of the snail meat. The process was quite stress-relieving.
Cat's Eye Snail +1
Humans are social animals, and so are cat's-eye snails. Chen Zhiyao looked around and sure enough, she found several more bulges nearby.
Even without her X-ray glasses, her years of experience in beachcombing allowed her to see that the bulge contained cat's eye snails.
"Come out, my little money."
Chen Zhiyao, holding the sand shovel she bought from the system's shop, easily collected the cat's-eye snails from several bulges.
Cat's Eye Snail +5
These cat's eye snails are quite large; just these six alone weigh over a pound.
As soon as she turned around, Chen Zhiyao saw a beautiful big seashell next to the seaweed.
"Wow, this moon shell is quite big."
Moon Shell
Chen Zhiyao picked up the moon shell in front of her and casually threw it into the bucket.
Moon Shell +1
Moon clams are round seashells that are quite large and have very thick shells; usually, 4-6 of them can weigh about a pound.
Its shell is quite hard and large, making it suitable for crafting into handicrafts or decorations.
However, this stuff doesn't taste as good as clams and isn't worth much; the purchase price is only four or five yuan per kilogram.
Where the tide had just receded, Chen Zhiyao saw several small holes bubbling up.
Two shovelfuls later, another plump moon shell was ready.
At this moment, Chen Zhiyao noticed that there were still many breathing holes on her right side, and bubbles were still coming out.
In no time, the six plump, white moon shells were all in the bucket, reunited with their kind.
The tide had just receded, so Chen Zhiyao wasn't in a hurry to go to the rocky beach. She planned to dig for cat's eye snails and moon shells here for a while.
After working on the beach for half an hour, the bucket at my feet was already half full of cat's eye snails and moon shells.
Looking at these little ones, she felt a great sense of accomplishment.
Immediately afterwards, Chen Zhiyao took out a net bag and poured out all the seashells from the bucket, which weighed about ten pounds.
However, shellfish aren't worth much; the good stuff is hidden in the rocky beaches.
Thinking of this, Chen Zhiyao immediately picked up the bucket and walked quickly toward the rocky beach in front of her.
rocky beach
The rocky beaches connected to the sandy beach are mostly composed of relatively small rocks.
Underneath the rocks, you'll usually find various seashells and crabs, and if you're lucky, you might even spot stranded fish or eels.
Continue walking to the right for a few minutes, and you'll find that the rocky beach there is mostly made up of giant rocks, with puddles of all sizes.
These puddles usually harbor sea fish, eels, and large crabs; these are the valuable finds.
Unfortunately, not long after Chen Zhiyao left, she saw four or five middle-aged men wearing straw hats gathering seafood in the distance.
And you can also hear the sound of a water pump drawing water.
There are too many people over there; even if there are good things, there won't be enough to go around.
Chen Zhiyao had no choice but to stop and start beachcombing on the rocky beach in front of her.
Just then, a little dream flashed in her mind: "Tangtang, there are a lot of good things hidden in this rocky beach."
Chen Zhiyao was very excited, "Xiaomeng, you can sense where there are good things? Can you sense exactly what they are?"
"No, I can only sense that there are things on this rocky beach, but I don't know their exact location or species."
"Okay." Hearing Xiaomeng's words, she quickly clicked on the X-ray glasses.
When Chen Zhiyao opened her eyes again, she could clearly see that under a rock about the size of a pot lid at her feet, there was a nest of cat's-eye snails.
“One, two… eight, the whole family must be together.” Chen Zhiyao threw all the cat’s eye snails into the bucket.
"Splash splash splash~" A string of water droplets splashed up from a small puddle not far away.
Chen Zhiyao's eyes lit up. "There's something there. And it's making quite a racket."
There was a small natural puddle surrounded by several knee-high rocks where the tide had just receded.
There was a pearl grouper weighing about three pounds trapped inside, and there were also several cat's eye snails at the bottom of the pit.
This rocky pit isn't large; the water level only reaches mid-calf. Now that the tide is out, several surrounding rocks have trapped the grouper inside.
Chen Zhiyao rolled up her sleeves, picked up the fishing net she had brought from home, and quietly walked to the puddle.
Using the universal tongs she bought in the system, she touched the grouper, and sure enough, the fish stopped moving. Then, Chen Zhiyao scooped it up in one go.
However, once it was removed from the tongs in her hand, the grouper became lively and energetic again.
"Not bad, not bad, this fish weighs over three pounds, and this clamp is something else."
Chen Zhiyao placed the grouper down and then happily scooped up a few cat's eye snails from the bottom.
A pearl grouper of this size costs 35 yuan per jin at the purchasing station, so you can easily get 100 yuan.
"Xiao Meng is right, there really are good things here."
Chen Zhiyao smiled broadly, humming an off-key song, and continued to look around at the rocky beach.
Soon, she found another sea fish trapped in the pit, but this time the fish was a little smaller.
Sea fish usually have sharp spines, and some of them are poisonous. Even though Chen Zhiyao was wearing gloves, she didn't dare to touch them directly.
Holding a net in one hand and tongs in the other, she carefully herded the fish into the net.
"It's a tiger grouper, not even as valuable as the pearl grouper from before."
Despite saying it wasn't worth much, Chen Zhiyao still happily put the two-pound tiger grouper into the bucket.
Tiger stripes are typically yellow to light brown, with their entire bodies covered in dense, fine brown spots.
It has a delicious taste and grows very quickly, making it a promising species for aquaculture. It is one of the more common grouper species in China.
However, there are too many people raising them, so they're worthless, and the prices offered by the purchasing stations are extremely low.
Tiger Spot
The rocks here are too small to trap fish, so she was lucky to catch these two.
Wearing X-ray glasses, Chen Zhiyao could see clearly what was hidden under the stone.
Since the X-ray vision time was relatively short, Chen Zhi ignored cheap seafood like clams and moon shells and quickly began searching her surroundings.
"What a huge orchid crab!"
Beneath a knee-high square rock, there was a small, uneven hole, inside which hid two orchid crabs, one large and one small.
Chen Zhiyao reached into the trap with the tongs, but unfortunately, the winding rocks blocked her way, and she couldn't reach the orchid crab hiding among them.
"The only thing we can do is turn over the stone in front of us."
That stone was quite heavy, probably weighing over 200 pounds. Normally, she definitely wouldn't have been able to move it.
However, she now had twice the strength, and with a forceful push of both hands, she flipped the large rock in front of her over completely.
As soon as the stone was turned over, the two orchid crabs immediately fled frantically, one on the left and one on the right.
Chen Zhiyao directly pressed the large crab down with her hand.
The large orchid crab was very ferocious; its large pincers clamped directly onto Chen Zhiyao's thumb.
However, she wore the gloves from the gift bag, and amazingly, they didn't hurt at all.
Chen Zhiyao, carrying the large crab, quickly chased after the escaped smaller crabs and brought them back.
Although it's called a small crab, it's actually quite large, weighing a full eight ounces.
As for the larger one, Chen Zhiyao weighed it in her hand and estimated it to be about 1.2 jin (500 grams).
Orchid Crab
Chen Zhiyao took out a cable tie and quickly tied the two orchid crabs together.
"Such a big blue crab, we're going to make a fortune!"
Chen Zhiyao smiled brightly, even revealing two cute little tiger teeth, looking extremely adorable.
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