Underneath the largest rock closest to her, a large blue crab was hiding.
Chen Zhiyao bent down and looked into the crevice in the rock, and saw a large pair of pincers.
Blue crab
The big blue crab was hidden quite well. Zhiyao stretched out her arm and searched for a while before finally using tongs to pull it out of the crevice in the rock.
Although the process was a bit tortuous, the harvest was very good. This big guy was so heavy that the clamps could barely hold it.
Chen Zhiyao tied its two large pincers together and put it into the bucket with a big smile.
Extra Large Blue Crab +1
Next, she came to a small puddle, where a large blue crab was hiding between two rocks.
However, this guy wasn't careful enough; both of his large pincers were exposed.
Chen Zhiyao picked it up directly, and another large blue crab was in her possession.
Another blue crab
However, this one is smaller than the large blue crab from before, barely weighing about seven or eight ounces.
Blue Crab +1
Soon, Chen Zhiyao arrived in front of a boulder that was even taller than herself.
Then he squatted down and pulled out two orchid crabs, one large and one small, from under the rock.
Orchid Crab +2
Besides the crabs, the real treasure is actually hidden among the small stones in a puddle.
When the stone was moved aside, it seemed ordinary and nothing at all, but hidden under the mud and sand were two small green dragons weighing nearly a pound each.
Chen Zhiyao could see them clearly through her X-ray glasses, and quickly picked up the two big guys with her multi-tool.
Little Green Dragon +2
Besides the little green dragon, there were also many different kinds of seashells on the rocks around the water pit, which Chen Zhiyao happily collected.
Conch +5
Flower snail +5
Horseshoe snails +3
Actually, there was another nest of snails in the crevice, but they were a bit small, so Chen Zhiyao decided to let them go for the time being.
Seeing that the seawater behind her was about to rise, Chen Zhiyao quickly walked back with her things in her arms.
Along the way, I also picked up quite a few small seafood. When I got back to where I had put my fishing gear, my bucket and net were almost full.
As the sun rose and the weather grew hotter, she carried all of her morning's catch onto the small inflatable boat and then transported it back to the fishing boat.
The things she picked up while beachcombing were quite varied, so Chen Zhiyao roughly categorized them.
Several live fish were placed in the live fish tank, while shellfish and crabs were kept in several large buckets.
When Chen Zhiyao came over carrying a bag of fruit, Chen Weiqiang and Grandpa Chen had already caught several big fish.
Chen Weiqiang casually picked up an apple, saw that it had been washed, and took a big bite out of it.
Then, smugly, he pulled Chen Zhiyao to his fishing spot:
"Tangtang, look at my haul today! Sea bass, red snapper, and tiger grouper, all of them are big ones weighing five or six pounds each."
“Your fish are still little ones; the two in my fish basket are the real big ones.”
Grandpa Chen couldn't stand his son's smug look, but then he turned around and started showing off his day's harvest to his granddaughter.
"I was lucky today. I caught a big bass weighing over ten kilograms and a big grouper weighing ten kilograms."
"Dad and Grandpa, you two are amazing."
Chen Zhiyao noticed that there were only a few medium-sized black sea bream in the old man's bucket, and guessed that the two big ones were being kept in the fish basket.
Chen Weiqiang had just eaten half of the apple when he felt a huge pull on the fishing rod.
Holding the rod with one hand, he was almost pulled into the sea by the terrifying force.
Chen Weiqiang casually tossed the apple aside, then gripped the rod with both hands and quickly released the drag.
"Wow, I feel like I'm on a cheat code today. This guy weighs at least ten kilograms."
The intense tug on the fishing rod instantly excited Chen Weiqiang.
Then Grandpa Chen caught a fish too, but judging from the curvature of his fishing rod, it was clearly smaller than the one Chen Weiqiang had caught.
However, it's only relatively small. Judging from the old man's excited expression, it's probably a big one weighing several kilograms.
However, what Dad said about cheating wasn't wrong; they were using the lucky fishing rod she redeemed from the system.
It can increase the catch rate by 20%, and it attracts only big fish.
Chen Zhiyao secretly turned on her fishing glasses and looked into the water ahead.
The father and son fished here for two or three hours, while most of the other fish had already caught their fill.
Apart from the two big fish that were biting the hook, the rest were mostly small dark shadows.
All the big fish have been caught, so there's no point in leaving them here. Chen Zhiyao picked up her fishing gear and headed to another location.
After walking about 10 meters, she saw a large dark shadow about two or three meters from the shore.
Chen Zhiyao deftly hooked a still-living shrimp onto her fishing rod, then forcefully flung it near the shadowy figure.
After much training, Chen Zhiyao's fishing technique has become increasingly proficient, and she can now usually cast the bait near the shadowy figure.
The prawn was still alive, and its subtle movements quickly attracted the attention of the larger creature beside it.
The shrimp was hooked on a fishhook and was moving very slowly, looking as if it were injured.
The big fish beside it observed for a while, then swam quickly towards it, opened its big mouth, and swallowed the shrimp along with the fishing hook.
As soon as the small black shadow representing the shrimp disappeared, Chen Zhiyao immediately raised her rod to set the hook.
Feeling the sudden increase in the pulling force in her hand, she excitedly began her fish-walking session.
The fishing rod was quickly stretched and deformed, and Chen Zhiyao felt the pulling force from the rod getting stronger and stronger, making her heart pound wildly.
Soon, the fishing rod experienced an even stronger pull, and the fish, in pain from the hook, began to become agitated.
Based on the fish's movements and pulling force, Chen Zhiyao guessed that it was probably a grouper weighing less than 10 pounds.
However, there are many types of grouper, and they all look similar, so she couldn't guess which type it was.
Fish weighing less than 10 pounds are no problem for her; she exhausts the larger fish below in about ten minutes.
Soon, she pulled a gray-black fish with patterns on its body out of the water.
This is a grouper with cloud-patterned markings, which costs several tens of yuan per kilogram.
Chen Zhiyao smiled with satisfaction. Not bad, not bad, a good start right away.
Cloud-patterned grouper
The clouded grouper generally lives in rocky and muddy seabeds at depths of less than 100 meters, belonging to the middle and lower layers of the sea.
However, the clouded grouper is fierce and highly territorial, and generally does not form groups.
Therefore, apart from this big guy, there were no other fish nearby, and not even a small dark shadow was seen.
After taking the cloud-patterned grouper off the ground, Chen Zhiyao continued walking forward.
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