A short while later, Chen Zhiyao stopped in a place where the seaweed was particularly lush.
At that moment, she was stunned by the giant sea cucumber in front of her.
Beneath a patch of green seaweed, there were six thick, long, yellowish-brown sea cucumbers.
Unlike the plump little sea cucumbers you occasionally find on the beach or rocky shore.
These massive creatures before us are clearly ancient ancestors that have withstood the test of time.
Its weathered appearance and mottled texture clearly indicate that it is a wild sea cucumber.
Wild sea cucumbers like these, even if fresh, can sell for several hundred yuan per kilogram.
If dried, a pound of it would cost several thousand yuan.
At this moment, Chen Zhiyao, whose mind was filled with thoughts of money, finally couldn't resist any longer. She carefully reached out and quickly picked up one of the giant sea cucumbers. The moment she held the enormous sea cucumber in her hand, she felt a heavy weight; it weighed at least seven or eight ounces.
Looking at the sea cucumber in her hand, Chen Zhiyao's face flushed with excitement, and her heart pounded wildly.
She quickly and deftly placed the sea cucumbers one by one into the net bag she was carrying.
Two minutes later, the net bag was filled with these precious treasures. She roughly estimated that they weighed about four or five pounds.
Chen Zhiyao tied the rope of the net bag with a big smile. These were all valuable items, and she couldn't let them fall.
After packing her things, she prepared to continue exploring the surroundings.
Suddenly, she noticed something watching her from the nearest coral reef.
She turned her head and looked closely, and saw a fish hiding inside the light yellow coral.
This fish has a rather peculiar appearance. It has a small fleshy bump on its forehead, and with its adorable expression, probably no one wouldn't recognize it.
This turned out to be a small Su Mei fish weighing about one pound.
However, when Chen Zhiyao saw what kind of fish it was, her smile vanished.
Why is it this little rascal again? If only it were a bluefin bream or a red-spotted fish.
This Napoleon wrasse is valuable, but I can't sell it!
At that moment, the large wrasse from before also came over.
As soon as the little Napoleon wrasse inside the coral saw it, it immediately darted out and happily circled around it.
Chen Zhiyao didn't want to disturb the family reunion, so she quietly left.
Before long, she arrived at a huge reef.
The surface of the reef was covered with many seashells with strange patterns, but Chen Zhiyao had no time to notice these little creatures.
She stared wide-eyed at a crack in the rock beneath the boulder.
The clamp in her hand slid down with perfect precision, and then, an enormous conch shell appeared before her eyes.
The conch shell is dark brown and covered with fine and unique patterns, resembling a fine work of art.
Looking at the enormous conch in her hand, which weighed at least two pounds, Chen Zhiyao's heart raced, and her excitement was palpable.
However, there are many more good things hidden under this rock than just this.
Soon, she pulled another large conch shell out of the crack in the rock.
The second one is smaller than the first one, but it still weighs more than a pound.
Immediately afterwards, Chen Zhiyao squatted down in front of another crevice behind the boulder.
After fiddling with it for a while, she pulled out two large, menacing blue crabs.
These two big guys happen to be a male and a female, and they look quite plump.
At this time, there were also several small crabs, about the size of chess pieces, in the crevice of the rock.
These little guys are tiny, but with their long arms and legs, they look like giant spiders.
The baby crabs were too small, so Chen Zhiyao didn't take them. Her once happy family was thus torn apart.
After tying the two large blue crabs up, she turned her gaze to the surface of the boulder.
There were quite a few sea snails clinging tightly to it, and there were quite a variety of species.
Smooth and round piglet snails, plump flower snails with beautiful patterns, horseshoe snails covered with moss, and small half snails.
In addition, there were several small, unidentified sea snails at the bottom.
Chen Zhiyao happily picked out all the whelks and horseshoe snails, and then picked out a few pretty little pig snails.
Then she came to a smaller rock next to her.
Looking down, I saw a beautiful abalone on the edge of the reef, and it even had meat inside. This pretty little abalone wasn't very big, but the meat inside was very plump.
Before long, Chen Zhiyao arrived at a place covered with reefs.
The reefs here come in all shapes and sizes; some stand tall like small hills, while others are low and flat, as if they have been flattened by the waves.
Chen Zhiyao took a deep breath, then bent down and gripped the rock in front of her tightly with both hands.
She gritted her teeth, used all her strength, and suddenly pried it open.
At that moment, a brightly colored red flower crab suddenly appeared at the bottom of the reef.
This red flower crab is huge, roughly estimated to weigh at least a pound.
At this moment, the red flower crab was clearly frightened and was waving its two large pincers, trying to scare away Chen Zhiyao, this huge creature.
It didn't take long for it to notice the huge size difference between the two.
A wise man knows when to yield; the red crab quickly retracted its large pincers and scurried to the left.
Seeing this, Chen Zhiyao quickly reached out and nimbly and accurately clamped the red flower crab's back.
With the all-purpose clip in hand, it has no chance to break free and can only obediently contribute to her little treasure trove.
Chen Zhiyao looked at the large crab that was tightly bound in her hand with great joy, feeling incredibly happy.
After wandering around the reef, she quickly caught more than a dozen large crabs.
There were several of each of the following: bread crabs, red flower crabs, blue crabs, and orchid crabs, totaling about six or seven pounds.
In addition, Chen Zhiyao also found two mantis shrimp weighing about half a pound each.
The shrimp were quite plump at this time of year, both of them were full of roe.
The net bags Chen Zhiyao was holding were already full, leaving only the last one in her handbag.
She had just taken out the net when she looked up and saw a large school of fish on the coral reef in front of her. The coral reef in front of her was not only huge, with corals growing as large as small trees, but also with very lush aquatic plants.
Chen Zhiyao carefully navigated through the various beautiful corals, and it took her quite a while to catch up with the school of fish ahead.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a group of rock bream.
She quietly followed behind the school of fish, and once she identified her target, she swiftly swung her net across it.
Good aim! A pepper snapper weighing over two pounds was caught just like that.
Before long, she had another striped pepper snapper weighing over a pound.
However, the commotion was too great, and after catching two more red sea bream, the school of fish gradually dispersed.
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