Mysterious Cave
The group crossed a huge reef and then came to a desolate cliff.
By this time, the seawater had receded to its lowest point, revealing many strangely shaped reefs below the cliff, along with a small mangrove forest nearby.
Chen Zhiyao, who had been there once before, walked at the front with great interest.
The group followed Chen Zhiyao around to the back of the mangrove forest and soon found the small cave that the grandfather and granddaughter had mentioned.
Although there are mangroves blocking the entrance to the cave, the few small trees are very sparse and cannot stop the impact of the waves at all.
The rocks near the cave entrance are constantly eroded by the waves, making them ideal for the growth of goose barnacles.
The small barnacles that were left behind have grown up and are ready to be harvested.
Moreover, some smaller barnacle babies have sprouted again on the side.
Besides goose barnacles, there are also many scalloped caps and oysters on the rock face.
The wall was full of good stuff, making several people's eyes light up.
The four men each held a sand shovel, and they didn't miss a single one: goose barnacles, scallops, or oysters.
Except for a few smaller ones that were kept to reproduce, the rest were all wiped out by the Chen family.
Chen Zhiyao also found several abalone near the sea. They were quite large, weighing almost half a pound each.
Abalone +6
After scavenging the rocks at the cave entrance, the buckets in their hands were almost full.
Grandpa Chen, an experienced man, beamed with joy as he took out several nets and distributed them to the others.
"These things are quite heavy, so don't bring them into the cave. Just pack them up and leave them outside, and take them with you when you leave."
Chen Zhiyao took the net bag and poured the contents of the bucket into it, filling two bags completely, with the large abalone being particularly eye-catching.
After packing everything up, the group found a small puddle that still had water and put the items in it to keep them fresh for a while.
After settling their loot, Chen Zhiyao led the group back to the entrance of the cave.
The cave had been deserted for a long time, and who knew what might be inside? Chen Zhiyao immediately turned on her fishing glasses.
She has now upgraded to level 2 in the fishing section, and can see things up to 30 meters away.
This allows for a complete view of the deep, narrow cave.
Looking out, although she couldn't see anything specific, she could see many long, thin black shadows beneath the seawater.
These dark nights look like moray eels or sea snakes.
There were quite a lot of them, and Chen Zhiyao immediately felt a chill run down her spine.
She quickly changed into her beachcombing glasses and immediately saw several moray eels near the cave entrance.
However, the X-ray glasses can only see marine life within 5 meters; what else is inside is unknown.
Chen Zhiyao quickly called out to Grandpa Chen and Chen Weiqiang, who were about to go in.
"Wait a minute, I just saw two thin, long things. I wonder if there are any spicy snacks inside."
Hearing this, Grandpa Chen stopped too. "Spicy strips do like to hide in dark places like this, so it's best to be careful."
"It's okay, I'm wearing wading pants, and everything below my neck is covered up."
As he spoke, Chen Weiqiang waded through knee-deep seawater into the cave.
Grandpa Chen turned around and gave some instructions to his daughter-in-law and granddaughter:
"Qiangzi and I will go inside and take a look first. You guys wait outside."
Then he took a wooden stick and followed behind his son.
The father and son, dressed in fully covered wading pants, carefully made their way into the cave.
The cave was a bit dark, but it quickly brightened up again with the help of headlamps.
By this time, the seawater had receded to its lowest point, and the water inside the cave was basically below knee level.
The seawater here is very clear, and you can see things underwater very clearly under the illumination of your headlamp.
The father and son had good eyesight and soon spotted several moray eels hiding inside the cave.
Moreover, the further you go in, the more moray eels you'll find.
Grandpa Chen thought about what his granddaughter had seen earlier, and concluded that it must have been these eels.
After all, spicy strips and sea eels are not creatures that can coexist peacefully. If there were really spicy strips in the cave, these sea eels wouldn't still be here.
Seeing that the cave was safe, the father and son happily began catching eels.
And I must say, the eels in this cave are quite fat, each weighing at least three or four pounds.
Both father and son were skilled at beachcombing, and in no time they had caught several brightly colored eels, completely forgetting about the mother and daughter who were still waiting outside.
Through the X-ray glasses, Chen Zhiyao saw the father and son busily working inside, but they didn't say a word. She quickly asked anxiously:
"Dad, Grandpa, what's going on inside? Why aren't they saying anything?"
Chen Weiqiang immediately responded, "There are no spicy strips inside, only sea eels. And there are quite a lot of them, it looks a bit scary, so you shouldn't come in."
Grandpa Chen chimed in, "Yes, you and your daughter shouldn't come in. Just wait outside."
The mother and daughter were both afraid of snakes, and when they heard there were many eels inside, they didn't dare to go in.
Seeing a small patch of mangroves near the cave entrance, Chen Zhiyao decided to take her mother to go beachcombing.
By this time, the seawater had receded, and the tree roots, which had been submerged for so long, were finally exposed to the sunlight.
Through X-ray glasses, you can clearly see that there are many crabs hiding under the tree roots.
Some small fish were trapped in the mud pits.
The small fish were worthless; Chen Zhiyao's target was the plump crabs hiding under the tree roots.
Under a banyan tree directly in front of us, there are two large blue crabs weighing nearly a pound each hiding.
On the left, under a piece of rotten wood, lies a small red flower crab.
On the right, in the crevices of an unidentified tree, two swimming crabs, one large and one small, were hiding.
A hollow pipe on the side was hiding a nest of orchid crabs.
This small mangrove forest is practically a crab's nest.
The mother and daughter immediately transformed into crab-catching experts, pulling out one mud crab, blue crab, red flower crab, and swimming crab after another from the tree hole.
Orchid Crab +5
Blue Crab +3
Red Flower Crab +3
Blue crab +4
After carefully searching the mangrove forest, Chen Zhiyao harvested a small bucket of various plump crabs.
Although Yan Shuting didn't have X-ray vision glasses, she was still an experienced beachcomber, and her bucket contained several large blue crabs and two smaller swimming crabs.
The mother and daughter emerged from the mangrove forest, chatting and laughing, just as the father and son also came out of the cave, beaming with joy.
When Chen Zhiyao saw the eels still wriggling in the bucket, she was so frightened that her scalp tingled, and she quickly hid behind her mother.
"Aren't there just too many of these eels?"
Grandpa Chen, who was walking at the front, explained with a smile:
"I guess they caught all the baby lobsters and crabs last time, so these moray eels have taken over the cave."
Seeing that Chen Zhiyao was afraid of the eels, the father and son quickened their pace.
Chen Zhiyao and her mother, each carrying a crab in one hand and a barnacle and a general's hat they had just picked in the other, followed slowly behind the two.
The mother and daughter looked left and right, but dared not look at the two large buckets of eels.
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