Stunning waves
The tide had already begun to rise slowly, and Chen Zhiyao placed the fish she had caught from the beach in a place where it wouldn't be submerged.
Then, carrying an empty bucket of live fish, I headed to the deep, rocky beach where I had fished the day before to retrieve my fish trap.
Yesterday, Chen Zhiyao set six fish traps into this rocky beach.
One of the fish traps was produced by the system, and she also put a bait given to her by the system inside.
In addition, she also put a bait given by the system into one of the large, ordinary fish traps.
This is a good opportunity to see what the difference is between this system's fish trap and a regular fish trap, both of which use bait provided by the system.
Chen Zhiyao carried a bucket of live fish and two nets and walked quickly forward, just in time to see Grandpa Chen and Chen Weiqiang turning over stones on the rocky beach.
From a distance, the buckets at their feet were almost full, so it seemed like they had a good haul.
Chen Zhiyao could handle collecting the fish traps by herself. So she didn't ask the two of them for help and quietly walked towards the rocky beach ahead.
At this time, the seawater had not yet fully risen, and Chen Zhiyao saw that a small part of the two shallow-water traps had already emerged from the water.
However, only a small portion is exposed, so it's impossible to see what the fish inside are like.
Chen Zhiyao wanted to save the biggest surprise for last, so she collected the fish traps in order of water level from low to high.
The first things to be lifted up were the two medium-sized fish traps that had already partially exposed.
Chen Zhiyao deftly poured all the fish into the bucket: two small barracuda weighing about 2 pounds each, five octopuses, four orchid crabs, and two black sea bream weighing a little over 1 pound each.
The water level was probably shallow. The catch looked like a lot of fish, but the varieties were mixed and none of them were very valuable.
Next was the third cage. When she lifted it up, it felt heavy, and Chen Zhiyao guessed that there must be a big one inside.
Sure enough, there was a barracuda weighing about 5 pounds and two black sea bream weighing about 3 pounds each.
Looking at the two still lively black sea bream, Chen Zhiyao was very happy, muttering to herself:
"These two black eagles are quite big; I estimate they'll be more expensive than the ones that weighed over a pound last time."
The fourth cage felt incredibly light when lifted, but the contents inside caused Chen Zhiyao to show an excited expression.
The fish trap slowly emerged from the water, revealing several large, entirely green creatures inside.
Chen Zhiyao has a keen eye and immediately recognized that there were several enormous blue crabs weighing over a pound each inside.
While tying the crabs up with cable ties, Chen Zhiyao took the opportunity to weigh these valuable big guys. Two of them weighed about one and a half pounds, and the other two weighed exactly one pound.
"Hehehe, such a huge blue crab should cost at least 70 yuan per catty, but here it's almost 300 yuan."
This trap gave Chen Zhiyao great confidence, and she was even more excited about the next two traps.
The fifth type of trap is a regular trap with a system-added bait.
When the cage was pulled up, Chen Zhiyao felt it was particularly heavy.
She had to turn on her X-ray glasses and double her strength to pull it up.
There were several big fish inside, but unfortunately they were all barracudas that weren't very valuable.
The thought that these big things only cost 10 yuan per kilogram immediately dimmed the smile on Chen Zhiyao's face.
However, while she was cleaning up her catch, she discovered that there was also a large red sea bream weighing nearly 5 kilograms mixed in with the barracuda.
Chen Zhiyao's voice rose, "This real eagle is quite nice. A piece of this size could sell for at least sixty or seventy yuan a pound."
In total, the fifth fish trap contained four barracuda weighing over 5 kilograms each and one red sea bream weighing 5 kilograms each.
Looking at the catch in the bucket, Chen Zhiyao nodded to herself. It seemed that the system's bait was effective even against ordinary fish traps.
While we can't guarantee what kind of fish we'll attract, we can be sure of their size; these fish will all weigh at least five pounds.
That big real eagle could sell for at least three hundred yuan.
The last cage, though not as heavy as the previous ones, contained valuable, large items.
A 4-pound sea eel, a 6-pound tiger grouper, and a 4-pound giant coconut snail.
Chen Zhiyao thought the system's bait could only attract sea fish, but she didn't expect it could even attract coconut snails.
Looking at the valuable items inside the cage, Chen Zhiyao was overjoyed.
It seems that the traps produced by the system need to be used with this bait. When the two are combined, the harvest will be guaranteed to be both large and of high quality.
Moreover, the bait in this system is indeed a treasure, it's just a pity that it can't be purchased separately.
Considering that these items were only given away as a free gift when purchasing fish traps (10 in total), Chen Zhiyao couldn't help but silently complain in her heart:
This system is so stingy.
Just as the cage was lifted up, Grandpa Chen and Chen Weiqiang came over. When they saw these big guys inside, the father and son got excited.
Grandpa Chen lifted up the tiger-striped fish, which was as long as his arm, and beamed with joy, urging his granddaughter to take a picture of him. He was as happy as if he had caught the fish himself.
However, he didn't say anything himself, but once the photo was posted, who knew it was caught with a fish trap.
Chen Weiqiang, who was standing to the side, failed to catch the big fish, so he could only lift up the large eel in the fish trap for a photo.
moray eel
Chen Zhiyao was speechless, but she still obediently cooperated and dutifully took photos of the two childish men.
After a while, the father and son happily carried their catch toward the kayak.
At this moment, Chen Zhiyao, who was behind her, finally had time to examine the enormous coconut snail that was as big as her head.
Through the X-ray glasses, Chen Zhiyao could clearly see a dark shadow, slightly larger than a fingernail, on the edge of the snail meat.
It was Melaleuca! Chen Zhiyao was so excited she almost screamed.
This dark shape was noticeably larger than the first coconut snail, and it also looked more rounded.
Although she had never personally driven a coconut pearl, she had searched for information about it online some time ago.
Melo pearls are the pearls found inside the coconut snail's body; some people also call them "dragon pearls" or "flame pearls."
Meloju is mainly orange-red, orange-yellow, yellow, and yellowish-brown.
The shapes vary, including irregular, oval, and nearly round. Generally, nearly round Melo beads have higher collectible value and are more valuable.
Melaleuca
Melo pearls are extremely rare because they cannot be artificially cultivated. I've heard that a good specimen can fetch several million dollars at auction.
However, most of these things are irregular, and it is extremely difficult to make a perfectly round Melo pearl.
She also searched on Taobao and found that irregularly shaped Melo beads could be bought for a few thousand yuan. Oval or round Melo beads, on the other hand, could cost ten or twenty thousand yuan.
Therefore, Chen Zhiyao felt that the price of this item was highly inflated and seemed to have been artificially inflated.
I don't even know if anyone actually buys it.
However, since it was something that came for free, Chen Zhiyao was mostly filled with curiosity and excitement.
Thinking about going to the boat to open the coconut shells, Chen Zhiyao quickened her pace and eventually jogged over.
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