Everyone quickly looked over and saw crabs, fish, and shrimp crawling out from under the whale's belly and body.
A patterned soft-bodied creature swiftly swam past Mingyue's crotch and burrowed into the nearby rock.
Mingjing turned her head and saw the pattern on the tail. She said happily, "It's just a flower eel. It's too small. Don't take it."
It's as thick as a finger, not even enough to make a dish, and she doesn't care.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, and bent down to pick up the fish, shrimp, and crabs that had escaped from the fish's belly.
"Godfather, let's go take a look over there."
A large number of fishermen gathered on the beach to catch seafood. Mingjing picked up a lot of seafood but was too lazy to compete with them, so she walked diagonally upwards.
Ahead is a freshwater stream, and upstream is a waterfall, a branch of the stream in the mountains.
Mingjing and Bai Jiwen searched the stream, one at each end. The water was cool and crystal clear, and occasionally they could see fish fry swimming in it.
Bai Jiwen turned over a stone and his eyes lit up.
There were several blue shrimp, about the same size as regular crayfish, and several smaller blue shrimp swimming nearby, which looked like they had just been born.
Could it be a gene mutation?
Without much thought, Bai Jiwen put several blue male shrimp into the bucket.
He grew up in the countryside of Hong Kong and did a lot of fishing and shrimp catching. Based on his experience, he judged that there should be shrimp holes here.
"Godfather, what are you doing?" Mingjing turned his head and saw Bai Jiwen squatting on the ground, sticking his butt out and digging a hole. He was a little curious and went over to take a look.
"If there are shrimp here, there must be shrimp holes."
Bai Jiwen looked at the riverbed on both sides of the stream and saw many holes about the thickness of a finger.
"Let's try this one."
He dug through the surrounding silt with his bare hands and stuck his fingers into the hole.
Mingjing put down the basket, picked up the shovel, and said, "Godfather, use this."
The shovel was handed to Bai Jiwen, and Mingjing also found two shrimp holes on the ground.
This is a freshwater area, so if there are shrimp holes, they must be freshwater shrimp. The islanders don't like to eat freshwater shrimp because they think they always have a fishy smell, so she plans to keep them for herself.
"Ouch!" Bai Jiwen quickly pulled his hand back, looking at his swollen fingers, and got angry. He picked up a shovel and started digging.
Looking closely, he felt that the person in front of him didn't seem like a CEO, but rather like a genuine islander.
But the more he dug, the deeper the hole became, and soon he dug out a large pit.
"Godfather, let me do it."
Seeing that he had dug enough, Mingjing put on gloves and reached his hand into the hole.
"It's pinching me," Mingjing said, slowly withdrawing her hand. The lobster, as if it had a head, fell back down.
Undeterred, Mingjing lay down on the ground, reached in, and pulled out a large blue lobster as thick as a wrist.
Blue?
Mingjing picked up the blue shrimp and put it in the water to wash away the mud. The blue shrimp was larger than the average shrimp, and its whole body was blue. Its claws were thin and long.
Mingjing recalled a type of shrimp found in Australia called the blue shrimp, which is quite valuable.
Blue shrimp were later introduced to China and became very popular.
Could this be an introduced and improved freshwater blue shrimp? Or is it a genetic mutation?
[Congratulations, host, on unlocking the Blue Shrimp! You are rewarded with 100 points!]
Mingjing was stunned by the sudden sound. She didn't even know that the fishing tackle shop could unlock species to earn points. It seems she'll have to study it carefully when she gets back.
Without thinking twice, Mingjing threw the shrimp into the bucket, and then she suddenly noticed that there were two more blue shrimp in the bucket.
It seems there are quite a few blue shrimp in this area.
"Mingjing, are these local shrimp? Can I take two home to raise? They're quite beautiful."
"Sure, I don't often see this kind of shrimp, I don't know if it's worth anything."
"Mingjing, how old are you? If you want to go to school, contact me and I'll find you the best school in Hong Kong."
Mingjing was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "I'm fifteen now, and I want to rely on myself to go back to Tsinghua University in the inland."
"Tsinghua University is a great school. If you ever have any trouble, be sure to call me. Your godfather is rich."
"Godfather, are you leaving tomorrow?"
"Yes, there are many things waiting for me to handle in Hong Kong. I'm very happy to be here this time. I have my dad's phone number. I'll let you know when I come again."
Mingjing nodded, gazing at the blue shrimp in the water, lost in thought.
These blue shrimp made very deep holes, but left very small openings. How did they get in?
Mingjing discovered another blue shrimp hole. This time, she didn't rush to dig it, but instead looked around for something.
The blue shrimp hole we just saw was very deep, but it got easier to dig as we went down. It ran east to west.
Mingjing suddenly realized that the water was flowing eastward. She walked half a meter to the east and found a shrimp hole about the thickness of three fingers by the grass.
So that's how it is.
With a shovel under the clear mirror, he dug directly out the blue shrimp hidden inside in just two shovelfuls.
"Mingjing, how did you dig it up so easily?" Bai Jiwen picked up a blue shrimp and rinsed it in the water.
"The water flows eastward, and this creature likes to set up its home near water plants for easy hiding and to prevent silt from flooding it. The vent is located on the east side to ensure ventilation."
I bet his house is U-shaped, with pressure balanced on both sides; it's quite clever."
"Oh, I see."
As soon as Bai Jiwen finished speaking, A Liang walked over, peeked into the bucket, and immediately said, "Boss, did these shrimp mutate from drinking too much ink? Could they be some kind of Avatar?"
Mingjing remained silent and continued searching for shrimp with her bucket.
It's rare to see such an unconventional bodyguard for a CEO.
After searching for a long time, there were already seven or eight blue shrimp in the Mirror Bucket. She was so tired that she could hardly straighten her back. While Bai Jiwen and A Liang were busy working on the side, she took the opportunity to...
She sat down to rest, and when she was bored, she started researching fishing tackle shops.
My points increased by 100, and my luck value increased by 200.
There was a red dot flashing in the message bar at the bottom of the fishing tackle shop page. When Mingjing clicked on the red dot, a pop-up window appeared.
[The Star-Rated Fishing Tackle Shop has undergone the following upgrades: Hosts can unlock new species, earning points based on their value, and their luck value will increase accordingly; the Star-Rated Fishing Tackle Shop will periodically add new functional pills, which can be obtained for free when purchasing a ship; the Star-Rated Fishing Tackle Shop's warehouse can freeze fresh seafood, which can be retrieved and stored at any time.]
The news was released half a month ago, but Mingjing was too busy and hadn't paid attention to it.
Although she knew the fishing tackle shop had changed its rules, she still couldn't understand why so many animals would mutate at the same time, even if it was a genetic mutation.
Could it be from someone else's farm?
Mingjing filled the bucket, looked at the sky, and estimated that it was already past one o'clock in the morning.
The buckets are overflowing.
"Godfather, how are you doing?"
Bai Jiwen yawned, clenching his fist like a hammer and pounding his lower back. "It's full."
"Let's go back."
Mingjing snatched the shrimp bucket from Bai Jiwen's hand and walked back.
The moonlight on the beach connects the ocean and the sky, like a ladder to the moon palace, making the ground shine.
The two walked for a while before returning to their original spot, where Ming Dahai and several bodyguards were yawning and Kun Longxia.
"Godfather, you guys go back to sleep first. My dad, my sister, and I will take care of things here," Mingjing said, putting down the shrimp bucket and sitting down.
“It’s okay, they’re willing to do it. Look how fat these people are, it would be good for them to lose some weight. I’m not paying them for nothing.”
Bai Jiwen waved his hand and yawned.
"Hey, Grandpa Bai, you forgot about our bet. Whoever catches the most seafood has to treat us tomorrow," Mingyue remembered the bet.
"Okay, okay, let's count." Bai Jiwen became interested.
Playing with the children made her feel less sleepy.
The group quickly brought the bucket over and counted the seafood inside.
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