The three of them walked into the white-bearded old man's seafood farm under the starlight.
"Is your farm big?" Lincun asked. "If the tide goes out, will the fish and shrimp remain on the beach?"
"When the tide goes out, we can just pick up fish and shrimps on the beach without casting nets," Wang Xiaohai joked.
"What are you two talking about?" the old man with the white beard said, "You're talking about some words I don't understand. What does low tide mean?"
"Won't the tide go out here?" Lin Cun was stunned. "It's just that the sea water slowly recedes from the beach."
"Will the sea water recede? I have never seen this in my life." The old man with white beard held a bamboo basket in his hand. He used the bamboo basket to scoop up small fish to look at, and then continued to put them into the water.
The water in the shallows was as deep as pitch black, and every step the three people took in the water made a "splashing" sound.
"There is no moon here." Lin Cun said to Wang Xiaohai, then pointed to the sky.
Wang Xiaohai looked up and saw stars twinkling in the dark night, but no moon.
"What is the moon?" The old man with white beard overheard their conversation.
"You have a wife and children at home, right? Go back and rest quickly. We can search here by ourselves."
Lincun felt that Baihu was moving too slowly and was slowing down the progress of the two.
"But..." The old man with white beard was a little hesitant.
"No buts, this is a 2,000 yuan reward." Wang Xiaohai immediately understood Old Man Hu's concerns and put a stack of money in Old Man Bai's hand. "That's enough, we just need to find the special starfish."
"That's enough, actually ten dollars is enough for a starfish." The old man with white beard refused, but quickly put the money into his arms, "I don't have a wife, my wife passed away five years ago, and my son went to work in a big city elsewhere and never came back all year round. You guys take your time to catch the starfish, I'm going to have a rest." As he said that, he walked towards the seaside house where he lived.
The old man with white beard walked back to the house, turned on the light, and looked out the window at the fish farm by the sea. He was still worried about Wang Xiaohai and Lin Cun. He was afraid that they would take out a big sack to fill with fish after he left. If they took away 500 kilograms of fish and took the helicopter, he would lose money this time.
Wang Xiaohai and Lin Cun searched the old man Baihu's farm for an hour but found nothing.
"Go to deeper waters," Lincun said. "The Seafood Star shouldn't be in shallow waters. Oops—something bit me!"
Lincun looked down. Although it was dark, he could still see that a strange sharp-toothed fish had bitten his heel. Fortunately, his skin was thick and it didn't get bitten through.
"What kind of fish is this?" Wang Xiaohai was quick-eyed and quick-handed. He reached into the water and grabbed the sharp-toothed fish directly.
"I don't know, maybe it's a species unique to this world." Lin Cun saw a row of tooth marks on the back of his leg. "We're not in the divine realm yet, so we can't talk to animals. It would be great if we could talk to fish. Then we'd know where the Seafood Star is."
"Talking to fish?" Wang Xiaohai seemed to have realized something. "Is there any species in this world that can communicate with sea fish?"
"Yes! Why didn't I think of it before?" Lin Cun said, "I'll go ask the old man with white beard." As he said that, he was about to walk towards the cottage by the sea.
"Wait, no need to ask!" Wang Xiaohai said, "look ahead." He pointed his finger outside the fence in the deep water area.
I saw two men with wet hair poking the fishing net with spears, as if they wanted to poke a big hole in the net. The men's upper bodies were naked, but their lower bodies were fish tails. They were actually mermaids!
"There are mermaids on this continent!" Lin Cun exclaimed in surprise and immediately ran towards the mermaid man holding a spear.
Lincun was moving at an extremely fast speed, and the sea surface it passed through formed a waterline.
"Giggle..."
The two mermaid men cried out in surprise when they saw this, and one of them dived into the water.
The two mermaid men were extremely fast in his hands, but Lin Cun was not a pushover either. Green light burst out from his body, and his speed increased a hundred times. He caught up with the two mermaid men in an instant, stretched out his hands, grabbed the shoulders of the two mermaid men, and pulled them out of the sea. Water splashed all over Lin Cun!
After the two mermaid men were pulled out of the water, they simultaneously drew their spears and stabbed Lincun's heart and throat.
Lincun did not dodge or evade, but slammed his arms hard, knocking the two mermaid men together with a dull "bang" sound.
The two mermaid men were a little dazed and only felt stars surrounding them.
Lin Cun dragged the two men back to the beach and threw the two mermaid men, whose bodies were numb, onto the beach. The two mermaid men struggled to get up, but Lin Cun stepped on their waists and they could not move.
"Can you two understand what I'm saying?" Lin Cun asked.
Half of the bodies of the two mermaid men were buried in the sand, and they were mumbling a string of mermaid language.
Wang Xiaohai left the farm and walked to the side of Lin Village, carefully looking at the two merman men - they had ponytails, thick arms, fish tails in the lower body, and their scales occasionally reflected starlight.
"Wang Xiaohai, these two mermaids can't speak," Lin Cun said. "I originally thought they understood human language and would let them go after a few questions. Now it seems we have no choice but to capture them and sell them at the market."
"Are you serious?" the mermaid on the left said, "You'll let us go?"
Lin Cun was obviously startled. He stared at the mermaid man at his feet and said, "So you can speak the human language. I was just pretending not to understand!"
"I'm afraid that if I understand, you won't let me go." The mermaid said, "If you sell me, I swear on the dignity of our sea people, I will commit suicide immediately!"
"You sea people are so naive. I lied to you when I said I would let you go. Do you believe me?" Lin Cun released his foot that was stepping on the mermaid. He believed that these two mermaids would not be able to escape.
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