The ripples on the surface of the water slowly rippled and spread outward in layers.

Li Qing leaned on the side of the boat, his eyes slightly condensed, staring closely at the dark and deep water, without saying a word.

After a while, he put a hand into the sea and gently stirred it a few times before slowly raising his head: "Stop the boat." ”

Lao Liu put away the oars and turned his head to look at Li Qing: "That's it, we haven't rowed far yet." ”

"If you go any further, you won't be able to come back, so we'll just wait here. Li Qing said in a deep voice, and then beckoned to Lao Liu, motioning for him to sit down, "How dare you come out with me, aren't you really afraid of death?"

Lao Liu's face changed slightly: "200,000, who doesn't want to fight." ”

Li Qing couldn't help but sneer: "Just with these 200,000 yuan, is the money so heavy?"

After being silent for a while, Lao Liu raised the cigarette pouch in his hand: "That... Can I smoke a cigarette?"

"Yes. Li Qing nodded, and when he said this, he stretched out his hand again and tapped it lightly on the surface of the sea, and the ripples spread out again.

The boat rose and fell with the waves, Lao Liu leaned on the side of the boat, lit a dry cigarette, and took a hard breath: "You are born with a noble life, and it is normal to look down on these small money." But I'm different, I've suffered all my life, and I still have a child to raise, let alone 200,000, if you give me 10,000, I'm willing to come and fight with you. ”

"Xiaoman's mother, a few years ago, because she had no money for surgery, she finally died of illness. Now that the child is still young, if I don't work hard, what will I use for her to go to school and study? Is it possible for a girl's family to grow up like me in the wind and suffer in the rain?"

Li Qing's face was a little unnatural, and it could even be said that he was a little embarrassed. He has always regarded money as dung, but he has never lacked these things, and in this world, some people are enough to do their best just to survive, is he really qualified to judge other people's choices?

"Would you like to come to Li's house? I can give your daughter a good living environment. Li Qing hesitated for a moment and said slowly.

Lao Liu's body trembled for a moment, and his eyes couldn't help but swell with a touch of ecstasy: "Really? Why?"

Li Qing shook his head with a smile, looked across the sea, and looked at the small figure on the shore: "In the past six months, a lot of things have happened to the Li family, and my relatives have left one after another. If I could have a lovely sister, I certainly wouldn't say no. ”

"If you are willing to take your daughter to Li's house, I will be very happy, and treat Xiaoman like my own sister. If you don't agree, of course it doesn't matter, I won't force it. In other words, no matter what choice you make, I can understand. ”

"Of course I'm willing!" Lao Liu hurriedly said, but before he could say the next sentence, Li Qing frowned suddenly, and immediately waved his hand: "Don't speak!"

His body froze instantly, and immediately after that, Lao Liu heard a sound of "click, click" gnawing on the bottom of the boat, which frightened the dry smoke between his fingers and slipped off with a click.

Li Qing stretched out half of his body to the boat, lightly touched his fingers on the sea, and after a few seconds, he lightly touched again.

Suddenly, he quickly reached into the water and pulled out a small black object from underneath. This little thing had great strength, writhing wildly between Li Qing's fingers, and there was a layer of mucus on his body, which was so slippery that Li Qing almost got rid of his hand.

As soon as his eyes were cold, Li Qing stretched out his other hand to his waist and pulled it out. Before the little thing escaped, there was a "bang" and it was directly nailed to the side of the ship.

Lao Liu opened his mouth wide in fright, but remembering Li Qing's previous warning, he had to cover it tightly with his hands, not daring to make the slightest sound. Staring at the nailed object, he was stunned to find that it was a strange fish. Lao Liu has been fishing in the sea for half his life, and he has seen a lot of strange and unnamed small things, but compared to the surprise brought to him by this thing in front of him, it is not worth mentioning.

Even though this strange fish was staring at the boat, it couldn't stop struggling, and even made a very strange sound, like a whining and crying child, and the tone of the voice couldn't help but send chills down the spine.

Li Qing glanced at it coldly, took out another one, and stabbed it from its head. A trace of red blood slowly flowed down, and the sound stopped abruptly, this little thing must have died completely, and finally stopped struggling.

After doing this, Li Qing slowly closed his eyes, leaned on the side of the boat without saying a word, and let the boat rise and fall with the waves, as if waiting for something.

Lao Liu didn't dare to move, looked at Li Qing, and then looked at the strange thing nailed to the side of the ship, and endured it for more than half an hour before he finally heard Li Qing's words: "Row back." ”

"Ah, good. Lao Liu nodded hurriedly, he was almost crazy by such a long silence, and immediately grabbed the oars and rowed back towards the shore.

It wasn't until the boat docked that Li Qing breathed a sigh of relief, and a hint of relief appeared on his face.

Qi Kuan, Ma Baoshan, and even a group of people from the Li family all surrounded them.

"How's it going?" asked Ma Baoshan first.

Li Qing pulled out the side of the boat, and then raised his hand and threw the little thing on the beach: "This is it." ”

Ma Baoshan took a closer look and couldn't help but exclaim: "What is this?"

The rest of the people came over, and their faces couldn't help but turn pale for a while. Li Qing took out a handkerchief from his pocket, gently wiped the blood stains on it, and said lightly: "It should be a fish." ”

"Fish, is this also a fish?" Ma Baoshan flicked the guy on the beach with his foot, and his face couldn't help but turn a little blue.

To say that this thing is a fish is indeed a bit too far-fetched. It was a blackish-brown color, covered in sturdy scales, with a row of hideous teeth protruding, a lower abdomen, and two strange protrusions that looked like fins instead of fins, and feet instead of feet. The most incredible thing is that this little thing has a strange face that is slightly concave, except for the terrible mouth, and the facial features are similar to that of an owl, which is really impossible to associate with a fish.

"It's a monster. Ma Baoshan gasped.

Qi Kuan said in a sullen voice: "I heard them say that there is a big guy under the sea, how can it be so small." ”

"That's a school of fish. Li Qing said in a low voice, "A large group gathers together, and they seem to be able to judge the location of their prey based on the current of water. If they don't move in the water and don't make the slightest sound, they won't be able to attack. ”

"Interesting, is it a piranha?" Qi Kuan narrowed his eyes slightly.

Li Qing handed over Lao Liu's matter to Li Shi to handle, and then turned around and waited with Qi Kuan and Ma Baoshan for the experts from the scientific research institute to come over.

"Li Qing, do you know where this thing came from?" Qi Kuan asked in a low voice.

Ma Baoshan glanced at the two of them, and then pretended not to hear anything and went around to the side. A dead fat man with an average level and an ordinary background, who has been able to climb so fast over the years, Ma Baoshan's cleverness is naturally not lacking.

It's a pity that even if he faced Qi Kuan alone, Li Qing had no intention of telling the truth: "I don't know." ”

Qi Kuan snorted coldly, started smoking again, and stopped talking.

"Director, the experts from the institute are here!"

Extinguishing the cigarette in his hand, Qi Kuan waved his hand: "Please come over quickly." ”

After a while, a few little old men with suitcases hurried over, and Ma Baoshan hurriedly greeted him: "Excuse me, everyone, this is it, a few experts will help take a look, what is it?"

"Okay, let's take a look. The old man at the head nodded with a smile, and then his eyes touched the strange fish on the beach, and he couldn't help but stiffen slightly, "This... What is this thing?"

Ma Baoshan's face turned green: "Look, you are experts, I still have to ask you, why did you ask me instead?"

Several old experts got together, opened the suitcase and took out a set of professional equipment, measured in the east and measured in the west, and made a fuss around this little thing for more than an hour, and finally they were all entangled.

"What is the result?" Ma Baoshan ran forward and backwards, and finally simply went up and asked.

"Probably... A type of fish. ”

Qi Kuan's face sank: "What do you mean but? After such a long delay, you have come to such a plausible conclusion?"

"Director Qi, don't worry. There are so many species in the world, and there are many species that no one has ever seen. The old expert stood up and said slowly, "This thing should belong to a species that has never been discovered, and we have never seen it before." In terms of morphological characteristics, it should belong to the family of La perch. ”

"Do you know where it came from?" Qi Kuan asked again.

The old expert pondered for a while and shook his head: "There are many fish in the La-ethnic perch family, most of which live in tropical freshwater rivers, and there are very few in the sea. However, the fish in this subject are extremely adaptable, and we have just learned about it, and we have heard that this fish has formed a scale in Gangbei Bay, so it cannot be ruled out that they have produced a certain degree of mutation in the process of breeding. ”

"In our technical parlance, it's called a biological invasion. Gangbei Bay has been closed for so many years, and there are abundant aquatic products, so this fish did not run outside, but they lack natural predators, and it is a matter of time before they cause trouble, so we have to find a way to eradicate it as soon as possible. ”

"I'm only in charge of handling the case, it's your biologist's business. Qi Kuan said lightly, "Can you give me a report?" I want to take it to the meeting for discussion. ”

"That's fine. The old expert nodded.