Chapter 26: Fish Tide
With Wang Zhigao's drone, Zhang Le does not need to fly in the sky to be on guard, and similarly, the work of reconnoitering the location of the shore is also handed over to the drone.
One morning in late November 2026, at the "dock" of the Ice Dragon base, Clara wore a stealth mosaic jacket and pants and shook hands with everyone one by one to say goodbye. Wang Zhigao and Zhang Le were in charge of sending Clara to the beach. Ouyang Ji's mood was the lowest, and he was a little reluctant, and it would be difficult to find such a cooperative experimental subject in the future.
"Lady Clara, I've done everything I can to help. You don't have to worry about you and your children being exposed to radiation now, you can recover quickly from injuries, your strength and agility are greatly increased, and more importantly, your stealth skills can help you avoid many external dangers. Good luck! ”
Clara nodded heavily, hugged Ouyang Ji, and then waved her hand to everyone and jumped on the jet ski. Zhang Le drove the motorboat to the coast more than ten kilometers away, and Wang Zhigao, who was sitting side by side with Zhang Le, controlled the drone to guide Zhang Le's course.
Zhao Fei leaned out of the side of the Lychee, shrugged her shoulders, and then turned and walked towards the recliner next to the parasol.
"It's time to sunbathe again, the weather is so nice!" Zhao Fei looked at the blue sky and white clouds and sighed.
On the coast on the outskirts of Lisbon, the scenery is picturesque, but in these last days, no one looks at the scenery by the sea. However, the Hepburn League and the Doom Alliance are still different, the Clown Town is surrounded by a wasteland, although there are some crops, but it is obviously not artificial, and on the outskirts of Lisbon, nearly half of the flat land is planted with winter wheat.
Zhang Le and Wang Zhigao watched Clara disappear into the field by the sea, and they were also a little emotional, so they could only wish her good luck. However, depending on the situation, the Hepburn Alliance does have a more civilized world feel, and I believe that Clara will have a better life here.
On the way back, Wang Zhigao drove the boat, and Zhang Le stood guard in the back row. When he was still five kilometers away from the Lychee, Zhang Le suddenly noticed a large splash on the southern sea, similar to the situation when sea creatures hunt. The Lychee has been sailing for more than half a year, and it is no wonder that everyone has seen too many hunts among marine creatures. But this kind of intense splash with no end in sight for several kilometers has never happened.
"Brother Wang, hurry up and go back, I'm afraid I'm in big trouble." Zhang Le said hurriedly.
Ten minutes later, the motorboat arrived at the Lychee, and the forward of the boiling fish arrived on the Lychee almost at the same time. All sorts of fish swam north as if they were hiding from the plague gods, and the crew of the Lychee all ran to the side of the ship to watch the spectacle. When they hit an obstacle, they jump to the surface, not because they don't want to swim, but because the water is so dense that there is no room to dive.
The two put away the work of the motorboat, and two sea fish jumped in the motorboat, the shortest of which was more than two meters long, and it was actually bigeye tuna.
A few minutes later, the main force of the boundless school of fish arrived. As far as the eye can see, the sea is boiling like a boiling hot pot. Countless sea fish crashed into the Ice Dragon Base and the Lychee, "banging", although it would not cause any substantial harm, but this overwhelming power made everyone feel terrified.
There are also some huge figures among the endless schools of fish, and there are many giant sea creatures more than ten meters long and more than twenty meters long, and we even saw several blue whales more than forty meters long. Fortunately, these behemoths were so powerful that they could adjust their course and not crash into the Ice Dragon Base and the Lychee.
Bottlenose dolphins and budgies also ate some marine fish in high spirits when the schools arrived. Later, the fish became denser and denser, and the budgies were so frightened that they flew directly to the protruding pedestal of the island. Zhang Le's white knight was also very smart, and when he saw that the situation was not good, he hid directly on the northerly side of the Lychee, relying on the hull of the Lychee to avoid the crazy fish.
After half an hour, before the fish were finished, Zhuge Chen's face began to turn pale, and even Ouyang Ji, who was old and serious, held his glasses several times.
"Director Zhao, what should we do?" Zhuge Chen finally couldn't help but ask. Everyone focused their eyes on Zhao Fei.
Zhao Fei waved his hand calmly and said, "What are you afraid of, no matter how powerful it is, it's a beast, I'll go get something, Zhuge Chen, prepare your weapons." After speaking, Zhao Fei walked towards the entrance of the deck. Zhao Fei's main laboratory has already moved to the Lychee.
The schools of fish are still endless. It was more than eleven o'clock in the morning, and the sun was dazzling, but everyone's faces were not good-looking, and there was a sense of unknown fear. Ouyang Ji's eyes suddenly lit up, and he also ran quickly towards the ice dragon base, and by the way, he stuffed the frightened parrot into the empty room below the deck.
"Sister Chen, I'm a little scared." Although Zha Xiaoxia's physical fitness is better than Zhuge Chen's, her psychological quality is obviously much worse. Zhang Le thought about it, but also felt that it was not safe to be empty-handed, so he hurriedly ran to the second floor of the ship island and came over with a large bundle of javelins.
After another half hour, the boiling sea suddenly fell silent. The escaped fish gradually disappeared to the north of the Lychee. The fish of the sea more than one meter have gone away, leaving only a group of small fish swimming around in a daze, unaware of the danger.
The boundless sea gently swayed with the waves, deep blue and bottomless, like a silent ancient beast. Everyone thought they would see some terrifying sea monster attack soon, but nothing happened.
Although everyone did not dare to take it lightly, no matter what, the Lychee continued to sail south. The radar on the Lychee was turned on to its maximum power, and the duty officer was also arranged to wait in the wheelhouse. After another half a day, seeing that there was still nothing abnormal, the group of hard-working people went back to the dormitory to sleep.
At three o'clock in the morning the next day, the automatic alarm bell of the radar suddenly rang. Li Jun, who was on duty, was directly dumbfounded when he saw the dense red dots on the screen, and between the small red dots, there was a huge red dot.
"Premature life!"
Everyone who was woken up got up and was full of anger, but when they saw the huge red dot, they were as awake as if someone had poured a basin of cold water on their faces on a cold winter moon.
"Finish the calf!" Everyone gasped.
The red dot does not move fast, slower than the fish, but it is still faster than the speed of the Lychee, looking at the area, it is estimated that this product is larger than the pet dolphin of the Lychee. Before, behind, around, and around this red dot, there are countless small red dots moving with them. The giant red dot is about fifteen kilometers away from the Lychee. But the small red dot had already reached a few hundred meters in front of the Lychee.
The unknown is the fear, and everyone is about to see the real thing, and everyone can't be afraid, so they run to the side of the boat to look at it from afar. Zhang Le and the three girls are all visual enhancers, and they don't need any auxiliary tools, and it is easy to see a distance of several hundred meters at night without stars and moons.
Zha Xiaoxia's eyesight was the best, and she was the first to shout: "Oh my God, big crabs, so many big crabs." ”
Everyone was stunned, was it the big crab that made the group of fish flee wildly?
In a few minutes, a dustpan-sized crab appeared on the surface of the sea. That's when everyone understands the horror of these crabs. There was no place to hide the remaining small fish and shrimp on the surface of the sea, and the strong smell of fish filled the entire surface of the sea with the sound of crab claws closing.
Wearing thick armor and holding thick claws, crabs are like hoplites, although they are not fast, but they are invincible and unstoppable. What's more, not far from the rear, there is also a crab overlord pressing the formation.
Everyone was dumbfounded, they didn't expect this kind of food on the plate to be so domineering after it became bigger. Ouyang Ji is an expert in invertebrates, but he prefers to study lower primitive invertebrates such as coelenterates, linear and protozoans, although he has not studied much on crustacean crabs, but he still has his own professional skills in this kind of species.
Small crabs have many natural predators, a variety of birds and fish can easily kill them for food, but medium-sized crabs, only octopuses and squid and other mollusks that are not afraid of clipping can be killed, large crabs, such as the famous king crab, in the sea has almost no natural enemies, but the width of the king crab body is only 20-40 cm, and the crab foot is only 1 meter long. Giant crabs like this one have the size of a dustpan, and unless they have no food or are old or sick or die, there are few other sea creatures that can threaten their lives.
After listening to Ouyang Ji's explanation, Zha Xiaoxia was the first to raise her hand and asked weakly, "Teacher Ouyang, do you say these crabs can be eaten?" ”