The black knife is not a common fish, and Chu Mingcheng has only learned about it from the encyclopedia, but he doesn't know its meat taste.

So he brought a box over, shoveled some crushed ice into it, and put the fish in the box to be chilled.

Wait until tomorrow to get one and taste it, and then decide what to do with this fish.

There is usually no definite price for uncommon fish in the market, so if the fish tastes great, you can set a slightly higher price.

If the taste is very ordinary, then he can directly chop up the black leather knife he caught tonight, and then feed the fish and shrimp in the living water tank.

After going to sea for so many days, if these fish and shrimp are kept hungry, a small part of the fish and shrimp will definitely be starved or even starved to death, and it is still necessary to feed a little food every two days.

However, these seafood are indeed not easy to feed, and a small part of it will be unbearable every day to be cool, and Chu Mingcheng has to go to catch it every other day and a half.

Freeze them in the refrigerator while they are still fresh to ensure their umami taste.

Next, Chu Mingcheng continued to use fake bait to fish for black knives.

The fish inhabits the deep sea during the day and only appears at night to feed on the surface.

Therefore, there is a reason why anglers often choose night fishing, not because they don't want to fish during the day, but because they can't catch fish during the day!

It took an hour to catch five more black knives of different sizes, and apparently I encountered a school of fish today.

Chu Mingcheng thought of a group of fish that also existed under the water when he looked at the fish detector before.

He decided to try his hand at bottom fishing to see what kind of fish were on the bottom, and if it was a precious deep-sea fish that he was familiar with, then he would definitely not continue to fish for black knives.

Unbeknownst to him, as soon as he lifted the rod to take back the bait, a large squid suddenly appeared on the surface of the water.

Under the light of the Poseidon, the squid's appearance can be seen clearly.

It has tiger-like markings and is purple all over.

Of course, the color of the squid is well understood, and it can change at any time.

But this squid is not inferior in size to the large-tailed squid, and it is about 40 centimeters long, not counting the tentacles.

Chu Mingcheng recognized the origin of this squid at a glance, named Tabby Squid.

The production of this squid is very high, and there is a large-scale breeding in the country, which is one of the important economic seafood in the country.

Chu Mingcheng immediately changed his goal and decided to fish for these big squid.

The tabby squid is most likely attracted by the lights on his ship, and usually appears in groups, and it is uncertain when he will leave, he will definitely seize this wave of opportunities.

He immediately switched to a moderately hard rod, and then fished out some small giant shrimp that were used as bait in their own right, and began to fish for squid.

Fishing for squid is easier with live bait, and it's also fun to catch.

No, a tabby squid on the surface of the water is attracted by the small shrimp bait he throws nearby, and grabs the shrimp with its tentacles before other aquatic creatures, and then sends it into its mouth.

Then the moment the hook hooked it, the tabby squid's body suddenly turned white in pain, and even a little transparent.

Only the head is more iron, and it is still the original color.

Then, as soon as it shrank, a mouthful of salt soda erupted, staining the surface of the sea black.

Chu Mingcheng had fished for big-tailed squid before, so he naturally knew the habits of these squid.

Although the squid does not have the resistance of a fish, it can spray ink, and it will get very dirty when caught immediately.

So he just dragged the rod and pulled the tabby squid around the sea.

Like an ink painter painting on the sea, an abstract landscape painting appears on the surface of the sea in a short time.

And by this time, the tabby squid had quieted down because it had lost a drop.

Only then did Chu Mingcheng retract the fishing line and directly brought the squid up.

The fact that tabby squid can be selected for breeding shows that it has an excellent taste.

Therefore, Chu Mingcheng brought another box, shoveled some broken ice, and put the tabby squid in it to keep it fresh, and obviously he would taste it tomorrow.

The efficiency of fishing for squid is much faster than fishing for black knives, and you can catch one in three or four minutes.

Because Jiang Luoluo had already finished practicing dancing and taking a shower, Chu Mingcheng put on a Bluetooth headset and chatted with her on the phone, while fishing for squid, and unconsciously fished the entire box.

It wasn't until he casually threw the tabby squid into the box that the squid slid straight down that he didn't notice it.

Looking at the time, it was already past eleven o'clock.

Tonight's harvest is actually very average for Chu Mingcheng, and there are only six black skin knives, which add up to about forty or fifty catties.

There are quite a lot of tabby squid, and a box is full.

Squid is a mollusk, and theoretically a box of squid will be much heavier than a box of fish, so he caught at least 150 catties tonight.

That is, the price of tabby squid is not high, only about forty yuan per catty, so it leads to his average harvest.

Just as Chu Mingcheng decided to go back to rest, a "boom" sound suddenly sounded on the sea.

His eyes lit up, isn't this the sound of a killer whale?

There were sea lions to help him find fish when he went to sea before, but it helped him a lot and let him know the benefits of having a helper when going to sea.

And he has a plug-in and can communicate with intelligent sea creatures, so he obviously needs a reliable partner even more.

It's just that sea lions have too many natural predators in the sea, especially large sharks and killer whales, and there is a high probability that sea lions will not be able to run away when encountering these two creatures.

Chu Mingcheng was actually a little worried before, which was also the reason why he didn't find the sea lions on the Crescent Island.

The ideal and reliable partner in his heart is the killer whale, the overlord of the food chain.

With killer whales here, he doesn't need to think about sharks at all when diving, and at most he is on guard against humpback whales.

However, humpback whales will not attack him as a human under normal circumstances, and in terms of swimming speed in the water, he is much faster than humpback whales, so naturally there is no need to worry and be afraid.

Maybe it's the lights, or maybe it's the swarms of tabby squid on the sea.

It was only a short time before several killer whales appeared in his sight and swam towards him.

It was a small group of whales, led by a large female killer whale.

It is followed by four killer whales, of which only one has an erect dorsal fin and is triangular, and the rest of the dorsal fin is sickle-shaped, similar to the lead female killer whale.

There is now only one male killer whale in this whale pack.

From the size of the whales, it can be seen that these five killer whales are all adults, but it is strange why there are no baby killer whales.

After only a short while, five killer whales came to the vicinity of the Poseidon.

They didn't approach the Poseidon out of the blue, but swam around the area, as if to see if the big creature was dangerous.

After a while, as if sensing no danger, they began to hunt the squid, which was attracted by the ship's lights, and made occasional noises.

Chu Mingcheng stood on the side of the boat with more interest and watched, he felt that he would have a few killer whales guarding him when he went to sea in the future, and the safety factor was absolutely good.

If he is not afraid of pirate attacks at night, then he can dive at any time to find possible shipwrecks.

Orcas have helped him a lot, so how to build a relationship with them is something he needs to solve at the moment.

There's nothing more secure for marine life than feeding.

"Hey friends, would you like to taste the tuna?"

Because of the plug-in, after the words spoken by Chu Mingcheng reached their ears, they would automatically be transformed into the language they were familiar with, as if a translator was translating in their ears at any time.

That's why he was able to command sea lions at any time.

Sure enough, hearing his words, all the killer whales stopped foraging and looked at him curiously.

"You follow my boat, and I'll take you to catch tuna."

Chu Mingcheng didn't hesitate, and after moving the fish and squid into the refrigerated cabin, he came to the wheelhouse to start the Poseidon and took the killer whale to find the tuna.

The Poseidon started slowly, he deliberately went out to take a look, and found that the killer whales were really following, so he opened the tuna map to observe the distribution of tuna in the vicinity.

Originally, he thought that there were a lot of bigeye tuna, and there should be a lot of distribution area, but he didn't know that there was a school of bluefin tuna five nautical miles away near him.

The number is okay, there are thirteen.

It took him twenty minutes or so to reach his destination.

The killer whales who followed over also seemed to have spotted a school of bluefin tuna, and the leading killer whale immediately called all his own people over, and then there was a burst of humming.

The other killer whales also muttered from time to time, as if they were echoing.

When they discussed their plan to hunt tuna, they saw that the human who brought them to catch tuna just now had something in his hand and jumped directly into the water.

The killer whales were quite curious, and they didn't care about hunting tuna, but came to Chu Mingcheng's side.

Although killer whales are called killer whales, there is not a single homicide incident in the wild.

Attacks on humans have been recorded so far, with attacks on wooden boats, but not on humans who have fallen overboard.

There were fish caught by the divers, but no bites.

The only person bitten by a killer whale was taken to the hospital for more than 100 stitches, but the killer whale took a bite and let go.

Chu Mingcheng had reason to suspect that the killer whale was short-sighted, and he thought it was the prey, but it turned out to be a person.

I guess the killer whale's thought at the time was: I bite wrong, I'm sorry!

As for the homicide of killer whales in captivity, this is not to blame.

After all, they are all depressed, so it's normal to do anything crazy.

Therefore, seeing that the killer whales all came over, Chu Mingcheng was not afraid at all, but reached out to touch this head and touch that head, and the two sides exchanged very friendly.

After playing for a while, he noticed that the tuna on the map began to move eastward, so he waved his hand, made a gesture for the killer whales to follow, and immediately rushed out.

Luckily, the tuna is just swimming normally, and he's keeping up with his current speed.

The killer whales are not slow to swim and can keep up with him.

About ten minutes later, Chu Mingcheng and the killer whales came to the top of the tuna.

They are on the surface, and the tuna is a hundred meters underwater.

Chu Mingcheng came out of the water and ordered the killer whales to wait on the surface of the water to scare away the tuna, and then plunged into the water himself, holding the speargun and swimming quickly into the deep water.

In less than two minutes, he was at the bottom of the water and spotted bluefin tuna gathering to hunt small schools.

Chu Mingcheng wore a headlamp on his head, and he was overjoyed when he saw the scene under the water.

It's best if the tuna are foraging, so that he doesn't scare them off if he hunts repeatedly.

If he kept swimming, it would be troublesome, and in that case he would have to spend a certain amount of time catching up after each hunt.

This group of bluefin tuna is not particularly large, and the average weight should be around two hundred catties.

Chu Mingcheng came to their side with a speargun, and he didn't deliberately pick the fat one, but just chose the best hit fish and pressed the trigger.

The arrow pierced the head of the target fish with a "whoosh", and the target fish immediately burst out with great force to escape when it was dying.

However, Chu Mingcheng grabbed the fishing line and dragged the fishing line to keep approaching.

Feeding the fish to the killer whales, he naturally does not need to worry about the necrosis of the fish near the wound.

Conquered directly by brute force, it only took two minutes to solve this bluefin tuna of about two hundred catties.

Later, Chu Mingcheng did not go back, and used a rope to pass through the gills of the fish's mouth, tied the tuna and took it with him, and then loaded the spear gun and continued to hunt the second one.

After a few minutes, he managed to get the second one.

He then retracted his arrow, grabbed the pectoral fin of the second bluefin tuna with both hands, and swam to the surface with the other.

Soon, he was on the surface, and the killer whales did not leave, and were really waiting for him on the surface.

When two bluefin tuna were delivered, the killer whales were overjoyed, and the female killer whale in the lead arched her body with her head affectionately.

"Go eat with your people, and I'll keep catching tuna for you."

Touching the killer whale and looking at them on the other side who kept biting the tuna, Chu Mingcheng was very satisfied with this.

Sure enough, after feeding it once, the intimacy immediately increased a lot.

However, if he wanted to feed them all at once, Chu Mingcheng would have to bring at least three more bluefin tuna of the same size.

And that's if they're not too hungry, and if they're hungry, they'll have to catch all the bluefin tuna at the bottom of the water.

After seeing that the leader also went to nibble on the tuna, Chu Mingcheng continued to dive and hunt.

It's been a long time.

It wasn't until Chu Mingcheng sent the seventh one that the killer whales didn't continue to eat.

Instead, the leading killer whale brought the fish to him, and the mouth arched as if to tell him to eat it, and he knew that they were full.

"The tuna tastes good, if you still want to eat it in the next two days, how about staying by my boat and protecting me?" You keep me safe, and I'll catch fish for you to eat. ”

Chu Mingcheng caught the tuna that arched over, and then said to the leading killer whale in a consultative tone.

As a result, a group of killer whales surrounded them, and their heads out of the water kept pointing, and their mouths were still muttering.

When the conditions were met, Chu Mingcheng showed a satisfied smile on his face, and it was in vain that he had worked hard to feed six bluefin tuna.

Don't look at the value of six bluefin tuna, but it's a complete bargain for him who can find fish.

The east side of the island is very suitable for the survival of this group of killer whales, as long as they can be persuaded to stay and not leave, then he will have five powerful bodyguards when he goes to sea in the future.

As for the more powerful adult sperm whale, Chu Mingcheng hadn't thought about it at all.

It's not that I don't want to, but I can't afford to feed it!

Although research has shown that there are quite a few king squid, Chu Mingcheng is really not sure that he can handle the huge size.

The tentacles of mollusks are very dangerous to him, but fortunately they do not swim fast, so they will not die unless they die.

Returning to the boat with the last bluefin tuna, looking at the tooth marks on the fish and the huge wound.

After Chu Mingcheng bled and removed the internal organs, he placed it in the corner of the refrigerated cabin.

The wound on this fish has affected the value of the fish, and there are still rows of tooth marks on the body, and the appearance is much worse.

It would be much cheaper to sell it, so he finally decided to take it back and wait for others to eat, and then find a restaurant to help process it and have a fish feast.

Walking out of the refrigerated cabin, Chu Mingcheng found that five killer whales had actually surrounded the Poseidon.

They float silently on the water, apparently ready to rest.

Chu Mingcheng smiled, and then went back to the bedroom to take a bath and sleep.

The next morning, he was already up in bed.

As soon as I got to the kitchen, I heard a noise outside.

Chu Mingcheng came to the living room and found the killer whales frolicking on the sea through the window.

This group of "bear children" has a lot of energy!

Chu Mingcheng ate breakfast first, and then came to the deck.

The sharp-eyed killer whale in the lead spotted him at the first time, and then immediately swam over and came to the stern steps to get close to him.

"Hungry, if you're hungry, I'll catch you tuna. If you're hungry, nod your head, and shake your head if you're not hungry! ”

While Chu Mingcheng asked, his head also nodded and shook his head, demonstrating to the killer whale.

When the killer whale heard this, it immediately shook its head.

Obviously, last night's supper hasn't been digested this morning, and I'll probably be hungry in the afternoon.

Since this was the case, Chu Mingcheng decided to go looking for the shipwreck first in the morning.

When there is no specific information, he can only use the stupidest way to find it.

Some reefs or natural reefs with particularly strong currents are particularly prone to shipwrecks when passing by.

After all, the Yaeyama Islands are foreign territory, and it is impossible for him to get too close.

Therefore, Chu Mingcheng decided to take a look at Peng Jiayu, who had a high chance of hitting the reef, from the open sea.

Start the Poseidon and look for the reef sign on the route before driving over.

The first location is not far away, and the cruise mode is only an hour away.

The Poseidon stopped far away, not too close, and the five killer whales also stopped.

Chu Mingcheng changed into a diving suit, put on a headlamp, and brought a speargun and a fish spear, in case it was useful.

After instructing the killer whale to see that the boat did not follow him, he jumped into the water and swam to the reef ahead.

He is currently in the open sea in the northeastern part of Takarashima near the Yaeyama Islands, but the time under the sea here is really beautiful.

As soon as he dived into the water, Chu Mingcheng saw corals with very beautiful colors and shapes.

Colorful tropical fish can be found everywhere, and even the most elaborate tanks are far from being able to match them.

In terms of ecology, there is nothing to say, only a few dozen meters of swimming, Chu Mingcheng found several sea turtles, and even tuna passing by in the distance.

When he opened the tuna map last night, he noticed that there were a lot of tuna here.

Unfortunately, the high seas are a little less abundant, and the Yaeyama Islands are so good that there are a lot of tuna.

Chu Mingcheng swam aimlessly in the water, and from time to time he would see some precious groupers, snappers and so on.

The speargun in his hand was about to move, but he didn't come to hunt fish today, so he could only suppress this heartbeat.

The coral reef here is large and the terrain is undulating.

Sometimes there is a hill-like coral reef in front of you, and sometimes a large pothole or trench suddenly appears underneath.

The water here is clear, he can see far away, and it is easy to find the wreck.

At that moment, he quickly swam over a stone with a spiral pattern.

'Huh? ’

Chu Mingcheng's heart moved, and he suddenly braked sharply underwater.

With a hard flip of his legs, he made a heel in the water and reversed his direction.

Then he slowly returned according to the route he had just come, his eyes fixed on the bottom of the water.

After swimming only five or six meters, he found a strange stone covered in seaweed.

The stone is round, spiral-shaped even if covered with seaweed, and its shape is complete, with an estimated diameter of more than 20 centimeters.

Chu Mingcheng was stunned, the shipwreck was not found, but a fossil was found?

The stone looks a bit like a nautilus or an ammonite.

If the ammonite is okay, such a large one, and the preservation is complete, it will not be particularly cheap.

If it's a nautilus, it's no fun.

Nautilus products cannot be owned by private individuals in the country, and fossils are naturally included in them.

Take the nautilus fossil back, if it is discovered, it will be five years, Chu Mingcheng will definitely not take this risk to collect it.

He then reached out to roughly wipe the seaweed off the stone, and upon closer inspection, he found that it was an ammonite fossil with no problem.

The nautilus spiral shell is thick overall, and the sutures are relatively straight and simple.

But ammonite's shell is flatter, with many and miscellaneous sutures, and the twists and turns are far less clear than those of nautilus.

Since it is an ammonite fossil, Chu Mingcheng is also relieved.

He picked up his spear and began to stab the coral attached to the ammonite, trying to chisel out the ammonite.

However, the ammonite stone is completely connected to the coral, and the fish spear cannot be used at all, and it requires a spike and a hammer.

Chu Mingcheng frowned and swam to the surface of the water to observe his position.

As a result, he found himself far away from the Poseidon, and it was difficult for him to find it in a short time if he returned.

Because of his strong diving, he never floats when he is alone, which also leads to the loss of natural positioning.

Eventually, he looked at the speargun in his hand.

Spearguns are far less noticeable than floating, but as long as they are in the right direction, they are still relatively easy to spot when they get closer.

He then shoots the arrow downwards and lets go of his hand to float the speargun on the water.

He swam underwater and picked up his arrows, tying the line and arrows to a coral reef next to the ammonite stones.

After positioning it, he immediately returned to the Poseidon and went to the tool room to find a hammer.

Unfortunately, he didn't have a thick nail on his side, and in the end he had to use a large screwdriver instead.

Fishing boats may have problems when they go to sea and need to be repaired by themselves, and these tools are also specially prepared.

As a result, the ship didn't have time to go wrong, and the tools were used to knock the fossils first.

Find the right direction, swim all the way to the location he made, and when he came closer, he did quickly find the speargun floating on the water, this location is still quite useful.

This time, with a hammer and a screwdriver, Chu Mingcheng walked around the outside of the ammonite stone and carefully smashed the coral reef.

It took him more than forty minutes to successfully remove the ammonite stone.

But it's a pity that because the left side is too heavy, a crack appeared on the ammonite stone, but fortunately, it only cracked a little, and it was not completely broken.

He didn't plan to buy ammonite fossils, he just wanted to collect them himself, and it was okay if there was a little crack.

(End of chapter)