Chapter 441: Strange Creature
Most of the things the two said were ridiculous. But one of the things that caught my attention was one of the things they told about their own experiences.
Before Cross-Eye's loan to buy the fishing boat, Cross-Eye, the first mate and the captain surnamed Sai were working on someone else's ship, Cross-Eye was still the captain but not the owner, and the first mate was still the first mate.
In the autumn of the previous year, they went out to sea as usual to catch mollusks such as whistles and squid, and they were busy at sea for a month but did not have much harvest, seeing that the supplies and fuel on the ship were about to run out, cross-eyed discussed with the first mate to leave the usual fishing area to try their luck in the south, and the result was that this touch really made cross-eyed touch, one night the fishing boat encountered a school of squid near a remote island, it stands to reason that the squid is not clustered, that time was an exception, the winch on the boat that fell down the net clicked, and after the fishing net was pulled up, the cross-eyed and the crew found that the squid in the net were all big, and each one could weigh more than a dozen catties, Such a big squid can usually be caught occasionally, but I have never seen a net all such a big one, but although Cross-Eye felt puzzled, he still decided to release the net again, because Cross-Eye, as the captain of the ship, would not be able to explain to the owner if he returned empty.
"Giant squid out of the net?" I interjected with a smile, everyone knows that there are giant squid in the sea, and it is said that some can even overturn warships.
"Nope. Cross-eyed shook his head and said.
Seeing that my guess was not correct, I closed my mouth and listened to the cross-eyed continue.
The fishing boat commanded by Dou Eye was smaller than this one, and the freezer was basically flat after two nets, but at this time, Dou Eye discovered a strange phenomenon, all the squid stomachs from the net were deflated, and after cutting it with a knife, it was found that the ink sac was empty. Dou Dou Eye felt that something was wrong, so he scooped a scoop of sea water with a sea fisher, and found that the sea water was all black, and Dou Dou Eye panicked and hurriedly ordered the first mate to leave this water.
"Shouldn't squid be sprayed with ink when they're caught?" I asked, frowning. As far as I know, mollusks such as squid can squid black liquid similar to ink from their ink sacs to confuse their enemies when they feel danger, and squid is a type of squid, so it should be.
"Our fishing net winch was on the port side of the boat, and the sea water was scooped up from the starboard side, and the wind was strong that night, and the current was strong, so the ink from the squid in the net should have drifted away with the current. The first mate interjected.
"Brother, I don't know who you are, but you certainly don't have a lot of contact with the sea. Cross-eyed let out a long sigh. "There is only one possibility for large squid squid to gather together and spray ink, and that is to confuse the enemy and prevent predation. In addition, the ink of the squid is very important to them, and it takes a long time to replenish it once it is sprayed, so they will not spray the ink unless they feel extremely dangerous. ”
I nodded and didn't say anything, being able to drive so many squid together was definitely not something that ordinary animals could do, and it was not wise for Cross-Eyes to choose to leave, as they had already moved someone else's dinner.
Cross-eyed decided to leave, just as they started the fishing boat to try to leave, they suddenly felt a violent vibration from under the fishing boat, they didn't know what hit the fishing boat, but one thing they knew for sure was that the creature that hit the fishing boat was very large, big enough to make the fishing boat deviate sideways.
Luckily, the giant creature wasn't targeting them, and swam past the fishing boat and headed straight for the squid school in front of them. At this moment, Cross-Eye made the wise decision to turn off all the lights on the ship and slowly sail away from the area using an engine.
"Finished?" I asked, frowning. If this is the end of this matter, there seems to be nothing unusual.
"We did leave that night, but we went back at noon the next day. The first mate took over.
"What are you going back for?" I asked, puzzled.
"We can't catch fish anywhere else, and we can't explain to the boss when we go back empty. "Cross-eyed took out a cigarette and handed it to me, and threw it to the first mate with his backhand, and most of the people on the fishing boat smoked.
"Did you catch a fish?" I sighed, taking my cigarette. Working for others always depends on the face of others, and he definitely didn't want to go back at that time, but he couldn't help but go back due to pressure from all sides.
"No, the wind had stopped when we went back, and the sea was full of dead squid, four or five big ones. Cross-eyed looked frightened. The Tuo he spoke was a dialect of the coastal area, and the length of a person's left and right arms was generally about one meter and a half, and four or five was six to seven meters, and such a big squid was already very rare.
"How did you die?" I asked.
"Killed by something, every squid has huge paw prints and tooth marks on its body. Cross-eyed pulled out a lighter and lit a cigarette.
"Claws?" I asked, confused. I used to think that big fish such as whales or capsized fish were driving them to feed, but now I ruled it out because they don't have claws. It's not possible if it's a turtle, because a turtle can't swim that fast, a sea otter can't grow that big, and as far as I know, sea otters don't have the habit of eating enough and chasing their prey.
"Yes. Cross-eyed gave me an affirmative answer.
"Can you elaborate on the wounds caused by paw prints and teeth?" I asked.
"Don't mention it, before I could look closely, I heard a huge black shadow jump down from that small island, and came at our fishing boat, where did we dare to stay any longer, turn the rudder and run, the big guy chased us from behind for twenty or thirty nautical miles before turning back. Cross-eyed said in horror.
"How big is that?" I asked, frowning.
"It's big, and the splash from jumping off the island can be seven or eight meters. The first mate said. He was supposed to be in the control room at the time, so he saw it more realistically.
"What does it look like. I turned to look at the first mate.
"We were quite far from the island, and I didn't look closely, but I saw that it had four legs and two horns. The first mate said.
"How long is that thing?" I asked nervously. According to the first mate, the animal was similar to the four-clawed green dragon.
"I'm not sure how long it is, but I feel like I'm ten meters or eight meters. The first mate replied after a moment's recollection.
The words of the first mate immediately made me reject my previous speculation, the body length of the dragon with dragon horns should be at least ten zhang away, if it is really a dragon, the body length cannot be so short.
Cross-eyed and first mate, what the hell did they encounter?