The reason the fish had left such a deep impression on him was because it was known as the "pervert fish"—it could change its gender.

Any female Asian sheepshead wrasse, upon reaching a critical size, undergoes a dramatic transformation. Under the influence of a special enzyme, its female hormones cease production, and male hormones surge, beginning to circulate throughout its body.

Then, in just a few short months, it can become a male, growing larger and developing extremely delicious fleshy bumps on its head and chin.

In other words, every Asian sheepshead wrasse mother, after getting tired of giving birth, can suddenly throw a tantrum, forcibly change her gender, and declare that from now on, she's going to make other fish have the babies!

It could be both a mother and a father!

If Thailand could research this gender-transformation technology, their "little big sisters" wouldn't have to suffer so much! 【TN: Reference to Thailand's kathoey (transgender) community】

But what surprised Chu Mingcheng even more was that this fish seemed to sell for a very high price in his hometown.

He had seen in Lu Zheqiang's materials that this fish, in this area or Fujian province, seemed to only cost around a hundred yuan, at most two hundred per jin.

But in many parts of Zhejiang province, the price nearly doubled.

With these two fish, the weight Chu Mingcheng was carrying had reached over sixty jin.

Fortunately, the buoyancy of the seawater helped him bear some of the weight.

He began to swim back, asking the crewman to call the boat over to take him back to the Sky High first.

When the crewman saw his catch, he subconsciously asked, "What time is it now?"

Chu Mingcheng was puzzled, but he still looked at his dive watch. "It's exactly two in the afternoon. What's wrong?"

"You mean, you caught so many premium fish in just one hour?"

"Yeah, is there a problem?"

"You're amazing, brother. I've never seen anyone spearfish as well as you."

Chu Mingcheng's lips twitched. From what he had shown so far, many were much better than he.

But the top spearfishing experts all had teams and went out to sea together.

It was also rare for someone to go spearfishing alone on a large fishing boat like this. It was normal for this crewman not to have seen it before.

He smiled and didn't answer the question, instead returning to the shore with him and having the crewman use the walkie-talkie to call the boat over.

After waiting for about ten minutes, a small dinghy, driven by another crewman, came over and took them back to the Sky High.

The spot where the Sky High was moored was not a good fishing spot, so apart from a few who went trolling, the rest were lying in their rooms, conserving their energy for the next fishing location.

Chu Mingcheng had the crewman store the fish first, then asked him to bring over a keepnet.

If he didn't round up that den of lobsters, he was afraid his mind wouldn't be at ease. It didn't matter if it affected the trolling time.

He had a chance to go trolling today, tomorrow, and the day after. But this was his only chance to round up the lobsters.

He went back to his room and cut a thirty-meter length of 8-gauge carbon fiber line, then took out some size 5 sleeve hooks and tied them on—a total of three hooks.

He also added a lead sinker to prevent the baited hook from being carried away by the current after entering the water.

After making one fishing line, he made another spare.

He used mackerel cut into small pieces for bait and also brought some Antarctic shrimp bait.

That den of lobsters was all gathered together. If he went in to grab them directly, he would probably only catch two or three, and the rest would escape.

But using a line was different. It wouldn't easily startle the quarry. At least he could wait until he had caught most of them and they stopped biting before trying to grab them directly.

With everything ready, he and the crewman returned to their original spot and entered the water.

Originally, it would have been best to have a boat moored above the lobster den for fishing, but renting a small boat for his service would cost extra, and the price was ridiculously high, so Chu Mingcheng gave up on the idea.

He would rather trouble himself a little than be taken advantage of by the boat owner.

Arriving at the approximate depth, Chu Mingcheng quickly found the "Overlord Flower." He had one of the spare fishing lines held by the crewman, and the other he baited with mackerel meat and dove into the water to find the right spot.

He placed the bait next to the hole, holding the other end of the line in his hand. He let out the line as he swam toward the surface.

He remained floating face-down on the surface, breathing through his snorkel.

The hairy lobster was different from the Boston lobster; it had no claws. It would open its mouth directly to bite the bait, so it was a sure catch every time.

Clawed lobsters would first use their claws to grab their prey. When fishing for them, there was a certain chance they would let go, so the hook-up rate was lower than for clawless lobsters.

After two or three minutes, a hairy lobster was attracted by the bait. The antennae on its head kept moving up and down, and it slowly crawled out of its hiding place.

But it wasn't the only one attracted. After the first one led the way, another followed.

Chu Mingcheng held the line in his hand, ready. When the first hairy lobster bit the baited hook and retreated in pain, he immediately pulled the line back.

The hairy lobster was powerless to resist and was pulled to the surface bit by bit.

Chu Mingcheng grabbed the lobster's back and lifted it. It was a big hairy lobster, probably weighing two jin. The green spiny lobster he had caught before couldn't compare to this one.

He took the sleeve hook out of the lobster's mouth. The meat had been bitten through. He had no choice but to hand the lobster to the crewman and re-bait the hook.

The crewman was stunned as he took the lobster from his hand and put it in the keepnet.

He had been guessing what Chu Mingcheng was going to do with this fishing line. He had thought of fishing for some specific type of fish, but he had never expected it to be lobster.

This one hairy lobster was worth five hundred yuan on the market. A jin was about two hundred and fifty yuan.

And Chu Mingcheng had previously discovered that the crevice was full of antennae—at least a dozen of them.

After one successful experience, fishing for lobsters became very smooth.

Although some lobsters were startled and wouldn't come out, he still caught thirteen hairy lobsters in an hour.

Eight of them were over a jin and a half, and five were much smaller.

But Chu Mingcheng didn't have a scale to weigh them, so he simply released the smaller ones.

But next, the efficiency of fishing for lobsters slowed down considerably. In half an hour, he only caught two, and one was too small and was released. The lobsters underneath were probably on guard, or he had caught most of them.

Chu Mingcheng dove into the water again, but this time not to place bait, but to look into the crevice.

He found that there were still many lobsters hiding inside. It seemed they knew there was a trap outside and refused to come out.

In that case, he could only catch them by hand.

He found his target and reached in directly. The hairy lobsters sensed the danger and either hid deeper or escaped from the crevice.

But he still caught one that was too slow to escape. He took it out and saw that it was very large, so he put it in the small mesh bag he was carrying, then moved to the side to catch the lobsters that hadn't escaped yet.

In the end, he caught another three. His diving time was already two and a half minutes. He decided to end today's hunting and swam back to the surface.

In an hour and a half, he had caught a total of thirteen hairy lobsters, each over a jin and a half, not much different in size from the first one he had caught.

Any smaller ones were released. Otherwise, he could have caught over twenty lobsters today.