CHAPTER 82: CHAPTER 34: GIANT CLAM

Underwater, Chen Wen looked around and quickly found the magnificent lobsters.

But the crew had specifically reminded them last night not to overhunt.

So Chen Wen gave up on catching these numerous and clumsy big guys.

Downwards.

Chen Wen motioned with his index finger to the seabed, signaling Bai Yachuan to follow.

The two reached the coral reef on the seabed.

Chen Wen’s "underwater perception" was at full blast, and soon he spotted a very peculiar creature.

A giant colorful long clam.

The long clam was primarily blue, with black spots and some other colored stripes.

It looked very beautiful.

Bai Yachuan came over, his eyes gleaming with astonishment.

It’s huge!

Isn’t it almost fifty centimeters?

Bai Yachuan hesitated, making a scooping gesture with his hand.

Chen Wen waved his hand.

Long clams are edible, but they don’t taste very good.

Moreover, it takes quite some time for these things to grow to such a size.

Its wild population is still classified as Level 2.

Therefore, Chen Wen gave up the idea of taking it away.

This area should have other long clams, Chen Wen planned to take a small one back for an entry.

Just as Chen Wen was about to take Bai Yachuan to see other areas.

A group of about five or six damselfish swam over under their gaze.

These damselfish weren’t small, with the smallest being around ten centimeters long.

They exhibited a belligerent side.

The damselfish circled around Chen Wen, swimming quickly, and suddenly approached him, attempting to attack with their mouths.

Chen Wen calmly responded, waving them away while retreating backward.

The damselfish did not pursue them; once Chen Wen exited the coral reef, they turned back.

Interesting, these fish have territorial consciousness.

Chen Wen figured out the behavior patterns of these damselfish.

He drew a line in front of his neck with his hand.

Take action!

With that, Chen Wen charged forward, re-entering the damselfish’s territory.

The damselfish, who thought they’d driven Chen Wen away, saw his move and quickly turned back, gathering in front of him again.

You choose not to walk the path to heaven, but barge into hell instead!

Chen Wen removed the net bag from his waist and slowly retreated.

Bai Yachuan, who was behind the damselfish, swam over slowly after receiving the signal.

At this moment, he intruded into the damselfish’s territory, but they didn’t notice him.

He took the opportunity to swing the long spear.

Although the swing was slow, it successfully startled the damselfish.

Faced with the long spear, the damselfish instinctively dodged in the opposite direction.

Chen Wen was delighted internally; the damselfish’s actions played right into his hands!

He opened the net bag, its wide mouth covering the damselfish.

With danger both in front and behind, the damselfish were overwhelmed.

Some fish fled backward, some forward, while others escaped sideways.

Chen Wen quickly closed the net bag, pointed upwards with his finger.

Bai Yachuan understood, and the two quickly floated to the surface.

...

Splash.

Lu Heng had become accustomed to the sound of breaking the water, he turned his head and saw Chen Wen’s wet head.

"Throw the bucket over here!"

Chen Wen waved his hand, indicating to Lu Heng.

Lu Heng tossed the bucket, and Chen Wen grabbed it, then threw the net bag into it and swam toward the bamboo raft.

"What did you catch?"

Lu Heng, standing on the raft, couldn’t help but peer into the bucket.

"Some kind of damselfish, too slender-bodied; we only kept two."

Chen Wen pushed the bucket and sat on the bamboo raft, saying, "There’s still a clam below; I’ll dive down to pick a small one first, then we head deeper—there are no big fish here."

At this moment, Bai Yachuan also swam over, hearing Chen Wen’s words, he couldn’t help but say, "The deeper waters are dangerous! Are we really going?"

"Hey, the more dangerous the place, the bigger the fish!"

Chen Wen chuckled, "We just have to be careful. As long as we have weapons, if we encounter a shark, give me the spear, and I’ll take it down with one thrust!"

"Mr. Bai, you go up and rest first, I’ll go grab a clam, and then we’ll leave."

With that, Chen Wen dove down again.

Bai Yachuan watched Chen Wen’s back, and couldn’t help but say, "Young people, they really have guts! Not even afraid of sharks."

In the back, Lu Heng said quietly, "Mr. Bai, don’t forget, Chen Wen has already killed a shark before,"

Bai Yachuan made a sound of realization; it seemed he really did.

Even a bull shark could be taken down, there seemed to be nothing in these waters capable of threatening Chen Wen.

"Never mind, we’re not as skilled as he is, we have to be more cautious, if there’s danger, hide behind me."

"Mr. Bai, I’m not going into the water..."

"Damn, so in emergencies, I’m the most at risk?"

"Seems like it."

"..."

Soon, Chen Wen surfaced with a clam in one hand.

This clam wasn’t big, it was a juvenile clam.

Chen Wen tossed it into the small bucket, urging Lu Heng to paddle the bamboo raft.

After paddling about fifty or sixty meters out.

The coral reef in this area was noticeably deeper.

"More than seven meters deep?"

Chen Wen estimated the depth of the seabed, a look of excitement on his face.

The resources in this area were clearly more abundant.

Just from the bamboo raft, Chen Wen could see a large number of swimming fish.

Bai Yachuan was also excitedly looking over the seabed, constantly looking at the fish in the crevices of the coral reef.

"This place is really great, lots of big ones, should we go down now?"

Faced with the big ones, Bai Yachuan didn’t care about the danger anymore.

After receiving Chen Wen’s confirmed signal.

The two jumped into the water from the bamboo raft, swimming toward the seabed.

Over there, the two divers resignedly put on their goggles and followed them down.

...

The coral reef, an Eden for marine life.

Here lived a variety of marine creatures.

Shrimps, crabs, snails, fish...

All sorts of creatures coexisted on the coral reef, forming a unique ecological chain.

But today, the ecological chain of the coral reef was altered.

Two creatures from the land had placed themselves at the top of the ecological chain.

As soon as Chen Wen descended underwater, he saw a large group of clownfish.

But these clownfish were really small.

They could easily pass through the fishing net, not within Chen Wen’s hunting range.

And these clownfish always swam around the anemones, making it hard for Chen Wen to make a move.

Without further looking at the clownfish, Chen Wen signaled Bai Yachuan to follow him as they dived downward.

Their target was those big fish and marine goods.

The further they went down, the more Chen Wen felt something wasn’t right.

The seabed in this area was unexpectedly clean.

Very white, much whiter than those areas covered with algae.

And it was just this area that was clean.

It was as if this patch was completely bald, while other places were patchy like alopecia areata.

In his confusion, Chen Wen quickly found the culprit responsible for this baldness—sea urchins!

In the shadow of the coral reef, strange black spiky balls were quietly sitting there.

There were so many!

So many that they’d thrill even a scaly snake, and send someone with trypophobia to their grave.

But Chen Wen wasn’t trypophobic, and he was quite eager to take these sea urchins ashore.

Because sea urchins are edible.

Chen Wen waved his hand, signaling Bai Yachuan to come over.

Seeing the situation under the rocks, Bai Yachuan was also taken aback.

He once again made a scooping gesture.

This time Chen Wen pinched his index finger and thumb together, making an "OK" sign.

Reaching an agreement, the two began collecting sea urchins.

Saying "collecting" might not be quite right.

The two were more like picking up sea urchins.

These long-spiked sea urchins moved extremely slowly, and their defensive spikes were useless in front of Chen Wen and Bai Yachuan.

This was a one-sided slaughter.

The family of sea urchins suffered the greatest blow in their history.

But the sea urchins could only silently accept their fate as they were taken back to the shore.

Sea urchins: What the fuck!