CHAPTER 84: CHAPTER 36: ENCOUNTER—TITAN TRIGGERFISH

Bai Yachuan’s stamina was starting to fade.

But Chen Wen was full of energy.

He told Bai Yachuan to rest, while he himself took the net bag, planning to continue gathering some sea urchins.

After all, the three of them had eaten, but there were seven brothers at the camp eagerly waiting to be fed.

This time, Chen Wen’s dive was very smooth.

After activating the [Tube Feet], he leisurely collected sea urchins.

And was constantly sensing the underwater creatures.

Whenever there was danger, Chen Wen would notice it first.

Moreover, this area was not deep, and there wasn’t much danger.

After a while, Chen Wen surfaced.

After putting the horse dung sea urchins into the bucket, Chen Wen felt that this outing had enough bounty.

"With this many fish and sea urchins, we’ll have enough to eat for a long time."

Bai Yachuan said, "Shall we head back then?"

Chen Wen thought for a moment and said, "Heading back...isn’t urgent. How about we explore the surroundings, scout ahead to decide where to catch fish next time, what do you think?"

"Sure."

Bai Yachuan and Chen Wen reached an agreement.

Off to the side, Lu Heng felt despondent.

He had nothing to contribute to the fish catching discussion.

The following time was spent by Chen Wen and Bai Yachuan diving repeatedly to map the distribution of the coral reef’s organisms.

The entire coral reef mainly consisted of small to medium-sized fish.

There were also large fish, but fewer of them, primarily groupers.

Notably, during the exploration, Chen Wen tied the net bag to a long spear.

He pinned down a tiger grouper weighing about ten kilograms on the seabed.

"This trip is really fruitful!"

Looking at the almost overflowing bucket, Lu Heng was truly impressed.

Chen Wen’s ability to gather food at the seaside was truly top-notch.

With so much food, if they did it themselves, it might take all day and several people working together.

Yet, Chen Wen, with Bai Yachuan’s help, managed to gather this much food in less than three hours.

"Shall we head back?"

Seeing Chen Wen and Bai Yachuan surface again, Lu Heng urged them.

He was getting bored of sitting on the raft.

Chen Wen nodded and said, "Let’s loop around and come ashore from this side. We can also explore the area; I have a feeling this side is deeper than where we came from, maybe there’s a big catch hiding!"

Bai Yachuan agreed, "Exactly, I also have a gut feeling that there might be some big ones here, and that’s why other fish don’t dare come close."

"Hehe, then let’s explore. If there’s something big, we’ll take it down and bring it back!"

Chen Wen rubbed his hands eagerly, itching to try.

...

Soon, the three paddled the raft to a deeper area.

Looking at the rocky seabed, Chen Wen said, "Let’s explore here; this will be the last time."

The somewhat exhausted Bai Yachuan nodded.

Continuous diving had drained his energy, and he was almost out of it.

Chen Wen was doing better but was also quite tired.

The two equipped their weapons and jumped into the water.

They dove deeper.

As Chen Wen swam, he couldn’t help but frown.

There were truly fewer fish here!

The density was much lower compared to the distance.

Stay safe!

Chen Wen crossed his hands, forming a cross.

Bai Yachuan made an OK gesture.

He also sensed something was off about this area.

The two cautiously explored the water.

They reached the seabed.

The seabed was covered with gravel, making it difficult to see clearly, which kept Chen Wen from stepping down.

He signaled Bai Yachuan to follow him, moving carefully through the water about half a meter above the silt.

Beyond the silt were the rocks.

These rocks were jagged, forming an extremely complex structure.

Chen Wen carefully clung to the rocks, looking into the crevices below.

Nothing there.

But it was very deep.

Moving past the rocks, a large, flat sandy area appeared before them.

But to Chen Wen’s surprise, there was a conical pit at one corner of the flat sandy area.

This pit gave Chen Wen a bad feeling.

Like some big creature’s nest.

Furthermore, this area was quite far from the surface, and the lighting was very dim.

Can’t stay long!

If something happens here, rescuing would be difficult!

Chen Wen turned around and gestured upwards with his thumb, signaling to return to the surface.

Just as Chen Wen started to ascend.

Suddenly, through the mask.

Chen Wen, using [Fish Eye], saw a massive black shadow approaching from behind Bai Yachuan.

What is that thing!

Chen Wen stared wide-eyed, rapidly signaling Bai Yachuan to ascend, and warned him of the danger behind.

Bai Yachuan was stunned.

Danger behind?

He didn’t immediately heed Chen Wen’s signal, instead turning blankly to look behind him.

The water behind was dark, with sunlight severely reduced here; human eyes couldn’t see far.

Bai Yachuan was stunned for nearly five seconds.

Chen Wen, who had started ascending, noticed Bai Yachuan hadn’t followed and panicked.

He swiftly swam towards Bai Yachuan, ready to drag him up.

But Bai Yachuan had missed the best chance to escape.

The black shadow closed in rapidly, the entire fish resembling a precision-guided torpedo, heading straight for Bai Yachuan.

Until the shadow approached, Bai Yachuan finally saw it.

It was a fish, an ugly-looking fish.

This was the often-dubbed "diver’s nightmare"——the terrifying creature known as the Titan Triggerfish.

Also known as: Human Cannonball, Titan Triggerfish, Titan Bomb Fish.

Panic-stricken, Bai Yachuan tried to retreat.

But humans can’t swim faster than fish.

How could Bai Yachuan outswim the Titan Triggerfish?

Especially when this fish felt its shelter was threatened!

Under Bai Yachuan’s despairing gaze, the Titan Triggerfish lived up to its nickname, like a cannonball, striking his thigh.

Bai Yachuan felt his thigh as if struck by a hammer.

Agony!

The intense pain nearly caused him to faint.

Bai Yachuan couldn’t control his posture and fell backward.

Despair spread through Bai Yachuan’s heart.

I should never have come down!

He couldn’t help but think: When Chen Wen warned me, I should have ascended!

Maybe then I’d still have a chance to escape!

Why did I turn to look!

Damn it!

Bai Yachuan regretted deeply, blaming himself.

The sharp pain from the wound began to spread, his mind went blank.

Just when Bai Yachuan thought he would die here.

Suddenly, a pair of strong arms appeared.

Bai Yachuan was stunned.

Before he could think more, the arms transmitted immense strength.

Like a tidal wave, the force dragged Bai Yachuan upwards.

It was Chen Wen, who arrived in time to rescue Bai Yachuan.

Meanwhile, two other divers noticed the anomaly.

They quickly approached.

Seeing this, Chen Wen pushed Bai Yachuan towards them, allowing Bai Yachuan to swim to the divers.

While Chen Wen himself picked up Bai Yachuan’s long spear from the seabed and looked at the true form of the black shadow.

Chen Wen didn’t know what it was called, but he felt the fish was extremely ugly.

How ugly?

Its mouth alone was not aligned with most people’s aesthetics—except for the curious.

Small mouth but thick lips, teeth long and rough, exposed outside.

Just like from a movie Chen Wen saw in his previous life, The Lord of the Rings 3—The Return of the King, during the final battle, the Mouth of Soron dispatched by Soron.

Ugly beyond reason.

Besides that, its head was large, looking very suitable for fish head soup.

And its dorsal fin was always erect, appearing very hard, while the two side fins on the head were very small compared to the body and flapped rapidly.

Seems unable to support such a heavy body, needing rapid flapping to compensate.

Very ugly, but very fierce.

Chen Wen did not lower his guard, he held the long spear aimed at this creature while cautiously retreating.

For creatures he didn’t understand, Chen Wen wouldn’t immediately attack.

But the Titan Triggerfish clearly didn’t want Chen Wen to leave just like that.

It pulled the same trick, like a bullet, suddenly rushing at him.