As a Fisherman, My Fish Can Level Up
Chapter 296 - Chapter 296 Chapter 251 When a Whale Falls Life Flourishes

Chapter 296: Chapter 251: When a Whale Falls, Life Flourishes Chapter 296: Chapter 251: When a Whale Falls, Life Flourishes After setting up the shrimp trap, Chu Mingcheng took his speargun ready to hunt some coral fish, but these coral fish were somewhat disappointing to him.

He had thought that in Australia he would encounter many marine creatures not found in China, only to discover after arriving that most of the coral fish around the coral reefs were also present in China’s South Sea.

It was truly not easy for him to find species not available in China; perhaps only in the deep sea could he find some varieties not found domestically.

Unfortunately, the randomness of deep sea fish made them hard for him to come across.

There was a kind of world-famous Tasmanian salmon that Chu Mingcheng had wanted to try, but upon further understanding he felt somewhat regretful.

Wild salmon had parasites and were not popular locally.

The popular choice was the farmed salmon from the northern part of Tasmania; their farming process could effectively solve the parasite issue, and the taste was not inferior to the wild variety, hence more easily accepted by people.

Chu Mingcheng’s cheat was ineffective on farmed marine products, making him lose interest in the salmon.

However, Australia had many nice freshwater fish, and after catching his share of Emperor Crab, he could go for those.

Now was just the time when coral fish were more active. Under the illumination of his headlamp, fish would occasionally appear in Chu Mingcheng’s sight.

However, his target was quite clear; he was aiming for the East Starfish.

In China, the East Starfish were protected, but not here, and the price was good, with Noah offering twenty Australian dollars per kilo.

After a little while, Chu Mingcheng finally found a few East Starfish.

However, the largest one he saw had a green color in his eyes, clearly carrying ciguatoxin, which made him a bit regretful.

With the speargun in hand, after a brief chase he soon bagged all of the East Starfish except for the one with ciguatoxin.

The four East Starfish he hit were not very large, averaging only about five or six jin each, totaling to just over four hundred Australian dollars.

Chu Mingcheng didn’t mind the small amount, as his main targets were Emperor Crab and lobster; the fish were merely incidental.

After roaming the entire coral reef, he had caught twenty-three East Starfish. The smaller ones were still five to six jin, and the largest was estimated to be around twenty or thirty jin.

Such a catch was not bad, earning a few thousand Australian dollars was not a small amount. He also found several gathering spots for Australian lobsters; after collecting the traps, he could set them up near these spots.

Unfortunately, today in the trenches he did not find any particularly valuable fish, so Chu Mingcheng had to return to the boat first and put these East Starfish into the freezer hold.

After getting out of the water and back onto the boat, the bright lights on the boat made him unexpectedly notice that the color of the East Starfish seemed off.

Some were tinged with orange-red, some with a hint of pink, and their spots were not black, but blue.

These should be a close relative of the East Starfish, the Tai Star Ban, considered a subspecies.

Fortunately, the taste and price were almost the same, so there was no need to sort them out specifically.

After storing the fish properly, Chu Mingcheng went to take a shower and lay in bed playing games.

Last night in the trenches, he hadn’t encountered the Long Body Many-Sawed Sea Bass or a school of True Sea Bream, and hunting for coral fish required patience, so he wasn’t particularly motivated and decided to take it easy.

The next day, it was only five-thirty in the morning and the sun had just risen when Chu Mingcheng woke up.

After washing up and having breakfast, he changed into his diving suit to check on the crab and shrimp traps.

He first went to the deep-water area to see if there were many Emperor Crabs from the night before while also planning to catch the Emperor Crabs hanging around the trap.

As soon as he reached the bottom of the water, however, he was taken aback.

A huge and unrecognizable body appeared not far from the crab trap…

No, more accurately, Chu Mingcheng’s trap had been placed quite fortuitously right beside this giant body.

Several deep-sea sharks were gnawing on the body, shaking their heads vigorously, clearly because the flesh was tough.

There were also many other strange-looking fish, crabs, and the like.

The sight of this feeding frenzy alone was enough to send shivers down Chu Mingcheng’s spine; it was just too unnerving.

Yet such a feast attracted many Emperor Crabs and Spider Crabs.

It was a pity that these Spider Crabs were too small; if they were larger, he could have caught them to sell.

Among them, Chu Mingcheng saw several huge Emperor Crabs, much smaller than the ones he had caught last time, but he estimated they each weighed around thirty kilograms.

How could he walk away from so many crawling Australian dollars?

Moreover, without a doubt, this giant body in front of him was a whale.

Chu Mingcheng, fighting back his disgust, slowly approached; he always felt that getting close would contaminate him with sea water carrying bacteria from the body, making him psychically resistant.

But there were so many walking Australian dollars here, too attractive to ignore.

After getting closer, Chu Mingcheng first examined the body and found that its mouth was more or less intact.

The sharp teeth and the shape of the mouth allowed him to immediately identify it as a dead Moxiang Whale.

It was a pity that the head of the Moxiang Whale had been mostly gnawed away, with only the mouth remaining.

Even so, the length of the lower jaw alone was about the same as Chu Mingcheng’s height, indicating just how large this Moxiang Whale was.

After observing, he looked away; the scene was somewhat disturbing.

Chu Mingcheng then left the area to check the crab traps nearby; as it turned out, the catch inside them wasn’t great, mostly empty, as the Emperor Crabs had likely been drawn away by the whale carcass.

It looks like he’s going to be busy.

Chu Mingcheng returned to the body, beginning to move the Emperor Crabs that were feeding on it.

However, this time he mainly moved the smaller ones, leaving the larger ones for later, as he had another plan in mind.

The twenty-plus meter-long Moxiang Whale attracted countless predators.

Along with this being a gathering place for Emperor Crabs, the crab cage was already full by the time Chu Mingcheng had finished clearing away the Emperor Crabs under ten pounds from one side of the whale carcass.

He did not attend to the crab cage any further, but instead carried a huge Emperor Crab back to the boat first.

An Emperor Crab weighing about thirty pounds could just fit into the live bait tank, saving the trouble of it crawling around on deck.

Chu Mingcheng took out five hundred meters of Dali Ma Line from his fishing gear bag and tied one end to the winch rope.

Clearly, he planned to go down with the fishing line, tie the Emperor Crabs one by one, and then haul them up directly with the winch.

Compared to so many Emperor Crabs, the cost of a box of Dali Ma Line was nothing.

Going back underwater, this time not only did Chu Mingcheng have to tie up the Emperor Crabs but also face several large sharks that were feeding.

He had recognized these sharks as Six-gill Sharks when he arrived earlier.

These sharks can grow up to more than five meters, a large deep sea species.

However, the ones in front of him weren’t that big, judging by their length, just over three meters.

This type of shark will not attack humans unless provoked, which is why Chu Mingcheng was confident in moving the Emperor Crabs on the other side of the body earlier.

But now, he had to confront these sharks.

Because if he got too close, the sharks might think he was competing for food and attack him.

After all, who knows when they would be satiated, and even if they left after eating their fill, there was no telling if other sharks would appear.

Chu Mingcheng did not bring a spear gun but did bring a diving stick and fish spear.

He did not hesitate, immediately swimming over, activating the diving stick, and then fiercely striking the head of one of the Six-gill Sharks.

A series of clear electric sparks appeared, and the pain caused the Six-gill Shark to immediately release the whale meat it was biting and turn to flee.

The nearby Six-gill Sharks also stopped feeding and began to circle around Chu Mingcheng as if assessing the unfamiliar creature’s level of threat.

He had no intention of waiting for the sharks to leave, and continued to wield the diving stick, striking the waist of another Six-gill Shark.

More electric sparks appeared, and the pained shark immediately turned to bite at him with great speed.

But no matter how fast it was, it couldn’t outpace Chu Mingcheng, who was already prepared.

The moment he dodged with his back leg, the diving stick struck the shark’s head again, electrifying it into trembling.

This shark was also frightened, biting at empty water instinctively before immediately turning to flee, just like the first one.

Then, in the dark deep sea, electric lights flashed intermittently until only one stubborn Six-gill Shark that refused to leave remained.

A surge of water rushed towards him, but Chu Mingcheng agilely sidestepped, avoiding the charging shark.

He then immediately followed it, grabbing the tail of the Six-gill Shark before it could turn.

The shark began violently struggling the moment its tail was attacked.

Even with Chu Mingcheng’s current strength, it wasn’t easy to control a shark that was over three meters long, maybe in the future, he would have a chance to smash a shark into the seabed.

His goal, however, was not this; to prevent the stubborn shark from causing any more trouble, he held the shark’s tail with one hand, being dragged along, while grabbing the fish spear with the other.

He aimed the spear at the shark’s belly and thrust it in hard after pressing the switch.

The Six-gill Shark wasn’t a protected species, and since he didn’t plan to bring it back, killing it didn’t matter.

This creature wouldn’t fetch much money anyway, its value mostly lies in research.

But Chu Mingcheng was in Australia where such research was none of his concern, unlike back in his home country.

After the fish spear pierced the shark’s belly, he immediately released the tail and, with both hands on the spear, pulled it out forcefully, yanking the spear tip along with a large chunk of flesh.

Blood flowed copiously from the wound, and the severely injured shark, already scared, didn’t look back and bolted as soon as the spear was removed; whether it could survive depended on its fate, but most likely it would die.

Having finally rid himself of the nuisance, Chu Mingcheng could now peacefully return to the Moxiang Whale carcass and tie up the Emperor Crabs one by one.

On the nearly invisible fishing line in the water, the bound Emperor Crabs appeared quite helpless.

Their sizes varied, and it was clear that he had almost completely swept up the Emperor Crabs near the Moxiang Whale carcass in one go, leaving only some smaller ones.

After finishing the task, Chu Mingcheng picked up another Emperor Crab weighing about thirty pounds and began swimming back to the surface.

Back on the boat, he placed the crab in the live bait tank, then started the winch and went to the side of the boat to grab the fishing line.

The line started to be slowly pulled in, not too quickly, and with gloves on his hands, he was not afraid of getting hurt.

On the fishing line were about five hundred pounds of Emperor Crabs, and with the resistance of the water, they were no light load.

It’s just as well that Emperor Crabs can’t struggle like fish, otherwise the Dali Ma Line might not have held up.

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