As a Fisherman, My Fish Can Level Up
Chapter 314 - Chapter 314 Chapter 269 Sea God officially sets sail

Chapter 314: Chapter 269 Sea God, officially sets sail! Chapter 314: Chapter 269 Sea God, officially sets sail! Zhang Wei didn’t stay in the hospital long; he had only swallowed a few mouthfuls of seawater. After the examination, the hospital prescribed some antibacterial medication and allowed him to be discharged.

The other rescued woman, named Shu Zichen, had to stay in the hospital for the time being.

When her family learned Jiang Luoluo was Chu Mingcheng’s girlfriend, their previously enthusiastic attitude immediately dropped by several levels, leaving only plain gratitude and politeness.

Of course, before they arrived at the hospital, Shu Zichen had already apologized to Zhang Wei several times. Although it wasn’t intentional, it was she who had pulled him into the water.

Zhang Wei himself had very mixed feelings about this incident.

He was purely an innocent victim. Although Shu Zichen was attractive and her pale complexion now made her seem frail and protective, his feelings were complicated, without any intention to take advantage of the situation.

He thought about forgiving her, but if there hadn’t been Chu Mingcheng, who had maxed-out swimming skills, he would have truly been doomed.

But then again, after all, they were rescued!

So, while he was all smiles on the surface, deep down, he just wanted to stay far away from this unfortunate woman and hoped never to encounter her again.

Of course, Shu Zichen’s narrow escape from death, snatching the one chance at life by a fluke, could only mean that her time had not yet come.

If she had grabbed someone else, or if she had been swept away by the water alone, it was really uncertain whether Chu Mingcheng would have saved her.

Heading out to sea during a typhoon was inherently irresponsible towards one’s own life; whether they lived or died had nothing to do with him.

And the reason he dared to take Chen Yang and Zhang Wei was because he was confident; otherwise, he would never have done it.

After leaving the hospital and dropping Chen Yang and Zhang Wei at home, the atmosphere in the car turned exceptionally silent when only the two of them were left.

Chu Mingcheng had a bit of a headache; he didn’t talk about the sea outing because he was afraid Jiang Luoluo would worry.

The current situation clearly indicated her anger had not subsided yet.

Back at home, he started to cajole and entertain her in various ways.

Jiang Luoluo watched her boyfriend pretending to be foolish and cute, feeling both amused and annoyed.

But this time, she had made up her mind; at least until the end of her dance video shoot, she planned not to pay him any attention, to teach him a lesson.

So he wouldn’t take his capabilities for granted and engage in all sorts of life-risking stunts.

Chu Mingcheng also keenly sensed her attitude and, therefore, simply resorted to his ultimate move, picking her up and running towards the bedroom.

Just an hour later, the angry and screaming voice from the bedroom turned into a slightly tearful voice begging for mercy.

Chu Mingcheng smiled triumphantly. Teaching someone a lesson, who didn’t know how to do that?

After the typhoon, Jiang Luoluo successfully shot five videos in two days.

With a team, she didn’t need to worry about her appearance and styling, and the efficiency was indeed high.

Chu Mingcheng didn’t idle around these days either. He successfully obtained the open sea fishing license.

Whether he would go to the open sea was still undecided. If the catch within the exclusive economic zone was sufficient, he would definitely not bother going that far.

But there were several well-known fish in the open sea that he would eventually go after.

Once the fishing license was obtained, Chu Mingcheng kept helping Jiang Luoluo’s team.

The Ford Raptor’s spacious interior made changing clothes outdoors a lot more convenient for her.

After the video shoot, Jiang Luoluo packed up her change of clothes for the outing, and at 10 a.m. on August 4th, she followed Chu Mingcheng to the dock.

The little kitties were also brought along; they were now poised to become the queens of the sea.

Chu Mingcheng decided to train them to be cats that dared to dive into the water to catch fish. After all, cats can swim; they just dislike water.

Cat nests and such were placed in the living room. The Sea God had ample space, enough to let off their excess energy.

They also brought over claw-sharpening items, so there was no need to worry about them tearing up the place.

As for refueling, it was a bit different from the small dock.

One option was to drive to the fuelling station dock, and the other was to refuel directly next to the oil ship moored at the dock.

This year’s fuel prices had dropped a lot compared to last year. The price for diesel currently was 7.27 yuan per liter. To fill up the 4,000-liter tank, it would cost 29,000.

If it had been last year, it would have been more than 32,000, a saving of three thousand yuan.

And the saved three thousand yuan, Chu Mingcheng used to buy some drinking water, rice, noodles, dried food, various vegetables, meats, and no less than five big boxes of snacks and fruits.

He prepared nearly a week’s worth of food and spent the three thousand yuan down to the last coin.

Secondly, a lot of bait is needed for fishing for Golden Spearfish.

Live bait isn’t easy to purchase in large quantities, and those who go out to sea to fish for Golden Spearfish usually use frozen sardines, mackerel, and little squid.

Among these, mackerel offered the best cost-effectiveness, followed by little squid. As for sardines, they were priced higher than the other two.

There are many types of sardines, some costing tens per kilogram while some are priced similar to mackerel.

Chu Mingcheng currently only purchased one thousand kilograms of mackerel produced in the East Sea and two hundred kilograms of little squid from the East Sea.

The price of mackerel was eight yuan per kilogram, totaling eight thousand for one thousand kilograms. The little squid was priced similarly, at ten yuan per kilogram, meaning the cost of bait was ten thousand yuan.

He didn’t buy the more expensive sardines.

Although sardines are more effective at attracting Bluefin Tuna, he had cheats that could make up for this to a certain extent.

In the future, once his level was higher, any bait would do; the Golden Spearfish would bite regardless of its quality.

Sardines from the north are relatively cheap, almost the same as mackerel, but the sardines in Xia City are more expensive.

Bluefin Tuna can only be found in the domestic waters of the East Sea and Nansha, with a higher probability in the East Sea.

Moreover, the likelihood of encountering large Golden Spearfish is also higher in the East Sea.

Golden Spearfish have a characteristic; they only eat food they are familiar with and are very cautious about other unfamiliar foods, with a high chance they won’t eat them.

So when fishing for Golden Spearfish in the South Sea, you need to use bait from the waters where the Bluefin Tuna are active.

Naturally, for Bluefin Tuna in the East Sea, you need to use bait from the East Sea; sardines from the Yellow Sea area in the north won’t work.

Besides, Chu Mingcheng prepared so much bait mainly because large Bluefin Tuna usually move in deep-water areas.

A large amount of bait is needed to lure them out; like the previous grand occasion of spearfishing for Bluefin Tuna in Dongsha, it’s unlikely to encounter such a situation even once in a year at sea.

Without encountering schools of mackerel or sardines on the sea surface, you generally won’t see Golden Spearfish splashing.

One thousand and two hundred pounds of bait–Chu Mingcheng would just make a phone call, and the bait shop owner would deliver it to his door.

Jiang Luoluo was currently taking clothes out of her suitcase, hanging them one by one in the closet.

After putting away everything inside, she pulled out a large drawer below and put the suitcase into it.

It’s inevitable to encounter bad weather when sailing; leaving a suitcase out could cause it to bump around with the rocking of the boat.

Therefore, during the renovation, this was taken into consideration and a layer of soft sponge was lined inside the large drawer.

Chu Mingcheng was currently transferring the purchases of food and rice from the pickup to the kitchen of the boat.

There were also large barrels of mineral water delivered, ten in total this time.

Chu Mingcheng opened the bottom layer of the cabinet and put these barrels in one by one.

As for bathing water, it was no longer necessary to add it specially at the dock like before.

The boat had a seawater desalinator, so freshwater was available at any time; hence, when expanding the fuel tank, the water tank’s capacity was actually reduced.

After Chu Mingcheng’s preparations were almost complete, the frozen mackerel bait and small squid finally arrived.

One hundred pounds per box, totaling twelve boxes.

In the presence of the bemused delivery man, Chu Mingcheng picked up two boxes and headed to the boat, while the delivery man’s offer to help was left hanging in mid-air.

Though their family’s business was fairly good, and usually delivery to the boats would be done by fishing men in pairs carrying one box each, this was the first time he had seen someone so strong, easily carrying two boxes at a time and quickly moving all the bait into the cold storage.

The bait, packed in these foam boxes, didn’t take up much room when stacked in the corner of the cold storage.

If it wasn’t enough this time, buying more in the future wouldn’t be a problem.

After moving the bait, Chu Mingcheng thought if he had forgotten to prepare anything else.

Fishing rods, diving equipment, and the like had already been moved onto the boat early on, and on the left side of the aft deck, there were also two rows of deep-sea crab pots, ten in total, packaged and secured, with a few deep-sea shrimp pots next to them.

These had also been prepared a couple of days ago, naturally with the purpose of catching some crabs and shrimps that live in the deep sea.

The boat had a crane with a maximum lifting force of three tons, which could move almost anything in the sea unless it was a whale.

Assuring himself that nothing was overlooked, Chu Mingcheng boarded the boat and went to the pilot house to warm up the Sea God’s engine.

After it was sufficiently preheated, he pressed the horn button.

A sharp whistle sounded, and Jiang Luoluo, who was taking food items out of the boxes in the kitchen, looked up and smiled.

The Sea God, officially setting sail!

Chu Mingcheng stood at the helm, pulled the boat out of the berth, then moved alongside the fuel boat to fill up his vessel with fuel.

Once fueled, Chu Mingcheng steered away from the dock.

After about ten minutes, when there were no other boats on the sea, he set the navigation course toward Crescent Island.

Months had passed, and he wondered how the little sea lions were doing.

If they were still around, he planned to take them with him so they could help him find the schools of fish.

If they had left, Chu Mingcheng wouldn’t feel any regret.

There are many intelligent creatures in the ocean; if they could understand his words, he could train them to be his capable assistants.

After all, the range of the fish finder was limited, and these sea creatures could search farther afield.

Approximately half an hour later, Jiang Luoluo had finally finished tidying up; she came to the pilot house and sat down in her co-pilot seat.

Most fishing boat helms actually only have one chair, but Chu Mingcheng, considering that she would often accompany him to sea, specifically had an extra chair prepared by the shipyard.

“Where are we heading this time? To one of those fishing grounds in the East Sea, or to the east of Treasure Island?” Jiang Luoluo, seated, tucked a few stray hairs on her forehead and asked.

“First to Crescent Island; we will see if Little Black and the others are still there. If they are, I plan to take them with us. They have a good hand at finding fish.”

“Uh, a few months have gone by, and they must be almost grown up, right? Three sea lions eat up to two hundred and forty pounds of fish a day, which is almost like a large Bluefin Tuna. Are you sure you want to take them with us?”

“What’s the issue with that? We’ll just let them hunt for themselves, and feed them a bit more if necessary.”

Chu Mingcheng had already planned for the sea lions’ hearty appetites.

Simply feeding them would indeed be unaffordable, but if they could cooperate in locating and hunting fish shoals, that was another matter entirely.

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