As a Fisherman, My Fish Can Level Up
Chapter 415 - Chapter 415 Chapter 298 War Chariot of the Sea

Chapter 415: Chapter 298: War Chariot of the Sea Chapter 415: Chapter 298: War Chariot of the Sea After securing the cabin door, Jiang let the four cats, including Xiao Mi, play outside with the birds, to prevent bird feathers from being blown into the cabin by the sea breeze.

He then put on his mask and went to the stern to dive into the water.

“Holy shit…”

Little did he know, as soon as he plunged into the water, he was greeted by a large shark, only two meters away from Chu Mingcheng, startling him immediately.

Fortunately, he reacted quickly, his legs kicked, and his body shot away instantly.

This was a bull shark, just as ferocious as the Great White and Tiger Sharks, a true bull shark.

It wasn’t very big, about two meters long, and its swimming speed wasn’t fast, but it still opened its huge mouth, revealing sharp teeth as it bit towards him.

The bull shark was so happy, having encountered such a strange, huge creature again.

During the previous encounters, this huge creature would catch a lot of food, and the shark had a great time eating beside it, though it meant less of its kind around.

Today, it had intended to keep stealing food, but since there was a kind soul making a nest, it wouldn’t be polite!

However, the next moment, its face was brutally hit by a fishing spear.

The bull shark shook its head, a bit bewildered.

The food that had delivered itself moved quite swiftly, even quicker than the shark.

As it was puzzled, the fishing spear struck again, hitting it right in the face.

The bull shark felt pain and instantly became fiercely aggressive, wanting to give chase, but it found itself continually struck by the fishing spear, like a father punishing his son.

The bull shark wouldn’t accept this, how dare mere food act so insolently, even its mother had never hit it like this?

Just as it was about to unleash its fury and teach this food a lesson, it suddenly shivered.

‘Danger, danger, danger~’

For some reason, the thing that had been hitting it, now lifted by the food, made the shark’s heart suddenly feel a sense of dread.

This feeling had occurred to it many times before; when stealing food near the huge creature, it always used this sensation to avoid calamity, while its kin, including its mother, got swept away with those foods, their whereabouts unknown.

But it always felt that was not a good thing, so it was always very careful when stealing.

Now that the sensation had returned unexpectedly, the bull shark thought for three seconds, then decisively flipped its tail and fled without looking back.

Seeing the bull shark leave, Chu Mingcheng shook his head speechlessly and lowered the fishing spear he had raised.

He had indeed held back just now; to him, the bull shark held little value, so he didn’t have the heart to kill it.

But the shark was somewhat oblivious to its own well-being, taking so many hits without leaving, which made him lose patience.

And just when he was about to lose it, the shark suddenly got scared and ran away, which left him somewhat speechless.

It seemed that there would be no opportunity to taste bull shark tonight.

Chu Mingcheng looked around and, making sure there were no dangerous aquatic creatures nearby, he swam toward the small island.

The distance was about two kilometers, and he arrived in a short while.

Chu Mingcheng stayed in the water, which allowed him to observe the seafloor directly upon arriving.

Today the seawater was a brilliant blue under the sunlight, like the sky, and at the bottom, he could see up to twenty meters away.

The inner bay of the island was indeed rocky with small caves along the seafloor.

The resources here, as suspected, were very good; he often saw schools of fish passing through the upper waters.

In the mid-level waters, many fierce swimmers and snappers were visible.

There were also many fish dwelling at the bottom; Chu Mingcheng quickly spotted a Short-snout Saddle Wrasse.

The fish was hiding beside a rock, and he slowly swam toward it, the spear thrust forward, penetrating the fish’s body and pinning it against the rock, making a muffled sound underwater.

The Short-snout Saddle Wrasse struggled futilely on the spear, flailing its tail.

Seeing his marine life manual experience increase by one, Chu Mingcheng smiled in satisfaction. It was a pity the fish wasn’t a premium one, which made it less interesting to him.

He hooked it onto the live fish keeper and continued his search for the next prey.

The fish in the middle and upper layers of water seemed more abundant, some even larger-sized, but since he didn’t have a harpoon gun, he could only target fish near the bottom.

About half an hour later, Chu Mingcheng caught another three kinds of fish he hadn’t caught before, including a more valuable Bu’s Grouper.

The experience was increasing quickly; now, five more types and he could level up.

As Chu Mingcheng was looking for new prey, something moved in the cave just beneath his eyelids.

He blinked, focusing his gaze, and discovered an unknown creature moving.

The creature wasn’t small, about the size of his forearm.

Chu Mingcheng approached slowly and, upon clearly seeing the “rock,” suddenly became overjoyed.

It turned out to be the ocean’s premium war chariot, Han’s mimic shrimp.

Wasn’t this creature only found to the east of Treasure Island?

Then, Chu Mingcheng thought of his current geographical location, nearing the Public Sea, indeed there was a chance to encounter Han’s mimic shrimp, though the likelihood was not as high as the east side of Treasure Island.

Without hesitation, he slowly approached and then reached out to grab the Han’s mimic shrimp.

The Han’s mimic shrimp, caught by surprise, instantly began to struggle and violently flap its tail in shock, somewhat similar to a lobster.

Its strength was really great, and Chu Mingcheng had to use some force to hold onto it, otherwise, if he was not careful, it would definitely break free.

Just thinking about a lobster as big as a forearm, you’d understand that in good condition, if it started to struggle, an average person definitely wouldn’t be able to hold it with just one hand.

Of course, this Han’s mimic shrimp was much smaller than the Jinxiu Lobster he had caught before, probably only half the size, and should only weigh three or four jin.

After placing the Han’s mimic shrimp into the net bag, Chu Mingcheng now had an additional target.

While searching for new species, he would try to catch more Han’s mimic shrimp as possible.

This thing, at over four hundred yuan a jin, would definitely make a fortune if he could catch a bunch and bring them back.

Moreover, these kinds of creatures usually lived in clusters, so there could be a considerable number at the bottom of the sea.

After swimming around, he didn’t find any new species, but he did manage to catch three Han’s mimic shrimps, all the size of a small forearm.

The current water depth was only about twenty meters, which indeed was not deep enough, so Chu Mingcheng started to swim towards the deep-water area.

After a short while, he reached a water area thirty meters deep.

The bottom was still full of rocky outcrops, and he did find some Han’s mimic shrimps hiding, but some crevices were too narrow for him to get through.

For now, it looked like he could use the crab cages on the ship that hadn’t been used for a long time here.

Previously, he was worried that moving the boat too far forward would cause it to hit a reef, but after swimming around twice and not finding any submerged rocks, he felt reassured to move the boat over.

While it was important to upgrade the seafood encyclopedia, making money was still important, so Chu Mingcheng decided to swim back along the seabed right then.

The depth below the boat was only about sixty meters; he had no problems at all with this depth underwater, and he could also take the opportunity to see if there was anything new to be discovered.

After swimming two hundred meters, he came across a patch of reef covered in seaweed.

Where there is seaweed, there are usually many crustaceans and small fish living.

However, Chu Mingcheng found some slender and odd-looking fish here.

At first, he was startled, wondering why so many sea snakes were gathering under the water.

But on closer inspection, he realized these creatures were much thicker, so he mistook them for eels at first.

But eels don’t swim that fast; these fish “whoosh” could dart far away in a flash, and Chu Mingcheng couldn’t keep up with them now, let alone catch them.

But as he got a little closer, he still noticed something peculiar about the fish.

Their eyes were actually located in the center of their body, which looked really strange.

But this was a depth of forty meters, where the sunlight was relatively dim.

And since the fish sped away so quickly whenever Chu Mingcheng got too close, he couldn’t observe them in more detail; and although he had his guesses, he was still not certain.

So he had no choice but to return first and try fishing with a rod later that night.

This was definitely a creature he hadn’t caught before; no matter its economic value, he had to catch it and take a look.

For the next part of the journey, Chu Mingcheng didn’t make any new discoveries.

Back on the boat, he first put the top-quality Han’s mimic shrimps into the live water tank to keep them oxygenated.

The fish that were speared were taken to the kitchen to be put in the fridge, but before entering the cabin, he went to look for Xiao Mi and the others first.

The seagull at the entrance of the cabin had died, and a lot of its feathers had fallen off, making for a pitiful sight.

This seagull was of no use, and its meat wasn’t tasty; but it could still be used to make a nest.

However, there was no sign of Xiao Mi and the others on the aft deck, so he went all the way to the foredeck.

To his astonishment, he found that the four cats were now wreaking havoc on another seagull.

Chu Mingcheng couldn’t help but laugh and cry at the same time; his cats had suddenly turned into seagull killers.

Forget it, let them have their fun, he thought, shaking his head as he went to the kitchen by himself, putting the fish in the fridge to keep them fresh.

Afterwards, without taking a shower, he went to the pilothouse with his bare body and drove the boat to the location of the Han’s mimic shrimp, then put bait into the crab cages and released them all into the sea.

The shrimp cages were also not left on the boat; they were all stuffed with bait and thrown into the ocean.

Crab cages and shrimp cages couldn’t be used to catch Golden Spearfish, but they were allowed to be used.

Many fishing boats with good luck could also sell some swimming crabs when they returned to the port, especially since it was the season for swimming crabs.

Unfortunately, it was still faster to catch swimming crabs using fishing nets and trawls; moreover, crab cages were not cheap, and fishermen were reluctant to spend tens of thousands on them for a competition, only for the cages to be replaced by fishing nets afterwards.

After setting the crab and shrimp cages, Chu Mingcheng stopped the boat and turned off the engine, obviously planning to stay here for the night.

The water was shallow here; the Golden Spearfish wouldn’t likely come over, but other fish species were plentiful, so there was a great chance of upgrading the seafood encyclopedia, making it completely acceptable to waste a day’s time.

As for whether to continue diving for fish or just to fish directly, Chu Mingcheng pondered for a while before deciding to take a shower instead of getting into the water after seeing Jiang Luoluo yawning as she came out.

Jiang Luoluo was a bit startled; she didn’t expect to see Chu Mingcheng bare-chested as soon as she came out.

If it wasn’t for the fact that he was still wearing boxer shorts, she would have suspected her man of having some special hobby.

“I went diving, caught a few good things, you can go look in the live water tank,” Chu Mingcheng noticed her strange glance and his face darkened as he explained.

“Oh, oh, oh, I see!” Jiang Luoluo gave an embarrassed smile, realizing she had overthought.

She then went to see what Chu Mingcheng had caught, but just as she reached the cabin door, she was startled by the dead bird.

“Ah Cheng, why is there a dead bird?”

“Xiao Mi and the others wreaked havoc with it, you can go to the foredeck and see.”