As a Fisherman, My Fish Can Level Up
Chapter 481 - Chapter 481 Chapter 320 Millionaire Snail

Chapter 481: Chapter 320 Millionaire Snail Chapter 481: Chapter 320 Millionaire Snail An afternoon had passed, and the haul from the five longlines was actually quite impressive by normal standards.

The total catch was nearly 500 kilograms, which, if sold, was estimated to fetch around fifty thousand.

For an ordinary, small-scale independent fisherman, this was definitely a great harvest.

But for Chu Mingcheng, it was just average. As long as there were plenty of fish nearby, he could hunt them down in a matter of hours.

Moreover, the High-quality Aquatic Products Atlas had reached level eighteen, and longline fishing had bonuses, so this outcome was just normal.

Luckily, it was now the peak time for fish to forage, so he only had to wait three hours before hauling in the longlines again.

He checked them at nine o’clock, with a catch of seven hundred twenty-six kilograms.

At midnight, another check yielded five hundred eleven kilograms.

Adding the afternoon’s catch and his own hunting, today’s total haul was over two thousand kilograms, already surpassing one-third of the order.

If the harvest was good the next morning, then the task would be nearly half completed, and he would have more time to explore the sunken ship.

This sea expedition Chu Mingcheng had set for himself was still seven days, returning on the seventh day.

If he could complete the order task ahead of time, he might even have time to search for and explore a third sunken ship.

The next morning, Chu Mingcheng hurriedly collected the shrimp traps and longlines before the day heated up.

The morning’s harvest was not particularly large, with just over six hundred kilograms of catch.

The Spot shrimp and rich shrimp were still decent, accounting for more than two hundred twenty kilograms combined, and it seemed their numbers had increased again.

All the live fish and these shrimps were placed in the live fish tank, while the longlines needed to be arranged neatly on the deck to dry. Before drying, they had to be rinsed with fresh water to wash off the sea salt and extend the lifespan of the longlines.

After he finished, the sun had already climbed high in the sky, and without sun protection, he estimated it would take just a couple of hours to sunburn the skin.

Chu Mingcheng hurried into the cabin, first to the kitchen to prepare breakfast, and after eating, he went to the cockpit to start the Sea God, heading to the location of the first sunken ship.

This sunken ship was a private yacht about fifteen meters in length, whose owner came from Treasure Island.

According to some information Chu Mingcheng found, the yacht sank in September 1982, and at that time, it seemed the owner had taken several beauties out to sea for a party.

The driver was bribed by the owner’s enemy, deliberately crashing the boat into a reef, and then escaped in the only lifeboat on the ship before the collision.

Clearly, it was a murder case.

If it wasn’t for the fact that the driver was later caught and the incident reported in the newspapers.

As for whether there would be anything valuable on this small yacht, he couldn’t say; it was down to luck.

However, the yacht’s route was a good one, just on his way to the Golden Spearfish fishing spot, so he decided to explore this yacht.

Unfortunately, the news only provided the approximate location of the wreck, and he still had to search for it himself.

Just after ten o’clock in the morning, Chu Mingcheng arrived at the waters above the wreck.

The map showed five reef clusters, a significant number, but he estimated that the area of these reefs was not extensive.

What he feared most was that after several decades, the original reefs might have changed.

Normally, geological changes on Earth should not be noticeable in just a few decades unless there was a severe earthquake or other special circumstances.

Chu Mingcheng found a good spot to anchor the ship and then went to the kitchen to prepare lunch for himself.

As it was nearing noon, he didn’t want to come back and cook after diving, so he decided to eat in advance.

After lunch, Chu Mingcheng went to the living room to warm up his body, and once he was warmed up, he put on his diving suit, clipped on the live fish clasp and safety rope, and with a flashlight and headlamp, jumped into the water to start searching for the sunken ship.

The first reef cluster was small, and it took him only half an hour to examine it.

He didn’t find any fossils or other particularly rare marine life, so he quickly returned and steered the Sea God to the next reef cluster.

Arriving at the second reef, Chu Mingcheng dove in and swiftly reached the collection of reefs to begin his search.

After one lap, he found that this group of reefs was unexpectedly large.

The first reef cluster was small, with sandy edges everywhere, and the deepest point was just over thirty meters.

But here, he had dived more than fifty meters, and the reefs still seemed endless.

Having experienced the search for the first sunken ship, Chu Mingcheng knew that after striking the reef, the ship wouldn’t stay put but would continue to sail a short distance.

That’s why he also searched the sandy areas near the first reef cluster.

This reef cluster was deeper, so Chu Mingcheng naturally dove deeper, descending to one hundred thirty-seven meters below the surface before he finally saw the sandbed on the edge.

Originally, after finding this position, he was ready to search along the edge, but then he unexpectedly discovered a special snail.

Chu Mingcheng picked up a palm-sized Dragon Palace Wengrong Snail from between several seaweeds.

The snail’s shell was conical, and curiously, there was a long crack at the very bottom where the shell’s mouth was, unlike any other snail he had encountered before.

Dragon Palace Wengrong Snails, ones as large as the palm of a hand like this one, are worth thousands of dollars, and the larger they are, the more expensive they become.

This was a species believed to have gone extinct, then rediscovered in the 21st century.

Its antiquity was not far behind that of the Parrot Shell, being another creature that had lived from ancient times up to the present day.

However, compared to the Parrot Shell, the Dragon Palace Wengrong Snail was even rarer, with greater value for collectors.

And most importantly, this creature had not been included in the list of protected animals by the country.

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