The Top Fishing
Chapter 328 - 178: Crazy Unlocking_2

Chapter 328: Chapter 178: Crazy Unlocking_2

At this moment, seeing one of the so-called "Three Stooges," a Bull Shark circling around him, one can only imagine how Lin Yang felt.

Although his physical capabilities were somewhat stronger than the average person’s, when confronted with a Bull Shark underwater, he was totally defenseless—a classic case of neither being able to fight it nor outrun it....

Fortunately, this particular Bull Shark didn’t seem very hungry at the moment, or perhaps it just wasn’t interested in Lin Yang, the strange "Horror upright ape." After circling twice, the shark left.

Once he realized the Bull Shark had departed, Lin Yang breathed a sigh of relief, and then he took the opportunity to open his net and release the flower dragon he had caught earlier.

The flower dragon quickly darted away across the seafloor. He then checked the newly unlocked entry in his pictorial guidebook, which displayed a reward of 2000RMB, 20 points of experience and points, along with a note saying, "Moderate-sized fish buff effect enhanced."

Previously, his moderate-sized fish buff provided a 20% allure for larger fish in the same waters. Now, the effect had been directly raised to 30%.

It seemed like a trivial buff, but its actual effect was unpredictable. Lin Yang didn’t dwell on it; after all, an improvement was better than none.

He had also noticed that he was receiving more rewards from unlocking pictorial entries lately. This was normal, as when he used to fish in freshwater, he might only unlock a few dozen different types of aquatic creatures in a month. But now, with sea fishing, the rich resources of the ocean allowed him to unlock dozens of different creatures in just one day. Moreover, many were more precious than those found in freshwater. This naturally made the rewards seem more frequent.

After checking the reward for unlocking the Jinxiu Lobster, Lin Yang didn’t intend to keep diving. As he had said before, the Bull Shark was one of the Three Stooges; who knew if it might suddenly lose its senses and come back? Therefore, it was safest to quickly return to the yacht.

He swam upwards and soon reached the surface, only to realize he was thirty forty meters away from the yacht. Apparently, he got too focused on collecting sea snails and had unknowingly swum this far away.

Swiftly swimming back to the yacht, Lin Yang felt a sense of relief when he climbed aboard. It was a good thing he returned early; the Bull Shark hadn’t attacked him, and he was alone in the water without anyone to rescue him.

Seeing that he brought back so many various sea snails in just a short while, Yue’er and Li Xiaopeng were both very surprised.

"Brother, was it fun down there?" Xiao Peng also asked.

"Not fun at all, I might have almost lost my life." Lin Yang gave him a glance. With sharks down there, you think it could be fun?

After handing over the ingredients to Yue’er, she began preparing tonight’s dinner. Although her cooking skills were average, preparing sea snails didn’t require much technique; they just needed to be boiled in water until cooked.

Having removed all his diving gear, Lin Yang went to the yacht’s only private bathroom. After swimming around the seabed, he now needed to rinse off with fresh water.

Many people who have never been to the beach might not realize how dirty and salty the sea is—the kind of salty that tastes bitter.

After swimming in the ocean, one would feel sticky and very uncomfortable, at least that’s how Lin Yang felt now. That’s why he made a point of taking a fresh water shower.

After the shower and changing into clean clothes, Lin Yang went to the yacht’s "kitchen," which, on a vessel of this size, wasn’t exactly a separate kitchen but rather a space that was connected to the lounge.

By then, Yue’er had already boiled the fresh shrimp and sea snails she just retrieved from the seabed. Seeing him come over, Yue’er asked, "Brother Yang, are we making anything else for dinner tonight?"

"Let’s cook this as well," Lin Yang said as he grabbed the Spotted Nudibranch eel he had caught earlier.

"Ew... keep it away from me, that’s so scary," she said.

It had to be admitted that the Spotted Nudibranch eel did look a bit frightening and somewhat resembled a snake. Even most men might be scared, but to Lin Yang, these were minor issues.

He tidied up the cooking area and started preparing the sizable sea eel. This creature was quite easy to handle: a single cut to the neck to bleed it out, a quick scalding with boiling water, followed by scraping with a knife, which removed the skin, slime, and spots all at once.

After being scraped, the eel looked much better—white and without a single spot to be seen.

After dealing with the external aspects, Lin Yang discarded the guts and also trimmed the gills.

The skin of this eel was really remarkable; the flesh was tender, but the skin itself was quite tough. It promised to be delicious once prepared.

Watching Lin Yang start processing the sea eel, Yue’er also came closer to observe. With its skin peeled and insides removed, there was no reason to be frightened anymore.

As she watched him methodically handle the eel, Yue’er became curious about how he would cook it.

Seeming to know what she was thinking, Lin Yang continued working while saying, "Tonight, I plan to prepare this sea eel in a ’three-delicacies-from-one-eel’ style: one dish will be deep-fried eel tempura, another will be steamed sea eel, and there will also be an eel rice...."

Just hearing the names of the dishes made Yue’er look forward to them. She asked curiously, "Brother Yang, these aren’t dishes from our hometown, are they? Do you know how to make them?"

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