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Chapter 113 The Giant Lured by the Scent of Blood

Chapter 115 The Giant Lured by the Scent of Blood

This large-capacity air tank allows Zhou Miao to stay submerged for up to an hour and a half.

However, this time is not fixed, because in deep water, the rate of compressed air consumption will be significantly faster, and the usage time will be reduced by twenty minutes or even half an hour.

But that was enough for Zhou Miao. Diving is very physically demanding, and even scuba diving, where you stay in the water for two hours, is long enough.

After getting dressed and checking the two newly purchased diving headlamps, I put one on first, then grabbed the harpoon and flipped myself into the water.

This wasn't Zhou Miao's first time going into the water at night; he had previously gone into the water while cleaning oysters on a fish raft, so he was already used to the dark environment.

However, the plankton in the seawater can be seen more clearly under the light.

However, visibility is much worse than during the day; you can only see about five or six meters ahead.

Zhou Miao moved slowly, approaching the reef area.

I had checked with a fish finder before and thought the fish population here was so-so, but I was surprised to find quite a few fish after going into the water.

Occasionally, you'll see one or two bass startled and quickly scurrying away; they look quite large, about half a meter long.

Unfortunately, these fish were not his target; he couldn't take them down with a harpoon.

A few minutes later, Zhou Miao finally came into view of a large number of reefs.

He began to swim towards the bottom of the water, looking for fish that liked to sleep at night.

As soon as he reached a large reef, he spotted a parrotfish hiding in a crevice.

The fish seemed to be asleep, just floating quietly, showing no reaction to his arrival.

Zhou Miao slowly picked up the harpoon, aiming the tip at the fish's head.

This reduces damage, increases meat yield, and preserves the value of the fish.

The price of fish caught by fishing depends on two factors: the value of the fish itself and the extent of damage to the flesh.

If the fish's wound is too large, or if the spear hits the gall bladder or other parts of the fish, then a fish that was originally worth a hundred dollars may only sell for fifty dollars, or even be rejected by others.

The fish head is the only part that won't be discounted.

The parrotfish, with the spear pointed at it, was completely unaware of the danger. The next moment, Zhou Miao pressed the button on the spear, and the arrowhead of the spearhead shot out, piercing the parrotfish's head and pinning it to the rock.

The parrotfish spread its dorsal fin and thrashed its tail wildly.

Goodness, he still has so much strength even after being hit with a fatal blow.

The mud and sand stirred up, obscuring the view.

Zhou Miao simply held the spear still, and after a short while, when he felt that there was no more movement on the spear, he put it away.

This parrotfish is a decent size, it looks like it weighs about two pounds.

At this point, its mouth was wide open; it was either not quite dead or almost dead.

Zhou Miao then removed the fish from the spearhead and used a diving dagger to bleed it.

Blood attracts sharks, but he's not really worried about that.

After all, the prerequisite for attracting sharks is that there are sharks nearby.

If it were just some small sharks, perhaps it could generate some revenue for him.

After putting the fish into the net, Zhou Miao continued searching for a second fish with his harpoon.

I'll take half a pound of golden drum fish.

A black sea bream weighing less than three ounces?

Too small, no.

After catching some small fish, Zhou Miao soon found another grouper weighing three or four pounds.

Groupers are more active at night, but that doesn't mean all groupers will come out to forage; some will hide and rest.

Compared to parrotfish that are asleep and unresponsive, groupers are much more alert.

As soon as Zhou Miao approached, the blue-spotted creature instinctively shrank back into its hiding hole, clearly on guard.

But this little cave that gave him a sense of security was actually a cage from which he had nowhere to escape.

Because the cave only has one entrance, the rock spores have nowhere to escape.

Zhou Miao continued with the same strategy as before, trying his best to target the fish head.

This time, however, the fish was alert enough that, although it didn't dodge, the spearhead struck it slightly above its pectoral fin.

And it hit a vein right away, and fresh blood immediately started to ooze from the gills.

Zhou Miao kept pressing down on the spear, and waited for almost two minutes before the fiercely struggling blue spot finally calmed down.

Seeing that it was somewhat dead, he removed the fish from the harpoon, and immediately, fresh blood gushed out as if it were free.

That's good; he doesn't need to bleed the fish anymore, he can just put them directly into the net.

The blood spread with the ocean currents, attracting the attention of many predators.

At this moment, a huge grouper slowly emerged from a depth of about thirty meters away.

It swam a short distance towards the area with higher blood concentration, but the shallow water there made the huge grouper hesitate and it did not continue.

After collecting the blue spots, Zhou Miao continued sweeping the rocky area.

Tonight, his goal was clear: to buy any fish that retailed for over fifty yuan and weighed approximately five ounces.

With a bottle of compressed air about to run out, Zhou Miao filled the net bag for the third time.

He swam back to the surface, submerged himself back to the fishing boat, grabbed the rope, and climbed aboard.

Zhou Miao first placed the compressed air bottle on the deck, and then opened the net and poured all the fish inside into the fish box he had brought.

The fish tank I bought specifically for selling ribbonfish will come in handy now.

Arrange the fish neatly, then open a styrofoam box and pour in some crushed ice to keep the fish chilled.

After doing all that, Zhou Miao opened a bottle of mineral water, took a few sips, and then washed his hands.

He took some dried meat chocolate from a bag at the stern and ate it.

After diving for more than an hour, he had exhausted most of his energy and needed a short rest to replenish his strength.

Moreover, he had already cleared the shallower parts of that reef area, and next he was going to the deeper reef area, which was about thirty meters deep, and would require more physical strength.

Although compressed air is consumed quickly in deep water, the fish will also be larger.

Just now in the shallow water, the biggest fish Zhou Miao caught was that three or four-pound green grouper.

Even the first parrotfish, which weighed about two pounds, was considered a big fish; most of the fish weighed less than a pound, which was indeed quite small.

Zhou Miao looked at Luo Hao and Lu Xingyu fishing in the distance. They hadn't come looking for him, obviously because they hadn't found the fish.

After he ate two packets of dried meat, two pieces of chocolate, and a Western-style bread, neither of them moved their poles.

Indeed, in fishing spots where there are no large schools of fish, diving is far more profitable than fishing.

Zhou Miao brought a diving suit tonight to have more options, and it seems she made the right choice.

After resting for about half an hour and feeling that his strength had recovered, Zhou Miao picked up a new compressed air tank, put on another fully charged headlamp, and went into the water.

The fishing boat was located in a relatively deep area, so Zhou Miao first went to the reef area before diving to the bottom and slowly searching along the reef.

As expected, big fish prefer to hide in deeper places. After diving to about twenty meters, Zhou Miao spotted a thick moray eel slowly swimming between the rocks and the sand.

As soon as he approached, the moray eel sensed the danger and immediately darted into the nearby rocks.

Fortunately, there were only small reefs around, so there was nowhere for it to hide.

Knowing that the opportunity was rare, Zhou Miao quickly approached, raised the spear, aimed it at its head, and pressed the spearhead ejection switch.