Chapter 1134: Collecting Seafood into the Space

The night by the sea was very quiet, with only the sound of waves lapping against the tidal flats.

When she disembarked during the day, she had already used her spiritual sense to survey the situation here.

After reaching the disembarkation point, she continued walking forward for more than two li until she found the rocks she had observed earlier in the day, then quickened her pace toward them.

She had planned this during the day; at night, with the rocks providing cover, it would be more convenient to do whatever she intended.

She did not dawdle, carefully approaching the rocks, and while the tide had not yet receded, she released some of the space's pond water into the sea; she dared not release too much, fearing it would attract large fish, which would cause trouble.

At this hour, it was not yet time for the tide to recede, so apart from a few children playing near where the boat had previously stopped, there was hardly anyone on the beach.

It was precisely the perfect moment for her to pull a few strings.

Indeed, the power of the space's pond water was no joke; she did not have to wait long before sensing fish heading this way, and in considerable numbers.

Shining her flashlight toward the reef, she saw a scene far more magnificent than what she had witnessed at Shichahai; more and more fish were surging near the reef.

Her heart filled with excitement; finally, her space's miniature sea would not remain empty. Not daring to delay any longer, since there would be no chance once the tide receded, she pressed on.

Although she could come to the seaside again tomorrow morning, dawn broke early, and she feared Aunt Jiao would come along then, leaving her no opportunity.

In just this short while, she had already collected seven or eight out of ten of the surging fish; after all, she had only been testing the waters earlier and had not released much space pond water to begin with.

After collecting most of the fish, she this time deliberately released a bit more, hoping to complete the fish-collecting task quickly, since the tide would recede in another hour.

She could also faintly hear the laughter and chatter of the villagers from where the boat had previously stopped; they would likely head to this beach soon, so she unconsciously quickened her pace.

Half an hour later, she finally stopped; if she collected any more, she would be able to scoop fish from the miniature sea with a bamboo sieve. She could not go too far; in one word, it was 'thrilling,' and in two words, 'exciting.'

Calming her emotions, she noticed kelp by the reef and promptly collected some as well. Seeing that her miniature sea lacked rocks, she tried walking a bit farther out to collect some inconspicuous small reefs into her space, planning to attach the collected kelp to those rocks once inside; then she would have endless kelp to eat—truly pollution-free wild kelp.

Since she had collected so much, she believed that sooner or later the sporangia would rupture; as long as there were motile spores, why worry about having no kelp to eat?

By the time someone approached carrying a kerosene lamp, she had already walked a bit farther ahead and collected some independently movable reefs into her space.

Some of these reefs still had mussels and oysters attached, which delighted Liu Chuxue immensely.

She turned off her flashlight and had just walked back a short distance when she heard someone shout, "Sister, hurry up, the tide is receding!"

Following that shout, quite a few people soon appeared on the beach.

Only after she had completely blended into the crowd did she turn on her flashlight; just as Aunt Jiao had said, she quickly found her: "Chuxue, come, I'll take you beachcombing."

In her previous life, she had gone beachcombing, but only for fun.

At this moment, Aunt Jiao led Liu Chuxue along, constantly imparting experience to her: "Do you see this bubble?"

Liu Chuxue nodded: "Mm, I see it."

Aunt Jiao then began to work with her hands: "There's an eight or ninety percent chance there's a flower clam inside."

Sure enough, within a short while, she dug it out.

Afterwards, they even found small octopuses and little crabs under overturned stones.

Just as Aunt Jiao wanted to warn Liu Chuxue that the small octopus would spray ink, Liu Chuxue's hand had already suffered the consequences.

Seeing the expression of pure disgust on Liu Chuxue's face made Aunt Jiao burst into loud laughter.