Chapter 55: Red-spotted fish—this is what a Luck Value of 100 is!

Sometimes the tide recedes strongly, exposing part of the seabed beach; Ye Cheng is referring to that beach.

But the tide is unpredictable; Ye Cheng's previous head‑bumping incident is a typical lesson.

Therefore, ordinary fishermen gathering at sea don't like to get too close to the water, and even if they find something nearby, they might accidentally jump into the sea and lose it.

Ye Cheng isn't afraid of danger; yesterday he fully verified the system's stability and accuracy, and there's no problem in terms of granularity or alignment.

Under Ye Cheng's insistence, Xiao Hu also followed him toward the seaside.

This place differs from the water‑free beach farther back; the seawater keeps washing over it, so if you want to pick up something from the beach besides shells, anything alive won't do—thus the two's goal is the puddles and under the rocks.

With a splash, the tide receded, revealing a blue stone 2 meters ahead; several small turtles were fluttering on the stone, and beneath it was a depression formed by the rock.

Seawater continued to flow out through the depression's outlet; the water inside was relatively turbid, making it hard to see what was there.

Ye Cheng picked up the net, went down to test it, and found it fairly deep.

As for the net, an unwelcome guest, the depths immediately responded: someone's home, don't poke around randomly.

"Xiao Hu, block the outlet there; I'll go down to feel." Ye Cheng rolled up his sleeves.

"Brother, aren't you afraid it's a crab? Or should I come?" Xiao Hu gave a half‑smile.

Ye Cheng quickly pulled his hand back; that made sense.

Let professionals handle professional tasks; when it comes to feeling for fish and crabs, Xiao Hu is still the more capable.

After Ye Cheng switched to blocking the outlet, Xiao Hu rolled up his sleeves, half‑bent down, and reached in.

Though the depression doesn't look big, it's actually quite deep.

Xiao Hu kept his arm in until it reached mid‑forearm, estimating about a little over one meter deep; he didn't know how it formed.

"Brother, there really is something."

"If you've got it, just grab it; do I need to teach you?"

"But it swims a bit fast; I can't keep up."

"Come on, you can do it; I believe in you, you'll definitely make it."

Xiao Hu gave Ye Cheng a surprised look and said, "Brother, I'm just bad at studying, not stupid; I don't need this boring way to motivate me."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Hu's face suddenly changed; he jerked his hand out with a swish, looking frightened.

"What's wrong? Is there a girl down there?"

"No, brother, I think there's a snake down there." Xiao Hu wasn't sure: "I felt a long, slippery thing."

"A sea snake?" Ye Cheng also jumped; sea snakes are poisonous and quite strong.

"Didn't it bite you?"

"No, I touched it and pulled back right away; it didn't bite me. Brother, maybe we should forget it." Xiao Hu was a bit frightened.

Ye Cheng lowered his head in thought; logically it shouldn't happen—today my Luck Value is 100, and you give me a sea snake?

This shows Xiao Hu is quick‑witted; if he had gone in just now, he might have been bitten and killed.

Then the system wouldn't be talking nonsense.

No, maybe it's not a sea snake.

"I still want to see what it is; I'll use the net later, even if it takes more time."

"Okay, brother, I also want to see what it is."

After they agreed, each squatted on a side, then bent over and began scooping.

Upon going down, they could feel something there, but it wouldn't go into the net, just kept bumping around, making Ye Cheng anxious.

"Brother, if it's nothing, hurry up and come look; if you're a snake, I'll let you go right away, promise."

Later, with no other option, the two switched tactics and began to pump out water.

Without a pump, they used buckets manually, hauling out bucket after bucket.

Fortunately, it's a deep pit with a small area; after the two hauled out about seventeen or eighteen buckets of water, the water level dropped a bit, and sure enough a black shadow was swimming back and forth below.

It had a slender, elongated body and wasn't red; I didn't know if it was a snake.

Just in case, they continued bailing out more water with the buckets; now the creature inside became agitated, swimming wildly in panic, and its back was exposed.

"Brother, it looks like a sea eel, not a sea snake." Xiao Hu pointed at its back.

The skin of an eel differs greatly from that of a snake, and Ye Cheng could see that too.

"Yeah, it's an eel; good thing it's not a snake—let's grab it directly."

Xiao Hu rolled up his sleeves; he dared not grab a sea snake, but a sea eel was fine.

After aiming at the eel's neck, Xiao Hu struck with a tiger‑claw move, firmly gripping its neck and lifting it up—a large sea eel over a meter long.

The eel's struggle was too strong; Xiao Hu could only first fling it onto the beach, then press it down again.

"Brother, what a big catch!" Xiao Hu excitedly played with the snake there.

"Not bad, but this isn't really a big catch."

Sea eels aren't very expensive, medium grade; for Ye Cheng now, it's just pocket change.

It's a bit slippery; Xiao Hu took it to bag it, otherwise it would be hard to handle.

Ye Cheng stood where he was, feeling anxious inside; as the burst time was about to end, he still hadn't gotten a high‑value catch.

Just as he was lamenting, a wave suddenly surged over, submerging Ye Cheng up to his calves.

Ye Cheng planted his feet, stood steady in the seawater, white waves rolling back and forth toward the shore—this is the tide, coming in and then receding; Ye Cheng wasn't in a hurry.

A red figure surged toward the shore with the wave.

"Damn, today I'm up against red again, huh." Ye Cheng picked up the net in his hand, threw the net‑bag down, and just managed to net it.

He hadn't even finished celebrating his awesome aim when a strong force came from the net, jerking his body and nearly making him topple into the seawater.

This left him afraid to even lift the net‑bag; he could only clutch it tightly with both hands, pinned to the beach.

When the tide finally receded, the true appearance inside was revealed.

A red fish, its body covered in black spots, not a red nine-spine, and its color is a bit deeper than that of a red nine-spine—this is a red-spotted fish.

Red-spotted fish are deep-sea fish; they are not only tasty but also help prevent blood clots, making them genuine high-end goods along this coast, fetching over a thousand per jin.

This red-spotted fish looks to be over five jin; we've definitely hit the jackpot.

Exactly, this is exactly it—this is what a Luck Value of 100 looks like, hahaha.

Ye Cheng was overjoyed, holding the treasure in his hands, he ran over to Xiao Hu; it's best to keep this kind of goods alive.

Gathering from the sea, gathering from the sea—compared to sea fishing, this is the advantage: most of what you gather from the sea is alive, whereas fishing easily kills the fish.

Seafood, seafood—if it's not fresh, it's not valuable.

The price difference between dead and alive is at least double.

Xiao Hu had just finished cleaning up the sea eel when he saw Ye Cheng running over with a big red fish in his arms, running while getting slapped by the fish's mouth, its tail smacking his face with a papapa sound.