Chapter 346: Plundering the Sea

Da Wang leisurely boarded the treasure ship with his luggage, saying he was off to make money. Zhao Bao made him tearful; look at Da Wang sitting on this throne—it's really not easy!

With so many people to feed, if he wants to eat some sea cucumber, he has to go catch it himself.

At the dock, Da Wang hooked a sperm whale and a mirage, planning to really get down to business in a short time.

Wei Ke, Xue San, and Xue Si were all thrown by Da Wang into Falcon Cavalry training; Changli was also officially assigned to the army, and the only one who came along this time was Wei Shen, who had already recovered to a lively state.

Wei Shen already regarded the pills produced by Da Wang as immortal elixirs.

His leg was a penetrating tear; he thought at best he'd be lame for half a year. That day he first took the military-issue trauma pill, the bleeding stopped immediately, the pain almost vanished, and after bandaging he felt great, happily telling Wei Ke he'd probably be back to normal in less than two months.

Then one day, after taking a pill Da Wang secretly produced, he slept, and the next day new flesh grew; by the third day, moving around was just like before.

Da Wang stood at the bow, hands on hips, facing the wind.

"I, the king, will dominate the great sea!" This trip I must haul up several thousand sets of armor, no matter what!

"I, the king, won't leave until I've hauled enough!"

The deck was quiet; even the bear knew to sit by the hull, leeward. Only the sperm whale beside the ship cooperated fully, lifting its huge head out of the water to cheer.

Wei Shen didn't come out; he sat behind the glass window watching the emo kid blowing cold wind, occasionally sipping hot tea contentedly—indeed, it was quite fragrant.

He even had the mind to critique Da Wang's hands-on-hips pose; without the belly, he felt something was missing. Thinking that now there's no war, they should let Da Wang get fat again……

Until Da Wang, without warning, braced himself on the rail and jumped straight down……

"Hey!"

Wei Shen hurried down, "Why didn't you bring the guards down to brace the ship?"

By the time he reached the rail, Da Wang was already sitting cross-legged steady on the sperm whale's head, while the guards obediently threw down fishing nets……

Forgot—people at sea also have mounts; who needs a small boat!

Da Wang waved at his cousin, "Cousin, wait for me to catch sea cucumbers to strengthen your legs~"

Wei Shen thought of those plump meat worms and got goosebumps, "No thanks, no thanks! Cousin's fine, you've played enough—hurry up and come back, hear me?!'… Before he finished shouting, Da Wang, following the sperm whale, sank and vanished from the sea surface in an instant……

He hurried to inform the captain to slow down—Da Wang had run off!

Hearing this, Chen Cang immediately slowed the ship, lowered the bottom-set net and began dragging; this time Da Wang instructed not to chase big fish schools, but to aim for variety.

Da Wang didn't even know what strange fish species it was, but it would be valuable in the future.

The sperm whale happily brought Da Wang to chase small fish schools, cherishing the chance to play with him. Excited, it showed off in the sea, even sucking the fish shoal into its huge maw and spitting them out……

Da Wang imagined himself as a small fish, unable to comprehend its terrifying behavior.

After a while, the sperm whale quickly noticed Da Wang was also busy, dragging a fishing net on its head to catch small fish!

The sperm whale soon recalled the memory of catching fish with Da Wang, frantically flapping its pectoral fin to signal Da Wang that it also wanted to work!

Quickly put that fishing net on it to have it pull!

Da Wang left its head, turned back in a hurry, and saw it frantically clapping beside it, '…Clapping? Great? Just so-so!' Da Wang also clapped along with the little seal……

The sperm whale, angered by Da Wang, flipped belly-up and lay motionless in the sea, looking like a dead whale……

The mirage beside him knew its little companion better than Da Wang did; Da Wang hadn't been in the water for a year, and those two were the ones who always played together.

The mirage flicked its big tail, the tip agilely scooping up the fishing net Da Wang was dragging and snatching it away……

Da Wang had previously seen no good fish, nor stored anything in the warehouse; he was just playing catching small fish, but now the net was snatched, and he watched helplessly as the small fish he'd painstakingly caught were shaken out and scattered in an instant……

Da Wang: "Rebellious heaven!"

Before he could give the mirage a piece of his mind, the 'dead whale' instantly revived, waving its pectoral fin and rushing over; the two so-called sea gods from others' mouths circled the net, struggling to slip it onto the fin……

Da Wang finally understood.

He wiped nonexistent sweat, then dragged a big net from the warehouse and personally tied it to the sperm whale's pectoral fin.

Refusing to enslave animals doesn't mean refusing animals that work voluntarily.

"Pull away—if you don't haul two tons of fish, next month's beast feed pill quota will be cancelled!"

Nearby nothing was found; Da Wang squatted on the sperm whale's head, rubbing against it for a while, until he saw a group of flat fish swimming from the rear‑diagonal.

This was strange—he hadn't seen it last year.

Da Wang gave up rubbing and drifted over; when a fish came close, he swiftly flicked one hand to bump it, while with the other he skillfully opened the warehouse to collect it.

【Whether to store the adult turbot x601 in the warehouse, yes/no】

Da Wang immediately clicked yes; the large ones vanished in place, the small ones stupidly kept swimming forward, unaffected?

"Not very smart-looking?" Da Wang rushed to the warehouse to see what kind of fish this turbot was.

【Turbot: body length, flat, both eyes on the left side of the head, brown, round scales, few spines, delicious. Cold‑temperate bottom‑dweller, Bohai Sea economic fish.】

"Oh, only one side has eyes? Doesn't matter, as long as it's tasty!"

Da Wang had already thought of how to eat it down there—look, this fish is longer than his leg, the meat is thick and spineless; slash it into flower cuts and grill a piece, it'll definitely be fragrant!

Hearing this fish was a bottom‑dweller, Da Wang also stopped dawdling halfway up the slope; his courage plumped as he plunged into the pitch‑black deep sea, maybe there are more down there. He wanted to shout for his mount, but discovered those two had already run off without a trace……

Totally unreliable!

Today's light intensity isn't great, so the seabed is even darker.

Da Wang slowly fished out the sea‑bottom headlamp made by Bai Yang and put it on; this thing basically knows no fear.

He twisted it on, and the whole area within ten‑plus meters lit up like daytime, visibility reaching two‑three hundred meters; Da Wang once again marveled at future technology.

Look at that lamp—bright and cheap!

He bought five for ten yuan!

Unlike Meng Meng, whose lamp is just so‑so bright, its price is shocking.

Da Wang skillfully bounced about in the seabed mud and sand, one hand frantically clicking to collect. The white boots with gold‑thread embroidery hesitated not, plunging into the sand and kicking up……

【Whether to store the adult mantis shrimp x3433 in the warehouse, yes/no?】

【Should the adult crown sea horse x1211 be stored in the warehouse, yes/no?】

【Should the adult pipi shrimp x85 be stored in the warehouse, yes/no?】

【Should the adult red-shelled red crab x339 be stored in the warehouse, yes/no?】

【Should the adult arrow crab x129 be stored in the warehouse, yes/no?】

……

Great King closed his eyes and poked around; he didn't mind a few. Soon the seabed was kicked up with dust from his stirring; this guy ran off swiftly, moving to a quiet place to continue stirring.

Brother Bai was right; this sea's wealth exceeds imagination.

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……………Unserious dividing line……………

Great King: "Dominate the vast sea!"

Humpback Whale: "Ooh—! Dominate!"

The proud mirage lifts its head, exhaling mist—"I was born like this!"