Chapter 479

Baiyang knew that Da Wang was going to the East Sea and got excited, maybe the high-end seafood store would reach a new peak?

He specially printed out a list of valuable catches from the East Sea and gave it to Da Wang, hoping Da Wang would show his skills again. Da Wang looked at the pictures, excited by the prices, and watched the crowd for half a day. He went out to glance at the boundless sea, becoming slightly sober…… The sea is so vast, this isn't really a 'finding a needle in the sea', huh!

The Treasure Ship hadn't left the Bohai Sea yet; while underway, they hadn't cast the net. Da Wang couldn't wait and was eager to try. Unfortunately, a parent had come along—Wei Ke was there.

Wei Ke simply couldn't believe a person could stay underwater for half an hour, even though many people testified to it, he still didn't believe it. Da Wang had no choice but to summon his mount, the sperm whale and… 'dragon', and in front of Wei Ke he followed these two ocean overlords, after which Wei Ke had no recourse.

They'd been fishing the Bohai Sea's fish for years, but when Da Wang wasn't around, catches of sea cucumber were rare; apparently sea cucumber only exists in the Bohai Sea, and the Treasure Ship's nets are hard to use, so Da Wang had to go himself.

As soon as he reached the surface and left everyone's sight, Da Wang eagerly got to work; if he could successfully haul a batch of sea cucumbers, back home he'd add an order for twenty thousand sets of armor and weapons. He worried that someday the southern forces might stall him, and the Xiongnus would take the chance to cause trouble, making border pressure great—more armor is always better.

His legs were short, so wandering aimlessly on the seabed was actually slow; he quickly turned his attention to the sperm whale and the clam, starting to teach them to sweep the seabed's surface sediment with their big tails……

It works well, but the side effects are a bit big……

Da Wang stared dumbfounded as the clear seawater before him instantly turned into rolling muddy turbulence; it got a little dirty, and then countless known and unknown fish, shrimp, and shellfish sprang forth—truly everything one could want.

Da Wang, eyes gleaming at the sight of money, closed his mouth eagerly on the sperm whale's big head and began clicking items into the warehouse. He waved his hand wildly—whatever he touched was mine!

【Whether to put adult cuttlefish x2290 into the warehouse, yes/no?】

【Whether to put adult needle-good fish x18933 into the warehouse, yes/no?】

【Whether to put adult scallop x882 into the warehouse, yes/no?】

Da Wang was swamped, clicking yes on everything! He also distractedly thought about how to eat them. The slender needle-good fish, seasoned and dried, stored in the Taotie's freshness pouch, crunches on a bite—what a great side dish, it'll keep all winter without spoiling. The scallop, steamed, meat shredded and dried, can be tossed into porridge while marching—this isn't just seafood porridge?

Da Wang felt he'd become too clever for his own good!

The faster he clicked, the quicker it went—【Whether to put adult weeble-worm x3438 into the warehouse, yes/no?】 Da Wang's hand outpaced his brain, he clicked yes on all, only after a moment did he react, 'Wait! What a strange name!'

He refreshed the warehouse, and the first item to appear on the top shelf was the newly stored weeble-worm; opening it…… it was truly a big bug! The kids were scared stiff, he silently tossed it out, and ordered the sperm whale to sprint away from this sea area……

Boo-hoo, the whole sea is no good anymore!

After heading south a bit farther, the Ocean-crossing Team still hadn't started work, but Da Wang found something good in the middle layer—a huge school of long fish swam by; the sperm whale and Da Wang were perfectly in sync, it lunged forward with a burst of speed, and not a single feed beast pellet was wasted!

The sperm whale swept through the great fish school, Da Wang quickly reached out—【Whether to put adult Bohai Sea belt fish x19443 into the warehouse, yes/no?】

Substantial and valuable, the Bohai Sea knife was now in hand!

Although Da Wang shouted the slogan that this batch of fish wasn't for sale, such valuable catch could instead be exchanged for cooking oil and rice, right?

If anyone could see Da Wang's fishing technique, they'd surely be stunned jaw-dropped.

Soon, the trio's coordination grew ever more perfect—the clam stirred up bottom-dwelling fish and shrimp with its tail flicks, the sperm whale served as Da Wang's mount, chasing down whatever popped up and waiting for Da Wang to pick it up.

In the depths where no human had trod, the bottom-dwelling sea life let them pick clean.

The fishermen who daily go out to sea to worship the Azure Dragon also couldn't help but be shocked—their sacred Dragon King in their hearts was doing the work of a seabed cleaning robot…

Many things the Da Wang had never heard of were dug up from the ocean floor—what's a few‑gill‑toothed sand worm, what's a little bright venus clam, and a long‑whiskered sand worm? If Da Wang didn't recognize it, he'd open it to look, and then a crit would strike.

His eyes suffered great damage.

One worm looks not scary, but three thousand adult worms together make one's scalp tingle. After suffering ten‑thousand‑ton damage, Da Wang finally learned his lesson; thereafter, whenever he saw a name containing "worm" or "silkworm", he wanted nothing to do with them—mainly because his eyes couldn't take it.

After fussing a while, he picked up countless bottom‑dwelling worms and shrimp, finally encountering the target sea cucumber; Da Wang happily harvested over ten thousand adults, this time he finally was willing to return to the ship. He should go up and blow bubbles—next group, see.

Before going up, this guy again pulled out a personal diving net, filled a bag with sea cucumbers, wanting to go up to let his older cousin taste some fresh, and also to nourish himself.

Who knew that as soon as he grabbed the net, it awakened the sperm whale's fish‑catching memory; the whale spun in place, indicating it also wanted it.

Its way of expressing was to try to hook the net in Da Wang's hand with its front flipper. But what size is it? Each time its front flipper lightly pats the water, Da Wang gets swayed out three meters…

Da Wang strongly swam back, flicked out, after a few rounds he realized: there's a whale that wants to be a laborer!

"When we get back I'll find you a trawl net; from now on you two shouldn't idle—fish for feed beast pellets to eat!" Da Wang silently clenched his fist, a daily money‑saving tip.

Refuse to enslave small animals, but can't refuse when small animals volunteer to work.

As soon as Da Wang surfaced, he saw his fleet had already gone far ahead; he hurriedly directed the sperm whale to catch up.

Wei Ke was still seeing Da Wang dive for the first time; everyone on the ship told him the sperm whale would bring Da Wang back, but he still worried, feeling that as the guardian he should be in charge of this absurd situation.

Half‑believing, half‑doubting, he waited a while; when his patience was about to run out, the guard at the stern finally showed movement, and he immediately went over to take the binoculars.

He came back, but on the sperm whale's back was carrying… a mud figurine?

When Wei Shen pulled Da Wang up, he laughed hysterically.

"Pfft…… Sorry~ Are you our Da Wang? This is obviously a clay figurine hahaha, we're Wei Taiping……

Da Wang: ……

Da Wang, puffing with anger, stuffed a bag full of sea cucumbers into Wei Ke's hands, saying, "These good things are all for my older cousin to eat—don't give Wei Shen even a single one!"

Wei Ke: ……

Who understands! A fully grown sea cucumber each stalk is forearm‑long, its appearance ugly and creepy.

Da Wang gave him a bag full……