Chapter 598: The Sea Monster That Appeared Suddenly

The father and son were busy separately. Ye Yaodong looked at the fishing boat ahead, which had already sailed quite a distance away, and hurriedly increased the power to catch up.

This time, there were no fishing nets behind the stern, so he didn't need to worry and could go a bit faster.

Just as he caught up, Lin Shu shouted to them, "Why did you stop just now? You could have still caught a bit more."

"We went to the stern to haul in the nets. We were halfway through dragging the trawl, and the net hadn't been hauled up yet, so we couldn't stop."

"Oh, there aren't many fish left now. You could still see a few porpoises just a moment ago, but now they're all gone. They've probably sunk down and swum away. These mullet are also about to scatter, so hurry up and catch them. Catch as much as you can."

Ye Fu was also thinking about catching a bit more. In the middle of winter, it was rare to have such good weather with small waves for a trip out to sea, so he had to catch enough to at least break even.

Ye Yaodong felt that the wind direction was quite favorable at the moment, so he simply let the boat move at a steady speed. He didn't keep watching it constantly and went to help his father, taking the opportunity to see how much they had caught.

The two boats were in perfect harmony, planning to haul one or two more nets. If there wasn't much of a catch left, they would continue trawling.

But after only a short while, there was a splash on the water surface. Suddenly, an unknown creature shot straight up from the sea between their two boats, appearing out of nowhere.

It surged up directly from the water, and the churning spray splashed from mid-air onto the two fishing boats.

The four people on the two boats were all busy—some hauling nets, some sorting the catch.

Caught completely off guard, they were all drenched from head to toe by the water droplets that had suddenly descended from the sky.

Before they could even curse, everyone looked toward the mid-air in astonishment. Suddenly, they widened their eyes, opened their mouths, and let out short, terrified gasps.

"Ah?"

What was that?

Ye Yaodong also watched the unknown creature that had suddenly appeared in mid-air with constricted pupils.

Its strange, huge, long body was about 5-6 meters long. It had a grayish-black fish body and fins. It looked a bit strange, somewhat like a dinosaur, but not quite. Its skin was wrinkled, not smooth, and it didn't have fish scales like a normal fish.

It also had a huge, wide-open mouth that looked bigger than a soccer ball. In its mouth, it was biting a toadfish weighing about seven or eight jin. Its terrifying fangs were exposed in mid-air, looking quite daunting.

"What is this?"

He asked the question that was in everyone's mind. No one knew what this was.

Ye Fu also asked in a panic, "What is this thing?"

That strange creature only stayed in mid-air for a second. In the blink of an eye, it fell back into the sea, making a loud 'Boom—' sound. After the waves splashed everywhere, it disappeared from the sea surface.

Because they were too close, the hulls shook violently. The people on the boats couldn't stand still, swaying and tilting left and right. Ye Yaodong also lost his footing.

The boats were already swaying with the wind and waves, and that impact made them even more unstable.

He used his hands to brace himself against the deck and stood up. Ignoring the fact that he was drenched in water again, he ran to the side of the boat in shock and doubt, leaning over the gunwale to look at the sea.

At this moment, where could there be any strange creature under the water?

It was as if the thing that had just appeared was merely their hallucination.

When it fell down and disappeared just now, they had only seen a glimpse of its figure through the large splash of water that had instantly churned up.

The total time that strange creature appeared didn't exceed three seconds. Because of the water spray, they had seen it for less than two seconds before it was gone.

"Is it a sea monster?"

Strange, unknown creatures occasionally appear in the ocean. Whenever they encounter one, they collectively call it a sea monster.

He wiped the seawater off his cheeks and looked at the sea surface, which had already returned to calm. His heart gradually settled back down.

Ye Fu was still bracing his hands on the deck, motionless. After a while, he stood up, wiping his face with a handkerchief as he walked over.

"What was that just now? Did you see it clearly?"

"No, it just appeared for a moment and then vanished instantly. I only saw it biting a pretty large toadfish in its mouth."

"I only got one look at it too. It looked quite scary; I've never even seen one before."

At this time, Lin Shu and his son on the opposite boat also stood up, leaning over the gunwale to look under the water. At this moment, the area ahead had already calmed down; where could there be anything to see?

"It's gone?" Lin Shu said, and after realizing they couldn't hear him on the other side, he shouted loudly again.

"Did you see what that thing was just now?"

"It only appeared for a split second. I don't know what it was. It looked strange and weird; I've never seen it before."

"It must be a sea monster."

"It should be."

"Why would a sea monster appear so suddenly... It scared the life out of me..."

"Yeah, it looked strange and weird, and then it vanished in an instant. Could it have been attracted by the school of fish just now?"

Who knows.

Ye Yaodong had never seen this thing either. He wasn't an encyclopedia. The ocean was so vast that even people 40 years later, with the help of high technology, hadn't been able to fully figure out what creatures were on the seabed.

Perhaps some, with decades of pollution, had gradually disappeared before they were even discovered.

He frowned, interrupting the conversation of everyone who was both excited and scared.

"Let's leave this place first. We don't know if that thing will attack the fishing boats. It looked like it was six or seven, maybe eight meters long. If it attacks the fishing boats, that would be terrible, and the wind and waves at sea are already big."

Ye Fu and Lin Shu also hurriedly said, "Right, right, right. Let's leave this area first, lest it comes out again to attack the boats. These unknown things are quite scary."

After they finished speaking, they hurriedly ran to the bow to steer the boat, increasing speed to leave this area.

Taking advantage of his father steering the boat, Ye Yaodong took a rag and simply wiped the water stains off his cotton-padded jacket.

He also took off the scarf that had been splashed wet by the seawater and hung it on a hook nearby to let it air dry first.

This scarf was as good as a piece of clothing. Suddenly taking it off, he shivered all over, feeling his neck empty and drafty. The cold wind poured in, and he felt chilled to the bone instantly.

After wiping himself, he handed the rag to his father and took over steering the boat.

"Fortunately, it was a close call."

"Yeah, let's steer further away first. We're all drenched; don't catch a cold. Fortunately, there's a red glow on the horizon. The sun should come out today. Once the sun is out, it shouldn't be so cold."

The two boats didn't separate and headed in the same direction, both planning to talk after leaving.

After running for several hundred meters, they slowed down and drew closer.

Lin Shu ran to the gunwale and said to them, "Everything was fine, and then suddenly a big sea monster popped out. I was almost scared to death. Fortunately, we were almost done catching everything just now, so there was no loss."

Not much time had passed, and his heart was still in his throat.

"It's good that nothing happened."

"It's a bit of a pity, it disappeared too quickly. I didn't pay attention at first, and by the time I heard the commotion and turned my head to look, it had already fallen down into the sea. Otherwise, we could have taken a closer look at what it was. It would have been great if we could have caught it to take a look; such a large fish is rare to see."

This was what Lin Shu's son said. Only young people would think like that; among the other three, two and a half were elderly.

They didn't want to encounter strange creatures. It would be best if they disappeared quickly, disappeared quickly, and never appeared again.

When such a big guy appears, it might be accompanied by disaster—either a natural disaster or a man-made one, or perhaps one's own life is about to end.

He just wanted to drive in peace mode until he was old.

"You're thinking too much. If it attacks fishing boats, we'll all be finished." Lin Shu glared at his son with annoyance.

"Alright, since nothing is wrong, we're going to trawl again." Ye Fu changed the subject and said.

It had already passed, and if it was gone, it was gone. Anyway, nothing happened to anyone, and everyone was safe. The most urgent task now was to continue working.

"Forget it, let's cook some noodles to eat first to calm our nerves, Dad? It's already seven or eight o'clock. It's just the right time to have breakfast to replenish our energy."

"And the catch from the trawl just now is still lying at the stern. It hasn't been poured out or sorted. Lin Shu, come have some too. Take advantage of the free time to sort out the catch we just hauled up."

"No need, no need. We brought food; we'll just heat it up on the stove in a while."

"How can the food you brought be enough? Don't you want to be full at noon? Everyone is doing manual labor. Eating liquid food early in the morning is also easy to digest. Don't be polite."

"Hey, hey, alright then, we won't be polite."

Ye Yaodong dropped the anchor and stopped the boat right in the middle of the sea. Ye Fu went to the stern first to sort the catch and instructed Ye Yaodong.

"You cook the noodles!"

If he wants me to cook, I'll cook. ===== CHAPTER 599 =====