Chapter 989: Glowing Beryx splendens

The three of them kept staring at the sea surface, no one cared about the fish cargo all over the deck, just wanting to know when this light circle would disappear, and return them a little peace of mind.

With the forward movement of the fishing boat, the light circle kept expanding, as if it was constantly detaching from under the fishing boat little by little.

Originally evenly covering the edge of the boat, now it has emerged a large circle towards the direction of the bow, and the light circle at the stern is shrinking, as if detaching from the boat and moving outward.

Just like the primordial spirit slowly leaving the body?

Ye Yaodong suddenly had the picture of the primordial spirit leaving the body in the TV series in his mind. He immediately shook his head, hurriedly throwing away the messy thoughts.

In his heart, he actually preferred that this might be some strange school of fish passing by.

"Take two hand nets on the boat."

"Do you think it's a school of fish underneath?"

"Very likely, otherwise how to explain the moving light circle underneath?"

"Dong... Dong... Dong... brother..." Chen Shi excitedly pulled his sleeve, and then pointed his finger.

Ye Yaodong also hurriedly turned his head to look. In the short while he turned his head and talked to the crew member, many small squid and sardines appeared around the light circle, all attracted by the light.

This brightness is much brighter than the brightness of their flashlight.

And in just a few seconds, the sea surface became dense, all sardines, small squid, and other phototactic fish.

At this time, when the old crew member handed him the hand net, he saw a few large red fish emerging from the water surface, big fish catching small fish like sardines and small squid one by one.

Everyone also saw it. The eyes of these fish were like two big light bulbs, illuminating the sea surface.

And more and more emerged. For a time, the water splashes on the sea surface were like boiling, *plop plop* were all the sounds of predation.

"Ah! It is... is... is fish!"

"So it really is fish, scared me a big jump, thought how it glowed under the boat, and the whole light circle was moving there, scared to death, thought it was some strange thing on the sea that people in the village said."

"There are many strange things on the sea. Many times they are produced by various marine organisms, or other things, no need to be so afraid."

Although his heart missed a beat at first, he calmed down later. It happened, so he could only watch first.

"Bluffed, and also forgot, this kind of big-eyed fish will glow, but didn't expect such a large group to appear under the boat, emitting such a big light."

"It's Beryx splendens, not some big-eyed fish."

"Hehe, everyone used to call it big-eyed fish. Later, after the village was electrified, it was called light bulb fish, because the eyes glow like two light bulbs."

"Come, come, come... don't just talk. Take advantage of them moving while eating, and they are still around the fishing boat, not running far, cast a few nets to see how much you can catch."

Ye Yaodong sorted the fishing net while dividing a hand net to him, and also organized the fishing net in his hand, aiming at the jumping school of fish and casting it out.

He also caught two last year during the typhoon. This fish is still quite valuable. It is also a red fish. This fish is more expensive than the horsehead fish caught during the day.

In the dim deep-sea world of 200 to 1000 meters, there is almost no light. Fish like Beryx splendens have huge eyes and can detect limited light.

In the deep sea, the light emitted by a glowing Beryx splendens allows people to see the numbers on the watch even two meters away. Divers often catch it and put it into a plastic bag to use as a flashlight.

The light that one can emit is so powerful, not to mention a group. No wonder the bottom of the whole boat was glowing just now. It turned out to be a whole group of Beryx splendens. It scared him when he saw it in the wheelhouse, and he hurriedly ran to the deck.

And seeing the light circle moving, he didn't dare to move randomly for a while, only dared to observe first.

This fish is also nocturnal. It is generally not seen during the day, hiding under coral reefs or caves. Only at night will it often swim in large groups to forage and rise to the surface of the water.

Ye Yaodong cast a net accurately and pulled it up. Chen Shi also reached out to help, and another crew member also hurriedly cast a net.

Full cargo, constantly struggling, but was pulled closer and closer to the ship's side by them.

Red fish, exceptionally festive. This fish is also suitable for making soup. Its head is rich in gelatin.

The two pulled the fish slowly and laboriously, and smashed it onto the pile of fish cargo on the deck. Ye Yaodong let Chen Shi hurry to help pull, young people have great strength, leave this to him to untie the fishing net.

"Swim... swim... swim, going to swim... away..."

He turned his head and looked. Sure enough, the light circle was shifting more and more outward. His heart was anxious, and he immediately shook the fishing net a few times, hurriedly continuing to cast a net, to avoid letting the whole group run away.

It's rare to appear under their boat and scare them, of course, catch a few more to suppress the shock.

Just cast two nets each, and the Beryx splendens drifted to the side. The whole light circle was really like a big sun, bright and shining, moving on the sea surface, appearing exceptionally conspicuous.

Others had the same feeling.

"This fish is like a moving sun, a large circle of bright light moving on the sea. People who don't know might think the moon fell into the sea."

"According to what you said, is it like the sun, or like the moon?"

"Ah? Hahaha, it's about the same, it's about the same, anyway, they are all in the sky..."

"Like... like... sun!"

Didn't care about the net just dragged up, threw the net and cargo onto the deck and immediately said: "I'll go drive the boat to follow this light circle. You guys hurry up and cast the net. Just hauled the fishing net up, and haven't put it down yet."

"Alright, alright, alright..."

Ye Yaodong explained and hurriedly returned to the wheelhouse. When the fishing boat is sailing, it doesn't necessarily have to be guarded by someone in front of the steering wheel. With a set forward trajectory, it will move forward by itself. If it deviates, it will be intervened manually.

After they cooperated to put the fishing net into the sea, they continued to sort the fish cargo.

And Ye Yaodong kept watching the boat moving forward in the wheelhouse, chasing the light circle.

Don't know how much of this fish can be netted. In the dark night, these fish all float to the surface layer of the sea. Don't know how much is left under the sea. Anyway, there is no specific destination for working on the sea surface.

After the fishing boat completely caught up with the light circle and rushed into the light circle, the circle under the water was scattered, and light was emitted around the bottom of the boat again.

Mainly put in modern times, people who encounter it on the sea surface might think that the boat comes with light strips.

Now that others see it, they will probably think that their boat is a ghost ship.

Otherwise, how to explain the problem of light being emitted around the bottom of the boat first?

Just when Ye Yaodong planned to continue running to the deck to let them cast two nets when the light circle moved, the maritime radio on the boat rang, and someone applied for a connection. He immediately came back and connected first.

"Adong, is there any situation on your side? I saw a light point on the side of your boat just now. It was very close to your boat at first, and then it disappeared. Don't know if it overlapped or what, feeling your boat is brighter."

"Suddenly appeared again in a short while, and your boat returned to its original brightness. Now your boat is brighter again..."

"Do you have any discoveries yourself? Is there any situation? I connected to you several times ten minutes ago, but didn't connect successfully. What happened?"

Pei Father's words were nervous and incoherent.

Ye Yaodong looked at the sea surface behind, and found that the Fengshou was much closer to him, probably accelerating.

"Is the light circle under the boat obvious?"

"Is the bottom of the boat glowing? Yes... now that it's close, it can be seen that the bottom of the boat is glowing. Just now, it looked like your boat suddenly became much brighter, and then returned to its original brightness in a short while."

"Very obvious, my fishing boat is sailing towards you now. The closer it is, the scarier it is. It is indeed a whole circle glowing at the bottom of your boat. What happened? It's scary in the middle of the night..."

"Oh... the light behind the butt is gone? Only the light at the bow is left. Eh? It's gone again, it's the same as just now... what happened to you? How can there be a light circle following you, sometimes there, sometimes not..."

Ye Yaodong could hear his panic and loss through the crackling sound. Probably Pei Father also thought he encountered some spiritual event...

"No, uncle, don't be nervous, I encountered Beryx splendens..."

Fortunately, he hadn't connected successfully just now, and he had already watched the light circle on the deck. Otherwise, just hearing Pei Uncle's description, his hair would stand up, and his scalp would be numb.

A light circle appeared at the bottom of the boat, the light circle moved, sometimes there, sometimes not. It was enough to hear it in the middle of the night.

"Beryx splendens, what Beryx splendens? Is it a fish?" A surprised sound came from the other side of the channel, no longer panicked.

"It's a fish, a light bulb fish whose two eyes can emit light like a light bulb. It's called Beryx splendens. A large group is under my boat, so you saw a layer of light at the bottom of my boat, and then it moved there, sometimes there, sometimes not."

Pei Father let out a long sigh of relief, "It's a light bulb fish, then I'm relieved. Scared me to death, thought it was something, what kind of thing entangled your boat, emitting light, suddenly the boat became so bright in the middle of the night, sometimes bright and sometimes dark, it's really scary."

"Yes, I was also scared when I saw the light circle appearing at the bottom of the boat just now, and ran to the deck to watch for a long time, so I didn't hear your connection."

"Then did you catch it? Is there a lot of this fish? I saw it so bright from a distance, it is estimated that it is closer, it may be brighter, the quantity should not be small, right? It can cover a large circle at the bottom of your whole boat, this school of fish should not be small."

"It's okay, just cast two nets and let them move away, so I ran to the wheelhouse to adjust the direction, and I am preparing to continue to call them to cast two nets."

"Alright, alright, alright, then you are busy, you are busy, there is no situation, just scared for a while, so I hurriedly contacted you."

"Eh... I saw a lot of light in front, there are circles, there are strips, there are diamonds, in a small state. You can speed up and open up, it is on the edge of the coastline, you accelerate forward and you should be able to see it slowly."

"Really?" Pei Father responded with surprise, "Alright, alright, alright, I will haul this net up immediately, and then accelerate forward to see."

Ye Yaodong kept staring at the light circle in front, and after saying almost enough, he hung up.

The two people on the deck had already discovered that they were casting nets when he was on the phone just now. The light circle under the fishing boat had also shifted a bit, but don't know how many nets they cast, anyway, the light circle didn't shrink.

During the conversation, with the forward movement of the fishing boat, he also found several light points appearing in front of the coastline, some long, some round, some diamond-shaped, in a small state.

These are probably all Beryx splendens.

After letting the boat chase up and keep moving forward at a uniform speed, he hurriedly went down from the wheelhouse to the deck.

"Cast a few nets?"

He asked while looking at the large pile of Beryx splendens scattered on the deck. Visually, there were three or four hundred jin, some big, some small, probably twenty or thirty centimeters.

It was also mixed with many sardines and small squid, as well as mackerel. Some Beryx splendens still had half a small squid in their mouths, and they died after eating half of it.

"Two... two... nets..."

"Quick, quick, quick, it's close again, continue to cast two nets, in front, there are more on the coastline..."

The sea surface was boiling.

"Is this light circle bigger? Feels like it didn't shrink, but became bigger." Ye Yaodong said puzzledly.

"Don't know, we didn't have time to look at it. Just now when we lowered our heads to sort, we found that we entered the light circle again, so we hurriedly took the net and continued to cast."

"I... I... I... also... feel... so, more!"

"Look, how much can you net..."

Just as he was speaking, there was a roar in his ears, and it was getting louder and clearer from far to near. He looked to the side.

The Fengshou had already come from behind to the front, arriving not far from him, and Pei Father also stood on the ship's side, looking towards his side.

The two boats were separated by a large glowing circle, really like a fiery red sun falling into the water surface, exceptionally bright, making them clearly see the faces of the people on the other boat in the dark night.

Pei Father smiled and waved his hand, then returned to the wheelhouse, and then in a short while, the fishing boat accelerated towards their front.

"Are they going to run to the front to chase the circle in front?"

"Should be."

After all, he was chasing this circle, and Pei Father was not easy to grab with him. Anyway, there were still glowing circles in front.

With the forward movement of the fishing boat, the light circle in front also looked bigger and bigger.

"This... this... this... this... fish is expensive..."

"It's okay, more expensive than horsehead fish. Just after the New Year, the price of these fish cargo should be okay. After all, red fish are festive. That horsehead fish should be worth one or two cents. This fish should be two cents more. Look at the market price, and also look at whether there are many of this fish in the market. Contact the fresh-collection boat tomorrow and you will know."

The old crew member also said: "The price of these fish cargo is different for a period of time, not necessarily that price. If there is more, it will be cheap. Anyway, most fish are a few cents. Like this kind of red fish, the price is relatively good."