Chapter 334: Hoist the Giant Object and Strike It

A Qing shouted: "Lao Fu, hold on tight, hold on tight, let's hurry over."

He excitedly slapped the boat's side with his hand, making a "bang bang" sound.

Without him speaking, Lao Fu Tou had already acted, directly turning the horsepower up to maximum.

The fishing boat had just started moving when it reached the vicinity of the float.

Wu An was about to hook the float.

The float swooshed into the water with a sound, instantly disappearing; those who didn't know thought the float was deliberately dodging.

Everyone was somewhat nervously watching the sea surface.

At this moment the wind was calm and the waves still, only the ripples caused by the float dragging the longline fishing swayed.

"Brother, he can't have directly snagged our longline fishing onto the seabed so we can't pull it up, can he?"

"It shouldn't be that bad."

"Although the float's buoyancy isn't that great, this longline fishing is over a kilometer long, so it's not something you can just casually pull down to the seabed."

A Qing was anxiously eager, about to run to get the wetsuit, shouting: "I'll go down and have a look."

Wu An stopped him, saying irritably: "You're crazy; normally it'd be fine, but now there's a big fish nearby—if its tail whips your head, it could knock you silly."

"Wait a bit more, wait a bit more."

"The float is coming up."

Wu An hurried to hook it, but his hand slipped and he missed; A Qing instead made a successful hook.

It was hooked up.

He quickly grabbed hold.

Trying to pull it up, but no matter how they tried, they couldn't lift it.

The dragon fish in the sea seemed to sense something and began diving again.

The float suddenly sank.

Wu An and the others hurried over to help.

With great difficulty, the few of them managed to pull the float back up; as they tugged, they clearly felt something in the sea resisting them.

Several people working together almost couldn't hold on.

"Holy shit, this force is too great!" A Qing shouted, exerting all his strength, gritting his teeth.

Mei Wu pulled the hooking pole together with him, his expression extremely fierce.

The two of them pressed tightly against the boat's side; if it weren't for Wu An and Wu Ping pulling from behind, they'd likely have been dragged into the sea.

Lao Fu Tou also came over.

Standing aside, he watched anxiously.

"Don't panic, don't panic."

"It's like fishing; everyone exert force together, don't scatter."

Lao Fu Tou hurriedly shouted: "I'll start the chant."

Thanks to their efforts, the float was hooked again, accompanied by a "splash splash" water sound, and the float slowly rose.

"It's hooked up!"

Everyone's faces were full of excitement; they hurriedly hung the float on the winch.

Wu An pressed the run button hard.

The winch began operation.

It was evident that the winch's operation was very strenuous, yet it still ran steadily.

Everyone was delighted.

A Qing excitedly rubbed his hands.

At this time the wind was calm and waves still, visibility high on the sea surface; they lay on the boat's edge and could clearly see a huge black shadow in the water.

But soon it became unclear again.

The longline fishing's rope vibrated violently, causing ripples on the sea surface.

"Good heavens, how big is this?"

"Definitely bigger than a person."

"That must weigh several hundred catties."

"Wow wow wow, we're rich, we're rich!" A Qing happily jumped around.

Mei Wu also had an excited face: "This is too interesting!"

"This trip wasn't in vain, this trip wasn't in vain."

"Back at the factory, I'll have plenty to brag about."

Wu Ping also clapped his hands and slapped the boat's side.

Wu An ran to get his phone; how could he not record the moment the huge object surfaced?

Lao Fu Tou looked at the winch; at first he was still laughing, but gradually his brows furrowed.

Wu An noticed: "Lao Fu, what's wrong?"

Lao Fu Tou hesitated a moment: "I'm afraid we can't pull it up."

As soon as he spoke, the winch, which had been struggling hard under load to reel in, suddenly sped up considerably.

Then.

What was hauled up was a broken segment of the longline fishing.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

They couldn't laugh anymore; some even wanted to cry.

The longline fishing was destroyed, not to mention, a big dragon fish also got away!

Saying one's heart is dripping blood is not an exaggeration.

Wu An turned off the winch, and the whole ship fell silent.

"Alas..." A Qing sighed, everyone nodded along, then heard him continue: "If only we could haul him up, I'd give him two slaps no matter what."

Mei Wu waved his fist: "I'll give him three punches, a farmer's three punches, let him taste whether it's sweet or not."

Wu Ping rubbed his chin stubble, muttering: "The dragon fish was pretty vigorous before, how did it get snagged this time? I feel something's off."

"Could it be that we previously hauled up the longline fishing, he couldn't find food, so he came to take revenge on us?"

Wu An slapped the ship's rail, saying: "Damn, it's possible."

"If we manage to catch it later, we'll hang him up and beat him like a sandbag."

Everyone repeatedly said okay.

Then they all laughed together.

The first longline fishing was destroyed; Lao Fu Tou hurriedly started the boat to salvage the second longline fishing, fortunately it wasn't damaged, the catch was still decent, and they encountered a school of spring fish.

It was covered with spring fish, and everyone cheered up again.

The second set of longline fishing was reeled in.

Wu An and Lao Fu Tou found the "remnants" of the first set of longline fishing again, already tangled badly, with quite a catch still hanging on it; trying to take it off would be rather troublesome.

This set of longline fishing is basically ruined.

Wu An insists on salvaging it because, on one hand, we can still get some catch; most importantly, if we leave these longlines unattended, just tossing them in the sea yields no value—it's pure garbage.

Mei Wu, A Qing, and Wu Ping were sorting the catch, while Wu An and Lao Fu Tou were at a loss.

Lao Fu Tou asked: "Should we still drop the hooks?"

Wu An nodded: "Drop them!"

We definitely have to drop them.

He still has over a hundred luck points unused; if we don't drop the longline fishing, we can only fish normally.

Later there will be another ebb tide.

We could go clamming and to Panshuikeng, but judging by today's situation, it's probably hard to use up all that luck.

Wu An worried.

If we had a trawler, a few rounds of trawling would surely consume those luck points.

Lao Fu Tou gazed at the sea: "What if… that dragon fish."

"Are you saying the dragon fish has set its sights on us?" Wu An gritted his teeth: "Let's get farther away."

Although it's not very likely.

But that dragon fish is indeed incredibly vigorous.

Lao Fu Tou hesitated a moment, then nodded and started the fishing boat.

Actually, he wanted to say.

When working at sea, it's not that dry.

Who would run a fishing boat wildly at sea? Only Wu An, the boat owner, is like that.

Fuel costs of ten thousand or so; after circling out at sea and returning, there's basically not much left.

Fortunately, each haul is big.

Otherwise, we really couldn't sustain this.

This time, Lao Fu Tou picked a new sea area, drove for about half an hour, then stopped; Wu An glanced around—there were islands on both sides, not big, looking sparse and ordinary.

The point Lao Fu Tou chose lies in the sea between two islands.

He checked the time—it was exactly 4 p. m.

They started work; only half a longline fishing remained, quickly set up; Wu An tried to boost luck, finding he could only add 10 points.

Better than nothing.

If things go smoothly, after dark we could set it once more, but that's just a drop in the bucket.

He still has a full 98 luck points in hand!

What to do?

How to use it?

Wu An worriedly scratched his head.

Indeed, as the saying goes, plans can't keep up with changes.