Chapter 601: Knife Fish Bumper Harvest

Wu An could recognize Gui Ge at a glance.

That's because.

Just as he had guessed, Gui Ge could also bestow a Luck Boost.

Only Gui Ge, the sea turtle that could form a bond, could do that; he casually gave Gui Ge some Luck Boost, regardless of what benefits it might bring to Gui Ge.

Just being able to determine Gui Ge's direction and condition through Luck Value made him feel it was very good.

After all.

At sea, he doesn't have many friends.

Not long after.

Gui Ge ate the knife fish, then nudged the pile of fish with his head, and Wu An saw him pull out another knife fish.

Holy shit!

He only eats the expensive stuff!

Wu An smiled and didn't stop him.

Let him eat, then.

Earlier, thanks to Gui Ge, he obtained ambergris and sold it for a lot of money; a few knife fish are nothing.

Upon learning it was Gui Ge,

A Qing and Mei Wu also came over to say hello.

Just like before, Gui Ge completely ignored those two.

Wu An pulled Gui Ge out of the fish pile, stepped aside to chat; mainly Wu An was speaking, with nothing else to say, just telling Gui Ge to go look for treasure in the sea when he had nothing to do.

Whether it's ambergris, sunkissed wood, agarwood, or the like—if he finds any, he should let Wu An know.

Gui Ge kept eating.

His head bobbed up and down, unclear whether he understood and agreed or was just pretending to be clueless.

While speaking, Wu An also checked Gui Ge's body.

After confirming there were no barnacles, he felt relieved; waiting for Gui Ge to stop looking for knife fish, he called A Qing and Mei Wu over, and together they lifted Gui Ge and threw him back into the sea.

The catch from the first net was sorted for an hour; mainly it was Phoenix Tail Fish, with some other miscellaneous fish, but not much—each type filled its own basket.

Knife Fish were even fewer—just over fifty in total, weighing a dozen or so jin; although not much, the price is high, estimated to sell for tens of thousands of dollars.

After throwing Gui Ge back, Wu An checked the system and found that the Luck Value for the second net had dropped greatly, leaving only one-third.

After they finished sorting the catch, only ten or so minutes had passed; then he looked at the system again.

The Luck Value had been cleared!

Wu An checked the time—it hadn't even been an hour, just over forty minutes; after everyone rested a bit, he called to haul the net.

Soon.

The second net came up.

"The net bag isn't very full."

"It's probably about half as much as the previous net."

"Maybe a few thousand jin of catch."

"That's not bad."

Everyone whispered among themselves, and A Qing went to untie the net.

"Whoosh," the catch fell onto the deck; it had grown dark, but the lights were already on, illuminating the catch clearly. A Qing widened his eyes and exclaimed, "Holy shit, bro, look, look—it's all knife fish, we've struck it rich, this net's a jackpot!"

Wu An was also pleased, pulling a sea turtle to the side: "Besides knife fish, there are also quite a few sea turtles."

He noticed.

The sea turtle he was pulling had barnacles on its back.

Besides the knife fish, there were eight sea turtles, and he saw that each one had barnacles on its back.

Fu Yongning said: "This net could bring in a six-figure income!"

"Awesome, we actually managed to net a school of knife fish in the near shore—unbelievable!"

He excitedly rubbed his hands together.

A Qing shouted along: "There are still many sea turtles; if they could also be sold for money, the income would surely exceed six figures!"

Fu Yongning laughed and said: "Exactly, exactly, and there are also tortoises."

"The previous net also caught Gui Ge."

"Maybe our ability to net a school of knife fish is the good luck brought by the tortoise."

He wasn't just saying it offhand.

Wu An deeply agreed.

Around here, there's a saying about encountering sea turtles at sea; sometimes releasing them requires a proper ceremony.

In short.

Encountering a sea turtle brings great luck and prosperity.

"Gui Ge isn't in the net, so how did you guys get caught? Hey, you're still eating—answer me!"

"Did Gui Ge arrange for you to dive into the trawl net?"

"Let me help you clean off the barnacles, right?" Wu An pulled all the sea turtles to one side, grabbed one, and asked.

In that sea turtle's mung-bean-sized eyes, there was pure clarity and foolishness.

Its mouth was chewing, swallowing the knife fish.

Alright.

Asking was pointless.

Wu An let A Qing and the others sort the catch; he got work to help Sea Turtles remove barnacles, and all the Sea Turtles were quite obedient and didn't run around.

Line up in rows, waiting for spa service.

Perhaps it's also thanks to Wu An stuffing a Knife Fish into each of their mouths.

After removing all the barnacles from the Sea Turtles, Wu An was sweating profusely; these barnacles aren't easy to take off, and the hardest part is doing so without causing secondary injury to the Sea Turtles.

Otherwise.

Then it wouldn't be helping the Sea Turtles, but harming them.

After sorting the catch from the second net and returning all the Sea Turtles—barnacles removed—to the sea, more than an hour had already passed.

It was already eight o'clock in the evening.

Everyone was hungry.

But there was no time for a midnight snack; the third net was about to be raised.

It was also the last net of today's work; his Luck Value was completely exhausted, and the fishing boat's Luck Value had been depleted already at the second net.

When the third net went down, the boat's ability to control fish was probably greatly reduced, let alone dropping a fourth net.

Wu An discussed with everyone whether to push through, raise the third net and then have a midnight snack break, or to rest first and then raise the third net more gently.

Everyone unanimously chose the former.

First finish the work, then eat, drink, and rest properly.

Wu An immediately ordered everyone to raise the net.

The third net came up smoothly, its bag bulging; everyone was pleased, as the net seemed to hold about two tons, all Knife Fish, and even Wu An let out an excited howl.

Mei Wu went to untie the net.

He pulled the rope hard, and the catch hammered onto the Deck like hail—Phoenix Tail Fish, Knife Fish, Sea Turtles; at a glance, these three were the most abundant.

To say there were many Sea Turtles is to say there were truly many.

A quick glance showed over twenty of them; anyone who didn't know would think someone had stabbed a turtle nest.

Fu Yongning scratched his head: "How did we net so many Sea Turtles?"

Wu An said, "Turtle Bro must have arranged this, right?"

If we say the previous net was a coincidence, then this net, with so many Sea Turtles, each bearing barnacles, cannot be said not to be arranged by Turtle Bro; what coincidence could that be?

Fu Yongning asked, "What do we do now?"

Wu An replied, "First we sort the catch together, then we remove the barnacles from the Sea Turtles together."

No need to lower the net.

Lao Fu Tou dropped the anchor and also came onto the Deck to sort the catch together.

They were all small fish.

Sorting them was quite troublesome.

The Sea Turtles weren't noisy; after all, they just stretch their necks to eat whatever they want.

They also all knew that being on the boat meant no trouble, there was food and drink, and later they could have the barnacles on their bodies removed.

This really was coming to enjoy spa service.

In response, no one on the boat said anything; instead, everyone was very proactive.

Sea Turtles can bring good luck, and helping them remove barnacles is a good deed, so the luck can double.

This whole task took two hours.

The last Sea Turtle was tossed back into the sea; when the lights came on, the sea surface around the fishing boat was filled with Sea Turtles, one even waving its flippers in greeting.

Wu An recognized it as Turtle Bro.

When the Sea Turtles all slipped into the sea and left, each quickly leaned against the side of the boat and slumped to rest.

They were exhausted.

Night snack was sourced on the spot, eating the freshest Knife Fish.

Each person got three pieces, about a pound each.

Fu Yongning wanted to say a couple of words; this amount per person was equivalent to a midnight snack costing several hundred yuan, but Wu An's rule was that whoever netted something good had to taste it first.

Still that same saying.

The ones who got the cheap deal were the crewmen; if they kept being obedient it wouldn't be good.