Zhang Qicheng and He Mingde's eyesight at the bottom of the sea was far inferior to Xiang Yang's. In addition, it was night and the seabed was pitch black, so they did not see the swimming crab digging a hole just now.
Now seeing Xiang Yang swimming straight towards the beach, they both felt very strange.
He Mingde was better off. He had witnessed Xiang Yang's abilities with his own eyes and knew that Xiang Yang must have his reasons for doing so.
Zhang Qicheng was really confused. He wanted to ask, but Xiang Yang couldn't hear him under the sea. He had no choice but to follow Xiang Yang to see what he wanted to do.
Xiang Yang swam to the top of the beach and pondered for a moment.
Then Xiang Yang stretched out one hand towards He Mingde and pointed at the spear gun in He Mingde's hand with his other hand.
He Mingde immediately understood and handed the spear gun in his hand to Xiang Yang.
Xiang Yang did not aim the spear directly under the beach. He wanted to catch the swimming crab alive.
So Xiang Yang pointed the sharp end of the harpoon upwards and used the other end to dig up the sea sand.
He Mingde and Zhang Qicheng became even more confused after seeing Xiang Yang's actions. They didn't understand what Xiang Yang was trying to do, but they soon found out.
Xiang Yang dug at the beach a few times, and a pair of large claws suddenly stretched out from under the sand.
Zhang Qicheng was startled and trembled all over.
He Mingde was surprised and happy. He recognized that this was the leader of the group of swimming crabs that had been scared away by Zhang Qicheng before.
The swimming crab's pair of large claws clamped the harpoon and then realized something was wrong and tried to escape again.
But how could Xiang Yang give it another chance to escape
Xiang Yang bent down, stretched out his hand, pressed down on the swimming crab and grabbed its shell.
He Mingde gave Xiang Yang a thumbs up, and then immediately applauded. He Mingde was truly convinced by Xiang Yang's actions.
Zhang Qicheng was so happy that he danced with joy. He also recognized this swimming crab. He had been feeling sorry that such a big swimming crab had run away, but he didn't expect that Xiang Yang had caught it back in the blink of an eye. He hurriedly swam to Xiang Yang and asked Xiang Yang for the swimming crab.
Zhang Qicheng naturally had no objection to Xiang Yang taking it, so he directly handed the swimming crab to Zhang Qicheng. Anyway, Xiang Yang didn't believe that Zhang Qicheng would embezzle his swimming crabs.
Zhang Qicheng couldn't let go of the half-pound swimming crab he got from Xiang Yang. He put the swimming crab in front of his eyes and looked at it over and over again. Zhang Qicheng had handled countless swimming crabs like this in his life, but this one was different. This was the swimming crab he saw under the sea. Zhang Qicheng had decided that he must buy this swimming crab no matter what, and take it home to raise it.
The only regret is that this swimming crab was caught by Xiang Yang, not Zhang Qicheng.
After Zhang Qicheng fiddled with the swimming crab for a while, his eyes became sharp and he made up his mind to catch a swimming crab himself no matter what.
Xiang Yang was a little speechless when he saw the change in Zhang Qicheng's expression. It was just a swimming crab, wasn't it? Not to mention that he was so happy at first, why did he look like a hero who would never come back
So what
Xiang Yang quickly snatched the swimming crab from Zhang Qicheng and put it into his net bag. He was afraid that Zhang Qicheng would go crazy if he stared at the swimming crab again.
Zhang Qicheng came back to his senses when the swimming crab in his hand was snatched away by Xiang Yang. He smiled embarrassedly, then stared at the seabed beach under his feet and searched carefully inch by inch. Zhang Qicheng remembered it very clearly. The swimming crab just now was dug out from under the beach by Xiang Yang. He felt that if there was a swimming crab hidden under the beach, there must be a second one.
The result is naturally obvious. The fleeing swimming crabs did not happen to hide under the same beach by coincidence.
Xiang Yang asked Zhang Qicheng to search the place for a while and then patted him on the shoulder, motioning him to continue following him.
Zhang Qicheng was very depressed because he didn't find the swimming crab. Maybe it was because he knew it would be useless to keep looking. So he decided to follow Xiang Yang to look somewhere else. But before leaving, he kicked the sand under his feet hard.
As a result, when Zhang Qicheng kicked him, Xiang Yang and He Mingde were both stunned.
Even Zhang Qicheng himself was stunned. His eyes widened suddenly.
It turned out that when Zhang Qicheng kicked down, a strange fish with a long and flat body, pointed ends and less than the length of a finger was kicked out from under the beach.
That strange fish was also interesting. After being kicked several meters away by Zhang Qicheng, it did not run away immediately. Instead, it struggled to drill under the fine white sea sand again, and did not stop until most of its body was under the beach. Only a very small part of its body was left outside the beach.
"Could this be a lancelet?" Xiang Yang was shocked and swam towards the mysterious fish.
Zhang Qicheng obviously recognized the identity of the strange fish. His face changed and he swam over quickly.
The searchlight shone on the mysterious fish? Xiang Yang finally confirmed that it was indeed a lancelet.
Lanchomas were once a very rare food ingredient, and their exquisite taste was sought after by countless people. At the craziest time, there was even a saying in the seafood market that one pound of lancelets was worth four pounds of abalone. Later, because they were so nutritious and delicious, fishermen hunted them crazily to the point of near extinction. Now they have been listed as national protected animals, and their rarity is even comparable to that of the yellow croaker.
After Xiang Yang recognized the identity of this strange fish, he no longer felt surprised as to why it was kicked away by Zhang Qicheng.
Amphioxus is a cephalochordate among marine protochordates and the only cephalochordate discovered by humans in the entire ocean. The central axis of its skeleton is composed of a complete, jointless and elastic notochord, which allows its body to bend freely.
They often like to bend their bodies like a spring and bury themselves in the sea sand. When they encounter prey or danger, they will instantly bounce up like a spring and then hunt or escape quickly.
It is worth mentioning that there is no obvious difference between the head shape and the trunk of the lancelet. The brain vesicle enlarged at the front end of its neural tube is shorter than the notochord that supports the body, which makes its head unclear. When it was first discovered by humans, it was often mistaken for a headless fish.
In fact, lancelets are not even considered fish. A real fish must meet three conditions: first, it is a vertebrate that lives in water all its life, second, it breathes with gills and moves with fins, and third, it has real upper and lower crocodiles.
The lancelet does not meet any of these three conditions. Not only does it not have a spine, it also does not have a true upper and lower crocodile.
Although the lancelet did not seem to be injured after being kicked by Zhang Qicheng, Xiang Yang was not sure whether it had any internal injuries. To be on the safe side, Xiang Yang decided to take it to the shore and observe it for a while.