After inspection, all equipment on board was found to be in good working order.
"set sail!"
Following Xiang Yang's order, Xu Fang, who had already been in the cab, immediately sounded the whistle.
“Woo!”
Accompanied by a loud whistle, the fishing boat slowly sailed away from the coast and headed towards the distant sea.
After leaving the Qinglongwan waters, Xiang Yang was surprised that two humpback whales suddenly appeared from nowhere and circled around the fishing boat happily.
"These two big guys have been staying outside the Qinglongwan waters. I thought they had swam away long ago." Xiang Yang said happily.
"It seems like they are waiting for us here?" Chen Qingsheng said uncertainly.
Xiang Yang wanted to feed the two humpback whales some snacks, but he had just gone out to sea and there were no cheap sea fish such as cuttlefish and squid on the boat.
After throwing a chicken leg into the sea and seeing that the two humpback whales refused to eat it, Xiang Yang immediately gave up the idea.
The two humpback whales did not leave just because Xiang Yang did not provide them with food. They happily chased behind the fishing boat, calling out from time to time and spraying a column of water more than one meter high from their whale holes, looking very excited.
Xiang Yang ordered Xu Fang to sail the fishing boat all the way east. After several hours of sailing, the fishing boat arrived at a new sea area.
It seemed that there was an ocean current passing through this sea area. Xiang Yang saw through the water surface that under the vast ocean there were colorful transparent jellyfish, yellow seahorses, colorful tropical fish, and all kinds of beautiful marine animals in different colors and shapes. They floated or dived in the water, like moving colored pencils, together painting a brilliant underwater world, so beautiful that Xiang Yang couldn't help but admire: nature simply amazes human beings.
"Hey, what is that?" Xiang Yang, who was standing on the side of the ship and looking at the underwater scenery, suddenly had his eyes lit up. He saw a very remarkable underwater creature.
At first glance, it is a bright red flower shaped like an old-fashioned feather duster with very distinct layers. If you look closely, you can find that its blooming feathers are slowly moving, as if they were 3D printed.
If someone who doesn't know much about marine life saw it, they would definitely think they saw a strange underwater flower, but Xiang Yang knew that it was a marine creature called the feather duster worm.
That’s right, worms.
If Xiang Yang had not known this creature for sure, he would never have believed that those beautiful and bright feathers could be a worm.
The feather duster worm, like the Christmas tree worm, is known as one of the top ten most beautiful marine creatures. It is a tube-dwelling worm that often lives in groups. It looks like countless feathers rippling on the bottom of the water, which is very beautiful.
A single feather duster worm resembles an old-fashioned feather duster, except for the head, which is contained in a tube filled with sand.
The feather duster worm also has two crowns on the tube on its head, which are the organs it uses to breathe and eat.
These tube-dwelling creatures are tiny and as sensitive as Christmas tree worms, able to sense danger.
The cluster of feather duster worms that Xiang Yang saw also had beautiful red, orange and brown sponges wandering around, adding a poetic beauty to it.
"Master Xu, the boat stops here and we'll cast a net." Xiang Yang shouted into the intercom.
The fishing boat immediately slowed down, and at the same time Xu Fang's voice came from the walkie-talkie, "Captain, aren't you going to trawle?" According to Xu Fang's many years of fishing experience, the water in this sea area is clean and clear, and it is located in a warm current zone. If you trawle, you will definitely get a lot.
"The water here is not very deep. If we trawle, it will cause irreversible damage to the seabed. So we don't trawle," Xiang Yang explained.
He Mingde nodded and said, "Yes, many fishing boats also like to use ground-scraping trawl nets in shallow waters. Every trawl causes huge damage to the marine ecological environment."
Xiang Yang smiled but said nothing. He watched the fishing boat shut down and stop.
After Zhou Wang skillfully lowered the net into the ocean, Xiang Yang said, "It will take us about an hour to collect the net. We have so much time to spare. Does anyone want to go to the ocean with me to play?"
No one rejected Xiang Yang's proposal. For one thing, it was not the first time for everyone to dive. They had long passed the stage of being afraid of the unfamiliar seabed.
Secondly, the diving equipment on Xiang Yang's boat is very advanced. There are also two humpback whales escorting him a few hundred meters behind him, so his safety is fully guaranteed.
The most important point is that what Xiang Yang said just now was about going to the sea to play, not about working underwater. If you catch any valuable fish on the seabed at this time, you don't have to hand it over to Xiang Yang. If you can find any valuable fish groups and report it to Xiang Yang, you can also get a red envelope reward from Xiang Yang.
"Captain? I want to go down."
"Brother Yang? I want to go down too."
"Boss, lend me a diving suit."
Immediately, many crew members shouted, even Chen Qingsheng asked to go into the water? Xiang Yang remembered that when he first arrived on this ship, these old crew members did not like to go into the water.
Xiang Yang smiled and said, "Okay, those who want to go down, come with me to get the diving suits. Those who didn't get a turn last time will have priority to go in the water this time, and those who don't have a chance this time will have to wait until next time."
There are still only fifteen sets of diving equipment on Xiang Yang's boat. Xiang Yang likes to watch the crew treat diving activities as a kind of competition.
When he reached the bottom of the ocean, Xiang Yang swam straight towards the cluster of feather duster worms. These were his main goal. As for the swimming crabs and other seafood that could be found everywhere, they were not worth Xiang Yang's special trip down now.
The method of catching feather duster worms is similar to that of catching Christmas tree worms. Xiang Yang caught several feather duster worms in a short time. At this time, he began to swim towards the sea. With these samples, he could legitimately ask the crew on the boat to come down and catch this kind of worms.
Although Xiang Yang didn't know how much a feather duster worm could sell for, Christmas tree worms, which were also one of the top ten most beautiful marine creatures, could sell for a high price, so Xiang Yang believed that feather duster worms could do the same.
At the same time, Fang Youqun also discovered something good in this sea area. After going into the sea, he avoided the range of the fishing nets and stepped on a reef on the seabed.
Just as Fang Youqun was lying on the ground, trying to look for crab holes under the reef, he suddenly saw a huge purple crystal object.
The object looked a bit like a living creature, but it obviously lacked the basic characteristics of a living creature. But if it was not a living creature, it was swaying leisurely on the seabed.
"What is that?" Fang Youqun, curious, immediately swam towards that place.