A group of crew members were discussing heatedly on the deck, but Xiang Chen alone seemed very depressed.
Xiang Chen was also a member of the group that dived and fished in this event. After diving to the bottom of the sea, he was lucky enough to find a purple brain coral as big as a bathtub. When he first saw the purple brain coral as big as a bathtub, he was completely shocked.
There was no other reason, it was just that the large purple brain coral was so beautiful. At first glance, it looked a bit like a purple clock tower, emitting charming purple light all over its body, as if it was the purple air coming from the east in mythology.
Xiang Chen was so happy when he found this big purple brain coral. He took great efforts to finally get it on the boat, but he was not happy at all after getting on the boat.
It turned out that there was a three-finger-wide wound at the bottom of the large purple brain coral, and there were patches of brown floc-like erosion around the wound.
Seeing the brown floc-like eroded part, Xiang Chen knew that this purple brain coral would not survive no matter how optimistic he was.
Although Xiang Yang said that brain corals have extremely strong vitality, the body of this large flower brain coral has already begun to rot. If it can still survive like this, that would be truly incredible.
"Brother Yang."
"captain."
Just when Xiang Chen was feeling extremely annoyed, Xiang Yang got on board.
Xiang Yang first nodded in response to the crew members who greeted him, then glanced around the deck.
"Huh?" Xiang Yang suddenly exclaimed in surprise. He saw a large brain coral half a person's height in a corner of the deck.
"Who fished up that big brain coral?" Xiang Yang asked.
"I fished it out." Xiang Chen said.
"Why don't you keep it in a water tank after fishing it out? What's the point of throwing it on the deck?" Xiang Yang asked puzzledly.
"It can't be kept alive." Xiang Chen said helplessly: "This big flower brain coral is infected with a virus."
"What?" Xiang Yang was startled and quickly put on his helmet again and walked towards the big brain coral.
It would be no joke if a fishing boat was infected by the virus in this vast ocean. If things go wrong, everyone on the boat might die.
Xiang Yang quickly walked to the giant brain coral. He saw at a glance the huge three-finger-wide wound at the bottom of the purple giant brain coral and the brown floc-like erosion area around the wound.
"This is Brown jelly." Xiang Yang blurted out.
Chen Qingsheng, who followed, asked in confusion, "Brown jelly disease is a disease that only affects mollusks. How can the big flower brain coral also get this disease?"
As an old sailor, Chen Qingsheng is no stranger to Brown jelly, a disease that is often seen in marine mollusks. The main symptom is that brown floc-like erosions will quickly appear on the wound after injury, and this erosion spreads very quickly. If an intact marine soft-bottom animal gets this disease, it may completely rot within two or three days with just a small injury.
"Not only mollusks can get this disease, brain corals can also get it. In fact, strictly speaking, coral polyps should also be a type of mollusks." Xiang Yang pointed at the wound at the bottom of the large flower brain coral and said, "This disease only appears on wounds. Look carefully around its wound. The speed of decay and spread is unknown, but the wound does have brown flocculent erosion symptoms, which is clearly the basic characteristic of Brown Ice."
"If it's this kind of disease, it's easy to deal with. I've tried flushing the wound directly with tap water, or directly cutting out the infected part, and both are quite effective," said Chen Qingsheng.
"But it will be unsightly and worthless after it is removed." Xiang Yang shook his head and ordered: "It's a pity that such a large brain coral died like this. You should treat its wound and throw it back into the sea."
"Okay." Chen Qingsheng did not hesitate and took out a knife to scrape the infected area of the big brain coral. The big brain coral has extremely strong vitality. It can survive as long as the brown flocculent substance on the infected wound is removed and thrown into the sea.
Chen Qingsheng dealt with everything on hand, then looked at Xiang Yang with a smile, "Captain, did you find anything good this time?"
Xiang Yang slapped his head immediately and quickly took off the net bag from his waist. "I was so busy with the big flower coral just now that I almost forgot about these treasures."
"What treasure?" The crew members stretched their necks and looked eagerly. They all wanted to see the brain coral that Xiang Yang called a treasure.
Xiang Yang first smiled and took out a fist-sized cat's eye brain coral from the net bag.
Everyone was immediately fascinated by the charming appearance of the cat's eye brain coral. "Captain, is this the treasure you mentioned?"
"This is a cat's eye brain coral, which is considered to be a relatively valuable brain coral. However, the treasure I'm talking about is not it, but this one." Xiang Yang took out the white Fuji brain coral.
"Uh." The crew members were a little surprised when they saw the Fuji brain coral in Xiang Yang's hand. Isn't this just the most common white brain coral? There are a lot of them in this sea area.
"Brother Yang? Are you sure this thing in your hand is valuable? Are you sure you made a mistake?" Fang Youqun asked suspiciously.
"Nonsense." Xiang Yang laughed and scolded, "Don't look at the fact that the brain coral in my hand is just a single white color and not very big, but it is a rare species of brain coral, the Fuji brain coral. And the one in my hand is only a Fuji brain coral in its prime, which can be called the best of the Fuji brain corals. It is more valuable than the ordinary donut brain corals."
Although donut brain coral is known as the red coral among brain corals, donut brain corals are also divided into good and bad ones. Some donut brain corals of lower quality are indeed not as expensive as the top-quality Fuji brain corals.
When the crew heard this, they immediately looked at the Fuji brain coral in Xiang Yang's hand in shock. Fang Youqun's eyes widened, as if he wanted to imprint the appearance of the Fuji brain coral in his eyes.
"This is just a white coral? It's actually a top grade one?"
Xiang Yang smiled and said, "Corals are like this. Often the most valuable ones are not those beautiful corals with bright colors and exquisite appearance, but the corals in my hand that look ordinary? But in fact, they are not ordinary at all."
The crew members all smacked their lips, envious of Xiang Yang's rich knowledge. Only Xiang Yang could catch this kind of coral. If it were them, they would probably not catch it even if they passed by this Fuji brain coral.
The reason is simple: they really can't recognize what kind of coral it is. Looking around, there are corals on the seabed that are brighter in color and larger in size than the Fuji brain coral. They would never deliberately catch a white coral like this.