So beautiful.
Those who have never been to the bottom of the sea would never be able to imagine the scene that Xiang Yang is seeing now.
The uncanny workmanship of nature, coupled with the miracles of the Creator, the scene before Xiang Yang's eyes surpasses any man-made underwater world.
Xiang Yang was amazed by the beautiful scenery before him and immersed in this bizarre underwater world.
Even Xiang Yang is like this, let alone Fang Youqun and others.
A group of people were stunned when they saw this magnificent underwater world that looked like a fairyland, and were immersed in the beauty.
"Oh my God, that's a red snail, and that, that's a cone snail." Xiang Yang looked at the seabed in a daze. There were countless snails under this sea area, with different shapes and values. Among them, the most numerous one that Xiang Yang had seen so far should be the red snail.
The shell of the red snail is large, thick, rough, wide, and the inside of the shell is smooth and red or grayish yellow. It is a hermaphroditic snail.
There are two common red snails in my country. One is the red snail produced in coastal areas of the south and north. It is widely distributed and very common.
One is the wrinkled red snail, which is only found on the southern coast.
What Xiang Yang is seeing now is the wrinkled red snail, which is a top-notch edible seafood.
The meat of the wrinkled red snail is particularly delicious, especially the thick muscles in the foot, which is just like abalone. It is a valuable delicacy. If Li Chao knew that there were so many wrinkled red snails hidden under this sea, he would definitely go crazy.
But Xiang Yang's attention was not on the living wrinkled red snails.
In addition to its edible meat, the shell of the wrinkled red snail is also very useful. Although it is not as valuable as the nautilus and the conch, it is very popular among shell carving factories because of its beautiful appearance and large number.
The price of smoking utensils made of wrinkled red snails can even be comparable to that of mahogany, and other small handicrafts made of wrinkled red snails are also very popular among people.
Many people who go to the beach like to buy a few wrinkled red snail shells as souvenirs.
This sea area is obviously one that has never been visited by humans. The wrinkled red snail shells on the ground have accumulated over generations, and their number is simply countless.
Instead of picking out living wrinkled red snails from the shells all over the ground to sell, Xiang Yang might as well get a batch of snail shells there. This is simpler, more convenient, and more profitable, and it also does not affect the ecological environment of this sea area.
Fang Youqun took a fancy to a conch. He swam over quickly, held it in his hand, and then looked at it carefully.
The snail was small, about 1 cm long and 0.5 cm wide, with a operculum about the size of a fingernail. Fang Youqun was very sure that this was the kind of delicious conch he had eaten before. He held the snail head and couldn't let it go. The size of this snail was just right for making snails.
People in Yanlong Village don't like eating chili peppers very much, but if you make a plate of snails and put some spicy chilies in it, and then a group of people drink beer and sweat profusely, the feeling is so refreshing.
Fang Youqun acted as soon as he thought of it. He swam quickly back to Chen Qingsheng and handed the conch to Chen Qingsheng like offering a treasure.
Chen Qingsheng's eyes lit up after he took the conch. He had eaten this conch before, but that was a long time ago. He hadn't seen this kind of conch for a long time.
Chen Qingsheng quickly handed the conch to Xiang Yang.
Xiang Yang took the conch and smiled. He recognized the name of the conch at a glance.
This conch is called the weaving-patterned conch, also known as the silk conch.
During the great famine, this kind of snail was a magical snail that saved millions of lives. This kind of snail reproduces very quickly and has strong vitality. It can even grow by eating mud.
The cone snail was once the main edible snail in the southeastern coastal areas of China, and there was even a folk custom of eating snails during festivals.
The fried conch has distinct colors, is white and round, and tastes tender and slightly chewy.
When Xiang Yang was a child, it was popular for his classmates to use their pocket money to buy a kind of snail snack that cost 50 cents a bag. That kind of snail was the patterned snail.
However, not many people eat cone snails now. If you want to eat them, you can only catch them yourself because they are no longer sold in the market.
In recent years, the marine environment has been polluted and red tides have occurred frequently, which has greatly increased the toxicity of the "hay toxin" in the snail. Eating the snail can cause dizziness, vomiting, and numbness, or even death. The Ministry of Health has now banned the sale of the snail, and the Food Safety Bureau has also strictly controlled the snail.
Of course, if someone is courting death and insists on catching and eating them themselves, the Food Safety Bureau cannot do anything about it. It's just like poisonous mushrooms. The management can stop you from selling them in the market, but can they stop you from cooking and eating them at home
Xiang Yang smiled and handed the snail to Professor Chen Yu. Professor Chen Yu had the most authoritative say on whether the snail was edible.
Although the environment in the Qinglongwan waters is well protected, the overall marine environment has been damaged. If Xiang Yang does not get a clear answer, he will never let the crew eat conches on his ship.
Professor Chen Yu took a look at the snail and shook his head slightly, indicating that this thing was not edible.
Xiang Yang immediately threw the conch back into the sea, and at the same time gestured to Chen Qingsheng and Fang Youqun not to catch this kind of conch.
A group of people gradually dispersed.
According to Xiang Yang's instructions, the crew members specifically picked up well-preserved red snail shells. If they encountered unfamiliar conchs, they would ask Chen Yu and others for help.
Professor Chen Yu and other researchers opened a black metal box the size of half a suitcase, took out one tube after another from the box and fixed them on the seabed, and began their sample survey very purposefully. During the whole process, no matter if they had something to do or not, they were all busy around the black metal box, and no one went to catch conchs.
Even the photographer was just taking pictures from various angles the whole time and didn't pick up even a single conch.
Xiang Yang looked at the crew members, then at Professor Chen Yu and the others. Seeing that none of the hundreds of people on both sides paid attention to him, he swam quietly towards the distance. After swimming to a place where no one could see him, he instantly accelerated and swam towards the direction of Qinglong Bend, where he hid the straight-shelled nautilus.
Xiang Yang has already thought about it.
The straight-shelled Nautilus would be handed over to anyone except Professor Chen Yu. At least Xiang Yang knew Professor Chen Yu well and felt that he could be trusted.
Xiang Yang never thought of the bad idea of selling the straight-shell Nautilus.
A complete straight-shell nautilus. As long as anything useful can be researched from it, Xiang Yang feels that it cannot be measured by money.