Xiang Yang made a secret estimate and was quite surprised. He thought that his current location should be the continental slope.
The continental slope is between the continental shelf and the ocean floor. The continental shelf is part of the continent, and the ocean floor is the real seabed. Therefore, the continental slope is a bridge connecting the land and the sea. One end of it connects to the edge of the land and the other end connects to the ocean. Normally, it is the steepest place in the entire ocean.
However, although the seabed terrain here is steep, the water where Xiang Yang went into the water is not very deep, only about sixty or seventy meters, which is equivalent to a twenty or thirty-story building.
This depth is nothing for Xiang Yang, and Zhang Qicheng can just dive down.
After the two men reached the bottom, Zhang Qicheng pushed aside the lush seaweed around him, then made a gesture to Xiang Yang, asking if he wanted to climb up the steep slope.
Xiang Yang shook his head. A yacht is not a real fishing boat, and most people on a yacht are not real fishermen.
Although Xiang Yang was on a fishing boat, he let the crew members swim as far as they wanted on the seabed after they got into the water. However, it was better for the amateurs on the yacht not to run around after getting into the water, so as to avoid losing sight of the yacht on the sea after getting out of the water.
On a rugged reef, Xiang Yang found a large amount of sea jelly, which was bright red and very beautiful.
When Xiang Yang was fishing in the past, he also found a large amount of sea frozen vegetables, but sea frozen vegetables were not valuable. They just tasted good when made into cold dishes. There were not enough cold dishes on the fishing boats, so Xiang Yang did not collect them in large quantities.
Now in Qinglongwan, all kinds of condiments for making cold dishes can be bought, so Xiang Yang didn't hesitate to pick out two that looked good and stuffed them into the net bag around his waist.
Zhang Qicheng on the side didn't want to pick this thing at first. He was in the seafood business. Not to mention this cheap sea jelly, he was tired of even the more valuable seafood. He personally didn't like to eat these ordinary seafoods at present.
But seeing Xiang Yang picked two in a row, Zhang Qicheng also picked one that looked good and put it into his net bag.
At this time, Xiang Yang saw a group of swimming crabs foraging for food, the leader of which was only the size of a palm and a half.
Xiang Yang pushed Zhang Qicheng's shoulder, then pointed at the leading swimming crab, motioning Zhang Qicheng to look over there.
Zhang Qicheng looked over there. He was a little nearsighted, and the seabed was pitch black, so Zhang Qicheng couldn't see clearly at first.
It was a long time before Zhang Qicheng saw the group of swimming crabs.
Zhang Qicheng was shocked. There were probably dozens of swimming crabs in this group. The largest one definitely weighed more than half a pound, and many of them were close to half a pound.
Zhang Qicheng quickly pulled the sea jelly out of the net bag and threw it away, then swam quickly towards the group of swimming crabs, looking a bit like a monkey throwing away corn after seeing a watermelon.
But Xiang Yang did not laugh at Zhang Qicheng. Regardless of the price, the taste of this wild large swimming crab is indeed much better than frozen seafood.
Soon, the two of them caught a large net bag full of swimming crabs.
Xiang Yang smiled with satisfaction and wanted to return to the boat.
But Zhang Qicheng on the side grabbed Xiang Yang's wrist and signaled Xiang Yang to go up later.
Xiang Yang was stunned at first, but soon realized that he was not fishing on a fishing boat, but diving on a cruise ship.
The two of them strolled on the seabed, looking around casually.
Suddenly, Xiang Yang's hair stood on end and he grabbed Zhang Qicheng fiercely.
Zhang Qicheng, who was enjoying the magical feeling of walking on the seabed, looked at Xiang Yang with some confusion.
Xiang Yang pointed in one direction.
Zhang Qicheng looked in the direction of Xiang Yang's finger and saw a strange marine creature that looked like a wood louse, with a slender body, a slightly flat head, a round belly, and the back half of its body like a long pancake. It was staring at him eagerly under a reef.
Zhang Qicheng was shocked and his hair stood on end. Is this a sea snake
But soon, Zhang Qicheng reacted, no, that's not right, this is not a sea snake, it should be an eel catfish.
At first glance, the eel catfish looks like a sea snake, but if you look closely, you will find that its tail is an eel tail, its snout is pointed, and there are no snake or fish scales on its body.
The most important thing is that it has a dorsal fin.
This eel catfish has two dorsal fins.
The first dorsal fin is very short, and there is a very ferocious-looking bone spur in front of the dorsal fin.
The second dorsal fin is continuous with its caudal fin.
Zhang Qicheng gave Xiang Yang a look of gratitude. If Xiang Yang hadn't helped him, he might have fallen into the trap of the eel.
The eel's fin spines contain very strong venom. Once a person is stung by it, he will feel extremely painful. If it were on land, this would not be enough to take a human's life, but on the seabed, this intense pain is enough to make a human go crazy in an instant, or even faint from the pain, and then suffocate to death on the seabed.
Xiang Yang shook his head and motioned Zhang Qicheng to go behind him.
Xiang Yang wanted to catch the eel.
There are more than two thousand species of catfish in the world.
Of these more than 2,000 species of silver carp, most live in fresh water, and only a very small number can survive in the ocean.
The eel catfish is the most special of the more than 2,000 species of silver carp. It is the only catfish among all eels that can survive in coral reefs, coasts, rivers, and even ponds and wells.
Zhang Qicheng became a little nervous when he saw Xiang Yang had set his sights on the eel catfish. He pulled Xiang Yang's arm, then shook his hand, signaling Xiang Yang to give up.
As far as Zhang Qicheng knows, eel catfish is a nocturnal fish that likes to move in groups. During the day, they live under the crevices of reefs or corals, just like the one Xiang Yang saw, and go out to find food at night.
If they are not disturbed, they generally will not attack creatures larger than themselves, because eel catfish generally prefer to eat small fish or shrimps.
But if a creature attacks the eel catfish, the disturbed eel catfish will immediately gather into a dense ball-shaped group. These eel catfish will protect each other and join forces to attack the enemy.
Eel catfish has been one of the most troublesome fish for fishermen since ancient times. Generally speaking, after being pricked by the fish bone of an eel catfish, you must immediately apply hot compress with a towel scalded by boiling water, otherwise the pain will continue.
Xiang Yang looked down at his diving suit, then at the protective gloves on his hands. After hesitating for a while, he nodded slightly and gave up the idea of catching the eel catfish.
In fact, if Xiang Yang insisted on taking action, even if the diving suit he was wearing could not protect against the poisonous stinger of the eel catfish, Xiang Yang was 100% sure that he could catch the eel catfish without getting hurt.