In addition to a net bag, all the crew members who went to the sea this time also carried a small jar, tweezers, screwdrivers and other items.
Xiang Yang first led a group of crew members to swim to the underwater mountain covered with coral reefs.
The crew members were all amazed by the magnificent scenery on the seabed of this area. There were huge seaweeds as high as two stories, and all kinds of strange-shaped marine creatures. Especially the pebbles under their feet, which looked as if they had been polished by humans and were as smooth as a baby's skin.
Xiang Yang stood on a rugged rock and waved to everyone, then raised a finger with his right hand and made a gesture to silence his mouth.
The crew members swam carefully around Xiang Yang.
Seeing that everyone was getting closer to him, Xiang Yang pointed in a direction and motioned for everyone to look in that direction.
There was a spiral-shaped Christmas tree worm in that direction, and its golden feathers looked very bright.
Is this a Christmas tree worm
The crew members were amazed again, and they were all eager to try it out.
Xiang Yang took the lead and swam quietly towards the yellow Christmas tree worm. When he got close, he reached out and grabbed it like lightning.
It was still a beat too late. When Xiang Yang grabbed the coral reef, there was no trace of the Christmas tree worm on the coral reef.
Xiang Yang was not discouraged. He took out a pair of tweezers and reached into the small hole on the coral reef.
The small hole didn't seem to be vertical, and it was winding inside. Xiang Yang searched for a long time but failed to catch the Christmas tree worm.
At this time, Fang Youqun swam over, handed a screwdriver and a stone to Xiang Yang, and gestured for a long time, signaling Xiang Yang to pry open the small hole.
Xiang Yang hesitated for a moment, took the screwdriver handed over by Fang Youqun and wrote on the mud on the seabed: "Try not to destroy the coral reefs first. Let's see if there are any Christmas tree worms living in the vertical holes on the coral reefs. Catch these Christmas tree worms first, and then pry the coral reefs if we can't catch them." Unless it is absolutely necessary, Xiang Yang is still reluctant to destroy the coral reefs on the seabed of this sea area.
The crew members nodded and waited for Xiang Yang's next instructions.
Xiang Yang spread out his hands, signaling everyone to disperse and look for Christmas tree worms separately.
The crew members immediately dispersed in all directions, leaving only Xiang Yang and Fang Youqun.
Xiang Yang looked at Fang Youqun in confusion, not understanding why this guy didn't leave.
Fang Youqun pointed at himself and then pointed at the small hole on the coral reef. His meaning was self-evident.
Xiang Yang swam to the side, gave his position to Fang Youqun, and watched Fang Youqun operate.
Fang Youqun squatted down and used two fingers to pry open the coral reef.
Xiang Yang rolled his eyes. It would be a miracle if he could break off a piece of the coral reef.
While Ren Fang Youqun was enjoying himself here, Xiang Yang changed places and continued catching Christmas tree worms.
Xiang Yang searched around and soon found another Christmas tree worm with red feathers.
Xiang Yang used the same trick again, and his arm grabbed the Christmas tree worm like lightning.
The red Christmas tree worm senses the flow of sea water and retracts into the small hole in the coral reef first.
Xiang Yang immediately took out the tweezers.
The inside of this small hole in the coral reef is finally vertical.
As soon as Xiang Yanggang inserted the tweezers into the small hole, his face immediately showed joy. He could clearly feel that the tweezers touched the Christmas tree worm.
Xiang Yang immediately manipulated the tweezers carefully.
On the other side, Fang Youqun poked the small hole on the coral reef for a long time, but the coral reef did not move at all.
Fang Youqun was about to give up and change his mind to try to find a way to get the Christmas tree worm out of the small hole.
As a result, at this moment, the Christmas tree worm in the small hole drilled out by itself, and relied on Fang Youqun's fingers to slowly stretch out the top of the crown, which stunned Fang Youqun.
The habit of the Christmas tree worm is actually the same as that of the mimosa. When someone touches the branches and leaves of the mimosa, the mimosa will close immediately. However, when someone holds the branches and leaves of the mimosa for a long time, the mimosa will ignore this person and directly unfold its branches and leaves.
The two Christmas tree-shaped crowns of the Christmas tree worm are actually its two respiratory organs. When they encounter danger, they will retract into the small holes on the coral reef like lightning to avoid natural enemies, but they cannot hide in the coral reef for a long time. At most, they have to stretch out the top of the crown to breathe for two or three minutes. So generally, the Christmas tree worms hide in the coral reef for one or two minutes, and then they will slowly stretch out the top of the crown again regardless of whether there is danger outside the hole.
Fang Youqun was overjoyed when he saw this scene. He stretched out his fingers to block the Christmas tree worm's escape route, and then easily caught the Christmas tree worm in his hand.
When Fang Youqun caught the Christmas tree worm on the first day, Xiang Yang happened to grab the red Christmas tree worm with tweezers and carefully dragged it out of the coral reef hole.
After being caught, the Christmas tree worms did not struggle like caterpillars. They just quietly spread out their crowns and lay quietly in Xiang Yang's palms like two miniature Christmas trees, waiting for the verdict of fate. Perhaps they also understood that once they left the coral reef hole, their slow movement speed and soft bodies without any offensive power would not allow them to escape at all. It would be better for them to completely bloom the aesthetics that they have implemented throughout their lives in this last moment of their lives.
With the experience of catching the first Christmas tree worm, the second one will be much easier.
Xiang Yang stuffed the Christmas tree worm into a bottle and changed his target to capture the second one.
On the other side, Fang Youqun, who also mastered the technique of capturing Christmas tree worms, also set his sights on the second target. For the time being, only Xiang Yang and Fang Youqun had captured the Christmas tree worms, and the other crew members were still trying to figure out the technique.
It is hard to say which of the two capture methods, Xiang Yang and Fang Youqun, is better or worse.
The vertical holes on the coral reefs are not easy to find. Xiang Yang usually has to waste time trying three or four holes in a row before he can find a vertical hole. However, if he doesn't find a vertical hole, Xiang Yang only needs a few seconds to make a Christmas tree worm.
Fang Youqun can definitely get a Christmas tree worm out as long as he finds it, but it takes at least three minutes to get each Christmas tree worm out.
Gradually, other crew members also found their own ways to capture Christmas tree worms, and they began to have more or less harvests.
Twenty minutes passed quickly and Xiang Yang and others began to swim towards the surface.
You must return to the surface every twenty minutes of diving. This is the rule set by Xiang Yang, and it is also a rule that everyone must enforce.
A group of people returned to the deck one after another.
"How is it? Did everyone get anything?" asked the crew member waiting on the ship.