As a Fisherman, My Fish Can Level Up

Chapter 195: Chapter 172: Thousands of Troops Come to Meet

A quiet night had passed, and Chu Mingcheng was awakened by a series of distant long cries from outside.

After freshening up and walking out of the bedroom, Chu Mingcheng came onto the deck and was immediately stunned by the spectacle nearby.

Several enormous humpback whales appeared on the ocean surface, and because of their appearance, the killer whales that had been roosting near the ship the previous night had already fled.

Although killer whales hunt young humpback whales, they stand no chance against several adult humpback whales.

After all, the motto of the humpback whales is: eat, sleep, beat up killer whales.

Of course, they didn’t show up on the surface to purposefully beat up killer whales, but because a shocking flock of sardines had appeared on the surface.

Their numbers were so vast that Chu Mingcheng, standing on the ship, couldn’t see the end of them—a dense, dark mass.

He went up to the flybridge and occasionally saw water exploding, which was the commotion caused by giant fish preying on sardines.

As for the humpback whales, they surged straight out of the water, their massive mouths swallowing countless sardines at once.

Chu Mingcheng glanced at his Level 2 marine life guidebook, and with the new function added, he wondered if domestic seas would often witness such scenes in the future.

Suddenly, Jiang Luoluo appeared next to him, holding a camera and filming.

Certainly, compared to the sunrise, this rare scene was more worth capturing.

Unfortunately, Chu Mingcheng didn’t have a drone; otherwise, aerial photography would be even more thrilling.

Out of nowhere, a drone appeared above him and went straight to the center of the action.

Wei Jiaguo was holding the drone’s joystick and operating it, with the drone’s camera feed visible on it.

Jiang Luoluo immediately rushed over, “Grandpa, let me play with the drone for a bit!”

“Do you know how to operate it?” Wei Jiaguo first asked, afraid she might accidentally fly his drone into the sea if she didn’t.

“I do, I do, I’ve played with one before,” Jiang Luoluo took over the joystick and skillfully maneuvered the drone over the sea.

Suddenly, she seemed to see something and immediately shouted, “Ah Cheng, Grandpa, look, there are flagfish!”

Wei Jiaguo’s eyes lit up and he hurried over.

Then he saw a group of flagfish speeding from the distant sea, charging into the swarm of fish. In an instant, like ancient cavalry breaking through enemy lines, they broke through the school of fish,

creating dozens of gaps.

“Let’s go, let’s fish for flagfish!” Wei Jiaguo immediately went into the cockpit to steer the boat over there.

This trip to Dongsha was partly because Chu Mingcheng came to freeloading on the boat, and partly because he wanted to obtain a flagfish specimen.

Now that flagfish had actually appeared, he couldn’t hold back any longer.

“Luoluo, you stay and fish for flagfish with Grandpa on the boat, mind its long bill if you catch one; we’ll ask the crew to help pull it up. I’m going to change clothes for the fishing hunt.”

Chu Mingcheng was also brimming with excitement, his prime hunting target had finally appeared.

“Just be careful yourself, and take your diving stick this time,” Jiang Luoluo advised, as usual.

She knew this was Chu Mingcheng’s job, so she wouldn’t persuade him not to dive, but her concern and anxiety were still evident as this target was quite aggressive.

“Yeah, I’ll be careful,” Chu Mingcheng nodded and went back to his room to change.

The sun was shining today, and he put on an underwater camera, wanting to record a first-person view video of fishing for flagfish.

Both videos of Brother Haiwang had been released, and the second one, just as Jiang Luoluo had said, became popular by combining his fishing perspective with the footage of the Dragon Gizzard Grouper.

Over these days, his followers had reached 130,000, with at least a hundred comments under each video.

A small portion of his followers also expressed their desire to buy fish from him.

Later, when he starts fishing for ordinary fish or coral fish, he could try selling them online.

After Chu Mingcheng had changed, Wei Jiaguo’s boat had already reached near where the flagfish were feeding.

As the boat traveled, the school of fish automatically parted and then closed up behind, like being surrounded by an immense army, quite fascinating.

Regarding fishing, this sea trip certainly didn’t lack live bait.

Last night’s live squid hadn’t been used, and today’s sardines could be readily taken and used.

Yet in such situations, can fishing really rely on bait to attract fish?

Chu Mingcheng had his doubts… personally, he felt it was challenging to catch fish amidst such massive swarms, unless by sheer luck the fish took the bait.

Chu Mingcheng jumped into the water; the fish around him instantly scattered, then, sensing no danger, surrounded him again.

He could feel the sardines bumping into him, like a unique form of massage, quite comfortable.

He considered these sardines suitable for scooping up for a foot soak in the evening~

Sardines: What grudge, what grievance?

But being entirely surrounded by sardines with no visibility made Chu Mingcheng very uncomfortable.

He cocked his speargun and then took a breath and dove underwater.

He had switched his usual fish spear for a diving stick.

The diving stick was electrified, akin to an anti-wolf stun stick, to prevent sharks from getting too close.

The thickness of the sardine swarm was rather exaggerated; Chu Mingcheng had to dive to a depth of ten meters before he could see again.

Visibility was average, not because the water wasn’t clear, but because the school of fish blocked much of the sunlight.

Fortunately, light was everywhere and still managed to leak through.

The water quality in the far sea was exceptionally clear, similar to his previous trip to Xisha, allowing for a distant view underwater.