Chapter 68

Tang Zhendong, thinking about this, carefully examined the coral around the large clam and quickly surfaced.

"Tang Zhendong, I'm here!" Standing on the coral, Tang Zhendong shouted to the small boat in the distance, which was holding a megaphone.

The fishing boat quickly approached, but in this area, the seabed was densely covered with coral, making it unsuitable for the fishing boat to get close. After much effort, the fishing boat finally stopped about ten meters away from Tang Zhendong, unable to get any closer.

"Tang Zhendong, are you okay?" From a distance, Tang Zhendong could see Yu Qingying's tear-streaked face on the bow of the boat.

"I'm fine, I'm fine," Tang Zhendong replied. After answering Yu Qingying, he jumped into the water and swam toward the fishing boat. On the boat, Yu Qingying tightly hugged Tang Zhendong, crying uncontrollably, "You bad guy, you scared me to death! Do you know, it's been over four hours, and we've searched this entire sea area. You really scared me to death."

Tang Zhendong patted Yu Qingying's back, "It's okay, it's okay. Look, I'm fine, right? Besides, you haven't even agreed to my conditions yet, how could I just leave?"

"Don't say such things!" Yu Qingying covered Tang Zhendong's mouth with her hand.

"Okay, I won't, I won't." However, as Tang Zhendong spoke, his lips touched Yu Qingying's slender, white hand, and the warmth of his breath could be felt on her hand.

After picking up Tang Zhendong, the fishing boat was about to turn around and head back to the fishing village, but Tang Zhendong waved his hand, "Wait a moment, just a little longer."

Tang Zhendong's shout startled Yu Qingying, "Zhendong, what's wrong?"

Tang Zhendong ran to the control room, "Wait a moment, I caught a fish and forgot to bring it. It won't take long."

The fisherman, hearing Tang Zhendong's words, couldn't help but feel angry. Because of his casual dive, so many people had searched for him for half a day, wasting everyone's time and even affecting his own sleep. Now, hearing that he had caught a fish and forgotten to bring it, the fisherman was almost fuming with anger.

"What fish? If you want to eat fish, I have plenty at home."

Seeing the fisherman's impatience, Tang Zhendong didn't bother to explain. He couldn't say that this was the big fish his girlfriend had seen, which he had killed and was now stuck in a coral crevice.

"Wait a moment, I'll be right back."

Tang Zhendong dived into the sea again and swam toward the coral where he had left the fish. Earlier, Tang Zhendong was so exhausted that he had no strength left and couldn't drag the big fish. But now, he had recovered most of his strength, and although his dantian was still empty, he was much stronger than an average person. Tang Zhendong lifted the big fish, using the water's buoyancy to drag it toward the fishing boat.

The fisherman, who was driving the boat, initially thought Tang Zhendong was joking about catching a fish. Even if it wasn't a joke, he didn't expect Tang Zhendong to have caught such a huge fish. His jaw almost dropped to the floor in surprise.

Others might not recognize what kind of fish it was, but the fisherman did. It was a grouper. He knew how fierce this grouper was. This nearly two-meter-long grouper weighed at least 300 to 400 pounds and was incredibly strong, a dominant fish in the ocean.

The fisherman was amazed, but the people on the boat were even more astonished, especially Xu Zhijun. He had thought that Tang Zhendong would surely be in grave danger if he encountered such a big fish, possibly losing his life. But he never expected that Tang Zhendong could actually kill the big fish. Although he didn't know exactly how the fish died, from the way Tang Zhendong was dragging it, the fish was definitely dead.

Yu Qingying and Wang Xiaolin were also surprised that Tang Zhendong had actually caught the big fish they had seen on the shore and had killed it.

The size of the fish was beyond everyone's imagination. In the sea, it might not have looked so big, but when Tang Zhendong used the fisherman's rope to drag the big fish onto the boat, everyone was completely stunned.

Without mentioning anything else, it took four fishermen and Xu Zhijun's help to drag the fish onto the boat.

Everyone had the same thought, "What a big fish!"

However, there was no scale on the boat to weigh the fish, but based on the fishermen's experience, the fish weighed no less than 400 pounds.

Yu Qingying pulled on Tang Zhendong's arm and timidly asked, "How did you catch such a big fish?"

"I was dragged here by the fish. How did you find me?"

"We searched the entire beach around where you dove, but couldn't find you. I was almost frantic, so we gradually expanded the search area until we found you here."

"Is this far from the beach where we played?" Tang Zhendong noticed the tone in Yu Qingying's voice and realized that they had searched a considerable distance.

Xu Zhijun and Wang Xiaolin, hearing Tang Zhendong's words, remained silent because they didn't know how far the place where Tang Zhendong had fallen into the water was from here.

However, the fisherman knew, "Actually, it's not too far. It takes about half an hour for our boat to get here from where you initially dove, and it's exactly on the opposite side."

Tang Zhendong didn't realize he had chased the big fish so far. No wonder Yu Qingying and the others couldn't find him nearby!

"What kind of fish is this? It's so big?" After hearing Tang Zhendong's thrilling story, everyone's attention returned to the big fish.

"This is a grouper, a very fierce fish. Look at its sharp teeth; it can tear through most fishing nets. Even if it can't tear through them, its strength is enough to drag an entire fishing boat. If we're not careful, a fishing boat as big as ours could be dragged to the bottom of the sea."

"Really? That's so powerful?"

"This is quite normal. For a fish this big, I really don't know if your friend found a dead one or actually killed it. I know that last year in Jimo, Qingdao, someone caught a two-meter-long grouper, but you don't know that this fish dragged the fishing boat for over 20 nautical miles. Encountering such a big fish in the sea is a disaster for us fishermen."

The fisherman's words made everyone fall into deep thought. They saw a dead fish and didn't think about its terrifying strength. But Tang Zhendong, as a firsthand witness, knew how terrifying the fish was.

Tang Zhendong suddenly thought about the relationship between the big grouper and the large clam. Perhaps the grouper was the guardian of the clam, or maybe it had discovered the spiritual essence of the black pearl inside the clam and wanted to take it, but didn't expect to be outdone by him.

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