54: Warning: This is going to cause you to lose your sanity! Why does the fish I caught have human teeth?

Half an hour later, three heavy-duty fishing rods appeared on the deck.

These things were just welded together from steel pipes, with no fancy bait to speak of.

Xia Lai simply and crudely cut a few pieces of foul-smelling beef and hung them on the steel hooks.

"Deep-sea monsters definitely won't be able to resist this kind of rotting meat."

She clapped her hands and handed one of the steel pipes to Chen Du.

Chen Du took it.

It felt heavy and substantial in his hand.

At this moment, the ferry was sailing through a calm reef area.

On the surface of the sea floated some creatures resembling bioluminescent jellyfish, emitting a faint green glow.

Chen Du engaged his waist and swung it out with force!

"Whoosh!" The steel hook sliced through the air and plunged deep into the pitch-black seawater.

The girls on the deck all gathered around.

In this world without mobile phones or streaming shows, fishing had become the only form of entertainment.

"Go Captain! I want to eat sashimi!" An Nuonuo waved her little fists in encouragement.

"Be careful, don't catch some mermaid; we'd have to make room for it then." Xiao Ai leaned against the railing and cast a meaningful glance at Zhou Qian.

Chen Du gripped the steel pipe tightly with both hands, feeling every vibration from the deep sea.

One minute.

Two minutes.

The mirror-calm sea surface suddenly bubbled up with a large air bubble.

Gurgle... The bubble burst, and a pungent, fishy stench assaulted their noses.

Immediately after! The steel pipe in his hand suddenly sank downwards, bending to a ninety-degree angle!

An unstoppable, immense force surged up along the fishing line!

Chen Du was jerked forward and slammed into the railing!

"Damn! Big catch!"

Veins bulged on his forehead, and he roared, "Xia Lai! Tang Ran! Stop watching! Get over here and help me!"

"This thing... its strength is ridiculously high!"

Chen Du engaged his core, his arm muscles bulging.

"Get up!"

With a fierce shout, all three of them leaned back at the same time!

Splash! The pitch-black sea surface was violently torn open.

A huge black shadow broke through the water.

Thud! The wet, sliding impact made everyone's heart skip a beat.

The girls crowded around, full of anticipation.

"What is it? Tuna? Or a big grouper?" An Nuonuo stood on her tiptoes in excitement, drool almost dripping down.

However, the next second, the whole place went silent.

Lying on the deck was a jet-black "fish," about a meter long.

It had no gills and no scales.

Its body was covered in oozing pink tumors that expanded and contracted like a toad with every breath, making one's scalp tingle just looking at it.

The most terrifying part was its head.

It was an extremely distorted fish face with misaligned features!

Its massive mouth, taking up a third of its body, opened to reveal a dense mess of jagged, yellowish-brown human teeth!

"Waa—! Waa—!" After leaving the water, the strange fish stared straight at them, its mouth emitting a cry like a human baby!

"Hungry—!"

"So hungry—!"

The sound was like a drill, maxing out the mental corruption!

"Ahhh—! What the hell is this thing?!" An Nuonuo screamed in terror, dropping the small bowl in her hand.

Even the brave Tang Ran turned pale and backed away two steps: "Damn! This thing's appearance is way too arbitrary! Even Cthulhu wouldn't dare draw it like this!"

Li Yaozhi covered her mouth, her stomach churning: "It... it's talking? It has intelligence?"

Disgusting.

Pure, physiological disgust.

It was like ordering sashimi at a restaurant, only to be served a plate of wriggling fat maggots.

Sanity plummeting.

"Kill it." Chen Du said expressionlessly, stepping forward.

He stomped his boot hard onto the strange fish's face.

The crying stopped abruptly.

"Being ugly isn't your fault, but coming out to scare people is where you're wrong."

Chen Du ground his foot down with force, his eyes cold.

This wasn't a creature at all; it was an aggregation of malice that had accumulated in the Sea of Despair for years.

An ordinary person would probably have nightmares for three days after catching this.

But in his eyes—it was just meat.

"Sacrifice!" Chen Du thought silently to himself.

The ancient and tattered sacrifice notebook opened in his mind.

Dark red light, like tentacles, emerged from his palm and instantly enveloped the indescribable thing under his feet.

[Detected Offering: Low-tier Deep Sea Aberration, Gluttony Type.]

[Evaluation: Flesh filled with madness and hunger, difficult to swallow.]

[Sacrifice successful!]

[Obtained Supplies: Master Kong Braised Beef Noodles x2 cups, Shuanghui Wangzhongwang Ham Sausage x1.]

The red light dissipated.

That pile of disgusting rotten meat vanished without a trace.

In its place were two bright red paper cups and a ham sausage.

The style changed abruptly.

One second it was an R-rated horror movie, the next it turned straight into a food commercial.

The sea breeze blew past, seemingly carrying a faint scent of braised beef.

Gurgle... Someone's stomach, very uncooperatively, let out a growl.

Chen Du bent down to pick up the ham sausage and bit open the seal with his teeth.

The unique aroma of meat wafted through the air.

To the group who had only been eating plain rice, this was practically three-star Michelin!

Chen Du took a bite.

He chewed and swallowed in a leisurely manner.

"Although it's a bit small, it's edible."

He glanced at the dumbfounded girls: "What? You think it's disgusting?"

"No, no, no!" Xia Lai rushed up, her eyes glowing green, "It's not disgusting! I want some too! Captain, you are my god!"

An Nuonuo stopped hiding, poking her head out from behind the mast, drooling greedily: "It really... turned into something delicious?"

The instant noodles were as tempting now as the strange fish had been terrifying a moment ago.

A logical loop had been formed: Catch Monster = Sacrifice = Human Food.

This formula was just too good!

"Want to eat meat?" Chen Du finished the sausage in a few bites, "Want to drink some soda?"

"Yes!" The women replied in unison, their voices loud and clear.

"Then get to fishing!" Chen Du pointed at the three steel pipe fishing rods, "This sea is full of treasures; as long as you dare to fish, I can transform them!"

"Remember, we don't produce food; we are just nature's delivery agents."

Perhaps because they were approaching tropical waters, the temperature wasn't as described on the World Channel.

Instead, it soared all the way to 32 degrees.

To make moving around easier, the girls took off their coats.

Suddenly, the deck turned into a feast for the eyes.

An Nuonuo played with the "bottoms-missing" look, her two fair, tender little legs dangling.

As her collar tilted slightly, a flash of blinding white skin beneath her delicate collarbones could be seen; she was truly the ceiling of pure desire.

Xia Xin was even hotter.

Her camouflage pants had been cut into hot pants, and she wore only a black sports bra on top.

That pair of ultra-long, beautiful legs, capable of dominating the leg-modeling world, was on full display.

As for Ye Qiu, her exaggerated waist-to-hip ratio, especially the perfect peach curve displayed when she bent over to grab bait, was simply challenging the limits of a man's patience.

"Tsk." Chen Du lay on a beach chair, wearing sunglasses.

How was this doomsday survival? It was clearly a wealthy person's yacht party.

"Xia Lai, fix the hook; two have already gotten away!"

"Tang Ran, don't use brute force! That's a fishing rod, not a Spiked Club!"

Chen Du commanded while enjoying the beautiful scenery.

Sure enough, only this kind of environment could maximize a woman's charm.

"Hehe... Hehehe..." Suddenly, a weird, foolish giggle broke the harmony.

It was Lin Keke.

This chuunibyou girl was lying on the railing, her eyes glazed over, drool dripping onto the deck.

"Patrick Star..." Lin Keke reached out into the void, a lovestruck grin on her face.

"I heard it... Patrick Star is calling me to go jellyfish hunting..."

"What a beautiful pineapple house..." She muttered, leaning forward.

Half her body was already over the railing!

"Keke! What are you doing?!" Li Yaozhi, who was nearby, exclaimed.

But Lin Keke turned a deaf ear, lifting her leg to jump into the black sea!

"Are you looking for death?!" Chen Du sprang up!

Tyrants Gaze!

A mental shockwave turned into an invisible whip, lashing fiercely into Lin Keke's mind!

"Wake the hell up!"

At the same time, his large hand grabbed her back collar and yanked her back!

Lin Keke fell onto the deck, grimacing in pain.

"Ouch... it hurts, it hurts..."

She rubbed her butt, looking confused: "What happened? I... I just saw Bikini Bottom..."

"Bikini Bottom?" Chen Du's eyes were cold and stern: "If you had taken one more step forward, you would have truly gone to meet Squidward!"

"But I guarantee, they would only want to turn you into takoyaki!"

Lin Keke shuddered, cold sweat soaking her back.

That feeling just now was too comfortable, like returning to a mother's womb.

A voice had been constantly tempting her to throw herself into the embrace of the sea.

"Did you all just treat my words as wind?!" Chen Du looked around at everyone, his tone stern: "Do you still remember what the sanity rules are?!"

"This sea is alive! It is watching you!"

"It is strictly forbidden to stare at the sea surface for long periods! Everyone can only fish for one hour per turn! Once you experience auditory hallucinations or dizziness, rest immediately!"