261: Get more Endless Island

After Yang Qi and Bai Xue finished their meal, they set sail for Endless Island.

Upon arrival, the two immediately took out the rubber dinghy, loaded it with ground cages and bait, and began setting the ground cages around the reef areas surrounding the island.

Returning to the setting sail, the two changed into their wetsuits/diving suits, slung their spearguns over their backs, strapped on their diving knives, and began diving to pry Abalone.

It had been a long time since they last visited Endless Island, and the large Abalone underwater had not diminished.

What was different this time was that both of them brought professional tools.

The speed of prying Abalone was significantly faster. This time, they still only aimed for Abalone weighing half a catty or more.

Since both of them knew before diving that Bai Xue needed to film a complete process of prying Abalone, collecting Sea Cucumber, and catching Lobsters.

Therefore, both of them were fully equipped, so as not to be too shocking and to protect their privacy well, as their faces were not shown.

As their diving lights turned on, the video showed Yang Qi, fully covered, carrying an oxygen tank with a diving knife strapped to his thigh.

The diving light illuminated the dense Abalone on the reef ahead. When one hand pried at one of the largest Abalone, the comparison with his palm further highlighted the Abalone's size.

One hand couldn't fully grasp it, so the other hand, holding a small knife for prying Abalone, began to insert it along the edge, then twist, and his left hand exerted force.

The Abalone was then pried off the reef.

Yang Qi even held the Abalone and turned to wave at the camera.

Then, as Yang Qi bent down, the large Abalone went into the net bag at his waist. At the same time, several palm-sized Sea Cucumber appeared in the frame.

While Yang Qi was collecting Sea Cucumber, the camera swept over nearby reef crevices, revealing several colorful Chinese Spiny Lobsters.

As the light shone on them, the large Lobsters waved their two long antennae and wiggled their small legs, retreating backward.

This proved that these were live, genuine underwater shots, not staged like other beachcombing videos.

After filming this set of videos, Yang Qi began his own collection. Bai Xue, on the other hand, chased after the Lobsters to take a few more photos.

Not long after, Yang Qi's net bag was full. By the time he had settled his catch and re-entered the water, Bai Xue had also started prying Abalone.

After a while, when the two went into the sea again, they changed their strategy: first catching Lobsters and Crabs, then prying Abalone, collecting Sea Cucumber, and large conchs.

It must be said that the marine resources in this area are incredibly rich. The two first caught Lobsters, and once their net bags were full, they went back to the setting sail to store the Lobsters, Crabs, and various conchs.

To pry Abalone in this area again required three or four trips to transport the catch.

This also indicated that Abalone in this sea area was incredibly abundant, and this was even under the principle that they only pried Abalone weighing half a catty or more.

The two continued prying until 11 PM before ending their dive.

After taking a shower and changing into loose clothes, Bai Xue said:

"Husband, the resources on Endless Island are truly excellent and abundant! They're simply inexhaustible, truly worthy of the name 'Endless Island.'"

"Yes, there are indeed many. The area we covered tonight is actually less than one percent," Yang Qi nodded and said.

"It will probably take us a few years to comb through this area. No need to rush, let's take our time."

"Okay, I'll make you some supper. We can enjoy the breeze and rest for a while."

After speaking, Bai Xue went to the live fish tank, scooped out some Crabs, Lobsters, and various conchs, and headed to the kitchen.

About twenty minutes later, Yang Qi brought two lounge chairs, and the two ate their 'gout-inducing' meal while chatting and enjoying the sea breeze.

As they chatted, Yang Qi noticed silence beside him. He turned his head and saw that Bai Xue had fallen asleep.

It seemed that the high-intensity diving and Abalone prying that night had also exhausted Bai Xue, even though her body had improved significantly.

Yang Qi gently picked up Bai Xue. Bai Xue opened her eyes, looked at Yang Qi, buried her head in his arms, and let him carry her into the sleeping cabin.

They forced themselves to get up for a quick wash, then embraced and fell asleep again.

The next morning, Yang Qi drove the rubber dinghy and retrieved all the ground cages.

A massive haul, absolutely massive! Each ground cage contained about ten Crabs weighing half a catty or more. Yang Qi even found three or four large ones weighing around a catty.

While Yang Qi retrieved the ground cages, Bai Xue alone couldn't keep up with tying the Crabs.

And not tying them wasn't an option; the large Crabs were running wild in a large box they brought down, and they would crawl out if not careful.

Yang Qi had no choice but to collect them all first, take them back to the setting sail to tie, and then come back down to reset the cages. This back and forth wasted a lot of time.

After resetting the ground cages, the two drove a bit further and re-entered the water to pry Abalone.

After prying Abalone for a whole morning, Yang Qi decided to stop. He would only come back when they needed money.

So, he and Bai Xue began playing around underwater. Being underwater for work was completely different from playing.

Even though each large Abalone pried off was worth several thousand yuan, after working for a whole morning, a sense of annoyance still set in.

After swimming for a while at the bottom of the sea, the two decided to come back another time. They then collected the ground cages and left the sea area near Endless Island.

Yang Qi drove the setting sail north for over two hours before stopping near a small, decent-looking sea trench.

Currently, there were only four or five Groupers near the seabed trench, but there were also some Red Snapper, and the Red Snapper were more numerous than the Groupers, about eight or nine of them.

Actually, under normal circumstances, having this many fish was already quite good.

If the two could catch them all, they would have a harvest worth several thousand yuan.

However, Yang Qi was clearly somewhat dissatisfied. If other Anglers or other fishing boat owners knew about this, they would surely give him a good beating.

It must be said that Yang Qi's horizons had broadened, or rather, he had become a bit arrogant.

When he first started sea fishing, seeing five or six Groupers near a school of fish would make him incredibly excited and happy for half a day.

But as he went out to sea more and more often, and after several deep-sea and far-sea expeditions, using his Golden Finger, he always achieved impressive results.

He had even caught so many Bluefin Tuna weighing over 500 catties, and his ambitions gradually grew larger.

Not to mention Yang Qi, even Bai Xue had long been accustomed to returning with a full load every time.

"Xiao Xue, how about we fish here for a while?" Yang Qi said to Bai Xue.

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Bai Xue nodded.

Yang Qi brought some frozen fish, began chopping fish chunks, chopped a bucketful, and started chumming the small sea trench.

He believed that such a sea trench was definitely a hiding place for fish, and a school of fish would surely come later.

"Plop, plop." In a short while, the entire bucket of fish chunks was thrown into the sea, and Yang Qi didn't even blink an eye.