86: Chapter 86: Seabed Gold! The Giant Yellow Croaker!

The underwater scenery was as picturesque as a painting.

It left the viewers in the live broadcast room mesmerized.

Although coral reefs and other sights could be seen before, the visibility was nowhere near as clear as this time.

Amidst the coral reefs, various kinds of fish wandered about, like little elves dancing among flowers.

And after these "little elves" saw An Ke appear, a magical scene occurred once again.

As if they had seen their leader, they all swam over and crowded around An Ke.

The viewers in the live broadcast room were already used to this, but some of the Foreigners who had just entered the live broadcast room suspected they were seeing ghosts.

This works too? The legendary Aquaman?

Or they marveled, "My God! Is this magic?"

Most of the Foreigners were numb to it; besides jealousy, there was only more jealousy.

"By the way, why haven't any Foreigners come out to stir up trouble?"

A bullet comment in the live broadcast room said boredly; many Dragon Country people were now looking forward to the Foreigners coming to mock them.

Only then would they have some fun.

Unfortunately, the current Foreigners were like quails.

To describe the state of the Foreigners in one sentence: "I've learned my lesson, please let me go."

With no Foreigners causing trouble, the viewers in the live broadcast room began discussing what seafood An Ke would catch today.

There was quite a lot of seafood to be seen now.

Various types of shallow-sea fish, as well as shrimp, crabs... and so on.

Unfortunately, most of this seafood had already been materialized during previous materializations.

Now, the marine ecology of the Dragon Country was just a matter of time.

Once the materialized marine life finished rebuilding the ocean...

By then, the waters of the Dragon Country and those of other countries would be two completely different underwater worlds.

The Dragon Country would be colorful and vibrant again, while foreign countries would remain lifeless.

In the broadcast, An Ke was in no hurry to catch seafood this time.

Instead, he continued toward an area that hadn't been explored before.

After all, the time he could spend underwater was limited before, so the faster he caught things, the better.

However, now that the time he could stay underwater had greatly increased, he wasn't in a rush to catch seafood.

He could just start catching when the time was right.

And who knows, maybe there would be new, even more delicious seafood?

An Ke's main goal now was to increase his exploration progress and see if he could find any hidden treasures on the seabed.

While he had a huge advantage, he wanted to strip the seabed of its treasures as much as possible.

An Ke continued through the multicolored coral reefs.

More and more schools of fish followed behind him, looking like a trail left by An Ke as he moved through the seabed.

This scene was quite a sight; the viewers even surprisingly discovered that there was a sea turtle among them.

Just like that, An Ke stayed underwater for a full half-hour.

He unlocked a large portion of the fog of war on the seabed map.

At this point, the Foreigners in the live broadcast room hadn't broken down yet.

However, when they saw An Ke surface to take a breath...

...and then dive back down to continue swimming toward the depths.

This time, the Foreigners were once again driven to a breakdown by An Ke.

"Is this guy a human or a whale now?"

"Bullshit! With him like this, how can contestants from other countries possibly surpass the Dragon Country in underwater exploration?"

"F**k! It's unfair! Trash game! You might as well just give the mysterious treasures on the seabed to the Dragon Country directly."

"..."

A whale's time underwater on a single breath was about the same as An Ke's.

Without any equipment, how could other countries compete with An Ke for seabed exploration progress and mysterious treasures?

The two sides were worlds apart...

However, no matter how much the Foreigners refused to accept it or protested, it was useless.

Because they couldn't change the status quo.

As the depth increased, the light from above grew dimmer.

Yet An Ke remained relaxed and at ease.

Just then, An Ke spotted a new school of fish ahead.

The scales of these fish were golden, shimmering in the light that reached the seabed.

"Is this large yellow croaker!?"

Excitement appeared on An Ke's face; this was an absolute delicacy!!!

In the live broadcast room, seeing the surprise on An Ke's face, the viewers couldn't help but start speculating.

"What kind of fish is this?"

"It's golden, like it's wrapped in a layer of gold."

"Hahaha! Just looking at it makes me feel it's very valuable."

"Any living creature nowadays is more expensive than gold, okay!"

"True! Even the once-massive amounts of krill in the ocean are very rare now!"

"..."

In the program, to answer the questions from the people in the bullet comments, Kang Hui asked Professor Wu beside him:

"Professor Wu, could you tell everyone what kind of fish this is?"

Professor Wu said with a chuckle, "Just as everyone said, these fish are the gold of the sea."

"They are called large yellow croakers. Their meat is delicious and has high nutritional value. At one point, the most expensive one sold for several million per fish..."

Professor Wu's explanation was astounding; in that era of abundant resources...

...this kind of fish could actually be sold for several million yuan each?

"With such value, just how delicious is the large yellow croaker?"

"Unimaginable!"

"I'm already drooling!"

"..."

In the program, Professor Wu was originally smiling while sharing knowledge, but he soon showed helplessness and regret.

"Unfortunately, the large yellow croaker went extinct more than twenty years ago."

"Now, no matter how much money you have, you can't buy them!"

Professor Wu's words made the viewers' moods very somber.

The environment of Blue Star was harsh, and most species had gone extinct.

And the culprit behind all this was humanity's endless destruction of the environment.

Especially that continuous discharge of waste by the Japanese Nation, which brought massive destruction to the marine ecology.

For a time, the Japanese Nation was once again condemned by everyone, and even many Foreigners participated in this crusade.

In the broadcast, An Ke almost laughed out loud.

He also knew the value of large yellow croakers; in his previous life, one large yellow croaker had sold for 4 million.

Such a price was something he could only look at from afar.

Now, he finally had a chance to taste it.

However, An Ke soon got a headache, and a look of regret appeared on his face.

Although there was a large school of large yellow croakers, how was he going to catch them?

He hadn't brought any catching tools.

Even if he had a fishing net, trying to catch a large school of fish wouldn't be realistic.

He pondered for a moment, thinking about how to handle it.

He didn't plan on just taking two or three; after all, it was rare to encounter such a large school of large yellow croakers.

Who knows, maybe they wouldn't be there tomorrow?

While An Ke was thinking, the Foreigners in the live broadcast room thought he had no way to catch them.

They couldn't help but get excited.

After all, seeing the Dragon Country suffer a loss was a happy occasion for them.

"The Dragon Country Kid has no way to catch too many large yellow croakers!"

"Hahaha! If he can only take two or three away, I'll be relieved."

"Yeah! Two or three definitely won't satisfy the materialization conditions!"

"The Dragon Country won't be able to have a Thousand Times Materialization of large yellow croakers!"

"As long as they can't materialize them, it's all for nothing."

"..."

The main purpose of National Destiny Bearers entering the National Fortune Game is to materialize resources for their real-world countries.

Resources that cannot be materialized are meaningless, no matter how many you have in the National Fortune Game.