The Dragon King is weak and helpless but can eat [Interstellar]

The old fisherman puts the end of the net on the net roll machine. His face is full of vicissitudes after being blown by the sea wind, and his hands are full of calluses.

The machine roared and began to operate.The white net was slowly rolled up from the depths of the ocean.

Shells, small fish, and occasionally a pink coral fish that weighs more than [-] kilograms. When they are caught, they are still alive and kicking, their scarlet gills move wildly, and their mouths open and close—these are undoubtedly unique delicacies for tourists from other places. Very good price at the bazaar.

There are a lot of special fish here, and if you happen to be able to catch up with other planets to buy them, you can make a lot of money.

There is no such benefit in fishing elsewhere.Fishing there has long been commercialized and industrialized, and the market is dominated by large fishing boats of countless alliance companies. Several large nets are cast down and then lifted, and tons of fish will be loaded onto the aircraft within 5 minutes after boarding the boat. Return to the warehouse or market on land.

There is no such thing as an ordinary small fishing boat.

Beien happens to be a place that doesn't advocate technology very much, and it is also very repulsive to large foreign companies.That's why, as a foreigner, he wants to stay in Bei'en as a fisherman.

Today's harvest is really good.This machine can automatically untangle and classify the nets, so the old fishermen threw the stripped seaweed back into the sea, opened the door under their feet, and inside was a freezer filled with ice cubes, and threw shells and fish into it.Some fish have just been fished out of the deep sea, the pressure is different, and the eyes protrude slightly.

It's a pity that he can't afford an aircraft, nor can he afford the most advanced live cabin with a pressure regulator, so he can only drive this small boat, otherwise the completely fresh fish can be sold at a better price.

At this time, the bright moon is in the sky, the content of stardust in the sky is relatively low today, and the clouds and fog are also less, so you can see the transparent rosy purple sky.Later, the tide will rise, and the tide will submerge the clouds and mist, and the entire sea will be transparent and shining.

It's time to head back.

The engine started silently, leading him towards the fixed route.The sea here is relatively calm and there are no hidden reefs, which is very suitable for sailing at night.

For a while, there were only the sound of waves and the sound of ships breaking through the water.

In the distance, he could see several familiar islands with silent rocks on them.

The old fisherman just glanced at it normally, but suddenly stopped.

Although it was extremely unclear in the night, his hawk-like eyesight still allowed him to vaguely see that behind one of the rocks there seemed to be...a figure?

To be exact, it was a kneeling figure.

He was startled, and quickly turned the bow of the boat to look over: "Hello!"

He thought it was a tourist or a fisherman who was in distress at sea, but after shouting, the other party remained motionless.

Soon after the high tide here, these islands will be completely submerged.So the boat quickly approached the island, avoided a few reefs near the shore, and circled to the side.

This time the old fisherman saw it clearly. The other party was wearing a windbreaker hat, and there was an armband on his thick clothes. The pattern on it was an iceberg full of stars.Vessels that often cruise here, whether they are the coast guard or the personnel on the icebreaker, will wear this sign.

The man was wearing this armband, raised his hands and grabbed it forward——

It seemed that he was longing for something, but his movements were completely frozen at that moment.

But how can someone keep this posture?

The old fisherman's back felt cold.

However, what soon came into view was an even more terrifying scene.

After bypassing the black reef, there were unexpectedly dozens of such people sitting on the island kneeling, with their hands stretched toward the center of the island.Like any crew, they covered themselves from head to toe so that the old fisherman could not see.

This scene made him horrified, and he called out again tentatively: "... hello"

No one responded to him, and time stood still.

He bravely got off the boat, took an emergency light in his hand, and rushed over the sea step by step - now the tide has begun to rise rapidly, and the island has been swallowed up to only a small piece.He walked up to the nearest person and patted his shoulder tentatively: "Hey..."

The man fell lightly.

Under the furry hat is half a bone, the eye sockets are empty, half is a decayed face, and there is a faint green in the festered skin.

Even so, he still had an intoxicated and joyful expression on his face, with one corner of his mouth raised.

The old fisherman was so frightened that he fell to the ground, and the emergency light rolled down on the beach, and the shell was covered with fine sand and sea water.The switch was accidentally knocked, the light source was adjusted to the maximum level, and the dazzling light swept around——

On other small islands in the distance, there are such circles of people.

The same outstretched hands, the same white bones and fanatical expression.

A pilgrimage to the sea.

A pilgrimage that wildly embraces death.

The old fisherman stumbled and ran back to the boat, before picking up the emergency light, he drove towards the shore at full speed.

The tide surged behind him, swallowing up the last piece of the island.In the blue-black sea water, scarlet spread rapidly like ink.

……

Long Shiyu stood at the bow of the boat, the wind on the sea was blowing, and the tail of the gray-red scarf fluttered.

He said he wasn't cold, but Shen Chaomu didn't believe it, and forced him to wear a big blue winter coat.The size of the coat was obviously not suitable, and it was a bit bloated on him with a large circle.There is also a pair of Shen Chaomu's arctic combat pants, which are too long for him and hang down on the snow boots.

Long's birth was not easy, and the scarf he just bought was wrapped around his neck a few times. Now he walks like a bun, or a fat penguin wagging.

Shen Chaomu himself was wearing very little clothes, so he stood on the deck and lit a cigarette.

Long Shiyu wobbled over and complained to him: "Look at you wearing so little, why do you wear so many on me?"

Shen Chaomu shook the soot, raised his eyebrows and said, "I have the mental power to keep out the cold, can you?"

"I'm not afraid of the cold..." Long Shiyu said, "I read what others said on the Internet. This is the standard. There is a kind of cold called grandma thinks you are cold."

Fang Qing, who happened to hear it next to him, made a rattling sound of laughter.

Shen Chaomu: "..." He became a grandma for some reason, and he felt a little complicated.

The bloated Bread Dragon moved slowly away again.

This ship is the exclusive small combat ship of the hunter outpost. Although it is not big, the special metal can even withstand several hits by the furious dragon whale. The ship also has weapons against strange beasts on both sides of the water, from □□ To the spear that rotates rapidly like a drill, it can instantly penetrate into the enemy's body, severely wounding or directly crushing it.

Although the ice-breaking ability is very insufficient, it is agile enough for sea operations.

They had just finished their lunch at the market two hours ago when they received a warning from the outpost:

A fisherman fainted on the coast yesterday, only to wake up in the hospital today, describing the horrific scene:

Countless rotting sailors with half of their bones turned into bones stretched out their hands in a certain direction with fanaticism.

This was obviously caused by a strange beast, and the star police gave all the authority of this sea area to the outpost.

Originally, for a beast of this level, the outpost would call for help from the hunter dispatch center—just like when they were attacked by a large group of skeleton merfolk before.But Shen Chaomu and his group happened to be here, so they were transferred here urgently.

Song Qianqian and Li Jianchun went too far away, and they didn't come back for a while.

It's not just their tactical ship here, but seven or eight other ships are following behind them, setting off snow-white foam on the black sea surface, with four or five small aircraft overhead.

There are not many hunters at the outpost, and more than half of them have been dispatched this time.

The combat ship had just loaded some supplies on the pier. Apart from the various canned foods that were always on hand, it also loaded several kinds of fresh seafood.

Long Shiyu stood still in front of the seafood cabin, and secretly opened a corner of the cabin door to look inside.

Shen Chaomu also followed him: "Why, do you want to eat?"

"Ah."

"Eat it, no one will tell you." Shen Chaomu pointed to the other end of the nail plate, "There is a ready-made barbecue machine over there, and I will help you get the hunter badge to activate it."

So Long Shiyu was very happy, and took a large net next to him to catch a lot of seafood in the live cabin, put them in a black plastic bag, and followed Shen Chaomu to the other end.

He said: "I thought that you would not be given food during the mission."

Shen Chaomu replied as he walked: "Someone has been monitoring the surroundings in real time, and they haven't reached the scope of the mission now, so it doesn't matter. However, it was true that they were not given for a while before." He suddenly seemed to remember something, "I have Didn’t tell you a story about an inspector? It’s the old man who tried to check our morals. He should be working in Beien now.”

"No." Long Shiyu looked like he wanted to hear the story.

The clothes on him were too heavy, and he still moved slowly like a bun.

Shen Chaomu didn't know what was wrong with him, and suddenly chatted with Long Shiyu about these things.Obviously a month or two ago, he hadn't even mentioned the past with Long Shiyu at all——

This made him feel a little subtle, but he still said: "At that time, I just joined the association, and that guy just took office..."

A few years ago, an inspector was appointed in the association.

That old man is a lackey of formalism, trying to strictly enforce the discipline of the hunters, trying to cultivate the good morals of the group of killers, and establish a glorious image of the association among the people. The original words are "Now many people think that we hunters are very informal. The verses are pretty rough and wild, so it’s time to change things up and tell them that we’re actually tough and soft and grateful.”

At that time, he requested that all hunters belonging to the headquarters submit a report every week, a report called "The Week of the Wise Man".

The specific content of the report is to write down the good people and good deeds that the hunters do every day, and then play these short stories in turn every day in the lobby of the general meeting and on the holographic screen next to the room where the dragon whale is kept.

So he became a legend in the association.

"During that time," Shen Chaomu said, "in fact, he was still somewhat useful. To be honest, the hunters of the Association have never been so united since then. The only time Bai Yiyi and I agreed in our life was at that time , we all thought he was an idiot."

Long Shiyu laughed suddenly, white air came out of his mouth, and his eyes were crooked.

Shen Chaomu continued: "When I first joined the association, because there was a Shen family behind me, naturally many people paid attention to me."

"They admire you very much." Long Shiyu said, a fish in the plastic bag in his hand jumped.

"Not really, at that time most of them thought that I could come directly because of my family."

"Oh." Long Shiyu said, "then they are also big fools."

Shen Chaomu smiled: "But if you ask Yang Zhiming or Lu Shanhuai, the first time they know me is because of that inspector."

"why?"

"Because I went to the uninhabited land of Planet Mande not long after I joined the association."

No Man's Land on Mander Planet is, literally, No Man's Land.Except for crooked-neck trees, tumbleweeds, and the khaki dry and cracked ground, there are all strange beasts there.

Mander is not very dangerous.However, Shen Chaomu, who was a newcomer at the time, dared to go there, which caused an uproar in the association—everyone was waiting for him to come back in embarrassment.

As a result, he came back a week later and successfully brought back the spoils: the complete body of a man-eating griffin.

The big griffin was handed over to Fang Qing, the leader of the scientific research team at the time. Fang Qing was so happy that he danced and studied for several days all night.

In the end, he didn't research any potion, but made a new type of poison - of course, this is all a later story.

All in all, this incident alone is enough to make Shen Chaomu famous again.

And when he came back, he handed over the "Wise Week of the Wise".

The other old hunters didn't bother with this stuff at all, ignored it and called it "a week of mental retardation".Novice hunters should be more honest, most of them scratched their heads and made up some composition for primary school students.

Shen Chaomu handed in a well-organized report, so after being known, he said that he just wanted to please the inspector.

Until they saw it, the holographic screen in the hall began to play in a loop:

"On January 1, the grandmother of Fuyishou passed the crooked neck tree."

"On January 1, Grandma Yishou helped me cross the crooked neck tree."

"On January 1, Grandpa Fuyi Beast crossed the volcano."

"On January 1, Grandpa Alien Beast helped me cross the volcano."

"..."

The inspector was so angry that his seven orifices were filled with smoke.

Shen Chaomu didn't take it seriously at all, and he didn't respond to the criticism. On the contrary, the inspector became more and more angry, and finally he was so angry that he resigned and came to Beien to retire.

This is how Shen Chaomu's legendary journey in the Hunter Association officially started. With his awe-inspiring talent, he soon became known to everyone.

"So," Shen Chaomu finally concluded, "if you hear a hunter call you a 'wise man', he must be scolding you."

Long Shiyu couldn't help laughing after hearing this story.Shen Chaomu took the plastic bag from him, and unlocked the barbecue grill on the rear deck of the combat ship——

The grid-shaped iron frame automatically bounced down, and a small charcoal fire basin protruded from the wall. After a few abnormal noises, blue-red flames burst out.

There is a fully automatic seafood processing machine next to it. Shen Chaomu poured the seafood into it. In less than ten seconds, all the shellfish were cleaned, and the scales of the fish were removed and cut into thin slices.

Beien's shells are particularly plump and tender, and the outpost purchases are of the highest quality, each piece of shellfish is at least half the size of a palm.Long Shiyu started to put them on the grill one by one, poured hot oil on the shells and sprinkled shallots and minced garlic, and soon the aroma slowly wafted out.

The smaller fish are not sliced, but cut with a flower knife on the body, which is convenient for tasting.At this time, they made a crackling sound when they were put on the fish, and the flesh of the fish turned white and firm at a speed visible to the naked eye. When eating, the spines were soft and could be swallowed together with the meat.

All kinds of porridge at sea are also very popular among sailors. If you stand on the deck and drink hot porridge when the ship breaks through the ice in the cold wind, you will feel that the world is warming up.Especially the Beien chili porridge is more warming - it is the devil chili that once made Long Shiyu so spicy that it spit fire.

So there was a pot of steaming porridge next to the grill, and Long Shiyu put down several pieces of extremely elastic big fish meat, served with a few small shells, a few female crabs with paste, and dozens of polar fish. Big prawns, turn up the heat, and soon there will be a pot of delicious raw seafood porridge.

The fragrance was strong, and soon Fang Qing and Lu Shanhuai on the deck were attracted.

It's like opening a pack of snacks in the classroom and being naturally attracted to students.

The last person got a bowl of porridge and a few big shells, Lu Shanhuai sighed while eating, "Sister-in-law is so virtuous."

"That's right." Fang Qing took a few mouthfuls of porridge, "It's a pity who, who, Yang Zhiming is still adjusting the diving equipment."

Lu Shanhuai sneaked another bowl of porridge: "Let's eat it secretly without telling him, of course we have to enjoy such delicious food."

Shen Chaomu smiled: "You are like this, don't be afraid that he will adjust the wrong value of your oxygen tube, and you will really become a seafood."

"Don't judge a gentleman's belly with a villain's heart." Lu Shanhuai took another big shell, "It feels really good to eat and drink at public expense."

"That's not true." Fang Qing answered, "We will work hard for them."

After seven or eight minutes, the seafood was finished, and the combat ship approached the mission area.

The current situation is uncertain. They did not immediately approach the islands mentioned by the old fishermen, but stopped at the outer circle with a radius of five kilometers from the islands, preparing for a dive at a depth of 500 meters.

The time was calculated just right, they came here just when the tide was at its lowest.

Shen Chaomu said, "Get ready to go into the water."

The wind from the glacier was extremely cold, and the hunters on each ship had already started preparing one after another. Shen Chaomu was about to change his diving equipment when he suddenly remembered something.

He turned around and said to Long Shiyu, "You must not run around."

"En." Long Shiyu looked sincere.

Shen Chaomu was relieved.