The Fish I Catch Can Level Up

Chapter 268: Poseidon, Set Sail!

They didn't stay long at the hospital. Zhang Wei had only swallowed a few mouthfuls of seawater. After the hospital check-up, they prescribed some disinfectant medicine, and he was discharged.

As for the other rescued woman, named Shu Zichen, she had to stay in the hospital temporarily.

Her family, upon learning that Jiang Luoluo was Chu Mingcheng's girlfriend, immediately cooled their enthusiasm by two notches, leaving only simple gratitude and politeness.

Of course, before they arrived at the hospital, Shu Zichen had repeatedly apologized to Zhang Wei. Although it wasn't intentional, she was the one who had pulled him into the water.

Regarding this incident, Zhang Wei himself had very complicated feelings.

It was purely an unforeseen disaster for him. Although Shu Zichen looked nice, and her pale face now made her seem fragile and elicited protectiveness, this time his mood was complicated, without the slightest inclination to take the opportunity to hit on her.

Say Forgive her? In that situation, if it weren't for Chu Mingcheng, whose swimming skills were exceptional, he would have truly died with her.

Say, don't forgive her? They had both been saved, after all!

Therefore, although he appeared cheerful on the surface, deep down, he just wanted to stay far away from this unlucky woman and hoped never to encounter her again.

Of course, Shu Zichen's survival this time, despite the near-death experience, was due to seizing that slim chance of survival by mistake. It could only be said that her fate wasn't sealed yet.If she had grabbed someone else, or if she had been swept away alone, it was uncertain whether Chu Mingcheng would have saved her.

Foraging during a typhoon was irresponsible towards one's own life. What did her life or death have to do with him?

He dared to bring Chen Yang and Zhang Wei because he had the confidence to do so; otherwise, he wouldn't have done it.

After leaving the hospital and dropping Zhang Wei and Chen Yang off at home, the atmosphere in the car, now with only the two of them, immediately became unusually silent.

Chu Mingcheng felt a headache coming on. He hadn't wanted to tell Jiang Luoluo about the foraging precisely because he was afraid she would worry.

Now, in this situation, it was clear her anger hadn't subsided.

Back home, he started trying all sorts of ways to coax and amuse her.

Jiang Luoluo watched her boyfriend acting foolish and cute, feeling both amused and angry.

But she had made up her mind this time. At least until her dance video shoot was over, she wasn't going to acknowledge him, to make him remember this lesson.

Lest he rely on his abilities and engage in all sorts of risky behaviors.

Chu Mingcheng keenly sensed her attitude and decisively unleashed his ultimate move, scooping her up and running into the room.

Just an hour later, the angry curses and screams from the room turned into whimpering pleas for mercy.

Chu Mingcheng smiled smugly. Scolding someone? Who couldn't do that?

After the typhoon passed, Jiang Luoluo successfully filmed five videos in two days.

With a team, things like makeup and styling didn't require her personal attention, significantly boosting efficiency.

Chu Mingcheng hadn't been idle these two days either, successfully obtaining the high seas fishing permit.

Whether he would go to the high seas for now was still undecided. As long as the catch in the exclusive economic zone was sufficient, he certainly wouldn't travel that far.

However, there were several famous fish species in the high seas that he would definitely go for eventually.

With the permit secured, Chu Mingcheng spent his time assisting Jiang Luoluo's team.

The Ford Raptor's large space made it convenient for her to change clothes outdoors.

After the video shoot ended, Jiang Luoluo packed the clothes she needed for the sea trip. On the morning of August 4th, at ten o'clock, she followed Chu Mingcheng to the pier.

Mimi and her family were also brought along. From now on, they would be the overlords of the sea.

Chu Mingcheng decided to train them into cats that dared to catch fish in the water. After all, cats can swim; they just dislike water.

Their cat beds and other items were placed in the living room. The Poseidon was large enough for them to expend their excess energy.

Plus, scratching posts were brought along, so there was no need to worry about them destroying the furniture.

As for refueling, it was different from the small pier.

One option was to drive to the refueling pier. The other was to go directly alongside the oil tanker parked on the pier's sea surface.

This year's oil prices had dropped significantly. Diesel was currently priced at 7.27 yuan per liter. Filling the four-thousand-liter tank cost twenty-nine thousand yuan.

Compared to last year's price of over thirty-two thousand, it saved three thousand yuan.

With the saved three thousand yuan, Chu Mingcheng bought some drinking water, rice, noodles, rice vermicelli, various vegetables and meats, and five large boxes of snacks and fruits.

He prepared about a week's worth of food, spending the three thousand yuan completely.

Next, fishing for tuna required a large amount of bait.

Live bait was difficult to buy in large quantities. Generally, people going out for tuna used frozen sardines, mackerel, and small squid.

Among these, mackerel had the highest cost-effectiveness, followed by small squid. As for sardines, the price was slightly higher than the first two.

There are many types of sardines. Some cost tens of yuan per jin, while others are priced similarly to mackerel.

Chu Mingcheng currently only bought one thousand jin of East China Sea mackerel and two hundred jin of East China Sea small squid.

Mackerel cost eight yuan per jin, so one thousand jin was eight thousand. Small squid were priced similarly at ten yuan per jin. This meant the bait cost alone was ten thousand yuan.

Sardines were more expensive, so he didn't buy any.

Although sardines were better at attracting tuna, he had his cheat system and could somewhat compensate for that.

Once his level was higher, as long as it was bait, regardless of quality, tuna would take the hook.

There's a type of sardine in the north whose price is relatively cheap, similar to mackerel, but the sardines here in Xiamen are more expensive.

Domestically, bluefin tuna only appear in the East China Sea and near Nansha, with a higher probability in the East China Sea.

Large tuna also have a higher encounter rate in the East China Sea.

Tuna have a characteristic: they only eat familiar food and are very wary of unfamiliar food, likely not eating it.

So, to fish for tuna in the South China Sea, you need to use bait from the waters where the tuna are active.

For East China Sea tuna, you naturally need East China Sea bait; Yellow Sea sardines from the north are useless.

Also, Chu Mingcheng prepared so much bait mainly because large tuna mostly operate in deep water.

A large amount of bait is needed to lure them over. The spectacle of him hunting tuna in Dongsha before is something you might not encounter even once a year at sea.

Unless you encounter schools of fish like mackerel or sardines on the sea surface, you basically won't see tuna breaching.

Twelve hundred jin of bait—Chu Mingcheng made a call, and the bait shop owner delivered it personally.

Jiang Luoluo was currently taking clothes out of the suitcase and hanging them in the wardrobe one by one.

After arranging everything inside, she pulled out a large drawer at the bottom and put the suitcase inside.

Boats at sea inevitably encounter bad weather. Putting the suitcase outside could easily lead to it bumping around with the boat's rocking.

Therefore, this was considered during the renovation. The inside of this large drawer was specifically lined with soft sponge.

Chu Mingcheng was currently moving the purchased ingredients, rice, and other items from the pickup truck to the boat's kitchen.

There were also large barrels of mineral water; he bought ten this time.

Chu Mingcheng opened the lowest level of the counter and placed the water barrels inside one by one.

As for water for showering, unlike before, he didn't need to specifically add it at the pier.

The boat had a desalination machine, providing fresh water anytime. Therefore, when the fuel tank was expanded, the water tank's capacity was actually compressed.

Just as Chu Mingcheng was finishing his preparations, the frozen mackerel bait and small squid finally arrived.

One box was one hundred jin. There were only twelve boxes in total.

Chu Mingcheng, in the deliveryman's stunned gaze, picked up two boxes and walked onto the boat. The helping hand he extended froze mid-air.

Their business was quite good. Usually, when delivering, it took two anglers on the boat to carry one box up. This was the first time he'd seen someone so fierce, easily carrying two boxes at once.

In just a short while, all the bait was moved into the refrigerated hold.

The bait was packed in these foam boxes. Placed in the refrigerated hold and stacked in a corner, they didn't take up much space.

If it wasn't enough this time, he could buy more next time.

After moving the bait, Chu Mingcheng thought for a moment about what else he hadn't prepared.

Fishing rods, diving gear, and other equipment had already been moved onto the boat. On the left side of the aft deck, there were also two rows of deep-sea crab cages, ten in total, secured with packing straps. Beside them were several deep-sea shrimp pots.

These were also prepared in the last two days, naturally intended for catching crabs and shrimp that liked to operate in the deep sea.

The boat had a crane with a maximum pulling force of three tons. Basically, unless it was a whale, anything in the sea could be pulled up.

Confirming nothing was missed, Chu Mingcheng boarded the boat, went to the pilothouse, started the Poseidon, and warmed up the engine.

Once it was warmed up enough, he pressed the horn button.

A sharp whistle sounded. Jiang Luoluo, who was in the kitchen taking ingredients out of boxes, looked up, a smile touching her lips.

Poseidon, officially setting sail!

Chu Mingcheng stood at the helm, backing the boat out of the berth, then came alongside the oil tanker to let it fill his boat up.

With the fuel topped off, Chu Mingcheng steered the boat away from the pier.

About ten minutes later, with no other boats on the sea surface, he set the navigation route to Crescent Moon Island.

Several months had passed; he didn't know how the little sea lions were doing.

If they were still there, he'd bring them along to help him find schools of fish.

If they had left, Chu Mingcheng wouldn't feel too regretful either.

There are many intelligent creatures in the ocean. As long as they could understand his words, he could train them into capable assistants.

After all, the fish finder's range is limited; these marine creatures can search much farther.

About half an hour later, Jiang Luoluo finally finished organizing everything. She came to the pilothouse and sat down in her co-pilot seat.

Most fishing boats only have one chair at the helm, but Chu Mingcheng, considering she would often accompany him out to sea, specifically had the shipyard add another chair.

"Where are we going this time? The fishing grounds in the East China Sea, or east of Treasure Island?" Jiang Luoluo asked, tucking a loose strand of hair behind her ear.

"Let's go to that Crescent Moon Island first. We'll see if Little Black and the others are still there. If they are, I plan to bring them along. They're great at finding fish."

"Uh, several months have passed; they're probably adults by now! Three sea lions eat two hundred and forty jin of fish a day, almost equivalent to a large tuna. Are you sure you want to bring them?"

"What's the big deal? We'll just let them hunt for themselves, maybe feed them a little extra."

Chu Mingcheng had long planned for the sea lions' voracious appetites.

Simply raising them was definitely unaffordable, but having them cooperate in finding fish schools and hunting was a different story.