63 Unforgivable (1/2)

”Haha, they dare to fight with us with that lousy boat! Haha!” The man standing in the middle of the deck laughed, showing all the yellow teeth in his mouth. He was 1.6 meters tall with abstract facial features.

”Haha! This one-week old boat is just amazing. The high-pressure hydraulic pump is as powerful as a cannon. With this boat, now we can fight it out with the fisheries administration ship if we see it again!” The ugly-looking men whose average height was no more than 1.65 meters were all full of themselves.

”Alright, alright. The fly has been chased away, and we can cast the net in peace now.” Reeking of a fishy smell, the captain went toward the control room. ”The fishes are fattening up during this period. Let's cast a few more nets and fetch a good price when we get back.”

”Brothers, let's get to work!” the vice-captain shouted and then ran toward the mechanical winch. Thump! The vice-captain seemed to have poor eyesight. The high-pressure hydraulic pump had made half the deck wet, and he slipped and fell when he stepped on it!

This eighty-meter long tugboat was operated by using a long machine net which caught the fish in the deep sea. The two steel cables, which were as thick as arms, pulled the fish net, which by itself weighed a few tons. It looked like a deep sea monster that would swallow any living creature that appeared in front of it.

”Vice-captain, the fishes in the Paracel Islands are really in abundance. Just one net here is more than what we can catch with ten nets back home,” said the twenty-five-year-old man beside the winch, as he looked at the fish net with yearning eyes.

”This is the reason we make our way here to the Paracel Islands so brazenly! What we have back home is just a filthy drain!” The vice-captain spat out his stinking saliva and continued, ”It's a compliment to call it a filthy drain. At least there are countless numbers of maggots in a filthy drain.” Just as the two men digressed from the topic of the sea to women's breasts, they suddenly heard a droning sound. The two steel cables were shaking violently as if bitten by a monster, making swishing sounds in the surrounding air.

”Ahh! Did we hit some rock?” The whole fishing boat was shaking from the intense pulling force and everyone on it looked terrified. Could this ship which cost over 15 million RMB be so unfortunate as to be damaged on its virgin trip?

”No, no...” The man beside the vice-captain shouted, ”Vice-captain, look, we've caught something big!”

”Oh my goodness!!” The vice-captain opened his eyes big. ”We're really in luck this time, this thing definitely weighs dozens of tons!” The steel cables shook violently, letting out nerve-wracking grinding sounds at its connecting points with the hull!

”Quick, start the winch!” The vice-captain hit the man who was still in a daze before pressing the button frantically.

The big thing that had been caught by the fishermen's net was none other than Chen Fan's electric eel avatar. As it had a GPS placed on its front claws, Chen Fan did not have the eel release its current in order to sense its surroundings while he was asleep, thus leading to this tragedy.

”Damn, what happened?” Chen Fan was awakened by a strong sense of being restrained, which conveyed to him clearly that the eel was in danger! Chen Fan immediately shifted his thoughts onto the eel, and he saw that the eel's body was entwined by a mess of fish net. The fish net was tightening fast and pulling the eel upward.