118 The Huge Ghost Hair Jellyfish (1/2)

After resting for half an hour so the electric eel could recover its strength, Chen Fan glanced at the ghost jellyfish head hanging on the pike. Having heard that it was as poisonous as the Australian box jellyfish, Chen Fan felt that he had better be careful and not let the electric eel touch it.

He controlled the eel to use the pike it was holding to first carefully pierce a few holes on the surface of the jellyfish's umbrella-shaped body and let the egg white-colored fluid that was inside, flow out. Like most other jellyfishes, the body of the ghost hair jellyfish was made up of mostly fluid and two mesoderms; one on the inside and one outside. Therefore, it didn't require much effort to take out the poison sac.

After waiting for the jellyfish's umbrella-shaped body to completely dry up from using electromagnetic induction, the electric eel then used the pike to tease the thick, greasy mesoderm. It found the grayish-green, half-meter wide poison sac, and hooked it out carefully with the pike.

It was a watery, jelly-like ball with a smooth surface, similar to an elastic rubber ball filled with water. However, Chen Fan was a little troubled over how to handle the poison sac. He couldn't possibly let the electric eel bring it along.

After hesitating for a few seconds, Chen Fan controlled the eel to the nearby sediment and dug a one-meter deep hole. Thereafter, it used the pike which still had the jellyfish mesoderm on it to push the poison sac into the hole before filling it up again.

Phew! Chen Fan heaved a sigh of relief. Then, he settled the electric eel down before retrieving his thoughts to his own body.

Shortly after lunch, Chen Fan received a call from Xia Qingqing, informing him that the various systems of the ship had been tested, and he could get someone to drive it away. The crewmen with whom Wang Bing sourced from the major labor markets and intermediary companies had signed a one-year contract and submitted their records to the maritime bureau.

With the help of Zhongtian Shipyard's sales and public relations officer, the large 12,000-ton bulk cargo carrier was finally in Chen Fan's name after he completed all the registration procedures. Chen Fan fitted the ship with the necessary navigation equipment before dialing Ma Rongtao's number again.

Ma Rongtao did not decline when he received Chen Fan's call but quickly helped him link up an order for coal transportation to Australia. After expressing his gratitude, Chen Fan hung up the phone. He decided that he would prepare an expensive gift for Ma Rongtao during the next festive occasion. Reciprocity was a traditional virtue of the Chinese, and also a good bridge of communication between people.

After linking up the deal, Chen Fan got Wang Bing onto the cargo ship to be in charge of the route to Australia even though it was beyond his ability. He had no other choice since Yiteng Yun and Yu Lin were still out at sea, and Zhang Lele and her accounting classmate were in charge of financial matters. Chen Fan couldn't find anyone who he could trust, so he would only let Wang Bing bite the bullet.

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”It has been five months!” Looking at the painting-like lake outside the window, Chen Fan exclaimed as he breathed in the fresh air. After moving around for a while, Chen Fan shifted his thoughts onto the electric eel again. For the past few days, the eel dove into the deep sea no less than ten times and only caught two small jellyfishes with a diameter of four meters and five meters respectively.

Diving into the sea at 2,500 meters deep at one go, the electric eel took another breath before embarking on its hunting journey with enthusiasm. After the previous three experiences of successful hunting, Chen Fan had somehow figured out the ghost hair jellyfish's activity patterns. The ghost hair jellyfish mainly fed on deep sea plankton and fish seeds. He only needed to find where large groups of plankton gathered and then let the electric eel wait patiently nearby.

Needless to say, this also depended on luck. The electric eel was unable to stay too long in extremely deep seawater, so whether it was able to wait until the ghost hair jellyfish came for its food depended entirely on Chen Fan's luck.

Luck seemed to be on Chen Fan's side today. After moving around for seven to eight minutes at a depth of 2,300 meters, the eel found a school of white fish seeds. There was an enormous amount of these peanut-size fish seeds that stretched over a 500-meter long and 200 meter wide area. Clustered closely together, they numbered in the hundreds of millions, like sperm.

After finding the spot to sit and wait, the rest depended on heaven's will. Chen Fan controlled the eel to swim at a range of 100 meters around the fish seeds as it released low electric waves to sense the environment. After monitoring for more than ten minutes, there was no ghost hair jellyfish but only the many fish that wanted to get their share. Chen Fan couldn't be bothered with them and let these uninvited guests fight over the fish seeds.

After waiting for another five minutes, Chen Fan's heart suddenly beat faster! An enormous shadow suddenly appeared in the electromagnetic induction. Although he already had three experiences with catching ghost hair jellyfish, Chen Fan still couldn't help but feel excited. This ghost hair jellyfish's umbrella-shaped body alone was thirteen meters in diameter, and Chen Fan was unable to sense how long the numerous tentacles behind it were.

The discharge that the eel transmitted to the ghost hair jellyfish was only 110 volts, which didn't alert it at all. The jellyfish swam quickly to the center of the fish seeds before spreading out the greasy mesoderm above its tentacles, wrapping the numerous ”fillings” like a dumpling.

”God bless me!” Chen Fan prayed in silence before controlling the eel to go near the ghost hair jellyfish. The jellyfish's tentacles were around ninety meters long, dancing wantonly like a fan being used by a white-haired girl.

When the electric eel was one hundred meters away from the ghost hair jellyfish, the jellyfish, which was in the center of the fish seeds, probably discovered the terrifying huge creature. Its greasy mesoderm stopped contracting and its numerous white tentacles pointed to the front, like numerous fingers looking at the electric eel.

At that moment, the electric eel also stopped moving. The jellyfish's greasy mesoderm resistance to electricity was too high. It had to be ripped through by the pike first before it could be dealt with a fatal blow.