Chapter 735 Thief (1/2)

Chapter 735: Thief

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Li Du could swim well and had good skills in the water, which was one of the reasons he dared to go into the sea.

But to be on the safe side, he wore an active life jacket.

This life jacket was usually close-fitting on the body like tights. If there was danger, Li Du could open a valve in the front of the life jacket. There would be a chemical reaction inside causing the life jacket to inflate and float to the surface.

When he was ready, he put on his diving goggles and dove into the water. The feeling of coldness wrapped around him. After all, it was autumn in Australia, and the water was still cold.

He dove into the water and with the strength of his body forged by the little bug, he dove down to the bottom of the sea and found a gray and white reef. In the reef, he found a shiny looking abalone.

This was black gold abalone, which was not very ”black” at all. Its outer shell was actually very bright. It was called, ”rainbow in the water” by Maori people.

Abalone fishermen had special equipment, such as a scaled ruler on the arm of their diving suit, so that when they found an abalone, they could measure it with their arm.

Li Du put his arm across and measured it. Yes, he had not misjudged. The abalone was 14 centimeters long and was big enough to harvest.

However, it was difficult to harvest abalone because they moved so slowly that they had to resort to passive predation in order to get enough food.

This method of eating involved bringing their food to them through the sea's turbulent current so that they could open their mouth and enjoy the food gracefully.

It could be observed that abalone tended to live in places where the water was turbulent. So in order not avoid having the current sweep their food away, the abalone had to be attached to the reef with an absorption force greater than the current. A larger area of the sucker plate needed to be attached to the reef.

The abalone sucker was its foot, and the strength of its grip on the reef made it hard to remove.

Li Du drew the abalone prying tool from behind his back. It was a professional black gold abalone harvesting tool.

”I pry, pry, pry… Little thing, I'll definitely pry you up! Oh no, I'm suffocating…”

Li Du had to rise to the surface of the water to breathe immediately. Ah Meow, Ah Ow, and Crispy Noodles were excited and started meowing and howling when they saw him.

He waved his hand, and Ah Ow ran and jumped into the water. Ah Meow and Crispy Noodles looked at each other and sat together on shore with expressions clearly showing they were not willing to get into the water.

Ah Ow swam quickly to Li Du's side and happily licked his face with her tongue. She licked his head twice and started spitting into the water.

Obviously, the seawater was not tasty.

Li Du laughed. He took a deep breath again and dove into the water. He found the big abalone again. When he was about to continue, he was stunned. ”I just used all my might to pry part of it up, and now it is stuck on the rock again!”

He reached for the abalone and shook it as hard as he could but it did not move a bit. It stuck to the rock like it had been stuck there with super glue.

Li Du did not believe this. He held his breath and stuck a prying tool under its body to force it out, but he couldn't push the tool in at all so he couldn't leverage his strength there. The board would slide out even if he put just a little effort into it.

He could not hold his breath again, so he helplessly swam out of the water and said angrily, ”D*mn, this abalone is so difficult to pry out!”

Lu Guan hurriedly poured him a cup of hot cocoa and said, ”Boss, would you like to come up and have a rest? We'll discuss how we can get the abalone up easily.”

Li Du still had strength, but Lu Guan was right about discussing finding an easy way to separate the abalone from the stone. Otherwise, such a deep dive over and over was a waste of energy.