Chapter 763 Jerk (1/2)

Chapter 763: Jerk

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The rocks were getting older and older, so they couldn't withstand the pressure and broke!

Li Du had been observing the process and witnessed a small volcanic eruption.

It was a bit of an exaggeration to say that water vapor erupting from the ground was much worse than volcanic eruptions, but the two were essentially the same, and Li Du was right to think so.

A strong stream of steam pushed away from the broken rocks and burst out like lightning.

The steam stream itself was very hot, and it was well known that the highest temperature of water at atmospheric pressure was 100 degrees Celsius and above that, it became water vapor.

However, the pressure on the ocean floor was strong, and these subsurface steam flows had previously accumulated in the rock formations, causing more pressure and temperatures higher than 100 degrees Celsius.

The moment the steam hit the water, the water instantly boiled. Li Du was shocked to see that the water vapor could be more than 200 degrees Celsius.

The water traveled at a rapid rate, impeding the steam's flow.

There were fishermen around the cracks, and the steam was coming right at them. Each of them escaped, but they were all extremely uncomfortable, and they twisted in the water as they swam desperately to the surface. Li Du thought it was a funny scene.

This mass exodus included the first person to reach out and touch a black gold abalone. However, the fisherman did not manage to avoid the steam and was burned.

Li Du watched these people wriggle as they were scalded. He thought of the mudfish he caught as a child. When it was thrown into the hot sun, it reacted the same way the fishermen were.

The crowd left, and Li Du slowly dove down and caught the black gold abalone in his hand without needing to use any effort to pry it off.

The black gold abalone had been hit by the steam. The heat caused the abalone's foot to contract, making the abalone easy to harvest.

Coming out of the water with the black gold abalone, he heard a series of screams and curses.

”F**k! F**k! It's killing me!”

”Show me! D*mn! D*mn! Look at my a**, did it burn my skin?”

”Who has ointment for burned skin? For god's sake, give me the ointment. My arm is burned!”

Sophie swam up and grabbed Li Du in a hurry. ”How are you, Li? Oh my god, what happened? Are you all right?”

”I'm fine, don't worry,” Li Du comforted her. ”I swam in the back, so I didn't get burned by the steam.”

The black gold abalone fishermen in the area were scalded, though the burns were not very severe. As was the case with Li Du last time when he had burned his skin, they couldn't go into the water for the rest of the day.

No one followed Li Du, and they sailed away to get treatment for their burns.

But there was still a rival here, the sea woman.

This Japanese woman was very strong, and her diving skill was superb. She quietly searched for black gold abalone in the sea. With a deep breath, she could stay underwater for a long time.