Chapter 2452 - Catching Dragon King Krill (1/2)

Chapter 2452: Catching Dragon King Krill

Translated by XephiZ

Edited by Aelryinth

“How did you know?” Hua Yuezhu was confused.

Zhang Xiaohou smiled, but he did not explain to Hua Yuezhu.

They obviously were not going to go to bed so early. Zhang Xiaohou asked Hua Yuezhu to stay in the room, and left through the back door.

They did not have any reliable leads, and could only collect as much information as they could. He was waiting for Tian Cheng and Tan Feng to report back to him before deciding on their next step.

The information the military had on the Dragon King Ants clearly stated these creatures liked to live close to islands and the land. They did not even have to consider searching the deeper ocean for their nests.

“General, we detected lots of Dragon King Krill around the peninsula, but they seem to have come from other places. Their nests aren’t here,” Tian Cheng said.

Tan Feng shared his findings from the factory. “The factories are rather special. First of all, they are not manufacturing any products with their salt. They have stored all the salt in the factories. Many workers are processing the salt into blocks at night!”

“What are they really up to?” Zhang Xiaohou was even more curious.

Zhang Xiaohou decided to visit the factory Tan Feng had investigated while it was still dark.

The factory was brightly lit, as many people were still working in it. The old man did mention most people were working night shifts in the factories.

“Why are they tossing the salt crystals into the sea?” Zhang Xiaohou observed carefully.

The workers were throwing the salt they had received from the salt farmers into the sea. Their actions made no sense at all. Why would they throw the salt back into the sea after producing it?

“Someone is operating the machinery. I think that’s a crane!” Tian Feng said softly.

Two cranes appeared on the surface of the sea. Thick steel cables were tied to the cranes, their other ends submerged in the water.

The cranes were loud and efficient. The surface of the sea started splashing.

Something was soon dragged out of the water. It was a closely-fit wire net. The salt-heavy water was pouring out of the net as it was dragged out of the sea.

However, a portion of the water looked strange. It was trapped in the wire net’s tiny holes, and was being dragged ashore.

Zhang Xiaohou and his men were stunned.

Are they catching seawater?

Hang on, they were catching the Dragon King Krill!

They were aware of the Dragon King Krill’s existence in the sea and knew the creatures liked salt, so they had collected a huge amount of salt produced by the salt farmers and spread it into a certain area.

They were basically throwing bait into the sea and catching all the fish with a net when they reached a certain number!

The water that was wriggling in the wire net was hundreds of Dragon King Krill!

“The wire net is made of Scorched Silver, a special substance that the Dragon King Krill cannot bite through. The residents on this peninsula are more familiar with the Dragon King Krill than the military is!” Tian Cheng blurted out in surprise.

Scorched Silver was one of the rare substances that the Dragon King Krill could not devour. Only the top scholars working for the military knew about it. No one had expected these isolated villages to know such a rare piece of information.

Furthermore, judging from their devices and how adept they were at catching the Dragon King Krill, they were obviously more familiar with the special species than the military!

True masters were indeed found among ordinary folks.