Chapter 94 – Speculation (1/2)

Translated by Sunyancai

In the morning, Shao Xuan saw Lang Ga running towards him breathlessly as soon as he went outside the door.

“Ah-Xuan, quick! Come to the riverside, now!”

Lang Ga was red-faced, perhaps he had done a lot of work, or perhaps he was just too excited.

“What’s wrong?” Shao Xuan was curious.

“The fish fences! The fish fences!” Lang Ga said no more, but came and dragged Shao Xuan, running towards the river.

Early in the morning today, when the day was still a little dim, Lang Ga came to the riverside to check on those fish fences. Judging from his experiences in the past few year, he knew that there would be huge tides last night, and he thought that there was a slight chance that the fish fences could trap something inside. Because for the last two days, people’s hearts were so calm, so he did not disturb Shao Xuan. Today, as he couldn’t wait to check on the fish fences, he found that there were a lot of aquatic organisms inside!

There were piranhas with giant heads, but there was more; creatures that they had never seen in the past.

Lang Ga was so excited, that he immediately checked on every fish fence along the river. Later, he called on some patrolling warriors to help him slaughter the few fishes that almost got away from the fish fences, and they decided to leave the others fishes in the fish fences as they were. Because he had been excited for quite a long time, all his attention was fixed on the things in the trap. Only then did Lang Ga think about Shao Xuan, so he quickly ran to Shao Xuan’s place to call him over

Last night, the water rose again, and the river became as quiet as before, as if the abyss of 2 days before was just a dream.

When Shao Xuan finally came to the riverside, there were already a lot of people surrounding the fish fences. Some of them were patrolling warriors, and some of them were just residents in the mountain foot area. Kids from the orphan cave also came by to see the wonder.

People all had curiosity, and they liked to watch the hustle and bustle as well. In the meantime, people realized that many good things could be captured once they build something similar in the right time of the year.

When Shao Xuan came by, he noticed a one-meter-long mussel, pried open already, and left on the ground.

“I came across that thing in the morning, almost let it get away. Luckily, it was not fast.” Lang Ga chuckled, “That thing had real tight shells, and I went through a lot of trouble to open it up.”

Lang Ga pushed away those people standing in front of them, and pointed at one fish fence while explaining to Shao Xuan excitedly: “Look, Ah-Xuan! There are so many creatures inside! Some of them have never been seen before!”

Shao Xuan jumped up to the top of a stone pillar and glanced inside.

There were creatures in every fish fence, and most of them were piranhas. They were all brought by the giant waves.

Lang Ga had no interest for those giant-headed piranhas, and he only kept two of them as a gesture. After talking with Shao Xuan, he decided to distribute all the remaining piranhas to the kids and other residents in the mountain foot district. Lang Ga was in no lack of such food after all, and he did not care for the meat with low energy value. Shao Xuan was in the same situation.

Lang Ga used the long spears to poke out the piranhas inside the fish fence. For every stab, he would pull out one piranha and toss it to the other side.

All the onlookers had merely come to check if those big headed fish had returned. If they did, people could finally prepare to do the fishing for the coming days. Unexpectedly, they had gained some food for just coming here. Seeing that Lang Ga was pulling those piranhas out, they all came forward to collect them.

There was no water in the fish fences, and many of the fish had died due to struggle. The blood that Lang Ga caused when forking those fish out, made the fish’ combat even more fierce.

Shao Xuan saw a lot of fish of various shapes. Some had long and narrow eyes, some had flat bodies like the manta rays, and some were like pufferfish, which could stuff themselves with air and push all the other fishes to the corners.

Shao Xuan even saw shrimps and crabs in the fish fence. However, they were not the same shrimps and crabs as those in Shao Xuan’s previous life. Compared with the other fishes, they were not so large. Indeed, if there were larger shrimps and crabs, they would not have been trapped by this simple fish fence. Even if they came here last night, they wouldn’t even have seen their shadows.

“How’s this one? I think it’s edible.”

“Hey, this one is nice! Looks ferocious! We can play with it even if it’s not edible!”

“Check on that fish, it changes color once you poke at it!”

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