Chapter 43: The Great Demon
At the pier, hundreds of fishing boats were huddled together, like fish scales spreading out from the shore.
In the middle of the night, no one was out on the boat.
Looking up, there was no moon, no stars.
Today the sky is darker than usual. It is a cloudy day. The air is also much more humid and unusually cold.
Liang Qu could only pray that it wouldn't rain before he came back.
It's windy and rainy, it's windy and rainy. When it rains, the wind is often strong, and when the wind is strong, the waves are big, so the boat is easy to capsize. If no one is watching when it goes into the water, it is easy to drift away.
There is no anchor on the sampan. When launching the sampan, a large stone with a rope tied to it is used to secure the hull. It is useful, but not very useful.
There is no other way. I have to go to Liangqu even though it rains. The Baoyu is right in front of me, I have to go.
Of all the precious fishes that we have seen so far, most are much stronger than ordinary fishes. They swim very fast and can even tear fishing nets if they are left to struggle. It is difficult to catch them just by being immobile or fat catfish.
The wind was not very strong, the water waves pushed up ripples, and the fishing boats on the pier collided with each other, making a dull sound.
Stepping on the bows of one boat after another, Liang Qu leaped onto his own small sampan. The whole sampan sank suddenly, creating huge waves.
"A Shui, why are you going fishing now?" Lin Songbao's voice came from the shore, but it was too dark and no one could be seen.
"If we don't catch fish, we won't be able to make ends meet."
"Can't afford to eat? Then why don't you come to my house for dinner? It's going to rain tonight, so it's better not to go out on the boat."
"No need for that. The bigger the storm, the more expensive the fish!"
"Then be careful."
"it is good!"
Liang Qu untied the hemp rope, picked up the punt, rowed the boat away from the surrounding fishing boats, came to the open lake, and quickly changed to oars to row towards the destination.
The treasure fish discovered this time was not near the lotus root waters, but in an area of water that had never been visited before.
It took Liang Qu more than half an hour to arrive. The oars hit the water and the pig dragon was unable to move and surfaced. The "fists" on its head collided with its own pincers, making a crackling sound.
There was no change in the fist, but the body that could not move changed rapidly. Even though he was mentally prepared, Liang Qu was still surprised when he saw the body that could not move.
After just one day, the creature, which could not move, had grown from meters to nearly meters, a half-meter increase!
Unable to move, its initial length was less than two meters, and its weight was only about thirty kilograms, lighter than Liang Qu. Even a death roll could not be performed while riding on him.
The minimum weight now is 60 kilograms, almost doubled. Liang Qu suspected that the flesh energy left behind by the crab monster had not been completely digested and was definitely still playing a role. It could continue to grow even if it couldn't move.
The first time he met someone of this size, he couldn't move. If Liang Qu had been unable to subdue him, he would have died on the spot.
Everything happens by chance.
If it were not controlled, it would be difficult for the Taihua crocodile, as it could not move, to grow beyond the two-meter mark. Two meters and twenty-three was the limit of the species. It would have to either eat special elixirs or have other opportunities to grow into a monster.
I don’t know what the fat catfish looks like, but I’ll see after I catch it.
Liang Qu sank rocks to stabilize the boat, took off his clothes, picked up the fishing net and jumped into the water shirtless.
Late December is mid-winter. Even though Liang Qu had refined the water monkey Ze Ling and was naturally hydrophilic, he still felt cold. Ordinary people would shiver from the cold if they went into the water, and might even freeze to death if they stayed there any longer.
Fortunately, Liang Qu, whose degree of integration has been improved, can still adapt. Although he cannot move, due to his growth, he has a certain resistance to the cold. His activity has not increased nor weakened too much, and he maintains a slightly declining equilibrium state.
The man and two animals quickly found the fat catfish hiding in the mud.
The fat catfish grows even faster, with its body length exceeding three meters, reaching three meters and twelve meters, which is several times larger, and its weight definitely exceeds 100 kilograms.
However, it did not seem to adapt to its own growth, and the depth of its burrowing into the mud and sand was the same as usual, with its entire green back exposed, without any camouflage. Not to mention that Liang Qu could easily find it with the help of the mental link, any other fish would do!
Smarter, but not as smart.
Liang Qu patted the fat catfish on the back. It didn't realize anything was wrong and happily pointed in the direction of the treasure fish.
I'll teach this child slowly later.
Swimming forward silently for a few meters, Liang Qu sensed that the precious fish Ah Fei mentioned was a red blood bass, which was particularly large, weighing about seven or eight kilograms.
Red blood bass and tiger grouper should be the most common species of treasure fish in the shallow waters near Shangrao Pier?
Liang Qu rubbed his hands, and without the help of the fat catfish and the immobile fish, he approached the treasure fish alone, stretched out his five fingers towards the red blood perch, and clenched them suddenly.
The red blood bass lying in the mud suddenly felt that the surroundings became extremely sticky, like hardened quagmire. It tried to struggle, but its movements were extremely slow. It could only watch helplessly as it was hooked in the gill cavity, pulled out of the mud, and stuffed into the scoop net.
Liang Qu screwed on a circle of the net, grabbed the red blood bass and swam it to the surface of the water. After returning to the sampan, he put it into the fish basket and covered it with a lid.
all the best.
It started to rain in the sky, and the raindrops shattered on the water, splashing a layer of mist.
Compared with water cooling, Liang Qu's hydrophilic nature made him more afraid of wind cold, so he simply did not wear any clothes and stuffed his cotton coat into the partition.
It was raining heavily and the waves were more than a foot high, almost hitting the sampan, and the whole boat was shaking violently.
Liang Qu took out a stone knife and quickly gutted the fish, taking out the bones and scraps to feed the three beasts.
The Unmovable and the fat catfish opened their mouths wide and ate their respective shares, leaving only the "fist" which used pliers to hold a fish intestine and sucked it bit by bit like eating wide noodles. It stood steadily on the Unmovable's head, not affected by the wind and waves at all.
The rain is getting heavier.
Looking around, there were bubbles of water colliding and breaking everywhere, and a thick cloud of water vapor appeared in every breath, as if there was no water coming out of Liangqu at all and it was still at the bottom of the water.
Even the rocks from the sunken ship could not hold it down, and the sampan drifted away in other directions little by little.
Liang Qu had originally wanted to practice underwater to improve his abilities after his fusion degree increased dramatically, but now it seems that his plan has completely failed.
"Don't move. Go back first. Help me keep an eye on my lotus root field and make sure no fish steal the food. Ah Fei, lead the way."
The two animals quickly disappeared after receiving the order, leaving only the fat catfish swimming towards the pier, with Liang Qu rowing desperately behind.
The heavy rain covered everything around, and Liang Qu could not tell which direction the pier was.
In his previous life, Liang Qu had watched a lot of wilderness survival live broadcasts by the great Bifang, but he had not learned all the skills and could only rely on the fat catfish to lead the way.
The rain flowed down Liang Qu's back, completely soaking his hair, and water droplets flowed down in strings on his chin.
Lightning flashed in the clouds and thunder rumbled dully.
Liang Qu rowed hard, and an inexplicable throbbing suddenly enveloped his heart. He wiped the water stains on his face, looked around blankly, and found nothing.
He asked Ah Fei in the mental link, but Ah Fei did not respond, as if the throbbing just now was an illusion.
The sky was as dark as ink, and the raindrops were so dense that they seemed to smash each other into pieces in the air. Occasionally, lightning would hit the ground straight away, briefly illuminating the sky.
Liang Qu became increasingly uneasy and dared not move.
A branch-shaped lightning flashed in the clouds, and there was a loud bang in my ears.
Liang Qu covered his ears, his pupils were split in two by the lightning.
An incredibly huge black shadow suddenly appeared, blocking the blue and white lightning, and the silver pupils dimmed again.
For a moment, Liang Qu suspected that he was hallucinating.
(End of this chapter)
