Chapter 399 - 393: Black Tiger Prawns

Yun Jiao: "Then I’ll just go by myself."

’She’d thought of that long ago.’

"Dad, you guys can just fish on the boat. Whatever you do, don’t go into the water. There are lots of big octopuses, poisonous jellyfish, and sharks around here."

The two men nodded, indicating they understood.

It was just a shame they couldn’t help Jiaojiao even though they were here.

Yun Jiao dove deep into the sea by herself, approaching the shipwreck.

Many items scattered around hadn’t been cleared yet. She would take everything she could carry.

Going back and forth was too much trouble, so Yun Jiao simply brought a large net down with her and spread it out around the shipwreck.

Then she placed all the items she collected onto the net.

After gathering everything near the shipwreck, she went to explore inside it.

Just as she entered, a sea snake shot out.

Yun Jiao didn’t notice it in time and was bitten. She swiftly grabbed the sea snake’s neck, and with a squeeze of her fingers, snapped its head off.

Looking down at her wound, she saw the blood that first trickled out was black.

After a few minutes, all the black blood had drained, and what followed was blood of a normal color.

The toxins had been automatically purged by her body.

Yun Jiao tossed the venomous snake aside. "It’s actually pretty dangerous in here."

First there was an electric eel, and now a sea snake.

’If a normal person had been in my shoes, they’d probably be a goner.’

’Getting bitten by this thing now would be a death sentence.’

She was much more careful after that. It was too dark inside the shipwreck, and the sea snakes weren’t large. A surprise attack from one hiding in a nook or cranny could easily be fatal without quick reflexes.

After dealing with five sea snakes in a row, Yun Jiao muttered to herself, wondering if she had stumbled into a snake nest.

She gathered scattered porcelain, bronze, and gold items into a sack, while larger things like chests were moved to a relatively open area, just as before.

Once the net was full, Yun Jiao pulled it closed and began swimming toward the surface, dragging a massive haul weighing at least 2,200 pounds.

Her small figure looked as tiny in front of the massive net as a grain of rice next to a large apple.

But her strength was immense, and she managed to haul the incredibly heavy net all the way up.

When she reached the surface, Yun Jiao spat out a mouthful of water.

"Dad, catch!"

’Phew... lugging all this stuff is still a bit tiring.’

She threw the net’s rope to her dad and uncle, and the two immediately coordinated to start pulling it up.

They used every ounce of their strength, their faces turning red from the effort.

"Jiaojiao, what on earth... how much did you pack in here? It’s so heavy!"

Yun Jiao chuckled. "I’ll go down and give it a push from below."

With that, she dove back into the sea and started pushing the contents of the net from underneath.

In the end, they only managed to pull it halfway up.

The two men decided to secure the net first and then start unloading its contents.

Naturally, Yun Jiao didn’t stay idle either.

The three of them spent over three hours moving items and pulling the net, until they had finally emptied it completely.

"My goodness, so much stuff. How big must that ship have been?"

"The two metal boats we brought won’t be able to hold all this, will they?"

Yun Jiao shook her head. "It won’t fit. We’ll just have to come back next time."

She lay on the deck of the metal boat, rubbing her stomach. "Dad, I’m hungry."

"I want some instant noodles."

All that work had been far more tiring for her than for the two adults.

It was a good thing she was strong and had great stamina; otherwise, she would have been completely exhausted by now.

Yun Linhai and Yun Linhe went to make some deluxe instant noodles for Yun Jiao.

They boiled several packets of instant noodles in a pot, adding shrimp, crab, fish slices, eggs...

Finally, they placed the large pot on a small folding table, and Yun Linhai handed each of them a bowl.

"Come on, everyone dig in."

They served themselves from the large pot, taking as much as they wanted.

Yun Jiao had a rather large appetite, eating one more bowl than even Yun Linhai.

Finally, she patted her full stomach contentedly, lay down on the deck, and started to fall asleep.

Yun Linhe picked her up.

"Your hair is still wet. Dry it before you go to sleep."

Yun Jiao gave a lazy "oh" in response, not wanting to move.

In the end, it was her uncle who dried her hair for her.

She slept for a while and woke up rather early the next day. She warmed up on the boat, practiced her basic dance exercises twice, and then went through a set of the broadcast calisthenics taught at school.

Warm-up complete.

She grabbed the net and jumped back into the sea...

Eight days passed like this, and Yun Jiao finally filled both metal boats to the brim.

The chests, stacked together, were quite a spectacular sight.

"How are we going to get all this stuff back?"

The two of them were worried. With so much treasure, they were afraid of running into people on the way back. If word got out, their search for the shipwreck would be impossible to keep secret.

With this much treasure and knowledge of the shipwreck’s location, their family wouldn’t know a day of peace if they were discovered.

Yun Jiao said, "Let’s just leave the stuff on the island for now."

The only problem was that it was difficult to dock at the island, so unloading everything might be a bit of a hassle.

’Once the island is legally mine, the first thing I’ll do is build a pier.’

The return trip took even longer than the journey out.

After finally reaching the island, they spent another whole day busily moving all the items ashore and finding a place to hide them.

It left all three of them breathless with exhaustion, especially Yun Linhai and Yun Linhe.

The two men hadn’t shaved in nearly a month. With their messy hair and scruffy beards, they both looked utterly haggard.

In stark contrast, Yun Jiao would dive into the sea and emerge refreshed and invigorated.

"Dad, don’t you two want to take a break?"

’You look like you’re fleeing a disaster.’

The two men shook their heads. "No, no, we’re almost home. Let’s just push through."

"Okay, then I’ll go catch some fish."

Returning with empty boats like this would be too suspicious.

Yun Jiao remembered the swarm of shrimp she had encountered near the large red coral. She wondered if they were still there.

’I’ll go take a look.’

Like a fish, Yun Jiao swam off, brimming with energy.

The two men watched her go, filled with emotion.

"The two of us combined aren’t as capable as Jiaojiao."

The two brothers yawned.

"This deep-sea stuff really isn’t for ordinary people. We’ve been out for less than a month and we’re already like this. Those guys who go out for several months must go stir-crazy."

Even though deep-sea vessels are large, the space you can move around in is still limited.

Staring at the vast, unchanging sea every day causes serious visual fatigue.

The longer you’re adrift at sea, the more you miss the feeling of solid ground under your feet, and the more you long for your hometown and family.

Perhaps the only time you feel any excitement is when you land a big catch.

Yun Linhai and Yun Linhe started cooking on the island.

Meanwhile, Yun Jiao had already reached the area with the red coral.

She searched around and didn’t find the school of white shrimp from before, but she got lucky and ran into some giant tiger prawns, also known as black tiger shrimp.

It was another swarm.

’Heh, my luck really is the best.’

Yun Jiao chased after them without hesitation.

These giant tiger prawns were huge, each one as big as an adult’s palm. Their meat was thick, plump, and delicious.

About ten minutes later, Yun Jiao had caught a netful of giant tiger prawns, weighing around 330 pounds.