Night’s Nomenclature Chapter 404: Aquaman
The color of the Barents Sea looks like an endless black abyss on a cloudy day.
No one can know what lies beneath their own ship.
There may be buried treasures full of gold coins from the 16th to 19th centuries, or there may be something unknown.
This is the reason why people are afraid of the deep sea...you have no idea what is under the sea.
But Yangyang knows.
Although the girl can only sense the position 300 meters under the sea, it is enough for the industry of crab fishermen.
Qingchen was thinking that if Yangyang got tired of the fighting in the world one day and came to this place to be a captain, he might become a crab captain who ruled the Bering Sea and the Barents Sea.
Looking at the ports all over the world, there is no one that can fight.
Yangyang looked at Qingchen and whispered: "Actually, there is a life detector that detects a range of 300 meters in the outer world, but everyone just wants to fight around, and they don't think it will be possible to bring this thing to the outer world. What's so useful...it's not that it's useless, it's just that it's not as useful as other technologies."
Qingchen understands what Yangyang means. If the crab fishing boat carries a life detector, the king crabs on the seabed will be in dire straits...
Wherever there is a crab farm and where there are crab swarms, you just need to use a life detector to take a look.
However, when humans pursue scientific and technological progress, they always put a little more emphasis on weapons. Even if the time walker comes back from the other world with technology, it will be the same.
At this time, Zhang Jian was almost driving the Arctic to the sea area Yangyang mentioned.
In fact, Yangyang couldn’t figure out which direction it was pointing. Now her facial sense perception was still affected by the force field, so she was still a road idiot.
Fortunately, Yangyang told Qingchen the place he passed by a few minutes ago, and Qingchen determined the location of the crab farm.
"Wait, don't drive that way yet," Qingchen frowned.
"What's wrong," Old John asked doubtfully.
He searched the surroundings with his eyes, and then handed the telescope to Old John: "There are ships following us from a distance. Let's go in circles with them first, and don't lead them to the place where we are going to release the cage."
Old John was stunned for a moment. He had the final say on the deck. If the new sailor wanted to seize power, it would be a very serious matter.
But when he saw the Alps in the telescope, he still called Zhang Jian: "Zhang, let's go around in circles with the Alps."
Old John looked at Qingchen in surprise. The Alpine was like a small white dot in the distance. The boy didn't use a telescope just now. How did he discover the Alpine?
Moreover, Qingchen sounded as if he was very sure that where they were going, there were really countless king crabs.
This crabbing trip was a bit tense. The Long Tail, Killer Whale, and Alpine seemed to be faintly surrounding the Arctic.
This eye-catching posture made Old John feel a little uneasy.
Qingchen asked: "What will happen if there is a conflict between crab fishing boats at sea?"
Old John said with a serious face: "Someone will sneak into the sea and cut the ropes on other people's floats, causing all your crab pots to sink to the bottom of the sea."
Qingchen was stunned for a moment: "That's it?"
Old John said: "They all have a lot of diving suits on board, but in order to save money, Zhang Jian didn't prepare even one on the Arctic."
This means that they have no chance to fight back.
However, after Old John finished speaking, he noticed a clearly relaxed look on Qingchen's face.
To be honest, Qingchen thought everyone would fight at sea, if they just went to the sea to cut floats...
It's almost interesting.
Cutting the float is actually a very destructive method, which can cause heavy losses to a crab fishing boat. This has happened several times in the Barents Sea, or a certain captain slept with another captain's wife. Or maybe the crabbers in the port are preparing to reshuffle their cards.
Qingchen looked far into the distance at the edge of the sea: "Let's go to our destination, the Alpine has left."
Old John looked in that direction, his eyes widened, but saw nothing: "Why didn't I see anything?"
Qingchen gave him a strange look: "Of course I can't see him since he's gone."
These words almost made Old John angry!
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As the hull of the boat shook, Old John directed Yangyang to hang the herring bait into the crab pots, and then directed Qingchen and Niedep to throw the eight crab pots into the sea one by one.
Nidepu stared closely at Qingchen, as if he was afraid that the young man opposite would be lazy when he threw himself into the crab pot.
After all, it was a 680-pound crab pot. After Old John used a crane to place the crab pot on the launch platform at the edge of the deck, two people needed to hang the floating rope and then work together to push it down.
If one person is lazy at this time, the physical exertion of the other person will be very large.
However, Nedep feels strange that he seems to be much less energetic than before...
Could it be that the crab pots rented by Zhang Jian were of poor quality, so they were light in weight?
Ni Depu glanced at Qingchen and secretly lifted the crab pot alone... without moving it.
One pound is approximately equal to 0.45 kilograms. If you don’t count carefully, a crab pot weighs about 610 kilograms. This is not something that ordinary people can lift. Otherwise, why would a crane be used on a crab fishing boat...
However, during this moment of distraction, a huge wave came from ahead. Nedep was pushed backwards by the wave and stepped on the rope reel.
The crab pot quickly sank to the bottom of the sea, and the rope that flew away in circles was about to wrap around Nedep's ankle.
Old John shouted: "Cut the rope!"
However, what is surprising is that Qingchen did not do this, and did not even pull out the dagger from his work clothes.
Old John was anxious. He knew how serious the consequences would be if the crew did not do what he said.
If Nedep was dragged into the sea, he would not survive. In just over ten seconds, the huge pressure on the seabed would kill him.
However, another wave came.
When the waves were about to hit the deck, Old John clearly saw Qingchen holding the rope with one hand.
The falling crab pot was also stopped suddenly!
He was stunned for a moment and held the rope with his bare hands? !
Before Old John could react to what was going on, the waves had already hit everyone, making it difficult to see clearly what was going on.
When the waves flowed back into the sea along the deck, Old John held on to the crane and looked in the direction of Nedep for the first time.
I saw Nedep sitting on the deck, with Yangyang standing beside him.
At that moment, Qingchen pulled the rope for a moment, making Nedep's ankles that were originally tightly wrapped loosen a little.
Yangyang took this opportunity to pull Nedup out, and the two's perfect tacit cooperation saved Nedip's life.
But it was all covered up by the waves.
Old John looked at Qingchen again. He was not pulling the rope in his hand, as if everything that had just happened was an illusion.
"What's going on?" Old John asked doubtfully.
Needep said tremblingly: "I don't know either. I thought I was going to fall into the sea, but I was pulled out by this girl in time."
In fact, when the second wave came over, Nedep himself didn’t know what happened.
Everything happened too fast, and the waves blocked everyone's view.
Old John glanced at Qingchen hesitantly. Even if there was buoyancy in the sea water, the crab pot should not be able to be held by a normal person with one hand. How much strength would it take? If you slap someone in the face with this kind of power, you might be able to kill them directly.
Old John was not sure whether Qingchen held the rope or not, or maybe Yangyang moved faster.
He was filled with doubts.
Old John turned to look at Nedep: "You don't want your life?! Do you know that you can't be distracted on a crab fishing boat? Do you think crab fishermen make money so easily?"
Crab fishing is one of the most dangerous professions in the world, second only to mercenaries in the Middle East.
The dangers are that the operating temperature is too low, the working hours are too long, and the waves are too large in winter.
Low temperatures can make crew members unresponsive, long working hours can also make people tired, and even the world's top e-sports players will make frequent mistakes if they don't sleep for 20 hours in a row.
In this environment, facing the worst weather in the world, one can die at any time.
In the port, more and more sailors leave due to injuries every year. After the crab fishing season, they keep killing people and losing a few legs and arms, as if the money is not reliable.
Old John was silent for a moment and asked Qingchen: "Why didn't you cut the rope immediately?"
Qingchen said: "Zhang Jian said that if a crab pot is lost, it will be worth a thousand euros, and the person who rented it will have to pay compensation to the person who rented it. Zhang Jian is so poor, and it must be very distressing to lose a crab pot."
Old John said coldly: "It's common to lose crab pots in the Barents Sea. Sometimes in stormy weather, the sailors can't throw the grappling hook properly and cut the balloon float. Five or six crab pots can be lost in one night. A crab pot. Crab pots are very expensive, but human life is more expensive."
Qingchen smiled and said: "Okay, I understand, I will cut the rope immediately next time."
Old John picked up the wired phone on the deck: "Captain, the ship is sailing, let's move to the next place."
Zhang Jian asked: "The waves just now were too big, are you okay?"
Old John said: "It's okay."
Everyone’s work clothes were patted by the sea water. Although this thing is waterproof, it is inevitable that sea water will pour in through the collar.
However, this is nothing to the crab fishermen.
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The crab boat is sailing, and the crew members are sitting in the cabin eating sandwiches.
As Nideep ate, he felt like he would fall asleep at any moment. He was already close to the limit of what his body could bear.
Another thing that surprised Old John happened. After Qingchen and Yangyang finished their sandwiches with tired expressions, they ran back to the deck and sat down, watching the waves rolling on the sea.
At a certain moment, Old John felt that this sandwich was like a prop in a game. After eating it, the crab fisher could resurrect with full blood...
"Do you think you can encounter the stormy weather you want this time when you go to sea?" Yangyang asked.
Qingchen smiled: "No one can say for sure. This life-and-death challenge for the knights all depends on luck. Thirty-meter waves can only be met but not expected. Just let it happen."
"Then if you can't wait this time, you will wait in Amsterdam?" Yangyang asked curiously.
"Well," Qingchen thought for a while and said: "The next time I travel, I may encounter very dangerous things, so I must improve my strength."
According to Qing's Shadow's plan, the next time Qing Mu is exchanged with the Gods, it is very likely that it will not be in the city.
The Age of Gods will definitely choose a relatively neutral place, and there is a high probability that it will be in Forbidden Land No. 065, 410 kilometers northeast of City No. 10.
It is not suitable for the army to enter on a large scale, and the most important thing is that No. 065 has a known rule: the deal reached cannot be broken.
Everyone who takes advantage of others after trading here and goes back on their word will die for violating the rules.
So, there is even a production base turned into a small town outside the forbidden land No. 065. Many wilderness people and federal people conduct transactions here. After the transaction, they agreed with each other to leave from the east and west directions to avoid blackmail. Eat black.
It must be said that human beings can always make full use of nature from various angles.
Qingchen heard about the small town outside the Forbidden Land No. 065 on Weibo hot searches in the outside world. It is called the New Longmen Inn in the other world...
Although it seemed safe to trade Qingmu there, Qingchen always felt that something was wrong.
After all, it is a wilderness and a forbidden place, and danger is always present.
Six hours later, Old John stood in front of the crane with a cigarette in his mouth and said in a vague voice: "Qing, you throw the hook and we will pull up the eight pathfinding cages that were previously launched!"
Zhang Jian held the steering wheel tightly with both hands in the cab, and he didn't know whether it was sweat or sea water in his hands.
If the crab swarm cannot be found in the pathfinder cage this time, it means that he needs to continue to the next place and consume more fuel.
Qingchen hit the float again.
When the rope of the crane was tightened, Old John immediately noticed the situation: "It's in stock!"
This is the intuition of an old sailor. You only need to look at the speed of the crane to pull up the crab pot, and you will know whether there is a king crab in the crab pot.
At this time, Old John also became nervous. He looked at the end of the crane. The straight rope was continuously pulling the crab pot up.
When the crab pot appeared on the water, Old John was stunned.
The cage full of king crabs was densely packed. Nedep looked at it blankly. He swore that he had never seen anyone put so many king crabs in one cage in his life.
Qingchen looked back at Old John: "Crane!"
Old John came to his senses and quickly controlled the crane to hang the crab pot directly above the deck.
Qingchen untied the rope at the bottom of the crab pot, and countless king crabs fell down.
"Quickly count how many there are?!" Old John said impatiently.
Qingchen glanced at it: "132."
Old John was stunned. He ran to the wired phone in his bulky work clothes: "Boss, we found the golden crab farm!"
Zhang Jian in the cab was stunned, golden crab farm? !
This is such an ancient name.
Legend has it that there is only one crab farm in the Barents Sea that can hold 120 king crabs in one cage, and it is worthy of being called a golden crab farm!
Old John yelled into the phone: "You're getting rich, do you hear that? You're getting rich!"
After speaking, Old John directed the crew on the deck: "Get the caliper and see how many unqualified young crabs there are!"
Qingchen happily measured with a caliper, throwing the qualified ones into the warehouse, and throwing the unqualified ones into the sea. Among the 132 king crabs, only 6 were unqualified.
This is a real golden crab farm!
At this moment, the way Old John looked at Yangyang had changed. He was now very sure that this young man and woman from China must know the legendary magic!
The other party said that it was just an excuse to say that they liked this place. They must have really found crabs on the bottom of the sea to guide the crab fishing boat back here.
How else could such a coincidence happen? !
Also, if this girl is so magical, then it must not have been an illusion when he just saw Qingchen holding the rope of descent with one hand!
Thinking of this, Old John's eyes changed when he looked at Qingchen...
However, before he could think about anything else, there was a red and black crab boat approaching quickly from the distance.
"Long Tail!" Old John's face immediately darkened: "No, quickly throw all the king crabs into the warehouse and pretend that you haven't caught anything."
This is a golden crab farm that can produce 132 crabs per cage. Other crab fishing boats must not let it know.
Otherwise, the Killer Whale, Long Tail, and Alpine will definitely come to carve up the king crabs here.
Seeing the Long Tail approaching quickly, Old John stood on the deck with a nonchalant expression.
More than ten meters away, a middle-aged white man on the deck of the Long Tail looked at the empty crab pots of the Arctic and laughed loudly: "Old John, is the Arctic going to have no harvest again this year? How about you?" Come to my boat now and I’ll set up a sampan for you.”
Old John shouted angrily: "When I went out to sea to catch crabs, you were bullied into a slug in school. Get out of here and stay away from my pathfinder cage. Don't let you bring bad luck to me." Us!"
The middle-aged white man looked at the Arctic carefully again, then waved his hand towards the rear, signaling the helmsman to sail away.
Before the Long Tail sailed far away, the middle-aged man said to the sailor behind him: "Attention! The Arctic has found the crab farm!"
A sailor said strangely: "Their crab pots are empty."
The middle-aged man sneered: "Didn't you notice that the crab pot has been hoisted to the middle of the deck? It was clearly a cage of king crabs that had just been unloaded. In addition, didn't you see how nervous Old John was? There was no movement on the deck. Before, he would have jumped up and wanted to send my mother away! Use the radio to tell Fenr and Craig that there must be a crab farm under the Arctic!"
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On the Arctic, after Old John waited for the Long Tail to leave, he happily directed the crew to pull up the remaining pathfinder cage.
The second cage, 113 animals.
The third cage, 119 animals.
The fourth cage, 127 animals...
No cage is empty.
Old John said happily: "Right here, we put down 80 crab pots, each one 400 feet apart!"
At this time, he did not realize that his poor acting skills did not deceive the captain of the Long Tail at all, and the Orca and Alpine were also on the way.
Qingchen asked Yangyang in a low voice: "How many crabs are there down there?"
Yangyang felt it silently, wanting to directly report an accurate number like Qingchen, that would look very powerful.
But after counting for a long time, she couldn't figure it out, so she simply replied: "A lot."
Qingchen: "...Does this answer take a long time to think about?"
Yangyang said calmly: "I'm a little tired."
Qingchen didn’t dwell on this detail. He turned to look at Old John: “Let’s put down all the crab pots. I don’t think the Long Tail will leave so easily. What if they come back to do something else? It's a prank, I'm afraid it will affect the Arctic's income."
Old John was about to retort, but he realized something was wrong between Qingchen and Yangyang, so he thought for a moment and asked, "Do you think I didn't deceive them just now?"
Qingchen said seriously: "The performance component is too obvious, the body language is a little stiff, and the language expression is not rich enough..."
Old John was stunned for a moment, why are you commenting on this? It makes you look like a professional actor.
Before he could make a decision, Qingchen actually picked up the phone on the deck and said to Zhang Jian: "Zhang Jian, drive in a circle at a speed of 15 knots, we are going to drop all the crab pots here! ”
Zhang Jian was stunned for a moment: "What did Old John say?"
Old John was silent for a long time: "Do as he said."
After hanging up the phone, Old John took a deep look at Qingchen. I don’t know when this rookie sailor, who had been laughed at by everyone in the port, was going to become the backbone of the Arctic.
The Arctic started slowly.
Normally, crab fishermen will cast their net widely, throwing 30 crab pots here, and then leave and put another 30 crab pots a few sea miles away. After all, the number of king crabs in the same place is limited.
After dropping the crab pot, go for a walk elsewhere and come back eight hours later to pick up the crab pot.
But it’s different now. They knew clearly that there was a golden crab farm down there, so they threw all the crab pots down and refused to leave!
Qingchen’s plan is very simple. He feels that the Long Tail will definitely leave and come back, so they have to guard it here!
This is their golden crab farm!
At night.
The deck of the Arctic was brightly lit, and everyone was sitting in the cabin, waiting for the time to pull up all the crab pots to see what the harvest would be like.
Only Qingchen and Yangyang were still standing on the deck, no matter how the ship shook, they remained standing.
The Arctic has dropped anchor~IndoMTL.com~ Zhang Jian had a rare opportunity to sit in the cabin and eat something peacefully.
He silently looked at the backs of the young man and woman on the deck. It was not until today that he realized that these two people... might have something wrong.
Old John secretly told him many things while he was eating. As a result, Zhang Jian's expression changed when he looked at the two of them.
Who would have thought that these two rookie sailors, who had been laughed at for two days at the port, would actually lead them to the golden crab farm? !
Moreover, Old John said that Qingchen held the falling crab pot with one hand... This was a bit unbelievable, and Zhang Jian was still doubtful at this time.
But just as he was looking at the backs of the two of them, Qingchen suddenly turned around and said, "Here we come."
Zhang Jian put down the dinner plate in his hand, walked to the deck and looked outside: "I didn't see the lighthouse on the ship, John, is there any movement on the radar?"
Old John responded: "No."
Qingchen said: "That person should have turned off the lights and radar before approaching. The person who came here is not evil."
Zhang Jian became nervous.
Then, he saw Qingchen standing on the deck in the biting cold wind, taking off his heavy work clothes, leaving only a pair of swimsuit shorts underneath.
"You...what are you going to do?" Zhang Jian was stunned. The other party had already put on a swimsuit inside? !
The next moment, Qingchen jumped into the cold water without wearing a diving suit or an oxygen bottle.
In an instant, Zhang Jian felt like he was watching the DC movie "Aquaman!"
Zhang Jian stammered and looked at Yangyang: "He...him!"
Yangyang smiled in the dark night: "Don't worry, he's fine."
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A 6,000-word chapter, updated with 12,000 words today, I finally paid off what I owed from the past few days... I breathed a sigh of relief.