Chapter 407: Great Harvest
The seabed is vast and the mud and sea water are not clearly distinguished. It seems as if they were kneaded into a ball, and looks hazy.
Under the light, many grayish-white tiny particles are floating in the sea water, which look like dust on the seabed or some tiny biological debris.
There are very few living creatures visible to the naked eye, and most of it is dead silence.
More than ten meters ahead on the seabed, there is a slightly flat dark brown stone.
This stone is about one meter long and seems to have been lying on the seabed for a long time. Its surface is uneven and full of potholes, with a lot of mud and sand attached to it. A small part of the stone is embedded in the mud and sand.
"That's not a stone." Sarah smiled. " Captain , don't underestimate the camouflage ability of these sea creatures, especially weak creatures like pearl oysters."
The evolutionary path of organisms is full of wonders.
Some creatures have evolved powerful fangs and sharp claws, and have climbed to the top of the food chain with their terrifying fighting power.
Some creatures have evolved higher intelligence and can also stand at the top of the food chain with their powerful creativity.
And some creatures...
For example, this piece in front of you looks like a stone, but it is actually a pearl oyster that has grown for more than ten years.
They do not have great strength and their IQ is not high enough. On the road of evolution, most of the abilities they acquired are about camouflage and life-saving.
After Sarah's suggestion, Su Xia put on the life-sensing glasses.
"It really is a pearl oyster."
He looked around, and the whole world suddenly became different.
Before putting on the glasses, the underwater world around me was cold and dead, without a trace of life, as if it was a forgotten corner of the world.
After putting it on, Su Xia saw countless spots of light representing life.
In the mud on the seabed below the submarine, there are many small lives hidden, some of which look like insects, some are crab-shaped, and some are flat fish.
Marine creatures are also floating in the dark and hazy sea water around.
The entire underwater world has changed its appearance, and it is now a scene full of vitality and all things are competing to flourish!
More than ten meters ahead, the flat stone that looks like a black reef has a clam-like shape in the world displayed by the life perception glasses.
"Use the fishing system directly?" Su Xia asked.
"Yes."
Sarah smiled slightly, "Captain, you can let me control the capture, or you can do it yourself. It's your choice."
Su Xia didn't think much about it: "You go ahead, I haven't practiced it before, I'm afraid it will escape from my hands."
"OK."
Sarah waved her hand lightly, and there was a buzzing sound. The whole submarine shook, as if a certain module was activated.
At the same time, a picture appeared on the display screen in front of Su Xia's left.
In the picture, there is a three-dimensional composition of the entire submarine.
It can be seen that a hatch was opened at the bottom of the submarine, and two gray-white .
Under Sarah's control, the two robotic arms slowly moved forward, like the big hands of a steel giant, gradually becoming longer and approaching the stone-like pearl oyster in front little by little.
At this moment, the pearl oyster seemed to sense something and actually moved!
"brush--"
It suddenly broke away from the mud and sand where it was hiding, and the water surged, stirring up a cloud of gray seabed dust, making the sea water in the area ahead turbid, as if to interfere with the enemy's vision.
Then, the upper and lower shells opened and closed, stirring up a stream of water, and using this reaction force to propel itself away.
This was the first time Su Xia saw a clam swimming.
The black pearl oyster in front, with its upper and lower shells stretched out like a big open mouth, one high and one low, opening and closing, the scene of its escape is very funny.
Although it was a bit funny, its running speed was not slow at all. Every time it sprayed out sea water, it could run more than ten meters away.
Moreover, it is close to the seabed, and the seawater it sprays can stir up the mud on the seabed, making the area in front more turbid and almost invisible.
“Gurgle…”
Some sea creatures hiding in the mud and sand were disturbed by him and also joined the fleeing army.
You can see a black and brown underwater worm, about one meter long, quickly passing by and swimming towards the distance on the left, escaping from this area.
Several other flat-bodied sea fish escaped, fleeing in different directions in the gray, turbid water.
The seabed becomes increasingly turbid due to the stirring of various organisms.
"It's about to run away." Su Xia reminded.
"Don't worry, Captain. We won't let it escape."
Sarah smiled slightly, controlled the submarine, and moved slowly forward, following the big pearl oyster at a leisurely pace.
Under the submarine, two robotic arms, like the wrists of the god of death, moved closer and closer.
The giant sea clam did try its best and tried every possible way to escape, but in the face of modern technology, everything was in vain. In the end, it could not escape the clutches of the submarine and was firmly controlled by two mechanical arms, unable to break free.
"It's not easy to watch it either. Let it go after taking the pearl." Su Xia said, "After taking the pearl, it shouldn't die, right?"
"No, Captain, you have to believe in the vitality of Zerg creatures."
Conventional cultured sea or river clams will die after the pearls are removed.
Because it is very troublesome to get pearls without killing the clams, and ordinary workers do not have the patience, they basically kill the clams to get the pearls. The remaining clam meat is mostly made into feed and eaten, and the clam shells are also ground into feed or polished into handicrafts and decorations.
Below, two robotic arms slowly returned, carrying the sea clam back into the submarine's cabin.
The hatch was then sealed and the seawater was drained out.
"Captain, you can go get the pearl now," Sarah said with a smile.
"Okay, I'll go take a look."
Su Xia stood up from her chair, bent over, and went to the small cabin where the pearl oysters were caught.
The cabin was at the rear of the submarine. The space was not very large, and the upper hatch was on the floor at Su Xia's level.
“Buzz——”
A crack appeared in the floor, and the door of the cabin below slowly opened to the left and right, and a damp ocean scent blew in.
Su Xia, who was standing on top, narrowed her eyes and saw the pearl oyster with bumpy surface through the narrow hatch.
At this moment, the big clam has been firmly controlled by more than a dozen small mechanical closing devices in the cabin. It cannot move at all, like fish on a chopping board, at the mercy of others.
[Phantom Blue Sea Clam: The shame of the Zerg, one of the weakest Zerg creatures, with almost no combat ability]
[Due to its talent for absorbing psychic energy, this creature is often hunted by other Zerg as a supplement]
A prompt popped up in front of Su Xia's eyes. It was the phantom blue sea clam that specialized in producing aquamarine pearls, a very famous shame of the Zerg in the starry sky.
[This clam has lived for fourteen years and contains seven aquamarine pearls of different sizes]
Fourteen years later, it is considered an old clam. No wonder it can grow to more than one meter in length.
At this moment, although the old clam could not move, gurgling water flowed out from the cracks in its shell, as if it was crying, as if begging Su Xia to spare it.
In a trance, Su Xia actually felt a strange spiritual fluctuation.
"I see. No wonder it's so weak in combat. It's actually a spiritual creature!"
The spiritual fluctuations that this old clam conveyed to Su Xia included sadness, grief, and a desire for life.
Although it cannot speak human language, it can express its meaning exactly.
Su Xia couldn't help but sigh: "It's really a spirit!"
Sarah's illusory body stood beside him and chuckled, "According to records, this kind of pearl oyster does have a special spiritual ability that can cause slight interference to the enemy."
"Is it just mild?" Su Xia asked.
“It’s not strong enough at the moment.”
Sarah explained, "It is said that some sea clams that are hundreds of years old can create extremely powerful mental disturbances that can even cause hallucinations in people."
According to the information, some crew members experienced hallucinations while fishing for these clams.
From their description, we can learn that in their hallucinations, they saw the clam slowly opening, and inside the shell there was a woman with a sad and beautiful look.
The moment they saw the woman, they felt so pity and compassion that they couldn't help but let many clams go.
"Clam Fairy?" Su Xia was stunned and inexplicably thought of a folk legend.
Could it be that there are also such clams on Earth?
On Earth, there are many rumors about the clam fairy, not only in China but also abroad.
Su Xia wanted to see what the clam fairy looked like, but unfortunately this clam only had a life span of more than ten years , so it was very difficult for it to transmit a spiritual wave, and it was impossible to create a real illusion.
"I guess this is one of the ways this species escapes." Su Xia realized.
Since this kind of clam shell can cause such a disturbance to humans, it is natural that it can also cause similar disturbances to other predators.
At this time, Su Xia received the second mental fluctuation.
The spiritual fluctuations conveyed by this old clam indicated that he was willing to give all the pearls he produced to Su Xia as long as Su Xia could spare his life.
"Don't worry, I never wanted to kill you." Su Xia comforted him, "I have a kind heart. I have never killed even an ant in my life. My hands are clean and have never been stained with blood. I am not a bloodthirsty person."
After feeling Su Xia's kindness, the old clam also released a kind spiritual wave.
Su Xia nodded slightly, and then said to Sarah: "Let go of control."
"OK."
Sarah waved her hand gently, and with a few buzzing sounds, the more than ten robotic arms slowly retracted and no longer controlled the old clam's movements.
Then, the old clam's body trembled slightly.
It still seemed a little scared, but it fulfilled its promise. The upper and lower shells slowly opened and closed, revealing the clam meat and seven aquamarine pearls inside.
The clam meat is dark red and very thin, as if several layers of fleshy membranes are attached to the inside of the clam shell.
The seven pearls are inside one of the layers of flesh membrane.
The old clam spit out lightly, and its body trembled, as if it took a few breaths. The pearls in the fleshy membrane seemed to be squeezed and pushed to the outermost layer little by little.
Then, there was a slight snapping sound.
The first pearl was squeezed out of the shell and fell on the floor of the cabin.
"There's no need to use a knife." Su Xia looked at it curiously. This insect sea clam was very different in structure from the common river clams, and it could actually squeeze out pearls by itself.
This also saved Su Xia a lot of trouble, as he just had to watch the old clam's actions.
A gray-white alloy mechanical arm slowly moved forward, gently picked up the pearl, and slowly moved it up to Su Xia.
This pearl is cool to the touch and dark blue all over. It has soft ripples and sparkles in the light. It is dreamy, beautiful and moving, as if it embodies the depth and blue of the entire ocean.
"According to Andrew, this pearl should be worth about 600,000, which is quite good." Su Xia estimated.
Among the seven pearls, this one is only medium in size.
Then, the old clam spit out five more pearls in succession. The largest one was bigger than Su Xia’s fist and a circle larger than the largest pearl in Andrew’s collection.
Finally, only the smallest one was left.
The old clam sent out another mental wave, indicating that he wanted to leave a psychic pearl as a source of energy for himself.
These pearls are actually crystal blocks of psychic energy. If it spits them all out, it will be in a weak state for a long time and will be easily killed by other predators.
In fact, it originally planned to spit out all the pearls to save its life, but it found that Su Xia was easier to talk to, so it carefully begged to keep one.
"Okay, stay."
Seeing that the only piece left was the smallest one and was not worth much, Su Xia waved his hand.
Afterwards, the old clam expressed its desire to return to the sea.
Now that the pearls have been given away, it is of no use anymore and it just wants to find a place to continue hiding.
Su Xia didn't make things difficult for it. She asked Sarah to open the hatch and let the old clam out.
“Have a nice journey.”
Su Xia returned to her seat at the front of the submarine.
Under his gaze, the old clam's upper and lower shells opened and closed, and the two shells were like a pair of wings, carrying the old clam away quickly.
Some people say that shells are butterflies in the sea, and this is true.
"Captain, are you satisfied with your harvest?" Sarah asked him with a smile.
“Very satisfied!”
The total value of the six pearls Su Xia got was over five million, which was a big harvest.
This speed of making money is really shocking, even picking up money is not that fast.
Of course, this was also because Su Xia was lucky. As soon as he entered the seabed, he saw such an old clam that was more than ten years old.
"These pearls cannot be sold." Su Xia carefully put away the six pearls. "I need to improve my strength now. These psychic pearls can be used to extract enough psychic potions."
Su Xia has many opponents, such as Mercer, who he defeated not long ago.
He knew very well that he would be no match for Mercer in a head-on battle. Mercer simply underestimated his enemy last time, and he would not be so lucky next time.
"You have to keep your life firmly in your own hands. You can't rely on luck every time." Su Xia deeply understood this truth.
You know, Mercer is just one of the high-ranking members of the Mechanical Clan. The real powerful opponent is the legendary Overlord.
It is rumored that the master may have surpassed the category of level six creatures. He is like a high black wall, pressing heavily on the hearts of every member of the resistance, making it difficult for them to breathe.
"Captain, do you have any method of refining it?" Sarah asked.
"Yes, I have a psychic filter."
Su Xia has two psychic filters in his hand, one of which is called [Alienation Filter], which is a three-no product, the same as the one that used Zerg glands to extract psychic energy.
The other one is obtained in the mission [Buried in Hell], called [New Psychic Filter].
This filter can not only extract the psychic energy of the Zerg, but also can extract it from other organisms or objects containing psychic energy. Moreover, it is not a three-no product and is certified by the Orlok Company.
Su Xia planned to throw the alienation filter in the corner of the warehouse to collect dust, and use the new filter in the future.
"These pearls are not enough!" Su Xia said seriously, "Let's go on and fish for as many as we can!"
He wanted to get enough psychic potions at the bottom of the sea, then quietly become stronger and shock everyone!
