The Fish I Catch Can Level Up-Chapter 173: The Ocean's Overlord Makes a Quick Getaway

The Fish I Catch Can Level Up-Chapter 173: The Ocean's Overlord Makes a Quick Getaway

This time, Chu Mingcheng decided to wait for a mahi-mahi, another species he had yet to hunt.
But neither he nor anyone on the boat noticed a massive shark speeding toward them from the distance.
It swam with its great mouth agape, sharp teeth clearly indicating immense biting power.
Just then, it spotted an unwary mahi-mahi, dove down, and clamped its jaws shut. With a few shakes of its head, the half-meter fish was torn to shreds and devoured.
But for a creature of its five-meter size, a single small mahi-mahi was hardly a snack.
This was the ocean's overlord—a ferocious adult great white shark.
At that moment, Chu Mingcheng finally found his prey: a large mahi-mahi over one and a half meters long.
He saw his chance and sent a spear, striking its vital point.
Blood immediately began drifting from the mahi-mahi's wound as it thrashed wildly.
The scent of blood and vibrations from the struggling fish immediately caught the great white's attention.
It was only two hundred meters away. Sensing the blood, it immediately changed direction and swam over at high speed.
Because the great white was below the school of fish, no one on the boat saw it, so no one pulled Chu Mingcheng's safety float to warn him.
By the time he spotted the great white, it was only twenty or thirty meters away.
The limited underwater visibility was the main reason the shark had gotten so close.
The great white's massive body and mouthful of sharp teeth were incredibly intimidating. To say Chu Mingcheng wasn't alarmed would be a lie.
But he had long been mentally prepared for encountering large sharks, so he was able to react rationally.
He knew the great white wasn't after him, but the mahi-mahi in his hands.
So he immediately let go, distancing himself from the fish, and quickly drew his electric prod. Kicking his fins rapidly, he faced the great white and swam toward the boat.
With no water resistance hampering him, his burst of speed was considerable, and he instantly put five meters between himself and the mahi-mahi. But the great white was almost upon him.
This distance wasn't safe enough, but with the mahi-mahi as bait, he should be safe.
If necessary, he would even cut the line to avoid having his speargun dragged away.
But then something surprising happened. The great white, which had accelerated toward the mahi-mahi and was about to bite, suddenly gave up and dove deep, fleeing.
From the looks of it, it was as if it had encountered something terrifying, leaving Chu Mingcheng bewildered.
What he didn't know was that a pod of orcas had been near the boat.
Great whites have an extremely sensitive sense of smell. They can detect the scent of orcas from a kilometer away and will immediately turn and flee.
The reason it had appeared was that the orcas had left earlier, and the school of fish had dispersed their scent.
The reason it suddenly fled now was that it had caught the scent of approaching orcas.
Of course, it wasn't the lingering, dissipating scent that scared it off, but a pod of orcas swimming toward them from within a kilometer of the boat.
One could only say that the ocean's overlord made a quick getaway. Any later, and its liver would have been gone.
The people on the boat hadn't caught many fish today, so, being relatively idle, they were the first to spot the pod of orcas approaching from the distance.
They also hadn't noticed that the humpback whales had already eaten their fill and left.
Underwater, Chu Mingcheng was baffled, but unable to figure it out for the moment, he went back to retrieve the fish and bring it to the boat.
Since a great white had appeared, it was no longer safe for him to continue spearfishing. He was forced to suspend his hunting activities.
But as he reached the surface, Chu Mingcheng saw the approaching orcas and it all clicked. So it was these little darlings who had saved his fish!
Seeing this, he climbed onto the boat. After lifting the mahi-mahi up, he didn't put it in cold storage but brought out a filleting knife.
"Luoluo, come help me feed them! The little orca's head is so soft—it feels great to touch!"
As he spoke, he secretly made a grasping motion with his hand.
Jiang Luoluo saw it and immediately glanced nervously at the others on deck. Seeing that no one had noticed, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
She quickly walked over to Chu Mingcheng's side, secretly jabbed him in the ribs, and only let go when he sucked in a pained breath, whispering fiercely, "That's what you get for talking nonsense."
"What did I say? Didn't you say last night that the little orca's head..." Chu Mingcheng grimaced. The little minx's pinch actually hurt.
But before he could finish, a certain small hand gently rested on his side again.
"Does it hurt?" Jiang Luoluo asked with a gentle expression, but her eyes could kill.
Chu Mingcheng very wisely shook his head. "It doesn't hurt. The orcas are here—I just wanted you to feed them with me."
"Mm, I'll go with you!"
"..."
He'd been had, but Chu Mingcheng didn't mind.
He was adaptable by day, and very "adaptable" by night. He'd get his revenge for the pinch later. No rush.
Shortly after, the orcas arrived beside the boat. As before, it was the small orca that had asked for help that approached first.
Kids, after all, are especially trusting of strange uncles.
The one-and-a-half-meter mahi-mahi yielded a decent amount of meat. The two of them fed it for a while, and Chu Mingcheng even reached out and touched the little orca's large tongue.
Mm, also soft.
The little orca ate for a while and then gave up its spot. The female orca that had been rescued last night also came over.
They continued feeding them until the entire mahi-mahi was gone, and only then did the orcas temporarily leave.
But they didn't go far, instead hunting among the school of fish.
Then, under the surprised gazes of everyone on the boat, the female orca actually brought back a one-and-a-half-meter yellowfin tuna.
Impressive—it could even hunt tuna.
Chu Mingcheng examined the tuna and found only one set of teeth marks on its body.
Its fatal wound was on its head, which was completely crushed. It looked like it had been struck hard by an orca's tail.
Chu Mingcheng brought the fish aboard and had the chef take it to the kitchen to be cut up. They would have a taste of tuna today.
"Luoluo, I'm going to get in the water and play with the orcas for a bit, see if I can catch some fish for them."
"Mm, go ahead!"
Jiang Luoluo had already felt the orcas' friendliness, so she was completely at ease.
With the orcas around, there was even less need to worry about sharks, because now all the other fish had moved away from the fishing boat.
Chu Mingcheng took his speargun and re-entered the water. This time, his visibility was excellent.
The orcas, seeing him enter the water, all swam over and bumped him with their heads, as if greeting him.
Chu Mingcheng patted each of their heads, then dove beneath the surface, swimming at high speed toward the nearby school of fish.
Now that the big bosses were around, he swam with complete confidence.
The orcas didn't follow him right away because they didn't know what Chu Mingcheng was up to!
Only the little orca, out of curiosity, trailed far behind him.
Shortly after, Chu Mingcheng once again entered the school of fish.
Some fish had already eaten their fill and left, but more had been drawn by the abundance.
Not only had a school of red amberjack arrived, but also a school of green amberjack.
Green amberjack looked very similar to red amberjack, just a different color and slightly smaller, but they were also excellent sashimi fish.
Chu Mingcheng chose a smaller one, hit it, then pulled it back and clipped it to his live fish stringer to gain some experience.
His main target was still the red amberjack. Not only were they larger, but they were also easier to sell. The main thing was that the tuna weren't here—he didn't know their specific location, so he just hunted whatever was in front of him.
When he hit another meter-long red amberjack, the little orca finally came over.
It bumped the speargun floating in the water with its mouth, seemingly very curious about this contraption.
Then it sped up and charged directly at the injured red amberjack.
Seeing this, Chu Mingcheng was startled, afraid that its reckless charge would cause it to bite down on the fish.
The spear had pierced through the fish's body. If it bit down, it might get injured.
Fortunately, he had underestimated the orca's intelligence. The little orca was very smart. It did indeed bite the red amberjack, but it just held the fish's body gently, not touching the spear.
Then it brought the fish back to Chu Mingcheng. It waited until he grabbed the fish's tail before releasing it, mouth open, head nodding up and down, as if asking for praise.
Chu Mingcheng first killed the red amberjack, then chuckled and patted its head, taking the green amberjack from his stringer and feeding it to the little one.
The little orca seemed to understand that this fish was its reward. Although it had eaten some mahi-mahi earlier, it wasn't actually full, so it happily enjoyed the prize.
After eating, it swam off. Chu Mingcheng didn't mind bringing the fish back to the boat and having a crewman store it.
He just heard the orcas squeaking, not knowing what they were communicating.
When he set off again, he found that the orcas that had been surrounding the fishing boat had suddenly disappeared.
When he dove back into the water, he found that all the schools of fish hunting for sardines were in chaos. Dense schools were all swimming toward him from every direction.
Behind each of them was an orca, herding them.
Chu Mingcheng was amazed by this scene. He turned in a full circle, capturing this wonderful sight on camera.
In this situation, he could probably hit a fish with his eyes closed, right?
He hadn't expected the orcas to herd the fish to him, making his hunt even easier.
And they didn't herd them continuously. They just brought them to a certain distance and then swam back and forth, simply surrounding the schools, keeping them gathered with the fishing boat at the center.
Chu Mingcheng immediately loaded his speargun and aimed at a yellowfin tuna over two meters long.
Compared to the orcas, he looked relatively harmless, so these larger fish dared to get close to him.
At such close range, Chu Mingcheng aimed directly for the fish's head, seeking a one-shot kill.
With a "thunk," the head of this chosen yellowfin tuna was instantly pierced by the speargun. It only struggled briefly before going still.
Chu Mingcheng's spearfishing frenzy officially began.
The people on the boat were numb to it, especially the crew. In just one hour, they had received five tuna.
Four of them were yellowfin over two meters, and one was a one-and-a-half-meter longfin.
Chu Mingcheng's prey selection was so targeted, and they were all so large. This efficiency was more ridiculous than using a cheat.
Who could spear five large tuna in an hour? Right here was one.
But they didn't find it strange, because a pod of orcas would occasionally surface and spout water, letting them know that the orcas had herded the school of fish over.
With this situation, spearfishing was a blast, but the anglers were constantly getting skunked.
With the fish in a panic, how could they have the appetite to eat bait?
Chu Mingcheng had already used one charge of Life Conversion, mainly because his stamina couldn't keep up with the speed at which fish were coming up.
Even if these large tuna were all hit in the head, pulling them up was still quite strenuous. Bringing one large fish after another to the surface was no easy task.
He didn't know how many fish he'd caught. When he brought up a three-meter sailfish, Jiang Luoluo said with a wry smile, "Enough, enough—Agong's cold storage is full!"
"Is that so!" Chu Mingcheng was a little regretful. "Then I'll catch a few more and feed them to the orcas later! If it weren't for them, I wouldn't have been able to hunt so many fish so easily."
Jiang Luoluo nodded. "That's a good idea. You should catch a few more."
An orca eats an average of 4% to 6% of its body weight in food per day, which means an adult orca needs to eat three to five hundred jin of food daily.
This pod had six large orcas and three small ones.
They had already eaten quite a lot themselves. In the end, Chu Mingcheng caught only three tuna over two hundred jin and then ended his spearfishing trip.
As if sensing that Chu Mingcheng had returned to the boat, the orcas stopped surrounding the school of fish and regrouped.
A group of people on the boat began cutting up the tuna. Everyone took some fish meat and fed these little darlings.

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Chapter 173: The Ocean's Overlord Makes a Quick Getaway