The entire ocean is my fishing ground.

Chapter 66 One Box of Divine Abalone

Lin Jianguo snatched the tattered scroll, which was soaked in seawater.

"go home."

The speedboat turned around and, braving the wind and waves, struggled back to Huangni Village Wharf.

As soon as the boat docked, a group of cooperative fishermen who had heard the news rushed over and surrounded it. Wang Fuhai, Liu Dahai and the others all had red eyes.

"Brother Chen, you're finally back!"

"Uncle Jianguo, don't be foolish! The Poseidon is our lifeline!"

Lin Jiansheng ignored the chatter of the crowd. Holding the tattered scroll, he walked steadily, step by step.

Lin Chen jumped off the speedboat, patted Sun Heizi on the shoulder, then turned to the crowd with little expression on his face.

"Selling the boat was my idea."

His words instantly silenced the dock, and everyone stared at him with disbelief.

Even Zhang Cuihua, who was hiding under a banyan tree in the distance, ready to watch the show, forgot to eat the melon seeds in her mouth.

Sun Heizi got anxious.

"Brother Chen, you..."

Lin Chen raised his hand to interrupt him.

"The Poseidon is only temporarily 'stored' with Chen Bapi. Don't worry, we'll take care of it."

"But now that we don't have a boat, what are we going to eat and drink?"

A young fisherman couldn't help but shout.

"Yes, it's been a long time since we've finally started living a good life..."

Lin Chen didn't say anything, but turned around, dragged a heavy, specially made sealed box out of the speedboat, and threw it onto the stone slab of the dock with a "bang".

"Who said we're out of food?"

Lin Chen squatted down and unfastened the clasp of the sealed box.

"Click, click."

As the lid of the box slowly opened, a fresh scent wafted out.

There was no ice in the box, only a layer of gel simulating the deep-sea environment.

Beneath the gel were more than a dozen giant abalone, each the size of a washbasin and entirely black.

Their shells reflected a metallic sheen in the dim light, and their skirts were still twitching slightly, making them look very alive.

"What...what is this thing?"

"It was dark and black, like the bottom of a pot."

An elderly fisherman with white hair, leaning on a cane, squeezed forward unsteadily. When he saw what was in the box, he was completely taken aback.

"Black...black abalone!"

The old man's voice became sharp and distorted, and his cane fell to the ground with a clatter.

"It's the legendary deep-sea black abalone! Something only my great-great-grandfather's generation had ever seen!"

As soon as he finished speaking, his legs went weak, and he knelt down in front of the box of abalone, muttering incantations.

"The Sea God has appeared! The Sea God has appeared!"

The dock fell silent for a moment.

Black abalone, a rare seafood that only existed in the mouths of older generations of fishermen and was long thought to be extinct, is now displayed in front of everyone, a whole box of it.

Sun Heizi was dumbfounded, and he stammered a question.

"Chen...Brother Chen, this, this is what you...pulled out of that stone cave?"

This ecological aquaculture box was the one Lin Chen found in the underwater safe house left by his grandfather.

It was forgotten in a corner along with those technical manuscripts and the remains of the diving bell.

The black abalone in the box were research samples from my grandfather, Lin Dafa, back then. I never imagined that they would thrive in an isolated environment for the past thirty years.

"Yeah, I just grabbed it while I was at it."

Lin Chen spoke casually.

smoothly?

Could you easily retrieve a box full of treasures that could buy a house in the provincial capital?

This isn't just fishing, this is divine intervention!

The fishermen, who had previously harbored resentment over the sale of their boat, now had faces filled with fervor and adoration.

Several people who had made sarcastic remarks earlier quietly shrank behind the crowd, their faces turning pale and then red.

Lin Chen stood up and clapped his hands.

"These belong to the cooperative. Same as always, they're divided."

He paused, then his voice suddenly rose in pitch, reaching everyone's ears clearly.

"Furthermore, I have an announcement to make. Starting today, our Longji Ocean Shipping Company will invest in establishing the province's first deep-sea rare species conservation base in Huangni Village!"

"Nursery base?"

"With Shao Kun gone, the high-end restaurant market in the provincial capital is now vacant, and plenty of people want to take it. But all they can take are ordinary fish, shrimp, and crabs. The truly top-quality ingredients and standards will be set by us!"

"From now on, we won't just sell fish, we'll raise fish—fish that nobody's ever seen before! We want all the wealthy people in the country to want to come to our Huangni Village and taste the freshest seafood!"

Lin Chen's words excited everyone on the dock.

……

night.

The Lin family courtyard.

Liu Guilan prepared a large table of dishes, and Sun Heizi and Zhou Dazhuang, along with several core members, were all present, creating a lively atmosphere.

The black abalone wasn't for sale, so Lin Chen had Liu Guilan pick the biggest one and made a simple steamed dish.

The delicious flavor made these men, who had spent their lives fishing in the sea, rave about it.

"Hiccup... Brother Chen, my life, Zhou Dazhuang's life, has been worthwhile!"

Zhou Dazhuang's face was flushed from drinking, and he patted his chest.

"From now on, wherever you point, I'll attack! Even if the King of Heaven himself comes, he won't be able to touch a hair on our heads!"

Sun Heizi was also drunk, and he put his arm around Lin Chen's shoulder, grinning foolishly.

"Brother Chen, when...when will you take me to get some abalone again? I...I don't think my 50,000 yuan dowry is quite enough..."

Lin Chen smiled and drank with them, one cup after another.

Lin Jianguo did not come out to eat inside the house.

He locked himself in his room, lit a dim lamp, put on his reading glasses, and turned the pages of the incomplete technical book one by one.

He frowned at times, shook his head at others, and finally just sighed, his eyes getting a little wet.

After an unknown amount of time, Lin Chen pushed open the door and went inside.

"dad."

Lin Jianguo raised his head, his eyes bloodshot.

He looked at his son, his lips moved, then he sighed deeply and pulled out a long, thin object wrapped tightly in oilcloth from a hidden compartment under the bed.

"This is the last thing your grandfather left behind."

Lin Jianguo slowly unrolled the oilcloth, revealing a roll of yellowed, waterproof nautical chart inside.

The nautical chart extends beyond the Dragon's Back Trench, pointing to deeper, uncharted waters.

In the center of the nautical chart, next to a spiral mark drawn in red, are two words.

Sea Eye.

Lin Chen took the nautical chart, his fingertips feeling the roughness of time.

Just then, Lin Jianguo suddenly noticed the diving bell nameplate on his son's wrist.

Besides the name "Lin Dafa" engraved on it, there is also a line of small characters that have been almost worn away.

"So that future generations will no longer be subject to the abyss."

Lin Jianguo's body jolted violently, and tears welled up in his eyes.

"Go."

Lin Jianguo patted Lin Chen's shoulder forcefully.

"Go for it. Men of the Lin family cannot be cowards."

The father and son looked at each other in silence under the lamplight.

Lin Chen walked out of the room and returned to the lively courtyard.

However, just as he raised his glass, ready to drink it all in one gulp...

[Warning: The Deep Sea Eye observation post has locked the coordinates of this area.]

[Warning: Estimated arrival time: 23 minutes and 14 seconds.]