Li Du was not sure whether the bread fruit was a vegetable or a fruit, but it was delicious raw and roasted.
He thought it was better to eat it roasted. It did have the aroma of bread and the texture was similar, fluffy and soft.
There were many small seeds in the fruit, and the seeds could not be eaten directly. Brother Wolf asked everyone to collect them, and then he put them in the fruit to stir-fry.
The stir-fried seeds had the aroma of sesame seeds, which could be squeezed for oil or crushed and eaten.
After the meal, Li Du was ready to dive into the water again.
Before going into the water, he released the little bug to look for black gold abalone, and this time he saw an underwater reef with many black rope-like shadows swaying around it.
He did not think much of the shadows, thinking they were kelp and aquatic plants around the reef. He had seen a lot of them in the past few days.
Divers knew to avoid seaweed and algae at the bottom of the sea. It was dangerous to be entangled by them. They were very tough, and without the help of the right tools, even with companions, being entangled by them could be life-threatening.
However, there might be more black gold abalone around the reef, so Li Du had to go and see. If there were a lot of big black gold abalone around, he would have to take the risk.
That was the difficulty of black gold abalone harvesting. It was always risky to work underwater.
When the little bug flew closer to take a look, Li Du subconsciously shivered.
He was not a timid person. After coming to the island, he had seen poisonous snakes, giant centipedes, and giant frogs. He thought he was strong enough.
However, the scene in front of him still frightened him. He saw a large number of sea snakes around the reef. At a glance, there might be hundreds or thousands of them.
Many sea snakes swam in the water, their bodies twisting, colorful, and giving Li Du a huge visual impact!
Seeing this scene, he understood the meaning of an idiom: a group of snakes dancing!
Li Du was not the kind of person who was very afraid of snakes, so when he saw the poisonous snakes on the grapevines, he did not panic. However, seeing hundreds or thousands of poisonous snakes at one time scared him.
All sea snakes were poisonous snakes. These snakes were swimming freely in the sea, so they were obviously all sea snakes.
Previously, he had not found many sea snakes in the sea and thought there were only snakes on the island, but not in the water. He did not expect there to be snakes in the water, but these snakes had somehow gathered.
The little bug avoided the snakes and shuttled around the reef. Then Li Du noticed that the snakes were always circling around the reef. Many of them were directly hovering above the reef.
Other than this place, there were no sea snakes anywhere else.
However, the appearance of the sea snakes alerted him. He returned to the crowd and told them, "Don't go into the water easily. There are many sea snakes in the sea here."
Big Quinn didn't seem to mind. "Boss, compared to land snakes, sea snakes are the least aggressive. As long as you don't provoke them, they won't bite you."
This was another characteristic of sea snakes. They would not attack creatures that were larger than them.
The reason was simple. Sea snakes were the same as land snakes. They ate by swallowing, not biting.
In order to survive, sea snakes would only attack their food. Unless they were provoked or threatened, they would not attack indiscriminately.
Sea snakes, on the other hand, were limited by their size. Their food consisted of small fish, shrimps, and small insects. Animals like humans were too big. They wouldn't even be able to swallow an arm.
Therefore, divers were not afraid of sea snakes. If they found a sea snake and did not provoke them, they would at most look at them curiously and would not attack them.
Li Du also understood this common sense. However, he was still worried about accidents. Therefore, he did not allow anyone to go into the water, especially children.
Compared to the snakes in the sea, Brother Wolf and Big Quinn were more worried about the situation on the island.
When Li Du and Hans went into the water to harvest black gold abalone in the afternoon, they explored the periphery of the island and found that there were many snakes on the island. It was simply a snake island.
Fortunately, snakes were not wolves. They did not feel threatened and would not attack. The two sides met many times, but they got along well.
However, it should be evening, and they could not leave. They could not stay on the yacht for the night, could they? There were too many people on the yacht.
Li Du released the little bug to search around and did encounter a few snakes. However, most of them stayed on the grapevines or other vegetation. They rarely came to the beach or the reef.
The little bug continued to go deeper, and a scene that made his scalp tingle appeared again. In the middle of the island was an undulating hill with rocks everywhere. In between a few rocks, he encountered another group of snakes!
This time, there were more snakes than on the reef in the sea, and he was frightened to see them.
However, he paid attention to them. The group of snakes did not seem to have any intention of moving elsewhere. Occasionally, some snakes would leave the group and go into the water, but they basically followed a fixed route.
On this route, there was a constant flow of sea snakes, as if they were going to a market. The number was astonishing.
Other than that, they did not wander around as if there were some rules governing them.
Li Du arranged for Brother Wolf and a few others to keep watch at night. Then he found some dry wood on the island and lit a bonfire around the campsite.
Snakes were cold-blooded animals and hated fire. As long as the bonfire was not extinguished, they would not approach.
That night, Li Du did not sleep well and got up several times to check on the situation.
Scenes from horror movies such as the disaster of the snakes and the battle of the poisonous snakes kept appearing in his mind, for fear that the sea snakes would attack them.
After all, the island was the territory of the sea snakes. If they rashly intruded and the sea snakes were not happy, the two sides could easily have a conflict.
Fortunately, it turned out that he was overthinking. Until dawn, not a single snake appeared around the beach. Because of the bonfire, even the poisonous centipedes and other insects that appeared during the day did not appear.
In the morning, they still ate breadfruit, and then Li Du prepared a soup dish for everyone, which was made of breadfruit leaves. This kind of leaf soup was delicious, and it could be tasted with some meat and salt.
After breakfast, he and Hans went into the water. Like the day before, the snakes were fixed in a few places, and the temperature was high during the day, so they did not move.
In this way, there was no conflict between the two sides. Li Du and Hans could collect black gold abalone underwater as long as they were warned in advance and avoided the snakes.
During this time, they encountered several sea snakes. As common sense would suggest, the sea snakes had no interest in them and would not even approach the two of them.
There were a lot of black gold abalone around the island. Other than the people on Cape Barren Island, no one else knew that there were black gold abalone groups here and had not come to collect them.
Li Du and Hans had an unprecedented harvest here. In one day, they could easily harvest hundreds of black gold abalone!
In addition to the large number of sea snakes, Li Du gradually fell in love with the island. It was easy to harvest here, the scenery was good, and there was a lot of food. It was more like a paradise than Cape Barren Island.
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