The Thousand Ring Archipelago is located in the southernmost part of 'Sakura country'. It is composed of dozens of islands, but most of them are small.
Among these islands, the Thousand Ring Island has the largest area and the largest number of people living on it, about tens of thousands of people.
Most of the residents on the Thousand Ring Island make a living by fishing. Some of them run businesses such as homestays or small restaurants, mainly for tourists.
However, there is no beautiful scenery here, so not many people come here every year.
Hirota's family also runs a homestay, but the family's income is mainly from fishing.
There are a total of five people in the family, him, his wife, his parents, and a seven-year-old son.
In the past, the annual income from fishing, plus the money earned from the homestay, can make their life relatively easy.
However, such good days changed a year ago.
There were all kinds of ancient creatures in the sea. These ancient creatures were all very large, and many of them were fierce. They would sometimes attack fishing boats — if it was a small fishing boat.
But this isn't the worst. The worst thing is those mutant and ancient creatures.
These fellows were larger in size and more violent in temperament.
In order to avoid these monsters, they were forced to fish only in the coastal areas. They gave up their previous small fishing boats, then joined forces to buy a large fishing boat.
Such a fishing boat, when encountering ordinary ancient and mutant creatures, can make the other party feel a sense of fear.
Of course, the premise is that they don't encounter those mutant and ancient creatures. Otherwise, only death awaits them.
Hirota is very lucky. In the past year, he didn't encounter the Kraken that often roams in the North Pacific Ocean. He was lucky enough to survive until today.
What's even more fortunate is that there are probably no more mutant and ancient creatures in the North Pacific Ocean. Anyway, the Kraken only appeared in the Antarctic Sea.
The only thing they need to worry about is the giant serpent.
But it's more likely that the giant serpent has died somewhere. After all, according to the habits of these big monsters, they like to appear in front of people, mainly to eat them.
Without the threat of the Kraken, Hirota and the others are ready to do something big. They are going to fish further away.
They have been out for three days, completely far away from the Thousand Ring Island.
The days at sea are boring, especially when they are in a tense mood.
Several times, Hirota and the others thought about not going back.
However, the temptation of money supported them to continue moving forward.
"If we catch a small mutant and ancient creature, we will make a fortune."
In their hearts, they more or less have such thoughts.
After such an anomaly in the ocean, the price of fish has also increased, but it's still impossible to make more money than mutant and ancient creatures.
At the stern of their fishing boat, a huge fishing net has been thrown into the sea, then began to drag it up. On the bow, Hirota and several of his companions are fishing with fishing rods.
However, this fishing rod was very special. In fact, it was just a few large iron chains with a sharp hook. A large piece of meat was hung from the hook and then thrown into the river.
This end of the iron chain was connected to a pulley. If a fish took the bait, the pulley would be pulled.
If a fish is hooked, the fish will be hooked by the pulley.
Someone successfully caught a large mutant and and ancient creatures.
That person used a large piece of beef to fish up a mutated Anomalocaris. That fellow was at least 7 meters long, and its two huge pincers could snap a person's waist in half.
It was said that even the fisherman was shocked when he saw the gigantic Anomalocaris.
But then he cheered up, called his companions, and used various tools to smash the Anomalocaris to death.
This story is widely spread among fishermen like Hirota and the others, inspiring one fisherman after another.
But more often than not, accidents happen.
If you fish a mutant and ancient creature, if you don't handle it properly, it's very likely that you will be killed, or attract a large mutant and ancient creature.
Those creatures are usually 40 to 50 meters long. Even if the fishing boat is 100 meters long, it's still in danger of sinking.
However, the profit of mutant and ancient creatures is too great, enough to make people take risks.
Hirota and several of his companions stood in front of the three fishing rods, watching the movement, chatting from time to time to avoid the accumulation of tension in their hearts.
At this time, the fish hook beside Hirota moved slightly.
"Hmm …"
Hirota was surprised at this time, then his face was full of excitement, but there was also a bit of nervousness.
He was excited because there is finally a fish coming to bite the bait, but he doesn't know if it's a mutant and ancient creature. Can they deal with this mutant and ancient creature?
He and his companions next to him looked at each other and nodded.
Hirota is holding a spear in his hand, the top of which is a very sharp spearhead. It seems that as long as he pokes it, he can easily pierce a person's chest.
Looking at the other people, they also have weapons in their hands, most of them are spears like Hirota.
One of them is holding a shotgun in his hand.
"Splash!"
The creature in the water seems to have bitten the iron hook. At this moment, the iron chain is moving in the water, making a burst of noise.
"It's hooked, it's a big guy."
Hirota made a judgment, then began to issue combat orders. "Hurry up, pull the pulley, give that guy a little pressure."
Two of his companions immediately walked to the pulley and began to pull the iron chain. With a burst of sound, the iron chain that fell into the sea began to get tighter and tighter.
"Release a bit more iron chain."
The iron chain on the deck can be released for about 100 meters. After releasing a part of it, Hirota began to let his two companions pull the pulley.
Between pulling and releasing, the creature in the sea obviously began to become exhausted. In fact, they put a little seasoning in the beef to make the fish excited, thus causing its internal organs to gradually weaken.
Hirota's companions began to pull the iron chain, dragging the big guy below.
Gradually, a huge shadow appeared in the water next to the fishing boat, floating little by little along with the iron chain.
"It's a big guy."
A person next to Hirota shouted. "It looks like a swordfish, but it's a lot bigger than an ordinary swordfish. It's estimated to be 15 or 16 meters long."
It's very likely to be a mutant swordfish.
"I want to record this historic moment."
Hirota said this in his mind. Then he took out his mobile phone, aimed at the dark shadow under the sea, and began to record.
However, at that moment, he suddenly caught a glimpse of something flashing under the surface of the sea from the corner of his eye.
He subconsciously looked over there, but there was nothing on the calm sea.
"Is it the reflection of sunlight?"
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