New Harvest

After Little Gray finished eating,

he crawled over to the Gray-White Little Wolf and went to sleep as well.

For a time, the cave fell silent.

The next day.

After resting with his eyes closed in the cave all night, Su Lin woke up, made his usual round of the cave, and, finding nothing unusual, let out a low howl before leading Little Gray down from the cave.

Now that the polar night had plunged everything into darkness, Wolf Dad and Wolf Mom were surely short on food as well.

Su Lin had originally wanted to bring the remaining fish meat to Wolf Dad and Wolf Mom,

but when he woke up,

he saw Wolf Sister still sleeping beside the Arctic salmon, drooling over it.

That made him abandon the idea.

After all, with the vast ice sheet and Arctic Ocean right there, he could simply catch more.

Su Lin took Little Gray back to the ice sheet.

Along the way, he had Little Gray hunt several Lemmings to serve as bait for spreading blood scent. By now, Little Gray was already quite skilled at hunting Lemmings.

He did not need much instruction.

Very quickly,

Little Gray carried several Lemming corpses before Su Lin as if seeking praise.

After that, he and Little Gray arrived at the Arctic Ice Sheet once more.

Within the Arctic Circle, land occupied only a small portion; the ice sheet covered the largest area.

It was filled everywhere with snow-white drifts and ice blocks.

It was also a paradise where all kinds of creatures lived.

Above the ice sheet, the beautiful Aurora flickered faintly.

This time, quite a few creatures were resting on the ice sheet.

Seals, Sea Lions, and birds flying back and forth above the sea.

Many birds had migrated before the polar night arrived, so there were not many Flying Birds left, and they were rarely seen beneath the polar night.

As for those prey,

Su Lin merely swept his gaze over them before looking away.

They were all difficult to hunt. Any creature that could survive beneath the polar night was highly vigilant.

Su Lin looked around but found no trace of a polar bear.

So he had Little Gray stand guard nearby.

Then he went to an opening in the ice sheet and prepared to continue fishing.

Even Wolf Dad and Wolf Mom, despite living in this area for many years, had likely never tasted fish meat.

The Arctic Ocean was rich in herring and cod, but the fish drawn in by blood scent were all naturally fierce.

Su Lin used his sharp wolf claw to gut the Lemmings Little Gray had brought back, slashing their surfaces until blood dripped everywhere.

Then he threw them into the opening in the ice sheet.

The thick scent of blood suddenly spread.

Beneath the vast Arctic Ocean, there were who knew how many fish.

Before long, several fish drawn by the blood appeared.

These fish were all fairly large.

They were forty to fifty centimeters long, with the largest measuring around sixty to seventy centimeters.

The fish scrambled to devour the Lemming corpses.

One of the largest fish

even flicked its tail and knocked an Arctic salmon beside it away.

It wanted to keep the feast all to itself.

But the fish that could follow the scent of blood here in such a short time were all fierce.

For a moment,

the few fish beneath the ice sheet fought one another over the food.

Su Lin merely watched quietly, waiting for the best opportunity.

Very soon,

the largest fish knocked all the other fish away, bared its sharp teeth, and bit down on a Lemming corpse.

At that moment, a glint flashed through Su Lin's eyes.

The sharp wolf claw on his right claw emerged from his fur.

Then he viciously swiped at the fish closest to the opening in the ice sheet.

His wolf claw entered the water,

sending ripples across the seawater.

Su Lin already had experience from before, so this catch went very smoothly.

His wolf claw stabbed deeply into the fish's belly, where it had few scales. Then, with a fierce pull, he hauled up the sixty-to-seventy-centimeter fish.

Once it left the seawater, no matter how it struggled, its fate was sealed.

After several ruthless blows, the fish stopped moving.

It was another Pike, though smaller than the one from yesterday.

By then, the fish beneath the ice sheet had scattered in all directions.

But Su Lin gutted another Lemming and threw it into the seawater.

Rumor had it that fish remembered things for only seven seconds.

In truth, their memories were not that short.

The few fish from before had already learned that this place was dangerous and did not swim back.

But Su Lin was not in a hurry, because the Arctic Ocean never lacked fish.

At that moment, Su Lin raised his head and looked over the vast ice sheet.

He noticed that besides the animals resting there, there was also quite a lot of marine debris.

Marine debris drifting through the various oceans had floated into the Arctic Ocean. Once it encountered the ice sheet, it was as though it had entered a dead end, piling up here.

Su Lin glanced at the Lemming corpses and saw that no fish had been lured over yet.

So he headed to the outer edge of the ice sheet and examined the marine debris.

There were many kinds of trash, mostly plastic bags, cigarette butts, foam chunks, Fishing Nets, and glass bottles. As for this marine debris,

Su Lin pawed through it a few times and pulled out a relatively intact small fishing net.

This fishing net could be used to carry the fish they caught.

Otherwise,

if they relied on their mouths alone, he and Little Gray could catch at most two or three fish in one trip.

With a fishing net, they could catch more.

Carrying the fishing net, he returned to the opening in the ice sheet where he had thrown the Lemming corpses.

Su Lin looked over and found that, after a short while, two new Arctic salmon had arrived.

One of them happened to be very close to the opening in the ice sheet and was biting into a Lemming corpse.

Without hesitation,

the sharp wolf claw flashed with a cold gleam beneath the faint Aurora.

It sliced into the seawater, and Su Lin directly caught the small salmon, only thirty to forty centimeters long.

Then he tossed it into the fishing net.

At that moment,

the other animals on the ice sheet

were all somewhat baffled by Su Lin's actions.

They were very curious why he was putting the fish he caught into that broken net.

Of course,

their intelligence would never allow them to understand what tools were.

At that moment, Su Lin also threw the Pike he had caught earlier into the fishing net.

Then he continued waiting at the opening in the ice sheet for more fish to be lured over.

This traditional method of fishing was still very effective for Su Lin.

In less than two hours, he had used up all the Lemming bait he had hunted.

Su Lin also successfully gained seven fish of varying sizes.

The largest was the Pike he had caught at the beginning.

That Pike weighed around thirty jin.

The remaining fish were salmon measuring thirty to fifty centimeters long,

and they weighed around forty jin altogether.

In total, there were over seventy jin of fish meat. As a gift for Wolf Dad and Wolf Mom, it would surely give them quite a surprise.

"Awoo!"

After the bait was used up, Su Lin let out a low howl, and Little Gray eagerly trotted over to carry the fish.

"Smack!"

With one swipe of his claw,

Su Lin stopped Little Gray from carrying the fish one by one and began teaching him to drag the fishing net.

Sometimes, for animals surviving in nature, being stricter was the only way to make them remember certain things faster.

"Awoo!"

Little Gray, whose intelligence was far greater than that of an ordinary wolf, learned how to drag the fishing net after Su Lin taught him a few times.

He also discovered in amazement that he only needed to hold onto one tiny net cord, and several fish would all follow along.

It was as if a new worldview had opened up inside Little Gray's mind.