Lu Ao recalled the giant grouper he had caught earlier and the Large Yellow Croaker he had hooked, and he began to understand.
He thought again, Is it closeness?
"Mostly. This closeness is still rather shallow; your dragon body is too small," Song Zhou said. "It's more of an attraction."
"Then if I go into the open ocean, will I be in danger? For instance, if enormous marine creatures get too close to me and cause some sort of accident?"
"Not for now. Your dragon body is still too small to attract huge creatures weighing over a ton."
Lu Ao felt somewhat reassured, but also a little disappointed.
After sulking silently for a while, he lifted the big lobster in his hand. "Let's have lobster for dinner?"
"Sure."
Lu Ao brightened. "Then let's make lobster sashimi, butter-seared lobster meat, and lobster noodles for the main dish?"
Song Zhou had no objections. "I'll help you."
Lu Ao carried the lobster over to wash it.
This kind of lobster grew in the wild and was rather dirty. It had to be scrubbed clean before it could go into the pot.
Lu Ao carefully scrubbed every nook and cranny of the lobster, then placed it on the cutting board, pinned down its head, gripped its body, and twisted.
He was incredibly strong. Even though the lobster was so large that he could not hold it with one hand, its body and head separated easily under his immense force.
Once the head had been twisted off, the milky-white, translucent flesh inside the lobster became visible.
Lu Ao used large kitchen shears to cut open the shell, removed the meat, placed it on a cutting board reserved for cooked food, and gently sliced it.
He cut half the lobster meat into thin slices and the