Chapter 186

Lu Ao checked the time and had no choice but to pull Song Zhou back up.

As they surfaced, they happened to see several more people forming a group and diving down.

Lu Ao's keepnet was stuffed full with the stonefish inside. The people opposite them thought he had caught Killer Crabs and eagerly crowded over to look.

Lu Ao opened the keepnet to show them. When they saw there were no Killer Crabs inside, disappointment showed in their eyes. The man in front made a gesture for Lu Ao to keep at it, then bade them farewell and continued diving down. Lu Ao and Song Zhou, meanwhile, floated upward.

When they burst out of the water with a splash, everyone from the surrounding fleet looked at them.

Dai Yuesheng hurriedly asked, "What's filling up your keepnet? Did you catch Killer Crabs?"

"No, just a killer fish."

The people around them froze for a moment, not knowing what a killer fish was. Lu Ao opened the keepnet to show them, and only then did they understand it was a Stonefish.

One captain said, "Hey, not bad luck. Stonefish are delicious, especially in soup—it's incredibly fresh. I had one a while back, and I still can't stop thinking about it. Too bad I haven't had the luck to come across a second wild Stonefish."

Lu Ao climbed onto the deck of his own boat, then turned and gave Song Zhou a hand up. "Tasty as this fish is, I still want to eat Killer Crabs more. I wonder where those Killer Crabs are hiding. We made several rounds down there and didn't see a trace of them."

"Ha, what's the rush? We haven't spent much time yet. Back when we went out fishing, when did we ever not go through several