Swept clean like a swarm of locusts (Bonus chapter for alliance leader High School Grades Not

Ideal, part one)

The women along the beach had their heads down, busily scraping shells into their dustpans as they chatted excitedly.

They talked about how strong the typhoon had been last night, how badly their roofs had leaked, what had been damaged or blown away, and what fish or other good things everyone else had just picked up. What amazed them even more was seeing scallops actually run away.

"I've lived all these years and never knew scallops could run! We'd better scrape them up faster, or they'll all get away."

"Exactly! This is my first time seeing scallops run, and they're pretty fast, too."

"I thought they couldn't move, just like sand clams. Who knew they could run..."

"Dig faster! Every time the tide surges in, a whole bunch of scallops run back into the sea..."

"Oh, oh, oh! They can even turn?" a woman said excitedly, pointing at a scallop opening and closing its shell as it fled through the water.

You really did see everything if you lived long enough!

Most scallops lived on the seabed in shallow waters, from the low-tide zone down to depths of several hundred meters. Relatively few were caught, and people would only gradually start farming them a few years later.

They rarely saw them in daily life, so no one knew scallops could actually run.

Ye Yaodong saw it too. It actually made a 180-degree turn before opening and closing its shell to flee. He scooped it up, and the moment it landed in his sieve, it behaved itself, lying motionless and playing dead.

Watching Ye Yaodong stand in the water and scoop up only a dozen or so at a time, the women grew puzzled.

"Why didn't you bring a dustpan or a winnowing basket? How many can that