This sea is extremely deep.
A full minute or so later, Su Wei's fishing rod suddenly jerked, and the spool stopped spinning.
It's hit rock bottom.
Depth gauge reading: 240 meters.
Su Wei quickly closed the spool stopper, shook the rocker arm to retract the two-meter dotted line, and let the heavy iron plate suspend about one meter above the bottom.
There's definitely nothing here...
Aruk continued his rambling, but his hands didn't stop moving. He imitated Su Wei's actions and began to twitch the fishing rod slightly, making the underwater iron plate mimic an injured fish trying to escape.
"This type of structural area typically consists only of stone and..."
Before he could finish speaking...
The rod tip, which had been bobbing mechanically with the waves, suddenly trembled slightly without warning.
That wasn't the pulling of the water flow.
It was a tentative touch from some living creature.
Su Wei's eyes narrowed, his fingers deftly gripped the spool, his center of gravity instantly shifted, and his feet were firmly planted on the deck.
They've arrived.
In the Water Condition Perception, those huge golden cursors were rushing madly toward the hovering iron plate.
Thump!
Su Wei suddenly slammed down the Loomis fishing rod in his hand, the tip of the rod instantly bending into a full bow.
The immense force traveled up the high-strength carbon fiber rod and into his arm, nearly pulling him off the ship's side.
That's a cut.
Before he could even stick the fish in his mouth, the thing below swallowed the entire squid plate in one gulp and then turned and ran away.
"Medium-sized fish."
Su Wei gave a low shout, exerted force from his waist and abdomen, and suddenly jerked the rod to hook the fish.
"Squeak!"
The Stella reel emitted a piercing unloading alarm, and the golden spool reversed wildly, pulling the line out at such a fast speed that it left a blur.
This is not your average black cod.
This monstrous, brute force is something no fish could possibly possess.
"My God, Su Wei, you..."
Aruk, who was standing nearby, was about to turn around and watch the commotion.
The next second.
"Bang!"
The old fiberglass fishing rod in his hand was also slammed hard against the gunwale, the rod making a teeth-grinding "creak" sound, as if it was about to explode at any moment.
Both bars hit the target!
"God, what the hell is down there?"
Aruk's face flushed red, and he gripped the fishing rod tightly with both hands, pulling him against the railing, the veins on his neck bulging.
"I've been hooked by a fish too, it's killing me."
The cramped aft deck instantly descended into chaos.
Both fishing rods were bent into extreme U-shapes, and the drag alarms went off one after another.
Su Wei held on tightly to the rod tip, feeling the immense force coming from underwater.
Each head shake carried the force of trying to drag him down with it.
Chapter 144 Perfect Annihilation! Fishing Module Upgraded, Perception Fully Activated
Su Wei's feet were spread apart, firmly planted on the slippery aluminum alloy deck.
The Loomis high-tonnage carbon fiber boat rod in his hand bent at a dangerous angle, the rod trembling and emitting a low groan as the carbon fiber was compressed.
The Shimanostella reel's unloading mechanism whistles sharply, the golden spool spins at high speed, and emits a burnt smell.
The expensive PE line stretched taut, cutting through the sea surface and extending towards the seabed.
This force was irrationally heavy, carrying a savage quality, determined to drag everything to the bottom of the sea.
Su Wei had no choice but to lower his center of gravity and lean back, using the cross buckle at the end of the rod to brace his lower abdomen against the sea fishing combat belt.
Every time the thing underwater throbbed, it felt like he was being kicked in the stomach.
"Fuck. It won't stop. Is that a submarine?"
Aruk distorted, agonizing scream came from the side.
The burly man was now in a sorry state.
He wasn't wearing a combat belt, and his old fiberglass fishing rod could only be used to brace against his groin. The enormous pull caused him to stagger from side to side, and his rubber boots screeched against the deck.
The old reel made a sickening, tooth-grinding noise, and the internal gears seemed ready to break at any moment.
" Su Wei, help me. I'm being dragged down by it."
Aruk's face turned a deep purplish-red, veins bulging on his forehead. His feet lost their grip on the slippery slime, his upper body almost jutting out of the railing, half of his body dangling above the cold waves.
If the fish suddenly changes direction at this moment, he will really plunge headfirst into the Bering Sea, where the temperature is below zero, and he will freeze to death in a minute.
Su Wei clenched his teeth, unable to free his hands. He himself was also a berserk monster.
"Put it in the rod holder. Quick. Are you brain-dead?"
Su Wei roared.
"Don't try to fight it by brute force. It's a heavy deep-sea fish; you can't beat it. Use the boat, use the boat's buoyancy to fight it."
"I can't move. Damn it, my hands are locked."
Aruk shouted anxiously, his hands spasming from excessive force, gripping the fishing rod handle tightly, his body instinctively stiffening.
Su Wei's eyes flashed with a sharp light. Taking advantage of the moment when his fish's strength was momentarily slowed down, he suddenly released his left hand, grabbed Aruk's jacket by the back collar, and with the momentum of the boat's violent rocking, he let out a low growl and yanked him backward.
"Put it in."
Aruk regained his balance with the pull and took the opportunity to shove the rod tip into the heavy-duty stainless steel rod tube on the starboard side of the boat.
"Click."
The sound of the latch engaging rang out.
The fishing rod bounced violently inside the rod tube, and the thick fiberglass rod tip was instantly bent, almost plunging into the water.
In that instant, the entire Wavebreaker suddenly tilted to starboard, its hull plunging into the water, the aluminum alloy hull emitting a sickening metallic twisting sound.
"Keep a steady hand on the helm. Take the helm."
Su Wei released Aruk, returned to his position, and resumed holding the rod with both hands.
"Don't let the lines get tangled. Keep the bow against the waves. If the two lines get tangled, it's like throwing thousands of dollars into the sea."
Upon hearing the price of several thousand US dollars, Aruk gasped for breath, staring in shock at the bent fishing rod. He wiped the ice shards from his face and scrambled into the cockpit to adjust the boat's attitude.
With the engine roaring, the boat slowly righted itself, using the buoyancy of its several tons of weight and the resistance of the seawater to finally stop its wild momentum of going out of bounds.
Su Wei regained control of the game.
At this moment, the frantic spinning of the spool finally slowed down.
The depth gauge eventually stopped at 310 meters.
With that one breath, the thing, despite the immense force of the lock weighing dozens of kilograms, sprinted a full seventy meters.
Su Wei took deep breaths to adjust his breathing, the cold air filling his lungs.
He didn't rush to hang up, but instead closed his eyes slightly, focusing all his attention on the interface that only he could see.
[ Fishing Module LV1: Water Condition Perception ]
That strange vision unfolded instantly, ignoring the murky seawater and reaching the darkness three hundred meters deep.
On the edge of that deep, cold, underwater cliff, two enormous golden cursors were pressed tightly against one side of the rock face.
Those aren't ordinary fish-like spots.
They were two enormous, flat outlines, radiating a dazzling dark golden light.
In the system's judgment logic, this gold color represents high value and strong vitality.
They were frantically thrashing their bodies, trying to squeeze into the crevices of the rocks.
" Pacific Ocean halibut..."
Su Wei muttered to himself, his Adam's apple bobbing.
Moreover, it was the kind of monster that had lived in the ocean for decades and was so large that it was described as being on the size of a door panel.
Only this kind of flat, large halibut, when it lies sideways and takes advantage of strong ocean currents and water resistance, can generate such terrifying weight.