Qi Yu Millennium

Most of the things they said were absurd, but one of them caught my attention, which was a personal experience they told.

Before Crosseye bought this fishing boat with a loan, Crosseye, the first mate and the captain named Sai were working on other people's boats. Crosseye was still the captain but not the owner, and the first mate was still the first mate.

In the autumn of the previous year, they went out to sea to catch molluscs such as squid and squid as usual. They worked hard at sea for a month but did not get much. Seeing that the supplies and fuel on board were about to run out, Crosseye discussed with the first officer to leave the usual The fishing area went south to try their luck, but the encounter really caught the cross-eyed. One late night, the fishing boat encountered a school of squid near a remote island. It is reasonable to say that squid do not gather together. It was that time but it was an exception. The winch on the sinking boat rattled loudly. When the net was pulled up, Crosseye and the crew found that the squid in the net were all big, each weighing more than ten kilograms. As mentioned above, such a big squid can be caught occasionally, but I have never seen such a big squid in one net. However, although Cross Eye is puzzled, he still decides to release the net again, because Cross Eye is the captain if the boat is empty. There is no way to explain to the captain when we go back.

"Giant squid out of the net?" I interjected with a smile. Everyone knows that there are giant squid in the sea. It is said that some of them can even overturn a warship.

"No." Crosseyed shook his head and said.

Seeing that my guess was not correct, I closed my mouth and listened to Cross Eyes continue to tell.

The fishing boat that Dou Cyan commanded back then was a bit smaller than this one, and the freezer was basically flat when the two nets were pulled down. But at this moment, Dou Cyan discovered a strange phenomenon. It was deflated, and after cutting it open with a knife, it was found that the ink sac was empty.Cross Eye felt something was wrong, so he scooped up a ladle of seawater with a hayladle, and found that the sea was completely dark. Then Cross Eye panicked and hurriedly ordered the first officer to leave the water.

"Shouldn't squid spray ink when they're fishing?" I asked with a frown.As far as I know, molluscs such as squid can spray black ink-like liquid from their ink sacs to confuse the enemy when they feel danger. Squid is a kind of squid, so naturally it should be like this.

"Our fishing net winch is on the port side of the boat, and the sea water is scooped up from the starboard side. Besides, the wind was strong that night and the current was strong. The ink sprayed out by the squid in the net should float away with the current." On the mouth.

"Brother, I don't know who you are, but you must not have been in contact with the sea often." Cross Eye sighed. "There is only one possibility for large pieces of squid to gather together to spray ink, and that is to confuse the enemy to prevent them from being prey. Moreover, the ink of squid is very important to them. Once it is sprayed out, it will take a long time to replenish it, so unless They sense extreme danger and generally don't spew ink out."

I nodded and didn't say anything. Driving so many squids together is definitely not something ordinary animals can do. Cross-eyed and choosing to leave may not be a wise move, because they have moved other people's dinner.

Cross-eyed decided to leave was correct. Just when they started the fishing boat and tried to leave, they suddenly felt a violent vibration from below the fishing boat. They didn’t know what hit the fishing boat, but they were sure of one thing. That is, the creature that hit the fishing boat was huge, big enough to cause the fishing boat to sideways.

Fortunately, the target of the huge creature was not them. It swam past the fishing boat and rushed straight to the squid school ahead.At that moment, Cross Eye made a wise decision, turned off all the lights on the ship, and used an engine to slowly leave that area.

"Finished?" I asked, frowning.If this matter ends here, there seems to be nothing unusual.

"We did leave that night, but we went back at noon the next day." The first mate took up the conversation.

"What are you going back for?" I asked puzzled.

"We can't catch fish in other places, and we can't explain to the boss when we go back with an empty boat." Cross-eyed took out a cigarette and handed it to me, and then threw it to the chief mate. is smoking.

"Did you catch any fish?" I took the cigarette and sighed.Working for others is always dependent on their face. Cross-eyed people definitely didn’t want to go back at the time, but they had to go back due to various pressures. It’s one thing to return with a full load, but another thing to return empty-handed.

"No, the wind had stopped when we went back, and the sea was covered with white flowers, all of which were dead squid, four or five big." Crosseye showed panic.The Tuo he speaks is a dialect in the coastal area. A Tuo is the length of a person's left and right arms, usually about 1.5 meters, and four or five Tuo is six to seven meters. Such a big squid is very rare.

"How did you die?" I asked.

"It was killed by something. Every squid has huge claw marks and tooth marks on its body." Crosseye took out a lighter and lit a cigarette.

"Have claws?" I asked suspiciously.Previously I thought it was a whale or a big fish like sunfish that was propelling the food, but now I look at it and rule it out because they don't have claws.If it is a tortoise, it is unlikely, because the tortoise cannot swim so fast, and the sea otter cannot grow so big, and as far as I know, the sea otter does not have the habit of chasing and killing prey after eating enough.

"Yes." Cross-eyed gave me an affirmative answer.

"Can you describe in detail what the claw marks and tooth wounds look like?" I asked.

"Don't mention it, before I looked carefully, I heard a huge black shadow jump off that small island with a plop, and came towards our fishing boat. If we dare to stay any longer, we turned the rudder and ran away. That big guy chased us for [-] to [-] nautical miles before turning back." Cross-eyed said in horror.

"How big is that thing?" I asked with a frown.

"It's too big, the splash from the island can be seven or eight meters long," said the chief mate.He should have been in the control room at the time, so he could see it more clearly.

"What does it look like?" I turned to look at the first mate.

"We were quite far away from the small island at the time, and I didn't look carefully. I only saw that thing had four legs and two horns." The first officer said.

"How long is that thing?" I asked nervously.According to the first mate, that animal was very similar to the four-clawed green dragon.

"I'm not sure how long it is. I think it's [-] meters and [-] meters." The first officer replied after recalling for a moment.

What the first officer said immediately made me deny my previous guess. The body length of a dragon with dragon horns should be at least ten feet away. If it is really a dragon, its body length cannot be so short.

What kind of thing did Crosseye and the first mate meet?