Golden Fishing Village

Chapter 803 807. Appetizers (15)

Listening to the tourists' discussion, Ao Muyang took two steps forward before he realized what was happening. He turned back and asked in shock, "What? There's another oarfish?"

A tourist nodded and said: "Yes, it's right there, in the sea over there..."

He reached out and pointed in the distance, and Ao Muyang had the impression that the surviving oarfish was hiding in the sea where the tourist pointed.

The tourist continued: "We encountered it when we went out to watch whales. Can't this fish only live in the deep sea? We saw it float to the surface several times. If you throw a fish down, it will immediately come to prey on you. , it looks quite scary.”

Ao Muyang put his hand on his forehead and asked Ao Wenchang: "There is an oarfish in the sea. Do you know about this?"

Ao Wenchang nodded matter-of-factly: "Yes, I know, you don't know?"

Ao Muyang naturally knew the existence of the oarfish, but he didn't know that the fish actually stayed. At that time, when he saw that the fish was covered with scars, he fed it two gold drops, thinking that the fish would return to the deep sea, but he didn't expect that it would Stayed.

Although oarfish don't like to migrate around, they rarely stay in shallow water. Since this fish remains, it's the function of the gold drop.

Seeing the surprised look on Ao Muyang's face, Ao Wenchang was also surprised: "Longtou, you really don't know? There have been discussions in the village for the past two days."

What can Ao Muyang say? He had no choice but to smile bitterly and said to Lu Rover, "I've been really drunk these past two days!"

Lu Rover didn't care about this, he said enthusiastically: "Go and have a look, aren't there alien creatures?"

Ao Wenchang led the way and squeezed into the crowd. A strange stone slightly larger than an adult's hand appeared on the beach. The stone was as rough as a rock and gray-brown in color, but it had some small red things on it.

What shocked tourists and villagers was that there were cracks in the stone, and red blood-like liquid flowed out, turning a small stretch of beach red.

Ao Muyang also saw this thing for the first time. He was stunned and said: "Hey, what is this?"

"This is a steel fiber ascidian. I saw it when I was working in Chile. It is edible and has a very special taste." A middle-aged man with a big belly said.

Someone immediately retorted: "What a steel sea squirt? I have lived in the Red Ocean for more than sixty years and have never seen such a thing. If you say it is a tumor from a shark or a whale, it fell off..."

"Are you living with dogs at your age? Sharks do not grow tumors. They are the only animals that do not suffer from cancer because they contain alkoxyglycerol in their bodies. This substance can strengthen the repair of the immune system and can participate in The macrophage activation process of the immune system increases the number of macrophages, assists in controlling infections by viruses, Candida and other factors, and engulfs bacteria and damaged cells that invade the body, thus promoting the activation of immune cells. The process is quite complex, but Absolutely right." Someone else retorted.

Ao Muyang was stunned, WHAT? What is everyone talking about? Are tourists now so knowledgeable and professional?

He didn't recognize the identity of the thing. Li Ji came later and the old professor solved the problem at a glance. He smiled easily and said: "Steel fiber ascidians, what kind of alien creatures are the marine creatures of the earth!"

After finishing speaking, he looked stunned again: "No, steel fiber ascidians usually grow on the reef coasts of Chile and Peru. They are rare in other places. Where did this come from?"

Ao Muyang began to think about it: "Is it possible that the ocean in our village is rather strange and attracts many rare species? It's not surprising that green sea turtles are coming, oarfish are coming, and steel fiber sea squirts are coming again, right?"

The old professor shook his head repeatedly: "It's not surprising that green sea turtles and oarfish are here, but steel fiber sea squirts shouldn't come because they are just like abalone. When they grow up, they will be adsorbed on the surface of various rocks and filter and feed on various tiny organisms by absorbing water. Living things, once they reach adulthood, they lose the ability to move! Someone must have gotten it!"

After hearing Li Ji's conclusion, Ao Muyang looked back at Lu Hu.

Lu Rover chuckled and winked at him.

Just as he was about to speak, Lu Rover pulled him away: "Don't talk, let the tourists find it and play with it. This thing is not dangerous. Maybe it can attract the media to come over and speculate on it, making your village more famous."

Ao Muyang asked in a low voice: "Brother Hu, did you get this?"

Lu Rover nodded proudly: "Yes, I threw them into the sea when I got off the boat in the morning. They were pushed up by the waves. I threw a total of forty-five steel fiber ascidians, and they will definitely be discovered later."

Li Ji heard the conversation between the two and asked with concern: "Have these steel fiber ascidians passed the inspection by the Customs and Quarantine Bureau? Are they legal?"

Steel fiber ascidians have unique regional characteristics and may contain regional microorganisms. If they are smuggled in, they may trigger unknown species invasions.

As for whether it will invade the local sea area, I don't have to worry about it. Once the steel fiber sea squirt breaks away from the possessed stone as an adult, it will lose its ability to survive.

This is because adult steel ascidians have no nervous tissue. They have brains when they are young, but they will eat their own brains when they reach adulthood because they no longer need nervous tissue or a brain.

Lu Rover said: "Passed, this is a batch of live food. Professor Li, you know that living rocks like this are not rare in Chile and Peru. They are seafood."

Li Ji nodded: "Yes, they are just seafood."

He introduced Ao Muyang that this kind of steel fiber sea squirt has a name called Chilean brachiodon, which belongs to the tunicate, with a body size of about 15-18 cm, and a maximum body length of more than 20 cm. It is nicknamed living rock.

Steel fiber sea squirts look like rocks because their surface is covered with a layer of animal cell membrane called exodermal, and there are other organs inside.

They now see that this sea squirt is not an individual, but a "group" composed of many individuals. Many sea squirts are connected by stalks and surrounded by a common tunicate, but they enter water through their own water inlets and have a common drainage outlet.

Interestingly, this sea squirt is all male at birth, and then becomes hermaphrodite. When reproducing, they discharge sperm and eggs into the surrounding seawater for in vitro fertilization.

In other words, as long as the environment is suitable, if a steel fiber sea squirt is given to a sea area, it will return a steel fiber sea squirt tribe to this sea area, which is more powerful than the orcs in Warhammer 40K!

Lu Hu also prepared ten high-quality sea squirts as a gift for Ao Muyang. These were the snacks he brought with him.

Ao Muyang was confused when he saw the stone-like seafood and asked, "How to clean it? Steam it?"

Lu Hu instructed him, "You have to cut it. Cut it with a knife. There is meat inside."

Ao Muyang took the kitchen knife and cut it hard. With a puff, blood spurted out!