Chapter 525: Chapter 332: Sunken Ship? Good Riddance!_4

Deep sea fish would definitely have strange scars after being hunted.

However, since cods are usually beheaded and gutted for preservation, damaging the fish head isn’t much of an issue.

Chu Mingcheng had a vacuum sealer and transparent packaging bags on his boat. Although the quantity wasn’t large, packaging a dozen fish was not a problem.

“Swish, swish, swish~”

From time to time, the sound of fish arrows piercing through the water could be heard underwater, and each shot would surely hit a Big Head Cod.

It only took about twenty minutes for him to successfully hunt twelve Big Head Cods, each measuring seventy to eighty centimeters, some even a meter long.

All these cods had one characteristic–they all had bulging bellies.

Even the lightest one weighed more than ten kilograms.

Fortunately, Chu Mingcheng was strong and managed to bring nearly two hundred kilograms of fish back to the boat with ease.

Throwing the fish onto the deck, Chu Mingcheng immediately grabbed a fish killing knife, along with the vacuum sealer and packaging bags.

Picking up a fish, he skillfully slit open its belly, exposing the contents inside instantly.

Chu Mingcheng was startled upon seeing this. So many roes?

“Eh, wait, this is milt, right?”

After careful observation, Chu Mingcheng confirmed that these were the fish’s milt, also known as the fish’s testicles.

This was good stuff!

He carefully scooped them out and set them aside, then he continued to work on the fish’s innards.

Apart from the milt, the tender fish liver and the thick fish belly of the Big Head Cod were also delicious.

Therefore, he kept them, placing them together with the milt.

However, on the fish liver, he noticed nematodes, a type of parasite.

This meant it was best to eat only the flesh as sashimi and definitely not the innards, as most likely had parasites.

Fortunately, cooking them thoroughly would not pose a problem; a temperature of seventy degrees Celsius could kill them.

After processing the innards, it was best to also scrape off the black membrane on the flesh of the Big Head Cod.

Deep sea fish generally have this layer of black membrane, unlike shallow water fish.

In the deep sea, many organisms are bioluminescent. If there were no black membrane, the fish’s stomach would also glow after eating these luminescent organisms, making them visible to other predators, hence they evolved to have this layer.

A fish was quickly cleaned up, Chu Mingcheng beheaded it, gutted it, and put it in a packaging bag.

The milt along with the fish liver and belly were placed in new packaging bags, separate from the fish meat, and finally vacuum-sealed with the vacuum machine.

Chu Mingcheng worked very efficiently, cleaning up twelve fish in just half an hour.

After all the fish were vacuum-sealed, he put them into the cold storage for freezing.

Stepping out of the cold storage, Chu Mingcheng hosed down the deck, then went to retrieve the net sack, lighting equipment, and ropes.

This time, he decided not to bring the spear gun and just one fish spear for self-defense.

Diving back into the water, Chu Mingcheng quickly swam in the direction of the sunken ship.

As soon as he arrived, he saw a huge Seven-band Grouper casually lingering at the ship’s deck.

It was quite normal for a sunken ship to harbor large creatures, and the Seven-band Grouper was the only Stone Fish that could survive in cold water.

Seeing this old friend, Chu Mingcheng was somewhat hesitant.

Should he deal with it first?

The Seven-band Grouper was almost over two meters long. It definitely had a very aggressive nature, and to prevent himself from being bitten and to facilitate easy access to the sunken ship,

Chu Mingcheng eventually took out the fish spear and decided to deal with it first.

The swimming speed of large groupers wasn’t worth mentioning. He dived directly from above. Just as the grouper began to react, he plunged the spear into its body, nailing it to the deck.

Thud, thud, thud–sounds emerged as the Seven-band Grouper’s tail smacked the deck.

It was very powerful, but if Chu Mingcheng hadn’t sneakily attacked and pinned it to the deck, it would have been difficult to control it.

Now, as the fish lay on its side nailed to the deck, it couldn’t muster much strength.

Chu Mingcheng pressed down on the spear, waiting for it to die, constantly scanning his surroundings for any potential dangers.