The entire ocean is my fishing ground.

The 80-meter distance was covered in the blink of an eye.

He used to play here as a child and was quite familiar with the terrain. However, few people usually go to the trench at the bottom because the current is strong and there are many rocks, so you can easily get scratched.

Lin Chen took off his shoes and socks, rolled up his trousers, and carefully stepped into the cool seawater. The tide had receded, and the trench wasn't very deep, just above his knees, but the water was a bit murky, making it difficult to see what was below.

Following the instructions of the light screen, he found the trench, bent down, and began to feel around in the water with his hands.

Sand, pebbles, and seashell fragments were all within reach, but Lin Chen didn't give up and continued to carefully explore.

Suddenly, his fingertips touched a hard, rough object. It felt completely different from a stone. Lin Chen was overjoyed and carefully pulled it out of the trench.

It was an abalone, with a dark brown shell covered with irregular patterns. It was about 10 centimeters in diameter and had thick, meaty flesh. It was a wild abalone!

"It's real! There really is abalone!" Lin Chen was so excited he almost shouted. He carefully put the abalone into the plastic bag he was carrying and continued to search around.

Soon, he found a second and a third abalone, both of which were wild abalone with a diameter of over 10 centimeters. Finally, under a large reef at the deepest part of the trench, he found the king of abalone!

This abalone king is indeed over 15 centimeters in diameter, with a hard shell and plump flesh. It feels heavy in your hand, and just looking at it makes you happy.

Lin Chen carefully put away the four abalones, filling a plastic bag with some seawater to prevent them from dying from lack of oxygen.

He looked at the plastic bag in his hand, his excitement beyond words. This was not a dream; the system was real, and the intelligence was real too!

With this Ocean Domination System, his life will be completely rewritten!

He didn't go home immediately, but went to Old Chen's Seafood Shop at the entrance of the village first. The owner, Chen Haisheng, was in his fifties and was a well-known honest man in the village. He had been in the seafood business for decades, and his prices were fair. He never cheated on the weight and weight, and he had a good relationship with Lin Jianguo.

It was already past 7 p.m., but the seafood restaurant was still open. Chen Haisheng was packing up his things, preparing to close.

Seeing Lin Chen enter, he was somewhat surprised: "Chenchen? Why are you here so late?"

"Uncle Chen, I have something I'd like you to take a look at. Will you accept it?" Lin Chen suppressed his excitement and handed over the plastic bag in his hand.

Chen Haisheng took the plastic bag with a puzzled look, opened it, and his eyes widened instantly. His expression changed from puzzlement to shock, and then to disbelief: "This...this is wild abalone? And four of them?"

He carefully took the abalone out of the plastic bag, examined it closely under the light, and gently stroked its shell with his fingers, clicking his tongue in amazement: "What a find! Truly a find! The quality, the size—it's definitely a top-grade wild abalone! Especially this one, it must be over 15 centimeters in diameter, right? A king of abalone! I haven't received such good abalone in my shop for years!"

Chen Haisheng looked up at Lin Chen with a puzzled expression: "Chenchen, where did you get this abalone? Didn't you just come back from the city? How do you have such good wild abalone?"

Lin Chen had already prepared his explanation. He scratched his head, looking like he had gotten lucky: "Uncle Chen, I went to the beach tonight to relax and happened to catch a low tide. I found a few fish in the crevices of the rocks. I don't know if they're worth anything, so I brought them to you to see."

"Touched?"

Chen Haisheng's mouth dropped open, speechless for a long time. "Your luck is just unbelievable! I've lived by this sea for most of my life and I've never touched such good abalone. You've really struck gold!"

He stared at Lin Chen for a few seconds and saw that Lin Chen's eyes were clear and he didn't seem to be lying. Although he found it unbelievable, he could only attribute it to Lin Chen's good luck.

"Yes, of course we'll accept!"

Chen Haisheng immediately said, his tone enthusiastic, "Chenchen, this is a hot commodity, you won't have to worry about selling it! According to the current market, I'll give you 800 yuan per catty for ordinary wild abalone, but this king abalone, with such a good appearance, I'll give you 1200 yuan per catty, how about that?"

Lin Chen nodded. He knew that Chen Haisheng's price was fair and that he wasn't being ripped off.

Chen Haisheng took out a scale and weighed the four abalone. The three ordinary abalone weighed a total of two catties and two taels, while the king abalone weighed one catty and eight taels.

Lin Chen quickly did the mental calculation: three ordinary abalone cost 1760 yuan, and the king abalone cost 2160 yuan, totaling 3920 yuan!

He earned nearly four thousand yuan in one night! This is almost equivalent to half a month's salary in the city, and for his parents, it is more than they could earn in a month of hard work at sea!

Chen Haisheng immediately took out money, counted out a thick stack of red bills, and handed them to Lin Chen: "Chenchen, take this. If you ever get such good goods again, be sure to think of Uncle Chen first!"

"Don't worry, Uncle Chen, I'll definitely give you the best stuff first." Lin Chen took the money and held it tightly in his hand. The tangible feeling made his heart burn instantly.

As Lin Chen walked out of the seafood restaurant with nearly four thousand yuan in cash in his hand, he felt his back straighten up considerably. His previous dejection and frustration vanished, replaced by a surge of hope and energy.

Instead of going straight home, he went to the village store first, bought a pack of Zhonghua cigarettes that his father usually couldn't bear to smoke, a case of his mother's favorite milk, and some fruit and nutritional supplements.

When he returned home carrying these things, his parents were stunned. They looked at the things in his hands and then at the smile on his face, and were puzzled.

"Chenchen, where did you go? Why did you buy so much stuff? It must have cost a lot of money!" Liu Guilan said with heartache as she looked at the box of milk and nutritional supplements.

"Mom, it's okay. I was lucky today and made some money."

Lin Chen smiled and placed the things on the table, then took out the stack of red bills from his pocket and placed them in front of his parents. "Dad, Mom, this is the money I earned today, 3920 yuan."

"How many?"

Lin Jianguo suddenly looked up, dropping his pipe to the ground. His eyes widened in disbelief. "How much did you say? 3920 yuan?"

Liu Guilan was also stunned. She reached out and picked up the stack of money, counted it, and confirmed that it was 3920 yuan. Her hands trembled uncontrollably: "Chenchen, how did you earn this money? You just got back, where did you get so much money?"

Lin Chen casually recounted how he found a large abalone on the beach and sold it to Chen Haisheng, emphasizing his good luck.

"You caught them? You made so much money just by catching a few abalone?" Lin Jianguo still couldn't believe it. He had been fishing all his life and knew best how precious wild abalone were, and how difficult they were to catch. "You kid, are you really that lucky?"

"Dad, we were really lucky. We just happened to catch the low tide and managed to touch it," Lin Chen said with a smile.

Liu Guilan clasped her hands together and repeatedly murmured, "God bless me, God bless me! I knew my son was blessed and would definitely turn misfortune into good fortune!"

Lin Jianguo looked at the money on the table, then at Lin Chen. The worry on his face gradually faded, replaced by relief.

He picked up a pipe, lit one, took a puff, and nodded: "Good, good, it's good that you're back. It's good that you can make money. But remember, be down-to-earth and don't be greedy. Things in the sea are all about fate; you can't force them."

"I understand, Dad." Lin Chen nodded solemnly.

That night, Lin Chen slept exceptionally well. He seemed to see his future, sailing a large ship on the vast ocean, with countless riches beckoning to him.