Beachcombing: The beach is full of amazing seafood, but my wife won't let me get out of bed!

The three of them, with their headlamps on, trudged through the muddy water to the center of the island.

Now that Chen Yang was grounded, he finally stopped feeling dizzy.

The young man was full of energy and recovered quickly, carrying a shovel and walking at the front.

We just rounded a rocky area.

Wu Sui subconsciously turned on the radar again and glanced at it.

His heart skipped a beat when he saw that.

Beneath the mudflats in front of us, a dense patch of green light appeared.

This is truly high-quality stuff!

Wu Sui quickened his pace and stopped at the nearest green dot.

The mudflats on this island are completely different from those around the village.

The mudflats by the sea in the village are too soft and sticky.

If you step into the mud, it can reach above your knees, and it's hard to pull your leg out.

When you dig with a shovel, all you get when you pull it out is clumps of sticky mud that you can't shake off; it's incredibly difficult.

But the island is different; it's not a true mudflat.

The thickness of the silt is limited, and the bottom is mostly hard soil.

People won't sink into it when they step on it, and it's not only easy to insert a shovel, but it's also very neat and doesn't get muddy at all.

Wu Sui lowered his head, the beam of his headlamp carefully searching the hard sand beneath his feet.

Soon, he discovered a strange hole.

The opening was only about the thickness of a thumb, round and straight up and down.

The edges of the opening were very smooth, with no excess mud or sand accumulating.

"Big brother, come and take a look."

Wu Sui shouted behind him and pointed to the spot with his toe.

Wu Gang walked over carrying a shovel and looked in the direction Wu Sui pointed.

He crouched down, touched the edge of the hole, and then rummaged through the mud and sand beside it.

"This hole looks a bit strange."

Wu Gang frowned, his tone uncertain.

"Look at its shape, it's round and goes straight down."

"Crabs usually dig flat holes, and there are mud balls dug out at the entrance of the holes."

"This looks like a moray eel's cave."

Wu Sui stared at the hole: "Don't moray eels like to go into crevices? Are there any in this mudflat?"

Wu Gang shook his head.

"It's hard to say. Some moray eels don't have time to escape when the tide goes out, so they burrow into the mud to hide."

Chen Yang came over carrying a shovel.

Hearing the two of them dawdling over their discussion for ages, he simply rolled up his sleeves.

"Who cares what kind of hole it is!"

"Big brother, brother-in-law, move aside a bit, just dig it out and take a look."

Chen Yang located the opening and gripped the shovel handle tightly with both hands.

He raised his right foot, stepped on the back of the shovel, and pushed down hard.

A muffled "crack" sounded.

Most of the shovel head was submerged in the hard sand.

"rise!"

Chen Yang braced his arms and used his waist to forcefully pry upwards.

Clumps of mud and sand were turned up, scattered in the air, and landed on the open ground next to them.

After digging about seven or eight times, the hole got bigger and bigger.

A long thing suddenly emerged from the mud and sand.

It was writhing wildly on the beach.

Chen Yang was startled and almost dropped the shovel in his hand.

"Holy crap!"

"What's that? A snake!"

Wu Sui stepped on the long object on the ground, which was still slippery and wriggling wildly.

"You scared me to death, even if I wasn't bitten by a snake. Don't be so alarmed. This isn't a snake, it's a white eel."

As he spoke, he bent down, pinched the seven-inch mark, and lifted it up.

Wu Gang walked over quickly, carrying a shovel, his headlamp shining on Wu Sui's hand.

His voice trembled: "Second brother, you've mistaken it for a white eel, it's a mud dragon."

Wu Gang's voice cracked with excitement, "This thing is incredibly valuable! Xiao Yang, don't just stand there, hurry up and find the hole and keep digging, we're going to strike it rich!"

Wu Sui paused for a moment, then brought the object closer and examined it carefully by the light of his headlamp.

You know what, there really is a difference.

White eels are river eels; they look remarkably alike.

But upon closer inspection, the one in my hand had a more pointed head and a shorter, rounder body than the white eel.

If it weren't for his older brother, an old fisherman, reminding him, he really wouldn't have been able to tell the difference.

Chen Yang was so frightened that his legs went weak, but as soon as he heard his older brother say it was expensive, he immediately perked up.

"Brother, how expensive can this thing be?"

Wu Gang couldn't wait any longer and started looking for the cave entrance nearby.

"How expensive? This one you just dug up is worth at least a pound."

"Richer lobsters can sell for 100 yuan per kilogram on the market now."

"You do the math, isn't that one shovelful worth a hundred dollars?"

Chen Yang gasped.

One hundred dollars?!

When he first graduated, he worked in a factory in the county, working himself to the bone for only a few hundred yuan a month.

Goodness, this one shovelful is worth several days' wages for him?

The nausea from seasickness vanished instantly.

Chen Yang's eyes lit up. He grabbed the shovel from the ground, his whole body surging with energy.

"Snakes that cost 100 yuan per kilogram... no, earth dragons that cost 100 yuan per kilogram."

"Big brother, brother-in-law, how do you dig this thing? Teach me quickly."

He didn't know what was down there, and he didn't care much; he just dug with brute force.

Now that we know there's money down there, who would dare to dig randomly?

If he accidentally breaks one of them, he'll be heartbroken and want to pull it out.

Hearing the price, Wu Sui felt a surge of excitement.

One hundred and one jin.

How much money must all those dense green lights on the ground cost?

He immediately called out to the two who were still searching aimlessly.

"Xiaoyang, don't dig randomly."

Wu Sui pointed to a spot less than half a meter ahead.

"Look over there, there's a small opening. Dig down into the opening, and be quick."

Without saying a word, Chen Yang plunged a shovel into the spot Wu Sui pointed to.

The hard sand was turned over, and mud and sand splashed everywhere.

In no time, a slightly smaller earthen dragon slid out along the edge of the shovel.

"Oh no, it got away! It got away!"

Chen Yang shouted anxiously and reached out to grab it.

The earth dragon was covered in slime and was very slippery.

As soon as Chen Yang touched it, it twisted its body and wrapped itself around Chen Yang's arm.

"Oh my god!"

Chen Yang screamed in fright, jumping up and down on the spot, and swinging his arms violently.

The earth dragon was flung away and landed on the mud and sand, quickly burrowing into a nearby puddle.

"Don't use your hands to grab it."

Wu Gang reacted quickly, slamming his shovel into the mud and sand in front of the earthen dragon, cutting off its path.

Immediately afterwards, he used the edge of his shovel to flick the earthen dragon into the air.

The earth dragon landed heavily on the dry sand two meters away, twisted a few times, and slowed down considerably.

Wu Gang walked over skillfully, stepped on the head of the earthen dragon with his foot, and reached out to pinch the back of his cheek.

"This thing is strong and slippery; you can't catch it with your bare hands."

Wu Gang threw the earth dragon into the plastic bucket he carried with him and closed the lid tightly.

"You have to move it to a dry place, or just knock it unconscious with the side of a shovel."

Chen Yang nodded repeatedly, like a humble primary school student seeking knowledge.

"Okay, I understand, big brother. Don't help me this time, I'll catch it myself."