Marvel Salted Fish Kryptonian

So on this last trip, everyone didn’t receive a fixed salary, but a share of the catch after deducting the cost.

Luckily, the price of king crab was high enough that everyone was still able to make a profit, though it was a little less than a normal trip. But the working hours were also short, so no one complained.

The end of November does not mean the end of the crabbing season, it just means that king crab fishing is no longer allowed.

Next, you can go deep-sea crabbing in different areas. However, most crabbing boats will not fish continuously because parts of the Bering Sea will freeze in December, making it difficult for small crabbing boats to navigate.

Captains planning to catch deep-sea crabs usually wait until January of the following year to set out. This gives them about two months to fish, just like with king crabs.

However, there are boats like Old George that specialize in catching king crabs. After all, if you earn money diligently, if nothing goes wrong, it will be enough for the whole family to eat, drink and have fun for a whole year.

But after the last trip, because the working hours were short, the still energetic old George took everyone directly to the club to have fun.

It was a celebration of the end of this year's crabbing season. Besides celebrating the good harvest, it was also a celebration of everyone's safe return without any serious incidents. Other boats weren't so lucky.

The drunken old George couldn't help but put his arm around Henry's neck and complained, "You're right not to stay. The crabbing business is getting harder and harder.

"Not only have those old guys limited the fishing time, but I heard they're also going to set individual fishing quotas. They're saying they're worried about overfishing and damaging the ecosystem.

"King crabs are becoming increasingly prevalent. If it weren't for the Bering Sea protecting them, they would have been extinct a hundred or eighty years ago. Why worry about overfishing?"

Tom was complaining while reeking of alcohol, as if he was cursing the heavens and the earth.

Henry suspected that this was because everyone else had gone to the stripper stage, while he was still sitting at a table outside, drinking with George. This was when he was caught by the drunken man and said something he had no choice but to say.

Remembering what Old Tom had said, Henry smiled and said, "Maybe it's because more and more people are entering this business and buying boats to catch king crabs. If there were no restrictions, would you ever see crab boats covering the entire Bering Sea?"

George was so frightened that he cursed, "Fuck, this kind of thing could really happen."

But George added, "But do you think crabbing is really that easy? Just a few people, a boat, and you can go to the Bering Sea and make a killing."

Henry echoed, "The lesson we've learned from history is that we never learn anything. Without getting hurt, how many people would believe you if you told them crabbing in the Bering Sea is dangerous?"

George continued to complain, "Yeah. No one would believe us if we told them the truth. If we ignored them, the families of the victims would accuse us of being cold-blooded. You know the situation at sea. If something really happened, would anyone dare to rescue us?"

"Help them radio the air rescue team on shore. Besides large helicopters, who else can get close enough to the boat to rescue them?"

George said mysteriously, "Come on. Let me tell you in secret, our air rescue team is useless in this kind of weather."

"No one who falls into the sea can survive until a helicopter arrives to rescue them. This year, several boats were lost, and more than ten people never made it back. And that's just the situation here, not counting other areas."

"So it was a wise choice for me not to board anyone else's boat and follow you, boss. Isn't it?" Henry flattered him.

Apparently, this flattery touched Old George's heart, for he laughed heartily. Then he began to mutter some nonsense, the contents of which were so incoherent that even Henry's super-brain was not enough to understand it.

In the end, George's wife came up and took the man away.

I can only say that she is worthy of being a woman who can live in a place like Alaska. She is as tough as our girl from Northeast China.

George was drunk and mad at first, but a slap in the face made him behave himself and he followed them obediently.

No one, whether it was the club's bodyguards or George's crew, dared to go up to rescue the man. After all, everyone could see whether it was a revenge plot, a disturbance, or his wife coming to rescue him.

If you go up to help at a time like this, it would be like giving it away for free.

Not to mention the girls, who had long since left the dangerous area, fearing they would be in trouble.

The captain left and no one offered to buy the next round of drinks, so some people left after finishing this round.

Of course, there were also those who flirted with the strippers, hoping for a physical fight after get off work. These people stayed.

Henry left too. Because he couldn't get drunk, drinking became a boring thing. And then the ladies here all...

Well, having too good eyesight isn't a good thing anyway.

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Chapter 28 Departure

Finally, he left. Henry was at the side of the ferry, watching the headache-inducing Bering Sea waves crashing against the heavy ferry.

Although it wasn't as smooth as walking on flat ground, the swaying of the boat was much less severe than that of the toy-like crab boat. So Henry felt a little nostalgic about the past two months of life on the crab boat.

It's not that he hadn't thought about leaving some money for Old John, but when he sounded out the old man, he found out that he wouldn't accept the money and instead scolded Henry profusely.

So Henry decided to do some repair work on the shabby bar.

Of course, we can't ask Old John about the areas that need improvement.

In this old man's eyes, the bar is perfect and doesn't need any changes, let alone repairs. Anyone who complains will have to eat his ass.

Henry was asking the town's regular patrons what they thought needed fixing in the bar.

The suggestion to tear it down and rebuild was dismissed with a scornful laugh. Not only would Old John disagree with this idiotic idea, but most of the townspeople would disagree as well.

Then Henry bought the materials and did it himself, leaving traces of his presence in the bar.

As for whether I will come back in the future, it's hard to say. After all, this isn't home...

When they left, no one came to see them off. Old John gave them a hug and then went back to his own business, just like when he sent his two sons to join the army during the Vietnam War.

The ferry's destination was Los Angeles, and the Cadillac I'd bought from Old Tom was parked on the ferry. There were no private cabins for rest; if you wanted to rest, you either had to hide in your car or squeeze into a shared cabin with everyone else.

The scheduled flight took just over a day, less than two days. It was much slower than flying, but not as slow as one might imagine.

But taking this ferry is not that easy.

First, you have to drive to Juneau, the capital of Alaska, to take the large ferry to the mainland during this season.

Driving in Alaska on a snowy day with no snowplows to clear the roads would be so difficult it would be better not to drive at all...

So this simple journey took several days of driving.

Don't even think about staying in motels along the way; bring your own food and water and make do in the car. Of course, you also need to prepare gas.

Alaska at this time of year has wind, snow, and beautiful scenery, but there are no gas stations everywhere! Some sections of the road don't even have asphalt.

You may even see that the road is just across a cliff or river, but if you want to get there you have to go around a long distance before you find a temporary bridge or a flatter terrain to pass through.

Faced with this situation, seeing that there was no one around, Henry tried the Kryptonian's flying ability for the first time, and lifted the car over at the same time.

Surprisingly, flying wasn't as difficult to train as he'd imagined. After a few jumps, Henry had mastered this practical ability. Strength, on the other hand, was even more difficult to master; controlling it was actually quite a hassle.

The reason I hadn't practiced this ability before was because I was fooled by the Smallville TV series I remembered before I traveled through time. It took a full ten seasons for our Superman to finally learn to fly and wear the red and blue battle suit.

So I subconsciously thought that this ability was difficult to acquire, and that's why I never tried it.

But when the need arose, his proficiency was much faster than he had imagined. This was the most surprising part for Henry after his time travel.

Relying on this cheating way of cutting watermelons, and occasionally using it to pass through some snow-covered roads, Henry finally drove to his destination, Juneau.

Actually, the port where the crab boats go out to sea also has a ferry. After all, small planes and boats are the main means of transportation in Alaska, and cars can only reach very limited places.

However, due to the problem of sea ice, there are no ferries available during this period.

There are also few ferries that can transport vehicles. Some people have suggested that cars be transported by cargo ships, while people take ferries and transfer to larger ports.

But no matter which method you want to use, you have to wait until the beginning of next spring.

It could be said that the time Henry chose for his departure was just asking for trouble. No wonder when he talked about it in the bar, a bunch of people seemed to be holding back their laughter as if they were watching a good show.

Considering the practical difficulty of driving and transporting the vehicle to Los Angeles, Henry wanted to fly back to town more than once and punch Tom, the old white man who thought he was a character.

The reason this guy gave seemed to make sense at first glance, but in fact, he wanted to change his car, and then find a sucker to take over the old car so that he could make a profit.

If I didn't have a car, I could go to a nearby small airport, take a small plane, and then transfer to a passenger plane at the big airport. I would have arrived in Los Angeles a long time ago.

In short, I really learned a lesson this time. I thought those mean old guys would take care of me, their junior, but I didn't expect them to fall into a trap.

Even Old Tom wasn't 100% trustworthy just because he was introduced by George. This old white man still had his own little thoughts.

So a friend of a friend is not necessarily a friend you can trust.

This was a lesson I knew before I traveled through time, and more than 20 years later, I once again experienced it myself, making me deeply realize the wickedness of human nature.

Although this doesn't seem like a fatal joke that involves life, if he doesn't have the ability of a Kryptonian, he will either die outside or have to face the ridicule of everyone.

In fact, where Henry couldn't see, the residents of the town did place bets on how long it would take for him to come back, and then waited patiently until spring.

As a result, no one was seen returning for more than seven days, and many people believed that Henry had met with an accident and could not come back.

Only Old John firmly believed that Henry was still heading towards his destination, so he did not come back.

No matter whether the little guy died outside or reached his destination, the old people in the town were not able to search too far.

That is, we just searched nearby, and then went to the small town in the south where the crab boats departed to ask, and the matter was put on hold.

Their physical fitness was not enough to search outside in such a snowy day with temperatures below zero, unless they wanted to increase the number of casualties.

So they could only pray that the little guy who traveled far in Alaska in the heavy snow really overcame all difficulties and moved forward bravely.

No one could imagine how shameless cheating it was to use thermal vision to clear the way and lift a car into flight.

Anyway, being in the vast and sparsely populated Alaska, with heavy snow covering all traces, Henry thought he was practicing his Kryptonian abilities in an uninhabited area. After all, he hadn't found any opportunities to practice in the small town before.

Henry overcame all obstacles and arrived at his destination in the heavy snow.

When he arrived at the port, the port staff thought he was a local resident. No one could have guessed he was from a small fishing town in central Alaska.

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Chapter 29 The starting point of the next step

There's a small shop on the ferry where you can buy some bread and biscuits if you're hungry and don't have any food. Hot coffee and alcoholic drinks are popular.

At night, most people would choose to roll up their coats, take up a row of chairs in the common room, and lie down to rest.

But those who drove onto the ferry would, of course, run back to their cars and hide there. At least they wouldn't have to smell other people's socks in the common room.

Henry drank the hot coffee he bought at the store. It wasn't that he was addicted to coffee or that he wanted to drink hot drinks to warm himself up. Rather, compared to alcoholic beverages, coffee has more flavors and is more conducive to training his super sense of taste and smell.

Red wine is second only to coffee in taste, but the quality of the wine on the ferry was so poor that it felt like drinking low-quality grape juice. Although the coffee wasn't particularly good either, it was still better than the low-quality wine.

As for tea…I don’t know if it’s because the tea available in Alaska isn’t high quality, or if it’s for some other reason, but the flavor of tea isn’t as rich as coffee.

In order not to destroy the beautiful idea of ​​tea in his heart, Henry really resisted drinking these inferior teas that were worse than inferior red wine.

In short, while feeling the rich and multi-layered taste of coffee and giving his taste buds enough stimulation, Henry was thinking about what to do next.

It's not impossible to hide in Alaska for the rest of my life, but as a poor guy who has never been abroad before traveling through time, since I've come to the great United States of America, it would be a wasted trip if I don't travel around and have a look.

Although the beginning of this journey was involuntary.

However, he had wasted nearly twenty years in Russia's territory. Although learning was not a problem with the help of a super brain, academic qualifications became a big problem.

In any case, if he wanted to follow Superman's development path and be a reporter while working as Superman, there was no chance for him.

It is worth mentioning that although the information available in Alaska is limited, Henry has only found information about Captain America and the mutants on this Earth.

But just looking at the map, there is no Metropolis, no Central City, and of course no Gotham City!

That is really cause for celebration.

Without the genuine Super Dragon, it's a small matter. Without the Plague God Xiao Shan and the Plague God Bat, the safety of this world suddenly increases a lot.

In any case, it's impossible to become an elite white-collar worker. Without education and connections, there's no chance of climbing the ladder in American society.

I just want to be an ordinary blue-collar worker, assuming that the economic trend of this world will be similar to the world before I traveled through time, that is, the route of globalization and becoming the world's factory.

This path means that a large number of American industries will move abroad, with labor-intensive industries being particularly hard hit. This will leave only finance, high-tech industries including the internet, and the design departments of large corporations and conglomerates.

This means that even if Henry wants to work in a factory as a screwdriver, he will face the risk of being unemployed in the short term.

Immigrants like Henry, especially alien immigrants, can find very few jobs even if they obtain American citizenship.

The service industry, the kind of job most people would go to, was typically low pay and a lot of hassle. I'm afraid Henry wouldn't be able to resist punching the unsuspecting customer before three days had passed.

Before I traveled through time, I had never even been a bootlicker and had been single since birth. If anyone dared to say "the customer is God" in front of me, I would definitely send that person to see God!

Therefore, jobs like store clerk, or similar jobs like teacher or doctor, which involve a lot of contact with outsiders, were never an option for Henry. Whether it was his current self or his previous self before he traveled through time.

The most reliable option is to become a lab guinea pig! Before those scientists decide to kill themselves, they must have full meals and not let themselves go hungry easily.

……

Joining an official law enforcement agency wasn't a good option either. Just the loyalty test alone made it difficult for an alien to gain their trust. He'd probably end up being tricked into being a guinea pig in a lab.

Is the only option left to rob a bank?

No wonder America has such a serious gang problem. Too many people come here hoping for the American Dream, only to find, upon closer inspection, that there aren't many legitimate jobs available, ultimately resorting to illegal activities like prostitution and gambling.

Don't think gambling is legal in Las Vegas or on Indian reservations. Those who win big are not ordinary people.

Casinos aren't charities. If someone keeps winning, they first investigate to see if they're cheating. If they can't find any evidence, they'll send the person off with gifts and label them unwelcome, telling them not to come back.