A tiger stealing food from a leopard's mouth
Hearing the old fisherman's words, Tang Zhendong couldn't help but reassess this giant clam. Such a huge clam indeed had an astonishing suction power; if he wasn't careful and got sucked in, he was afraid he would be turned into a pearl by it.
When I accidentally sat on it in the afternoon, I almost got sucked into it.
"When will this big clam open its mouth by itself? What does it eat?"
"Clams generally eat small plankton and seaweed, but if the clam grows up to be a spirit, then what it eats is hard to say, maybe even fish and shrimp!"
Tang Zhendong asked the host's meaning is that if the big clam doesn't open its mouth, then how can it be teased to open its mouth, but after listening to the old fisherman's words, maybe there's only waiting.
After dinner, Yu Qingying suggested going for a stroll with Tang Zhendong, and Tang Zhendong agreed happily.
"Zhen Dong, did you know that when I saw you not showing up for such a long time, I really felt like I didn't want to live anymore? Promise me, never do something so dangerous again."
"Oh," he could only nod in response to Qingying's deep emotional expression.
"By the way, how can you hold your breath for several hours without surfacing? Or were you taken away by a giant grouper at that time?"
"It should be the sea area that you were led to observe, at first, it ran and I chased after it, it seemed to be playing with me, when I was tired, it stopped and waited for me, I chased, it ran."
"It seems that such a big fish has already gained wisdom and is almost as intelligent as humans."
"Well, that's very likely." Tang Zhendong said so, but he didn't think so. If this big stone fish had wisdom, why would it attract itself to the treasure? This was clearly a manifestation of low intelligence.
Tang Zhendong disagreed.
Two people walked and walked, Tang Zhen suddenly saw several pieces of H-beam steel over a meter long on the side of the road, Tang Zhen Dong stared at these H-beams in a daze.
"I heard that steel prices have plummeted recently."
Qing Ying's abrupt and inexplicable words left Tang Zhen Dong somewhat bewildered, wondering why she was saying such things out of the blue.
"Huh? Did you fall?"
"It plummeted by more than half, and steel sellers all lost their shirts; those who stockpiled at home were almost completely bankrupt."
"I'm not Ultraman, I can't save these people. But what did you mean by this? Are you afraid that I'll steal and sell them?"
Qingying smiled slyly, with a hint of conspiracy and a "you just realized" expression.
"I'm just selling, and I'm afraid you won't find anyone to buy it even on this island of Qiu Tuo." Tang Zhendong burst out laughing. This Qiu Tuo Island has basically reached the legendary state of "no closed doors at night". Here, there's nothing but fish and boats, every household is fishing, and as for the boats, they can't be stolen and taken away. Outsiders who want to come in can't even get in. Although everyone here plays fishermen's music, tourists who come won't be interested in these broken copper and rusty things, even if they are interested, they can't take them away.
"Alright, take a piece with you when you leave." Tang Zhendong made a joke, and the two of them walked hand in hand towards the fishing village.
Tang Zhendong's biological clock usually woke up around three o'clock, which was a habit he had cultivated over the years of practicing with his master. Tang Zhendong opened his eyes, got out of bed quietly, opened the door and slipped out.
Tang Zhendong picked up a slightly longer I-beam by the side of the road, and in his pocket was still the small knife he had borrowed from his landlord to pry open oysters.
Carrying this steel, Tang Zhendong was exhausted. Fortunately, the island of Gaotai was not too big, and the fishing house where Tang Zhendong lived was in the middle to rear part of the island, not far from the back mountain. Otherwise, this steel rail without any buoyancy would have been carried on his shoulders in the sea, almost killing him.
He threw down the steel rails and Tang Zhendong himself slid down with the help of the dim light of dawn.
The sea water is really cool in the morning!
But for Tang Zhendong with a strong inner power, this is nothing. He had spotted the location of the big shell underwater yesterday afternoon and dove into the sea in an instant.
This time it was easy to find the big clam, Tang Zhendong carried a steel rail and easily found the hidden giant clam.
Although they found a giant clam, Tang Zhendong was worried again. The big clam might be asleep and he had no way to make it open its mouth. Tang Zhendong used stones to knock on it, danced on top of it, and later even used steel rails to knock on it, but the giant clam didn't move at all, leaving Tang Zhendong helpless.
Why doesn't the giant clam open its mouth? Then why did it open its mouth twice yesterday?
Tang Zhen Dong suddenly thought of the relationship between the giant grouper and the black pearl. If the big fish already had wisdom, why would it lead itself to the giant clam? Could he have guessed wrong, and this giant grouper was not the guardian of the black pearl, but wanted to seize it?
Yes, that's right. That's the reason why the parrotfish wants to use its cunning to help it steal the black pearl. Otherwise, why would the giant clam suddenly open up and reveal the pearl when facing the parrotfish?
This might be the reason why the stone fish opened the clamshell with some trick. This could also explain why later on, when sitting on the shell of the clam, although it had opened its shell, the black pearl was not visible.
The giant clam may have been living with the large grouper for many years, and the grouper is familiar with the habits of the giant clam. It may happen to know how to open the shell of the giant clam.
Tang Zhendong went to the place where the big stone fish stayed yesterday, trying to show off with the posture of the stone fish. However, this position just happened to be the back of the giant clam, and the giant clam couldn't see Tang Zhendong's show-off at all.
Suddenly, Tang Zhendong had an epiphany and remembered what the fisherman landlord had said - that giant clams loved to eat plankton. And yesterday, when he and the large stone bass were thrashing about in the sea, they also stirred up the water, making it murky all around. Thinking of this, he quickly moved to the front, back, left, and right of the giant clam, using his steel rail to stir the surrounding water into a muddy mess before swiftly hiding behind the giant clam.
As expected, after stirring the water for a while, the giant clam really opened its huge shell, which was about three or four square meters in size. The large banana-shaped shell slowly opened, and a stream of water carrying plankton, small fish, and small shrimp all rushed into the giant clam's mouth, then a stream of water sprayed out from the bottom of the giant clam.
Tang Zhendong clearly saw this water flow spouting out in the water because the speed of this water flow was quite fast.
The bigger the clam's mouth, the more corals and shells on its body shook together. Tang Zhendong behind the giant clam felt it particularly clearly, a rush of water caused by the movement of the clamshell came rushing towards him.
Tang Zhendong saw that it was time, and immediately picked up the steel rail on the ground and quickly inserted it into the open mouth of the giant clam.
The giant clam seemed to have noticed the danger too, and someone dared to snatch food from its mouth? The shell closed quickly at a speed much faster than when it opened.
The shell closed, squeezing the seawater towards Tang Zhendong, carrying an unparalleled force that pushed Tang Zhendong back and forth.
It wasn't until then that Tang Zhendong understood why the stone fish, such a ferocious marine creature, couldn't snatch this huge black pearl from the giant clam's mouth even though it was swimming so fast in the water. The reason was that the giant clam's speed was extremely fast, not at all inferior to that of the big stone fish.
