How to become a mermaid

Chapter 175 Opening Shells
Shamanleir took out a total of two giant clam beads. The big one weighed over a hundred kilograms and was placed on the ground like a bright white fan. This pearl came from a giant clam with a blue skirt.

The bead produced by another giant clam only weighed about ten kilograms, but it was unexpectedly round and oval in shape, which looked a bit like a big bird's egg.

"Alicia will probably like it." Looking at the two giant clam beads, Shamanleer showed a satisfied smile on his face.

During the time he was driving the clams, Alicia had already driven the boat far away, and could only see a shadow in the distance.

But Samantel didn't panic at all, he could catch up quickly at this distance, and Ole was also nearby.

Ao Lei is also looking for sea clams now. There are dozens of sea clams, large and small, tied to the dark red tentacles, which seem to be quite rewarding.

"Grumbling..."

The seawater around Shamanlear shook.

Ole's voice reached his ears along with the waves, "Come on, I found the seaweed you mentioned."

Hearing what Ao Lei said, Shamanleir's eyes lit up, and he grabbed the two beads he had just obtained, one in each hand, and swam towards Ao Lei's direction.

"This thing is very similar to the seaweed you mentioned." Ole pointed to a clump of light green seaweed in the crevice of the rock with his tentacles.

Before it told Shaman Laier that Alicia wanted to eat a kind of green jelly, Shaman Lair guessed that this thing should be made of some kind of algae.

There are many algae that are rich in colloids, which can rub out mucus and solidify seawater into jelly-like QQ bouncy things.

According to Ole's description of the taste of the green jelly, after carefully reading through Planck's potion notes, Shamanlell selected a type of seaweed called [Green Leaf Algae].

This kind of seaweed is light green as a whole, with many leaves, which are arranged in pairs. The shape of the leaves looks the same as the young leaves of land plants. It has no branches, and all the leaves grow along a main trunk. .

Shamanlael looked at the place pointed by Ao Lei, and confirmed at a glance that what he found was [Green Leaf Algae].

"That's right, it's this thing!" Shamanlael showed a happy smile on his face, and swam over to pick the seaweed.

There were about a dozen roots in this clump, and they were pulled out by Shamanleir in two or three strokes.

With this thing, Samantel suddenly gained confidence in his success in making a replica of the green jelly.

He dragged a lot of things and swam forward with Ole, chasing the Moni which had gone far.

It has been three days since they left the last island, and the speed of the ship has been an average of 160 knots per hour. They are only about halfway to the next destination.

After catching up with the Moni, Samantel sneaked into the cabin on the bottom floor through the window, threw the things he found into the cabin, and then swam out to open sea oysters to fetch pearls with Ole.

The method of opening sea mussels is no different from that of giant clams, and it is even faster and more convenient.

These sea clams will not lose their temper like giant clams, and they will open after two knocks.

The sea oysters that Ole picked were all very big, with a diameter of nearly one meter, and they all yielded a lot. Samantel opened three or four, and almost two or three pearls came out of each oyster shell.

"Wow... so many!" After knocking open a large sea clam with a black shell, Shamanlael couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

There are at least [-] or [-] pearls densely packed inside this sea oyster!

Although they were not completely taken out, judging by the shape, each one was at least as big as a glass bead.

"This is too interesting."

Shaman Lair feels that he has fallen in love with the activity of opening pearls.

After each clam shell is opened, the situation inside is different. This kind of unknown makes Shamanleer feel the joy of opening a blind box.

And it's still a blind box that doesn't cost money. There are plenty of clams in the sea, and you can fish as much as you want.

After deftly cutting open the tender flesh of the sea mussel with his fingernails, Shamanlael began to squeeze out the pearls one by one.

Round and plump pearls slipped out.

Most of the pearls produced from sea oysters cannot guarantee the shape, and many of them are somewhat flat and round, which are not good-looking, and Samantel will throw them away after they are opened.

However, this sea oyster is very competitive, and the pearls inside are very round. There are 24 pearls in total, and [-] of them can be kept, and the color is also very beautiful, mainly light gold.

Just this one sea oyster can make a pearl necklace.

Shamanleir put away the pearls in satisfaction, and even touched the shell of this sea oyster a few times in a good mood.

"Not bad, keep it up, I hope that when the next mermaid picks you up, you will still be able to grow so many beautiful pearls!"

"Crack!" The sea clam snapped its shell tightly.

If it was a person, it would definitely jump up and curse a few words.

Who wants to grow pearls, it hurts, okay? Gan!
Shamanleir threw the opened sea mussels into the sea casually, and then picked and picked among the pile of sea mussels caught on Ole's tentacles, trying to find the next sea mussel that was lucky enough to be opened by him.

Suddenly, he saw a clam shell that looked completely different from other sea clams.

As a large marine shellfish, one thing that cannot be avoided is the growth of parasitic organisms such as various algae and barnacles on the shell.

The giant clams that Shamanleir saw before, as well as the few sea mussels that were opened just now, each shell was covered with numbness, and many tiny marine organisms climbed on it.

However, the clam shell he saw now was very smooth, just like a mirror.

Not only is the shell smooth, but its color is also different from other ordinary sea clams. It is the kind of colorful black, shining dazzlingly under the weak light of the seabed.

"[Mirage Shell]?"

Seeing this shell, Samantel made a sound of surprise.

There are two kinds of giant shellfish in the ocean, one is giant clam and the other is mirage.

They are extraordinary creatures that can grow much larger than giant clams. Mirages that are more than a hundred years old can generally grow to over ten meters in diameter. It is said that the largest mirage found is even several times larger than a giant whale!
The one that Ao Lei brought back was only more than one meter in diameter, so it was obviously a small baby.

"Olei, where did you find this? Are there other similar shells nearby?" Shamanlael asked Olei eagerly.

Mirages are not just big, they are also fierce predators.

That's right, a predator!
Mirages like to live in groups, usually hundreds of mirages gather in one area for activities.

There is a special item called "phantom beads" in their bodies, which can create illusions through mirage beads to lure other creatures to approach.

These lured creatures become lost in the hallucinations created by the mirage, indulging in them until they starve to death.

After the prey dies, the mirages will swarm up and devour the prey.

Pochi gave Shamanlell a mirage bead, which was taken from the body of this shellfish.

"Finding a mirage means that there may be more mirages around. If we don't want to waste time here, we'd better walk around them." Shamanleir said with some concern.

Hearing what Samantel said, Ole also realized that something was wrong. He pointed to a reef about a mile or two away from here, and said:

"I was looking for it on a rock over there, and it seems to be the only one, and nothing else!"

(End of this chapter)