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Chapter 235 Isthmus
Qin Ziwen quickly walked to the reef near the sea.

At their feet, a palm-sized crab with reddish-brown stripes was startled by the sudden appearance of humans. Its round body froze on the spot, and it raised its large pincers.

A large hand covered it and lifted it up.

What kind of crab is this?

Upon hearing the president's question, Wang Jun jumped over from the side behind.

He peeked inside and said, "Chairman, this is a red-lined dawn crab. Some people in China raise them as ornamental crabs. They don't have much meat and they don't taste good."

Qin Ziwen examined it several times, turning it over and over. "There's not much meat, but what if we use it as bait?"

"Of course it can be used as bait; these sea crabs have a strong fishy smell," Wang Jun laughed.

"Ouch!" someone nearby cried out.

The man staggered and nearly fell, ending up kneeling on one knee and almost being dragged into the water.

Qin Ziwen looked over upon hearing the sound and saw that the man's hand was being held between a grayish-brown "stone".

The man was gripping a rock with one hand, hooking his foot on a stone, and his left hand was being bitten by a rock.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be no stone at all.

It was clearly a crab that looked like a rock but was actually as big as a washbasin.

This crab has large claws with many barbs on them.

Seeing people gathering around, the crab loosened its claws and was about to roll into the seawater.

Just then, a long spear suddenly appeared, hooked the crab's leg, and lifted it upwards.

It sent him flying half a meter.

Guada~
The reef crab landed on the rocks, rolled around once, and then lay on its back with its eight limbs in the air, swaying from side to side, trying to turn itself over.

Then Qin Ziwu rushed over and grabbed it, pulling down its two big pincers.

This thing is quite rare; Qin Ziwen has never seen it before.

Its back is covered with stones, which are similar in color to the surrounding reefs, and they are quite large.

Throw out an insight,
【Common·Reef Crab:☆☆】

This reef crab, the size of a washbasin, only has two stars. How much bigger must the high-star reef crabs be?

It seems that besides the animals on the hunting leaderboard, the ordinary animals in this island region are also quite formidable.

"Ah—" The person who had just been caught was clutching his arms and howling.

His hand was like a tap that had been turned on, with blood gushing out.

"Let me see." Qin Ziwen walked over.

The person who was pinched by the reef crab not only had a huge gash in his palm, but the bones on the back of his hand were also sunken.

In other words, the reef crabs loosen their claws early; if you come later, your claws might get pinched off.

"Where's the doctor?"

Zhao Pu rushed over, glanced at the injuries and the injured man who was groaning in pain, and decisively said, "Two people come and help him up. Disinfect him quickly. If he gets infected with flesh-eating bacteria, he'll have to have his leg amputated."

After watching the injured man being helped up by several people, Qin Ziwen looked away.

The islands at sea are fraught with danger.

Even ordinary animals can become deadly killers if one is not careful.

Qin Ziwu pried open the shell of the rock crab. He initially thought the stones on its back were a disguise, but after prying it open, he found that the stones were real natural reefs that were just stuck to the shell.

Pry open the shell, and the rock crab reveals its snow-white, soft, tender meat underneath.

"There's quite a lot of meat."

The island is not large; you can walk around the outer wall of the residential area and finish exploring it in no time.

"If we rely on island and reef hunting, there won't be enough land for everyone in our community," Qin Ziwen concluded.

To liberate productivity, ships must be built, either for hunting at sea or for exploring other islands in the surrounding area.

However, the different islands are separated by a sea, and who knows what might be lurking beneath the seabed? Swimming across would be too dangerous, so ships are still necessary.

After going back and forth, it all comes down to two words—shipbuilding!

This map might be an even more difficult start than the Gobi Desert.

The people in the opposite residential area were already farming and hunting on the big island, while they were still trapped in this residential area. After looking around, Qin Ziwen returned to the residential area and found Zhao Pu. "The one who was injured earlier is from our Qin Alliance, right? I remember seeing him before."

"Yes, it's the unit next to ours, number one."

Qin Ziwen nodded. "How are your injuries now?"

"Disinfection has been completed, and he drank some of the Healing Spring, which stopped the bleeding. However, two metacarpal bones were broken, and I repositioned and bandaged them. As for the subsequent healing, it depends on the individual's recovery."

"Use the Healing Fountain."

Zhao Pu succinctly stated, "The Healing Fountain can treat external injuries, and arm fractures fall under the category of external injuries."

"Give him some more, try to avoid leaving any aftereffects."

"Yes."

Building 8, Unit 701, Room .

The air pressure in the room was very low.

The man sat by the window, his right hand, which was secured with a splint, resting flat on his knee, his eyes gazing absently out the window.

"Why were you in such a hurry to go into the sea? You couldn't resist grabbing a crab as soon as you saw it. Now look what happened, your hand is so badly injured that you can't even get it wet."

His wife's complaints were like needles piercing his heart. The man unconsciously gripped the hem of his clothes with his left hand. He wanted to explain that he wanted to catch a crab to bring home to nourish her body after she became pregnant.

He didn't intend to get hurt. It's just that the rocks were too slippery, and he lost his footing, which is why his hand was accidentally pinched by a crab.

But the words were on the tip of his tongue, and in the end, he swallowed them all.

It's pointless to talk about this now.

Bang bang bang.

There was a knock on the door.

His wife went to open the door. "Dr. Zhao."

"Where is Kuai Zhang?" Zhao Pu's voice came.

"He's sitting over there."

Kuai Zhang turned his head upon hearing the sound, his eyes somewhat dazed.

"Dr. Zhao, how long will it take for my hand to heal?" Although he already knew the answer, Kuai Zhang still held a sliver of hope.

"At most a week."

Zhao Pu's words were like a timely rain. Kuai Zhang looked up in disbelief, "When you were bandaging me just now, didn't you say..."

“That was just now, and this is now,” Zhao Pu said with a smile. “The president specifically asked about you and asked me to bring you some spiritual spring water.”

As he spoke, he raised the transparent water bottle in his hand.

It is filled with healing springs.

Kuai Zhang knew about the Healing Fountain. Just now, his hand was pinched by a crab and bleeding profusely. He drank this and the bleeding stopped quickly, and the pain also lessened a lot.

He knew it was good stuff.

But he's just an ordinary person; how could an ordinary person deserve such good things?

His lips trembled slightly, and Kuai Zhang's nose tingled with emotion. "Thank you, Chairman. Thank you, Dr. Zhao."

Kuai Zhang's wife was also very emotional. For a family, the main breadwinner was injured, which meant that half of the pillar of the family was broken.

Besides, she had just tested positive for pregnancy a week ago.

After the couple expressed their gratitude repeatedly, Zhao Pu turned and left.

As dusk fell, the neighborhood gradually quieted down.

The bright moonlight shone on the sea, and in the latter half of the night, as time passed, the tide gradually receded.

The water level dropped inch by inch, revealing the reefs that had been soaked in seawater and were now gleaming.

Beneath the reef, a narrow isthmus leads to the end of the opposite island.

Like the back of a giant whale, waves of seawater recede from both sides, revealing a smooth road leading to the opposite island.

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(End of this chapter)