There was no need for much talk; the pirates lacked conviction to begin with.
"This is Heidola, a kind of mad seaweed..."
"Heidola consumes a lot and is usually in a dormant state, but can be hypnotically guided through our special devices!"
"We've raised a lot of Heidola in Crescent Sea Bay, nurturing them bit by bit... using sonic technology to drive away schools of sardines and hypnosis to guide Heidola in hunting..."
"Fishermen driven away? That's another department's job, not ours. We just feed the fish..."
"Besides that, there's the coastal defense department, the intelligence department... What the higher-ups mean? We really don't know, we're just small fry!"
"The recent sonic wave has awakened many Heidola, let's run!"
"Heidola is a dangerous creature. It would be very troublesome if people saw us raising them... The fish caught by driving away the fishermen are just enough to feed the Heidola."
With a few words, today's intelligence gathering was almost complete.
Heidola, this type of seaweed, once it has abundant nutrients, will replicate madly and its appetite will grow larger and larger. In severe cases, it can cause ecological imbalance and is a marine creature strictly prohibited from cultivation.
However, natural Heidola is extremely scarce.
"For a mere ingredient, hundreds of millions of fishermen are displaced."
"Truly hateful!"
At this moment, these awakened Heidola all surfaced. Each was massive, with various strange objects attached to their exteriors, making their original forms indistinguishable.
Ships, fish bones, mud, rocks, animal carcasses...
Anything of value could be attached to them. Zhang Wei even saw the shell of a crashing sea turtle and the teeth of a Leo Dragon.
"Even ordinary seaweed can grow by 2 [units] per day."
Kelp filled the sky!
Uh... Seaweed? Algae?
In any case, that plant tissue, which could be like muscle fiber, was blasted everywhere!
"Absorption Technique!"
"Universal Pull!"
Zhang Wei flamboyantly shouted the name of his new technique, earning a roll of the eyes from Xifeng.
All the blasted kelp was drawn towards him and directly stored in the Treasure Hall!
This kelp might be edible, no need to waste it.
The moment the kelp entered the Treasure Hall, a notification sounded.
[Contained Ingredient Discovered: Outer Algae of Fully Developed Heidola]
[Capture Level: 95]
[Edible Level: 6]
[Estimated Replication Time: 25 days]
[Quantity Discovered: 850,000 tons]
[Description: The most common structure of fully developed Heidola. Although its taste is no different from young Heidola, its capture level is surprisingly high because it grows on a fully developed body.]
[Description: This algae has a water content of up to 96%. For every hundred tons, about seven tons of tender Heidola can be dried, along with about three tons of high-quality sea salt and 30 kilograms of plant-based Vitamin C.]
[Description: Tender Heidola can be dried until completely devoid of moisture to make crispy seaweed. It can also be eaten directly as a cold dish, or processed into rice rolls, sushi, and other dishes.]
The dried vitamins were completely superfluous; it contained a much larger quantity in its natural state and was a remarkably high-quality and healthy vegetable.
"850,000 tons, yielding only 60,000 tons of edible tender Heidola, that's quite a lot of water!"
But the good thing was, there was still a lot of Heidola here!