The tail of the spaceship had an analyzer that could scan and identify various things.
Jiang Ye picked up a small fish and threw it into the analyzer.
Due to insufficient power at night, it took a long time to get the results:
[Item: Fish]
[Item Information: Unknown fish that feeds on plants, rich in nutrients, tender and delicious, high in fat, with 89 kilocalories of energy. Rich in docosahexaenoic acid, which can improve intelligence and enhance memory. However, the scales and fish heart have accumulated a large amount of plastic and metal particles, so do not eat the whole fish. It can be pan-fried, deep-fried, stewed, stir-fried, or made into sashimi and sun-dried before eating. No pathogenic bacteria or parasites were detected.]
"It can be eaten with a little processing!" Jiang Ye was pleasantly surprised. "There's no way to make a fire here, so we can only make sashimi. Shall I make a few slices for you to try?"
Cen Yemeng had already come over with a short knife and was skillfully scaling the fish.
"Let me, let me, don't bother!" Jiang Ye was startled and quickly said.
"Let me do it. Don't forget I own a restaurant, so I know how to handle all sorts of ingredients," Cen Yemeng smiled.
"Be careful, the knife is very sharp."
"Okay."
Cen Yemeng's movements were very agile, as if she had been scaling fish at a supermarket for over ten years. She quickly removed the scales from the entire fish, chopped off the head, split the belly, scooped out all the innards, and finally removed the bones.
Only two long, pink pieces of fish meat remained.
With flashes of the knife, thin slices of sashimi were cut.
"Want to try?" Cen Yemeng handed a slice to Jiang Ye.
"Thank you." Jiang Ye took it.
After all, the conditions were too primitive. It had a fishy smell when eaten, a mixture of sea and blood. However, after a few chews, one could adapt and even find it quite fresh.
The two of them quickly finished the entire fish.
Jiang Ye saw the light shining outside again and decisively grabbed the fishing net, went to the cabin door, and cast it forcefully into the sea.
The entire sea surface was filled with a vast expanse of yellow light, as numerous as a prairie fire. This school of fish was even larger than the previous one!
After casting the net, he immediately reeled it in. When pulling it up, he could clearly feel a strong resistance, with countless fish struggling!
But Jiang Ye had been a miner for so long; he wasn't just for show. He quickly pulled the glowing fishing net up and threw it into the cabin.
"Kaka kaka kaka kaka!" A series of rapid noises, the fish in the net were trying to bite through the net lines.
"Piranhas!" Cen Yemeng jumped back in fright, not forgetting to reach out and pull Jiang Ye.
Jiang Ye was also startled. Using the light from the fish themselves, he could see that every fish had sharp teeth in its mouth, very much like the piranhas in cartoons. The only difference was that these piranhas glowed themselves, emitting light from within their bodies.
Seeing the fish desperately biting the net, Jiang Ye became anxious. If the fishing net was bitten through, they would immediately lose their food supply at sea!
He picked up a hammer from the ground and smashed it at the piranhas!
With each crack of the hammer, a piranha was killed!
The fish blood was bright red, splashing onto the floor and onto Jiang Ye's trouser legs. The scene was incredibly bloody.
Finally, all sound stopped.
The sea outside returned to black, and the school of piranhas had swum away.
Jiang Ye carefully pulled open the fishing net, pulled out a piranha, and threw it into the analyzer.
[Item: Fish]
[Item Information: Ferocious carnivorous fish with developed glands, irritable temper, and strong aggression. High fat content, medium nutritional value, with aphrodisiac and yin-nourishing effects. The fish's internal organs contain a large amount of pollutants such as plastic and metal, so please remove the internal organs before eating.]
These piranhas could be eaten!
Jiang Ye was in a great mood. He picked out the piranhas from the net, counting them one by one. There were a total of 15, all of similar size, about half a catty each.
"You go to sleep first, I'll slice these fish, and dry them quickly to prevent spoilage," Jiang Ye said to Cen Yemeng.
"I can only sleep if you hold me," Cen Yemeng said seriously.
"Be good, you're pregnant, you can't stay up late."
"You hold me to sleep," Cen Yemeng frowned. "Those ugly fish can wait until tomorrow morning."
Jiang Ye shrugged helplessly, put down the short knife, and washed his hands.
The next day, Jiang Ye opened his eyes and found Cen Yemeng already squatting on the ground, busy.
More than half of the fish caught last night had been processed. Several plates of pink and white sashimi were laid out under the window where the sunlight shone, being dried.
Jiang Ye quickly got up, "Let me do it, you rest."
"There are only a few left, I'll do it, you just rest." Cen Yemeng didn't give him the knife and focused on slicing the fish.
"You're pregnant," Jiang Ye said.
"It's okay, appropriate exercise and work are good for my health and can also promote the baby's intellectual development," Cen Yemeng smiled.
Jiang Ye wasn't hungry either. After thinking for a moment, he picked up the fishing net, opened the cabin door, and began to cast the net into the sea.
As he cast the net, he glanced at the distant mountain. It seemed to have grown a little larger. After being pushed by the seawater all night, the spaceship was getting closer and closer to the land.
He reeled in the net.
The first cast was empty.
Jiang Ye shrugged and continued his work.
He cast the net again and again, and for half an hour, he caught nothing.
He wasn't discouraged. This wasn't a fish pond; it was normal not to catch fish for a while. He missed the fishing boats on Jiang Ye Star. They had deep-sea nets and sonar, and a single cast could yield tens of pounds of fish, enough to eat for a month. This kind of hand-thrown small net was too inefficient. It would be more suitable for use in rivers and lakes.
Cen Yemeng held a slice of sashimi and fed it to Jiang Ye's mouth.
"Is it delicious? This is piranha meat," Cen Yemeng said with gentle eyes.
"It's a bit sour, like lemon juice was sprinkled on it," Jiang Ye frowned slightly. "It's not as good as that one-eyed fish."
"So you think it's sour too? I thought it was because I'm pregnant and my taste has changed," Cen Yemeng giggled.
Jiang Ye reeled in the net and his expression suddenly changed, "I caught something!"
The fishing net slowly emerged from the water, and then with a strong pull, it was thrown into the cabin.
However, there were no fish in the net.
Instead, there was a... green plastic bucket?
It looked like a laundry detergent bucket, its surface covered with scratches. The area where the label was attached was covered in algae, green and dirty, like something from an ancient shipwreck. The lid was screwed on tightly. Jiang Ye picked it up and shook it a couple of times, and there was a sound from inside.
Cen Yemeng's mouth hung open, "How could there be something like this?"
Her question reminded Jiang Ye, and a surge of immense joy gripped his heart.
"There are humans on this planet!" Jiang Ye beamed. "Perhaps even a prosperous one, with countless cities discharging domestic waste into the sea. We've fished up a bucket of domestic waste!"
Cen Yemeng's expression was also surprised, "Then we can be saved?"
"It will probably take another three or four days to reach the shore," Jiang Ye looked at the mountain at the end of the sea. "Once we land, we should be able to contact the locals. I have plenty of money, and they will send us back."
Cen Yemeng excitedly hugged Jiang Ye, "Actually, I thought we would have to live as savages on this planet for the rest of our lives."
"How could that be?" Jiang Ye kissed her head. "Let me analyze this bucket of things and see what it is."