Goldfield
Chapter 207: Collapse

Zhou Shanhu's little head appeared after collapsing for a while. He shouted towards Xiaocao, “How? Did you harvest something? ”

Xiaocao shook his head and disappointedly said, “Nothing!”

Zhou Shanhu smiled and comforted him, “Maybe because we are too close to the sea, so there is nothing good around here. Others are professional divers, so they can dive underwater for a few minutes. Do you want to look further?

Xiaolian continued to collect goose barnacles by the beach when she noticed that her younger sister's swimming skills were excellent, and Zhou Shanhu was guarding them as well. The younger sister seems to like eating goose barnacles with soup. After their family separated from the main branch, she had no time to gather seafood, so she rarely had the chance to eat the seafood soup made by her younger sister! Xiaolian put her little sister's outer clothes on the dried coral to dry, then she leaned over and busied herself.

Xiaocao gradually swam to the depths of the sea, but his ability to hold his breath was not very good. He often had to come to take a breath when he had just reached the bottom of the sea. He felt very discouraged because it had been busy for a long time, but still could not harvest.

The mocking voice of the little god stone suddenly appeared in his mind, [I guess even if you were to waste time until dusk like this, you might still not get the harvest. Do you want this Divine Stone to help you?]

Xiaocao was a bit exhausted as he stepped on the water and asked impatiently, “No kidding! If you can help, why don't you say it earlier than seeing me from the sidelines? ”

[What's with your attitude? This Divine Stone is not happy, I am not helping anymore!] The little Divine Stone snorted proudly and lovingly, giving off an unhappy appearance.

“If you don't want to help me, don't! I don't care! ” Xiaocao does not try to hold back his anger! Who is the master of this relationship? He took a deep breath and plunged underwater again.

The little saint stone was speechless for a long time by his words, it really wanted to just wash his hands and ignore him. However, it had reached a bottleneck at a critical point now. If the small holy stone helped its master, then it could absorb spiritual power from heaven and earth, restoring its full strength!

Although the little holy stone was still angry, it still helped Xiaocao. The small holy stone condensed a protective screen of spiritual power around Xiaocao's body. It seemed like he was encased in a transparent bubble, the seawater could not approach him and the pressure from the surrounding water instantly disappeared.

Xiaocao held his breath and looked at the magical scene that was happening in front of him, it seemed like he had entered a fantasy world. The transparent bubble slowly sank, the cute little fish around it curiously swimming towards him. They gently touched the spiritual barrier with their mouths, but it seemed like they had touched the transparent film, they could see it but were unable to enter it.

Xiaocao was so fascinated at that moment that he forgot to breathe, and his face flushed red. He thought that he should immediately go up and take a breath when the disturbing sound of the little god stone appeared again, [You are so stupid! You can breathe freely in my spiritual barrier. Why do I have such a stupid master? Forget it, go and suffocate to death!]

Xiaocao rolled his eyes into his mind and hesitantly took a breath. Sure enough, fresh air filled his lungs and stuffy chest. He stretched his hand out from the bubble-shaped spiritual barrier and found that he was not blocked by the barrier. He looked around and tried to use his mind to control the bubbles to float to where the fat sea cucumber was. As he thought, he quickly arrived next to the sea cucumber. As soon as he reached out his hand, he caught the squirming sea cucumber.

“This sea cucumber is quite large in size, so the quality of the product should be good. We finally got a crop. ” Xiaocao put the sea cucumber into a bamboo basket tied around his waist and advanced further into the depths of the sea.

However, in order not to worry about Xiaolian being on the beach, she occasionally emerged from the sea to breathe and then descended into the sea again. Thanks to that small holy stone spiritual barrier, his speed was no longer blocked by the sea, so he was much more nimble now.

The small sacred stone had nothing to do, so it guided Xiaocao to capture more valuable seafood such as sea cucumbers, abalone, and armored lobsters.

The seabed was like a huge treasure field that had yet to be exploited by humans for actually appearing in front of Yu Xiaocao. The bamboo basket on Xiaocao's waist was relatively small, so it couldn't hold much. He started picking and picking at the bottom of the sea. One time he did not like this sea cucumber because of its size is too small and other times he did not like this lobster because it is not fat enough. He only chose the best quality seafood. If others knew that the things they wanted but could not get thrown away like trash, Xiaocao would most likely receive many sharp gazes!

Just as the bamboo basket he was carrying could no longer hold it, a large group of dark shadows swam towards him. Xiaocao was startled and thought he had met a group of sharks. He would run away when he was mocked by a small holy stone: [Why did you run? You are such a coward! It's a bunch of dolphins, they're very docile, and they won't hurt people!]

A dolphin? He had only watched dolphin shows on television before and knew that they were adorable sea creatures. He floated silently on the seabed as he looked at the shadows in the distance. Sure enough, when a group of black shadows approached, he finally saw their appearance: their bodies were shiny and bright with graceful physiques, their movements light and fast, they were quick, and their muzzles curved like they were smiling.

Dolphins seem to be very attracted to her, and they swim around her. There was a cute little blue dolphin that lightly banged its head against its body like a child asking for a caress.

Yu Xiaocao smiled lightly and reached out to touch the little dolphin that was not afraid of people. The little creature did not dodge his touch, and gently pecked at his palm with his mouth. The amused feeling made Xiaocao smile.

Xiaocao changed the shape of the spiritual barrier so that it stuck to his body like a second skin, while allowing it to supply oxygen to him. He wrapped his arms around the body of the little dolphin, and the little dolphin took him to travel freely around the seabed. The scenery on the seabed was unobstructed through the transparent barrier.

All kinds of small fish roamed around Xiaocao. Some of the fish were covered with colorful stripes, some wore red hats, some looked like military flags in Beijing opera, and some looked like round hedgehogs.

With the help of a small dolphin, she becomes a guest of the sea. As he enjoyed the scenery around the seabed, he had plucked many high-quality abalone and was now harvesting a lot.

Xiaocao was playing around with the dolphins and he forgot the time. After Xiaolian dug up many goose barnacles and prepared to go home for lunch, she looked out to sea. Other than Zhou Shanhu who sometimes floated to the surface of the sea, there was no movement from his younger sister for a long time.

The woven basket in Xiaolian's hand fell to the ground and he threw himself into the sea without wearing a diving suit; he madly swam in the sea. Xiaolian's swimming skills were quite good, so in a short period of time, he arrived at Zhou Shanhu. When Zhou Shanhu came out of the water, he was captured by Xiaolian.

“Did you see my sister? When was the last time you saw him?” Xiaolian's voice trembled as she asked urgently.

Zhou Shanhu was surprised; he looked around and saw that the sea was calm. He thought about it and said, “I think the last time I saw him was about half an hour ago. When I emerged from the water, I thought we just missed each other, so I didn't pay much attention. ”.

Xiaolian's skin was deathly pale and said in a sobbing tone, “I looked around for a quarter of an hour and I didn't see my little sister coming to the surface from the water. She.. must have happened to him! I deserve to die; I shouldn't dig for a goose barnacle. This was the first time my little sister had gone to sea, I had to watch her attentively all the time so that if anything went wrong, I could immediately look for her at sea. What am I supposed to do now? I don't even know when the accident happened.. No, I have to look for it.. ”.

Zhou Shanhu also lost his mind. The sea was huge, and they did not know where and when the accident occurred, how could they find it? Every year, it is not known how many people are swallowed by the sea.

“Xiaolian, don't worry too much. Perhaps Xiaocao had just swam to a place further away.look! There's a shadow that looks like someone, let's see if it's Xiaocao! ” Zhou Shanhu was very surprised when he found a small head emerging from the water in the distance. After a while, he dived again into the water.

A spark of hope lit up in Xiaolian's heart. She tried to calm herself down; she could not panic as her little sister was still waiting for her to find him!

Both of them worked hard and swam towards the direction where the shadow had appeared.

“Hah? Aren't you the little girl from Dongshan Village who sells boiled food? Why don't you wear wetsuits before you enter the sea? ” Xiaolian was disappointed to learn that it was a teenager with dark skin and a handsome appearance.

Xiaolian crying, “Adik! Something must have happened to my sister. If something happens to her, then I don't want to live either! Wah... ”

The young man looked at Xiaolian because he was confused as to what to do. Could it be that he said something wrong and made this little girl cry?

“You... don't cry! Do you need me to help you with something? ” The young man asked with concern while frowning.

Zhou Shanhu sobbed beside him, “His sister has dived with me, but she has not surfaced from the water for a long time. Have you ever seen a little girl who looks a lot like her? ”

The tanned youth's expression became serious. He slowly shook his head and said, “This place is relatively far away, so there are very few people coming here. I don't see anyone but you two. Don't cry, I'll help you find him. Maybe he swam to some place further away! ”

“My sister...it's her first time diving. He's never learned to swim before. I deserve to die. Why don't I stay by his side and watch him? Wu wu... ”Xiaolian panting while crying.

The heart of the sunburned youth was getting drowned. If this was his first time diving, then he would definitely not swim too far. Not a good sign if she doesn't emerge from the water for a while. But seeing two little girls crying in front of him, the young man still comforted them, “Don't cry anymore. I'll look around, maybe I'll find something. You... can wait here.. ”.

The little girl cried until her eyes were swollen. If he dove into the water like this, it was hard to guarantee that an accident would not happen. Only after he let the other little girl watch over him did he start swimming into the distance. He dived again and again into the water, looking for the little girl.

It was already half an hour later when Yu Xiaocao realized that he had been living underwater for too long. The little dolphin seemed to have understood his intentions, using its back to help it float to the surface. It let out a sound “ahh——”, it seemed like it urged him to stay.