Coastal Foraging: From the Start, Armed with a Shovel, the Sea Is My Home

“Su Chen, stop digging. There isn’t even a single clam on this beach. Do you think you’re going to dig up gold?” Faced with the tourists’ mockery, Su Chen brought his shovel down and dug up a wild giant crab weighing five jin! … After quitting his soul-crushing job at a major corporation, Su Chen returned to Blue Whale Bay and awakened the [Ocean Hunting System]. Other people rely on luck when foraging at the shore. He has X-ray vision! Top-grade butter crabs, century-old sea turtles, sunken treasure: nothing escapes his sight. He’d only wanted to livestream in peace, make some money, fix up his old house, and enjoy a heavenly life. Instead, a mischievous seagull latched onto him. “Is that bird possessed? Did it just complain that the fish the streamer gave it was too small?” “Holy crap, it talked! It’s calling the streamer a broke loser!” Looking at the screen full of Super Rockets, Su Chen spread his hands helplessly. “I just wanted to forage at the shore. I never meant to raise a mythical beast.” And so, everything changed. While others picked up seashells, he found king crabs as big as washbasins. While others gnawed on tree bark to survive on a deserted island, he lounged in a deck chair, sipping coconut juice and directing a pod of dolphins in an aquatic ballet. Until one day, a sea eagle he’d been feeding complained to the camera, “This lobster meat is too tough. I want Wagyu!” The whole internet went wild: “Streamer, has your bird become a spirit?!”