<h4>Chapter 978: There’s Shark</h4>


    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio


    Li Du was treading water quickly on both feet, keeping his body roughly afloat.


    Ah Meow could swim, although he didn’t like the water after falling in. He flopped his


    four paws in disgust but swam decently.


    Ah Ow pounded from the back, jumping out of the water like a dolphin.


    Ah Meow was looking up and saw with horror a dark cloud over his head. Then, the


    cloud crashed on him!


    Crash!


    With a muffled sound and a big ssh, Ah Ownded on Ah Meow.


    Ah Ow was still floating on the surface, happily swimming like a dog, but Ah Meow was


    far from happy!


    On the deck, Ali took a gulp of water and was amused to see this: Ah Ow, this stupid


    wolf, wasn’t aiming, and could crash into anyone.


    A few secondster, Ah Meow emerged from the water, struggling to keep his head


    above the surface and opening his mouth to cough.


    An interesting detail about tiger cats was that they coughed by spitting rather than


    hacking.


    After coughing up the water clogging his mouth and nose, Ah Meow red angrily at Ah


    Ow and called loudly at the top of his lungs: “Meow!”


    Ah Ow saw Ah Meow appear and swam as fast as possible, trying to catch up with the


    tiger.


    Frightened, Ah Meow moved his legs and desperately swam towards the boat. He used


    his tail as well, swinging it from side to side like a small oar.


    Ah Meow was struggling for his life. Ah Ow tried hard to chase him, but she just wanted


    to y, Both swam as hard as they could, but with different speeds.


    When Ah Ow caught up with the yacht, Ah Meow finally took the first step to climb up


    the esctor. He rushed up the esctor, visibly relieved.


    Just as he was about to leap into the boat, Ali jumped forward, his tail aiding his hind


    legs, andnded on Ah Meow.


    Go ahead, Ali. That’s a powerful foot!


    “Meow!” His tail sticking out, Ah Meow’s body streaked a parab through the air and


    fell back into the sea.


    Ah Ow was so unhappy to have missed Ah Meow that she tried to catch him. Just as he


    emerged from the water, she pped her paws again!


    Seeing Ah Meow punished, Li Du was satisfied. Knowing that Ah Meow could swim very


    well, he didn’t have to worry about him, so he put on goggles and dived into the water.


    The water here was so clear that sunlight prated to the bottom of the sea.


    ording to general information, sunlight could prate seawater up to the depth of


    1000 meters, but in most cases, at the depth of ten or twenty meters, the underwater


    world was already dark.


    Because the sea of Nemo was clear, the sea floor twenty meters below was still very


    bright, with patches of coral groups growing underwater in the life-giving sunshine


    fort.


    There were many kinds of fish underwater. Li Du was not sure about their species.


    If there was a shoal of fish, they would probably be sardines.


    The deeper one went it, the more shoals of sardines one could see. Li Du was close to


    the edge of the shark, where the water was deepest and the shoals of sardines


    were thergest.


    He saw Sophie holding an underwater camera and motioning to take a picture of


    herself. He wanted to get into the sardine shoal and take a picture of underwater life.


    Sardines were vignt. They were at the bottom of the ocean food chain. Almost all


    meat eaters, including fish and other sea animals, preyed on them.


    Li Du took a deep breath and dove down, holding the shark and floating quietly in


    the water, waiting for the fish to approach.


    Sophie held up her camera and waited for the right moment to press the button.


    Suddenly, however, Sophie lowered the camera and looked at Li Du in horror.


    Li Du sensed something was wrong and reacted quickly. Instead of looking back to see


    what was causing Sophie’s panic, he pushed hard against the shark with his feet


    and used the reaction force to swim forward.


    Almost at the same time, a strong impact hit his body like a crashing car. Li Du felt a


    sharp pain in his back as his body was thrust forward.


    Sophie hastened to catch him. Li Du’s lungs ran out of oxygen, and Sophie dragged him


    to the surface of the water.


    As he rose to the surface, Li Du took a deep breath. Then he heard Sophie’s anguished


    voice: “God, a bull shark!”


    Surprised, he asked, “Was it a bull shark that hit me?”


    Sophie nodded vigorously. “Yes, there are bull sharks around. Maybe they are attracted


    by sardines.”


    The scare was real, but the danger was not that great. There was a well-maintained


    shark defense, which the lion hunter took care to check earlier. The was very


    strong, and there was no apprehension that sharks might cross it.


    Li Du went back into the water, though his back still ached. His underwater vision was


    good, and he saw the shark that had hit him.


    The shark’s head was wide and t, its eyes were round and its trunk wasrge. Its


    whole body had the shape of a spindle, and its back was dark gray. asionally, it


    rolled in the water and then one could see its abdomen was gray-white.


    It looked very strong, but it was less than two meters long and not very bulky. Its impact


    was not very strong from a distance.


    Li Du and Sophie had seen blue whales in a submarine off Sydney, Australia. NowLi Du


    wanted to get a closer look at the bull shark, and as he swam a few meters another bull


    shark appeared.


    One, two, five, ten…


    Li Du was shocked. He looked ahead in disbelief, seeing as many as twenty or thirty


    bull sharks.


    He hastened to climb aboard the yacht. Although the shark protected him, he was


    still uneasy.


    The lion hunter, who was sprawled on the deck enjoying a pleasant massage, noticed


    the school of sharks under the water and got up at once, saying excitedly, “Go, bring my


    fish gun, I want to get a shark!”


    Li Du said helplessly, “Your hunting hobby is really extensive.”


    The lion hunter said, “I don’t have any stuffed sharks in my castle yet.”


    Killing sharks was not that simple. It was not just about having weapons, but more about


    being able to get close enough.


    Generally speaking, fishermen in Africa would use steel cages to protect themselves in


    the water while they approached sharks and shot them through the bars. The lion


    hunter, who had no such cage on his yacht, ventured out into the water to attack the bull


    sharks through the shark.


    A shark could act like a steel cage, but it was fixed in one ce and could not


    enable one to get close enough to the shark. At a distance, the fish gun had poor aim


    and imperfect performance.


    Shark group did not stick to the shark, and the nearest one was about ten meters


    away. The lion hunter shot many times but did not hit a shark.