As the school of fish gradually approached the Wave Rider, although the sky was still a bit dark, everyone present was a Martial Artist. Despite their varying Cultivation Levels, everyone’s senses were already far beyond those of ordinary people. As the distance to the Wave Rider grew shorter, everyone was able to see clearly what the dark shadows in the water were.

When Robinson William saw that the dark shadows in the water were actually a school of fish, his face suddenly showed a look of disappointment.

But before his mood could sink for long, a remark from Madeline suddenly made him tense up again.

It turned out that the school of fish had already reached the underside of the Wave Rider. While others were still unaware of why the school of fish would approach the ship voluntarily, Madeline suddenly discovered that the fish were gathering under the Wave Rider.

Madeline was curious about what on the Wave Rider was attracting the fish when he suddenly realized that the fish were gnawing at the underside of the Wave Rider.

Upon discovering this, Madeline immediately let out a cry of alarm and then called everyone to look toward the spot he was pointing at.

The people on the deck followed Madeline’s pointing hand and looked toward the underside of the ship where the school of fish was gathered. At that moment, everyone also saw the underwater school of fish nibbling at the underside of the ship, and everyone except Zachary was taken aback.

"They’re actually gnawing at the underside of the ship, Zachary, you need to start the ship quickly and see if we can shake off this school of fish. We can’t let them continue, otherwise, once the underside is damaged, none of us can escape."

Hearing the fear in Mr. Thompson’s words, Zachary clearly knew that this wasn’t just Mr. Thompson’s concern alone.

However, unlike the tense expressions of the others, Zachary was quite relaxed because whether it was observing directly with Divine Sense or the connection between him and the Wave Rider.

Zachary was very certain that the school of fish had been nibbling under the Wave Rider for half a day and had not caused any damage to the underside of the Wave Rider. Instead, some of the fish’s teeth had actually been damaged during the nibbling.

Noticing that the atmosphere around him was becoming tenser, Zachary immediately spoke up to soothe everyone’s emotions, "Dad, don’t worry, although this ship isn’t a Companion Spiritual Treasure, its body is made from a special material.

Not to boast, but it’s nearly impossible to harm it, not just by an underwater school of fish, even small-caliber firearms could hardly damage it."

Hearing what Zachary said, although everyone was still somewhat worried inside, their initially tense expressions had somewhat relaxed.

Although Zachary had mentioned that the material of the ship’s body was extremely strong, the saying ’constant dripping wears the stone’ lingered in everyone’s mind as they watched the school of fish continuously nibbling at the underside.

"Wait for me a moment."

Zachary casually spoke before hurriedly entering the cabin. Although no one knew what Zachary was going to do, seeing that he had reacted made everyone suddenly become curious.

It wasn’t long before Zachary came out of the cabin holding a bunch of items.

Looking at the items wrapped in bags that Zachary was holding, Robinson William and Madeline were still curious about what was inside when Master Ye and Mr. Thompson, after only seeing the packaging, immediately guessed what was inside.

Once they guessed the specific items inside, both felt an itch of impatience.

When Zachary arrived at their side and placed the items on the ground, Master Ye and Mr. Thompson couldn’t wait to open the fishing rod bag and started selecting fishing rods from inside it.

At that moment, Robinson William and Madeline immediately understood Zachary’s idea, but neither of them made a move and just stood aside casually watching.

Master Ye and Mr. Thompson quickly picked out fishing rods and very efficiently began assembling the reels and other accessories.

In less than ten minutes, the two had finished all the preparations normally required for fishing, except there was a slight disagreement on the choice of bait.

Mr. Thompson thought that since the aquatic creatures looked like fish, traditional bait should be used.

But Master Ye, considering the frantic nibbling behavior of the underwater school, decided to directly test with meat bait.

Though the two had differing opinions, they did not argue but instead decided to prove who was right through actual fishing.

Both cast their lines at the same time, and as the bait hit the water, both of their fishing rods bent down simultaneously and the floats instantly sank.

But as they were about to react and lift their rods, the downward pull on the rods suddenly vanished, and the tips of the bent rods were flung into the air. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

Only when the tips stopped flying up and down did Zachary and the others notice that not only the bait, but also the floats that had sunk to the bottom had disappeared, leaving only the snapped fishing lines on the rods.

Seeing this, Master Ye and Mr. Thompson did not feel discouraged. Instead, they skillfully reeled in the rods and closely inspected the breaks in the fishing lines.

"Brother, it doesn’t look like the line broke due to a natural tear but seems like it was bitten off directly."

Hearing Mr. Thompson’s analysis, Master Ye also looked closely at the broken line in his hands. After a while, he seriously nodded his head.

When they heard that the line had been bitten off directly, everyone except Zachary, who already knew the situation, showed a look of astonishment on their faces.

At that moment, Mr. Thompson tentatively asked Master Ye, "Should we switch to a thicker line?"

Hearing Mr. Thompson’s inquiry, Master Ye thought for a moment then shook his head, "No use, seeing how those fish nibble at the underside, you can tell how good their teeth are."