Two more days passed, and the date arrived at September 18th.
Today, many fishing boats would choose to return to the harbor. Some were full of catches, while others had to return due to the depletion of their supplies.
Chu Mingcheng opened the app and took a look; of the over 300 boats that had joined the competition, now only about 160 remained.
Therefore, not as many boats were returning this time as on the first trip back, perhaps about a hundred or so, at least half fewer than initially.
Chu Mingcheng figured that many contestants would choose to drop out after this return.
The cost of going out to sea was too high, and without hope for a high ranking, nobody would want to continue in a losing competition.
But those who could hold on had generally made some gains, at least being somewhat confident about winning a place.
"Ah Cheng, how's your haul?" Zhang Wei had called to inquire while they were returning together today.
