Chapter 1283: An undersea volcano
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"What is the Devil's Sea? Isn't this sea area normal? It's not very far from Vigo Bay, how could this happen?"
Zhuang Rui was a little puzzled when he heard it, he had used his aura to survey that sea area, the only strange thing was that there were fewer swimming fish and sea creatures there, and there seemed to be nothing unusual about the others, why was it called the Devil's Sea by Clyde?
Moreover, according to Zhuang Rui's observation, the volcano below that sea area should be an extinct volcano, and there is no possibility of an eruption, let alone a tsunami. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
After hearing Zhuang Rui's words, Clyde shook his head and said, "Boss, this ...... This sea area is a bit strange, when there is nothing to do, ships come and go, but I can't tell what time, there will be a sudden wind and waves, and the coming ships will overturn into the sea, and after a long time, no ship will dare to pass here......"
As a seafarer, what I am most afraid of is the wind and waves at sea, in the ocean, some big waves are even as high as tens of meters, don't look at the "Xuanrui" is hundreds of meters long, but in the face of the huge waves at sea, it is not much worse than a lonely boat.
In ancient times, when sailing on the sea, ships were often attacked by wind and waves and shipwrecked, and the safety of the crew became a major concern for sailors, who pinned their hopes on the blessing of the gods.
Like the sea god Poseidon in foreign myths and legends, he is the king of the sea who rules all the waters around the continent, has the art of calling the wind, and can lift or calm the raging sea, and is revered by all believers.
The people along the coast of China believe in Mazu, and the Mazu temples that can be seen everywhere in Fujian and other regions are actually a kind of spiritual sustenance pursued by those boatmen, seafarers, travelers, merchants and fishermen who are in awe of the wind and waves on the sea.
"Mr. Zhuang, Clyde is right, if you just pass by that sea area, maybe there will be nothing, but if you stay for a long time, it seems to cause the wrath of the sea god and set off a stormy ......"
Lascaux was not a materialist, but he was free in foreign countries, and his remarks were not unfounded.
Because many adventurers had their ideas in that sea area before, and a few ships were not even much smaller than Zhuang Rui's Xuanrui, but in the end, they ended up missing, and there has been no news so far.
"How can such a thing happen?"
Zhuang Rui's face became serious when he heard this, originally he was also an atheist, but the change in his eyes made Zhuang Rui have all kinds of awe of this world, maybe there is really a god in the underworld.
"Boss, I see...... Forget it, let's get ...... in another place."
Clyde retreated, not that he was timid, but no one wanted to joke with his life for these special taboos.
"This ......"
After hearing Clyde's words, Zhuang Rui hesitated, from the country to now, more than a week has passed, according to Zhuang Rui's previous plan, he is ready to end the salvage work within half a month, and sell the gold on the bottom of the sea.
And for this salvage, he also made a lot of "preparations", just relying on the words of the two people in front of him to let him go home, Zhuang Rui was somewhat reluctant.
"Well, Captain Clyde, let's go to the edge of that sea and take a look, and if there's really any problem, just get out in time......"
After thinking about it again and again, Zhuang Rui still decided to go to investigate again, otherwise he would leave so unclear, and Zhuang Rui would not be able to pass the hurdle in his heart.
After hearing Zhuang Rui's words, Clyde nodded helplessly and said, "Okay, boss, you have the final say......"
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Again, General Lascaux returned to his warship, but remained behind the Xuanrui until it approached the Devil's Sea, which was three hundred nautical miles away.
"Mr. Zhuang, please don't go deep into the sea, if you don't feel right, please exit immediately, we will meet you around here......"
Before the "Xuanrui" was about to enter, General Lascaux had another phone call with Zhuang Rui and warned him.
"Thank you General Lasko for your concern, we will be careful......"
Standing in the captain's room, looking at the calm sea in the distance, Zhuang Rui's mood at this time was very different from the last time, and Clyde's chatter for the past few hours also made him feel a shadow in his heart.
After closing the call with General Lasco, Zhuang Rui looked at Clyde and said, "Captain Clyde, give the order to continue moving, slow down a little, and at the same time turn on the deep-sea radar scan, and turn around and retreat immediately if there is any situation......."
"Yes......"
Clyde agreed, picked up the microphone on the command platform, and said: "Direction, straight ahead, adjust the speed to ten knots per hour, turn on the deep-sea detection motor, and the whole ship will enter a first-level alert state......"
A siren sounded on the "Xuanrui", and the well-trained crew members were in working condition, although they did not know what was happening, but the captain's serious speech made everyone's nerves tense.
"Captain Clyde, I'll go to Peng Fei's side, if there is anything, notify me in time......" Seeing that everything was working normally, Zhuang Rui left the captain's room.
In the monitoring room on the top floor of the Xuanrui, Li Zhen bought the most advanced submarine military scanning radar system from a Russian retired nuclear submarine, and its function is far from being comparable to the ordinary civilian radar in the captain's room.
Seeing Zhuang Rui enter the monitoring room, Peng Fei said dissatisfiedly: "Brother Zhuang, it's just salvaging the sunken ship, not a war, as for turning on the radar scanning here?"
In Peng Fei's opinion, General Lassco was alarmist, he thought that the sea was a child's face? Crying and laughing when he cried? Unless he hit the rocks, he really had never heard of the news that a cruise ship of this magnitude was sunk by the waves.
"Less nonsense, focus more, and scan the bottom of the sea first......"
Zhuang Rui glared at Peng Fei angrily, after learning that this sea area was called the "Devil's Sea Area", Zhuang Rui's heart was also up and down, after all, he had encountered a shipwreck.
"Hey, I said Brother Zhuang, let me work, but you are resting?"
Seeing that after Zhuang Rui gave the order, he sat directly on the most comfortable chair in the monitoring room and closed his eyes to recuperate, Peng Fei muttered a few words dissatisfiedly.
It's just that Peng Fei didn't know that while Zhuang Rui closed his eyes, the aura in his eyes poured out, penetrating several layers of cabins and directly entering the sea.
The dark blue sea water, mixed with wisps of aura, moisturized Zhuang Rui's eyes very comfortable, after going deep into more than a hundred meters, the sunlight disappeared, and the sea water became pitch black.
The sea below the Xuanrui has reached a depth of more than 1,200 meters, and the seabed is very flat, covered with fine grains of sand, as if it has been combed frequently.
As in the previous survey, there are very few underwater creatures in this area, and it is as barren as an undersea desert, as if it has entered two completely different areas compared to the sea area more than ten nautical miles behind.
As the cruise ship moved forward unhurriedly, the patrol ship that General Lascaux was riding in behind gradually disappeared from the sight of the Xuanrui, and five hours later, the Xuanrui came to a fifty nautical mile in this sea area.
This sea area is also the deepest place in the vicinity with a radius of more than 1,000 nautical miles, and the seabed reaches a depth of nearly 3,000 meters from sea level, and the shipwreck treasures and submarine volcanoes that Zhuang Rui has previously surveyed are located in this location.
"This undersea volcano is a bit strange, why are there no creatures living here?" Zhuang Rui's aura once again felt the existence of the undersea volcano, and his heart couldn't help but feel a strange feeling.
Because the volcanic eruption contains many minerals, there are all kinds of underwater creatures living around the undersea volcanoes that Zhuang Rui saw before that cooled after magma eruptions, but the cold silence of this seabed makes people feel a little chilled in their hearts.
After paying a little attention to the volcano that rose from the bottom of the sea and was about a thousand meters high, Zhuang Rui paid attention to the shipwrecks around the volcano.
"Hey, there are a lot of other shipwrecks......"
During the last survey, Zhuang Rui's attention was focused on the wrecks that contained gold, but this time the scope of the search was expanded, and many differences were suddenly discovered.
In addition to the more than a dozen European 17th-century galleons loaded with gold, there are many shipwrecks in the sediment on the seabed around the volcano, from medieval sailing ships to modern ships, there are dozens of large and small.
The hulls of these ships are obviously damaged, and some ships are even broken in two from the middle.
"What the hell are you doing, let's get to work, if it's fast enough, we'll have three or five days to get the gold from these holds......"
After observing the wreck for a while, Zhuang Rui did not find any danger, and after thinking for a while, he finally decided to salvage here, after all, the gold in the more than ten wrecks has been shining with a strange light in Zhuang Rui's eyes.
"Brother Zhuang, come and see, there seem to be two volcanoes under this sea area, one large and one small, it's really a little strange......
When Zhuang Rui had just opened his eyes and was about to notify the salvage team to start the drilling platform, Peng Fei's voice suddenly sounded in his ears.
"Two volcanoes?"
Zhuang Rui was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then gathered the aura scattered in the distance, concentrated under the Xuanrui, and looked carefully, sure enough, under the calm sea, there were indeed two volcanoes.