Due to the limited speed of the salvage vessels, the entire fleet sailed at sea for two days and three nights before reaching the target sea area. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

It was the morning, the sun was shining outside, the wind was calm, it was definitely a rare good weather on the stormy sea, the crew all ran to the deck to bask in the sun, last night there was a sudden heavy rain, many people were watered wet, and some people were drenched, very uncomfortable, at this time in the face of the temptation of the sun, naturally no one could resist.

"Dangdang!"

Outside a room in the cabin, Monica knocked on the door gently, she wanted to inform the people in the room, but also worried about disturbing the other party's rest, and she was very conflicted.

But to her surprise, the door opened quickly, Li Dacheng stood inside, there was no sleepiness on his face, it didn't look like he had just woken up, Monica peeked into the room, and saw that the table was covered with things, including laptops, books, paper, and maps, and it seemed that the other party was still studying the matter of finding treasures.

"What's the matter?" Li Dacheng asked, the sea voyage is very boring, these days he is either sleeping, or checking information, the work and rest time has been completely disrupted, there is no day and night, the last sleep I remember was from yesterday afternoon, and I slept until one o'clock this morning, so Li Dacheng did not feel sleepy at this time, on the contrary, he was addicted to exploration, he was very excited at this time, and felt that he was one step closer to the treasure.

"Oh, we're already in the target sea. Monica came back to her senses and said to Li Dacheng.

"Really?" Li Dacheng's eyes lit up, he had been looking forward to this moment for a long time.

Li Dacheng came to the deck, surrounded by an endless ocean, and there was no shadow of the land, here, as if there was only their existence between heaven and earth.

Li Dacheng was both excited and worried, excited because this was his first time going to sea, the vastness of the sea made him deeply shocked, and the sound of the waves, like a war drum, made people's hearts surge. And I am worried that if I fall into the sea, I am afraid that there will be no chance of survival.

At this time, Captain Pietro came over, muttered, and then took out a map and charted on it.

"He said, the fleet has just sailed into the sea area you specified, should we continue to move forward, or just stop here?" Monica on the side translated Petro's words into Chinese, and she has acted as Li Dacheng's translator on the ship these days, bringing a lot of convenience to Li Dacheng.

Li Dacheng looked around, the situation here is different from the photo, in the photo of the Marco shipwreck, you can clearly see that there is an island in the distance, but you can't see it here, so he looked at Petro and asked, "Have you been to this place?"

Monica translated Li Dacheng's words, and then saw Pietro nodding and saying a word in Italian, but Li Dacheng also guessed that the other party had come without translation.

"He said he'd been here. Monica said.

"Ask him, do you know of any islands around here?" said to Monica.

Monica didn't bother, and translated it to Li Dacheng sentence by sentence.

"There are a lot of islands nearby, I wonder which one you're asking?"

A lot?

Li Dacheng frowned, and asked again, "I'm talking about whether there are any small islands in the area where I drew a circle?" Although this is far from the mainland, it is not the depths of the ocean.

"There are a lot of them, but this is at the junction of the Atlantic Ocean and the Norwegian Sea, with the United Kingdom in the back, Iceland in front, and countless archipelagos in between, the situation is very complicated, I don't know which island you are looking for?"

"Snake Island, do you know if there is a small island called Snake Island around here? Or maybe it used to be called Snake Island, but now it's not called anymore. Li Dacheng said, the place of Snake Island was inadvertently mentioned by Marco, but the other party's treasure is not on Snake Island, Snake Island is just a landmark, and the location of Snake Island is used to determine the place of the shipwreck.

Pietro shook his head with a look of suspicion when he heard Monica's translation.

Li Dacheng's face immediately showed a disappointed expression, don't you know? Then it will be difficult to lock the location of the wreck.

In fact, about Snake Island, he checked a lot of historical information, and asked many people who had been to the sea when he was in Dunlun, but they were all confused after hearing the name of Snake Island, they only knew that there was a snake island near Ukraine, but in the sea near the United Kingdom, they had never heard of it, after all, as the most powerful country in the world, the surrounding waters and islands have been explored by countless fleets, there are snake islands, there are, but there are so many snakes that can be called Snake Island, but there are not.

Therefore, after investigating the snake island mentioned by Marco for a long time, Li Dacheng felt that this so-called snake island may not be called Snake Island, but just Marko's own name, as for why it is called Snake Island, it is unknown.

"What do we do now?" Monica asked, looking at Li Dacheng.

Li Dacheng thought for a moment, then pointed to the map and said, "Sailing along the edge of the circle I drew earlier, the range can be expanded, but only where there are islands around. ”

Petro nodded, turned and went back to the cabin.

Monica didn't leave, but after seeing Li Dacheng's serious expression, she comforted her, "Don't worry, we just arrived in this sea area, maybe we'll see that island in a while." ”

"Monica, you're talking a little self-defeating. Rosie walked out of the cabin while stretching his waist, looking at his sleepy eyes, obviously just woke up, I saw him drag a folding bed to work overtime, after the folding bed was unfolded, the whole person lay on it, and then took out a sunglasses from his pocket and put them on, looking like he was going to sea for vacation.

"If you don't speak, no one will treat you like a dumb person. Monica glanced at Rossi, eager to kick the other party into the sea, others are worried, but you came here to bask in the sun, isn't this angry?

"I'm just stating a fact. Rossi said while basking in the sun, "Most of the islands in the story are imagined by the storyteller himself, whether they exist or not, I'm afraid only the creator himself knows, even if the island really exists, then after a hundred years, the changes in climate, ocean currents, and sea level may sink the original islands to the bottom of the sea, and may even be blown up in the war, so they go to sea without detailed investigation and exploration, thinking that they can salvage treasures according to the story, this behavior is simply a pipe dream." ”

Monica's face was ugly, in fact, she knew these truths, but she just didn't want to discourage Li Dacheng's enthusiasm and confidence.

Li Dacheng glanced at Rosie beside him, although the other party's words were not good, but what he said was very reasonable, the Marco shipwreck happened hundreds of years ago, and in these hundreds of years, this sea area must have changed a lot.

However, Rossi's words did not discourage him from being enthusiastic about this matter, after all, what he knew about this matter was not hearsay from others, but it really happened, he had even watched the live broadcast, seen it with his own eyes, and there were photos as proof, and the information from his recent investigation also showed that Marco's treasure has not been found so far, and it is also written in the Italian Character Chronicle, so the treasure must still be there, but I don't know where it sank.

Li Dacheng walked to the bow of the ship and looked at the surrounding sea with a telescope, hoping to find the so-called Snake Island in the photo, so that he could find the exact location of the wreck.

"Look, there's an island there!" Monica shouted excitedly, pointing to the side of the fleet, and she had been using her binoculars to help Li Dacheng find it.

Li Dacheng looked in the direction pointed by Monica, there was indeed a small island above sea level, Li Dacheng became nervous, and said to Monica beside him, "Tell Petro to sail to that island, but don't dock, keep a certain distance, and circle the island." ”

"Okay. Monica immediately rushed into the cabin.

"Are you sure you don't want to go to the island?" Rosie on the side asked suspiciously after hearing this, "How do you know that there are treasures on the island if you don't go to the island?"

Li Dacheng ignored Rossi, staring intently at the approaching island, and at the same time, the island in the photo also appeared in his mind, hoping that at some point when the fleet circled the island, the island in front of him would coincide with the image of the island in his mind.

"Are you observing the situation on the island?" Rosie continued to ask after seeing that Li Dacheng did not speak, "Don't worry, most of the islands in this sea area are uninhabited islands, even if they belong to a certain country, people from other countries can land at will, this is Europe, and the national boundaries of various countries are not so obvious, let alone uninhabited islands at sea." ”

It was quiet on deck, except for the sound of the sea lapping against the hull.

The corners of Rossi's mouth twitched, was he ignored again? In the past, when he went to sea, he was the leader of the decision, and everyone had to obey his command, but today......

When the fleet was still a few hundred meters from the island, it began to change course and sail around the island, which soon made a round around because the island was not large.

"Well, is this the island?" asked Monica expectantly.

Li Dacheng looked at it for a long time, and finally shook his head in disappointment, maybe after hundreds of years, the appearance of Snake Island has changed, but it is not completely wrong, right?

"Tell Petro to continue the voyage on the original route. Li Dacheng said.

Monica sighed softly and turned back to the cabin.

After a long drive, the fleet left the island and continued its voyage according to the original route, perhaps because the demarcated sea area was too small, and after the remaining half of the circle, no small island was found.

Faced with such a situation, Li Dacheng could only let Captain Petro continue to expand the scope.

In fact, such a result is all expected by Li Dacheng, if it is so easy to find, Marko's shipwreck has already been found, you must know that Europe's ocean-going salvage fleet is the largest in the world, almost every country has it, not including those large fishing boats with salvage capabilities.

Soon, night fell, and the time of the day passed again, although the legendary Snake Island was not found, it was not for nothing, at least Li Dacheng excluded some sea areas and narrowed the scope a lot.

Li Dacheng returned to the room after dinner, and the rest of the crew rested, but Li Dacheng took out his mobile phone and stared at the photos in Marko's space carefully, hoping to find something from these photos to help him better confirm the location of the wreck.

It's a pity that Marco was running for his life at the time, and he didn't have time to chat with him, plus the other party's mouth was too stinky, so he was angry and threw a bundle of grenades in anger, so he didn't even have time to ask where the pirate ship was.

Li Dacheng suddenly remembered the pirates who were killed by lightning a few days ago, and it seemed that it would take a lot of trouble to salvage those sunken ships.

Well, before you want to kill pirates in the future, you must first ask where the other party is located and the distance from the nearby islands, so that it will be much more convenient to salvage.

The next day, that is, the fourth day of the official voyage, the fleet continued to expand the search range, this time the effect was very obvious, and the small islands seen during the voyage were obviously more than yesterday, but it was a pity that Li Dacheng was finally excluded after comparing around the islands.

"Haven't you found it yet?" During dinner in the evening, Rosie came to sit down opposite Li Dacheng and said with a smile, "Today is the fourth day of going to sea, according to the time we took when we came, we should return tomorrow, and when we return to England, it will be exactly a week." ”

"Rosie, you have bad breath, it's time to brush your teeth. Monica, who was sitting next to Li Dacheng, said, seeing that Li Dacheng had found nothing, she was also worried, and she only ate a few bites of the food on the plate, and she really didn't have any appetite.

"Monica, you have to accept the reality, and besides, he only paid for seven days, you should know very well that the cost of our voyage is very high every day. Rosie said with a smile, no one was in a better mood than he was at this time.

Three million euros, the easiest money he has ever made in his life.

"It's just sailing at sea, and I didn't let you salvage it. ”

"Monica, don't you have to pay if you go to a restaurant and don't eat after ordering?"

"You ......"

"Dear Mr. Li, if you don't renew your fee for more than seven days, then I can only throw you off the boat halfway. ”

"Smack!" Monica snapped the case, looking at Rosie angrily and yelling, "Rosie, you're going too far. ”

"Monica, I'm in business. Rosie didn't talk to Monica, but looked at Li Dacheng, who had not spoken, and asked, "What are your plans? Return tomorrow, or renew, or, stay here?" But don't worry, I'm very merciful, I won't throw you into the sea, there are many uninhabited islands nearby, you can choose one yourself, and I'll send you ashore." ”

Li Dacheng silently finished eating the food on the plate, and said to Monica beside him, "Tell Petro to continue tomorrow." With that, he stood up and walked out of the restaurant.

"Li Dacheng, aren't you still giving up?" asked Rosie with a frown, the smile on his face disappeared, the more calm and calm the other party was, the more irritable his heart became.

Li Dacheng stopped, glanced back at Rossi, and said, "You lost your gun again." ”

"What?" Rosie nervously reached under his armpit when he heard this, but when he touched the gun, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, the gun was still there.

Hey, no, since the gun is still there, why did the other party say that it was lost?

When he looked up, he saw that the other party was having a mischievous smile on his face, and there was a hint of contempt in his eyes.

Rosie finally understood what was going on, and the other party was teasing him.

With a bang, Rosie's face flushed.

"Li Dacheng, I'm going to duel with you!" Rosie roared angrily.

"Stupid-!" Li Dacheng left without looking back.

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