Shen Lao turned around and turned the neckline of his shirt down, and on the back of his neck, there were blue-gray patterns forming an eye pattern, which looked extremely weird.

"What is this?" Su Xinyuan asked in surprise.

"This is a curse in our stockade, all people have this pattern on the back of their necks as they get older, and very few of us live past the age of 45." Shen Lao said greedily and bitterly.

"Rarely live past the age of 45?" Su Xinyuan looked at Shen Lao, he should be more than 45 years old.

"I'm 36 years old," Shen said with a greedy smile, "I look like an old man, don't you?" ”

"You're 36 years old?" Su Xinyuan was also stunned, this is simply funny.

"Yes, my ID card can prove this, in fact, the people in our village will age rapidly as soon as they are 25 years old, I have been to hospitals around the world for examinations, and they say that there is an unknown substance in my blood, which will cause this to happen......," Shen Lao said with a greedy smile, "In Germany and Italy, I was almost sent to do experiments, but fortunately I escaped quickly." ”

"It's incredible." Su Xinyuan said with emotion.

"The only thing that can save us is the phoenix eye, I tracked it down for a long time before I learned that the phoenix eye was looted by the Western colonial powers, and in the end, maybe it was a curse, silent in the Atlantic, and then disappeared from this world." Shen Lao said greedily.

"The sea is 7 times larger than the land, and there are countless shipwrecks in it, I just found out the approximate age of the disappearance, but I can't be sure which ship this treasure is loaded on, and the Fishman Treasure Map is the last hope."

"I really didn't expect that you were for your people." Su Xinyuan sighed and said.

"We live in perpetual fear and despair, countless people have been suffering since the age of 25, no one can help us, I have been to almost all the famous hospitals in the world, visited countless specialists, they can only explain that we have the virus in our blood, but there is nothing they can do about it." Shen Lao said greedily.

"It's a really sad story." Su Xinyuan said.

"Whether or not we run away from the village or marry other healthy people, our descendants will inevitably have this vicious curse......," Shen Lao said with a wry smile, "I just want to save everyone." ”

"I know, if I really dig out the phoenix eye, I will hand it over to you to save your people." Su Xinyuan replied.

Shen Lao was stunned in a daze, like a static statue, and after a long time, he suddenly knelt down, his forehead pressed against the ground and he couldn't cry.

Su Xinyuan hurriedly leaned down to help him up, he never thought that Shen Lao, a person like an elf, would appear in such a scene.

"I just said yes, but I didn't do anything, you don't have to do this." Su Xinyuan said.

Shen Lao greedily squeezed out a smile and said, "Others may say it casually, but I know that Mr. Su is a promise!" From now on, if I, Shen Jinbei, don't die, I will definitely follow him! ”

Although what Shen Lao said was like a suspense novel, Su Xinyuan was willing to believe him, the tattoo-like eye pattern on the back of his neck was not fake, Su Xinyuan could feel that there was some kind of evil power contained in it, which could not be faked.

Shen Lao Nui should have been the best young man in the village he said, otherwise it would be impossible to travel all over the world to find a way to heal his clansmen, he tried his best, and the whole person had fallen into the brink of despair.

The last hope is in the vast sea, there is nothing more desperate for a person than this news, Su Xinyuan can imagine what kind of mood Shen Lao will feel when he finds out the last clue of the phoenix eye.

However, he did not give up, and still worked tirelessly, until the fishman treasure map finally met Su Xinyuan on the cruise gambling ship.

His life experience must be a legend, how would a 36-year-old but extremely old middle-aged man be a beautiful young man?

……

The morning sun leaped out of the sea like a scorching red fireball from between heaven and earth, causing the entire sea to burn.

Early in the morning, the entire crew of the Watchman was already busy, and today was the first day of surveying the seabed, and the first day of hope.

The underwater robot slowly submerged in the seawater, and after coming into contact with the sediment on the seabed, its electronic eyes glowed and began to search for it.

The underwater robot of the seabed exploration is more like a crab, and it begins to move slowly under the water, with mischievous little fish swimming around it.

Su Xinyuan and others gathered in front of the screen, observing the underwater situation through the camera on the submarine robot, the seabed here is very gentle, there are no too big ups and downs, the underwater robot walks smoothly, but there is no trace of a shipwreck on the bottom of the sea.

The survey is a slow and long process, starting from early in the morning until the end of the noon break, the underwater robot has completed the exploration Su Xinyuan predicted that there is water around him, but he still found nothing.

Is there an error in predicting the location? The ocean is so big, as long as it is a little wrong, then it is a thousand miles of error, and Su Xinyuan began to lose confidence, or is this fishman treasure map fake at all? The above just recorded some false data in indigenous languages?

This anxiety lasted until about three o'clock in the afternoon, and the detection range of the underwater robot had continued to expand from the surrounding area, but still nothing.

"The detection of the shipwreck is a very time-consuming process...... Captain William said to Su Xinyuan and the others with a smile on his coffee, "Even if there is an approximate location, it will take several months or even half a year to investigate, you are too anxious, it is better to have a cup of coffee and rest." ”

Su Xinyuan relaxed and leaned back in his chair, Captain William said that the general method of finding a shipwreck, he didn't have the time and energy, but subconsciously he was still willing to believe in the magic of the Fishman Treasure Map.

The underwater robot was still walking unhurriedly, and Su Xinyuan's gaze never left the screen, and when he turned a large coral, a pointed thing flashed in front of Su Xinyuan's eyes, which was obviously not naturally formed.

"Let the robot go back." Su Xinyuan said to the researcher who was manipulating the underwater robot next to him.

"Okay." The researcher turned the underwater robot, and the spiky object reappeared on the screen, seemingly wooden, with only a few centimeters peeking out of the mud and sand.

"Does this robot have a digging function?" Su Xinyuan asked.

"Simple digging is still fine." The researcher replied as he manipulated the underwater robot to dig next to the spike.

Everyone gathered around, and as the sand and gravel slowly cleared away, more of the sharp thing was revealed.

"Mast!" William was the first to roar out loud, the coffee in his hand had been poured over his clothes, but he didn't know it.

"It's the mast, it's the mast of an ancient ship! Oh my God, there really are shipwrecks here! Captain William's eyes widened, "How lucky are you to find the wreck in just one day!" It's a blessing for Lady Luck! ”

Su Xinyuan felt a big sigh of relief, his depressed mood was finally relieved, and the value of the Fishman Treasure Map was incalculable!

Shen Lao also clenched his fists, and the rebirth of the phoenix eye finally had a glimmer of possibility, although he didn't know which shipwreck it would be on, but there was hope after all!

Everyone began to cheer, and the divers changed into diving suits and dived to the bottom of the sea, digging down the mast, which was more exposed, and even dug out two delicate silver dinner plates and a well-preserved bottle of red wine.

That night, the Watcher held a small banquet to celebrate this great discovery, and after detection, because it was buried under the sand, the ship was relatively well preserved, which means that it contained great wealth!

The next day, several underwater excavators were put down, and the progress of the excavation work was greatly improved, after all, it is now the age of science and technology, and the efficiency of digging purely by divers in the past is not the same.

After a few days of struggle, a small half of this shipwreck has been revealed from the sand, it is a shipwreck from the Western Version, when the Western Plate Tooth in the colonial frenzy of plunder, robbed countless treasures and loaded back with ships, every Western Plate Tooth shipwreck is a treasure!

As the excavation progressed, more and more treasures scattered around the wreck were unearthed, including two plastic buckets for gold coins alone, as well as many antiques such as handicrafts and cutlery.

Everyone's faces showed a light of excitement, there is nothing more exciting than digging for treasure, there is no need to dig out all the hull, this ship is very complete, after digging most of the hull, with the pontoon salvage method, the whole ship can be brought to the surface!

Captain William commented that this was the fastest salvage experience of his life, and it was a legend that could be written into a book! If he went back and told his former colleagues about the day when he found the shipwreck, then he would only end up being stripped naked by his friends and thrown outside!

While the salvage work was in full swing, several small speedboats came from behind the Watchman.

A sailor noticed the anomaly, and he urgently reported it to Captain William, who looked through his binoculars at the approaching speedboat in the distance, and an ominous premonition appeared in his mind.

He hurriedly found Su Xinyuan, who was directing the work, and said a little breathlessly: "Oh no, boss, something happened!" ”

"What's the matter?" Su Xinyuan asked.

Captain William handed the binoculars to Su Xinyuan, pointed to the speedboat that was approaching in the distance and said, "Look, those people, I can guarantee that they are pirates!" ”

Su Xinyuan picked up the binoculars and looked at it, a total of four speedboats rushed over, and there were six people sitting on each speedboat, all of them were wearing headscarves and beards, and at first glance they were people who lived at sea all year round, everyone had a fierce light in their eyes, and even a few guys were carrying AK47s.

One thing is for sure, these guys must be real pirates!

This article is from Reading Rim Novels