Chapter 896: Is There Really a Treasure Here?
The storm raged for two days before it passed, but after the center of the storm, the underwater currents under the sea were not so terrifying, Lin Dong directly let go of the manipulator that fixed the Hidden Dragon, and began to sneak towards the target area. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ ο½ο½ο½ο½
Because she couldn't go up to the sea, underwater, in addition to photographing all kinds of underwater creatures she saw, Ji Yao and Lin Dong captured the game she could see at other times. After all, these things, especially one or two hundred meters below the water, and they are at the bottom of this sea, are too strange!
What's more, with the arrival of this storm, many things that had not been seen before were now swept out by the storm, which made Lin Dong and Ji Yao widen their eyes - of course, in Ji Yao's eyes, it should be his own eye-opener, basically anything that was swept out by the sea, Lin Dong knew its scientific name, living habits, whether it was poisonous or not. This made her really sure that Lin Dong had done her homework before she came!
"You mean, there's treasure here?" Ji Yao looked at the bottom of the reef and looked at Lin Dong suspiciously, basically not believing it.
Although Lin Dong was quite professional before, at least in distinguishing the creatures on the bottom of the sea and dealing with emergencies, she really didn't guess it when she looked at these reefs and said that there were treasures here.
"Can't you see it, can you?" Lin Dong said with a smile: "If you can see it at a glance, then these sunken ships will not be left until now, they have been salvaged a long time ago!" β
Lin Dong was right. This route was opened up after the great discoveries of the world's navigation. Many captains used this route to transport gold and silver plundered from the Americas to Java and then diverted to Europe via the Indian Ocean. There are no fewer shipwrecks here than in the South China Sea.
Because of this, this route is also the target of those who are crazy about salvaging shipwrecks in the world, and many shipwrecks have been salvaged.
"Then ......" Ji Yao saw that Lin Dong was so confident, knowing that there must be a shipwreck nearby, she pursed her lips, turned her head, and looked carefully at the "reefs" outside through the porthole, feeling that the secret of the treasure should be in these reefs.
However, every reef looks like it is natural, and it has not moved for hundreds, thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of years at the bottom of the sea. It was invariably covered with coral, and all kinds of marine life swam in and out of the crevices of the reef, and she even saw a moray eel quickly prey on an octopus and then retract into a small hole next to the reef.
Ji Yao shook her head, indicating that she didn't see it.
Lin Dong smiled and pointed to a bland reef not far away and said, "Didn't you notice that reef, the shape is a bit too regular?" β
Following the direction of Lin Dong's finger, Ji Yao looked over and found that the reef was a triangle with a facet of the facet, like an ancient foreign triangular boat-shaped hat, and the two ends of the reef looked at the same proportion, both of which were arcing down and plunging into the seabed. Just now, Ji Yao also looked at this "reef" that looked to be more than 30 meters long, but it was crawling with coral, and she didn't see any other features, so she ignored it.
Now after Lin Dongyi's reminder, I looked carefully and found that the "reef" was indeed a little special, first of all, the shape of the two sides was almost identical, too symmetrical. Although nature has endowed many things with strange attributes, it is the first time that Ji Yao has seen such a regular submarine reef these days.
"That's ......" With Lin Dong's reminder, Ji Yao immediately began to imagine. Previously, Lin Dong said that he wanted to take her to hunt for treasures, and she also did her homework, but now that she compares it like this, she immediately came to her own guess: "That should be the upside-down hull, right?" Just the mast, where did the structure of the upper part of the ship go? β
Lin Dong gave a thumbs up: "Yes, I guessed very right." Let's guess again, if the ship had encountered the same storm as we had two days before, the upper deck of the ship would have been shattered or swept away by the storm, and then the waves carried the ship to the bottom of the sea, and the current overturned the ship...... That's pretty much it! β
"It's just your assumption, who knows if it's true or not? Maybe it's a reef? Although Ji Yao had already believed seventy or eighty percent in her heart, she still objected to Lin Dong's speculation, "You are not a prophet either, who knows if you are sure or not?" β
Lin Dong smiled: "Just look at it!" With that, he steered the Hidden Dragon in the direction of the reef.
A behemoth like the Hidden Dragon drove into the reef, causing panic among the creatures of the sea, large and small, who shrank into their holes, or ran out of their hiding places, scattering and fleeing, and even having natural predators running together, they no longer had the desire to attack each other.
When he came to the "reef", Lin Dong stopped the Qianlong and slowly stopped at a relatively flat position on the bottom of the sea. After the anchor was fixed, a mechanical arm was stretched out, and Lin Dong manipulated it to probe towards the "reef".
Ji Yao was recording a video, and when she saw Lin Dong's movements, she hurriedly shouted, "Don't destroy ......"
Lin Dong waved his hand and said, "The structure inside has already been destroyed. This is just a shell on the outside, and if you want to see what's inside, it's impossible not to destroy it. This sea depth, this place, if you want to get this thing back to China completely, it's impossible. β
Ji Yao had no choice but to shake her head regretfully and continue shooting.
In fact, it can be shipped back in its entirety - but is it necessary?
Lin Dong felt that no.
Despite saying this, when manipulating the mechanical arm, Lin Dong first carefully removed the coral attached to it, and then slowly peeled off a corner, revealing the material underneath - sure enough, it had already been destroyed. The outer layer is made up of minerals and calcareous deposits in the seawater. Now that I peeled it off, the contents had shattered, revealing holes of all sizesβthe bilge was supposed to be inside.
"Sure enough, it's a shipwreck!" Ji Yao said excitedly, at this time, she was no longer as careful as she was just now, but excitedly pointed to those holes and asked Lin Dong, "What will be in here?" β
After speaking, Ji Yao's face changed, and she suddenly thought, could there be the bones of a deceased sailor or something?
Seeing Ji Yao's expression, Lin Dong knew what she was thinking, and said with a smile: "I think there should be nothing but goods." When the storm comes, the sailors should be on deck unless they feel very safe, and everything on it is broken, how can it still be there? β
And I added in my heart: Indeed, there is nothing but chests of gold and silver...... (To be continued.) )