In April 2016, in the Colombian Sea of the Caribbean, a U.S. Guard-class ocean salvage ship converted into a civilian salvage ship was moored 20 nautical miles from the port city of Cartagena.

It is a famous tourist city in Colombia and is even known as the most beautiful city in Latin America. The long-standing historical landscape and beautiful natural scenery attract many tourists. The number of tourists who come here each year even exceeds that of Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, and Medellín, the most famous capital of crime.

However, these tourists are generally only playing inshore, and no one will sail up to 20 nautical miles to the depths of the ocean where the city is almost invisible.

On the salvage ship, sixteen sailors, six security guards with guns, plus six people from the management, made a total of twenty-six people. Everyone was concentrated on the second deck below the cockpit, their eyes staring resentfully at a young white man who could no longer see his original appearance, listening to the lecture of Captain Evan Zhou.

Evan Zhou, whose Chinese name is Zhou You, is a tall middle-aged man with a strong face. Because of his long-term work at sea, he shaved a big bald head, and his scalp and face were tanned, so he couldn't tell his real age.

If it weren't for his handsome height and burly figure, and his cheekbones were not so high, he would have been almost indistinguishable from the native Indians. But it is precisely because of this appearance that he is more warmly welcomed than white people in the South American country of Colombia, and the chicks here are especially fond of his style, which makes his time here enjoyable.

But now, no one on board felt that he had any charm in the slightest, and there was only one feeling in everyone's heart, as if they were facing an angry devil. For on this hot deck, they had been standing for half an hour, and had endured his incessant insults for half an hour.

Although most of the people on the ship were white, none of them dared to rebel against his obscenity, for all those who dared to provoke him fell under his fist, and on this ship he was king.

After scolding for half an hour, Zhou You only felt that his mouth was dry, picked up the wine jug hanging from his waist, and drank a sip of Colombian dragon wine, and the anger in his heart dissipated a little.

Since the discovery of the San Jose shipwreck treasure by the Colombian government at the end of November last year, this area of the sea has attracted countless treasure hunters from all over the world to make discoveries here.

The Caribbean Sea has been a popular target for treasure hunters from around the world since it became the European route for the development of the Americas 400 years ago, and later the world's largest pirate den. According to the survey, there are nearly 3 million shipwrecks around the world, and more than 1,000 have salvage value, a small half of which are concentrated in this area.

Although the Colombian government has found the exact location of the San José, it does not have a complete plan for how to salvage the treasure intact. Because they didn't have the technology to salvage the wreck, but they didn't want to share such a big treasure with others, so they just sent warships to guard this sea area for the time being.

For salvage ships from all over the world, they did not drive away. As long as the San José does not cross the two-nautical-mile warning line he has set, the Colombian government wishes that more salvage ships will come, the better. These salvage ships tossing around in this sea area not only brought some security problems, but also drove the local economy.

Based on the cost of $10,000 per ship per day, hundreds of ships can bring in millions of dollars in transactions every day, which is not a small amount for the local government of Cartagena.

And the actions of these salvage boats are also strictly monitored by the Colombian government, and no matter who finds out, they certainly want to get a piece of the pie. But these salvage boats, of course, do not want to give their gains to the Colombian government in vain, so they play a game of robbers and thieves with each other every day.

The ships that traveled around them had discovered a shipwreck treasure a few days earlier, but in order to keep it secret, they only worked no more than five hours a day and only carried out one salvage operation, for fear that the patrolling Colombian police would find out about their actions.

But Williams, a traitor, appeared inside them, taking advantage of the opportunity to go ashore to buy food, secretly bought a mobile phone, and leaked the information. His behavior naturally attracted the resentment of the remaining twenty-seven people, and each of them was punched and kicked, which made him unrecognizable. Because of this leak, all of them will have a lot less prize money.

After a big scolding, Evan Zhou was also tired, glanced at the white young man at his feet, and said: "The company has sent an order, since Williams leaked our salvage information to the Ocean Search Company, then they naturally want to get a piece of the pie here, otherwise, they will leak the information to Colombia, which will make our losses even greater." So, we have reached an agreement on both sides, and we will leave the remaining fifth of the treasure that has not been cleared out. Their advance party had already arrived in Cartagena, but the salvage ship would not arrive until tomorrow. We left Colombia after returning to Cartagena with a full tank of fuel. But today, as always, except for me and Ethan, the head of security, it is strictly forbidden for everyone to go ashore, and everyone's communication equipment will be returned to everyone after leaving the Colombian economic zone. Do you understand?! ”

"Understood!"

"Chuckle, you come up, you will be responsible for communicating with the oil depot for refueling later, and I will give you the credit card." Now dissolved. ”

A ship is a small collective, even a small society. Due to the special nature of their work, the management of their ship is a military-oriented management model. Everyone heard the order and returned to their posts, and Williams, who had been beaten unconscious, was still tied to the hot deck.

Zhou You handed over the credit card to Chief Engineer Chakel, and took the safety supervisor Ethan to the salvage warehouse to clean up all of today's harvest. At this time, the gold and silver coins were not considered valuables, so they were directly placed in the cargo trough of the salvage warehouse, waiting to be cleaned up after returning. Only some antiques with cultural value will be picked out by Evan Zhou and Ethan and put in the safe in the captain's room.

"Evan, although we don't get much gold and silver coins this time, there are more than a dozen artifacts from the Pachakukot period, which are rich in historical significance and commemorative value, and I think these can be sold at auction for a good price."

"I don't care who Pacha Cucott is, as long as I can get a nice reward, I can have a no-holds-barred drinking party in my ocean-view villa in Miami! Ethan, are you interested in coming along? ”

Ethan smiled and said, "Don't tempt me, I still want to be my good man." ”

The two men went up the spiral staircase to the captain's quarters and found that the ship was almost to shore. Ethan urged, "We need to speed things up, put things away, and I'm going to talk to someone from Ocean Search." We've suffered such a big loss this time, and Williams' behavior has violated the unspoken rules between us, which requires them to pay a price. ”

"Of course." Zhou You said with some resentment: "Even if the company will take revenge in the future, our bonus will not be able to make up for it." ”

The two of them opened the safe in the captain's room together, and Evan Zhou brushed each of the antiques he had harvested today with a layer of oil and wrapped them in oiled paper. This simple embalming measure can only temporarily slow down the decay of these artifacts when they encounter the air, but the conditions on board are such that they can only wait until they return to the United States to be re-protected.

He didn't see it, and just behind him, a Colt with a muffler appeared in Ethan's hand, and the other party's firm hands didn't shake at all, aimed at the back of his head, and pulled the trigger.

Zhou You was taken by a huge force and planted into this oversized safe, still kicking him with his eyes wide open. The muscles in his mouth and face twitched a few times, and without leaving a word, he lost his vitality.

Ethan gave a military salute and said, "I'm sorry, Evan, I didn't want to, but I didn't have a choice. Because I need money, lots and lots of money. ”

Looking at Evan's wide eyes, he reached out and plucked his eyelids. Ignoring the blood splashing on his body, he took out a waterproof nylon bag and swept away all the cultural relics in the safe.

Since most of these artifacts are gold and precious stones, they weigh very heavy, weighing more than 50 kilograms in a small bag. He tested the weight before pushing Evan Zhou's body into the safe and locking it.

Took out a walkie-talkie from the ship, he patiently adjusted it, and after a while, finally connected to a scheduled channel. "Execute Plan C."

There was a cacophony of radio waves over the intercom, and then he replied, "Three minutes to the predetermined location, please be ready." ”

Walking down the internal stairs, although it was only more than ten meters high, the heavy burden and nervousness had already made Ethan tired and out of breath.

The salvage ship was about to dock, and the speed of the ship had slowed down.

At this time, a speedboat came speeding after the salvage boat. Since they were all ships entering the port, the crew on board didn't care, but at this moment, Ethan appeared on deck, and the package was thrown into the speedboat, and the people jumped on it. Before the crew on board could react, the speedboat had disappeared without a trace between the big ships at the dock.