At two o'clock in the morning on the west coast of Africa and three in the morning GMT, the mobile phone of Zhou You suddenly rang.

Zhou You's consciousness was originally very shallow, so he woke up when he heard the first sound.

Gracia, also disturbed by the sound of the phone, snorted and buried her head in the pillow again, exposing her cocked and buttocks.

Zhou You turned over and looked around, only to find the phone in the gap between the mattresses.

As soon as he saw that it was the PHS number in the command room, his spirit lifted up, and his sleepiness dissipated.

He recalled that today's Ranger searched in the range of 13 degrees west longitude and 33 degrees north latitude, and this was not the shipwreck of the Mercedes, and it should not be the Mercedes that was found.

But when they call themselves at this time, it must be an important discovery.

"I'm Evan."

The voice of Lin Jiapei, who was on duty tonight, came from the phone. "Boss, just five minutes ago, there was a loud chirp from the metal detector, and I suspect there's been a major discovery."

"Stop sailing immediately, mark the latitude and longitude points, and I'll come up right away."

Zhou You jumped out of bed, put on a T-shirt, and ran to the command room on the fourth floor, regardless of the temperature outside being less than ten degrees.

In the command room, Lin Jiapei and his assistant Huang Deqing had stopped the main engine at this moment and parked the Ranger on the sea. Only one auxiliary engine is still running, supplying power to the ship.

Zhou You checked the search records, and just more than ten minutes ago, the metal detector that was put down at the bottom of the sea for 1,400 meters had an obvious abnormal reaction.

But at this time, Zhou You was not too excited, because the accuracy of the metal detector was very questionable. Not only will the gold and silver coins of the wreck be found, but if there is an anomaly in the magnetic field on the seabed, the detector will also react.

If there is an iron or copper mine underneath the sea, the metal detector will also react. So, it's a little too early to rejoice until we investigate it clearly.

Zhou You stared at the screen, but he was seriously flipping through his memories. In his impression, apart from the Mercedes, there were no major discoveries in this area in later generations.

It's impossible for your luck to be so unlucky, just to come across a shipwreck with treasure?

Therefore, he just arranged for Lin Jiapei and the twelve people on duty tonight to temporarily stop working, leaving two on duty, and the rest of the people went to rest, recuperate, and face tomorrow's detection operation.

Although the exploration of the seabed is always the same. Because even if the sun is shining on the sea, it is still pitch black at a depth of 14,500 meters.

But there are only two people who control deep-sea robots, one is Zhou Minghong. He is still in Singapore after his injuries have not healed, and there is Liang Hao, who just fell asleep a few hours ago. Therefore, Zhou You didn't think it was necessary to toss him with everyone now.

It is more than 200 kilometers from the nearest African continent, 300 kilometers from the Madeira archipelago, in the middle of the ocean, and off the course, so it seems that they are the only ship between heaven and earth.

Only in the vast sea can you truly appreciate the insignificance of human beings, and you can truly experience that loneliness.

"Boss, would you like a cup of tea?" Huang Deqing, who was on duty, raised the cup in his hand. "It's still four hours before dawn, or you can go and rest for a while."

"No need, you can also bring me a cup of strong tea."

Zhou You came back to his senses and drew his attention from the starry sky outside the window.

Don't think that Lin Jiapei's waking up Zhou You in the middle of the night is a senseless harassment, without Zhou You's permission, the Ranger can't stop, whether to continue exploring or surveying here, you need to make the decision.

The crew drank ordinary tea, which was certainly not as good as the Biluochun that Zhou Touring prepared for himself. However, he is not picky about tea, and he drinks any tea.

"There's still a little time, and you can help me get the Spanish shipwreck catalogue we've put together. I need to find out how many valuable shipwrecks there are in this area. ”

In fact, Zhou You did this on purpose. He needs to be seen by others that his efforts, even if they are disguised.

Until now, deep-sea salvage has not been looked at by anyone, and no one has regarded this business as a regular business of travel. Because this industry depends on the sky for food, and it does not have sustainable development.

If you open a factory, as long as you work hard, it is possible to make the business of this factory bigger and bigger. But deep-sea salvage is more about fate, even if you salvage a wreck full of treasures today, but next time, after you may work hard, it will still be empty.

The advantage of capital and experience does not apply in this line. Every action you make, it's starting from scratch.

So, everybody sees it as a hobby, not a career.

Zhou You didn't want to correct their thoughts either, in fact, their ideas were correct. If it weren't for the fact that he had the information about the treasures of the ten shipwrecks, he would not have had any confidence in finding the shipwrecks in the vast sea.

The oceans on Earth are larger than those on land, and without any data to back them up, it would be extremely difficult to find an ordinary home, let alone underwater.

Therefore, Zhou You has been thinking that he has spent ten years salvaging all these wrecks whose locations he knows, so what should he do in the future?

First of all, the title of explorer must be obtained, and secondly, the title of historian.

If you want to implement these two titles, you have to add a theoretical basis to your deep-sea treasure hunt from the beginning, and you can't let everyone feel that you are trying your own treasure.

There was a pile of books in front of him, and Zhou You had been quietly watching it until dawn.

However, Zhou You found that he was really not suitable to be a scholar, because he lacked the spirit of study.

These books, it's okay to read them as storybooks, but if you want to use them as research books, you don't have the motivation.

Still, he made some marks of the places he had seen. Because no one knows whether he read it or not, people only see whether he studied the books or not.

The thought of disguising himself as a historian made it a funny thing to think about it.

People woke up from their sleep, only to find that the Ranger had stopped. In the past few days, the Ranger has been searching this sea area at a speed of five knots, and suddenly stopped here, which everyone understands.

After Liang Hao found that the ship had stopped, he ran to the command cabin as soon as possible, and said excitedly: "Did you find out?" ”

Zhou You nodded, closed the book in his hand and said, "Don't be too excited, now go back and wash, then eat, and when everyone is gathered, you can manipulate the robot to see what is down here." ”

Everyone was excited about this discovery, and at breakfast, everyone was talking about it, hoping that they could find a great treasure when they got into the water.

But as a result, everyone was disappointed......

After nearly two hours of searching in all areas, nothing unusual was found underwater, and there were no traces of the shipwreck.

The only reason why the metal detector reacts strongly is because there is a piece of iron ore with a high purity under the water.

After testing the cut ore, the purity of this iron ore reached more than 60 percent, and it would be a major discovery if it were on land.

Unfortunately, whether this is under the sea, or at a depth of more than 1,000 meters, the cost of development will far exceed its actual value. So, traveling around them just made a mark and gave up their attention here.

While the earth's iron ore resources are still very abundant, the iron ore on the seabed is destined to remain at the bottom of the sea.

Since the surprise turned into disappointment, Zhou You returned to the bedroom after arranging the follow-up work, ready to catch up on sleep.

In the room, Roa and Gracia were doing cleaning, and Gracia, a lazy worm, under the leadership of Roa, put the dirty clothes of the two people into a basket and prepared to wash them in the laundry room on the first floor.

Seeing Zhou You returning, Luo Amei asked with a smile: "When hope turns into disappointment, will it be very disappointing?" ”

Zhou You shrugged his shoulders, spread his hands and said, "Treasure is like a beauty, she is there, but the road to conquest will not be smooth." ”

Roa rolled her eyes at him, shook her head and said, "You're such a bastard, you can think of anything in this aspect." ”

"No, your way of understanding is wrong, this kind of thing is the best thing in life, so from ancient times to the present, she is still praised and fascinated by everyone. Don't you think so? ”

She thought about it seriously, nodded and said, "Maybe you're right, and I'm prejudiced against you because of Orti's influence." ”

Zhou You shook his head and said, "No, I don't think you're biased, or maybe it's your complaint about my slow action." ”

Roa blushed with shame, and even became a little annoyed. She glanced at Gracia, who was not angry in the slightest, but watched them bickering with amusement.

The reason why she was angry was because she realized that maybe Zhou was right. Orti has been gone for a few days, but the media is dangling in front of him, but he has not done anything to himself, so he complains.

"You've succeeded in me off, boy, and I just want to teach you a good lesson now, and let you know that women are not to be offended."

Zhou You laughed, walked up to Gracia, kissed her on the forehead, and looked at Roa demonstratively. "Two to one, do you think you have a chance of winning?"

Roa grinned. "Very well, if this is a war, I will fight."

(There are too many chores today, this chapter is not well written, and I want to speed up the plot, so I will try to adjust my state in the next chapter.) (To be continued.) )