Chapter 328: St. Mary

As with the starting point, the ground and around the rocks are inlaid with stone flakes that can emit golden dazzling light on their own, and the scale is far greater than the grandeur of the vast expanse of the mountains and fields that I first saw.

Under this sea area, it becomes a bright one, and all the scenery is clearly distinguishable under the refracted light emitted by the golden stone tablets, which can be described as the "golden sea" without exaggeration!

A hundred meters away, countless gold and stone pieces are laid horizontally, forming a large dazzling dance floor lighting effect from bottom to top, and on the ground dragged up by this golden light, a black, atmospheric giant shipwreck stands silently!

Good boy! Lin Han gasped, tried his best to shock his mind, and looked at the strange scene in front of him in amazement.

The black ship was completely black, and if it weren't for the light of the gold and stone tablets, I am afraid it would be difficult to detect its existence. And now, the golden light sets off the huge silhouette, skeleton and color of the shipwreck, like a delicate art collection displayed in a museum.

Facing Lin Han's side, the shipwreck was riddled with holes and holes of different sizes. If it was not caused by a lethal weapon, it was repeatedly struck by rocks and cliffs in the trench during the sinking.

A group of unknown tiny fish came and went in and out of the wreck hole from time to time, as if they had already set up their home here, and over the years, they could no longer be familiar with this behemoth, and they swam away happily.

The big octopus stopped whining, waved its giant foot and put it on the side of the boat, and lightly, its cloud-like body swept across the air, and instantly entrenched on the deck, looking at Lin Han, his dark red bloody eyes were full of anticipation.

"You already knew about the existence of this shipwreck, but you couldn't figure out the situation, is this to investigate it with your own strength?" Lin Han tilted his head to look at the big octopus, and finally stopped his gaze on the giant ship.

This ship is indeed terrifyingly large, with the huge body of a large octopus, it is more than enough to lie on its deck, which shows its huge size. Lin Han was not in a hurry to move forward, but swam slowly and went around to the other side of the ship.

This time, with the help of the golden light, he saw the huge, broken English letter logo on the hull.

The letters are white primer, spelled out as Santamaria, except that the last letter "A" is vaguely illegible due to age.

Lin Han tried to spell out this line of English letters, and when the full text was silently read out in his heart, his body couldn't help but tremble slightly!

Santa Maria!

Lin Han confirmed the letters again, and his heart was excited. The shipwreck of the Santa Maria, the flagship of Columbus's fleet, was silent in this dark, cold 10,000-meter trench!

Based on Lin Han's limited knowledge, in 1492, Christopher Columbus and his team set out from Spain on their maiden voyage to explore new routes to China and India, only to discover the New World by accident. The fleet arrived in Cuba on 28 October and Haiti on 6 December of the same year. On 25 December, strong winds blew the Santa Maria near a beach in Haiti, and the once-illustrious flagship ran aground, never to go to sea again.

There are several versions in history that describe the final fate of this giant ship. One of the more reliable is that a shipwreck salvaged in the deep sea in northern Haiti is undoubtedly the "Santa Maria"; There is also a saying that the famous "Santa Maria" was actually "two ships in parallel" at the beginning of construction.

In other words, a total of two identical flagships of the "Santa Maria" were built, completed and launched together. When Columbus led the team, he started the expedition with two "Santa Maria" at one end and one at the end.

Lin Han looked at the huge shipwreck in front of him and was shocked. Did he find the truth about the mystery of history? The flagship of the "Santa Maria" in front of me is real. This also shows that the shipwreck in northern Haiti is the flagship, but the ship that is now under the South China Sea in China is also the real "St. Mary"!

The legendary "double flagship" is real, and it is no longer an unverifiable wild history!

This is an earth-shattering discovery, a discovery that can shake the world of archaeology, navigation, and history! Numerous countries and countless people will be excited and commotioned by this news.

Lin Han even knocked on his skull to determine if he was dreaming now. To be able to find one of the two flagships, "Santa Maria", in the nest of the big octopus, this kind of adventure is simply incredible, and this kind of opportunity is one in a million!

It's just that how did this flagship sink here? What are these things on board?

For the former question, Lin Han has no way to analyze and research; And the answer to the latter one, which was already very real, was placed in front of his eyes, and it jumped out.

It is also a secret that there is no answer to which "Santa Maria" Columbus and his subordinates should have used as the main ship, could it be the one in front of them? Judging from the wreckage and loaded items of the ship salvaged from Haiti, the Santa Maria did not have too many "dry goods", so it can be inferred that Columbus traveled to so many rich and magical countries, did he load all the good things he got along the way on this ship?

The big octopus began to whine again, and seemed to be a little impatient, urging Lin Han to hurry up and enter the boat to investigate.

Lin Han no longer doubts the "kindness" shown by the big octopus. It relied on its high IQ to come up with this attitude of "surrendering to the head", wanting to live in peace with him, and introducing the "treasures" it found to itself, which can be described as full of sincerity, but it is also a countermeasure to seek peace.

As for saying that there are some unknown potential threats in the ship that the big octopus can't deal with, and he wants to take the opportunity to solve them by pretending to be his own, Lin Han still can't believe it. The first is that the big octopus is not yet that smart; Secondly, this is an ancient ship, not a sophisticated modern ship, and there are no ambushes such as laser cannons and elaborate mechanisms; And at the bottom of the sea at a depth of 10,000 meters, there is no creature that can pose a threat to the big octopus, and it seems to be the overlord and master of this sea.

However, it should be noted that no matter how high the IQ of the giant octopus is, it is still not in line with human civilization, although St. Mary was founded seven or eight centuries ago, it is also unable to see any valuable clues and clues in the shipwreck.

Probably for a long time, this ship has been inspected by the big octopus, and it has been to every corner. In its eyes, it's just a bunch of rotting bricks soaked in the sea, and it has no idea what it's actually worth in the human world.

Lin Han squinted at the big octopus on the deck, still obediently crouching, the mighty eight giant whiskers were all under its belly, probably this thing was too provocative to wave back and forth, it was afraid that the villain in front of it would not like it, and then waved the sequins in his hand and rushed up to cut a few.

But I'm afraid it's still difficult to tell Lin Han to completely let down his guard and trust it completely. The big octopus also seemed to understand this, and also saw Lin Han's worry, whining and chirping a few times, and his huge body suddenly rose up and floated away into the distance.

"This attitude still needs to be obtained!" Lin Han looked at its distant back and secretly approved. Turning around, he took out a few glow sticks and held them together in his left hand, and the knife in his right hand slowly floated towards the deck.

Most of the structure of the ship is made of solid wood, and it is not known what kind of wood it is. Lin Han split the water and moved forward, and soon got into the top cab.

It may not be the heart of the whole ship, but it can be seen as the brain. All actions and instructions for controlling the boat are generated in the wheelhouse, and then they are gradually conveyed in layers.

Thick layers of seaweed and silt covered the old walls, the floor, the console and the large, round steering rudder.

Lin Han was doubly careful, looking east and west, observing the brain of this legendary flagship little by little. From time to time, a few unknown deep-sea barracudas passed by playfully, and the bodies of these fish could still emit a faint silver light, which provided Lin Han with a lot of convenience for his vision.

He searched the cockpit in the most detail, but the gains were minimal, and almost nothing of value was found. Then he went to the small storage room, the crew lounge, and all the rooms on the entire deck, and was soon searched by Lin Han, but he still found nothing.

It's just a pile of rotten wood!

Lin Han was a little breathless, feeling that the legend of this St. Mary's flagship was so deified, it was just an imaginary worship of those who did good things, and now he personally stepped on the deck of this big ship to search for the carpet, where did he see any rare treasures, gold and silver utensils?

The rumors are not credible, Columbus, a buddy, has a very poor life, and may not have collected many valuable things as people say.

The door of the dark and secluded computer room was dilapidated, and the surrounding area was cracked by a huge force, which opened from the bottom up. Those glowing fish patrolled around Lin Han all the way, and before he could express any opinions, they had already taken a step forward, obviously knowing the situation inside.

The engine room is also a heavy place, generally located in the bottom belly of the ship, where there are countless gears and machinery, hundreds of years ago most of them were powered by steam to support the entire flagship forward, Lin Han thought as he slowly dived down.

If you look at the structure of Santa Maria from the inside, especially the computer room in the depths, you can appreciate its enormity. Lin Han dived more than forty meters deep before he saw the side door of the mechanical room.

With a distance of more than 40 meters, I'm afraid there are close to 20 floors, right? This behemoth could be built to such a scale by people at that time, and the industrial level, creativity and imagination of human beings at that time can be seen from this.

The passage became narrower and narrower, and there were more and more huts crisscrossing the city, Lin Han didn't know whether it was the habitual following of the little silverfish or the intuition in his heart, so he didn't stop all the way, and went straight to the bottom of the cabin.

When he turned the side door of the mechanical room and looked inside, he was finally stunned by the scene in front of him!

There is no imaginary gear machinery here, and the iron pipes that bend around it are turned out to be a large open underground giant storage compartment as far as the eye can see.

On the deck, countless gold bars, nuggets, agate, necklaces, pearls, jade, and many strange vessels of different sizes and names were stacked horizontally and vertically.

Maybe it was too long to be silent, these treasures did not see the light of day all year round, under the faint light of the light stick in Lin Han's hand, they were suddenly awakened to vitality, and the huge bilge instantly exuded dazzling brilliance, golden and yellow, orange and orange!

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