It took more than an hour for the manic sea to finally quiet down and return to its former calm and peace.

Although no one was missing or killed, it still scared the sailors and divers on the two salvage ships, and many even began to regret taking the dangerous job.

However, due to the deterrence of the heavily armed combat team, there was no sign of attempting to return home in violation of the contract for the time being, and only a low curse in his mouth.

For this small offense that did not play any practical role, Zhang Cheng very generously chose to turn a blind eye and focused all his attention on the statue in his hand.

There is no doubt that this thing is not carved with a human being, but with a special image of a snake on the lower body and a woman on the upper body.

She wore a golden crown adorned with feathers on her head, and her feet wore elaborate rings, one of her hands holding a weapon like a short-haired or javelin-like weapon, and the other hand holding a strangely shaped sacrificial dagger, and the jewels set in her eyes seemed to have a soul, constantly shining with a strange luster.

Obviously, this is a typical Inca statue, but it is not known which god or powerful sacrifice is enshrined.

After all, as an extension of primitive religious beliefs, both South and North American Indians have animistic traditions and habits, such as seeing mountains will be man-made to have mountain gods, seeing lakes will think that there is a lake god, seeing rain will think that there is a water god, seeing salt will be man-made salt gods......

In short, all great powers that cannot be explained by common sense will have a god to worship as a spiritual sustenance, even beasts of prey.

Under this animistic belief system, it can be said that there are far more gods in the entire American continent than anywhere else in the world, but most of them are third-class gods who cannot be put on the table, and they are not even comparable to humans who have powerful supernatural powers.

A large number of such gods had been killed as early as the European Parliament's invasion of the land, so there was nothing to make a fuss about.

What's really interesting is that this statue actually contains a very powerful energy that can manipulate and change the force field around it.

This means that the god behind the statue is not dead, but is either asleep or alive somewhere in the rainforest, and has a large number of devout followers under his command.

"Interesting...... Could this be the legendary ancestral goddess of the Musca people, Bachue?" Zhang Cheng touched his chin and muttered to himself with interest.

Since the entire Inca civilization and mythology were devastatingly destroyed by the Spanish colonizers, he didn't know exactly how many gods there were in Inca mythology, which of them declined a long time ago, and which of them have survived to this day.

The only thing that is certain is that the storm mentioned in the journal is most likely not a real storm, but a terrible catastrophe caused by this idol.

"Hey, what are you holding? Treasure from the shipwreck?"

Mansha, who had just come out of the bathroom after taking a shower, noticed the statue and hurriedly picked up a magnifying glass and other tools, and approached to take a closer look.

Zhang Cheng didn't mean to hide it, and nodded lightly: "Yes! I found it in the body of a strange fish near the shipwreck." You may not believe it, but after swallowing the statue, the strange fish seems to have gained a very powerful superpower, which can release an energy stance to forcibly push the enemy away. I saw with my own eyes that a king squid nearly forty meters long was torn apart alive. ”

"What?!, you've encountered such a terrible monster, and you're still alive?" Mansha looked up, her eyes widening in surprise.

"Don't make such a fuss! You have to understand that I am not an ordinary person, and many monsters that are invincible in the eyes of ordinary people are completely harmless to me. Especially such low-IQ beasts, they can be easily controlled with only one or two psychic magic. By the way, do you have any valuable discoveries about this statue, or can you help me confirm who she really is?" Zhang Cheng pointed to the statue, his eyes showing expectation.

One of the reasons he decided to hire the young girl in front of him was because of the wealth of archaeological knowledge in his mind.

"Wait a minute!"

Mantha held a magnifying glass and carefully examined the gold ornaments on the statue's ankles and the carvings on the headdress.

It took a full seven or eight minutes before she explained in an uncertain tone: "This statue should be an ancient religious symbol from about 800 to 1,000 years ago, when the Inca Empire was just established. Because it was only in that period that the Incas would use stone to make such small statues, and these gold jewelry, headdresses, and weapons were added later. As you can see, they're completely two styles of stuff. In addition, according to recent archaeological research, the Inca Empire began to use a large number of precious metals such as gold and silver to reshape the image of the gods from around the 13th century, and the difference between the Inca Empire and the former is very obvious......"

"You should know, what I want to know is not these boring archaeological histories, but I want to know who this statue really is. Zhang Cheng interrupted impatiently.

As a pragmatist, he did not care about the rise and fall of the extinct Inca Empire, but only with the information that was useful to him.

"I'm sorry, Inca mythology is very confusing, in addition to some of the gods commonly believed by the Indians, there are many unique gods, and the image changes with the ages, I need to consult some experts in this field to give you a satisfactory answer. Mansha shrugged her shoulders helplessly.

No way!

Although human civilization was only a few thousand years old after the end of the earth-shattering Great War in ancient times, there were countless branches that even the world's top archaeology professors could not be proficient in the history of all regions.

Usually, it's about focusing on selective research.

Unfortunately, the Amerindian civilization is precisely the one that Mansa is not good at......

Looking at the girl's innocent expression, Zhang Cheng sighed helplessly: "Hey, okay." I'll give you three days to use the ship's satellite network to get in touch with the so-called experts you know as quickly as possible, and if necessary, give me money directly. ”

"Yes! I swear I'll give you a satisfactory answer in three days. Mansa assured.

"I hope so. Yelena, inform the two salvage ships to start salvage operations tomorrow, first get all the damage to the found ship, and directly use the mechanical arm in the cabin of the bottom of the yacht. Zhang Cheng instructed without replying.

"Yes, boss! I'll send someone to keep an eye on them!"

Yelena, who also came out of the bathroom in a bathrobe, stood up in place and gave a standard military salute.

Although the bump an hour ago made her vomit the contents of her stomach clean, and her face is still very ugly, she has always been meticulous in carrying out orders, and her eyes have never taken off the surveillance camera on the electronic screen.