In the next few days, I found a local tour guide and went around all parts of Jinan, but I came from Hangzhou to see more cultural scenes, and the more I looked, the lower my interest, and then I simply went to find a fishing factory to drop fish.

Another week passed in the erosive life, interrupted by two uninvited guests.

That day, I came back from the fishing factory as usual, and as soon as I entered the hotel, a waiter came over and said, "Mr. Wu, there are two people looking for you." ”

I'm in a room, I'm only the third uncle in this hotel knows, is it that he is back, no, the third uncle has his own key, and he will definitely go directly into the room when he comes back, and he will wait for me in the lobby?

I thought it was strange and asked her where she was. She pointed to the hotel lobby lounge on the side.

I walked with her, but I saw a man and a woman sitting there, looking very strange.

When the two of them saw me coming, they both stood up, and the man reached out and shook my hand and asked, "Mr. Wu?" ”

I nodded, and looked at him, a slightly chubby man in his thirties, slightly bald, but very clean, I couldn't tell what he did. The woman was wearing a lace shirt with buttons up to her chest, and the waves were so rough that I didn't dare to look at them, so I asked them, "Who are you...?" ”

The man handed me a business card, and I looked at it: an international marine resources development company

When I looked at it, I felt that it was a bit inexplicable, the so-called development of marine resources is actually based on the analysis of various existing route information and historical records, to infer the location of some shipwrecks, and to salvage the shipwreck materials.

This kind of trade has existed since ancient times, but the real boom was after the reform and development, when the so-called Nanyang fished the northwest and a large number of tomb robbers flocked to the ancient tombs in the northwest, on the Maritime Silk Road in the South China Sea, a large number of cultural relics pirates from abroad also gathered, and almost ransacked the shipwrecks off China's coastal waters in a few years.

Compared with Tufuzi, these people are more harmful to the entire archaeology, because of the large loading capacity of the ship, there is a saying that "one ship has ten tombs" since ancient times. Usually an ordinary medium-sized merchant ship can carry more than 100,000 pieces of porcelain, and the benefits obtained from a single salvage are astronomical. So compared to them, the third uncle's level of tomb robber master can only be regarded as a small fight.

I think it's very strange because I have never been associated with such people, what do they come to me for, and only the third uncle knows about my affairs here, and how they found me.

When the man saw that I was looking at him and didn't speak, he couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable, and smiled awkwardly: "You probably think that we came to you a little bit like this... Abrupt, but you'll know what we're here to do. ”

I still didn't speak, looked at him noncommittally, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue: "Actually, it's very simple, last week, a gentleman named Wu Sanxing came to us..."

I let out an "oh", and suddenly realized in my heart, this is really a very obvious thing, my whereabouts here, only the third uncle knows, then they came to me, it must be related to the third uncle.

He saw that I had a reaction, his face softened a little, and continued: "Mr. Wu Sansheng and our boss are very good friends, after they met, there was a detailed conversation, I was also present at the time, Mr. Wu Sansheng told us a very interesting story, it is about a possible existence... Submarine tomb, I don't know if Mr. Wu understands this matter? ”

I saw that he was talking very unpleasantly, so I made a gesture and said, "You don't have to pay attention to how much I know, please tell me the matter briefly." ”

He glanced at the woman on the side, as if asking for instructions, the woman nodded, and then he said: "Yes, then I will try to be as simple as possible - Mr. Wu Sansheng proposed to jointly develop this submarine ruin with us, because the clues he provided were very convincing, so our board of directors agreed, and our company lent him some idle equipment and personnel in the form of a layered guarantee, and went to the sea near the North Reef to search, and the situation was smooth at first, until five o'clock in the afternoon the day before yesterday. Their ship suddenly disappeared on the satellite positioning system and has not been seen until now. ”

His Mandarin has a strong Cantonese accent, I don't understand it very well, but I probably know what happened for a while, the third uncle seems to have gone to Xisha, he has no experience in going to sea, so he prepared a ship and equipment through this international marine resources development company, and as a result, the ship disappeared after going to sea.

I had a general idea in my mind, but I didn't feel very worried when it happened suddenly, and asked the bald man, "Could it be that there is a problem with the equipment on the ship?" Causing the satellite signal not to be received? ”

He patiently explained to me: "No, it won't be a malfunction, about this kind of instrument, it is very complicated, it is difficult for me to explain it to you, but it can be compared to this, this kind of satellite positioning system is actually a black box on the ship, unless it is very seriously injured, it will not be easily damaged, so this situation is very abnormal." On board, something must have happened. ”

I looked at him and said, "You are such a big company, if something happens, you should go to the rescue, come to me for something, what do you do?" ”

The man shook his head: "Unfortunately, we have searched for them, 48 hours after their disappearance, our ship has searched the missing area, but found nothing, the ship seems to be... It was as if it had disappeared into thin air. ”

He said it with a strange expression, and it seemed that he didn't quite believe his words, and added: "Of course, how could the ship disappear out of thin air, I think it may have been an accident." ”

I smiled and said very politely: "Please note that the point of my question is not what you found, but what you came to me, please say it directly." ”

The two people glanced at each other with embarrassed expressions, and finally the man spoke: "That's right, now there are clues that your third uncle and the other two people have found the exact location of the ancient ruins three hours before the ship disappeared, and are making preparations before entering." So... According to the time calculation, when your third uncle disappeared from the ship, he should not be on the ship, but in the underwater ruins..."

I was suddenly shocked in my heart, I already understood what he meant, the third uncle entered the underwater ruins, but the support from the sea suddenly disappeared, even if they could come out smoothly, they would enter a dilemma - there was no boat on the sea.

It's a tricky thing to do.

The woman saw the change in my expression and immediately continued: "We estimate that the research ship may have been hijacked by pirates, if the three investigators on board had entered the ruins at that time, then they might have survived, but because of the loss of support at sea, their situation will not be much better, you know, they will not be able to swim back." ”

I sighed and asked them, "When they're done, they'll be back the way they came, and your rescue boat should be able to find them." ”

The woman was silent for a moment and said, "In fact, in the early discussions, Mr. Wu Sansheng estimated that there was a certain amount of air in this underwater ruin. If they find that the air can breathe, they will stay inside for a while in preparation for a second entry, so, most likely, the people in the ruins do not know that the ship above has disappeared by now. ”

"You mean, the third uncle already knows how to enter this tomb?" I wondered how this was possible and how he solved that critical problem.

The woman shook her head: "I'm not an expert on this, I don't know what you're talking about. ”

I rubbed my temples, I hadn't used my brain for a long time, and I had a little headache, so I sorted these things out in my mind, and then asked them, "Then what are you coming to me for?" What can I do about it? ”

The man said, "We're going to send another team down and bring the people inside." ”

I thought about it for a moment and said with a smile: "There's no need, after the people inside finish their work, they will come out by themselves, you just need to wait for them on the nearby sea now." ”

The man shook his head and said, "This is not possible now, because in that place, suddenly a low pressure mass has appeared, and soon, that sea will be..."

I naturally know what happens when a low pressure mass appears at sea, if this pressure mass is small, there will be a tropical storm on the sea, if it is a little bigger, then I don't know what kind of typhoon it will produce, in such a climate, let alone rescue, even if the ship is parked there, it is impossible.

The man continued: "Mr. Wu, now that you understand the whole thing, we estimate that in terms of time, we still have at least three days left, and the most difficult situation now is not the climate at sea, but we don't know where the entrance to the ruin is, the last sea area of GPS positioning is three square nautical miles, and we need someone to help us find the exact location of the ruin." It's about your loved ones, I don't think you will shirk it..."

I was quiet on the surface, but in my heart I already knew that I had to go, and compared to others, I still knew a little bit about this matter, and even if I couldn't help, I was there, and I could do some auxiliary work.

However, I always felt that there was a subtle cunning in the expressions of these two men, as if there was something else that had not been explained.

Out of prudence, I didn't say anything right away, but first smiled and asked, "Three square nautical miles is not very big, why did you notify the coast guard?" ”

As soon as I asked this, the faces of the two of them turned ugly at the same time, and they looked at each other, not knowing how to answer me.

I spread my hands and looked at them, saying that I would never agree if I didn't figure it out.

The man hesitated slightly, his expression was strange, and he said softly: "It's our fault about this matter, I can't say the specific situation, but I can tell you that your third uncle went to sea this time to get Vietnam's salvage permit, but the location of the salvage is a little different from his estimate, in China's waters, you should know what kind of situation I am talking about." ”

I slapped the table, almost jumped up, and yelled, "What! You're going to do that—"

Halfway through my words, I saw that all the people around me were looking at me, and several security guards also turned their heads, so they had to swallow the second half of the sentence back, shaking their heads and secretly scolding the third uncle for being confused, his behavior has been involved in the cross-border smuggling of cultural relics, and he was caught, and he was going to be shot if he didn't get it.

The woman smiled charmingly and asked me, "How is it, Mr. Wu, we have already made it out with you, what are you going to do?" ”

I decided to bite the bullet, nodded, and said, "What choice do I have?" Let's go right away.

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