Chapter 90, The Big Wooden Box
This time it was much easier than before, after the hatch opened, there was no strong cold current rushing out, we swam into the cabin one after another, Mai Lao was the last to come in, but after coming in, I found a problem, originally this place should be a very mild sea, but now it has become colder than the outside, and even I shivered all over the freezing.
The aisle of the cabin was still dark, and we turned on all the lights, hoping that this time there would be no more flashing lights or ghosts, and I observed that the door of the cabin we had inspected was still open, and it seemed that nothing unexpected had happened.
Mai Lao gestured to everyone, "All disperse, act alone, survey every cabin as soon as possible, everyone pay attention to safety." This time, in order to save time, we had to go on an adventure, all seven of us were scattered, in my words this is a solo operation, I took the light, ran to the innermost cabin and swam over, this way I was highly concentrated, in this dark aisle, there was no one around, it was inevitable that I would feel a little nervous.
The spear gun in my hand was very tight, and the lights were also strafing everywhere, ready to deal with emergencies anytime and anywhere, I marched for a short time, and arrived at the last cabin on the first floor, from the hatch to the end, I roughly calculated, the cabin on my left alone is as many as a dozen, if all two sides are combined, there must be at least nearly thirty, this ghost shipwreck is really big.
I looked at it with the light, and finally the hatch was still closed, and there were still some signs of damage on the hatch, one by one, and it was full of messy things, which was very uncomfortable to look at, and now everyone else should have entered the cabin, and the aisle seemed very quiet, and the silence made people tremble.
Now there is no time to rub in, I stepped forward and grabbed the hatch, and slammed it back, probably because the hull had sunk for too long, and I directly pulled the wooden hatch down, if it weren't for the buoyancy under the water, I would have to fall on my back this time.
I threw away the broken hatch in my hand, waited at the door for a while, and after making sure that there was no danger, I swam in with the light, this cabin was not much different from the two cabins I had checked before, it was still full of broken sacks, and there was corroded food scattered on the ground, I opened several sacks in a row, and there was still food in them, nothing, I walked around the cabin, and my mood suddenly fell a lot.
Originally, I was still holding on to luck, hoping to find some clues to solve all these mysteries, but now it seems that all this is a fucking vain, it seems that this is a useless granary ship, but according to the instructions on the navigation chart, it shouldn't be, even if there are no treasures, it won't come to find a granary ship that has sunk at the bottom of the sea for hundreds of years, right? What's the point?
No, there should be something of value in such a big wreck, probably because we were looking for the wrong place, and now that there is plenty of time, I have to move on to the next cabin, and I have to turn the whole ship over anyway.
Just as I was about to leave the cabin, the light happened to shine next to the hatch to a thing, I hurriedly moved the light back, this thing was very large, I swam over to see, it was actually a large wooden box, just placed on the right side of the hatch in a very inconspicuous place, this position is not easy to see after entering the door, if I was careless, I may not find it.
This wooden box is very large and boxy, and there is no problem in putting one or two people in it, but I can't tell what exactly the box is in, because it has been soaked in water for so many years, it is difficult to distinguish, I put the spear gun aside and cleaned the area around the box with my hands.
Then by the light of the lighting, I saw a lot more clearly, this big wooden box is dark red in appearance, on the top of the box is engraved a batch of horse patterns, the pattern of this batch of horses is black, but the appearance of this horse is very strange, the horse head is carved with a lot of thorns, the limbs are still very small, it looks very weird, and it is also very special.
There are some simple patterns in other places, there are a pair of metal handrails on both sides of the box, which is the kind of semi-circular handrail, and the wooden box also has a metal buckle in front of it, which should be the position of the lock, looking at the appearance, it seems to be the kind of large box that specially holds silver ingots in ancient times.
I took a closer look again, the position of the metal buckle was slightly damaged, I looked down with the lamp, on the ground next to the wooden box, sure enough, there was a big lock, I picked it up and took a look, this lock must weigh at least three catties, the part of the lock has a slight deformation, this lock should be pried open, who pry it? Is it someone on this ship? Or did someone come to the wreck before us?
I thought with the lock in my hand, could it be that we weren't the first to discover this wreck? It stands to reason that Jenny will not reveal the secrets of this chart, but due to time constraints, I can't analyze the situation too carefully, but I always feel as if I have missed something, so I decided to open the wooden box first, maybe I will find some information I want to get inside.
The wooden box was very tight, I tried several times in a row, but I couldn't open it, I took out the paratrooper knife again, and used the knife to pry around the mouth of the box, and then I opened it with great force, and this time the wooden box was easily opened by me.
When the big wooden box was opened, I quickly ran back a certain distance to prevent something hidden in it to ensure safety, and if it suddenly caught me off guard, it would be a bad dish.
The speargun and the light in my hand have been facing the mouth of the wooden box, the cabin is very quiet, except for my breath, bubbling bubbles, there is no reaction, after waiting for dozens of seconds, it is still like this, there is no strange phenomenon after the box is opened, I slowly swim forward, and when I get to the front and back, I take the light to shine here, and I am a little dumbfounded.
How is it possible that this big box is empty and there is nothing? I double-checked it several times, afraid I would miss something, but it was empty, nothing fucking, not even a treasure, not even a broken rag.
It's strange, such a big wooden box is placed here, and it's still empty, isn't this illogical at all, I still don't believe it, will there be some hidden grid? But I've checked all the boxes, and there's no secret compartment at all, and in the cabins I've surveyed, only this last one has such a big wooden box, and the other cabins don't have it, so what's the use of this wooden box?
It occurred to me that it could be someone who had pried open the lock of the box and taken everything inside. As things stand, this is the most likely possibility, otherwise who would have left an empty box here.
But then I thought, if this wreck has been surveyed and everything has been taken away, then there is no need for us to continue? I'm a little depressed, if that's the case, then what's the difference between us and eating leftovers, and we're all working in vain.
Just when I was thinking wildly, suddenly, a figure appeared in my lamp, I was startled, immediately picked up the speargun and aimed it in front, in front of me was actually Mai Lao, my hanging heart was put down, for a moment, I almost fired the speargun.
Mai Lao gestured to me and asked, 'Did you find anything?' I shook my head, then nodded hurriedly, and pointed to the big wooden box next to me, Mai Lao saw that there was a wooden box, and he also came to check it, but like me, he found nothing, and found nothing.
I picked up the big lock and handed it to him, and made a gesture with my hand, 'It's been pried open.' Mai Lao took the lock and looked at it, nodded lightly, and gestured, "It seems that someone has come." The old fellow thought to me that it would be useless to know that someone had come, and now the main thing was whether I could find something of value, and of course the information I was going to get.
I gestured to him, 'Did you find anything over there?' Mai Lao waved his hand, indicating that there was nothing, but it was not a matter of always consuming it like this, it was better to survey the other cabins, I beckoned Mai Lao to quickly withdraw, and the two of us swam out of the cabin back and forth, Jiao Ba and Shunzi They were already in the aisle of the cabin.
All of us gathered together again and began to exchange information that everyone had obtained after surveying, and all the cabins on the first floor had been thoroughly surveyed by them, and the results were the same as before, except for broken sacks and corroded grain, there was nothing else, and there was not even a rest cabin on the entire first floor.
Mai Lao glanced at the time, this time everyone was very fast, and there was still plenty of time, he motioned for us to go up to the second floor to continue the survey, and today we had to turn over the entire shipwreck, but just as we were about to set off, the light in my hand began to flicker again