Chapter 315: An Unexpected Discovery in the Warehouse
Grabbed the handle and twisted it, but after years of corrosion by seawater, the handle had already been stuck.
Chu Mingcheng felt that the handle was loose, and with a slight tug, he pulled the handle down.
The lock cylinder of the door lock is necrotic, but the wooden door has softened.
Chu Mingcheng simply kicked the door and kicked out a hole that could be passed.
He didn't go in immediately, but waited outside for a while, waiting for the murky water to clear again, and for something that might be inside to swim out.
This thing, of course, is not a psychedelic type.
Chu Mingcheng was worried that if there were any highly poisonous sea creatures inside, it would be troublesome if he was bitten by going in, so he didn't go in immediately.
After a while, he didn't see anything swimming out, so he slowly leaned over to the door, and the flashlight shone inside, and he looked around the room.
This is a completely enclosed small space, a tatami mat, a wardrobe, and the space is only seven or eight square meters.
Obviously, there would be no living creatures in such a space, and Chu Mingcheng would swim in.
When he swam inside, he noticed that there was a small overturned bedboard in the corner that he hadn't noticed just now.
There are only two cabinets that can put things in this small room, Chu Mingcheng came to the big cabinet first, opened the cabinet and took a look.
As a result, a black mass of squid ink came out, and he retreated speechlessly, which turned out to be several pieces of clothing, which were obviously the dyes of the clothes that had faded.
Then he opened the other drawers in the cabinet, which were either empty, socks or underwear.
It was all cake, and apparently the captain didn't have time to clean it up.
Then he opened the drawer of the bedside table and looked at it, and there was a manual razor in the upper drawer, and in the lower drawer was a ball of pulp, which was supposed to be a book.
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Finally, there was a pair of slippers under the bed, and there was nothing valuable in this room, and obviously all the important things were taken away.
Leaving the small room with a gloomy face, Chu Mingcheng then came to the second floor below the cab.
The second floor is full of rooms, and it looks like it's supposed to be where the crew lived.
Chu Mingcheng first walked around the corridor and found that there were a total of fourteen rooms on the second floor.
These definitely need to be searched, what if you find something good?
Some of the rooms had windows, but he didn't plan to enter through the outside windows.
Came to the door of the first room, which was a windowless room.
Chu Mingcheng grabbed the door lock and pulled it gently, and as expected, these wooden doors were already soaked in the water.
He has a lot of strength and can directly pull off the dead door lock.
After the lock was removed, the wooden door automatically opened inside, and at this moment, a slender figure suddenly appeared in his sight.
It was white, lying on the ground, its tattered clothes fluttering freely in the water.
Seeing the owner of the house, even if Chu Mingcheng was mentally prepared, his body still involuntarily erected goosebumps at this moment.
But he's still calm, just his heart is beating a little faster, and he doesn't really feel scared.
That's right, lying on the ground was a skeleton, an unlucky ghost who didn't escape in time.
Chu Mingcheng was silent for a moment, and finally closed the door, and picked up the door lock to close the door card.
In this case, he also went in to search, what is the difference between him and the tomb robber.
This man is unlucky enough, so let him be buried with his own things.
Then he continued to open the next door and continue his exploration.
One thing to say, as long as you are brave, it is much more interesting to explore the inside of these shipwrecks than to play escape rooms.
Fourteen rooms, it took him nearly two hours to search.
The room with the skeletons was the one at the beginning, and he searched the rest of the rooms.
I didn't find anything of value, so I found two watches and a necklace.
Chu Mingcheng didn't have much research on watches, but the word magic capital on the watch has fully explained the origin of the watch.
The old magic brand watch should be a product of the eighties and nineties, even if there is a little collection value, it is not very valuable, a piece is about three or five hundred at most.
The other necklace is not gold, and the specific color of the gold can still be seen under the underwater light.
This necklace is relatively thin, unlike that kind of exaggerated jewelry made of iron, and there is no rust on it, so it is naturally not iron.
The necklace shimmered silver in the light, and he thought it should be platinum.
Silver oxidizes and turns black in seawater, which means that platinum is stable enough that it will not change much.
This necklace is worth about 3,000 if you buy it from a gold store, but if you sell it, you don't know how much it is worth.
But there has been some gain, and Chu Mingcheng's trip is not empty-handed.
It would have been underwater for more than two hours, and he put his watch and necklace in a small net pocket before swimming back to the surface to breathe.
Looking at his ship from a distance, there was a light on the Poseidon and the top indicator light was also flashing, and the sea was very quiet at present, and there were no other ships.
He then took a breath and re-dived into the water, continuing to swim towards the wreck and search the floor below.
Although there is not much cargo to be seen on the deck of this cargo ship, the cabin is worth exploring.
Unfortunately, there was no cargo on deck, and there were no scattered cargo boxes next to the ship, otherwise he would have opened the blind box to see what was inside.
Just arrived at the deck position, Chu Mingcheng was suddenly stunned.
No, there are no cargo boxes on the deck, this can't be a mining ship, right?
Or maybe it's oil or something?
After all, the wreck was able to clean the cargo boxes on the deck in time, and there was no reason why the person in the first room would die inside.
There is time to clean up the container, but will there be no time to slam the door to save someone?
Chu Mingcheng, who couldn't figure out what the situation was for a while, suddenly had the idea of going back to the first room to check the situation, mainly because he was curious.
But after thinking about it for three seconds, he decided to explore first, and when the time came to enter the cabin, he would know the specifics.
Chu Mingcheng swam to the first floor, where there is a dining room and kitchen, as well as a basketball court and badminton court for crew entertainment.
Drifting on the sea for months or more, there is a recreation room to facilitate the crew to pass the boring time.
There was nothing valuable to be searched for on this floor, Chu Mingcheng returned to the surface of the water to change his breath, adjusted his state, and began to search the cabin inside the ship.
Descending the stairs, a few small fish were alarmed and immediately scurried.
The shipwreck has become a natural sanctuary for underwater fish, and when Chu Mingcheng came to the cabin, he saw a lot of precious fish with a sweep of the flashlight.
The grouper in Tsing Yi was very uneasy because of the light, and they all avoided the light at a sensitive speed.
Chu Mingcheng first checked on the side of the stairs to see if there was a small room or something, but the internal structure of the cabin was very simple, and there was only a huge cargo compartment inside under the stairs, which was also the last place he needed to search tonight.
At present, there was still a flashlight and two headlamps were not used, so he simply changed the flashlight and turned on the headlights.
That way, he can see more clearly.
It's just that when he swam into the warehouse and saw the bags of woven plastic bags inside, Chu Mingcheng felt a sigh in his heart and had a bad premonition.
When he looked closer, he was immediately disappointed by the word rice, which turned out to be a cargo ship transporting imported rice.
There was no cargo on deck, apparently everything that could be moved at that time was removed, and as for the rice inside the cabin, it was estimated that it would be difficult for the search and rescue ship to transport it.
Even if it can be transported, the difficulty of carrying it is there, and it is good to be able to rescue people.
At present, the rice in the cabin is scattered everywhere, some bags are broken, and there is no scattered rice in the breaches, apparently eaten by the fish at the bottom of the water.
The sinking of the ship was a huge loss for the captain, but for the creatures at the bottom of the sea, it was a free meal that could not be eaten for a long time.
This has also led to the accumulation of countless fish in the cabin, and the number is very large, and it is simply a paradise for fish.
Although Chu Mingcheng felt pity in his heart, he did not leave, but continued to swim inside.
With so many fish here, you might even encounter some of the best marine life.
He had no hope of whether there was anything valuable on this ship.
As soon as he swam close to ten meters, he spotted a huge octopus next to the rice bag on his left.
The octopus's head was the size of a basin, and its tentacles were wrapped around an unlucky fish.
Then he turned his gaze, and a huge clear water grouper appeared in front of him, nearly a meter long, and there was no ciguatera poison on his body.
Chu Mingcheng's eyes suddenly lit up, and he took out the fish spear from behind his back.
Such a large clear water grouper is too rare, even if it is frozen, it should be able to sell for one hundred and fifty thousand catties.
This one, which is nearly one meter, definitely weighs about forty catties, that is, six thousand oceans.
This cargo ship has no value, but because of the rice, it has become a paradise for fish.
On second thought, isn't this a natural place for fishing and hunting?
Since you can't find anything good, it's not a bad idea to bring a few valuable fish back.
Finding a good time, Chu Mingcheng slowly leaned over.
This clear water grouper hid between the rice pile and the wall, and seemed to feel that this position was very safe, and even Chu Mingcheng didn't move much when he approached it.
He didn't miss this opportunity, approached the back spear and aimed it a little above his pectoral fin, and then pressed the button decisively.
The spear shot out suddenly, and the strong force immediately penetrated the fish's body, nailed to the hull of the ship, and made a sound of metal colliding.
The Qingshui grouper was hit hard and immediately struggled violently, and the dust that was stirred up obscured Chu Mingcheng's sight.
He just held the spear and stared at the fish until it was cold and completely motionless.
He then brought the fish out and bled with a diving knife.
The diving knife was small enough, and Chu Mingcheng would bring it no matter what dive it was.
To get the clear water grouper, he used a diving knife to cut a rope tied to the rice, and used the rope to pass through the gills of the fish and bring the fish on.
That is, the live fish buckle is not carried, otherwise there is no need to be so troublesome.
Then Chu Mingcheng continued to swim into the boat, and after a while, he found a fish more than forty centimeters on another pile of rice bags.
It was a black-and-white fish, and he was attracted to it because it was called the blackback snapper, and it was a high-end and precious fish that he had not caught so far.
You can increase your experience points, and take it back to your daughter-in-law to try it by the way.
The specific price Chu Mingcheng is not very clear, this fish also appeared in the waters near Xisha Nansha and Treasure Island, the quantity is not much, and it is estimated that the unit price is not cheap.
But that's it, and he doesn't bother to sell it.
Come to the top of the fish, the fish spear is ready.
Seeing the right time, he decisively pressed the button, and the fish spear instantly pierced out and nailed the fish to the rice bag.
But Chu Mingcheng sensed that something was wrong, and the touch was wrong.
The spear pierced into the rice bag should not be blocked.
But just now, the spear really came with a force that was blocked, as if the spear had hit something.
Not in a hurry to explore, he first used a diving knife to deal with the black-backed snapper, and then pulled out the spear.
After using the rope to penetrate the gill belt of the fish, Chu Mingcheng moved the bag of rice above the rice pile.
Then, he saw the suitcase peeking out underneath.
Suitcase hidden in a rice bag?
Chu Mingcheng immediately knew that things were not simple, this could not be smuggled goods, right?
It is not clear how long the ship sank Chu Mingcheng, but judging from the two watches, it should be from the eighties and nineties, and it is very likely that it is a cargo ship going to Treasure Island.
In those old days, smuggling was common and easy. Unlike now, where surveillance is everywhere, surveillance is strict.
Chu Mingcheng moved the rice bag away and took out the suitcase that had been soaked for an unknown amount of time.
He tried to open the suitcase, but the combination lock was jammed and he had to force it open.
But with only a fish spear and a diving knife on his body, Chu Mingcheng had no choice but to carry the suitcase first, put it at the top of the stairs, and bring it back to the Poseidon when the time came.
But the fact that there was a suitcase in the rice pile also gave him a wake-up call.
With such a large cargo ship and so many piles of rice, there must have been more than one suitcase of smuggled goods.
So Chu Mingcheng immediately turned into a porter, and every pile of rice was moved away to look for smuggled goods, and the fish in the warehouse were frightened to scurry around.
The smuggled goods, apparently, could not have been transported with the search and rescue ships at that time, and all of these were cheaper for him.
The warehouse is too large, and it is time-consuming to find and carry rice bags.
It wasn't until after five o'clock in the morning that he searched all the rice piles in the warehouse.
It turned out to be unsatisfactory, with only five wooden boxes and three suitcases.
The five wooden boxes Chu Mingcheng found in a pile of rice connected to them, and he suspected that the five wooden boxes were the same person.
However, wooden boxes seem to be easier to open than suitcases.
He couldn't bring back so many things, and if the contents of the wooden box were soaked in seawater and useless, he could save trouble.
This wooden box has no lock and is fully enclosed. Chu Mingcheng picked up the fish spear and poked a hole directly at the edge of the wooden box.
Although the wooden box is made of solid wooden planks, it still softens a lot after soaking in water for so long.
Chu Mingcheng quickly pried up a hole with a fish spear, and then found that there was a sponge under the wooden board.
The thing that was specially protected with a sponge, his heart was shocked, and then his heart thumped, could it be that it was porcelain?
Normally, sponges are used to protect against shocks and fragile items.
In addition to porcelain, Chu Mingcheng couldn't think of anything else worth smuggling for the time being.
He suddenly dismantled the wooden box with full motivation, and it only took a short time for the wooden board to be removed on one side.
He then slowly picked up the sponge, revealing the bottle-like object wrapped in oiled paper underneath.
When he saw the appearance of this item, Chu Mingcheng suddenly had a little bad premonition in his heart, could it be a bar wrapped in oil paper?
How expensive can wine be?
But he didn't move any more, whether it was wine or something else, and since he was holding it with oiled paper, he obviously didn't want it to touch the water.
In this case, he would have to make a few more runs and move all these things back.
(In the evening, my mother said that she had a headache and her blood pressure was 194, so I was scared and rushed her to the hospital.) The number of words in this chapter is not enough, I will continue to code words now, make up for it at night, and the Yanzu who can't wait will read it tomorrow! )