The moment he touched the ancient ship, Xiang Ji's eyes narrowed preventively. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

But the wreck, which had been at the bottom of the lake for hundreds of years, was unexpectedly clean, with no expected sediment, debris and other debris at all, and there was not even a single floating soil on the entire deck, nor did there be the imaginary seaweed coral.

It was so clean! It was as clean as a new ship, if it weren't for the fact that he could still feel the flow of water, Xiang Ji would have doubted that the ship was still on the water, and not only that, but the moment his feet touched the hull deck, he also felt a slight paralysis, as if he had been electrocuted.

"Do you feel it?" said Xiang Ji through the headset.

"You mean that feeling of being overcharged?" Lao Hu obviously felt it too.

"I had a numb feeling just now, but it was gone soon. Lu Xueqi's brother and sister also said that they felt the same situation.

"Two hundred years ago, it was struck by lightning, is it still carrying electricity on this ship? That is too exaggerated, right?" Lao Hu remembered Lu Xueqi's story, a terrifying thunderbolt like heavenly punishment once patronized here.

"The boat is so new and too clean... Xiang Ji took the diving lamp and shone around, and everywhere the pillar of light went, it was a new place, the deck, the mast, the winch, and the needle room in the distance were all vividly visible, and even the subtle mortise and tenon structure between the planks was clearly visible.

There is no sediment, seaweed or anything like that on the deck, and even the wood of the hull itself seems to have just been beaten, so it really doesn't look like an ancient ship that has been weathered by vicissitudes and has sunk for many years.

And not only that, Xiang Ji thought of the muffled sounds when they landed just now, compared to this, there are still some strange places on this ship! Knock knock! Xiang Ji stomped his foot hard, and a metallic trilling sound suddenly came from the deck! Sure enough!

Lu Xueqi's complexion changed, she bent down to carry the internal force, and slapped her palm on the deck, hum! Under the internal force, the metal trills on the deck became more obvious. The two Lu Wendong brothers also joined in the exploration, and hammered everywhere with their skills, knocking on the deck, the mast, the winch, and the railing, all of which emitted the same trill.

"The shell of this ship is iron, isn't it an ancient wooden ship?" Lao Hu also reacted.

"At least some kind of metal, but with a thin layer of wood on the outside. Xiang Ji took matters into his own hands, and the internal force was transmitted along the hull structure, and he found that even the keel of the ship was metal.

This is very interesting, a "wooden" ship with an all-metal structure? Estimating the construction time of the ship, it is at least in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, or even earlier, that is, is this an iron ship of the Ming Dynasty ahead of its time? And it was deliberately carefully camouflaged.

"Who are you, old ancestor?" Lao Hu asked Xiang Ji this question, and the Lu Xueqi brothers and sisters were speechless.

"The ship is not like a product of that era, the hull is wrapped in a strange stance after sinking, and nothing can get in except the current, so that the ship is like new. It's weird! Everyone gathers together, don't separate. Xiang Ji always felt that this ship was full of evil spirits, and decided to be careful.

A group of five people first came to the needle room at the bow of the ship, which is used to place the navigation compass in a special place, and a special person is responsible for the compass, which is called the fire chief in the Song and Ming dynasties, and generally except for the fire chief, the ordinary personnel on the ship are forbidden to enter and exit the needle room at will.

The reason why I came here in the first place was not only because it was close to everyone at the front of the deck, but also because of the small trap compartment here. According to the analysis, it is likely that such a small but valuable item as jewelry was placed in such a hidden place.

The needle room is not large, less than ten square meters, and the layout is very simple, except for the wooden shelf where the compass is placed, there is also a wooden bed and a chair, and the compass for navigation is still firmly fastened on it.

Lu Wendong stepped forward and began to rotate the compass according to the record of the drawings. Aim the finger to the north, then turn the compass clockwise seven times, press down hard to press the compass into the bench for one minute, then turn the compass clockwise again three and a half times, turn five times counterclockwise, and lift the compass up when all is finished!

On the floor next to the compass shelf, a cellar rumbled open. The cellar was very small, only thirty centimeters deep, and the size was only one foot square, and it was clear at a glance under the light of the diving lamp that there was nothing.

It seems that the deck of this ship is very thick, Xiang Ji thought so, and at the same time motioned for everyone to look around, but the result was not surprising, there was still nothing.

"Let's go, let's go and have a look at the back. The group ran to the cabin behind the needle room and continued their search.

The ship's superstructure has two floors, a total of more than 20 cabins, the main living room, bedroom, study, dining room and galley, these cabins are much more complicated than the previous needle room.

What they saw was a place where time stood still. The furniture in the cabin is still as clean as new after a hundred years, and it is all neatly arranged, and all the furniture is in its rightful place, and there is no confusion in it.

Everything that could be kept in the water was not touched, they saw the master's inkstone on the desk in the study, but they did not see a single book on the shelf, which had been emptied, they saw pots and pans in the kitchen, and a tube of metal chopsticks, but they did not find any food such as rice, flour, meat and vegetables, everything was so neat and orderly, there was no trace of struggle, and no corpse was found.

"It seems like a calm retreat? There was no sign of panic, and according to the records, there should have been a dozen or so people on the ship at the time, where did they go?" Lao Hu felt a little chill in his heart, feeling like he had broken into a haunted house that had been sealed for a hundred years.

"I remember correctly, there is indeed a record in the genealogy that the ancestor sailed with a dozen or so guards at that time, but it really doesn't look like it was attacked suddenly, and I don't know how to explain it. Lu Xueqi said.

"Maybe they were taken away by a force in an instant, and the traces of their lives were erased by the way?" Xiang Ji put forward his own speculation.

After another ten minutes or so, the entire hull superstructure was searched, and the results were very disappointing, they found nothing. According to the drawings, they opened one secret compartment after another, including a secret passage hidden behind the desk, a secret room hidden behind the wardrobe, and the most they found were various small spaces hidden in places such as bulkhead columns.

Almost all the secret passages in martial arts novels have been passed, but nothing has been found, and all the hidden spaces can be described in one word -- empty! The secret rooms of the organs that have taken so much effort to build are almost like a joke, and it seems that they are only to show that the builder's mechanism skills are very superb.

Worse things followed, staying in the environment of large depth and high water pressure for a long time, Lu Xueqi, who was relatively fragile in her body, couldn't withstand it at first. I saw her snort in pain, and her slowly moving footsteps finally couldn't help but stop.

Xiang Ji's heart sank, knowing that fighting the huge water pressure for a long time had made Lu Xueqi's body very tired, and looking at Lao Hu and the Lu family brothers, they also consumed too much physical strength, and their keen hearing even allowed Xiang Ji to hear the other party's body start to gurgle, and the tired muscles had affected them to continue to fight against the deep water pressure.

"Let's go up first. Xiang Ji had no choice but to lead everyone out of here. (To be continued.) )