Me who fears women travels with beautiful girls

Chapter 195 50, the sinking Dutchman

When Song Wenbin came to the edge of a seamount, he saw something, and he immediately shouted to the communicator: "Stop, we saw something!!"

In the endless sea water, the Jiaolong received the command and stopped slowly. In the cabin and on the screen, Song Wenbin could see a black object lying on a sunken seabed in front of him.

Due to the cover of thick sea water, the visibility of that object is not high, only a silhouette can be seen.But that silhouette clearly stands in stark contrast to the naturally formed seamounts and rocks around it.

In the bulkhead of the Jiaolong, the three people stopped talking, including the crew on the mother ship, and they all stared at the screen without saying a word, their eyes widened.Even the technicians operating the Jiaolong were trembling uncontrollably at this moment.

If the clues are true, they may discover an ancient shipwreck worth tens of billions of dollars, and the discovery of such a shipwreck is bound to shock the world!

At a depth of 5000 meters under the sea, the Jiaolong slowly approached the black silhouette. As the distance approached, Song Wenbin's heart beat more violently, because the silhouette was indeed the shape of an ancient shipwreck. Above, you can see some messy and overturned masts.

It was wrapped in thick floating debris, those things looked like flowing wax wrapped around the ship, those were microorganisms in the deep sea, even at a depth of 5000 meters, life is still nowhere No, even vigorously multiplying.

As the Jiaolong got closer and closer, under the strong light of the submersible, Song Wenbin could see that it was a very old wooden shipwreck. It was about ten meters wide, huge in size, and covered with thick sediments. The shape of a lion can be vaguely seen in the beak of the bow. Similarly, the lion's head is also covered by thick microorganisms.

"Oh my God"

After seeing the ship, Su Tina couldn't help moaning.

Undoubtedly, with such a landing point, such a depth, and such a shape, it can almost be concluded that it is the shipwreck of the Van Baalen ship that sank in the Java Trench hundreds of years ago.

"Is it really there?"

Huo Yu murmured.

Although they had already made sufficient psychological preparations, when those few clues finally turned into facts and appeared in front of them, everyone in the team felt unbelievable that they actually found the sunken ship on the bottom of the sea.

The video data was sent back to the control center of the mother ship, and the engineers in the control center couldn't help standing up and applauding, as if they had successfully sent people into space.

But under the unfathomable sea water, when the Jiaolong circled the shipwreck that had sunk for an unknown number of years and came to its side, a sudden change occurred.

The waistboard on the side of the ship is still intact, the fence is carved with the shapes of dolphins or snakes, and the broken anchor pillars are also decorated with wooden carved monsters or lion heads.It looks very exquisite.

However, the position behind the side of the hull was completely broken, and it is almost not enough to describe it as broken, because this sunken ship sank on the bottom of the sea, at this moment, only one bow is still standing intact on the seabed, and The hull and stern of the ship were completely gone.

When such a picture was sent back to the control center, the control hall, which was still excited just now, fell silent instantly.

The three people in the Jiaolong also stared wide-eyed in astonishment, looking at the incredible scene in front of them.

Compared with the Jiaolong, the sunken ship in front of him was more than ten meters high and ten meters wide, so it could not be called a colossus.However, at this moment, there was only one head left of this huge monster, lying quietly on the bottom of the sea, its body and tail were all gone.

Like a fat perch, only the head remains on the plate after the feast.

"This this."

Su Tina looked at the broken wreckage of the Van Baalen, with disbelief written all over her face: "Where did the hull go?"

she asked tremblingly.

No one could answer her question, Song Wenbin didn't know, Huo Yu didn't know, and neither did the people on the mother ship.

"Closer. Get closer!"

Su Tina ordered loudly.

The people in the control center of the mother ship ignored the shock in their hearts, sat down, adjusted the Jiaolong, and approached the bow of the sunken ship a little bit.

On the bow of the ship, there are still traces of the shipwreck hundreds of years ago. The bow collapsed, the keel was twisted, and there were even some black sticks wrapped around the mast. After getting close, the camera could see it. The stick was nothing else, but a human bone wrapped in thick floating objects.

The appearance of human bones added another three points of horror to the unfathomable bottom of the sea out of thin air. The three of them widened their eyes and held their breath.

After the Jiaolong sank to the broken part of the deck, under the strong light, Song Wenbin could see the broken part of the bow of the sunken ship. Although there are microorganisms wrapped around the place, it is obviously not as thick as the microorganisms wrapped in the bow and other places.

At this glance, Song Wenbin was dumbfounded. Even he who knew nothing about the shipwreck could tell that such a flat fracture must not have been caused by a shipwreck.He could hardly imagine any other possibility than man-made.But once it is artificial, it is almost self-evident why the other party came.

"Hold"

Song Wenbin's tense body slowly withered away. Sure enough, as long as there is money to be made in this world, there are a lot of people doing the business of beheading. Even the 5000-meter-deep sea water can't stop people from seeking money.

The Jiaolong patiently scanned the shipwreck from the highest point to the bottom. Soon, the researcher's cold and rational female voice came from the mother ship: "The metal detection device didn't respond much. There are some metals, but Spectroscopy showed that the metal was iron, which should have been the rivets from which the ship was built."

The cold words were like pouring cold water on the heads of the three people. Su Tina slumped against the bulkhead, her face pale, without saying a word.

With the help of Jiaolong's strong light, she could see the full cabins covered by sediment, but the cabins were empty.In addition to the clumps of microorganisms, which are corroded ropes and broken wood, I did not see the imaginary scene of rare treasures filling the cabin, and some only had static sea water and ubiquitous floating objects.

"The hull. Was it destroyed by water pressure? Or was it damaged by a shipwreck?" Huo Yu couldn't help asking, "Let's look nearby, maybe there are some clues."

Although Song Wenbin knew that Huo Yu probably hadn't noticed that the ship had been cut, he didn't explain it to Huo Yu. Perhaps in his heart, he also hoped that the ship was destroyed by water pressure.

After detecting the bow, the Jiaolong slowly turned its direction and searched near the seabed where the bow was.Soon, they found scattered debris nearby. This piece of debris may be the wreckage of the stern, which is 50 meters away from the bow. A letter A can be seen.

Huo Yu poked Su Tina and asked, "Look, the sign."

"That's the coat of arms of Amsterdam. There's an A on the Dutch East India Company logo. The ship belongs to the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce and also to the East India Company. There is no doubt that it is indeed the Van Baalen."

When she said these words, Su Tina slumped against the bulkhead, her face was expressionless, and her voice did not fluctuate.There is no excitement at all, only deep disappointment and unwillingness.

Song Wenbin is very clear about the reason for Su Tina's despair, because like the bow, all the fractures on the stern are very smooth, and even clearer. Some fractures have not even had time to be wrapped by floating objects, and the wooden texture on it can be clearly seen .

The Jiaolong continued to search along the seabed. Near the stern and bow, they saw a large number of scattered wooden boards. On the sand under these boards, there were even obvious dragging and cutting marks, among which were broken human bones. .

These human bones were scattered here and there, with a black head in some places and broken ribs in some places.Even on those bones, the traces of fracture due to cutting can be clearly seen. Song Wenbin saw half of the spine, one at the bow and one at the stern.

The 5000-meter deep sea freezes time, and every trace of history is preserved incomparably clearly.Just looking at those traces, one can imagine the scene of the sharp machinery passing across the seabed.

It's just that although human bones are everywhere, the so-called treasure worth tens of billions of dollars has never been seen.

At this moment, even Huo Yu realized that this place had been taken first.The moment she reacted, she couldn't help feeling dizzy for a while.

"Are we late?" She asked in disbelief.

"It seems so." Song Wenbin replied.

"Do you still need to continue?"

Su Tina asked hoarsely.

Song Wenbin couldn't answer. He was at a loss and was at a loss. It took less than half an hour from regrouping to falling into the abyss.

The team that can come to the 5000-meter seabed and cut the ship apart must be a top team from a developed country. If those people came prepared, how could they leave any valuables for them.

"Let's take a look again. Maybe the Nine-Painted Dragon Treasure Box has not had time to be taken away." Huo Yu gritted his teeth and said, "After all, there are only three treasures in that box, so it shouldn't be too big."

She pushed Su Tina away, unwilling to say to the communicator: "Pull these boards off, and use the detector to find all the places with metal around them!"

Under the deep water, the Jiaolong stretched out two metal arms and rummaged among the scattered wooden boards on the seabed.However, it is obvious that this place has been plundered once, and those with metal reactions, except for rivets, are some dark gun barrels in the deep sea, which are not of much value.

When Jiaolong's mechanical arm fell over the wooden fragments near the bow of Van Baalen, a slightly excited female voice came from the mother ship, "There is a metal product 1.5 meters to the left, and the spectral analysis is gold."

gold?

Su Tina and Song Wenbin straightened up immediately, hope burst out in their eyes.

A piece of wood that was chopped into pieces was turned over by the mechanical arm. As expected, under the strong light, they found a broken hand bone under the board. The hand bone protruded from the sea and was wrapped in sand. Small yellow metal objects were set on the wrist bones, reflecting a dull light.

But when the mechanical arm carefully removed the yellow object from the hand bone, the hope in Song Wenbin's eyes gradually faded.According to the submarine camera, the thing was a golden ring, probably a bracelet, and it was far from the Jiuzhilong treasure chest they were looking for and the treasures stored in the treasure chest.It is neither a golden Buddha, nor a jade dragon, nor a crystal bottle.

Afterwards, during the operation of the Jiaolong, Song Wenbin just sat in the cabin and watched silently, without expressing any opinions. He had made up his mind not to have any expectations for this project, and the continuous cycle of disappointment and hope had already tormented him. exhausted.

After finding the golden bracelet, the Jiaolong continued to search the seabed for two hours, only finding some scattered gold coins, a few pearls, and a few pieces of broken porcelain.

Since then, due to the shortage of oxygen in the cabin, Jiaolong had to give up this exploration.When they left the bottom of the sea, the atmosphere in the cabin was not as relaxed as before. The three of them remained silent, with bitter expressions on their faces.

After returning to the mother ship from the seabed of 5000 meters, the three of them checked the salvaged harvest. Several ancient Dutch classic Ducat gold coins looked good.A few pearls were large enough and shiny enough to look like they had fallen off the necklace, the most delicate of which was the gold bracelet.

This is a gold-wrapped gemstone bracelet, which is flat as a whole and is woven with extremely thin gold wires. There are four protrusions in it, which seem to be inlaid with gemstones.

Song Wenbin weighed this bracelet. It was extremely heavy. It was undoubtedly made of pure gold, but the surface was mostly filthy from the bottom of the sea, making it difficult to show the luster of the gems on the surface.

After seeing the bracelet, Song Wenbin's lost mood improved slightly. Although he failed to salvage the legendary Jiuwenlong treasure chest, it was not a day of nothing. Can the value of the Jiaolong be offset by the use cost of the Jiaolong....
Thinking about the value of this bracelet and the cost of exploring the bottom of the sea, Song Wenbin suddenly felt a longing around him. He turned his head and found Huo Yu squatting beside him, staring at the bracelet in his hand.

Song Wenbin handed her the bracelet in his hand. Huo Yu took the bracelet carefully, weighed it, and said, "It's so beautiful...how about...wash it with water first?"

"Can't be washed!" Su Tina hurriedly said: "This is a cultural relic fished out of 5000 meters of water. It has high research value and should be sent back to China intact!"

When Huo Yu heard this, he reluctantly put the bracelet back, and Su Tina dutifully stood in front of the pile of salvaged items, taking pictures of these items one by one.

Just as they were filming, Zhang Zhi, the captain of the Xiangyanghong, brought people over and said, "Comrades, we must leave here immediately. I heard the news just now that an Indonesian coast guard ship is coming this way."

(End of this chapter)