The richest man starts from the treasure hunt in the container

Chapter 720 A game of chasing each other

Zhu Yu's eyes were open. There were many underwater reefs in this area, high and low, and the water channels were very complicated.

Smaller fishing boats can still walk in it, but larger boats, including the yacht under his feet, cannot drive in it.

Looking at it with the Sky Eye, the reefs seen here now cover an area of ​​several square kilometers - there are reefs within five or six meters of the water.

This should be the original island. Because of rising sea levels, the island is submerged underwater.

It's just that I can't see where the treasure is hidden yet.

After all, this picture is too simple, with just a triangular mark, it's really hard to find.

"Boss, we can't go deeper. There are too many rocks inside, and the radar can see that they are not suitable for yachts to enter. Let's..."

"Go around here first." Zhu Yu said, "Check the scope and size, and then make sure. Scan the radar carefully to see if there are any underwater reef caves or the like."

Ran Jie turned the direction of the yacht and slowly moved around the "island" while watching the radar scan.

The island was indeed not big. It took less than thirty minutes to circle around it. Zhu Yu's eyes were always open, but he did not find any treasure under the water. Instead, several broken fishing boats sank nearby.

It seems that we need to go deeper to explore it.

"Boss, let's park the yacht here and let the motorboat go in to take a look?" Ran Jie continued to reduce the speed of the yacht and suggested, "The radar shows no trace of an underwater cave."

"Okay. I'll go in and take a look first. You leave one person on the boat to watch with radar. I always feel that we won't be here for a long time - the ghost of the work boat is still there, and it may come at any time."

"hehe."

"Let's run after we're here."

"That's right, we have nothing to do, so we can just play with them."

The three of them all have a very optimistic attitude and don't care much about the possibility of work boats coming to disturb the treasure hunt.

Zhu Yu also smiled and said:

"Okay, let's launch the motorboat."

He came to the stern of the yacht, where in addition to the rudder, there was a platform. When he opened the hatch, he could see two motorboats stuck on the deck.

As long as the switch is flipped, the two motorboats can slide out of the inner cabin through the slide rails and directly enter the sea.

Zhu Yu got on the motorboat, and with his eyes from the sky, he quickly discovered a waterway, and planned to turn counterclockwise and circle the "island" to see what was going on.

There are sunken ships under the water. Motor boats cut through the water waves and you can see four or five sunken ships, ranging from old wooden boats with hand paddles in the Middle Ages to modern motor sailing boats.

Zhu Yu estimated that he was either a novice who didn't know the nearby sea conditions and sank here, or he was blown by the wind in the storm and hit the rocks and sank.

We have to go into the water, because there used to be an island below, and there are many species of fish there, so there are a lot of fish here. It’s just that because of the rocks, it’s impossible to fish with a trawl net. You can get hung up at any time.

There used to be some trees under the water, but now only the stumps are left, either sunk to the bottom or stuck in the water, with a thick layer of aquatic life shells on them, and some of them are entangled with many undersea plants, which look strange.

Zhu Yu went around counterclockwise, while Qin Fei and Cao Dalong rode their motorboats clockwise, intending to meet behind.

The island is not big, but the search is very slow. Zhu Yu relied on his clairvoyance, while Qin Fei and Cao Dalong used underwater detectors with long poles.

After circling the island without finding anything, Zhu Yu was ready to take a look at the center of the island.

Qin Fei and the others naturally followed.

There are also many reefs in the middle of the island, but most of them are gentle slopes, and there should be mud underneath.

Zhu Yu now has a general idea of ​​the entire island. The entire island is circular with a gap. Near the northwest, nearly a quarter of the island is missing. This part is directly connected to a nearly vertical cliff.

The other parts of the island are flat, and generally there is not much difference. Only the east side is a gentle slope, which extends down to a small bay, which should have been a pier. There are still some underwater ruins here.

Zhu Yu's current location was just above the cliff. He guessed that there should be an underwater cave here.

Looking down with the celestial eye, there are indeed several caves on the stone wall more than thirty meters away from the sea.

The cave leads directly to the center of the island, but it is quite winding inside.

Zhu Yu was hesitating whether he should dive into the water now to observe.

But obviously, Qin Fei and Cao Dalong didn't intend to let him do this.

The previous experience had scared Qin Fei and the others.

So when Zhu Yu stopped the motorboat, Qin Fei and Cao Dalong rushed over immediately on the motorboat.

"Boss, did you find out?"

"There are several holes down here." Zhu Yu said, "tens of meters underwater. I suspect it may be. But it's a bit too obvious... If it's really a treasure cave, others should be able to find it..."

"Based on the water level, does this hole appear above the water?" Qin Fei asked.

"Unlikely, it should still be underwater."

"That's possible. At that time, people didn't have the diving equipment we have today. If you wanted to dive into the water to find a point with no target at all, it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack."

"That's right. Boss, we can't use current thinking to extrapolate things from the past. Logically speaking, pirates were also figures from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Needless to say, diving skills at that time, right?"

"That's right." Zhu Yu nodded and admitted that he was a little wrong. He said, "Then let's go into the water and have a look?"

"Wait until we get the diving equipment." Qin Fei said hurriedly, "Boss, don't go into the water this time. It's up to us."

Zhu Yu smiled. He knew that the two of them cared about him. Thinking about it, he said:

"Okay, I won't go into the water. You should be careful when you go down. If the pirates want to hide the treasure, they will definitely not just leave it alone. In the stories in "Arabian Nights", it takes a while to find the treasure. It’s a lot of trouble.”

After Zhu Yu reminded him a few words, he allowed Qin Fei and the others to go to the yacht to get the diving equipment.

Zhu Yu was watching nearby, and his heavenly eyes wanted to see where the seawater channel led to.

The waterway is tortuous, and in some places it goes deep into places that cannot be seen with the naked eye. Some places are exposed.

It seems that the water channel is naturally formed and then processed. Overall, there is room for one or two people to stoop through.

If Qin Fei and the others want to use diving equipment to enter, I'm afraid it will take a lot of effort.

After a while, Ran Jie and the others had already put on their diving equipment and arrived here. After saying hello to Zhu Yu, the two of them dived into the water.

For safety reasons, both of them were wearing ropes, and they were about ten meters apart. They looked out for each other, but they didn't have to worry about the ropes getting tangled together.

Soon after diving down, a school of fish surrounded them.

Of course, these fish were just curious. The two of them just waved their hands and drove the fish away. They quickly found the entrance of the cave along the cliff wall.

The two people touched each other underwater, and then Cao Dalong was outside, while Qin Fei bent down and crawled into the hole.

The hole should have been covered by something before. But being submerged under water all year round, what was originally covered up is gone.

Not long after Qin Fei got in, he got out again - with diving equipment and couldn't get in.

The two men floated up again.

This requires tools.

Floating on the water, Qin Fei had an extra gold coin in his hand.

"Boss, there is indeed something good down here." He said, "I dived down and found it in the hole. But the hole is too small to get in. I have to get tools from the yacht to dig out the hole bigger. Get in."

In fact, there is another way to remove the diving equipment and put it in. It just requires holding your breath for too long, and ordinary scuba is definitely not enough. Zhu Yu could go in by himself, but Qin Fei and the others obviously disagreed. Zhu Yu also wanted to practice Qin Fei's skills, so he agreed.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Qin Fei arrived on the yacht, Ran Jie called.

"Boss, a boat is coming. It looks like a fishing boat."

"What's the distance?" Zhu Yu asked with a frown. This is not a fishing ground or a waterway. The ship comes here...

Obviously not easy to get along with!

Zhu Yu sneered, but he also knew that this was his home court and there was nothing he could do about it.

"Let's go. Take them for a spin." Zhu Yu drove the motorboat back to the yacht. Qin Fei and Cao Dalong helped place the motorboat, while Ran Jie drove the yacht slowly away from here and headed west. go.

Half an hour later, the fishing boat arrived at the spot where the yacht had previously berthed and dropped anchor.

Half an hour later, the work boat arrived.

"Jonathan, you said you saw the yacht parked here?"

"Yes."

"and then?"

"Then he probably discovered us and left."

"Are you familiar with the waters here?"

"There is a reef under the water. We don't come here often. Although there are many fish, we can't set the net."

The female staff member on the work boat looked at the sea area with a frown.

"I don't know if there are any sunken ships underwater..."

"There must be." The captain of the fishing boat said with a smile:

"The year before last, some new fishermen who didn't know the depth came here to fish by mistake. They got caught when they lowered their nets. They were eager to close the nets, but they hit the rocks and sank..."

The staff member was stunned for a moment, then nodded.

This area of ​​​​sea is densely covered with rocks, and it is obvious that the old fishermen nearby must know about it.

"Is there any legend about the treasure here?" the staff asked again.

"Treasure? No." The fisherman sneered, "This has been just a fishing village for hundreds of years. How can there be treasure? I heard that there was a pirate treasure on a small island in the south. Of course, I have been to that island too. , nothing was found.”

The staff naturally knew that the unknown island was the location mentioned by the fisherman.

Originally, they thought that Zhu Yu's destination was there, but now it seems that it is obviously not the case.

But before Zhu Yu stayed in one place, a salvage boat had already fished out something. There aren't many of value at the moment, but at least it means there is something.

Now that the yacht has appeared here again, does that mean there is something down here?

The staff hesitated.

The yacht could no longer be seen in the distance. The staff finally determined and reported the situation.

"It's a rocky area. There shouldn't be anything valuable there. It's not a waterway after all. Just keep following." The people above came to a conclusion after hearing the situation.

Fishing and work boats depart.

The staff on the work boat kept an eye on it. After going around in a circle, they left a buoy here and planned to come back tomorrow to have a look.

On the yacht, Zhu Yu and the other two were discussing this matter in the cab.

"The cave is pitch dark, so it's better to take action at night." Qin Fei entered the cave and naturally had the best say, "Anyway, it's the same during the day and at night. It's better to go in at night and open up the road. If you find anything, just take it away and don't leave it there during the day. No one will be watching here."

"It's no problem at night." Ran Jie also said, "The radar can see the channel clearly. There is not much difference between day and night. It just consumes more energy."

"So what?" Cao Dalong smiled, "It's not easy to be discovered at night, and the three of us can take turns. The boss can just stay up there and sit in charge. I'm afraid it won't take more than one night to find out what happened!"

Zhu Yu could tell that Cao Dalong was not sure whether the cave was a pirate treasure trove.

Although Qin Fei brought out a gold coin, who can guarantee that the gold coin was not missed by the pirates when they transferred the treasure?

Nothing can be determined until you get something.

Now that the three of them have agreed, Zhu Yu will naturally not refuse. The next step is to prepare the tools.

Shovel, hammer, net bag for stones.

With all the tools ready, the yacht made a big circle and stopped in the calm waters.

After eating, Zhu Yu and the others took a rest.

As the sky darkened, Ran Jie drove the yacht around again and returned to its previous position.

He immediately discovered the buoy left by the work boat.

"Boss, it seems that those work ships are quite interested in this place."

"Ignore him. Let's do our thing. Do as much as we can in one night, and leave after dawn."

Next, Ran Jie and the other two took turns working in the water.

The more intense the underwater activity, the greater the oxygen consumption.

So each of the three people would take turns to work for ten minutes, and when the ten minutes were up, they would immediately take turns.

In one hour, we marched almost a hundred meters into the cave, and each of the three people took turns twice.

Then he floated up, ready to rest for a while before working again.

My physical strength is fine, but my oxygen consumption is a bit high.

The main reason why three people are underwater is that if one person gets stuck, two people can carry out rescue at any time.

After resting for an hour, the three people went into the water again and started digging again.

At the end of the second round, Ran Jie got something again - two gold coins.

The gold coins are all irregularly round and have the feel of privately minted coins. But the gold is real, and the year is a bit old.

The four of them felt more and more that this was where the pirates hid their treasure underwater.

It's just that the pirate is more cautious and doesn't know how to make this waterway so hidden and so difficult to pass.

Zhu Yu guessed that there might be an entrance elsewhere, but it just needed to be excavated.

It’s good to have such a channel now.

After digging another hundred meters, it was daylight.

Although he has not seen other ships coming yet, Zhu Yu can only regretfully say to Ran Jie and the others:

"We're leaving."

　I saw a news story where a tour guide took a group of foreigners to visit a certain temple. Then the foreigners reached into the merit box and took the money into their pockets, but the tourists stopped them. The tour guide actually told the tourists to leave it alone, saying it was a foreign affairs event... and then the tourists called the police and confirmed that it was a group of crew members. The last announcement from the scenic spot said that these foreigners were picking up money outside the merit box... picking up... shit. I thought, these days... shit...

　　

　

(End of this chapter)