Grave Robber: Beginnings Fusion Hydra Cypress

John is 54 years old this year. He has more than 30 years of sailing experience. He has served as the captain of three ocean-going ships and is also an expert in salvage.

In the entire industry, there are only a handful of people who can surpass John in terms of qualifications and business capabilities.

Therefore, the company's top management gave him this task, but what made him dissatisfied was that he was obviously responsible for this project, but before the work was about to start, the company sent another group of people.

In name, this group of people came to assist him, but in fact they took away his command, and the leader was a shareholder of the company.

A rich man worth hundreds of millions of dollars went overseas to carry out the mission in person, which also made John realize that this mission was definitely not as simple as it seemed!

Based on his experience, he guessed that there were most priceless treasures in the sunken ship, or important cultural relics involved in historical mysteries.

But it was none of his business. He just wanted to do his job well and get the reward he deserved. It was enough for him. He didn't want to get involved in things that had nothing to do with him.

Under the command of the shareholder, they quietly bypassed the coast guard and sailed into the South China Sea.

After searching for ten days at sea, the location of the sunken ship was finally found, and salvage operations began at sea.

When Aning said this, Hu Bayi immediately waved his hand.

"Wait a minute, something seems wrong here."

Others also saw something wrong. Zhang Yingchuan said that the foreign cargo ship was discovered yesterday morning, but according to the logbook, the Neptune had entered the South China Sea a month ago!

The ship stayed in the South China Sea for a full month before being discovered by the Chinese side. Was it because they had special means to avoid the coast guard, or was it for other reasons?

Wang Kaixuan said with a puzzled look.

"Is the logbook lying?"

Aning shook his head.

"John has no need to lie, and usually the logbook will not be false."

"I guess they should have avoided the patrol of the coast guard."

Ji Changsheng waved his hand.

"Don't worry about it, keep reading."

Aning nodded and continued to read.

Twenty days ago, when John and his team found the location of the sunken ship, they immediately started operations in that sea area.

According to the coordinates recorded in the logbook, that sea area is not here, but in the coral islands more than 600 nautical miles away!

The sunken ship is close to a small island, which is located on the periphery of the coral islands. The entire islands are a deserted uninhabited area, which just provides them with cover.

The salvage process went smoothly at the beginning. On the first day, several large boxes were salvaged, all of which were gold bricks of excellent quality, with the mark of the Qing imperial storehouse on them.

The harvest on the first day was enough to recover the cost, and the things salvaged next were all net profits.

That night, the crew got drunk and celebrated that they were going to make a fortune.

But on the second day, the situation changed. There were only some broken porcelain pieces in the salvaged boxes, and there was no complete porcelain. In their eyes, it was just a pile of worthless garbage.

On the third day, the boxes salvaged were all antique calligraphy and paintings, but after being soaked in sea water, most of these things became waste. There were not many decent things, and the value was greatly reduced.

The situation on the fourth day was even worse. After working underwater for half a day, several divers returned empty-handed. They said that the bottom of the wreck was filled with mud and sand, and it was difficult to continue salvaging. Moreover, they searched the interior of the cabin and found nothing valuable.

This bad news greatly dampened the morale of the crew. Some people began to complain that it was meaningless to continue salvaging here at the risk of being discovered by the navy. It would be better to return home early to avoid being frightened at sea.

But the shareholder told them that the truly valuable treasure was at the bottom of the wreck. As long as the mud and sand were dug out, they could find it.

Although it was very difficult, the shareholder promised the crew that as long as they found what he wanted, everyone's reward would be doubled!

As the saying goes, there must be brave men under a big reward.

Under the temptation of money, the crew mustered up their remaining courage and continued to salvage.

Cleaning the mud and sand from the bottom of the ship is not an easy task. They used the most advanced machines and worked in three shifts for 72 hours before they finally cleaned up the mud and sand.

But what surprised the crew was that under the mud and sand, there was no treasure chest as they imagined, only a strange bronze coffin!

Foreigners had never seen the bronze coffin of China. In their eyes, it was a bulky and worthless ominous thing.

But after seeing the underwater photos, the shareholder was overjoyed and gave the crew a bonus on the spot, saying that this was what he was looking for. As long as the coffin was brought up, they would return home immediately.

So the crew cheered up again, set up a huge salvage frame, and spent a full three days to salvage the bronze coffin.

The bronze coffin was taken out of the water ten days ago.

When the huge bronze coffin was hoisted onto the deck, it was sunset.

The afterglow of the sunset shone on the bronze coffin, with a layer of strange blue light, flickering like a flame.

When the crew observed the coffin up close, they realized that it was a real treasure!

The bronze coffin was cast with superb craftsmanship, with hollow carvings, coiled dragons and lying phoenixes, and every detail exudes the mysterious atmosphere of the East.

Experienced people have inferred that this coffin has a history of at least two thousand years. The owner lying in it must be a king or a nobleman, and there must be rich burial objects in the coffin!

The crew members were talking about it. No wonder the shareholders would pay a lot of money to salvage the coffin. In fact, the coffin was the most valuable thing in the sunken ship. They were all deceived.

The shareholder was not angry after hearing the crew's discussion, he told everyone.

"Actually, I don't know what this coffin is. It was just a request made by a big customer to us. He paid a huge price to buy this coffin."

"The price is enough to buy three Neptunes!"

The Neptune is a large professional salvage ship with a price of over 100 million US dollars!

And the price offered by the mysterious customer for the bronze coffin was US$500 million!

After hearing these words, the crew members were shocked and had an idea in their minds.

What is in this bronze coffin that is worth five hundred million? !

Some were out of curiosity, and some were out of greed. In short, eight crew members sneaked into the cargo hold that night, wanting to open the bronze coffin and take a look.

But what people didn't expect was that all eight people disappeared the next day!

People only found tools such as flashlights and crowbars left by them in the cargo hold, and there were eight people's footprints on the floor. However, they searched every corner of the ship and found no trace of them.

It's like they evaporated out of thin air!