Chapter 115: Floating Melons and Catching Fish (Part 2)
The Hailiu Ship Trident is equipped with heavy-duty deep-sea diving equipment, which is made of high-strength and pressure-resistant materials. The weight reaches 150 kilograms. When used, it is impossible to enter the water as easily as ordinary divers. The British designer used the hull to ingeniously Structure, a special small water filling tank is set up in the bottom cabin, and the deep sea diving equipment is fixed in it. We can only go in and put on the equipment, and wait until the water filling tank is filled with water before we can dive to the bottom of the sea.
Once we entered the water, only Team C was left in charge of support tasks on the ship. I explained a few words to the fat man, and then took Guchai down to the bottom cabin. With the help of Guchai, I equipped the submersible, turned the valve to fill the water and dived. As the human body breathes, the scuba tank filled with mixed gas immediately begins to operate. Amidst the dull exhaust sound, Shirley Yang, Uncle Ming, and I left the bottom cabin and slowly followed the diving rope under the action of the underwater propeller. Dive slowly.
The "Trident" was parked next to the translucent coral tree, which was as textured as a tortoise shell. I saw the lights flickering between the old trees. It was the ship's boss Ruan Heizai and Duo Ling who were fishing for pearls next to a big green snail. There are sharks circling around them. Sharks do not have the moon-gazing nature of underwater aquatic animals. They cannot use the technique of floating melons to catch fish. In the sea, the biggest threat to the egg collectors is these ferocious and invincible sharks. Finally, there were no electronic shark repellents available at that time. When "Moshan Taoists" were collecting eggs, they generally used an ancient but very effective shark repellent. When diving, they carried a leaky can full of sieve holes with them. It is filled with solidified shark repellent. As the body moves underwater, the shark repellent melted by the seawater is gradually released from the pores, which can prevent sharks from approaching divers. Ruan Hei and Duo Ling also brought the mountain-moving shark repellent. The Taoist used the shark repellent bottle, but there were still sharks circling around them from a distance out of curiosity.
Fortunately, master and apprentice Ruan Hei have been working as Danmen for some years. What Danmen does is the dangerous activity of stroking tiger whiskers. His psychological quality is relatively stable when working underwater. He has not lost his position under the prying eyes of the sharks. Danman There are three ways to collect eggs. If the environment allows, you usually just break the clams to get the pearls; if the coral iron tree is limited in size, you can also uproot the entire coral iron tree and hang it out of the water, because the iron tree with good quality can also be sold at a high price; the other is to pick the eggs. After the clam comes out of the water, you can break the shell and get the eggs on the boat. The meat of the clam can also be eaten, but it is not certain whether there are eggs in the clam.
Ruan Hei and the two of them dived to the roots of the tree. Those giant clams have been deep in the sea for many years, and are almost integrated with the rocks near the coral trees. If these snails, clams, pearls and oysters are cut off from the rocks on the tree body to which they are attached, they can then be lifted to the surface one by one. , some are too troublesome. The only way is to collect eggs on the spot, using a diving spotlight or fine sand as a guide. When the clam shell is slightly opening and closing, insert anesthetic to make the giant clam lose consciousness. Then pry open the clam shell and reach in to take it out. Take the southern pearl.
Master Ruan Hei and his disciples did not like diving knives, so they still carried the stone-sand water-dividing knives that the egg people had used since ancient times. However, in order not to cut through the snail meat and attract nearby sharks seeking blood, they had to carefully explore the inside of the clam meat little by little. , take out the Nanzhu and immediately wrap it up, hide it in a jar and keep it away, not daring to reveal its essence.
Shirley Yang, Uncle Ming, and I passed by Master and Disciple Ruan Hei. Seeing that they were proceeding in an orderly manner, we felt relieved. We gestured to them and continued to dive deep into the roots of a large iron tree dozens of meters high. We were stuck on the fine sand layer covered with forests on the sea floor. The sand kicked up after landing made the sea water very turbid. Suddenly, an undercurrent poured into the deep valley at the bottom of the tree. Due to the heavy equipment, our bodies were only lightly carried. After shaking for a while, I stopped while holding a piece of coral. I pointed diagonally downward to Shirley Yang and Uncle Ming, indicating that this was the ocean trough I had seen in the diving bell.
If the big black crack in front of us is not a trough, but a hard shell formed by a layer of sea sediment, then the sunken ship is probably stuck in it. However, it is difficult to judge before further confirmation. I know that based on our With the equipment and the hurried preparation time, it would be harder to salvage the "Qin King's Bone Mirror" in Mary Fairy Slave than to reach the sky, but I also wanted to try my luck. It would be great if I could fish it out, otherwise I would just find it. The sunken ship can also be accounted for, because as long as we get some relics from the ship, we can claim that the ship is owned by us, and other salvage teams can stop trying to take advantage of it. As long as they have enough time, they can Let Shirley Yang hire a professional salvage team.
Shirley Yang raised the diving searchlight, wanting to explore the depths of the fault, but the strong light searchlight seemed to have lost its effect here, unable to penetrate the seawater with too many impurities, and could not illuminate the distance at all.
Uncle Ming came up with a way to throw the underwater lighting smoke in, and a dazzling light suddenly illuminated the surrounding area. When the light flashed, he could see a forest of square stones in the valley, which seemed to be the remains of some ancient building, but The water in the deep sea formed a vortex, and the undercurrents were disordered. The lighting smoke was quickly caught in the undercurrents, and fell into an unknown corner, losing all light.
But at that moment, I seemed to see a huge black shadow in the valley, which seemed to be a sunken ship, but it was too far away, so I didn’t dare to be sure. And what surprised us most was that although the huge rocks were covered with barnacles, The sediments are neat and orderly, and do not seem to be natural. There are ruins of ancient cities in the valleys on the seabed. Think of the jade statue of the Kraken performing divinations found on Coral Temple Island, and the floating coffin found near the coral spiral. Coupled with what I saw before me, it seems that there really was a prosperous civilization here. Since it sank to the bottom of the sea, even if there are occasional relics that are fished out by people as "greenheads", most of them are difficult to identify due to severe sea erosion. , after all, it has become a lost page in human history. This is probably the place of return to ruins recorded in ancient books. It is the eye of the South China Sea that cannot be filled by all the water in the world, leading to eternal and endless nothingness.
I saw that there seemed to be traces of a ship in the depths, and it was in such a mysterious place. I couldn't help but feel happy and wanted to go over to find out. When I saw that Shirley Yang and Uncle Ming were still watching, I patted their diving helmets from behind and let them know. They turned to look at me. I pointed to the depth gauge first, and then pointed down to the trench. With diving propulsion equipment, it would not be easily washed away by the undercurrent, and I also brought an underwater speargun for self-defense. With reliable equipment, it is better to Dive a little deeper to see the details.
Shirley Yang hesitated for a moment, but it was Uncle Ming who got interested. He probably thought that now that the eggs have been harvested, if he could get a few more green heads back from the ruins on the seabed, wouldn't it be doubly rewarding and he immediately said he could take the risk. Upon closer inspection, it turns out that greed is enough to make a snake swallow an elephant. As long as it is profitable, there is no place he dares not go.
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