The distance from the pier in Sanya to the location of the shipwreck is actually not too far.

According to Bai Yu's company's fishing boats, it should take about two days to get there.

However, if you switch to this salvage ship, it will be much slower, and speed is not an advantage of salvage ships.

It wasn't until the early morning of September 20th that Bai Yu and the others arrived at the area where the exploration ship was located.

That's why the South China Sea has been calm these past two days; there haven't been any big waves or even strong winds.

If there are strong winds and big waves, that would be bad news for the exploration ship.

According to the information relayed back by the exploration ship, the shipwreck they discovered this time was a small boat, a wooden vessel only about twenty meters long.

Even in ancient times, a ship of this size would be considered a small boat, especially in the Song Dynasty when maritime industry was highly developed; such a ship was really not worth mentioning.

Logically, such ships should be traveling on inland waterways. I don't know what happened to this ship; it not only ended up on the open sea, but it also carried a large amount of gold and silver.

That's true. If it weren't for these things, Bai Yu and the others wouldn't have bothered to contact the salvage team.

A wooden boat over twenty meters long—for Bai Yu and his team, this salvage operation had to be carried out as soon as possible.

Otherwise, if something were to happen on the seabed, the location of the shipwreck might change, which would be a troublesome matter for them.

When the salvage ship arrived at the location, Bai Yu and his group were still asleep. By the time they woke up, it was already broad daylight.

At 8:30 a.m., Bai Yu finished washing up and walked out of the cabin. As soon as he came to the deck, he saw that there was an exploration ship around the salvage ship.

They set off with two ships, but now the salvage vessel has stopped, and there are three ships around them. What this means is self-evident; they have arrived at their destination.

"Uncle Liao, have we arrived at our destination? What are you planning to do? Are you going to dive down and take a look?"

Besides noticing the extra boat nearby, Bai Yu also saw several crew members using diving equipment on the deck of the salvage vessel.

They weren't wearing traditional, form-fitting wetsuits, but rather metal wetsuits like those used in aviation. Just putting on these wetsuits required assistance from other personnel.

"Mr. Bai, how did you all get some rest last night? If you didn't get enough rest, you can rest a little longer while things aren't too busy on the ship yet. Otherwise, you'll miss out on a lot of exciting parts when we get busy later."

These are all experienced divers on our ship. They're preparing to dive down to the seabed to examine the shipwreck and assess its condition so we can develop a salvage plan.

Uncle Liao was in charge of one of the tasks on the salvage boat. After greeting Bai Yu, he briefly introduced the current situation.

"Dive down to check the situation? Uncle Liao, the water depth in this area is about two hundred meters, right? Are these brothers really okay going down there?"

When Bai Yu heard that they were going to dive to the seabed, he became interested, but at the same time, he was a little worried.

After all, they were not in shallow water, and they were not diving to the seabed, which was more than 200 meters deep.

The deeper you dive, the stronger the water pressure you have to withstand, not to mention the various adverse reactions that may occur during the dive.

"Don't worry, Mr. Bai. We're all professionals. This level of depth is no problem for us young men. We can just watch the footage from the ship."

"Watch the footage? There's still footage to watch?"

"Absolutely. These days, everything is about keeping up with the times, and deep-sea salvage is no exception. Our divers all go down with cameras, so we can transmit images in real time and communicate."

"Wow, that's amazing, Uncle Liao! No wonder you always say you're professionals, you really are!"

Listening to Uncle Liao describe these functions, Bai Yu really thought they were amazing.

Because he had seen the real-time video transmission and communication functions that Uncle Liao mentioned before, but he had only seen them in movies.

Now it's right in front of him. Uncle Liao said their salvage boat can do it too. How could Bai Yu not be interested?

Bai Yu then decided not to rest. He stood on the deck and watched the three crew members put on their diving suits, waiting for them to dive.

What? You're saying Bai Yu just watched without offering any help?

First of all, Bai Yu is the boss, he is the employer. He paid for the salvage boat to come and salvage the sunken ship, so as the boss, he has no reason to do the work.

Secondly, Bai Yu knew absolutely nothing about salvage equipment. At this point, let alone helping out, just watching from the sidelines without doing anything was already considered helping.

Before long, the three divers were fully dressed and entered the water one after another.

Without any hesitation, I put on my clothes and went into the water without saying a word.

While they were putting on their diving suits, Bai Yu had already started recording with his camera. Luckily, he reacted quickly enough and almost missed capturing the three guys entering the water.

The three divers went underwater, leaving only three rope-like or pipe-like structures on the deck.

"Mr. Bai, let's go inside the ship's cabin and take a look at the footage being transmitted back to see how the sunken ship is doing."

After the divers went underwater, Uncle Liao invited Bai Yu to the cabin to see the footage.

When Bai Yu followed Uncle Liao into the cabin and saw the so-called real-time video transmission, he felt both expectant and somewhat surprised.

Bai Yu originally thought that the so-called real-time video transmission would be like in the movies, with a huge screen like a wall displaying the live broadcast.

In reality, it's just a laptop computer, and the screen displays three feeds, just like a live surveillance camera.

The only slightly better thing is that the clarity of these three images is quite high, and it's clear that the camera used to capture them is a high-definition camera.

However, at this time, the three divers were still diving, and the only thing in the picture was seawater.

Oh, no, that's not right either. Occasionally, one or two fish will swim across the screen, but as they dive deeper, the image turns black.

In addition, these fish are quite fast. From the footage alone, you can only see some shadows flashing by, and you can't tell exactly what kind of fish they are.

If you look at a single image for too long, you will lose track of the passage of time.

I don't know how much time passed, but the screen on the computer gradually went darker and darker. Just when it seemed like I couldn't see anything anymore, the screen froze.

Then the scene suddenly brightened, and a bunch of wooden structures appeared in the picture.

Since it's an underwater exploration, lighting equipment is naturally necessary, since the existence of bright areas on the seabed only exists in shallow waters.

The area where Bai Yu and his group are currently located is over two hundred meters deep. Even in areas with luminous zones, the light level here is extremely dim, and they will need to bring their own lighting equipment if they want to explore.

As the divers turned on their lighting equipment, it meant they had reached the seabed, where the wooden structures they saw were the shipwreck.

"Xiao Liu, Xiao Liu, can you hear me? Move a little further away from the shipwreck and give me a distant view so I can get a general idea of ​​its condition."

After seeing the video feed, Uncle Liao immediately grabbed a walkie-talkie and started calling out.

"receive."

Diver Xiao Liu responded quickly, and then one of the shots on the screen started moving.

As the camera moved, the general layout of the sunken ship on the seabed came into view for Bai Yu and the others.

Just as the exploration vessel had described, the shipwreck was a wooden vessel about twenty meters long. The reason for its sinking was simple: the ship broke in half for some unknown reason.

In this situation, if it doesn't sink, then who can?

For some unknown reason, the shipwreck was not buried by seabed silt; it was completely exposed.

The feeling was like something that had recently occurred on the seabed, causing the crew to be pulled out of the mud and sand.

Furthermore, it's possible that this shipwreck wasn't originally located here, but somehow ended up here, and when Bai Yu's company's fishing boat came to salvage it, they retrieved gold and silver ingots and porcelain fragments scattered around.

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