Chapter 178 Salvage Begins

"Damn it! Duan, slow down! If anything goes wrong, I'll throw you into the sea to feed the sharks!" Fabian roared at Duan Bo, "Damn it! There are a bunch of shark friends here waiting to eat you as dessert!"

Duan Bo refused to give in. "Mr. Fabien Cousteau, please don't interrupt my work! I need some quiet time now! Don't you believe in God? Well, for God's sake, could you shut up? Damn it, just be quiet for five minutes!"

He was wearing a pair of VR goggles connected directly to the Super Tank Jellyfish's nose camera. He was manipulating two robotic arms, carefully manipulating them to place the cable net over the rhodium box.

Xiao Peng was on the deck. Hearing the two voices coming from the cabin, he poked his head in. "Fabian, let professionals handle professional matters! Don't worry about what Duan Bo does. You and Moro are recording the coordinates and salvage video now. Once you're done, send them to the relevant departments for record. Xiao Dio, get the crane ready! Xiao Pa, you and Walter go to the cockpit and keep an eye on it! Hua Chong, check the cable winch and prepare to recover the 'Super Box Jellyfish'! Kasin, you and Yang Zhibin, bring out two more boxes of Humboldt squid! Damn 'Little Six' has brought his entire family!"

"Yes, boss!" The whole ship was busy.

Xiao Peng glanced at the monitor and then at his watch and said, "Duan Bo, I'll give you a chance to do me a favor."

Duan Bo was stunned: "Captain, what do you mean?"

Xiao Peng glanced at the console and said, "The 'Super Box Jellyfish' still has enough power for two hours and twenty minutes. The next hour and a half is yours. After you set up the cable net, you can collect some biological and mineral specimens from the hot springs and bring them back to those researchers!"

Duan Bo was delighted after hearing this: "Yes, Captain!"

Xiao Peng said, "Let me be frank. If the cable net isn't properly secured and something goes wrong, I'll send you back to China. No one can stop me from saying anything. This is my money! Oh, and don't forget to attach nameplates to both the shipwreck and the hot spring!"

"Leave it to me!" Duan Bo ignored Xiao Peng and concentrated on operating the robotic arm.

Xiao Peng did not blame Duan Bo for his rudeness. People with skills should have such pride!

Shipwrecks and hot springs discovered like this are labeled with plaques, meaning, "I discovered this!" There are so many rules and regulations for underwater salvage.

He went to the deck to feed the sixgill sharks. As Xiao Peng had said, the sixgill sharks had come with their families. There were six of them nearby. It was rare to see such a large group of sixgill sharks, and they had even reached the surface, which was a miracle.

Kasin threw the Humboldt squids into the sea one by one to feed them: "Boss, now I finally understand why you brought so many Humboldt squids. These sixgill sharks are really greedy!"

Xiao Peng shook his head and said, "Can they eat it? Only Humboldt squid can eat it! A Humboldt squid can eat twenty tons of food from juvenile to adult."

"Oh my god!" Kasim exclaimed, "Can you eat so much?"

Xiao Peng smiled and said, "In fact, nature is very interesting. Let's talk about the Humboldt squid. Do you know what its natural enemy is?"

Kasim shook his head to indicate that he didn't know.

Xiao Peng explained, "Their natural enemies are toothed whales, such as sperm whales, killer whales, dolphins, and beaked whales. However, due to overfishing, shipping, and marine pollution, toothed whales are threatened, with beaked whales in particular experiencing a significant decline. Humboldt squid, on the other hand, have no natural enemies, so their numbers have increased rapidly in recent years, which has made the squid fishing boats very happy. Were there so many Humboldt squid for sale in Europe in the past? Look at how many are being bought now."

"What kind of whale is a beaked whale? I've never heard of it!" Kasim asked in confusion.

Xiao Peng explained, "It's a very common, yet rare, whale. It's common because beaked whales make up a quarter of all eighty-one whale species. It's rare because it's a deep-sea whale, surfacing for only a second or two before returning to the depths, down to 300 meters. You should consult Professor Hu about beaked whales."

Kasin looked at the sixgill shark tearing apart the Humboldt squid in the sea and exclaimed, "Boss, you are 'Namor', right? This is amazing!"

The 'Namor' he mentioned was the first superhero in Marvel history, and even appeared three years earlier than Marvel.

Anyway, this is how it is with the two comic book companies DC and Marvel. You release a superhero and I will release a similar one. You have 'Superman' and I have 'Sentinel'; you have 'Flash' and I have 'Quicksilver'; you have 'Green Arrow' and I have 'Hawkeye'; you have 'Batman' and I have 'Moon Knight'; you have 'Deadpool' and I have 'Deathstroke'; you have 'Aquaman' and I have 'Namor'.

Namor is almost exactly the same as the Aquaman in the DC movie "Aquaman". His mother is also an Atlantean royal family and his father is a mortal. However, it should be said that DC's Aquaman imitated Marvel, because Namor was born three years earlier than DC's Aquaman.

Xiao Peng laughed and said, "Kaxin, when you can beat me, I will teach you this unique skill!"

Kashin's eyes widened. "What did you say? Boss, can I take it as an insult? I'm your bodyguard, and you say I can't beat you? You know why I lost my French work visa, right? Just wait and teach me this unique skill."

Xiao Peng patted Kasin's shoulder: "213 to 0."

Kasim's expression instantly withered: "So you're playing games..."

The two of them had been playing games on the boat for the past two days, and Kasin was losing so much that he was almost questioning his life. He was about to make a few more remarks when Duan Bo suddenly rushed out of the cabin: "Boss, the cable net is ready! No problem!"

Xiao Peng shouted to the crane when he heard it, "Little Dior, get to work!"

After hearing this, Little Dio raised his thumb and started to operate the crane.

"Hua Chong, Yang Zhibin, get ready to take over!" Xiao Peng commanded while signaling the sixgill sharks to leave first so as not to be scratched by the cable net.

Fabian ran straight back to the cabin, and soon he saw him coming out with a bottle of champagne and a box of cigars in his hands: "Believe me, this is the moment I've been waiting for." As he spoke, he gave a cigar to everyone on the boat: "Champagne and cigars are a must when celebrating." Although his tone was relaxed, his eyes were looking at the cable on the crane nervously.

"Louis Vuitton cigars? 2005 Nicolas Feuillatte Vintage Brut?" Xiao Peng looked at the cigar in his hand and said, "Fabian, you're really broke."

"Haha, the happiest moment of treasure hunting is when you pull the treasure out and pop the champagne!"

"It seems like the money spent on buying champagne and selling cigars will be quite a large expense in the future!"