Chapter 84: Conspiracy (Catch the bug and post it later) Now, is there any yellow...
Chapter 84: Plot (Catch Bugs and Post Again)
It is said that this giant ocean-going freighter was loaded with a large amount of strategic materials and civilian supplies, including tin ingots, tungsten, rubber, mercury, rice, cotton, various medicines, machinery, uncut diamonds, gold, platinum, etc., as well as a large amount of weapons and ammunition, with an estimated value of 200 to 300 million US dollars at the time.
Needless to say, with defeat imminent, the more than 2,000 people who were able to board ships and evacuate Southeast Asia were either high-ranking military officials or wealthy people who participated in local plunder.
Although there is no clear number of US dollars, various gold and silver jewelry, cultural relics and other valuables they carried with them, since they fled back to China, they must have taken a lot with them.
The cargo ship's cabin was closed with almost no portholes, and the middle and rear section was broken into two pieces after being hit by a torpedo.
Apart from external shells, the ammunition carried by the vehicle must have caused a self-explosion to produce such a large shock wave. The squeezed and deformed hatch and the degree of metal distortion all silently indicate how serious the explosion was.
And now, all of this is buried under mud and covered with thick sea creatures like barnacles and oysters.
Yan Jiuru let the shortnose shark crash into the upward hatch discovered by his spiritual sense.
Although it was close to the fracture, it was severely deformed, making it impossible to open the hatch and enter.
Why not go where the disconnect is?
Haha, those have been exposed on the seabed for nearly 30 years. All that can be eaten by fish and shrimps have been eaten. The rest have either rotted away or are buried one or two meters deep in mud and sand. How can he dig them out by himself?
Of course, the more important thing was that no treasure or gold was found there, so it was not worth his effort.
***
The shortnose shark, which was forced to do hard labor, stopped working after being hit a few times.
It's a shark, not a stupid fish!
The tip of my head hurts so much from hitting it, it must be swollen!
At least its brain is bigger than humans', so although it's not very smart, it's not that stupid either.
The shortnose shark knows that this human with a living breath is more difficult to deal with than those dead things. If it can't beat them, just run away!
When it hit the hatch again, it swung its tail vigorously, creating a huge wave. When the seawater became muddy due to the sediment on the seabed, the shortnose shark escaped. . . .
***
"spit!"
Yan Jiuru didn't take the fish and shrimp's skills seriously. He didn't come here to fight. Instead, he was attracted by the debris that was stirred up along with the mud and sand.
There were several small rusty metal nameplates, a long box, a broken glass bottle, broken porcelain pieces, a sheathed sword, buttons, metal parts of various sizes, what looked like a makeup box, etc.
Well, there seems to be an incomplete skull that looks like a human...
The metal surface was all rusted, and there was writing on it, but the naked eye couldn't make out what it was;
There were English letters on the bottom of the glass bottle, but Yan Jiuru didn't recognize them;
The exposed handle of the waist knife and the various gemstones inlaid on it are in good condition, which shows that the material is very unusual.
As for the long box, Yan Jiuru knew that it contained a jade necklace of excellent water quality without opening it.
The agate makeup box was still intact.
. . . . . .
This scene reminded Yan Jiuru of the days when he was a young cultivator, searching for treasures and picking up bargains everywhere, such as monster dens in the mountains, ancient underwater caves, not to mention the seabed, even volcanic lava caves, not to mention secret realms.
Ahem, the past can no longer be recalled, so let’s just focus on the present.
Yan Jiuru took out a special bag and picked up these things.
***
After being tossed around by the shortnose shark, Yan Jiuru always felt that something was wrong.
He glanced around the wreck again.
Huh~
It turns out that those barnacle-covered branches and twigs are not corals, but coralized human bones!
Some of these human bone corals have grown together with the hull, while others are scattered on the seabed within a range of hundreds of meters. If it weren't for the shortnose shark breaking them off, he really wouldn't have noticed them.
But none of this matters.
Yan Jiuru's expression changed slightly. Holding a Five Thunder Evil-Repelling Talisman in his hand, he turned to the side of the shipwreck close to the seabed and examined it carefully bit by bit.
Sure enough, something unusual was discovered near the stern of the ship.
There is actually a similar concealment formation here!
No wonder everything seemed normal when he first glanced at it.
Thanks to the shortnose shark, which is a very strong creature, if it hadn't struggled hard to expose the formation buried under the mud and sand, it would have been difficult for him to detect it.
"Interesting~"
There are actually formations in this world? !
Yan Jiuru did not touch it rashly.
Since things like formations have appeared, it means that someone must have been here and taken action.
Yan Jiuru tied the bag containing the items he picked up around his waist, activated an anti-stress talisman and a water-avoidance talisman again, and then swam upstream.
***
"Crash~"
Yan Jiuru emerged from the water.
Director Wu, who was waiting anxiously on the reef island, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Are you okay? What took you so long?
If you don’t come back, I’ll send someone down to look for you.”
Old Wu was really anxious.
Although Yan Jiuru himself didn't feel how long it had been, he had actually been down there for about two hours.
Generally, even if a diving frogman carries an oxygen tank, it will take him an hour to come up.
Yan Jiuru smiled at Old Wu.
The best thing about Old Wu is that no matter who is assigned the task or how difficult it is, he never asks about the results first, but instead pays attention to the person first.
Because of this, these people are more willing to work hard.
"It's okay, the water is a little cold, and the situation down there is a little complicated."
Yan Jiuru was pulled onto the reef by Old Wu, and was quickly wrapped in a military coat and a large towel on his head.
"Here, I picked up a few things first." Yan Jiuru took off the special bag on his waist and handed it to Old Wu.
Director Wu opened the bag, took a quick look at it, and then ignored it. He hurriedly helped his men dry themselves and change their clothes quickly.
No matter how urgent the task is, it doesn't need to be completed right now.
***
In a small office of a military unit in Fujian Province.
Yan Jiuru took a hot bath, drank some strong ginger sugar water, and was now sitting opposite Director Wu having dinner.
In front of him was a row of rice bowls: rice, chicken with sour bamboo shoots, stir-fried young bitter vegetable sprouts, stir-fried meat with fresh fern, braised spring bamboo shoots, braised pork, and braised tofu... In short, there was no fish, shrimp, oysters, or seaweed.
Although I know that those corpses have been gone for many years, I still can't bring myself to eat them when I think about the corals, seashells, oysters and seaweed growing on the corpses or absorbing something.
So, I specifically asked for food without seafood.
Although Director Wu did not go into the sea, he could guess something by looking at him. There was nothing he could do except help prepare the food.
This is the mission, you will encounter all kinds of situations.
Yan Jiuru finished all the food, finally replenishing some of the energy consumed by his spiritual sense. The reason he came up was because his spiritual sense was too exhausted and could not support him to explore the formation.
After the food was cleared away, he discussed the mission with Director Wu in private.
"What? Someone set up a formation?" Director Wu's voice rose unconsciously.
"Yes. Although the formation is very simple."
Yan Jiuru pouted and said, "I took a look and saw signs that the bottom had been touched recently."
It is currently impossible to tell whether the movement occurred in the past few days or earlier.
This can only be examined in detail after the formation is dismantled.
Even though the formation is of low level, it is still a formation and it still has the function of concealing.
He didn't move the formation himself, not because he didn't know how to dismantle it, but because he had to consider what the consequences would be if he did.
"Some formations are designed by people who hide their methods. Once someone triggers them, they will be detected. Before we have high-definition, it is difficult to do anything."
Director Wu certainly understood.
He also has to report to his superiors on what to do next before taking any action.
"In any case, since the formation exists, it means someone has already gotten there first. Now, it's not a question of whether there is gold treasure, but how much is left."
Otherwise, there would be no need to set up a formation here.
Director Wu nodded slightly; he also understood what this meant.
No wonder the American agents targeted the Japanese devils. They must have discovered something.
"I'll review it again later. It might be a language issue..."
Director Wu waved his hand and said, "It's okay. Just conduct the interrogation. If he turns out to be an idiot, it's my fault."
***
The next day, Director Wu took the items Yan Jiuru had picked up and set off early for the mainland.
This is a serious matter. This place is too close to the US military base on Taiwan Island, so it is better to be careful about some things.
Yan Jiuru went to the military hospital for a comprehensive examination, fearing that he might be carrying some bacteria or viruses, so he disinfected his entire body.
From then on, in addition to training with the soldiers, he made full use of his free time to learn foreign languages from the prisoners.
English, German, French, Greek, haha, I have to say, some agents are really talented, they can speak several foreign languages.
Not to mention the Japanese language, even its writing system is from ancient Chinese studies, how difficult can it be?
There is always a reward for hard work, and no skill is learned in vain.
Before there was any news from Director Wu, Yan Jiuru had already made a new breakthrough from the captives by learning foreign languages on his own!
Their previous interrogation had limited the information they had obtained due to the poor translation skills. Yan Jiuru himself, who did not understand foreign languages, also found the information he had obtained through soul searching to be extremely superficial.
"Oh, why didn't I think of it earlier?"
Yan Jiuru had to borrow the army's encrypted phone to make an urgent call to Director Wu.
***
"...More than a decade ago, the United States' spies in Japan discovered that Japan had a large amount of gold of unknown origin. Through some means, they learned that it was most likely salvaged from a shipwreck."
"Although they have been very secretive, Japan's reconstruction requires a lot of gold, so clues have been discovered by those who are interested."
"The Japanese noticed and halted their operations. But they didn't want to give others an advantage, so they set up a formation to hide."
"Recently, because Japan urgently needed a large amount of gold reserves, they were preparing to salvage it secretly again. However, they were caught red-handed by Da Piaoliang who had been keeping an eye on them."
The shipwreck is in our waters. Logically, these things belong to us. Neither the Japanese nor the Piaoliang have the right to salvage them.
Director Wu cursed angrily, "Fuck, no wonder the Japanese acted so cowardly after their ship was sunk. It turns out they had other plans."
If this had not been discovered, these treasures might have disappeared inexplicably.
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