Chapter 357 Shipwreck Graveyard
Xiao Peng said to the camera, "Dear viewers, I'd really like to show you what's happening outside, but there's really no need. There's really nothing out there. Below 200 meters in the Black Sea, there's basically no oxygen. No living things can survive here except anaerobic bacteria. So, there's nothing out there. Our current depth... isn't actually very deep, just over 1,100 meters, which is much, much shallower than our original salvage depth. But it's pitch black here, devoid of life, and it looks incredibly eerie. And we're trying to save energy right now, so there's no point in filming the outside. Let's just chat. Three hours of slowly advancing like this is pretty boring."
"Have you noticed a problem? We're wearing really thick clothes now?" Xiao Peng said helplessly. "It's really too cold. The temperature on the sea surface is over 30 degrees, and now in the cabin? It's only 7 or 8 degrees. We can only maintain our body temperature by the simplest method of 'wearing more clothes'. The reason I haven't been recording just now is very simple. The journey just now was really boring. While Duan Bo was driving towards the target, Hua Chong and I were so bored that we were playing "Diablo 3" online on the Switch. It's a very old game, but we enjoyed it with gusto. By the way, let me do some self-promotion. I really am a conscientious boss. Since working at sea is really boring, I bought a game console for each crew member on our ship to while away the time. But I have witnessed the money-saving skills of us Chinese: many people sell the game consoles at a low price after getting them. What entertainment and relaxation? There is no need for it. Making money is the bottom line!"
Hua Chong was dissatisfied after hearing this and said, "Boss, you're probably slandering your colleagues by saying that! What do you mean you don't need entertainment and relaxation? I'll keep my game console, won't I?"
Xiao Peng said, "What did I say wrong? We gave everyone a Switch back then, and less than a third of the people on board still have one. As for those who did, they either sent it home for their children or sold it outright! This makes me so sad. There will be no more benefits from now on!"
Hua Chong's eyes widened. "Boss, how can this be possible? Why don't you consider that this is because your welfare benefits are not satisfactory to the crew members?"
"Tsk." Xiao Peng said with disdain, "Come on, you're not going to be able to please everyone these days. Do you believe it? Even if I give you money every day, you still might not be satisfied! Human nature is greedy. Once you have one, you want two, and once you have two, you want three."
Hua Chong said, "Boss, you're being extreme. I'm not greedy. If I had as much money as you, I would have been lying around at home, eating, drinking and having fun. Seeing you still risking your life in the sea with us, I feel it's not worth it for you."
Duan Bo coughed furiously after hearing this. "What nonsense are you talking about? It would be great if Xiao Peng could salvage the boat every day. If he doesn't, what's the point of them staying here?"
Hua Chong also realized that what he said was a little wrong, and smiled foolishly at Xiao Peng.
Xiao Peng spread his hands and asked curiously, "Hua Chong, I'm actually quite curious about why you and Lai Yonggan said something like that? You said you're not just living your own life, but you're feeling sorry for a billionaire? You're just like those brainless fans online. They spend all day complaining about this person not having a good life, that person not having a good life, worrying about their stars every day, complaining about this and that. Where do they get the confidence from?"
Hua Chong's face was filled with black lines: "Boss, are you scolding me in a roundabout way?"
Duan Bo on the side said, "I swear to God, the boss definitely didn't beat around the bush, he was scolding me directly."
"Hey!" Hua Chong made a gesture of protest.
At this moment, a red light in the cabin suddenly flashed.
"What's going on?" Hua Chong asked in surprise, "Is there something wrong?"
Duan Bo curled his lips: "What's all the fuss about? This means we've reached the designated sea area!"
"Then we shouldn't use red lights! It looks scary!" Hua Chong protested.
Duan Bo ignored him and started pressing a series of buttons on the control panel. In order to save electricity, the "Deep Sea Warrior" was maintaining the lowest energy and was almost in darkness. Suddenly, the lights came on.
"Boss, it's time to draw the prize. Shall we draw the prize now?" Duan Bo asked.
Xiao Peng shook his head: "Wait a minute!"
He picked up the camera and said to the camera, "We've arrived at the designated sea area. You can see it's pitch black outside. What did Duan Bo mean when he said it was time for the lottery draw? It means we should turn on the lights and take a look at the situation outside!"
He then pointed the camera at the observation hole and said, "Duan Bo, turn on the light!"
As he spoke, he turned his head towards another observation hole, and Duan Bo and Hua Chong did the same.
At this time, the lights on the "Deep Sea Warrior" were brightly lit, and after seeing the scenery outside clearly, everyone whistled together.
"Boss, tell me what we saw was not an illusion!" Hua Chong said.
Xiao Peng said, "Hua Chong, learn from Duan Bo. Look how calm he is."
Duan Bo said, "You...you...are you talking about me?"
Well, I was so excited that I stuttered.
In fact, Xiao Peng himself was a little excited.
He had seen many shipwrecks, but nothing like this: it was a shipwreck graveyard, with sunken ships everywhere the light could reach. It seemed this was the work of the whirlpools in the area.
Not only are there many shipwrecks here, but the most important thing is that they are so well preserved! Most of the ships remain in the same state as when they sank. Coupled with the lack of any aquatic life here, it feels like time has stopped.
"Hua Chong, operate the micro ROV, and we will search on both sides at the same time." Xiao Peng commanded.
After hearing this, Hua Chong asked, "Boss, there are so many sunken ships here, obviously from different eras. Where do we start? We can only work here for another two hours at most."
"Which ship do you want to search?" Xiao Peng asked.
Hua Chong said, "How about that big ship? There are a lot of things on it!"
Xiao Peng shook his head. "Your smuggling ship uses such a large ship? It's a 'Zoman', a high-speed slurry warship from the Byzantine era. The Ottoman Empire also used this type of warship for a long time. This shouldn't be a smuggling ship, but rather one used to capture smuggling ships."
Hua Chong thought for a moment and said, "Boss, if that's the case, I'd insist on having this ship. Doroshenko was a Hetman supported by the Ottoman Empire. It's not surprising that he had a ship like this, or used it to protect his treasures. Besides, don't you think a warship like this is a bit overkill for a smuggling route? It shouldn't be here."
"Now that you put it that way, it's hard for me to refute you! Then let's investigate!"
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