Chapter 782 There is no shortage of coincidences in this world
"Boss!" Hua Chong hurried to the deck and looked at Xiao Peng who was lying on the deck basking in the sun.
Xiao Peng raised his hand and said, "Get lost!"
Hua Chong's face was filled with black lines: "Boss, it's been a long time, why are you still so angry!"
Xiao Peng's eyes widened after hearing this: "You were the one who laughed the most that day! Get out of here, get out of here! I don't want to see you anymore!"
Hua Chong rolled his eyes and burst out laughing again: "Boss, can you blame me for this? I have a low sense of humor."
"You're still laughing! You've been making fun of me for over two months!" Xiao Peng was furious: "Do you believe I'll throw you into the sea?"
Hua Chong got excited after hearing this: "Boss, are you really going to let me go into the sea?"
"Hmm?" Xiao Peng took off his sunglasses and sat up. "What do you mean?"
Hua Chong said: "Duan Bo asked me to tell you that we have made a discovery!"
Xiao Peng jumped up from his sun lounger after hearing this: "Is this true?"
Why was he so excited? It wasn't because he really wanted to find Drake's treasure, but because...
From discovering clues to finding the location of Drake's treasure, Xiao Peng's "Shark Whisperer" ability was really of no use.
How does Xiao Peng use sharks to find treasure? Generally speaking, shipwrecks are "natural reefs," which are sharks' hunting grounds. By searching for sharks' hunting grounds, shipwrecks can be found. However, if a shipwreck is too deep, deep-sea sharks like sixgill sharks are needed, and Xiao Peng has to go down there himself to confirm the location.
And Drake's treasure this time? It's hidden in a reef cave, a place sharks can't find.
So this time, Xiao Peng and his team searched for clues bit by bit, searching bit by bit, using the conventional methods of searching for shipwrecks to find this treasure spot. This was a first for Xiao Peng and also accumulated a lot of experience.
How long had it been since we arrived in the Caribbean? After so many failures, how could Xiao Peng not be excited to finally make a discovery after all this time?
Xiao Peng hurried to the ROV operating room: "Duan Bo, what's going on?"
Duan Bo pointed at the screen and said, "Boss, I found a cave on Reef No. 4 that we're looking for. It looks very similar to the cave mentioned in the clues, but I can't confirm it."
"Why?" Xiao Peng asked puzzledly.
Duan Bo said, "Look here. According to the records we took, this cave is similar to the one recorded in the clue. You also enter the cave along the bottom of the sand."
"Wait!" Xiao Peng interrupted him directly: "You call this a cave? Damn, what's the diameter of this cave entrance? Fifty centimeters? Eighty centimeters? Is this a cave or a dog hole? According to the clues we have, how can this cave entrance be so small?"
After hearing this, Duan Bo said, "Ma Xiao, you come and explain!"
Ma Xiao said, "Boss, here's what's going on. Look here and here. The rock texture here is different from the rock texture over here and over here. This is basalt, this is limestone, and this is granite! Look at the fractured rock layers here. This should be caused by drastic geological changes, such as submarine earthquakes. There are also signs of lava cooling here... This reef should be the product of an submarine volcano. This is the seabed of the Caribbean Sea, and there are countless natural phenomena such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and hurricanes every year. I guess there must be a topographical change here. And..."
He stopped talking here.
Xiao Peng said, "If you have something to say, just say it directly. Why don't you continue?"
Ma Xiao said: "Because it's just a guess, I dare not draw any conclusions!"
Xiao Peng waved his hand and said, "Aren't we searching here just guessing? No one told us the exact location! But why do I feel like this reef is a bit deep? According to records, this reef should be able to cause a shipwreck. But there are no signs of a shipwreck here."
After hearing what Xiao Peng said, Ma Xiao said, "Boss, I just said that the terrain here has changed."
Xiao Peng scratched his head and said, "You said this place was originally the product of an underwater volcano. If the terrain changed, it should be getting closer to the sea surface, even becoming an island. Why is it getting lower? The closest distance between this reef and the sea surface must be at least 20 meters, right? As for the distance from the bottom to the sea surface, it's probably about 70 or 80 meters. This is quite different from the records. Is it because the sea level rose even more? That's impossible."
After hearing this, Ma Xiao said, "I was also confused at first and almost gave up on this idea. But boss... what if this was also a blue hole or right next to a blue hole? Look here... and here... they're all limestone. I have a bold guess. There should have been a blue hole here in the past, probably not as big as the Great Blue Hole in the Caribbean. Later, due to reasons such as earthquakes or underwater volcanic eruptions, coupled with submarine tides, the blue hole was filled in, and then over time it became what it is now. Boss, I have reason to guess this."
"What's the reason?" Xiao Peng asked.
Ma Xiao said, "We've been working here for so long, and we've all seen how complex the Caribbean Sea's seabed is. If there were reefs, they'd be scattered across the surface. But what about this? While this reef isn't small, it's vastly different from the others. It feels like an isolated island in the ocean, which is completely inconsistent with the seabed topography here. The most likely explanation is that the topography has undergone extraordinary changes."
Xiao Peng didn't answer Ma Xiao after hearing this. Instead, he looked down at the seafloor map taken by the ROV. After a moment, he looked up and asked, "What if such a drastic change in the seafloor really happened, and all the surrounding reefs disappeared, leaving only the reef containing Drake's treasure? Could it be that Drake is God's illegitimate son?"
Ma Xiao was choked after hearing what Xiao Peng said. He really had no way to explain such a question. It was too much of a coincidence.
Xiao Peng stretched and said, "On December 5, 1660, a ship sank in Dover, England, and the only survivor was named Hugh Williams. One hundred and seven years later, on December 5, 1767, another shipwreck occurred in the same place, 127 people died, and the only survivor was also named Hugh Williams. In 1820, a ship sank in the Thames River, and the only survivor was also named Hugh Williams. During World War II, a British trawler was sunk by a German mine. This time, two people survived, but they were both named Hugh Williams. I tell you all this to tell you that there are many amazing coincidences in this world! So... there's no point in discussing what's going on here. Wouldn't it be clear if we just go down and take a look?"
Hearing this, Ma Xiao smiled bitterly and said, "Boss, this is the problem: I can't get in now!"
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