Chapter 1388 A new discovery
This time, the Xuelong 2 is here indeed for scientific research. Of course, there is also a small "convenient" task, which is to bring the things Xiao Peng salvaged back to Daxia: the transfer procedures for these things into the warehouse are quite cumbersome, after all, there are so many valuable goods!
Even though the escort personnel were carefully selected this time, and they knew they were escorting things for Xiao Peng and were mentally prepared, they were still shocked when they saw so many valuable goods.
No wonder Xiao Peng donated hundreds of billions of RMB - how do we calculate his wealth?
Xiao Peng left three buckets of gold teeth and picked out some jewelry, and let Shao Feng and others take the rest back.
Shao Feng was very curious about why Xiao Peng kept those jewellery. Xiao Peng's answer was: "It doesn't cost money to pick up girls!"
For this he earned Shao Feng's deep contempt and a middle finger.
After parting with the "Xuelong 2", Xiao Peng returned to Alexandria Island without stopping. After picking up Anna, the ship returned to the waters of King Carl Island again, but this time it was not to reunite with the "Xuelong 2".
The Xuelong II had completed its scientific expedition and was on its way home. Xiao Peng continued south to the waters near Bear Island. The two ships anchored there and stopped moving forward.
"Xiao, why are you here?" Anna walked behind Xiao Peng, who was smoking by the side of the boat, and put a fur coat on him. "What are you thinking about?"
Xiao Peng stamped out his cigarette butt and said, "I just want to end this terrible journey as soon as possible."
"What about your three-year agreement?" Anna asked.
Xiao Peng did not answer directly, but asked: "Have you solved your problem?"
"Well, someone asked me to express my highest gratitude to you. Now the Northern Fleet is preparing for the joint military exercise." Anna said.
Xiao Peng shook his head: "I'm just doing this to repay you for saving my life."
"The longer I've been around you, the less I understand you." Anna asked, "How did you manage to cover up your real discovery with some worthless WWII shipwrecks?"
Xiao Peng laughed and asked, "Then how did you come up with the idea of using the Northern Fleet's naval exercises to conceal your military objectives? Isn't this just a diversion to cover up the real purpose?"
Anna didn't ask any further, but said to Xiao Peng, "You haven't asked what to do about your three-year plan yet?"
Xiao Peng pointed to the 'Calypso' not far away, where many people were busy.
"What are they doing?" Anna asked puzzled.
Xiao Peng said: "Prepare to deploy HOV."
Anna was shocked when she heard this: "HOV? Did you find the sunken ship?"
Xiao Peng nodded and said, "I found it. Mrs. Hook, I want to congratulate you!"
"How did you find it?" Anna asked in shock. "How did the shipwreck end up here?"
Xiao Peng explained: "In fact, everyone has been misled."
"Misleading?" Anna was puzzled.
Xiao Peng nodded. "People discovered traces of Barents's life on Novaya Zemlya, Russia, and assumed the shipwreck must be around Novaya Zemlya, or at least in the Barents Sea. In fact, this is misleading. They encountered a storm near Bear Island. This Bear Island isn't the Bear Island in the Barents Sea, but the Bear Island in Svalbard and Jan Mayen, which is 137 nautical miles west of here. It was there that the storm caused the fleet to become separated, ultimately ending up on Novaya Zemlya."
"Impossible?" Anna said in surprise. "The distance between the two is too far. How could he get there after being caught in a storm here?"
Xiao Peng said, "The most likely scenario is that he didn't intend to go to Novaya Zemlya, but was blown there by a storm. Ships back then weren't self-powered like they are today. They relied on wind and ocean currents to navigate, so being blown anywhere wasn't surprising. You see, we're also in the direction from Bear Island to Novaya Zemlya. It's just that the two ships were unlucky and sank because of the collision."
"Huh?" Anna asked, "How do you know the two ships collided and sank when you haven't even lowered the device yet?"
Xiao Peng immediately brought out the explanation he had prepared long ago: "I really didn't find this ship. It was our Great Xia Arctic research vessel, the Xuelong 2. I believe you should also know that the Xuelong 2 recently carried out scientific research missions in the polar region. They were tracking the direction of a polar cold current and discovered two shipwrecks here. They told me the coordinates. I donated so much money to them, and it was not in vain. So congratulations, Mrs. Hook, you can prepare to accept the honor."
After hearing this, Anna looked at Xiao Peng and said, "Then how should I thank you?"
Xiao Peng said directly: "You'd better not thank me! Every time you thank me, my back hurts."
Anna rolled her eyes at her after hearing this, but Xiao Peng said, "Of course, you don't have the time to waste here thanking me."
"What do you mean?" Anna asked.
Xiao Peng pointed at the Calypso and said, "There's still a spot on the HOV reserved for the Dutchman who first discovered the remains of the Barents Fleet. There's a video recording of that discovery."
"This time?" Anna caught the suspicious point.
Xiao Peng spread his hands and said, "I don't record this every time I salvage a shipwreck. Hurry over there, don't let them wait for you! Kasim has prepared a speedboat waiting for you at the stern!"
"Aren't you going?" Anna asked.
Xiao Peng shook his head. "I've seen so many wrecks on the seabed. They're so numerous I don't even have the slightest interest anymore. This opportunity to leave your name in history is now yours!"
After hearing this, Anna kissed Xiao Peng on the cheek and said, "I'll thank you properly when I get back!"
"Well, you saying thank you already scares me, and adding 'good' to that, I'm thinking I should leave you on the Calypso and not come back!" Xiao Peng said, "Oh, by the way, I can't contact William right now. It's best not to send this news back to the Netherlands yet. Let's talk about it after we've recorded everything and return to the Netherlands."
"Huh? Why are you telling me this?" Anna asked in confusion.
Xiao Peng said, "I was afraid that you might get so excited that you couldn't control yourself and inform your father-in-law, Johannes Hooker."
After hearing this, Anna rolled her eyes at him and said, "Just wait until I come back to deal with you!"
Xiao Peng was stunned: "Didn't you say you wanted to thank me just now? Why are you here to punish me again?"
Anna walked away without looking back: "Well, sometimes 'clean up' and 'thank you' mean the same thing!"
"Hey, whose dictionary says these two words have the same meaning?" Xiao Peng shouted in the direction Anna left.
Anna took the elevator to the ground floor, and when the elevator door closed, she blew Xiao Peng a kiss.
Xiao Peng scratched his head. It seemed that this journey was about to end.
Don’t mention it, I will have to separate from Anna after I go back, and I feel quite lost just thinking about it.
It doesn’t matter if her back hurts, I must make her thank me!
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