After hearing Zhuang Rui's words, Professor Meng nodded and said, "That's okay, Director Wu, what do you think?"
All the items salvaged this time, including the cultural relics that were previously agreed to be kept by Zhuang Rui for five years, have already been transported away by warships on alert outside the sea area, so this ship is actually responsible for transporting people back.
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Zhuang Rui's suggestion is also advisable. Send people to the shore and then transfer to a plane back to Beijing. That is much faster than taking a boat.
"Professor Meng, no, Tianjin Port has also organized a grand welcome ceremony. This... if the ship doesn't sail back, who will be welcomed then?"
Director Wu shook his head with a grimace. This matter really embarrassed him. The itinerary had already been arranged. If he changed it rashly, it would cause a series of consequences.
"Ahem, Director Wu, there's nothing anyone can do if the ship breaks down, right? Please explain it to the other side..."
After Zhuang Rui finished speaking, he stood up. He was thinking about the object on the seabed. He really didn't want to talk to Director Wu here. As for making excuses, that was definitely the strong point of government officials. He didn't believe that Director Wu could settle the matter.
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"Hey...hey, Professor Meng, you...look, what kind of attitude is this?"
Seeing Zhuang Rui walk out of the room, Director Wu was so angry that he couldn't even speak. Isn't this giving him eye drops?
However, Director Wu has no way to deal with Zhuang Rui. The others are not working in the government, and they are not engaged in salvage in domestic waters. In addition, with his background behind him, not to mention Director Wu, even Deputy Yu behind him
The minister couldn't control Zhuang Rui either.
"Director Wu, Xiaozhuang has sacrificed a lot for this salvage. I think... it is understandable that he would make this request..."
Professor Meng did not speak to Director Wu. He knew that the value of the cultural relics released this time was not very high. Zhuang Rui had already said that he did not want it. As a result, Zhuang Rui's time-consuming and labor-intensive salvage operation was equivalent to a little
No benefits were gained.
You must know that the Awa Maru salvage operation, which lasted for more than a month, cost Zhuang Rui at least tens of millions of RMB. It is already a high standard for others to not ask the country for money.
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"Old Li, you have been fishing in the sea all your life. You have gone through all kinds of storms and waves, but you are still afraid of a place as big as a palm?"
Zhuang Rui put down three speedboats from the cruise ship and sailed to the outskirts of the reef area. Now, under the leadership of Lao Li Tou, they are preparing to enter the reef area.
As for how Director Wu replied to the leaders in Beijing, Zhuang Rui didn't care at all. However, when he left the cruise ship just now, Director Wu told Zhuang Rui with a straight face that he must return to the cruise tomorrow.
"Mr. Zhuang, these drowned people can all swim, so be careful..."
Compared with Zhuang Rui's relaxed expression, Lao Li's face was a bit nervous. Back then, he drove a sampan boat through this Devil's Reef area and almost fell into it.
It's just that the team this time is relatively strong. Zhuang Rui's three assault boats are all specially made by the military. They have thick alloy plates at the bottom. As long as they don't hit the rocks at full speed, small collisions will not have any impact on the speedboats.
not very big.
"It's okay. I'm not going down alone. Don't I still have a shark hunting gun in my hand? You don't have to be afraid even if you encounter a shark..."
Zhuang Rui patted Lao Li on the shoulder and put on a diving suit. The reef area was not very deep, only about twenty meters. Zhuang Rui could dive down with his bare hands as long as he brought an oxygen bottle.
Behind Zhuang Rui, there were two divers affiliated with the Maritime Safety Administration, both of whom had made great contributions to the salvage operation, so they wanted to follow Zhuang Rui to find the sea beads, but Director Wu turned a blind eye.
No one thinks money is cheap. Zhuang Rui can find a black pearl worth tens of millions of dollars in this sea area. These two want to try their luck. Maybe they can make a fortune?
But these two people didn't know that this diving trip would bring huge changes to their lives, and their names would be forever engraved in the history books.
Following Zhuang Rui, the current security captain of the cruise ship Yao Zhen, an old subordinate of Li Zhen, held a rope in his hand and said: "Mr. Zhuang, tie this rope around your waist. If anything happens, pull the rope immediately...
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Originally, Yao Zhen insisted on going into the water with Zhuang Rui, but Zhuang Rui refused. He knew that Yao Zhen's water skills were not very good, just like Li Kui's kung fu on the shore was good, but when he got into the water, he was still fooled by the waves.
A confused person?
"Xiao Yao, I told you it would be fine..."
Zhuang Rui was about to refuse, but when he saw Xiao Yao's firm look, he nodded and said: "Okay, if there is a problem, I will pull the rope immediately..."
Zhuang Rui took out three more bags of medicine, handed one bag to each of the other two divers, and said: "If you encounter a shark, just crush it with your hands. The shark will retreat immediately after smelling this smell..."
The medicine Zhuang Rui took was developed by foreign scientists and was specially used to prevent shark attacks when working in the water. The effect was very good.
"Okay, let's stop here..."
Zhuang Rui "saw" that he was only seven or eight meters away from the place full of unknown spiritual energy. He immediately stopped the speedboat, turned back to the sea and sat on the edge of the speedboat.
A very standard back-entry into the water, a splash of water appeared on the calm sea, Zhuang Rui's figure still disappeared, and the other two divers also went into the sea at the same time.
Although it is only twenty or thirty nautical miles away from the sea area where the sunken ship was salvaged, the fish species in this reef area are obviously much richer. Groups of colorful fish that Zhuang Rui cannot name are swimming around, and the scenery is very beautiful.
"Damn, it can't be such a coincidence, right? Shark?!"
Zhuang Rui had just dived to a depth of five or six meters when he spotted a large shark that was silver in color, about three meters long, and had very smooth lines swimming directly in front of him. The white teeth on its lower jaw were clearly visible.
"Damn, what bad luck..."
Zhuang Rui crushed the bag in his hand, and a stream of invisible and colorless liquid was immediately mixed into the sea water. After throwing away the bag, Zhuang Rui placed his right index finger on the trigger of the shark gun. As long as the big guy made any change, he would
He was ready to strike first.
Fortunately, the medicine developed by foreign scientists is not like the pills or rat poisons sold in China. The medicine will not kill the rats but will not kill the people. The effect is very obvious.
As soon as the liquid came into contact with the sea water, in just a few seconds, the big shark more than ten meters away from Zhuang Rui turned around and swam away like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.
No trace.
Seeing this scene, the two divers following behind also felt relieved, raised their thumbs at Zhuang Rui, and continued swimming to the bottom of the sea.
The depth of the ocean is more than 20 meters, and it takes only a few minutes to reach the bottom of the sea. There are far more marine life below than where the sunken ship was salvaged. You can see fish, lobsters, and clams swimming among various seaweeds.
Zhuang Rui pretended to pick up a sea clam that had just closed its shell, threw it into the backpack he carried with him, and then swam along the bottom of the sea towards the unknown aura.
"This...what the hell is this?"
The place Zhuang Rui chose to enter the water was already very close to the spiritual energy. After just a few breaths, he saw the object.
This is a rectangular object, about one and a half meters long and one meter wide, stuck between two rocks.
Although the box is covered with seaweed, Zhuang Rui is sure from the appearance alone that it is a box, but Zhuang Rui is a little confused, why has this box not decayed for more than half a century?
This answer was explained after Zhuang Rui's fingers touched the box. It was an iron box, or it was wrapped in a layer of tinplate between two layers of wood.
Although the wood had completely rotted away, the iron sheets had not been corroded by the sea water. However, Zhuang Rui stretched out his hand and poked it, feeling that the iron sheets might not last long.
"What's inside...is it really a skull fossil?"
Pushing aside the seaweed clinging to the surface of the box, Zhuang Rui's heart stirred up. Even though he had seen all kinds of rare treasures over the years, but in the face of this skull fossil that might carry a heavy history,
Zhuang Rui still couldn't calm down.
After looking at the stuck part of the box, he could only pull it out but not move it up. Since the iron sheet of the box was very rotten, Zhuang Rui did not dare to act rashly. Instead, he tapped a few times on the microphone next to his lips with his hand.
Simple signal.
Two divers not far from Zhuang Rui heard the signal and swam over immediately. They were also surprised when they saw the box stuck in the reef.
After making some gestures, the three people decided that one person would push from behind the rock and the other two would pull from the front. They would first pull the box out.
After Zhuang Rui and a diver cleaned up the seaweed from the skater, they each held on to one side of the box and pulled it out. However, the box was really rotten. Just when Zhuang Rui exerted force, he felt that the iron sheet seemed to fall off under his hands.
"not good!"
Zhuang Rui looked down and saw that under the force of him and another diver, the entire half of the iron sheet had broken away from the box, and two round objects rolled out of the box.
"This...this is..."
When his eyes saw these two objects, Zhuang Rui's heart seemed to be tightened. At this moment, the oxygen seemed to have lost its effect, and Zhuang Rui completely forgot that he was in the depths of the sea.
The two round objects rolled out of the box had a jade-like sheen and were slightly yellow in color. The two holes in the middle indicated that they were two human skulls.
Moreover, the petrified shape of the skull and the unique jade texture allow even an inexperienced person to tell that this is no ordinary human skull.
Carrying a piece of Chinese historical memory, carrying generations of hard searches, and carrying the greatest discovery of human scientific research, it suddenly appeared in front of Zhuang Rui.
