Chapter 20: Floating melons to pick up fish (Part 2)

The Trident of the Seawallow Boat is equipped with heavy deep-sea diving equipment, made of high-strength and pressure-resistant materials, and the weight reaches 150 kilograms. It is impossible to enter the water easily like an ordinary diver when used. British designers used the clever structure of the hull to set up a special small water injection tank in the bottom cabin, and the deep-sea diving equipment is fixed in it. We can only dive into the sea after we go in and wear equipment and wait until the water injection cabin is filled with water.

Once we entered the water, only Team C was left on the boat for the support mission. I explained a few words to the fat man, and then took Gu Cai down to the bottom cabin. With Gu Cai's assistance, equipped the submersible and turned the valve to pour water into diving. As the human body breathed, the scuba lungs equipped with mixed gas immediately began to operate. Amid the dull exhaust sound, Shirley Yang and Uncle Ming, and I left the bottom cabin and slowly dived along the diving rope under the action of the underwater thruster.

The "Trident" was parked next to the translucent coral tree that looked like tortoiseshell. I saw the lights flashing among the old trees. It was the boat owner Ruan Hei and Duoling who were picking beads next to a big green snail. Several sharks were circling around them. The sharks did not look at the moon as the underwater aquarium. They could not do anything about the technique of floating melons and fish. In the sea, the most threat to the egg pickers was the most fierce and invincible sharks. At that time, there was no electronic shark repellent.

When using the "Mountain Taoist" to pick eggs, a shark repellent with an ancient but very effective formula is commonly used. When diving, a leaky tank full of sieve holes is carried with it. It is filled with solidified shark repellent. As the body moves underwater, the shark repellent melted by the sea water is released from the holes one after another, which can prevent sharks from approaching the divers. Ruan Hei and Duoling also brought the shark repellent bottle of the Mountain Taoist, but sharks still circled them from curiosity.

Fortunately, Master Ruan Hei has been working as an egg-minister for some years. The egg-minister does this dangerous thing of stroking tiger beards. The psychological quality during underwater operations is relatively stable. It has not been messed up under the snooping of the group of sharks. There are three ways for egg-ministering people to pick eggs. If the environment allows, they usually break the clams and get beads directly. If the coral iron tree is limited in shape, it is also possible to uproot the entire coral iron tree and hang it on the water surface, because the iron tree with good texture can also be sold at a high price. In addition, pick the clams out of the water, and then smash the clam shells to get eggs on the boat. The clam meat can also be eaten, but it is not certain whether there are eggs in the clams.

Ruan Hei and the others dived to the roots of the tree. The giant clams were deep at the bottom of the sea for a long time and were almost connected to the reefs near the coral tree. If these snail and clam pearls were chiseled away from the attached tree rocks and then hung them on the water surface one by one, it would be too troublesome. They could only pick eggs on the spot, use diving spotlights or fine sand as a guide, and pierce the anesthetics when the clam shells were slightly opened and closed, causing the giant clam to lose perception. Then they pried open the clam shell and reached in to take the Nanzhu.

Master Ruan Hei doesn't like diving knives, and they still carry the stone and sand water-dividing knives that the egg people have used since ancient times. However, in order not to cut the snail meat, they come to see the nearby sharks seeking blood, so they have to carefully explore the clam meat little by little. They take out the Nanzhu and wrap it up immediately, hide it in the jar and put it away, and dare not expose it.

Shirley Yang and Uncle Ming passed by Master Ruan Hei. Seeing that they were in an orderly manner, they felt relieved. They gestured to them and continued to dive deeper into the deep area. The roots of the large iron tree that was dozens of meters high were piled on the fine sand layer of the seabed forest. The mud and sand that wade out after landing made the sea water very turbid. Suddenly, a submerged stream poured into the deep valley at the bottom of the tree. With the heavy equipment, our bodies were only led to a few sways. I stopped holding a coral and pointed at Shirley Yang and Uncle Ming downwards, indicating that this was the trough I saw in the diving bell before.

If the big black crack in front of me is not a trough, but a hard shell formed by sediments in the sea, the shipwreck may have been trapped here. However, it is difficult to judge before further confirmation. I know that with our equipment and hasty preparation time, it is difficult to salvage the "Qin King's Bone Mirror" among the Mary Fairy Slaves, it is really harder than climbing to the sky, but I also want to try my luck. If it can be fished out, it is better to just find the shipwreck, otherwise it will be explained by just finding the shipwreck, because as long as some relics are obtained, the ownership of the ship belongs to us, and other salvage teams will not think of it. As long as there is enough time, Shirley Yang can hire a professional salvage team.

Shirley Yang raised the diving searchlight, trying to explore the deep situation at the fault, but the strong light searchlight seemed to have lost its function here, unable to penetrate too much impurity, and could not shine in the distance.

Uncle Ming came up with a solution and threw the underwater illumination smoke in. A dazzling light suddenly shone brightly around. When the light flashed, I saw stones standing in the valley, as if there were some ruins of ancient buildings. The water in the deep sea was vortexed and the undercurrent flow was chaotic. The illumination smoke was quickly swept away and fell into a dead corner. There was no light at all.

But at that moment, I seemed to see a huge black shadow in the valley, which seemed to be a shipwreck. However, it was too far away, so I dare not make sure of it. What surprised us the most was that although the huge rocks were covered with sediments that looked like barnacles, they were neat and orderly, not like they were born naturally. There were ruins of ancient cities in the valleys at the bottom of the sea. It was related to the jade statue of the sea demon who was discovered on the Coral Temple Island and the floating coffin found near the coral spiral. In addition, what I saw in front of me seemed to have indeed been a prosperous civilization here. Because it was sunk on the bottom of the sea, even if some of the remains were occasionally caught by people as "green heads", they were mostly difficult to identify due to severe sea erosion. In the end, it became a lost page in human history. This is probably the place of Guixu recorded in ancient books. It is impossible to fill the water of the world, and it leads to the eternal and endless nothingness of the South China Sea.

I saw that there seemed to be a ship in the depths, and it was in such a mysterious place. I couldn't help but see the hunting heart happy. I wanted to go over and find out. When I saw Shirley Yang and Uncle Ming were still watching, I patted their diving helmets from behind and asked them to look at me. I first pointed to the depth meter and then pointed down the trench. If there was diving propulsion equipment, it would not be easily washed away by the submersible current. I also brought an underwater spear gun to defend myself. With reliable equipment, it would be better to dive deeper and see the details.

Shirley Yang hesitated for a moment, but Uncle Ming was determined to see the money. He probably thought that the eggs had been picked now. If he could catch a few more green heads in the ruins of the sea, wouldn’t he return with a double load? He said that he could take a risk and take a look. He was not greedy and swallowed an elephant. As long as it was profitable, he would have no place he dared to go.
Chapter completed!