Mao Feng returned to his room, and Zhou Xuan noticed that his room was quite large, as his boat was much bigger than theirs, with a total of three decks.
After Mao Feng returned to his room, he closed the door, took out a box from a trunk, opened the box, and took out another picture from it.
This picture isn't a map anymore, but rather the image of a short sword—a very strange image of a short sword.
This knife has an extremely strange appearance. The blade and handle are about the same length. The blade is shaped like a small knife with sharp edges on both sides. The handle is about two fingers wide and gets smaller towards the top. The length in the picture looks to be only about 20 to 30 centimeters. The handle is also curved, with round, curved handles on both sides that look like they can be gripped with fingers.
The entire knife appears as a single piece from top to bottom, with no connecting parts in the middle, and there are many strange patterns on the blade and handle.
When Zhou Xuan detected this image, he suddenly had a strange feeling in his mind. He couldn't explain what it was, but he just wanted to see the knife. It was incredibly attractive to him.
At this moment, Zhou Xuan, who had been somewhat hesitant, made up his mind and went on.
Anyway, at this point, no one on Mao Feng's ship poses a threat to them, so they might as well take this opportunity to follow along and see what Mao Feng is going to retrieve from the treasure location, and what the strange knife diagram has to do with this treasure location.
Guan Lin drove his boat at full speed to follow the cargo ship. The fishing boats didn't have the horsepower of the cargo ship. Under Mao Feng's instructions, the cargo ship's driver had already adjusted the speed to match that of the fishing boats and was heading along the area designated by Yu Jinshan.
Around 3:30 PM, after eight hours of sailing at full speed, the cargo ship stopped, and Guan Lin quickly stopped his ship as well. Mao Feng was discussing things with Yu Jinshan.
Guan Lin learned from the walkie-talkie that Yu Jinshan had discovered the target location was wrong and that it wasn't this place, so he quickly ordered them to stop. If they let the mistake continue, they wouldn't let him and the fishing boat off the hook. For now, it was better to listen to Mao Feng and help him salvage the shipwreck. After all, the sea was so deep that it was impossible for them to dive down there manually.
Yu Jinshan couldn't understand either. If Mao Feng and his team wanted to salvage the sunken ship, they would need a salvage vessel with the necessary tools and advanced deep-sea measuring instruments. What use would their fishing boat be?
Perhaps their cargo ship has advanced equipment, but the fishing boat certainly doesn't. Besides fishing nets, the few diving devices they have can only support a dive to a depth of a few dozen meters. They can't expect all their crew members to dive and salvage for them, can they? Even if they agreed, they simply couldn't dive that deep.
Yu Jinshan was suspicious, but he was naturally unaware that a small submarine was following behind the cargo ship. However, all of this could not be hidden from Zhou Xuan.
If Zhou Xuan were to make a move against Mao Feng and his group at this moment, they would be powerless to resist. However, Zhou Xuan's mind was completely captivated by Mao Feng's mysterious diagram of the strange knife. Undoubtedly, based on his observations of Mao Feng, this Mao Feng was also very mysterious, constantly staring at the diagram of the strange knife. His level of attention had even surpassed that of the treasure map. Zhou Xuan was certain that the treasure map's destination was related to this strange knife.
After confirming the direction of travel again at Yujinshan, the two boats continued to move forward one after the other. At midnight, the thugs on the fishing boat, armed with guns, forced Lao Jiang and Yu Qiang to come to the cockpit and have them learn while replacing Guan Lin. Because they had been sailing for too long, Guan Lin couldn't help but doze off.
Zhou Xuan and the others were all ushered into the cabin. It was too cold outside at night, so they were all put together in the cabin. They were all sleepy, so they lay down on the carpet and went to sleep.
The thugs simply closed and locked the cabin door, then slept outside. Zhou Xuan saw that Fu Gui and the others were so scared and tired that they had fallen asleep.
While Zhou Xuan was checking on Mao Feng and Yu Jinshan, he had to make sure that Uncle Yu was not in any danger. But from the current situation, Uncle Yu was not in danger. Moreover, he had destroyed all the weapons and ammunition on the ship, so they were no longer effective.
Now all we have to do is wait, wait until we reach our destination, and then we'll know what Mao Feng and the others are going to do.
Around nine o'clock in the morning, we finally arrived at the sea area we were supposed to reach. The vast sea stretched as far as the eye could see.
Both ships stopped, and several thugs herded Zhou Xuan and everyone else onto the deck. On the other ship, Mao Feng, Yu Jinshan, and others also went to the bow.
Mao Feng ordered his men to immediately begin using sonar and other equipment to explore the seabed topography. The seabed here is over 900 meters deep. Four or five nautical miles to the right, there is a large trench running east to west, and the depth of the trench cannot be detected from here.
After gaining a general understanding of the seabed topography, Mao Feng took out his real treasure map and had Yu Jinshan study it.
Yu Jinshan studied the map for a while, then frowned and said, "Judging from this map, the circled locations are only approximate, not fixed. Moreover, this map is made using ancient methods, which are very different from modern nautical charts, so its accuracy is not high."
Mao Feng believed what Yu Jinshan said, because the map he obtained was passed down from his ancestors and had a history of two hundred years. This was true. His ancestors had also searched for it before, but all of them returned empty-handed.
Of course, the lack of advanced equipment in the past also contributed to the problem. The seabed in this area is over a thousand meters deep, and the trenches are even deeper. Salvage is not something that can be done just by talking about it.
What Zhou Xuan didn't understand was that the shipwreck salvage operations he had seen on TV or in books before involved huge teams, with several salvage ships and advanced instrument detection vessels. The manpower and resources required were astronomical. So, generally, only super-rich people or countries were involved in salvage. Ordinary people had no chance.
What Zhou Xuan found strange was that although Mao Feng's ship had some advanced detection instruments, it did not have heavy equipment for salvaging sunken ships. This did not seem like a salvage operation. However, Mao Feng also had a submarine, which showed that he was not an ordinary person, at least he had the financial means.
Mao Feng then ordered the navigator to the front of the trench to probe its depth. The water depth at the front of the trench exceeded 1,500 meters, extending into the distance and into the trench itself, where the water was even deeper.
However, while sonar and other detection equipment can detect depth, they cannot detect whether there are shipwrecks or other objects on the seabed. Although some equipment can detect different reactions such as metal, porcelain, and wood, most shipwrecks are over several decades or hundreds of years old and are covered with a lot of mud, dust, and algae, which will affect the detection of instruments. Therefore, despite the fact that the world is now full of countless advanced detection devices, it will never be possible to detect shipwrecks from ancient times to the present.
Volume 1, Chapter 472: The Deadly Blade and the Fiery Meteor (Part 3)
Chapter 472 The Deadly Blade and the Meteor Shower
After probing the depth of the trench, Mao Feng took out a small, strange instrument, turned it on, and several lights lit up, seemingly probing something, somewhat like an instrument for detecting radio waves.
However, Mao Feng did not show any joy on his face; instead, he frowned slightly, clearly not having received the signal he wanted.
Then Mao Feng spoke into the communicator again, possibly to the people on the submarine. Although they couldn't understand it, Zhou Xuan detected it with his special ability. The people on the submarine responded to Mao Feng at the same time, and then started the submarine to dive underwater.
This mini-submarine is very small, with only enough space for three people. It has a robotic arm and is a specialized diving device.
After diving to a depth of over 100 meters, Zhou Xuan could no longer detect the submarine, as it was beyond his detection range. However, he could still hear the reports and communications between the submarine and Mao Feng.
The submarine dived to a depth of nearly 1,000 meters before approaching the seabed. Because it was a narrow trench, the submarine had to be operated with extreme caution. The trench was deep and long, with some parts being very narrow and others slightly wider. In some places, it was more than several hundred meters wide, while in others it was only about ten meters wide. If the submarine did not operate it properly, it would hit the rock wall.
The submarine was also equipped with the small instrument that Mao Feng had just used for detection. The submarine slowly submerged while using the instrument to probe, and after submerging for several miles in the narrow trench, there was no reaction.
Zhou Xuan listened to the report from the people in the submarine to Mao Feng. Because he couldn't understand it, he was a little anxious. He didn't know what the situation was like at the bottom of the sea, but there was nothing he could do about it. His supernatural abilities couldn't detect places that deep.
After thinking for a moment, Zhou Xuan stood up from the deck and walked towards the cabin.
Three foreign men with guns immediately drew their guns and shouted at Zhou Xuan, but he ignored them. One of the men rushed forward and tried to hit Zhou Xuan on the head with the butt of his gun.
However, before his gun butt could hit Zhou Xuan's head, he cried out "Ouch!" and collapsed to the ground, his whole body trembling.
The two gunmen behind him rushed up and squatted down to ask the man what was going on, but he looked pale and as if he had fallen into an ice cave, and he couldn't even speak.
The two men quickly reached out to help the man, but recoiled as soon as their hands touched him, taking a great surprise.
The man was as cold as solid ice; no wonder he was trembling and unable to speak. In fact, he couldn't move at all.
Unaware of what was happening, the two armed men were shocked and turned their attention to Zhou Xuan, who was walking into the cabin. They immediately started shouting and pointing their guns at him.
Zhou Xuan couldn't understand what they were saying, but he knew that the two men were trying to scare him into stopping or they would shoot. However, he ignored them and walked straight into his cabin.
Without saying a word, the two men immediately pulled the trigger and fired, but the clicking of the firing pins rang out without any bullets being fired. At this moment, Zhou Xuan had already entered the cabin.