Chapter 410: Royal Treasure!
Treasures from shipwrecks have been coveted by countless treasure hunters and explorers since ancient times.
The seabed is a world full of mystery and unknown.
For countless centuries, the treasures that sank to the bottom of the sea were as brilliant as the stars in the sky.
"Treasure... shipwreck treasure!"
Su Xia's eyes lit up. Thinking of the countless treasures that might exist there and her own poverty, she quickly made a decision.
Now that we are here, of course we have to get some treasure before we leave!
He snapped his fingers, letting the mechanical arm in the cabin release the clam, and said, "I am a man of my word. If you can really lead me to a valuable shipwreck treasure, I will only take half of your pearl, and you can keep the other half for yourself."
"Okay, okay, it's a deal."
The big clam was afraid that Su Xia would go back on his word, so he immediately sent out mental fluctuations.
The treasure in the shipwreck was of no use to him. After all, he couldn't take the gold and silver to spend it on land.
His body shook a few times, as if he was a little anxious, conveying his intention.
"Let me out, I'll lead the way for you."
"good."
Su Xia nodded and looked at Sarah.
Sarah understood and immediately waved her hand, and the cabin door slowly closed.
Then the two returned to the front of the submarine and sat down.
Sarah smiled and said to Su Xia, "Captain, you should not easily believe the words of any creature. Most Zerg creatures are stupid, but this kind of sea clam is not one of the majority. They are weak in themselves, so in order to survive, they have to evolve a good intelligence... The sea clam just now has an IQ no lower than that of an adult."
"I see."
Su Xia was very calm and not worried about being cheated.
So what if the giant sea clam runs away?
With the help of the life-sensing glasses, there was no way that guy could escape from his field of vision.
"Captain, I put a tracker on him," Sarah chuckled.
"Oh? That would save a lot of trouble."
At this moment, the giant sea clam has been released from the submarine and returned to the deep sea.
He did not dare to regret it. After all, he knew his own strength and speed. He came to the front of the submarine and led the way for the two.
His clam shell opened and closed at a moderate speed, and his charred black body rose and fell in the sea water.
"This way."
Although separated by sea water and submarine glass, he could still transmit his mental fluctuations to Su Xia. This talent was quite impressive.
On the display screen in front of the left side of Su Xia's seat, there was a small red dot flashing, which was the real-time feedback from the tracker.
The water flow on the seabed is slow, deep and calm.
As it moved slowly forward, the entire submarine seemed to blend into the seabed, becoming a special marine fish and did not cause panic among other sea creatures.
Nearby, ugly little fish were swimming along with the submarine. They were silvery-white in color and only the size of a palm. They seemed to want to hang on to the submarine and use its power to move forward.
Not far away, a giant octopus waved its tentacles and swam leisurely in the sea.
"Brother Octopus seems to be leisurely." Su Xia stared at the big octopus.
It is said that there are giant octopuses and squids hundreds of meters long in the deep sea. There have even been fishing boats dragged to the bottom of the sea by terrifying tentacles. Some people have also seen strange shadows in the deep sea, but there is no actual information about these.
During the time that Su Xia was in the seabed, she didn't see any creature that was even slightly larger.
After moving forward for more than 20 minutes, a spiritual wave came from the big clam: "It's not far ahead."
"good."
Su Xia became focused and stared at the area ahead carefully.
The sea water here is still a little turbid and blurry, with grayish-white particles and debris floating in the water, which is particularly conspicuous under the submarine's lights.
Su Xia vaguely saw a piece of rotten wreckage in the distance ahead.
He narrowed his eyes and concentrated, and as the submarine moved forward, he could see more and more clearly.
"It really is a shipwreck, but I don't know what era it is from. We need to get closer." Su Xia said to himself.
The first thing that catches your eye is the rusty bow of the ship. It has been corroded by sea water, and the surface is rotten, presenting a decayed iron gray color.
The deck was dusty and tattered, and the rotten railings around it were hung with fluttering sea plants.
It is like the long-rotted corpse of a giant beast, lying quietly on the turbid seabed, allowed to be eroded and gnawed by the years, and has long lost its original appearance.
Like many underwater reefs, it has become home to marine animals in the area.
It can be seen that the rusty surface of the hull is covered with pieces of calcareous shells, which are a kind of underwater parasites. They hide inside the shells, as if they have become one with the ship and are inseparable.
There were a few gray-yellow starfish crawling on the deck, and some small fish swimming in and out of the tattered cabins and windows, leisurely and contentedly.
After getting closer, Su Xia saw the huge port and starboard anchors, as well as the long anchor chain. These heavy metal structures had not been completely corroded, but they were in a mess.
"This is it." The sea clam sent out spiritual fluctuations, indicating that there was an inconceivable treasure in the ship.
Perhaps fearing that Su Xia would not believe him, he added: "There are more than ten rooms on the third deck below, and each room is filled with boxes of treasures... The iron lock of one of the boxes was corroded and broken. I accidentally went in once and saw a lot of gold coins inside... If every box is filled with gold coins, you can imagine the overall value of this ship ..."
His mental fluctuations were intermittent and he seemed to be struggling.
After listening to his description, Su Xia touched his chin and thought seriously.
A box of gold coins is already amazing.
If there really are more than ten rooms, and each room is filled with boxes of gold coins, then this underwater trip will make him completely rich, and his wealth will increase more than tenfold.
"Strange, so many gold coins sunk here, but there is no relevant record." Su Xia simply searched for information about the treasure of shipwrecks in this world and couldn't help but feel a little confused.
Could it be that there was only a box of gold coins, and it just happened to be seen by this big sea clam?
Or maybe it wasn't gold, but another similar metal?
"Although this clam is smart, it is not a human being after all, and has no means of judgment. It probably can't even tell the difference between brass and gold."
You know, there are many special alloys that look similar to gold, and some humans can't even tell the difference, let alone clams that live on the seabed.
Su Xia used his metal sensing ability to carefully sense the interior of the rotten shipwreck in front of him. He indeed sensed the presence of a large amount of metal.
At this moment, a system prompt suddenly popped up in front of Su Xia.
[Sunny Voyage: An ordinary cruise ship from the Western Continent, built 101 years ago, first sailed 99 years ago, sank 96 years ago, and no one knows where it sank...]
According to the description, this ship was a cruise ship from the Western Continent. It only sailed for three years and finally sank in the southern waters of this Central Continent.
Fortunately, this is an ironclad ship, not a wooden ship, so it is generally well preserved.
"It's just an ordinary cruise ship." Su Xia frowned. He had always thought that it was a private ship of a wealthy man, so the probability of it containing treasure was greater in that case.
Sarah smiled and said, "Captain, we can send our exploration robot to take a look."
Su Xia nodded: "Okay, let's do it!"
There is a special cabin under this submarine, which contains more than a dozen deep-sea exploration robots with different functions.
Under Sarah's control, several of the robots were activated at the same time, then lowered into the sea and began exploring the shipwreck ahead.
Soon, several small robots approached the deck of the shipwreck, and soon they followed the passage into the interior of the shipwreck.
At the same time, real-time images sent back by them appeared in the submarine.
The interior of the shipwreck is similar to the outside. It has long been corroded by sea water and is a dead gray. Occasionally, some marine life can be seen swimming in the cabin.
[Entering the second deck, real-time images are being transmitted to you]
[Entering the third deck, we are preparing for you...]
【……】
The small exploration robots separated inside the shipwreck and explored different areas one by one.
Therefore, the display screen in front of Su Xia was divided into several different images.
The interior of the entire ship was explored bit by bit, and the staff room, staff restaurant, entertainment venue, control room, engine room, kitchen, etc. were all in view and presented in sequence.
Many cabins are in a mess, while some have retained their basic original appearance, giving one a glimpse of the bustling scene when the ship was sailing on the sea.
On the three decks mentioned by Dabang, there are more than twenty suites, all for tourists to stay in.
A small robot entered the corridor of this deck, and the images it sent back were slightly blurry, mainly because of the turbid sea water.
[Entering the room to explore...]
He had already opened the door to the first suite.
What appeared on the screen were scattered small boxes one after another. Each box was the size of a basketball. Some were on the floor of the room, and some were in collapsed cabinets.
The surface of these small boxes is covered with a layer of flocculent seabed dust and residue, making them gray and their true appearance unclear.
The entry of the small robot disturbed several creatures that were resting in the room. They were several octopuses. They huddled in the corner of the room, gently shaking their tentacles twice, and seemed not to care.
[Calculating quantity...]
In the picture, a small red circle appeared on each box.
After a moment, there were a total of twenty-five small circles, representing twenty-five boxes.
The little robot stretched out its alloy arm, slowly picked up one of the boxes, wiped off the dust on the surface of the box, and shook it in the sea water. The water surged, revealing the box's original appearance.
The picture suddenly became much more turbid, and there were more floc-like residues in the water, all of which were grayish white and danced with the surging sea water, greatly affecting the visual experience.
After a while, as the flocs settled, the picture gradually became clear.
This box is very delicate. Although its exterior has been corroded by sea water, you can still vaguely see the golden iris pattern engraved on its surface, which seems to be the symbol of a royal family in the Western Continent.
With a click, the little robot broke the lock on the surface of the box.
"It's unboxed." Su Xia looked focused, staring at the screen quietly.
This box, which had been sealed for nearly a hundred years, was violently opened today.
In the picture, the sea water was rippling and the items in the box appeared in front of Su Xia.
Those were actually gold coins engraved with iris patterns!
Under the searchlight of the little robot, every gold coin sparkled as if it had just been minted, shining the light of wealth in the sea, making people unable to take their eyes away.
"Sarah, let the little robot bring the box back." Su Xia's eyes lit up and she said to Sarah.
"Okay." Sarah smiled.
The small robot closed the box and carried the treasure away from the third deck at a very fast speed. It arrived outside the shipwreck in a short while and quickly approached the location of the submarine.
Soon, there was a buzzing sound, and the submarine shook slightly, bringing the small robot into the cabin.
The cabin was then sealed and the seawater inside was quickly drained.
"Captain, that's enough, come and see the treasure." Sarah said with a smile.
"Um."
Su Xia stood up from her chair, bent over , walked to the middle of the submarine, and came to the corresponding hatch.
The hatch opened, and a stench of rotten sea water blew in the air. The box was in the center of the cabin, being controlled by two mechanical arms and slowly delivered to Su Xia.
Su Xia put on translucent gloves, twisted her neck, exhaled a few times, and then placed her hands on the box.
“Crack—”
With a little effort, he opened the box.
The lock of the box had been broken by the small robot, and as it opened, rusty metal fragments fell out.
Inside the box, there were gold coins, wet with sea water, which was more intuitive than the images sent back by the small robot before.
Su Xia picked up a gold coin. It felt cold and heavy.
[Golden Iris Coin: Made of pure gold, very valuable, once exclusive to the Iris Empire of the Western Continent, a symbol of royalty and wealth]
The iris pattern engraved on the surface of the gold coin shines brightly, as if telling the former glory of the empire.
"Iris Empire..."
Su Xia pondered, looking at the gold coin, the history of this planet emerging in his mind.
There are no empires on this planet anymore.
It did exist in the past. It was nominally a "constitutional monarchy", but the king and the royal family had great power, and the people of the empire also respected the royal family very much.
Those empires are basically located in the Western Continent.
Later, war broke out, and those empires were destroyed in battles with the mechanical race. The royal families of some empires died collectively, and even the monarchs carried guns to the battlefield, and in the end not even a trace of their bloodline was left.
The last monarch of the Iris Empire was a legendary figure and the ace pilot of the empire at that time. He personally flew a fighter plane and shot down thirteen mechanical flying creatures. Thirteen golden irises representing honor were engraved on his exclusive fighter plane.
He fought with his people until the last moment, until the capital was breached and the fighter plane he was flying crashed in the smoke.
The records of the Iris royal family also stopped at the moment when his fighter plane crashed.
The war destroyed many and buried many.
"I never thought I would see something from the Iris Empire here." Su Xia sighed, "A hundred years ago, the Iris Empire was at its most powerful."
In the era when this shipwreck occurred, the sea was filled with steam, and there were countless merchant ships, passenger ships, and naval vessels traveling to and from various places. The whole world seemed prosperous.
At that time, the imperial warships crisscrossed the seas, and irises bloomed wherever the sun shone.
In this light, it is normal for this cruise ship from the Western Continent to sink in the southern waters of the Central Continent. It was most likely requisitioned by the royal family at that time.
"Captain, roughly speaking, there are about 20 kilograms of gold coins in this box." Sarah chuckled and counted, "There are a total of 25 boxes in that room. You can start imagining the life of a rich man."
“Yeah, that’s right!”
Su Xia also smiled and gently put the gold coin into her pocket.
He can be considered a wealthy man, but he has never really enjoyed the life of a rich man. His living conditions now are similar to before, and he is reluctant to order too expensive dishes when eating in the cafeteria.
"From now on, you can buy two cups of soy milk for breakfast, drink one and pour one..."
Su Xia shook her head again and said, "Forget it, it's too wasteful, let's just have one cup."
He closed the box, turned around and walked back to the cockpit, sitting back in the main driver's chair.
Looking at the dead gray shipwreck in front of her, Su Xia's eyes lit up slightly.
“Keep unpacking!”
