On the fifth day, the weather that had been sunny since arriving in Indonesia began to turn gloomy, which was exactly what Song Wenbin was feeling at this moment.
They searched for the reefs in a direction from the outer sea to the coast, and their current location was quite close to the city of Surabaya. Here, he had just finished exploring the last reef that Sutina had circled on the map.
However, for five whole days, he dived for more than ten hours every day, and his hands were swollen from being soaked in the sea. As a result, all he found was nothing but garbage.
Huo Yu was sitting on the hydrophilic platform next to him, with a bad expression on her face. She looked at several fishing boats not far away and said, "Let's go in first. I always feel that it's not very safe here."
Song Wenbin also saw the fishing boats nearby. They had been floating in the outer port of Surabaya for almost a week. No matter whether they were found or not, they could no longer stay here. After all, this is also a quite luxurious yacht, and staying in one place will definitely attract unnecessary attention.
The two put away the kayak, took off their wetsuits, and went to the yacht's bathroom to take a shower. When taking a bath, Song Wenbin was alone in the bathtub, feeling very worried.
If he couldn't find any valuable clues, he couldn't determine the location of the treasure, and his abilities were almost useless when facing this project. He couldn't talk to Dahai, and Dahai couldn't talk.
If no clues can be found, how can one submit a report?
Such a large-scale fund mobilization and such a high degree of freedom are enough to show that the higher-ups really value this batch of cultural relics and believe in his abilities. But for five days in a row, nothing was gained. If I returned to China like this, how could I make a business trip?
Irritated, he sighed deeply in the bathtub.
Nothing can be done.
After taking a shower, Song Wenbin sat on the deck at the stern of the ship, staring blankly at the gloomy sea. Su Tina and Huo Yu were sitting on the sofa not far away, their expressions very solemn.
"We have searched for more than a dozen rocks."
Huo Yu said: "If your records are correct and Zheng He's ship really ran aground in Surabaya, then there should be some traces."
"Six hundred years."
Song Wenbin sighed at the side: "The only way to make a fortune in this world is not to mention treasure hunting, but also to dig ancestral graves. I don't know how many cargo ships the Surabaya Port handles every year, and if there is anything, it has been salvaged long ago. How can we take turns? If we get it, in my opinion, we should stop the loss in time and return to China as soon as possible to stop those experts and scholars from thinking about it, so as not to cause greater losses."
"no."
Sutina said.
She had dark circles under her eyes, and her long fingers were stuck in her hair. Her long white flowing hair was messy at the moment.
"No?" Song Wenbin asked: "We have searched all the rocks we should look for. If we don't find any clues, we just haven't found any clues. What else can we do? We can't search the entire seabed. Even if we find them, we will die. You can definitely find it!”
"Since there are treasure hunters in the West who can find fragments of six-hundred-year-old cultural relics, it means that there must be someone very close to the place where Zheng He threw his treasure!" Sutina said: "There are people very close to them and we are giving up here? How is this possible? , I simply can’t imagine that one day after I returned to China, a news broke out that a Western treasure hunter found the Nine-Patterned Dragon Treasure Box and made a fortune. Let me tell you, if I saw this kind of news, I would definitely be ashamed. Suicidal!!"
Song Wenbin ruffled his hair vigorously and said irritably: "Then what should I do if I don't give up? I've done everything I can do now, so I can't look for it again. It's a complete waste of time."
"No...no...there must be an oversight somewhere."
Sutina scratched her head and said in annoyance: "There must be no problem according to the clues, but there must be something wrong, causing us to go in the wrong direction... It must be like this..."
Song Wenbin certainly didn't know what went wrong. He couldn't even read classical Chinese, let alone study the vast amounts of information. This kind of thing can probably only be left to Sutina.
Seeing the dark circles under Su Tina's eyes, Huo Yu knew that he could not find any clues. She had also been under a lot of pressure recently, so Huo Yu patted Su Tina on the shoulder and said softly: "Why don't you take a nap first and leave this place to us first? After all, This can’t be found in a day or two, right?”
Sutina stood up somewhat dullly, and was pulled by Huo Yu to walk towards the cabin in a daze. As she walked, she kept mumbling: "There must be something wrong, there must be something wrong..."
After Huo Yu took her to the guest room to rest, Song Wenbin also collapsed on the sofa. He was also physically and mentally exhausted after diving for so many days. It didn't take long for him to fall asleep.
Even in his dream, he seemed to be diving. The unfathomable seawater was squeezing him everywhere, making him unable to see the direction at all. He dreamed that after returning to China, he was surrounded by a group of people he had never met before and kept blaming him. He dreamed that he was blocked again, and this time, no one was willing to sign a contract with him. He even dreamed that he had no choice but to return home and was surrounded by his parents and uncles.
He didn't know how long the nightmare lasted. It wasn't until someone shook his shoulders violently that he suddenly woke up from his dream.
It turned out to be Huo Yu. She was kneeling on the sofa at the moment, wearing a loose shirt and looking at him with big eyes.
Song Wenbin was startled by her pale face. He covered his heart and gasped violently: "What are you doing! Are you so startled?"
"Are you having a nightmare?" Huo Yu asked.
"Leave me alone, it's such a late night..." Song Wenbin slowly recovered from the shock and said, "Why are you looking for me if you don't sleep?"
It was already dark now, and the surroundings were pitch black. There was only the slight sound of waves hitting the cabin, and everyone on the boat had gone to rest.
"Sutina said she found the problem." Huo Yu said.
Song Wenbin suddenly woke up from the nightmare and said, "Really? Take me there quickly."
Huo Yu took Song Wenbin down the stairs and came to the cabin shared by Su Tina and Huo Yu. In the dark night, the cabin was still brightly lit. There were a lot of information and data piled on the table and floor. Even There are also many ocean maps on the walls.
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Sutina was sitting under the light at the moment, staring at a laptop and murmuring: "So that's it... So that's it..."
Seeing Song Wenbin coming, she immediately waved to Song Wenbin and said, "Brother Song! I know...I know what went wrong!"
"Don't yell, everyone on the boat is asleep. It's not an easy day for everyone." Song Wenbin reminded.
Sutina then lowered her voice and said, "I found a problem."
"What...what went wrong?"
"I thought that six hundred years have passed and Indonesia is an area prone to volcanoes and earthquakes. In addition, the Solo River near Surabaya is one of the largest rivers in Indonesia."
"Then what?"
Sutina directly threw the notebook in his face, pointed to the two maps on the notebook and said: "This is the information I found on a foreign terrain evolution website. This is the terrain of Surabaya 600 years ago, and this is the terrain of Surabaya now. terrain."
Song Wenbin looked at the map and rubbed his eyes, "It's different?"
On the map, the ancient Indonesian terrain is obviously more fragmented and more rugged. The modern ones are more rounded and full.
"Yes! It's different! Due to the impact of the Solo River over the years, a large part of the impact plain has been formed inland. Therefore, the place where Zheng He ran aground may be inland today. Brother Song, we may have been carving a boat to find a sword. . Take today’s map and compare it with the accident six hundred years ago.”
When Song Wenbin heard Sutina's words, he was not excited at all. Instead, he felt even more tired and disappointed. He sighed longly, sat on Sutina's bed, and covered his head.
"Brother Song, are you unhappy?" Sutina asked confused.
Song Wenbin sighed: "Su Tina, first of all, let's not say that this is your conjecture. Secondly, even if the place where Zheng He once hit the rocks has changed into an inland area, it will be even more impossible for us to find the treasure.
Haven’t you seen the current situation in Surabaya? It's a modern city. What do you want me to do, run a metal detector along the road to see if there is a box sealed under reinforced concrete?
Impossible, Sutina. Urban development is a huge project. If the place where Zheng He ran into trouble was really inland, then the years of development in Surabaya would have been buried under high-rise buildings. If that was the case, we'd better give up as soon as possible. "
At this time, Huo Yu couldn't help but said: "Yes, Sutina. Calm down. Think about it, the location where those Western treasure hunters found the cultural relics was not inland. If they found it on the sea, then we We should also focus on the sea.”
The excitement on Sutina's face disappeared due to the words of her two colleagues, and she suddenly covered her face and sobbed softly.
"I'm sorry...I'm so useless..." She shrugged her shoulders, feeling extremely sad.
Seeing her like this, Huo Yu quickly stepped forward and patted her shoulder, wiped the corners of her eyes and said softly: "It's okay. This kind of thing is extremely difficult to do. I think looking at the whole world, there are not many people who can do it." It’s done, forget it if you can’t find it, let’s go back to China after having some fun in Indonesia, okay?”
Song Wenbin looked at the map in his notebook, thought for a moment, and then said: "But what Su Tina said is not completely unreasonable. Six hundred years have changed, and the sea has changed dramatically. No one can know what this place looked like six hundred years ago. But , I would say, let’s take a walk around the city, ask the local old men, or go to the city’s museum to see if there are any relevant records. Maybe the city itself also has memories about Zheng He. .”
Huo Yu also quickly echoed: "That's right. What if this city has a record of where Zheng He hit the rocks? That would save us a lot of time, wouldn't it?"
When Su Tina heard Song Wenbin's words, she stopped sobbing.
Song Wenbin said: "You should have a good rest first and stop reading the information. Let's go to Surabaya City for a walk tomorrow."
