To reach the island from Hawaii, you need to take a boat.
Sitting on a passenger ship that was obviously a converted motor ship, Zhu Yu saw many people like him carrying large bags to St. Mark's Island where the shipwreck ruins were discovered. Zhu Yu suddenly felt that this trip might have been a little rushed.
With so many people coming here, could it be a scam in itself?
The four of them sat together and listened to the discussions of some people in front and behind.
"I heard that someone found a jar of eighteenth-century gold coins on St. Maca Island yesterday, worth hundreds of thousands of dollars!"
"real or fake?"
"Of course it's true! I saw the video of the lucky guy holding the jar on the news, and I was so envious!"
"The ticket price to St. Mark's Island has now tripled! There are no empty seats on the boat every day. How many people are there on the island?"
"This is already past the peak period! More people came here some time ago, and the boat owner is making crazy money!"
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Listening to the discussions of these people, Zhu Yu felt more and more that this treasure hunt was probably a cover created by the local tourism department.
Even if not, at least the local authorities are taking advantage of this trend to attract tourists.
It seemed that almost all of these people were carrying diving equipment, and many simply carried metal detectors at hand, obviously intending to pick up something missing.
The seats were full, but the boat owner hadn't started the boat yet. Then some people squeezed directly into the cabin and stood in the aisle.
It wasn't until there was no more people to squeeze in that the boat started slowly and leisurely.
Zhu Yu was even worried about encountering bigger waves. If it really happened, the boat would definitely capsize!
Fortunately, although the ship moved slowly, it moved very steadily. It took more than an hour to reach the distance of more than ten nautical miles.
St. Mark's Island is not big, with a radius of only one kilometer. When the boat arrived at the simple pier, we saw a lot of people on the beach here.
There are also many people in the sea carrying diving equipment and diving looking for something.
As soon as they got off the boat, someone stopped the tourists who were getting off the boat and shouted loudly in imperfect English:
"Pay the money! If you want to hunt for treasure, you have to pay the money! One hundred dollars per person!"
"You are robbing money!"
"We are tourists, not here to hunt for treasure!" a white man holding a metal detector shouted confidently.
Then he was knocked to the ground by two locals, and the metal detector was taken away. In the end, he obediently handed over the money.
Just hand it over. Zhu Yu didn't say anything. After paying the money, he planned to find a place to stay first.
As a result, after walking around, I found that the island was already full of places to live.
Originally, there was only a small village of dozens of fishermen on the island. Now hundreds of people came all at once. Those who came first rented the empty houses in the village directly, while those who came later either pitched tents or slept in the open air.
Fortunately, it's a tropical place here, so you don't have to worry about freezing at night.
Cao Dalong turned around and came back, clicking his tongue and saying:
"Good boy! Renting a shabby tent now costs fifty dollars a night! Diving equipment even costs a thousand dollars a day! Someone opened a fast food stall here and made a lot of money!"
Because of Avrona's incident, Cao Dalong has now become much more proactive and more efficient.
"Then let's set up a tent." Zhu Yu looked around and said, "Find a place to rest first, and then ask for information."
The four of them found a spot about fifty meters away from the beach, took off their backpacks, took out their tents, and started camping.
Then a dark and thin local man came over and talked a lot. Zhu Yu could barely hear clearly, but he still wanted money.
The tents cost a hundred dollars each!
"These people are just crazy about money!" Cao Dalong complained, but he still paid - Zhu Yu was a little surprised that he took the initiative to pay.
Seeing Zhu Yu looking at him, Cao Dalong sneered:
"Boss, wasn't I wrong? Isn't this how to make up for it! We are here to hunt for treasures, not to vent our anger. Just pay the money. With the boss's luck, if you just find a gold coin, wouldn't this money be enough? Are you all back?"
Zhu Yu didn't expect that Cao Dalong was really going to flatter him, and he was quite nice in what he said.
But I don’t know if this glib talk can really be changed.
There are not only a large number of treasure-hunting men on the island, but also some treasure-hunting women, and women brought by the treasure-hunting men.
So there are not only people hunting for treasures with metal detectors on the beach, but also beauties wearing bikinis and sunbathing.
Zhu Yu and the four of them set up tents, Qin Fei cooked, while Zhu Yu Ranjie and Cao Dalong went to inquire about the news.
The three people came back from a circle and began to summarize the information.
Cao Dalong spoke:
"Let me say it first. The biggest good news is that no treasure hunting company or individual has found any treasures yet. The most found thing is the jar of gold coins we heard on the boat, but many people question this as a propaganda method by the locals.
The bad news is that there are too many companies and people coming. It is said that six of the top ten treasure salvage companies in the world have come. As for individuals, these days, according to local statistics, at least 7,000 people have come! There are now almost a thousand people on the island. "
This news is quite important, Zhu Yu nodded.
"I inquired about it and found that the shipwreck planks were first found in the north of the island. In addition to some broken ship planks, there are also ship's bow statues and a rusty bronze cannon. According to research, they were the ones on the galleons during the Spanish Navigation Period. thing.
There are currently seven salvage ships working on the north side of the island, but nothing has been discovered so far. "
Zhu Yu nodded and said:
"It's similar to what I heard. In addition, according to the locals on the island, there were indeed pirates stationed on this island a long time ago, but they were just small groups of pirates. I haven't heard of any hidden treasures. As for the sunken sailing ship, if it really is If it is the one advertised, there will be at least hundreds of thousands of gold coins and a so-called holy object on board."
"Then let's..." Cao Dalong's eyes lit up and he asked.
"Eat first, and then talk after eating." Zhu Yu felt that this matter was not that simple, so he couldn't be anxious now. Besides, there was no point in being anxious.
After the four of them ate in a hurry, Zhu Yu began to assign tasks:
"Qin Fei, you and Dalong will guard the tent first, while Ran Jie and I will go to the north beach to check out the situation."
With the eyes of the sky, on-site survey is the safest way.
A flash of disappointment flashed in Cao Dalong's eyes, but he still happily agreed.
Zhu Yu and Ran Jie walked towards the back of the island carrying large bags containing diving equipment.
The further north you go, the more people there are.
When he arrived at the beach to the north, Zhu Yu found that there were at least twice as many people here as there were on the east side where he was!
Although the beach is not full of people, you can encounter someone holding a metal detector within three or five steps.
From time to time, some people exclaimed that they had gained something, but in the end, what was dug out was either rubbish that rushed over, or some worthless stuff.
But the exclamations of these people attracted many people who were originally watching to join the treasure hunting team.
"Five hundred dollars for diving and one hundred dollars for treasure hunting on the beach. Go as soon as possible. There are five spots left, five spots!"
We are also collecting money here!
Zhu Yu listened to the two locals shouting, and while collecting money, he handed out an ordinary handwritten sign to the person who paid.
"Boss, do you want to go into the water?" Ran Jie scanned it and saw that there was basically no open space on the beach. On the contrary, there were not many people diving in the sea, so he asked Zhu Yu.
Zhu Yu didn't answer. He opened his eyes first and scanned the beach.
Huh?
Zhu Yu didn't expect that he would actually gain something!
But when he saw so many people on the beach, he noted down their locations and felt relieved, and then said to Ran Jie:
"Come on, let's go into the water and have a look."
He can see things clearly on the beach with his clairvoyance just by walking around. It’s hard to see things in the sea, so you have to go down to the sea.
Zhu Yu didn't disturb anything. He paid the money according to the rules, put on his diving equipment, and went into the water with Ran Jie. He randomly chose an uninhabited area and started diving.
The water is more than ten meters deep, and there are coral reefs on the seabed. There used to be some swimming fish, but recently there have been too many people diving nearby in search of treasures, and the swimming fish have been scared away. Only some small animals hiding on the sandy bottom occasionally show their heads.
Zhu Yu and Ran Jie dived into the water and searched around. Zhu Yu opened his eyes, but found that there was nothing nearby.
Occasionally, metal appears in the sand at the bottom of the water, but it is also modern garbage or small objects left by tourists.
However, Zhu Yu's current intention was not to really find the treasure, but to practice diving.
After diving underwater for a while, when he came up, he took off his blindfold and looked at the salvage ship in the distance. Zhu Yu wanted to go over and have a look, but considering his current diving skills, he decided not to do it.
After taking a circle in the shallow water area, Zhu Yu and Ran Jie planned to go back.
However, these hundreds of dollars could not be wasted. Zhu Yu simply started searching on the bottom of the sea. Although he was empty-handed, he had the presence of clairvoyance and quickly found two large lobsters. He also fished out two flounders from under the sand at the bottom of the water. Go ashore.
It's worth the price of admission.
Some treasure hunters on the beach were surprised to see Zhu Yu and the others carrying diving equipment ashore and catching fish and lobsters in their hands.
Zhu Yu and Ran Jie ignored them. They were both very strong and returned to the tent with their diving equipment.
"You guys cook first, I'll go take a look around." Zhu Yu put away his diving equipment and walked toward the beach.
From time to time, metal detectors go off on the beach, and then someone digs up, and most of what they dig out is garbage. These people throw away the garbage, and the seawater carries the sand and buries these things, and then they are discovered by the next person. …
What goes around comes around.
Zhu Yu Tianqi's eyes were searching while walking.
There is nothing eye-catching in this area.
"Hey, handsome guy!" A white girl in a swimsuit greeted Zhu Yu.
Zhu Yu nodded at her.
This is a girl with about six and a half looks, but big breasts, and she looks quite confident.
Zhu Yu glanced at her thoughts and walked past her casually.
"Handsome boy, why don't we come and bask in the sun together? I'm very good at applying massage oil!" The girl didn't expect that Zhu Yu would ignore her. She was stunned for a moment, and then spoke proactively, sticking out her tongue and licking her lips.
"Your boyfriend has no time to pay attention to you?" Zhu Yu suddenly said, "Are you planning to use this method to attract your boyfriend's attention, and then proudly watch two men fight for you?"
The girl was stunned, she really had this intention.
When Zhu Yu told her, she glanced at her boyfriend, a tall young white man, guiltily.
Zhu Yu strolled over and said to the young man who was playing with the metal detector:
"Hey man, hi there!"
The young man looked up, a little confused.
"Your girlfriend wants to seduce me, you have to take care of her!" Zhu Yu pointed at the girl.
The young man's face suddenly turned red, and he immediately said to Zhu Yu:
"Thank you, you are an honest man!"
After saying that, he threw the metal detector aside and walked towards the girl angrily.
Undoubtedly, in this respect, Zhu Yu is a stingy person.
Temporarily acting as a melon-eater, he smiled happily and continued to move forward.
After walking a long way, I looked back and saw that the man and woman were still arguing.
Not bad.
Feeling much better, Zhu Yu continued to open his eyes and search.
Zhu Yu moved very quickly and circled the entire island. In the end, he found that except for the special point on the north side of the island, there were no other targets worth exploring.
It's not that there isn't, it's that it's not necessary.
It seems that apart from this, the rest is the sea.
Nothing was found in the shallow water near the beach, so Zhu Yu finally circled back to the tent.
"Let's eat first. After eating, we will divide into two groups and take turns to go into the sea. Not to find things, but to practice our diving skills. At the same time, we will observe the salvage boats to see if they have harvested anything." Zhu Yu looked at what was being done. said the three people grilling lobster.
"Okay." The three of them agreed in unison.
After eating in the envious eyes of everyone, Zhu Yu and Ran Jie stayed, while Qin Fei and Cao Dalong went out for diving.
At this time someone came over and asked:
"Hey, man, can you help make a meal? We will provide the ingredients and you can eat together!"
"No." Zhu Yu refused directly.
Are you kidding me, asking myself a billionaire to cook for them?
The white young man didn't expect Zhu Yu to refuse, and his expression suddenly turned bad.
However, Ran Jie and Zhu Yu looked like they were not easy to mess with, so they complained and turned around to leave.
Zhu Yu tied a hammock to the tree next to the tent and rested.
After a while, there was a noise. Zhu Yu opened his eyes and found that Ran Jie was negotiating with someone. He tried his best to keep the noise down.
But the man who was supposed to be a local was making a lot of noise and didn't listen to Ran Jie at all.
After Zhu Yu heard it for a while, he understood. This local is here to collect money.
What do you charge? Hammock money!
Zhu Yu suddenly became angry.
It doesn’t matter if it costs money to set up a tent, but it also costs money to hang a hammock next to the tent?
"Ran Jie, drive this person away!" Zhu Yu could see that this person was either here to defraud money, or he was deceived into looking for trouble for himself.
Can't get used to it!
Ran Jie had seen that Zhu Yu was not popular every time and always paid as required, so he thought that Zhu Yu might be the same this time.
I didn't expect Zhu Yu to be so "angry" about getting up!
But he's had enough, these people are clearly extorting money regardless of charging fees!
"Let's go, we won't pay the money!" Ran Jie simply refused.
The man was a little confused.
Why are you being so polite and suddenly not giving me anything?
He suddenly became angry, but in Zhu Yu's opinion, it all seemed like a bluff.
"Just wait for me, I'll send someone to go! Don't even think about hunting for treasure here!" The man was shorter than Ran Jie and couldn't be beaten. He left with a few words.
