Sacrifice of Grave Robbers

Chen Yu was worried about his father and applied to go into the water. Ma Wenqing wanted to help Chen Yu find Chen Sen and also wanted to see the sunken ship, so he followed him life and death. In addition, five archaeological team members from the research institute, three soldiers, and ten people put on diving suits , Jumping into the water with an oxygen cylinder on his back.

The further down, the greater the pressure and the more strenuous the movements. Chen Yu carefully controlled his breathing to avoid the situation where he had to go back early due to insufficient oxygen.

Surrounded by silence and darkness, Chen Yu closely followed the moving direction of the only underwater search light ahead, which was the light in Du Gang's hand.Gradually, a large number of coral reefs began to spread around, vaguely like a fortress, and everyone became more cautious in their movements.

At this time, the lights in front stopped, and Du Gang turned around and made a gesture.Only then did they realize that they had arrived at the location of the wreck.Two more people turned on the search lights, and Chen Yu took out the paratrooper knife. Since someone is missing, this place should not be safe.A group of people looked up, even though they couldn't speak in the water, they were still shocked.The dark and huge shadow is like a monster dormant in the coral reefs.Compared with the boat hidden in the darkness, the dozen or so people were really insignificant.

This is the shipwreck 2000 years ago!Staying here for so many years is nothing short of a miracle.

Chen Yu swam around to observe the surroundings. The ship just sank on a relatively flat rock formation on the seabed, and from the direction they were facing, the ship did not seem to have suffered serious damage.

Everyone circled the boat for a while, only to find that there was a three-person-wide hole in the hull, and the surrounding environment was somewhat familiar. This should be the place where the archaeological team members entered the sunken ship in the video.

The six archaeologists got together and gestured with their hands, probably discussing whether to go in immediately.

Chen Yu slowly approached the sunken ship, lit up the waterproof flashlight to observe, the black hull was eroded by water into layers of surfaces, and the gaps were covered with gray and white sea grime.If you look closely, there are still many aquatic plants or marine microorganisms attached to it and become part of the sunken ship.

The material of this sunken ship must be quite good, and after so many years, it can still maintain its basic shape.Chen Yu sighed, looking behind him, Du Gang and others were checking the hull and taking pictures outside.

Something was wrong, something was missing.Chen Yu quickly looked around again and found that Ma Wenqing had disappeared.He was anxious, and then thought of Ma Wenqing's carefree character, turned around and swam to the hole of the sunken ship, and sure enough, he found a person wearing a diving suit walking in.Chen Yu greeted Du Gang who was a little further away, and went into the cabin.

If it wasn't in the water, Du Gang would have to scold people, how could they be so bold.There was no other way now, he could only greet the archaeologists and the three soldiers to come in from the cave.

The inside is quite huge, and compared to the outside, a thicker darkness surrounds everyone.At that time, the inside was not empty, and wherever the flashlight could reach, there were boxes half a meter square, with several floors, almost reaching the roof of the cabin.

Some of the boxes were damaged on the outside, revealing the contents inside. Chen Yu walked in and took a closer look. They were clay pots with exquisite shapes, and there were two four-legged beasts crouching on the pots as ears.The flashlight shone in through the cracks in the box, and there were probably pots, bowls, bowls, cups and other utensils inside, with water ripples and scratches carved on them.

Just as he was fascinated by looking at these strangely shaped jars, someone touched his arm, and when he looked up, it was Ma Wenqing who came in first.Ma Wenqing motioned for Chen Yu to follow him, and Chen Yu walked a few more steps inside, and saw two other boxes, one of which exposed gold wares, most of which were wine utensils, and also had slender chains, obviously the last group The archaeological team also found this box of valuables, and the damaged part of the box was fixed with brackets and wooden strips; the other box next to the gold was full of dark things, and it was simply surrounded by a circle to prevent it from being damaged. The box fell apart completely.

Ma Wenqing didn't look at it too much, but Chen Yu squinted his eyes and looked thoughtfully for a long time, and found that the black thing was shaped like an ornament, or an animal, or a small kneeling figure, and the big and small pieces were all black. almost color.Chen Yu looked at it for a while, then suddenly took Ma Wenqing's hand, and wrote a word in the palm of his hand: Yu.

Ma Wenqing didn't understand it at first, so after reacting, he immediately discarded the box of gold wares, and leaned over to look at these dark things. Gold has a price and jade has no price. If this is really jade, its value is simply incalculable.Ma Wenqing put on gloves, took out a small item lightly, took out a chamois cloth from his pocket and wiped it lightly. After the black was removed, it was almost transparent milky white.Ma Wenqing's eyes lit up, and he immediately squatted in front of the jade box, reluctant to leave.

Although they already knew that the sunken ship was full of cultural relics from the Qin and Han Dynasties, several archaeologists were immediately overwhelmed by the exquisite and ingenious artifacts in front of them, wandering around among the boxes to take pictures.The three soldiers followed the archaeological team and kept looking around, looking for traces left by the previous archaeological team. Unfortunately, this is in the water, and the archaeological team attaches great importance to not destroying the site of cultural relics. Except for the messy footprints on the ground, there is no Can't find anything else.

Chen Yu found that this cabin was very huge, and the light from the searchlights on the side of the few people could not illuminate a few meters at all, and the front, left and right were all dark.He glanced back at the people who were taking pictures, turned around and walked deeper. Chen Yu was really worried about his father's safety.

Of course, there are still countless boxes on both sides, and the quiet and weird seabed seems to be walking in another world.

The footprints on the ground disappeared, and Chen Yu moved his flashlight upwards, and found that he had reached the hatch of another cabin.After watching for two seconds, Chen Yu suddenly raised his hand towards the door.With a creak, the door didn't open, but there was something extra in his hand.

It turned out to be a mobile phone wrapped in a plastic bag, Chen Yu frowned, and stuffed the mobile phone into his bag.This method of hiding things on the door is unique to the Chen family.If it wasn't the Chen family who opened the door, the phone would never have been found.

At this time, someone grabbed Chen Yu's arm severely.

He hurriedly turned his head, but saw Du Gang standing behind him. If his face was not inside the helmet, Chen Yu believed that he would be able to see Du Gang's extremely black and blue face.Maybe Du Gang misunderstood that he was going to guard the door, so Chen Yu hurriedly made an apologetic gesture.

Du Gang grabbed Chen Yu with all his strength and swam back, joined the crowd, and pointed to the top with his finger, signaling to go back first.A group of about ten people came out of the cave, swam out of the water, and immediately saw the sky full of stars.

After returning to the boat and taking off their diving suits, the archaeological team was still very excited to report the situation to Professor An. Chen Yu looked behind and mostly described the underwater situation and some photos or videos. According to these preliminary judgments, the cabin The utensils may include copper, iron, gold and silver, jade, lacquer, pottery and so on.Chen Yu watched the meeting and saw that there was no discovery of missing persons, so he took Ma Wenqing back to the house and took out the cell phone in the plastic bag from his bag.

"What, you recorded something in the sea? The function of the mobile phone is good." Ma Wenqing watched Chen Yu carefully open the bag and took out the mobile phone, and couldn't help but teased.

Chen Yu gave Ma Wenqing a look, and said: "This is not my mobile phone, I got it on the sunken ship." Then, Chen Yu talked about the origin of the mobile phone, and finally said: "So, this mobile phone may be left for me. Otherwise there would be no such coincidence."

Ma Wenqing nodded again and again, and asked Chen Yu to check the number and things in the phone that could prove his identity.

As a result, when they saw the mobile phone number, both of them felt strange, but at the same time familiar.

"I must have seen this number before." Ma Wenqing said firmly.

"Wait, I remembered." Chen Yu's face became more flustered, and he hurriedly took out his mobile phone, turned to the caller ID, and the call he received at Qiao Yi's house in the middle of the night was this number.

"It's really waiting for me here..." Chen Yu frowned and looked at the silver mobile phone. This mobile phone is very ordinary, but it looks new at first glance. Even the address book only has Chen Yu's number.

"Damn, how much this person loves you. You are the only one in the entire address book. Huh? There is a recording here." Ma Wenqing flipped through the phone and said suddenly, then reached out and pressed the play button, the quiet cabin Inside, there is actually another Morse code.

Ma Wenqing once recorded the codes received by Chen Yu's mobile phone, which will be used for comparison, but the two Morse codes are obviously not the same.

The two looked at each other, and Ma Wenqing's face became serious, and he said: "This is very strange, the phone seems to be waiting for you here, I am sure you will come, and you will go to that door. And the code seems to be for you It’s a pity that none of us understand it, so we have to ask Master Qiao to translate it for us.”

Chen Yu also agreed, first of all, he must find out what message was left on the phone.However, contact Qiao Yi?Chen Yu hesitated for a moment, and said to Ma Wenqing: "Our mobile phones don't have signal now. If you want to contact him, you can only use the communication system equipped with GPS on the ship. Go ahead."

Ma Wenqing glanced at Chen Yu inexplicably. Chen Yu had always been in touch with Qiao Yi, but seeing that Chen Yu looked a little tired, Ma Wenqing still picked up his mobile phone and said, "It's fine, then you can take a good rest tonight, and tomorrow we will I’m still going into the water, and I’ll let you know if I have any news.”

Seeing that Ma Wenqing had left, Chen Yu fell on the bed. He raised his hand and trembled uncontrollably. If Du Gang hadn't arrived in time, he might have opened the hatch.There might be a secret of everyone's disappearance in it.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in." Chen Yu looked towards the door, and it was indeed the sullen Du Gang.The corners of Chen Yu's mouth curled up, he was still lying lazily on the bed, and asked softly, "What's the matter with Assistant Du?"

Du Gang glared at Chen Yu angrily, and said after a long time: "You two don't have to go down tomorrow."

"Why?" Chen Yu raised his eyebrows.

"You can't help with anything, you will only cause trouble! Let us distract you from taking care of you. I want to make it clear to you that archeology is a very serious matter, not hunting for treasures! And your handy friend, I We must rule out the possibility of destroying the cultural relics of the Qin Dynasty in our own hands because of stupidity." Du Gang finished his speech sharply, paused, and then said: "If you want to see it, I will take the photo back, just It's decided."

"I'm afraid it won't work." Chen Yu said lightly: "If you think we are a little reckless, I apologize, and the two of us will definitely act together with you in the future. Don't worry, the two of us can protect ourselves; It will not destroy cultural relics." Chen Yu stared at Du Gang with warm eyes, and suddenly smiled: "Also, I remember that in the photos you took back, there was a wrong gold-embedded turquoise Suzaku ring cup, which shows that this sunken ship is Western Han Dynasty, not Qin Dynasty."

Du Gang's face was red and white. He knew that the ship should be from the Qin Dynasty, and most likely from the Han Dynasty.In order to highlight the importance of these cultural relics, he frightened Chen Yu, and then talked about Qin Chao, but he didn't expect this kid to be an expert.Du Gang seemed to think of something, his face was a little ugly, he glanced outside, and asked in a low voice: "Are you dealers in cultural relics?"

Chen Yu froze for a moment, then smiled and shook his head, "Don't worry, Wenqing and I will never have any idea about those cultural relics. We came here because of another matter." However, if you know the identities of Ma Wenqing and me, Horror Du Gang's face is even uglier than the cultural relics dealer.

"What's the matter?" Du Gang continued to ask.

Chen Yu pursed his lips and looked at Du Gang for a while, and saw that he was standing by the bed very persistently. If he didn't answer, he might not be able to rest for a while, so he said, "I saw the foreign employee surnamed Chen recorded in the work diary. Are you an expert, the person who prevented the last group of archaeological teams from opening the back cabin is my father, I'm coming to find him."

Du Gang looked at Chen Yu in astonishment for a while. In all his suspicions, Chen Yu and Ma Wenqing both had ugly purposes and obscene images. He did not expect that the reality was too simple and normal.

After being silent for a while, the aloofness and slight contempt in Du Gang's eyes disappeared, and he said, "Go to bed early." Then he went out.

Chen Yu looked up and sighed. Although he didn't lie to Du Gang, it would be really embarrassing if his identity was exposed.When Ma Wenqing comes back later, he must tell him not to take anything from the sunken ship.

Early the next morning, Professor An got everyone ready to go into the water together.Yesterday they had studied the photos and videos brought back by the archaeologists, had a preliminary understanding of the general structure of the sunken ship and the conditions inside, and decided to formally launch into the water today to search for people.

A soldier and an archaeological team were left to respond, and the archaeological team could also get in touch with the underwater people or the Beijing Research Institute at any time through the GPS communication system.The rest put on a full set of diving equipment and went into the water.

Because I came here once yesterday, this time I quickly found the sunken ship, and the scattered wooden boxes were simply fixed.Because the goal is to find people, this time without much effort, everyone came to the rear hatch.

The team members at the front turned their heads to look at Professor An. Professor An gestured for him to open the hatch, and everyone took up self-defense weapons, especially those soldiers, who carried their guns and took aim.The man fiddled with the door for a long time, but the door still didn't open.

The hatch was covered with bronze edges, and the inside of the sunken ship could not be damaged at will. Facing the closed hatch, everyone was helpless.Ma Wenqing pushed Chen Yu, and Chen Yu stepped forward to make two gestures to Professor An.

Professor An and the archaeological team were very surprised. Ever since Chen Yu and Ma Wenqing came, although they were chatting and laughing with them, they had the same thoughts as Du Gang, and they didn't expect to be able to help them.

Professor An patted Chen Yu on the shoulder and motioned for the person at the door to get out of the way. Chen Yu thought of the cell phone. Since the door was locked by Chen's family, and there are few traps that can be set up underwater, there should be no danger. .Chen Yu moved a few levers casually, and the door slowly opened from the middle.

Then Chen Yu felt a cold light flash in front of him, and it was already very difficult to avoid it.Fortunately, Ma Wenqing came to escort every time. He had sharp eyes and found the hidden weapon earlier than even Chen Yu. He immediately blocked a wooden board in front of Chen Yu and pulled Chen Yu back.

"Pfft!" After three soft beeps, everyone realized what had happened.

Chen Yu stood up from Ma Wenqing in embarrassment, took the wooden board and saw that there were three bronze crossbow arrows. He walked quickly to the door wearing gloves and took out a small bronze crossbow. The top weapon in the Warring States period should be something in the sunken ship.

But, didn't the Chen family who opened the cabin door take the crossbow?Is it really Chen Sen who left Chen Yu's phone?

Chen Yu was stunned for a while, handed the crossbow to Professor An, and then looked inside the door to see what would make the previous team regret opening the door.

Behind the door, it may still be huge and empty, dark.Under the light of Chen Yu's flashlight, he could see the situation within four or five meters nearby, and then everyone by the door froze there.

Inside, there is a thick layer, full of bones.Against this background, the cabin at the back suddenly felt a little gloomy, Chen Yu frowned and took a step forward, squatting down by the door.Looking closely at those skulls, leg bones, etc., I found that the bones were obviously not from adults, but from children in their teens at most.Why is the rear cabin full of bones?

Obviously, judging from the structure and design of the hull, this shipwreck is not a shipwreck burial among sea burials.If it was the people on the boat at that time, could it be that the boat was full of children?

At this time, many people also followed the door and looked inside.The size of the back cabin is estimated to be about the same as the front one. There are unimaginably many skeletons on the ground, but almost all of them are the skeletons of minors.Stepping on this mountain of bones, everyone felt a little uncomfortable, but there was no place to stay in the back cabin, and they had to go forward in order to find someone.

Everyone walked in with a heavy heart. In order to search more carefully, everyone's flashlights were turned on. Several soldiers also tightly held the guns in their hands, as if they were afraid that something dangerous would appear in the dark water.

Something seemed to flash across Chen Yu's field of vision, the character was not tall, it seemed to be a child... Chen Yu's face turned pale, and he quickly turned to look, only to find that it was still pitch black and there was nothing at all.

At this time, someone pulled his arm, Chen Yu was startled, turned around and found that it was Ma Wenqing.Ma Wenqing pulled him to squat down, and gestured to the ground with his hand.There are still bones here, but some bones are not gray and white, but dark.

Chen Yu picked it up and looked at it, and was also stunned. It was blood.

Many people found bloodstains, and everyone was nervous and uneasy. Maybe they would soon find out the clues left by the previous team, but with so much blood, would there be any casualties?

At this moment, there was a sound in the quiet cabin.

It was the cry of a child, floating and flickering, in the dark.Everyone immediately felt creepy.Especially the female archaeologists, they were almost so frightened that their hands and feet went limp.

Although in the water, the cry was so clear, moving from the dark place to the hatch, and then gradually went to the front cabin.

Chen Yu thought of the shadow of the child just now, and his hands and feet began to feel cold.Although I have entered the ancient tomb twice, I am still nervous.