After listening to Qi Shaowen's explanation, Tang Zheng began to understand the whole story.
This skeleton was salvaged from the ruins of a shipwreck. The salvage operation had cost the company a lot of effort and even cost a few people.
This skeleton was part of the salvage operation. The original plan was to throw it away, but the student decided to keep it. He knew that his mentor liked these weird things so he gave it to him.
Qi Shaowen didn't pay much attention to this skeleton at first. However, after going through a lot of information, he couldn't find anything about this skeleton. This piqued his interest.
"That's the whole story. Tang Zheng, where did you see its kind?" asked Qi Shaowen.
"It's a long story. Professor Qi, where is that senior brother now? I want to know more about the discovery of this skeleton. Didn't you say that a few people were killed? I want to know the details. "Tang Zheng wasn't in a hurry to answer. Instead, he threw out these two questions.
Qi Shaowen didn't mind. He thought for a while and said, "I'll call him and ask."
He dialed the number and asked a few questions. His eyes lit up with surprise. He said to Tang Zheng, "He's still in the capital city."
"Can you arrange to meet him?" asked Tang Zheng.
"No problem. I'll ask him to come to the house. He'll be there soon." Qi Shaowen smiled.
Since Tang Zheng was so interested in this skeleton, he wanted to know the answer as well.
Tang Zheng circled around the skeleton again, carefully admiring every part of it, and secretly nodded his head. This skeleton had been soaked in the sea for who knows how many years, but it still did not have the slightest bit of damage. It could be seen how strong the skeleton was, and was definitely not an ordinary beast.
This creature was probably equivalent to a monster in the Outland Realm. He just didn't know how strong it was.
If Xuanyin hadn't sealed herself, he might have been able to get the answer from her. But now, he could only rely on himself.
After a while, there was a knock on the door.
When he opened the door, he saw a bearded man. If Qi Shaowen hadn't told him his age, Tang Zheng would have thought that this man was in his forties. In fact, he was only in his early thirties. Back then, he was also a very powerful student in the Archaeology Department. However, he could not stand the bureaucratic style of the official Archaeology Department and resigned in anger.
Later, he was hired by his current employer with a high salary to participate in and preside over related underwater archaeological expeditions.
His name was Wang Guanqun, and his name was Peerless. It was clear that his parents had high expectations for him.
"Teacher, why did you call me here? Could it be that you've found out the origin of that skeleton? "Wang Guanqun walked in, looked at Tang Zheng curiously, and then asked with full vigor.
"Haha, smart. You guessed right." Qi Shaowen smiled and said, "Let me introduce you to someone first. He's your junior brother, Tang Zheng. He's also one of the best in our Archaeology Department. I dare say that no one in our school can compare to him."
Wang Guanqun was shocked. He understood his teacher's temperament very well. He rarely praised others like this. What ability did this junior brother have to deserve such praise from his teacher?
He nodded at Tang Zheng with a smile and held out his hand. "A great teacher produces a great student. Congratulations on finding another excellent student."
"Senior Brother Wang, nice to meet you." Tang Zheng greeted politely.
Wang Guanqun laughed heartily and waved his hand. "Don't call me Senior Brother. I'm a few years older than you. Just call me Brother Wang."
"Okay, Brother Wang. Thank you for coming in person this time."
"Oh, that's too formal. We're all Teacher's students. It's a blessing that we've cultivated in our previous lives. It's fate that brought us together. Actually, I was going to visit Teacher because I'm leaving tomorrow. I don't know when I'll be back to visit Teacher again. "
"So soon? You've only been back for a few days and you're going back to work again?" Qi Shaowen was surprised.
"Well, the salvage work is not over yet. I came back mainly to take care of the deceased colleagues. Now that everything has been settled, I can't delay. The others are waiting for me to go back and take charge of the overall situation. I don't believe that I can't bite this hard bone." Wang Guanqun said energetically.
"Brother Wang, this time I asked you to come because of this skeleton." Tang Zheng said straightforwardly.
Wang Guanqun raised his eyebrows and looked at Tang Zheng in surprise. "Oh, could it be that you're interested in this skeleton? That's why Teacher specially asked me to come?"
"Yes, I want to know the details of how you found this skeleton."
"This involves trade secrets and shouldn't be made public. But since you've asked, I'll tell you the truth." Wang Guanqun said generously.
"Thank you, Brother Wang. I'm all ears."
"We spent a lot of manpower and money to determine the location of this shipwreck site. We have a lot of experience in salvaging shipwrecks. We've never failed before so we're very confident. After we did a lot of preparation, we dived into the shipwreck site. It was hundreds of meters deep, and it was completely dark. It was a huge ship, like an ancient warship. In the end, we found decayed turrets and weapons on the ship, as well as many skeletons. It confirmed our guess that this was indeed an ancient warship.
In fact, there shouldn't be many valuable things on an ordinary warship. But since we've come down and done so much preparation work, we naturally can't go back empty-handed. So we snuck into the warship. Although it's been a long time and has been corroded by the sea, we can still see the glory of the warship. In ancient times, this warship was definitely a giant warship – the king of all warships.
We found a lot of traces of fighting inside the warship. The warship was seriously damaged. This level of fighting didn't seem like something that could be done by human strength. Oh, no, maybe those martial arts masters in wuxia movies could do it. We guessed that maybe it was attacked by the enemy and engaged in a life and death battle with the enemy, causing the warship to sink.
We went deeper and deeper. In the end, we found a lot of gold, silver, and jewels in the bottom of the warship. This made us very shocked because we didn't have much hope. We just came here with the intention of visiting. Moreover, this kind of situation didn't make sense. How could there be a lot of gold, silver, and jewels on the warship?
But, this undoubtedly made a huge change in our exploration work. It turned out that this was a real treasure trove. It was bigger than all the other shipwrecks we've explored before. So, we tried to pick up these treasures. When we put a box of treasures on equipment and were about to lift it up, a huge shadow suddenly rushed out of the darkness.
We were caught off guard, and after sacrificing a few of our colleagues, the rest of us fled in panic. Of course, we brought the chest of treasures back with us. Later on, everyone recalled that the black shadow might have been a monster or a spirit. In short, everyone was scared stiff, so they temporarily stopped exploring and returned to the shore to rest and recuperate.
We immediately began to study the box of treasures. But, we found that there was a skeleton in the box. It took up almost half of the space, but there weren't many treasures. Everyone studied this skeleton for a long time, but they couldn't find anything. This kind of skeleton isn't valuable to our company, so I took it and gave it to my teacher as a research material. "
After listening to this, Tang Zheng fell into deep thought. There were too many suspicious points about the sunken warship. The key point was, how could a creature from outer space be in the treasure chest of the warship? What was going on?
Were there any other skeletons in the remaining treasure chests?
Could there be more than one or two of these creatures from outer space? Could there be a large group of them?
Tang Zheng scratched his head but still couldn't figure it out.
Seeing that he was silent, Wang Guanqun and Qi Shaowen exchanged a glance. They didn't disturb him. Wang Guanqun asked in a low voice, "Teacher, who is this junior brother? Why would he be interested in this skeleton? Is there a secret behind it? "
Qi Shaowen shook his head. Tang Zheng had too many secrets. As for his purpose, Qi Shaowen couldn't figure it out. So, he said, "Ask him yourself later. I've never seen him like this before. I'm also very confused."
Hearing Qi Shaowen's words, Wang Guanqun was shocked. He knew very well how powerful his teacher was. Even he couldn't figure out Tang Zheng. This proved that Tang Zheng was extraordinary.
He muttered in his heart, "The new generation really excels the old. When did the Department of Archaeology produce such a genius?"
Tang Zheng finally raised his head. He had more questions in his heart. He couldn't ignore them. So, he said, "Brother Wang, there's something I need to ask of you."
"What is it?"
Tang Zheng muttered to himself, "This time, I want to go with you on your expedition. Is it okay if I don't?"
"Well …" Wang Guanqun hesitated. This was related to the company's secrets. He couldn't make the decision at the moment.
"Guanqun, after listening to your description, I realize that this expedition is very unusual. Someone even died. What if someone else dies this time? You might even be in danger. So, let me remind you, bringing Tang Zheng with you is definitely beneficial for you. "Qi Shaowen advised.
Hearing his words, Wang Guanqun said awkwardly, "Teacher, I can't make the decision. I have to ask the boss for instructions."
Seeing that he was so cautious, Tang Zheng guessed that he wouldn't even tell him the location of the shipwreck. This time, he had no choice but to cooperate with them. So, he said, "No problem. You can report to your boss that I'm sponsoring this expedition for free."
"For free?" Wang Guanqun was shocked. Undersea exploration was an activity that burned money. Just the submarine alone was a huge investment. Ordinary rich people couldn't afford this kind of activity. The most important thing was that this kind of exploration was more likely to be fruitless. It took months or even years to determine the location of a real shipwreck. During this time, they had to burn money.
Of course, they were very welcome to sponsorships. Of course, free sponsorships were rare. So, after hearing Tang Zheng's words, Wang Guanqun was even more confused. He couldn't figure out what Tang Zheng was thinking.
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