Chapter 529: Chapter 334: Sunken Ship Exploration (Part 2)

Upon reaching the first basement level, right by the entrance, Chu Mingcheng discovered a large number of Big Head Cod, mixed with a small number of other fish.

For example, there were Golden Bream and Big-eyed Sea Bream from Japan.

Though not as diverse as in tropical regions, these fish were nonetheless highly valuable, as if the entire internal space of the ship had turned into an amusement park for fish.

Chu Mingcheng felt that the most valuable thing on this sunken ship might just be these numerous deep sea fish.

The first basement level of the yacht still housed many guest rooms, but there indeed was a storeroom.

He randomly picked a few guest rooms, and after finding nothing, he went directly to the storeroom door.

The storeroom door was locked from the inside, impossible to open.

He had to go back to the tool room he had found earlier, picked up a rusty hammer, and then returned to the storeroom to try to smash the lock.

Just as Chu Mingcheng was about to strike, he noticed that the door seemed to have been smashed before.

But the wooden door appeared very sturdy, and the person at the time could neither smash it open nor kick it open.

Could there be treasures inside, and someone had tried to take the contents while the ship was not completely sunken yet?

Chu Mingcheng became excited, thinking that this trip might not be a waste of time.

So he quickly took the hammer and smashed the door; the long-soaked lock was easily broken.

Pushing open the door, the floating white made Chu Mingcheng’s pores stand on end momentarily, but after a closer inspection, he shook his head in speechlessness and amusement.

It turned out to be a storeroom for storing duvets, bed sheets, and pillows, and there was nothing else inside.

But that doesn’t seem right either. If it was only these, why bother smashing the door?

Chu Mingcheng looked next to the door again and found no tools for smashing doors, only a pile of garbage at the end of the left corridor.

Perhaps the tools used for smashing had gathered there with the sinking ship.

Since searching further wouldn’t take much time, tired of guessing, he swam inside, dragged all the bedding out to see if anything was hidden inside.

When he reached the innermost part, Chu Mingcheng pulled a relatively tidier quilt off the shelf, and indeed, an iron box fell out.

His eyes lit up, and he quickly picked up the box.

The box was old and sealed, only to be opened with tools.

Chu Mingcheng did not rashly open it, but casually placed it in a net bag and then left the small storeroom to continue swimming to the next level down.

As for why there was such a small box hidden in the storeroom, he couldn’t be bothered to guess.

He might understand once he opened it after returning.

The second basement level had the same layout as the first. Chu Mingcheng directly headed for the storeroom.

But this storeroom door was intact, leaving him slightly disappointed.

Still, he smashed the door with the hope of getting lucky.

After smashing the door and the lock being a bit stuck, he knocked the entire lock off to finally open the door.

Just as it opened, a figure suddenly rushed toward him.

‘Tu (Cao Min Cao )’

Chu Mingcheng reacted extremely quickly, spreading his legs and retreating continuously to the side.

Seeing the figure crashing straight to the ground, he finally relaxed; it turned out to be a skeleton.

But why would there be a dead person in this storeroom?

So far, on the ship, Chu Mingcheng indeed found several skeletons at the rear of the first and second basement levels.

The bones had fractures, clearly crushed to death in a panic.

But the number wasn’t large, only seven.

As for the rooms, all the doors were open as he passed by the corridors, the people naturally all ran out.

This person locked in the storeroom was a bit strange!

Then he spotted scratches all over the other side of the door.

Thinking of the somewhat jammed door lock, he wondered if the person was locked inside and couldn’t open the door, a poor soul indeed.

Chu Mingcheng slowly swam over, then found a box similar to the earlier one near the storeroom doorway’s corner.

His expression faltered, then he picked up the box, looking thoughtfully at the skeleton on the ground.

He faintly guessed something, and opening it later should shed light on the true story.

Afterward, he searched the storeroom once, found nothing else, and continued to the third basement level.

There were many rooms here too, but fewer than above.

And the rooms were large dormitories, seemingly where the ship’s crew lived.

The ship’s supply storeroom was also here, the door not locked but slightly ajar.

There was an elevator on the ship, so it wasn’t strange for supplies to be placed on this lowest level.

Chu Mingcheng shined his flashlight inside, finding an incredibly large number of fish.

The density was somewhat exaggerated, even more so than the two levels above.

From his exploration of the entire ship, the value of the fish alone inside the shipwreck might have reached several million.

This was truly a fishing paradise, though just fishing on the surface might yield less impressive results.

Slowly swimming in, Chu Mingcheng’s peripheral vision suddenly caught a movement, turning his head, he saw a Wolf Eel catching a fish.

If he had been on land, he would have definitely gasped in shock.

Because this Wolf Eel was excessively large, almost looking like a deep-sea monster at first glance.

Just its huge and ugly head was as big as him crouching down.

This Wolf Eel’s body length was probably more than four meters.

What the hell, could a Wolf Eel even get that big?

Chu Mingcheng wasn’t very familiar with Wolf Eels, but he knew the basics; it seemed extraordinary for even a two-meter-long one, let alone four.

At that moment, his hunting spirit fiercely blazed, guessing that Wei Jiaguo would probably have another excuse to get lost.