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I saw her wearing a golden crown decorated with feathers on her head, and wearing exquisite rings on her feet. One of her hands held up a weapon that looked like a shorthair or a javelin, and the other hand was holding a strangely shaped sacrificial dagger, inlaid The gemstones in the eye sockets seem to have souls, constantly shining with strange luster.

Obviously, this is a typical Inca statue, but it is not known which god or powerful priest is enshrined.

After all, as an extension of primitive religious beliefs, both South American and North American Indians have animistic traditions and habits. For example, people think that there are mountain gods when they see mountains, they think there are lake gods when they see lakes, and they think there are gods when they see rain. God of water, when he sees salt, he will pretend to be a god of salt...

In short, any great power that cannot be explained by common sense will have a god to worship as a spiritual sustenance, even ferocious beasts are no exception.

Under this kind of animistic belief system, it can be said that there are far more gods in the entire American continent than in any other place in the world, but most of them are the third type of gods who cannot be on the stage, and they are not even as powerful as masters. Humans with supernatural powers.

It's no surprise that plenty of these gods have been killed long before the European Parliament invaded the land.

What's really interesting is that this statue also contains very powerful energy, which can manipulate and change the surrounding force field.

This also means that the god behind the statue has not died, either fell into a deep sleep, or is still alive in a corner of the rainforest, and has a large number of devout believers.

"Interesting... Could this be Bacchuai, the ancestor goddess of the Muska people?" Zhang Cheng rubbed his chin and said to himself with great interest.

Because the records related to the entire Inca civilization and mythology were devastated by the Spanish colonists, he did not know exactly how many gods there were in the Inca mythology, which of them declined a long time ago, and which others It has continued to this day.

The only certainty is that the storm mentioned in the navigation diary is probably not a real storm, but a terrible disaster caused by this idol.

"Hey! What's that in your hand? A treasure from a sunken ship?"

Mansha, who just came out of the bathroom after taking a shower, obviously noticed the statue, and hurriedly picked up a magnifying glass and other tools, and moved closer to observe it carefully.

Zhang Cheng didn't mean to hide anything, and nodded lightly: "Yes! I found it in the body of a strange fish near the sunken ship. You might not believe it, but after the strange fish swallowed the statue, it seemed to gain A very powerful superpower, which can release energy to forcefully push the enemy away. I saw with my own eyes that a giant squid nearly 40 meters long was torn apart alive like this."

"What?! You encountered such a terrifying monster, and you are still alive?" Mansha raised her head, her eyes widened in surprise.

"Don't make such a fuss! You have to understand that I am not an ordinary person. Many monsters that are invincible in the eyes of ordinary people are completely harmless to me. Especially such beasts with low IQ, only need one or two spiritual magic You can easily control them. By the way, do you have any valuable discoveries about this statue? Or in other words, can you help me confirm who she is?" Zhang Cheng pointed to the statue, his eyes showing anticipation gaze.

One of the reasons why he decided to hire the young girl in front of him was the rich archaeological knowledge in her mind.

"Wait! Give me some time!"

Mansha held up a magnifying glass to carefully examine the gold ornaments on the statue's ankles, as well as the carvings on the headdress.

It took seven or eight minutes before she explained in an uncertain tone: "This statue should be about 8 to 1000 years ago. It was an ancient religious symbol when the Inca Empire was just established. The exact age needs to be determined to know. Because Only at that time did the Incas use stone for such small statues, and the gold jewelry, headgear, and weapons were added later. You can see that they are completely two styles of things. Also, according to Recent archaeological research has found that the Inca Empire began to use a large amount of precious metals such as gold and silver to reshape the image of the gods from around the [-]th century, and the difference with the former is very obvious..."

"You should know that what I want to know is not these boring archaeological histories, but who this statue is." Zhang Cheng interrupted impatiently.

As a pragmatist, he doesn't care about the history of the rise and fall of the extinct Inca Empire, he only cares about the information that is useful to him.

"Sorry! The Inca mythology is very confusing. Apart from some gods that Indians generally believe in, there are many unique gods, and their images will change with the age. I need to consult some experts in this field to give you satisfaction. answer." Mansha shrugged helplessly.

no way!

Although human civilization has only a few thousand years of history after the earth-shattering war in ancient times, it has produced countless branches. Even the world's top archeology professors cannot be proficient in the history of all regions.

Under normal circumstances, they are concentrated on selective research.

Unfortunately, American Indian civilization is precisely the one that Mantha is least good at...

Looking at the girl's innocent expression, Zhang Cheng sighed helplessly: "Hey, okay. I'll give you three days to use the satellite network on the ship to get in touch with the so-called experts you know as quickly as possible. Just throw money at me."

"Understood! I swear that I will give you a satisfactory answer in three days." Mansha vowed.

"I hope so. Yelena, inform the two salvage ships that the salvage operation will start tomorrow. First, remove all the damage from the found ship, and directly activate the mechanical arm in the bottom cabin of the yacht." Zhang Cheng ordered without looking back.

"Obey! BOSS! I will send someone to watch them!"

Yelena, who also came out of the bathroom wearing a bathrobe, stood at attention and gave a standard military salute.

Although the turbulence an hour ago made her vomit out the contents of her stomach, and her face is still very ugly, she has always been meticulous in carrying out the order, and has never left her eyes from the surveillance camera on the electronic screen.

Chapter 698 Salvage the Treasure

In the early morning of the next day, less than two hours after the sun rose from the sea level, two large-tonnage salvage ships had already arrived at the corresponding coordinates, and fixed the advanced technology from Hydra at the end of a huge crane. The robotic arm, and then slowly lowered into the bottomless black sea water.

According to the results of discussions between two experienced salvage ship captains, they planned to use the detection camera on the boom to locate the sunken ship first, and then pulled up the broken hull so that all the cargo inside could be clearly displayed.

After all this is done, put down the strong salvage net, use the boom to drag and sweep the surrounding seabed area, and [-]% to [-]% of the things can be brought up in about a few times.

As for those that are heavier, or those that are buried deep under the mud, they will be operated separately.

I have to say that the professionalism of these guys is indeed worthy of the high prices they charge, and they don't need to worry about the employers at all, and they can arrange everything in an orderly manner.

After a while, the first net of precious metal coins shining with dazzling gold and silver was dragged up, densely packed with hundreds of kilograms.

Especially those [-]th century gold coins with irregular shapes made everyone's breathing become short of breath.

Because these gadgets prove from a certain aspect how crude the coinage technology was at that time, it was precisely the goods that would be available on the treasure ships that transported gold and silver from the Americas back to the native land during the heyday of the Spanish Empire.

Because people at that time were not yet aware of the relationship between currency and the economy, and the hyperinflation caused by the influx of a large amount of precious metals, the more prices continued to rise, the Spaniards desperately shipped gold and silver home. , the more gold and silver you carry, the higher the prices will be. In just a few decades, the prices of various daily necessities have doubled several times.

What's even more frightening is that there is too much real money on hand, which has led to a wrong idea in the whole of Spain, that is, I have money, and I buy everything, and I don't develop my own handicrafts and manufacturing at all.

As a result, after losing its sea power, it quickly became a second-rate country and never rose to become a European power.

It can be said that every treasure ship is equivalent to blood containing chronic poison, which is injected into the body of the first empire on which the sun never sets in the age of great navigation, making it weaker and weaker until it finally collapses.

But for modern people, every treasure ship sleeping in the depths of the ocean is like a treasure waiting for adventurers to dig, and they can make a fortune in an instant.

money!

reputation!

Attention from all over the world!

Almost everything a normal person desires, these treasure ships can satisfy them all.

Some crew members even couldn't help but raised their cameras and kept pressing the shutter, wanting to take pictures of all the treasures in the net.

As for those petty thoughts that shouldn't be there, they have long been suppressed by the armed men standing by in full armor.

You must know that this is the open sea, the vast Atlantic Ocean.

It's not too easy to kill people here, and you only need to shift the responsibility to the weird storm last night, so no one dares to act rashly. We can only hope that the employer will find out with conscience and give everyone an extra bonus Extra benefits like dividends.

This is why, Zhang Cheng wanted to bring these seemingly bluffing fighters, in fact, to prevent the sailors who salvage the ship from seeing money jealousy and choose to take risks, forcing him to kill them all, or Forcibly controlled with psionic powers.

Don't underestimate the dark side of human nature in the face of huge wealth.

Coupled with the characteristics of advocating adventure and selfishness in modern Western society, it would be hell if there were no problems.

But with the supervision of sufficient armed personnel, all this was directly strangled in the cradle.

But anyone who is not a fool will not think that dozens of unarmed sailors will be opponents of more than a dozen professional combat elites.