Treasure Hunt all over the World

After admiring the small piece of coral reef outside the submarine for a while, Ye Tian looked back and said through the radio:

"Matisse, you clean up this ancient Greek war dolphin, then mark it, and salvage it later, be careful when cleaning it up, try not to damage this treasure, it still has a certain value.

After cleaning up, continue to explore. Every piece of coral reef encountered next, and even every piece of rock protruding upwards on the sea ridge, must not be let go. We must explore and take three-dimensional images.

I have a strong feeling that we will soon find those ancient shipwrecks, find those ancient Greek or Hellenistic statues, and other antique art, which will bring a huge surprise to the world."

"No problem, Steven, leave this ancient Greek war dolphin to us, and we will be able to clean up this treasure soon."

Matisse nodded in response, and the whole person was so excited that he was about to fly.

Next, Ye Tian told Mathis and the others a few more words, and then drove to the side in the seven-seater Aurora mini-submarine, returning to the previous position.

As soon as he came back here, Ye Tian immediately turned his head and whispered to Chandler:

"Chandler, you cut the live broadcast to the cleanup operation over there, and turned off the live microphone. I have some things to do, and I need to keep it strictly confidential"

Hearing this, Chandler was stunned for a moment, then nodded lightly, without asking any further questions, naturally he couldn't refuse.

He knew very well that it was unnecessary to ask, so why bother to do so many times.

In a blink of an eye, the live TV screen of the National Geographic Channel had been switched, and the live microphones in the seven-seat small Aurora submarine were also turned off.

Immediately afterwards, Ye Tian said through the invisible wireless headset:

"Jason, you should immediately contact the US embassy in Greece and the US embassy in Italy and ask them to help us coordinate our relationship with the two countries and prevent these two countries from playing tricks.

Walker, tell all the guys to raise the alert level to the highest level, and never allow any ships to break into the operating sea area before we float to the sea, and say hello to the Bataan amphibious assault ship."

"Understood, Steven"

The voices of Jason and Walker came one after another,

All very excited.

At this time, Chandler and his photographer were all stunned, their eyes almost flew out of their sockets!

It's an exaggeration for Steven, a cunning guy, to have so many backhands, and to have a relationship with a U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship cruising in the Mediterranean!

Those guys who came up with the idea of ​​this shipwreck treasure now have time to withdraw, otherwise they will die without a place to bury them, and they will be trapped to death in this sea area by Steven!

Ye Tian turned to look at Chandler and the others, then turned around and said with a smile:

"Guys, let's start. Those ancient shipwrecks that have been sleeping on the seabed for a thousand or two thousand years are waiting for us somewhere ahead!"

After the voice fell, the small submarine started to move, and the live broadcast on the National Geographic Channel quickly cut back.

Exploration continues, business as usual.

Ye Tian and the others drove the submarine to explore forward a little bit, and the small submarine that Matisse and the others were riding in was cleaning up the various corals on the ancient Greek war dolphin.

At this time, countless fiery eyes gathered on this sea area and on the two small submarines that were exploring the seabed.

Unsurprisingly, there are many envious, even envious eyes, mostly from the field of antique art collection, as well as the field of historical archaeology!

Especially in Greece, the whole country has been shaken at this time, and almost everyone is paying attention to the exploration and salvage operation of the ancient Roman shipwreck treasure.

It is logical that the huge pressure from all walks of life in Greece has surged, and it is heavily pressed on the Greek government authorities.

It didn't take long for Mattis and the others to complete the initial cleanup.

A rusty ancient Greek war dolphin appeared to the world for the first time after a thousand or two thousand years.

When this ancient Greek war dolphin appeared on the live broadcast, many professionals in front of the live broadcast immediately became excited again.

Especially those experts and scholars in the exploration fleet, how can they sit still? They flocked to the stern of the yacht one after another, trying to rush to the Intrepid by speedboat to participate in this exploration operation.

However, before receiving Ye Tian's order, how could the brave and fearless exploration company's employees and security personnel cooperate with them.

After a lot of reasoning, there was no result.

These experts and scholars could only return to the living room angrily, continue to watch the live TV broadcast, and point at Ye Tian in the live broadcast screen and yell, but there is nothing they can do!

After Matisse and the others, Ye Tian and the others soon discovered something.

"Steven, judging from the 3D scanning image, there should be a statue hidden under this piece of beautiful coral, and the statue doesn't look too small"

Waiters pointed to a piece of coral reef outside the submarine and said, beaming with excitement.

On the several LCD screens inside the submarine, the three-dimensional scanned image of the coral reef was displayed, which basically accurately outlined the outline of the sculpture.

This is a figure sculpture with a height of about 1.56 meters. The reason why it is called a figure sculpture is that the outline of the head is clearly recognizable, and the head of the statue is twisted to the left, and the neck seems to be very strong.

Down the neck, there is a pair of broad shoulders like a mountain, and two thick arms. Just from the three-dimensional image, you can see the strength of the carved figure.

Looking down, the body of this statue figure is leaning sideways, the waist is strong, and it seems that the left arm is tightly holding a huge head, and the movement naturally brings out a fierce murderous look.

Because of his movement, his arms, back, and buttocks took on a very peculiar shape, giving people a sense of tension as blood vessels swell.

The huge head tightly held by this statue looks like a beast, with a huge body and powerful force.

It seemed to be struggling hard, trying to break free from the opponent's grip, and there seemed to be a breath of fear and despair in its movements.

Further down, there is nothing, and it stops abruptly.

Ye Tian carefully looked at the 3D scanned image on the LCD screen, then nodded with a smile and said:

"Your judgment is correct, Waiters, there is indeed an ancient statue under that beautiful coral reef, and God knows how many years it has been sleeping in the depths of this dark seabed.

To be more precise, it should be the upper part of an ancient statue, which is fairly well preserved. Perhaps the ship fell out of the ship when it was about to fall on this sea ridge.

If this is the case, then there is no doubt that the ancient Roman or ancient Greek ship that transported the statue, and the lower half of the statue, are likely to be nearby and not difficult to find."

Hearing this, Charlie and Waiters immediately glanced around the submarine, their eyes were extremely bright, and their eyes were full of expectation.

Chandler and the photographer, who were also in the cockpit of the submarine, quickly glanced around.

It's a pity that they don't have a pair of eyes that can see everything and penetrate the darkness.

Except for the killer whales, the endless sea and darkness, and the colorful coral reefs and seaweeds, etc., they didn't find any surprises!

Ye Tian smiled softly, and then continued to say:

"Of course, there is another possibility. The ancient shipwreck and the lower part of the statue fell into the abyss next to it. In that case, we can only explore with underwater robots!"

As he said that, Ye Tian stretched out his hand and pointed to the dark sea to the left of the submarine.

About 50 meters to the left of their small Aurora submarine, there is an abyss that goes straight to the bottom of the sea two to three thousand meters deep.

Following the direction of his finger, everyone looked over there, and then looked back.

After a short pause, Ye Tianqing's clear voice came out again and reached everyone's ears.

"Judging from the outline and shape of the upper half of the statue, the sculpture should be the Hercules in ancient Greek mythology, Hercules, and the myth of him strangling the Nemean lion.

Hercules is the greatest hero in ancient Greek mythology, the embodiment of strength, courage and wisdom. There are many sculptures about Hercules, including many classic masterpieces.

In ancient Greek mythology, Eurystheus, king of Mycenae, was jealous of Hercules' prominent reputation, and in order to embarrass him, he assigned a lot of very difficult tasks to Hercules.

These nearly impossible tasks were all completed by Hercules one by one, known as the twelve great achievements of Hercules, the first task of which was to kill the Nemean lion.

The Nemean lion is a giant lion in ancient Greek mythology. It is said that its fur is golden, and ordinary weapons cannot penetrate it, so it cannot be killed. Its claws are also extremely sharp.

In order to kill the Nemean lion, Hercules used various weapons, such as bows and spears, but could not kill the lion. Finally, he strangled the Nemean lion alive with his hands.

Then, he used the sharp claws of the Nemean lion to cut and peel off the lion's skin, and used the Nemean lion's skin as a shawl, which he always put on himself.

Because Hercules killed the Nemean lion in a very special way, the shape of related sculptures representing this ancient Greek mythology is not difficult to recognize.”

For Ye Tian's analysis, the experts and scholars on the sea, as well as many antique art appraisal experts, sculptors, historians and archaeologists on the live broadcast, all agree very much.

They all saw the 3D scanned image of the statue, and recognized the content of the sculpture, which was consistent with what Ye Tian said.

"It's a pity that the statue of Hercules killing the Nemean lion was broken in two, and the lower part is unknown. It would be great if we could find it.

Although it is not known who the sculptor who created this statue of Hercules is, I am sure that the origin of this statue of Hercules must be very important, otherwise it would not appear here.

Regardless of whether the ancient Romans or the ancient Greeks, since they did not hesitate to spend huge costs, manpower and material resources, it is unusual to transport such a heavy statue to the Ionian Sea far away from the mainland.

This is enough to show that this sculpture of "Hercules Killing the Nemean Lion" must have an extraordinary origin and great value, and it may be the work of a top sculptor."

Ye Tian continued to introduce this ancient sculpture that hadn't revealed its true face, but what he said was clear and logical, and everyone was convinced.

And above the sea, because of the discovery of this suspected ancient Greek statue, it has caused a huge sensation.

Especially Greece, the whole country is as lively as a pot!