At this moment, the map had already locked onto the coordinates, and Hai Long discovered that the location of the wreck was on the outskirts of the Devil's Sea. After checking the specific location, Hai Long knew that the owner of this ship must have been courting death. Ships from Donghai City had to take a turn to navigate around the Devil's Sea to enter the open sea. However, this ship dared to take a shortcut to save money, taking advantage of the low tide when the reefs were exposed, and sailed along the edge of the Devil's Sea.
Although most of the reefs were visible during low tide, some deeper reefs were still hidden underwater, and these reefs were even more solid. The draft of medium-sized ships is generally less than ten meters. During high tide, they might be lucky enough to avoid or crash through the reefs due to their shallow draft or the fragility of the reefs. However, during low tide, the deep-sea reefs were very robust, some made of volcanic ash and others of coral, with each reef being at least tens of meters long and wide.
When a ship with only 2 centimeters thick steel plates collides with a rock that is tens of meters thick and has a Rockwell hardness of 4 at a speed of 10 meters per second, the result is only one: the steel, no matter how hard, will immediately be punctured, creating a hole several meters in diameter, causing the ship to sink within a short time. This is especially true for old medium-sized cargo ships, where the steel plates are even thinner, and any collision would likely result in the ship sinking.
After finding the specific location, Hai Long controlled his soul to enter the body of the Dragon King. The Dragon King, who hadn't eaten for a day, was already starving. He dove into the Devil's Sea, found a school of fish without caring about the taste, and electrocuted a group of them. Hai Long controlled the Dragon King to sit on a reef and enjoy his dinner.
While eating, he thought about what Qiao Zhenyuan had told him. After the ship hit the reef, it immediately began to sink, and many of the goods were swallowed by the sea. However, most of the goods were stored in containers, while Qiao Yu's goods, being precious gemstones, were kept in special safes to prevent damage and loss. When the ship sank, the people on board could hardly save themselves, let alone protect the safes, which weighed hundreds of kilograms each.
As a result, when the ship sank, it dropped directly into the sea. If Qiao Yu's goods were all in one container, it wouldn't matter if the ship sank, as the container would remain in place, and it could be salvaged. However, Qiao Yu's goods, though weighing a few tons, were stored in large safes, each weighing only a few hundred kilograms. This meant that when they sank, they couldn't withstand the ocean currents and were likely swept away, making them impossible to find.
It had been a month, and they were probably already swept far away. If they didn't find them soon, they would be lost forever.
After eating, Hai Long adjusted the GPS on the Dragon King's wrist and swam quickly toward the coordinates. He had previously checked the coordinates on Google Maps and found that the wreck was about 200 kilometers from the abandoned shipyard, already in the deep sea, near the edge of the Devil's Sea.
Hai Long had never controlled the Dragon King to enter such deep waters before. The farthest he had gone was 100 kilometers from the abandoned shipyard, just to set coordinates.
This time, it was a new challenge for Hai Long, as he had been preparing to explore the deep sea and find wrecks after the Guan Daqiu incident.
The distance was about 200 kilometers, and Hai Long's swimming speed was about 50 kilometers per hour, so it would take about four hours to reach the location.
Since it was already midnight, the sea was pitch black. Hai Long kept the Dragon King's four whiskers continuously emitting electric light to illuminate the surroundings. However, he was afraid that the Dragon King might be attacked, and the electric light would make him a target. If a swordfish, moving at 120 kilometers per hour, were to charge at him, Hai Long wouldn't have time to react, and the Dragon King would likely be pierced.
Therefore, Hai Long increased the weak electric field to its maximum, spreading it over a 200-meter radius. This way, he could be more at ease, as he would have time to react if anything entered his 200-meter range, preventing a swordfish from piercing him.
After four hours, Hai Long arrived at the coordinates where the ship had hit the reef. The location was right at the boundary between the Devil's Sea and the East Sea. A little to the east was the East Sea, and a little to the west was the Devil's Sea. Hai Long couldn't help but marvel at the captain's bad luck.
Hai Long, harboring a glimmer of hope, first entered the eastern side of the reef, the East Sea. He released 220 volts of electricity from his jaw, illuminating a 22-meter radius. Using the blue electric light and the weak electric field, he carefully looked for enemies while diving to the bottom to search for the goods. Unfortunately, after several hours of searching, he found nothing. Hai Long estimated that the goods had likely ended up in the Devil's Sea.
Rising to the surface, he found that it was already morning. Exhausted, Hai Long dove into the sea and found a small cave to rest in. He blocked the entrance with a reef, thinking that there were probably no large fish left in the East Sea after years of overfishing, and even if there were, it wasn't their active time, which was after 4 PM.
However, anything could happen, so Hai Long didn't dare to leave his soul from the Dragon King's body, fearing that he wouldn't be able to react in time if the Dragon King were attacked. Thus, his soul remained in the Dragon King's body as he fell asleep.
When Hai Long woke up, it was already past 2 PM. He checked the cave and found no changes. Then, his soul returned to his body, and after eating something, he controlled his soul to enter the Dragon King's body again, preparing to explore the Devil's Sea.
Turning around, he entered the Devil's Sea and began searching along the seabed. Initially, the depth was about 100 meters, but as he explored further, the depth increased. After about 200 meters, the depth was around 200 meters.
Looking at the seabed, Hai Long realized the situation was dire. The Devil's Sea's seabed was covered with underwater canyons, each deeper than 200 meters. From the surface to the seabed, it was already about 200 meters, and with the canyons, it was at least 400 meters deep. Even during the day, light couldn't reach the bottom of the canyons. Sighing in frustration, he thought, "There's no choice; I'll have to search each canyon one by one."