Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 322 - 256: Who’s Afraid of Who in the Dark World! _2

Chapter 322: Chapter 256: Who’s Afraid of Who in the Dark World! _2

"So, you wanna fight, huh? Think you can bully us because we’re outnumbered? Well, here we come!"

At that moment, two more people joined the battlefield!

It was Lincoln Harrington and Douglas Cooper, who had just returned from diving!

With both sides receiving reinforcements, the fight didn’t actually break out.

At this time, the tall man who came earlier suddenly asked Sean Knight:

"You said you’ve already paid the money?"

"Yes!" Sean pointed at the tent and then the beach and said:

"We paid as soon as we arrived, for the tent and the diving. He wanted me to pay for the hammock too - isn’t that too much?"

As soon as these words came out, the locals on the scene changed their expressions.

Seeing the situation, the short guy quickly shouted:

"He’s lying! He didn’t pay... I just want the tent fee..."

"He’s already paid for his tent." A person who had arrived later suddenly spoke up, "I collected it."

Realizing the situation, the short guy changed his tone, "Well, I thought they didn’t pay..."

"Sir, I’m sorry." The tall man knew his mistake but couldn’t apologize directly. He said one sentence to Sean, then picked up his stick and walked back towards the village.

The two men carried the short guy, and the others followed them back.

"What’s going on?" Douglas and Lincoln were a bit confused.

"It’s nothing, don’t worry about it." Sean smiled.

The other treasure hunters who came to watch didn’t expect the situation to end like this.

Elijah Hastings told Lincoln and Douglas what had happened, and Douglas smacked his lips:

"The village may charge a lot, but they do have rules!"

"Did you guys find anything?" Sean changed the subject.

"No, we saw fish, but didn’t catch any." Lincoln said.

He and Douglas knew how to dive, but they weren’t proficient; they were at a beginner level.

Special Forces soldiers are skilled, but not in everything - it depends on the specific branch.

After resting for a while, it was Lincoln and Douglas’s turn to stay behind while Sean and Elijah went diving in other places.

By the time they returned, it was already dark, and Sean brought back a basket full of seafood.

Not only crabs, but also shellfish and snails. There were no fish, though.

They found Lincoln and Douglas eating fruit.

Seeing Sean and Elijah return, Douglas quickly took their equipment and handed them fruit:

"The locals brought these over; they taste pretty good!"

Sean was a bit surprised; he didn’t expect the locals to have this thoughtfulness.

For the next few days, Sean and the others stayed leisurely by the sea, calling it a treasure hunt but really just playing.

Ironically, their relationship with the villagers improved because of the fight. The villagers also provided them with a lot of information.

The treasure hunters outside continued searching without much success, while Sean and his friends improved their diving skills, gradually expanding into several tens of meters deep sea territory.

There were fewer people on the island as it was small, and soon, almost every inch of land had been searched by metal detectors, and the beaches had been dug up in disarray.

Next, Sean led the group to dive in the morning and dig holes on the beach in the afternoon.

Many people ridiculed them, and even the villagers advised Sean not to search anymore.

They said that battles had taken place on the island, leaving metal fragments everywhere. The treasure hunters could find something in almost every place, and their metal detectors would beep at every spot, but they couldn’t find anything.

The deepest dig reached five or six meters, with seawater seeping in and a large water pit forming, but ultimately only a broken, rusted curved knife was found.

Sean asked the villagers if the can of gold coins was fake, but the villagers didn’t say anything.

However, Sean could tell from their expressions that it was indeed fake.

But he still led the group to keep digging holes.

They even made it to the news!

The four of them were referred to as persistent treasure hunters!

Elijah and the others didn’t hold any grudges; they simply kept digging, ignoring what others were saying.

There were nearly a thousand people on the island when they first arrived, and after more than ten days, there were less than a hundred left.

Moreover, their purpose was no longer specifically treasure hunting; it was more about tourism.

After all, this was a pristine island, with clean beaches, clear seawater, abundant marine resources, and relatively simple locals.

Recently, the villagers had a few more jobs: cleaning up the holes dug by treasure hunters in the depths of the island.

The holes dug near the sea would soon be filled by the tides, and those in high places could only be filled by hand.

Another reason why the villagers had a good impression of Sean Knight and his team was that they would eventually fill the holes they dug if they couldn’t be filled by seawater.

One day, another scouting ship left, leaving only one more. Sean estimated that this last one wouldn’t hold on for long either.

He had almost explored the area around the island and had basically determined the location of the sailboat.

However, there were many things there, scattered over a large area, and most of them were buried under the sand.

Sean suddenly felt that he should get a salvage ship.

Should he buy or rent it?

Should he dig on the island first, or rent a boat first?

Sean hesitated for a moment, then made a decision.

He reached out to the tall man in the village and said to him:

"I’ll pay you to take me to the salvage ship."

"No need to hire, I’ll help you for free," the tall man was also very friendly to Sean and offered directly.

"Alright." Sean didn’t bother being polite and got on the motor fishing boat that the tall man was driving towards the salvage ship.

There were people guarding the salvage ship. Seeing the fishing boat approaching, someone immediately shouted:

"Don’t come any closer!"

The fishing boat stopped about thirty meters away from the salvage ship. Sean shouted from the boat:

"I want to make a deal with your captain!"

Captain Nemo was having a headache.

The salvage ship was spending a lot of money every day. Though their detection radar found many metal reactions on the seafloor, the divers and underwater robots discovered that they were just broken swords or manganese iron ore.

They couldn’t find any gold at all!

He had spent nearly a month around the island already and couldn’t stay any longer, or he would go bankrupt!

The salvage ship originally belonged to Nemo, but now it belonged to an Australian tycoon.

Nemo was heavily addicted to underwater salvaging.

He had once hired other people’s ships to salvage underwater treasures and made money, then bought this ship and ordered equipment.

However, after several salvaging failures later, he lost a lot of money and couldn’t keep the ship. He sold it to the tycoon. Due to his rich experience, he was retained as captain by the rich man and saved some money over the years.

Upon hearing the news about the treasure this time, the tycoon wasn’t interested, and Nemo couldn’t persuade his employer. Unable to let go of this place, he made a deal with his employer—Nemo would cover all the salvage costs.

If they found the treasure, one-third would go to the employer. If they found nothing, Nemo had to pay his employer one million dollars!

Nemo had put his life’s savings on the line for this.

But this time, there was no harvest at all.

Was his life ruined again?

He had almost run out of money, found nothing, and it seemed like he’d have to work for the rich man again to pay off his debts.

Just when he was utterly anxious, he heard that someone was here for negotiation. Nemo immediately appeared on the deck.

Seeing Nemo, Sean thought of the Pirates of the Caribbean movie series.

Nemo didn’t look like a captain, nor a blacksmith, but rather like the octopus guy.

"You’re Chinese? What kind of business do you want to talk about with me?" Nemo was somewhat surprised that Sean was Chinese.

"I want to rent your salvage ship for a day." Sean said.

"Did you find the burial site of the treasure?" Nemo immediately guessed this possibility.

However, he shook his head soon after:

"How could that be? You don’t even have a ship! The shallow sea has been searched by everyone and there’s no chance that a treasure could still be hidden there. It must be in the deep ocean!"

Nemo absolutely didn’t believe Sean could have single-handedly dived into the deep ocean!

"I just want to rent your ship, do you agree or not?" Sean didn’t say much.

For such a person, more explanation would cause their minds to wander too fast. Sean felt this was a waste of time.

Seeing that Sean was sincere in wanting to rent, Nemo immediately opened with a high price:

"Five hundred thousand dollars a day! The cost of the underwater robot is extra!"

A regular salvage ship would cost at most 200,000 dollars, or even 100,000 dollars per day.

He asked for 500,000 dollars, intending to swindle and scare Sean away.

But Sean unexpectedly agreed!

This made Nemo completely stunned!