Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 509 - 351: Found the Mechanism Under the Lake_2

Chapter 509: Chapter 351: Found the Mechanism Under the Lake_2

Occasionally, he would find one or two gold and silver wares at the bottom of the lake, which he would then dig out with an iron shovel and collect them.

In this way, he found seven items used for sacrifices, but he still couldn’t find how the water had flowed away.

The lake was just too big, and in the end, Sean Knight could only helplessly float back up to the surface.

Looking back at the tent camp, it had already been burned to a white ground, with only some mechanical wreckage left behind, the scene was quite "miserable".

Then Sean saw a small boat on the lake surface. Elijah Hastings and Douglas Cooper were looking around, and when they spotted Sean, they exclaimed with joy and rowed desperately towards him.

At first, Sean was taken aback, thinking that something had happened. He looked up and saw the sun right above him - only then did he realize that he had spent several hours underwater!

He probably didn’t require much oxygen to breathe at the moment, so he hadn’t noticed it himself.

On the other hand, Elijah and the others were terrified, nearly worried that something had happened to Sean underwater. That was why they took the boat and went searching on the lake surface.

The boat was just an ordinary small inflatable rubber dinghy. Sean didn’t know if they brought it with them or found it in the sunken ship.

After getting on the boat, Sean apologized:

"I’m sorry, I thought of a problem at the bottom of the lake and kept looking for the reason, then I lost track of time..."

"Boss, you’re so incredible!" Douglas gave a thumbs up. "You held on for so long with that little bit of oxygen. Did you practice some turtle breathing technique or something?"

"Get lost." Elijah pushed him away and changed the subject. "Boss, as long as you’re fine. Let’s go back. Lincoln Harrington has already prepared the food."

Sean nodded.

The boat rowed into the forest and disappeared from sight.

As they were eating, a helicopter suddenly flew above the lake surface. After circling once, it left.

Elijah looked up and said:

"That guy is not giving up!"

"Don’t mind him. Let’s just do our thing. We’ll take turns diving, no need for a boat."

The man on the helicopter was Bellamy Lang. Seeing the camp burnt down, he sighed. He asked the pilot to lower the altitude, but he couldn’t find anything, so he eventually had to leave.

"I’ll be back!" he vowed silently.

There must be a lot of treasures in this lake. Next time, he would be fully prepared when he came!

Even if necessary, he would bring his own diving equipment!

But thinking about it, it was unrealistic. If he came by himself, he would most likely end up as bones at the bottom of the lake.

While Bellamy Lang was thinking of a solution, Sean and the others had already dived back into the lake.

Three people went into the lake while one person guarded the big pit.

This time, it was Sean who stayed behind.

Elijah and the other two believed that Sean had already spent the entire morning diving, so he needed to rest.

Sean had no choice but to agree.

With nothing to do left and right, he took out the gold and silver wares he had found at the bottom of the lake from the spatial realm, one by one.

The material was almost identical to what they had found in the pit before.

Sean guessed that they were all made by the same tribe or group of tribes.

Based on the craftsmanship, it seemed that they were from different eras, but the basic style remained unchanged.

However, the energy contained in these sacrificial wares salvaged from the lake was far less than that of those dug out from the pit.

After pondering for a while, Sean roughly understood the reason.

These sacrificial wares in the pit must have been enshrined in the tribe’s divine temple and worshipped all the time.

That’s why they contained more energy.

Because they continuously carried the belief of the tribal residents.

As for those sacrificial wares thrown into the lake, they only carried the belief of a single sacrificial event, so the energy contained in them was very little.

This explanation seemed to make sense.

After examining one by one, Sean found that even the energy contained in the silverware was almost the same as that in the goldware, and he felt that his guess was most likely correct.

When the sun set in the west and Elijah and the others returned with their diving equipment, reporting that they had found nothing, Sean wasn’t surprised either.

After all, the lake was so vast, and it was full of silt at the bottom. Sean and the others didn’t have very professional equipment, trying to find anything was like searching for a needle in a haystack.

Fortunately, Elijah and the others were not discouraged, and even looked interested. Douglas even said:

"I’ll find a net or a fishing rod tomorrow, and I’ll catch some fish."

"Well, at least you know your limitations." Elijah joked, "Since you don’t have the ability to find anything, you might as well not participate in this."

"I can’t do anything about it." Douglas Cooper defended himself, "This is not like being at sea where there are traces to find."

"The bottom is covered in one or two meters of silt and mud. If we have to search it all, who knows how long it’ll take..."

"No worries, let’s take it easy." Sean Knight smiled, "Who knows, maybe we’ll find something tomorrow. Alright, let’s eat."

The second day, Sean went down into the lake.

Continuing to scan, this too was a tedious task.

Fortunately, occasional discoveries and surprises made it slightly thrilling.

After a big circle, Sean eventually returned to the bubbling spot at the center of the lake.

There were a total of three water outlets here, arranged in a triangle, with a distance of about ten meters between each other.

Sean hadn’t ventured close to this area due to fear of finding something underwater. Since the surrounding area has now been extensively scanned, it’s time to check this place out.

With Sky Eye activated, he discovered that the water outlets were at least ten meters deep.

If he didn’t approach the edge of the water exit, he wouldn’t be able to see what lay beneath.

So he carefully controlled his movements and slowly moved towards the water exit.

A surge of pressure pushed him outward. Sean knew this was the pressure of the water being sprayed out.

Then, he keenly sensed a suction force pulling him towards the center—

Immediately, Sean activated Sky Eye and scanned the interior.

At this moment, he realized that in the middle of the three water outlets, there was an inlet!

He had somehow completely missed it!

Everything was hidden in plain sight, just like darkness under a lantern.

However, after taking a glance at the water inlet, Sean shifted his attention back to the area beneath the water outlets.

The bottom of the inlet was too deep, seemingly fathomless, so he simply stopped looking at it.

Underneath the water outlet, there was another spatial realm—likely a subterranean river. Sean couldn’t figure out how such a structure was formed.

After all, if the large volume of water entering the inlet was also coming from beneath the outlet, wouldn’t that mean the design was divided into two separate layers? This seemed to defy scientific principles!

However, he couldn’t dwell on this, because beneath the water exit, there was a faint glimmer of a large golden mass flickering!

Sean cautiously approached the edge of the water exit and saw that beneath it was a relatively large, rocky space.

It seemed to be part of a subterranean river, where the water turned around and was forced upwards as it rushed through the area.

In this space, dozens of large and small gold and silver sacrificial objects were scattered.

Among them, there was a colossal golden dugout canoe, measuring more than three meters long and one meter wide!

On the side of the dugout canoe, there were exquisite reliefs, their patterns continuous.

However, since he was underwater, Sean could only take note of the general details.

He must obtain this golden ship!

Subconsciously, Sean set his sights on this target!

Of course, he knew that achieving this would not be easy, given that the golden ship was beneath the water exit. It was almost impossible to penetrate the tremendous water pressure to reach it!

So, what to do?

For the time being, Sean could only let go of his desire to observe the golden ship and started examining the geological structure, attempting to find another way down.

As long as he could go down, even if it was just for a second, Sean would be able to recover the golden ship!

However, he knew this one-second window was extremely difficult!

In the end, Sean couldn’t come up with a viable solution.

With no other option, he reluctantly returned to the surface, intending to come back in the afternoon to think of another plan.

After all, there was plenty of time.

Nevertheless, as he thought about that ship, and how it was so close yet out of reach, Sean grew increasingly anxious.

Back at the makeshift campground near the hollow, Sean saw Elijah Hastings and the rest had arrived. Lincoln Harrington was putting tree branches on the newly setup tent.

As the cut tree branches would dry out in a day or two, they had to be replaced every day.

Meanwhile, Douglas Cooper had finished preparing the meal and called Sean over to eat.

Temporarily putting his worries aside, Sean picked up a skewer of barbecue and started eating heartily.

He needed a full stomach to keep working!