"San Jose!"

"My God! It's actually the San Jose!" Jeff was completely incredulous.

Seeing this, Qi Yun turned to him and asked, "Captain Jeff, do you know this ship?"

Jeff's Adam's apple bobbed, his eyes fixed on the letters on the screen, his voice squeezed out from his chest: "Every sailor has heard the legend about it."

"According to the records, in 1708, the Spanish ship San Jose, laden with gold treasures, was sunk by the British fleet off the coast of Colombia. For three hundred years, countless salvage ships have tried to find it in that area, but it has always remained elusive."

"Some say that a sea monster guarding the treasure hid it, but who would have thought it would appear here..."

At this point, Jeff turned to Qi Yun and asked, "Mr. Qi, how did you know..."

However, just as he spoke a few words, he suddenly realized that some questions might not be his to ask, so he quickly chose to keep silent and swallowed the rest back down.

Qi Yun smiled at him but didn't explain, merely instructed, "Keep working."

"Yes, Mr. Qi." Jeff responded, then patted Mike, who was still immersed in shock, "Let the robot enter the ship to check the situation."

Mike snapped back to reality, his fingers trembling as he controlled the robot.

The mechanical spider slowly crawled into the ship's deck crevice, and the moment the searchlight pierced the darkness, numerous decaying wooden boxes appeared on the screen.

"These boxes must be filled with treasures! Legend has it that this ship was loaded with endless gold!" Frank nearly pressed his face up against the screen, his voice full of uncontrollable excitement.

Mike swallowed hard, carefully maneuvering the mechanical spider closer to one of the boxes. As soon as the mechanical arm's claw touched the lid, the rotten wood quickly dissolved in the water.

If it weren't for the ship structure blocking it, the currents might have washed these boxes away long ago.

As the murk cleared, countless silver coins spilled out, glistening coldly under the searchlight. There were emblem-like designs on the coins, though time had worn them so much they were hard to discern.

Yet, as the camera panned down, everyone's smiles froze—among the pile of silver coins, there was shockingly a partial human hand bone, with a sapphire ring still on it, indicating something had happened on this ship...

However, the oppressive atmosphere didn't last long, quickly dispelled by the appearance of more and more boxes of silver coins.

"Equip another robot with tools and send it down to collect all these silver coins!" Jeff excitedly ordered.

"Yes, Captain!"

While Frank and Mike continued to operate the equipment, the other crew members began to gather on the deck. At the first mate's command, one by one, square metal mesh bags were brought out.

The crew attached the mesh bags to specially designed iron frames and lowered them into the sea along the hooks.

Underwater, Mike operated the robot equipped with a mechanical scoop to scoop up all the silver coins from the wreck into the mesh bags.

Frank controlled another robot, continuing to explore the ship's interior.

"Gold coins! These are gold coins!"

The next second, Frank shouted excitedly.

On the screen, inside a broken box, was a full chest of gold coins, covered in a layer of green algae fuzz. Though their brilliance was gone, their value remained immense.

Qi Yun was a bit excited internally—just recovering this chest of gold coins made the trip worthwhile.

Noise soon came from the deck as the first haul was brought up by the hook.

"Careful!"

"Slowly! Ao Debiao, you fool! If you spill these treasures into the sea, I'll shove a banana up your backside!" The first mate frantically commanded from the side.

Qi Yun signaled to Ah Jiao in the pilot room to keep an eye on things while he went outside with the others.

On deck, the wet mesh bags dripped seawater, rising slowly amidst the winch's roar.

The crew held the swaying mesh bags together, a mix of algae and silt stinging the nostrils. The first mate swiftly rinsed off the surface sediment with a high-pressure water gun.

Once the rinsing was done, the contents were dumped onto a plastic sheet spread beside them.

Soon, a small mountain of silver coins appeared before everyone.

Qi Yun stepped closer, crouched down, and pinched a silver coin between his fingers, examining it carefully under the light.

The surface of the coin was uneven, its once-clear design blurred by years of seawater erosion, tiny holes covering the edges, like they had been gnawed by something.

With a gentle rub, he could feel a layer of rough calcification.

Wondering if the damage was so serious, could these be as valuable as a silver dollar?

At this moment, Captain Jeff approached with a metal detector gun, waving a silver coin over it. The detector emitted intermittent beeps, its display numbers jumping wildly.

After a while, he said with a hint of regret, "Mr. Qi, the silver content in these coins is only 63% left; the rest has been eroded by seawater."

"But they have immense historical significance. I think those antique dealers in Spain would be willing to pay a high price for them."

Qi Yun nodded, "We'll discuss it back on shore."

Then he waved over to Ajie not far away, instructing, "Go fetch the storage bags we brought and package all of this."

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