The combined weight of these three pieces of ambergris may exceed two kilograms. Xiang Yang will have to wait until he returns to find out their exact value, but it is definitely worth several million.
On this side, Xiang Yang was excited.
On the other hand, the crew encountered considerable trouble.
This time, we are still not allowed to act alone, and everyone works in groups of two.
Among them, Chen Qingsheng and Fang Youqun were assigned to a group.
At this moment, the two people were staying motionless under the water to rest.
Next to them were large patches of cut algae. Apparently, they had cleared an area in the sea specifically for resting.
"I can't hold on any longer." Fang Youqun gestured, indicating that he couldn't hold on any longer and had to get back to the surface as soon as possible.
There was no surprise to Chen Qingsheng.
The waters here are deeper than what has been detected, about 170 to 180 meters deep.
The reason why the detection depth is about 150 meters is because there is a large amount of seaweed growing under this sea area.
One hundred and fifty meters is beyond the crew's capabilities and is a big challenge for them.
After going down to the sea which was more than 170 meters deep, Chen Qingsheng felt a tightness in his chest and he couldn't breathe at all.
But Chen Qingsheng grabbed Fang Youqun's ankle and prevented him from floating to the surface.
Fang Youqun turned around. The strong light from the overhead lamp was dim and swallowed by the surrounding darkness. The light could only illuminate the position of Chen Qingsheng's helmet.
Chen Qingsheng shook his head and gestured, "We can't go up so quickly. Follow me and swim up slowly together."
The maximum diving depth of this diving equipment is three hundred meters.
But that is a depth that is almost impossible for humans to reach. Currently, the number of people in the world who can dive to that depth can be counted on one’s fingers. The maximum depth that specially trained people can dive to is generally only two hundred meters.
After Chen Qingsheng and Fang Youqun went down to this nearly limitless depth, the pressure of the sea water on them was too great. If they surfaced very quickly, the sudden change in pressure would cause them to bleed from all seven orifices instantly. In serious cases, their lungs would even explode.
Chen Qingsheng dragged Fang Youqun and began to float up at a very slow speed.
Every time you rise three to five meters, you need to stay where you are for a while to adapt.
As for the other crew members, it was even worse. They didn't even get to the bottom of the sea and went straight back home. In the entire fleet, except Xiang Yang, Tang Bao was the only one who could go down to such a deep seabed.
But Tang Bao's partner Xia Pengjie was not very good at diving. He could not hold on at about 130 meters underwater, so Tang Bao followed Xia Pengjie and went back home.
As for Wu Shiwen and Gao Chuang's people, it is even more so.
Their diving equipment was not as advanced as Xiang Yang's, and the pressure they endured underwater was greater than that of Xiang Yang's crew.
Even those who dived deep could not see the seaweed on the bottom of the water. Most of them stopped within a hundred meters.
"I can't take it anymore. I can't take it anymore. Ah, oxygen tank, quickly, give me another breath." As soon as he got on the boat, Fang Youqun lay on the deck like a dead dog, gasping for breath.
"Shut up." Chen Qingsheng glared at Fang Youqun unhappily, then handed him a bottle of water.
Fang Youqun immediately sat up from the deck, then tilted his head back and drank half the bottle in one gulp.
"Oh, that's terrible." Fang Youqun's eyes flashed with fear, "Just now I really thought I was going to die."
"Who told you to show off?" Chen Qingsheng got even more angry when he heard this. "At about 150 meters, I said we were going to retreat, but you dived down like crazy and I couldn't catch up with you."
In fact, Chen Qingsheng had a great lung capacity, so he had no problem diving to 180 meters. He was frightened by the large patches of seaweed, but he didn't expect that Fang Youqun next to him kept diving with his head down, and he couldn't stop him.
At this time, Tang Bao said, "Brother Fang, you haven't received special training, so you really shouldn't show off. The depth of a normal diver's underwater activities will not exceed 130 feet. If it exceeds this depth, special training is required."
Fang Youqun scratched his head. "One hundred and thirty feet? How deep is that?"
Chen Qingsheng was still angry with Fang Youqun. He said unhappily, "One foot is roughly equal to 0.3 meters. You can calculate it yourself."
Fang Youqun also recovered by then. He counted on his fingers and immediately said with a smile, "Less than 40 meters? That's not the case. If you add another one to the front, it's about the same. It's easy for me to go down to a depth of 140 meters."
Chen Qingsheng slapped Fang Youqun on the head and said, "Do you think everyone wears a diving suit as good as yours when they go into the water? The one you're wearing can be used to buy a Mercedes-Benz C at a 4S store."
Fang Youqun shrank his head and stopped talking immediately. Indeed, he had a diving suit at home, and the maximum diving depth was only about 100 meters.
After scolding Fang Youqun, Chen Qingsheng changed his tone and said admiringly, "The captain is really amazing. It's like playing in such deep water."
"Brother Yang must have received special training. Besides, Brother Qing, you just went down too. You looked fine when you came up, so you should be able to go down too." Wu Shiwen said with a smile.
“I can’t do it. It’s suffocating at the bottom of the sea. Being able to go down is one thing, and being able to work underwater is another. In that situation, I simply can’t fish.” Chen Qingsheng waved his hands quickly.
At this point, Chen Qingsheng turned his head and looked at Tang Bao, "By the way, Tang Bao, can you get under the water?"
"Yes." Tang Bao nodded, "Especially with this diving suit on, I am confident that I can go down to 250 meters. Of course, I am not sure if I can go deeper than that."
Chen Qingsheng took a breath when he heard this. He noticed the word Tang Bao used, which meant "unsure", not "can't".
"I'm trained for this." Tang Bao smiled and said, "Actually, what I've done is nothing. The best one is the captain. Although I haven't seen him dive, I think he should be able to go down to a depth of 300 meters."
"Three hundred meters? How is this possible? How is it possible for humans to go down to such a depth?" Wu Shiwen exclaimed.
"I don't know if our captain can go down to 300 meters, but there are indeed people who can go down to 300 meters." Tang Bao thought for a moment and said, "The official deepest diving record is 318 meters, but the deepest recorded diving record is 332 meters. At that time, an extreme athlete in Egypt used a rope to dive to a depth of 318 meters."
Chen Qingsheng nodded. "I know this record, but it took that man only twelve minutes to go down, but fifteen hours to come up. He prepared for that dive for four years. When he came up, many parts of his body were damaged. It's not worth it."