The ship's cabin was filled with large crates, all containing various treasures.
Inside were gold bars, gold and silver ingots, silver, gilded bronze Buddhas, bronze ware, ritual vessels, and all sorts of other precious artifacts. Ye Feng was stunned by what he saw.
There were so many that the entire cargo ship was almost full, with an estimated one hundred or so crates.
Ye Feng roughly estimated that the gold bars, gold and silver ingots, and silver alone amounted to several tons. There were also thousands of gilded bronze Buddhas and tens of thousands of other bronze items.
Additionally, there were hundreds of silk and embroidery pieces damaged by seawater, hundreds of musical instruments, hundreds of ivory carvings, and hundreds of gold and silver jewelry pieces...
Ye Feng also discovered many books, paintings, and the like, but due to prolonged soaking, only their shells remained.
Besides these, there were many unopened crates containing even more items; what was visible was merely the tip of the iceberg.
Ye Feng was deeply moved by this scene, unable to calm himself for a long time.
He estimated the value of the items here to be tens of billions, an enormous sum.
Due to the sheer volume and scale of the items, Ye Feng couldn't take them all at once. He instructed two or three large white sharks to guard the area while he returned to Rocky Island.
Upon returning to his residence on Rocky Island, Ye Feng immediately took out his phone and began reviewing the information he had gathered.
Soon, he pinpointed the origin of these items, tracing them back to a historical event in China.
It was a humiliating historical event in modern times when multiple Western countries invaded, burning, killing, looting, and seizing a vast amount of precious Chinese treasures and cultural relics, and destroying Chinese architecture...
The Chinese people still remember it vividly!
It was said that the Western powers had used several cargo ships to transport the plundered treasures, and these ships were of the same model as the one Ye Feng had found.
Moreover, their route had passed by Rocky Island, and legend had it that one cargo ship had mysteriously disappeared.
However, no one believed it at the time, thinking the Western powers were simply lying.
Ye Feng never imagined it was true, that the items he found were those plundered by those Western forces.
After understanding the situation, Ye Feng fell into a dilemma, unsure of how to handle these items.
Should he keep them for himself or turn them over to the state?
Everyone has selfish desires, and Ye Feng was no exception!
If he kept this treasure, he would instantly become a billionaire, never needing to work again, and his future would be secured.
However, this was wrong and illegal. These items held significant historical importance for the nation and should be handed over to the state.
But if he handed them over, Ye Feng estimated he would only receive a commendation banner, some fleeting fame, and compensation, which seemed insignificant!
This issue troubled Ye Feng for days, preventing him from focusing on his cultivation or other tasks.
In the end, he decided to stop thinking about it and went out for some fresh air, hoping he might find clarity.
Ye Feng left his room and went to a rock by the sea on Rocky Island, enjoying the sea breeze. Indeed, he felt much better.
However, at that moment, he suddenly spotted a small boat in the distance, or rather, a capsized small boat.
Ye Feng initially thought he was hallucinating due to his recent stress.
But at that moment, the small boat in the distance bobbed with the waves, clearly not a hallucination.
Ye Feng rubbed his eyes and concentrated his Sea God's power on his eyes. The next moment, he witnessed a miraculous sight.
With the aid of the Sea God's power, Ye Feng's eyes felt like a telescope, allowing him to see further and further.
"Damn, the Sea God's power can be used like this?" Ye Feng was astonished.
Under the enhancement of the Sea God's power, Ye Feng looked closely. He was shocked by what he saw.
He saw a person clinging to the capsized small boat. Every time a wave crashed, the person was immediately washed into the water.
Yet, the person tenaciously swam back and continued to cling to the small boat.
"Huh? How could a stranger be here?" Ye Feng's face was filled with confusion.
As he pondered, a huge wave suddenly struck the small boat, and the person was swept into the water.
"Uh oh, not good!" Ye Feng frowned and rushed down.
Then, he started his speedboat, pushing the engine to its maximum, and sped towards that direction.
Ye Feng initially thought it wasn't far, but as he actually navigated the speedboat, he realized it was quite a distance.
About five or six minutes later, Ye Feng reached the location of the capsized small boat.
However, when Ye Feng arrived, the person was nowhere to be seen.
Ye Feng quickly activated his underwater detection ability and began searching. Soon, he spotted a floating corpse not far away.
Ye Feng quickly went over and brought the corpse onto the speedboat. It was then that Ye Feng realized it was a woman.
Worse still, the woman had no breath or heartbeat.
Without much thought, Ye Feng immediately injected his Sea God's power into her, performing CPR.
But after several attempts, there was still no reaction. Ye Feng had no choice but to perform artificial respiration.
"Forgive me!"
Ye Feng muttered to himself, took a deep breath, and kissed her, supplying oxygen.
Under the effect of Ye Feng's Sea God's power, CPR, and artificial respiration, the woman woke up shortly after.
"Ah! You pervert!"
However, upon waking and seeing Ye Feng kissing her, the woman slapped him off the speedboat.
The force of the blow was almost unbelievable to Ye Feng.
He cried out in pain as he fell into the water, surfacing after a while.
"Why did you hit me?" Ye Feng said indignantly.
Seeing this, the woman angrily retorted, "You pervert, you tried to assault me!"
"Assault you? You're overthinking it! I was saving you!" Ye Feng retorted angrily.
The woman paused for a few seconds upon hearing this, then suddenly remembered what had happened earlier.
After a moment, she reacted and hurriedly said, "Oh, I see! I'm sorry! I was just too nervous!"
Ye Feng gave her a speechless look and quickly climbed back onto the speedboat.
"Hold on tight!"
Ye Feng told her, then steered the speedboat, taking her to Rocky Island.
Upon arriving at Rocky Island, the woman was stunned by the people around her.
"Wow, there are people living in a place like this?" the woman said in disbelief.
Ye Feng ignored her words and said, "Wait here, I'll go find you some clothes!"
Afterward, Ye Feng borrowed a set of clothes from some female employees for the woman to change into.
Before long, the woman dried her hair, changed into new clothes, and came to Ye Feng's side.
When Ye Feng saw her dressed in the new clothes, he was stunned.
The woman was incredibly beautiful, with an oval face, willow-like eyebrows, and large eyes.
Her figure was also impressive, with a voluptuous body that was quite well-endowed.
Ye Feng had been too focused on saving her earlier to notice her appearance, never expecting her to be so stunning.
However, when the woman spoke, that sense of beauty vanished instantly...