"Steven, what's in this box?

Seeing Ye Tian coming over with a box, Matisse immediately asked curiously.

"It is a small marble sculpture with the theme of Poseidon holding a trident across the sea, and the whole sculpture is very beautiful and expressive!

I found it in a cabinet when I was exploring the captain's lounge just now, and because it was a marble sculpture, it was very well preserved and looked quite good, so I brought it over."

Ye Tian chuckled and explained a few words, and then put the box in his hand on the decompression stop, his movements were quite cautious.

"It looks pretty good, you can give such a high rating! Then this marble sculpture must be very good, even priceless!"

Matisse exclaimed, and his eyes suddenly brightened.

For Ye Tian's vision, he is extremely trusting, it is absolutely impossible to look away, this has been proven countless times, close to the truth, there is no doubt about it!

Immediately after Matisse, Johnny's voice came through the headphones.

"Steven, can you tell us about it? This is the work of the master sculptor, and we really don't know much about the master sculptors before the eighteenth century!"

"No problem! I can tell you about this sculpture, which I have identified as the sculpture of the famous Italian Baroque artist of the 17th century, Giovanni Bernini!

Bernini was the most outstanding sculptor of Baroque art and an outstanding master of architectural design, known as the greatest master of art of the seventeenth century, and created many classic works!

In addition, he is a painter, draftsman, stage designer, fireworks maker, and funeral designer, and has achieved excellence in almost every field he has been involved in.

I never thought it would be a huge surprise to find Bernini's sculpture aboard the Princess of Malaga, from around 1660, at the height of his career!"

Ye Tian explained the situation of the sculpture of Poseidon the god of the sea, and his tone and expression were very excited.

While explaining, he kept looking at the box on the decompression stop, his eyes were so hot that he was reluctant to move away.

As soon as his voice fell, an exclamation sounded in the earphones.

"Oh my God! It's Bernini's sculpture, even if we are idiots of antique art, we know this master! He's one of the most famous figures in the history of art! Who doesn't know?"

"Yes, we know not only his name, but also his famous masterpieces, such as the group sculpture 'Apollo and Daphne', the architectural design 'The Colonnade of St. Peter's Basilica', and so on.

Since this Poseidon is Bernini's peak work, it must be the best work of art!

"Steven, can you tell us about the market value of this sculpture? I think everyone wants to know the answer! Surely it is worth a fortune?"

Raymond asked impatiently, his tone full of anticipation.

The rest of the people, too, wanted to know the value of the sculpture and echoed it.

Hearing this, Ye Tian immediately chuckled and immediately gave an answer.

"It seems that everyone knows something about Bernini, so I don't want to sell it, based on the current antique art market, combined with the situation of the sculpture itself, my estimate is about $12 million.

If you use the media to hype up the story behind this sculpture and send it to a top auction, even if it fetches a sky-high price of more than $20 million, it is possible!"

Before he could finish speaking, a frantic exclamation could be heard from his headphones.

"$20 million? I heard you right? It's just a small sculpture, and even if it's from Bernini, it's too much of an exaggeration, it's unbelievable!"

"Oh my God! This is really a huge surprise, I didn't expect that the Malaga Princess is not only full of gold and silver treasures, but also such a top-notch work of art, which is really profitable!"

"Hahaha, folks, you heard it right, it's 20 million dollars! That's the value of a top-notch work of art, it's not comparable to the gold and silver treasures!

It's a pity that this is only a small sculpture, and the price can only reach this level at most, if it is a large sculpture or a group sculpture, it is normal to be worth more than 100 million dollars!

Of course, it is impossible for large sculptures or group sculptures to appear on the shipwreck, and it is very difficult to salvage, to be honest, it is a fluke to find this sea god Poseidon!"

Ye Tian said with a smile, very proud.

Hearing this, there was naturally another exclamation in the headphones!

It wasn't until two or three minutes later that everyone's emotions calmed down, and the exclamations and exclamations in the headphones finally disappeared.

During this period, Ye Tian used the auxiliary equipment on the decompression stop to fix the box containing the sculpture of Poseidon the sea god, and prepared to use the decompression stop to bring it to the sea.

After confirming that the box had been fixed and would not slip into the sea, Ye Tian reminded Raymond who was at the middle depth.

"Guys, I've put the box with the sculpture on the decompression stop, be sure to be careful when you replace the gas cylinders and battery pack later, don't crush the box!

You'd better suppress your exuberant curiosity, don't open the box at the bottom of the sea to admire, and wait until we return to the yacht after exploring, and there is time to admire, don't worry!"

"OK! Steven, we got it!"

"Yes, it looks like we're going to have to suffer a while before we can see that top-notch artwork later."

There were a few responses from the headphones, and everyone was very excited.

After talking about the sculpture, Ye Tian and Mattis began to replace the gas cylinders they were carrying, as well as the battery packs of the two submersible propulsion vehicles.

It didn't take long for them to be replaced, and then they left the decompression stop one after another and swam again to the nearby Malaga Princess treasure carrier.

Once they have swam out about five meters, the decompression stop begins to slowly rise, ready to return to the middle of the water depth.

There, Raymond and Johnny were waiting, also preparing to replace the gas cylinders and battery packs.

Soon, Ye Tian and Matisse swam above the main deck of the Malaga Princess.

The two decks on the ship have been explored, and the target of this exploration is the first deck of the ship, which is also the largest area of the entire shipbuilding.

Once you're done exploring, it's time to head into the cabins below the main deck, and that's the real highlight!

As before, Ye Tian left their respective submersible thrusters on the main deck, found a place to tie them up, and then swam to the shipbuilding together.

"Matisse, the area of the first deck of the ship building is relatively large, and the internal space of each cabin is sufficient, let's explore it together, so that it is convenient to take care of each other!"

While swimming forward, Ye Tian said through the headphones.

"No problem, Steven, even if you don't say it, I'm going to make this suggestion, compared to the upper two decks, the attack on the first deck is more violent, and the situation inside the cabin is more complicated!

Coupled with the relatively large size of these cabins, they are an ideal hiding place and haven for many marine benthic creatures, so who knows if there are any marine killers hiding inside, so it's better to be careful!"

Mattis nodded in agreement.

As they spoke, the two of them had swam to the door of a cabin on the left side of the deck on the first deck of the ship.

After a slight pause before approaching the hatch, Ye Tian then reached out and opened the hidden hatch, swung his legs lightly and swam in first.

Immediately after, Matisse followed, and the distance between the two was not far away, so that they could take care of each other.

As Matisse said before, the attack here is much more fierce than the two decks on the ship's upper floor!

On the bulkhead on the left side by the sea, there are five or six holes smashed by solid shells, the diameter of the large one is fifty or sixty centimeters, and the small one is more than ten or twenty centimeters, which is shocking!

In addition to these holes, the bulkhead is also full of cracks, like spider webs, horizontal and vertical, making people a little worried that this bulkhead will fall apart immediately!

The situation inside the cabin was also very tragic, many things were broken and broken by solid shells that pierced the bulkheads, and there were holes and cracks everywhere, as well as burn marks!

There were two gun emplacements in this cabin, and because the galleon was tilted to the right and sunk, the guns on both gun emplacements were out of position and slid to the right side of the cabin.

Here, Ye Tian saw the corpse for the first time, of course, this was the first time he saw the corpse on the Malaga Princess!

It was the corpse of a crew member, crushed under a 12-pounder gun, and the death was quite miserable, white and bone-lining!

In addition, there were more than a dozen wooden crates in this cabin, which looked like ammunition boxes and gunpowder boxes, all of which had slipped to the right of the cabin and were piled up in a mess.

In the blink of an eye, Ye Tian took a close look at the situation in this cabin and quickly made a judgment.

There's no value to explore, it's not worth wasting time here, you can go to the next cabin.

Just in case, before making a decision, he also secretly turned on the perspective and thoroughly saw through the entire cabin, so as not to miss any valuable treasures!

It's a pity that there are a lot of things that gleam red and orange in his eyes, but they are not of much value!

The two 12-pounder guns were worth a little money, but they were nothing compared to the cost of salvaging them out to sea and shipping them back to the United States!