A Marine Admiral in the Marvel Universe

“Alright, since you insist, then it’s up to you.” Pierce said helplessly. There’s no room for jokes in this formal setting. Since Sitwell brought it up, he had no choice but to take on the task.

“Yes, I’ll leave right away.” Sitwell nodded, then turned and left.

……

The Bahamas, New World Island.

Cao Gui rested his head on Gwen's fair thighs, leisurely watching TV, where a news report was playing.

"Introduction: Stark Industries has launched a brand new product: the Jericho missile. According to Stark Industries shareholder Obadiah, who is also Tony Stark's godfather, Tony Stark, as the group's president, will travel to the Central Asian theater to personally negotiate cooperation projects with the military..."

Cao Gui's gaze sharpened instantly; the plot had begun so quickly...

"Hey, Cao, sister, come quick, we've found a big guy!"

Cao Gui scratched his head, realizing he needed to finish dealing with these two brats quickly.

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Chapter 185 There really is a West Wind?

"What is that?" Cao Gui and Gwen asked in confusion.

"cannon!"

"Yes, that's right, it's a cannon!" the two little kids exclaimed excitedly.

What does a cannon signify?

This means there was a ship here. The place is far from land, and the nearest land is thousands of meters away. How could a cannon have sunk here?

You must understand, those were ancient muzzle-loading cannons, cast iron cannons. Not only were they not very powerful, but they were also extremely heavy. A single cast iron cannon weighed at least five or six hundred pounds, which was simply not something a single person could move.

Without a doubt, this cannon belongs to a ship, which means there is a shipwreck nearby!

"Let's go take a look."

Gwen said excitedly that although they were not short of money, to be honest, treasure hunting was still quite interesting, and no one could resist the temptation of discovering treasure.

Gwen pulled Cao Gui into the sea, and the two swam downstream hand in hand.

"Hey, wait, the water is deep..." The little boy scratched his head. The seawater here was very deep, about seventy or eighty meters deep, about seventeen or eighteen stories high. It would be very dangerous if he didn't wear a professional diving suit. Gwen and Cao Gui had only taken a diving mask.

But before he could finish speaking, Cao Gui and Gwen had already swum down.

“Ignore them, they’ll come up if they can’t take it,” Helen said, then followed George to put on their gear and descended together.

As the depth increased, the water pressure gradually increased, and the skin began to tighten during the descent. However, this change in water pressure was nothing to Cao Guigewen.

Before long, Cao Gui and Gwen could clearly see the rusty cannon barrel on the seabed.

The two kids used a sand blower to blow away about 20 to 30 centimeters of sand before they found this thing. If they hadn't been using a metal detector, they wouldn't have been able to find it at all.

However, to be fair, they were really lucky to find this thing in the vast ocean.

Cao Gui took a quick look at the object, and it was pretty much what they had thought. It was indeed a weapon from around the 17th or 18th century. Although it was covered in rust, the basic corrosion wasn't too severe, and some patterns could still be faintly seen on the cannon, probably because it was buried deep in the sand.

"Mmm~"

Gwen pointed at the two of them, then at the top of her head, indicating that Cao Gui should go up. In her opinion, Cao Gui was an ordinary person and shouldn't go down.

Cao Gui nodded. He and Gwen were fine, but it would be difficult to explain if George and the others noticed anything unusual.

Meanwhile, George and his three companions quickly descended with some equipment to the underwater cannon, took out two specially made balloons, secured them, and then used oxygen tanks to inflate the balloons.

Soon, under the influence of buoyancy, the heavy iron cannon barrel began to rise slowly. Seeing this, Cao Gui and Gwen swam back to the ship at a faster speed, and then set up the pulley system to wait for the cannon barrel to rise.

Before long, two huge yellow balloons emerged from underwater, and Cao Gui and Gwen pulled the cannon barrel onto the boat.

The wet cannon barrel was dripping water. Cao Gui and Gwen took out water guns and began to clean the sea sand stuck to it. The sea sand was extremely fine and difficult to clean. In addition, the cannon barrel had many patterns and was difficult to clean because it stuck to the corners and crevices.

"Cao, come here quickly, take a look at this!" Gwen was half-squatting, cleaning the muzzle, but there were several letters printed on the muzzle.

“z, e, p, h, y, r, zrphyr West Wind.” Cao Gui’s expression was strange; these two little brats had actually found it.

"It really is the West Wind."

Gwen also looked surprised. At first, George, Cao Gui, and the other three didn't pay much attention to the treasure hunt, treating it as just a game for children. But the appearance of this cannon barrel basically proved that the treasure really existed.

With a few splashes, George, Helen, and the other three swam onto the boat together, showing the same expression as Cao Gui. This was outrageous! They found the treasure so easily?

"Where is it easy?" the two kids immediately retorted, feeling that their efforts were not being valued.

"Exactly, while you're sunbathing and playing, we're diving; while you're fishing, we're digging in the sand on the seabed."

"We even had to fight over buying a boat. We worked so hard, and you say it's easy?"

"That's right, apologize to us right now."

"Alright, let's focus on the location of the shipwreck." Cao Gui immediately changed the subject:

"According to the records in the book, there must be a lot of gold on this West Wind ship. This is a great opportunity for you to make a name for yourselves."

Upon hearing this, the two boys instantly forgot their earlier unpleasantness and nodded repeatedly, urging each other on. To be honest, they were really lucky to have found these things, and they had no idea what to do next.

They only had a superficial understanding of treasure hunting. They knew the steps to find things on the seabed, but locating a shipwreck was a bit of a challenge for them.

"Now that we've confirmed the treasure's existence, the next step is to narrow down the search area," Cao Gui said.

"This is where the Gulf Stream flows northward, and the seawater flows in the direction of the ocean current."

"Yes, yes, so we need to find out the departure time and route of the West Wind, then determine the current speed and direction of the seawater during that time period, and then conduct reverse mapping based on the position of the gun barrel."

Gwen, the academic high-achiever, chuckled and immediately provided a brief outline of the main ideas.

But upon hearing this, the little kids instantly wilted. They had never learned these things and could only rely on their older sister and brother-in-law.

“Let’s go back now. I need to check the ocean current data here,” Gwen said.

"Okay." The kids sighed. They thought the treasure hunt would be similar, but they had to do so much more. It seemed there was no hope for them anytime soon.

At night, Gwen was constantly searching for information, while Cao Gui was performing calculations. The ocean current data was complex and extremely troublesome to calculate.

Fortunately, Cao Gui could use Osborne's supercomputer to process the data, which made the process much easier.

Ring ring~

Just then, the phone rang.

"Honey, it's your phone." Gwen didn't even look up, quickly flipping through the files.

"Oh, okay." Cao Gui picked up the phone and a familiar voice came from the other end:

"Come out for a moment, I have something to talk to you about."

Cao Gui was taken aback. It was Sitwell. Cao Gui scratched his head, somewhat puzzled. What happened? I haven't done anything lately.

"it is good."

About ten minutes later, Cao Gui arrived at a mountain forest, where he could see Sitwell's somewhat reflective head from afar.

Seeing Cao Gui approach, Sitwell's lips twitched: "I told you, don't make such a commotion..."

"Heaven and earth bear witness, I... I didn't do anything!" Cao Gui said innocently.

Sitwell: (?_?)

Cao Gui: (????w????)

Perhaps it was because Sitwell's gaze was too eerie, Cao Gui scratched his head and inexplicably felt guilty and blushed.

"Didn't you use that multi-barrel rocket launcher you carry with you?" Sitwell said irritably.

"Oh, you mean that?" Cao Gui suddenly realized, then asked, puzzled, "You guys deal with that too?"

“Marun discovered it, but couldn’t figure out why, so he sent us over.”

"Understood!" Cao Gui nodded. This was someone cleaning up his mess. If the Marines had gone all out, they probably could have even assembled an aircraft carrier fleet.

"Well then, there's a villa on the western hilltop. It was inhabited by the Purple Man. I killed him yesterday, and his body shouldn't be rotting yet. I'll give it to you."

Sitwell looked surprised. He knew about the purple man. Minister Pierce had even considered hiring him, but the man was a womanizer with low standards, incompetent, and loved to play around, so after evaluation, the idea was abandoned.

“That works too, I can get away with this.” Hitterwell nodded.

"Here, take this." Cao Gui took out the [Excitement Hormone] and tossed it to Sitwell.

"What is this?" Sitwell asked, puzzled, looking at the pink potion.

"It's a kind of stimulant... I guess. It can boost a person's combat power for a short period of time, but the side effects are significant," Cao Gui said.

Upon hearing this, Sitwell's eyes lit up. This thing was an absolute trump card, capable of saving his life in a critical moment.

Cao Gui originally wanted to give him the "Healing Hormone" treatment, but the success rate of this thing was very low, and it would definitely reduce lifespan. Unless you were the protagonist of a shonen manga, anyone who used it would die, so Cao Gui gave up on this idea.

The two exchanged brief updates on their recent situations and then parted ways. Sitwell had gone out on his own, and was followed by a large group of men, so he couldn't stay away for too long.

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Chapter 186 Finding the Shipwreck

Long Island, New York.

Crackle crackle~ Crackle crackle~

Tony Stark sat in front of his computer, his ten fingers rapidly tapping the keyboard, the pleasant sound of the keyboard constantly ringing out, looking like a miserable writer.

However, on the holographic projection screen, two figures are engaged in a rapid battle.

Miss! Miss! Miss!

On the holographic screen, red words flashed, announcing the attack's failure. After a moment, with a bang, a figure was directly blown apart.

"Aha! Perfect!"

Just like a gamer beating a level, Tony suddenly slammed his hand down on the keyboard and shouted.

"Damn it, after all this time, we've finally finished creating the data model." Tony Stark breathed a sigh of relief.

“Congratulations, sir. However… although you defeated the masked man in the data simulation, given your physical condition, you can’t withstand this level of combat. Your body will… be injured.” Jarvis carefully chose his words and spoke slowly.

"So, have you considered unmanned combat armor?"

“No way,” Tony Stark said firmly. “The great Tony Stark must defeat the masked man himself. He must rise from where he fell.”