Fishermen's live stream: Twelve bodies were retrieved at the start.

More than 100 meters deep in the mud and sand at the bottom of the sea, two huge, long shadows were tightly entangled in a thick alloy fishing net.

On the weight display next to it, the numbers were jumping wildly.

It eventually stopped at an astonishing mark.

Total weight: 24,000 jin!

"Wow, that's quite a lot."

A hint of excitement flashed in Lin Mo's eyes.

He quickly ran his hands across the control panel to confirm that the radar showed the column was completely wrapped in fishing net.

"Windlock No. 1, maximum power!"

"Get up!"

With a roar from Lin Mo.

The massive hull of the Explorer suddenly sank.

The deafening roar of diesel engines could be heard from below deck.

The thick, special steel cable stretched taut, making a teeth-grinding "crunch" sound.

Two giant pillars, more than 100 meters deep in the ocean, were forcibly pulled out of the millennia-old silt.

They began to drag the boat rapidly towards the sea.

The once calm sea suddenly began to heave violently.

Large clumps of murky bubbles surged up from the seabed and exploded on the surface.

It's as if an ancient behemoth is awakening in the ocean.

on the deck.

Liangzi and the rest of the crew clung tightly to the railing, leaning half their bodies out and staring intently at the churning seawater.

"They're out!"

"Holy crap, that's huge!"

A violent splash of water followed.

Two enormous cylindrical objects burst through the sea with a roar, suspended in mid-air by steel cables.

Seawater flowed down the column with a rushing sound.

Under the blinding searchlight.

Everyone saw through the true nature of these two so-called pillars of stability.

The column is a deep bluish-black color, and its surface is covered with mottled green rust.

But that's not the most shocking part.

What's most chilling is the dense array of engravings on the surface of the pillar.

That wasn't an ordinary decorative pattern.

Instead, it contains countless distorted and bizarre ancient characters, as well as a large number of complex Taoist sea-suppressing runes.

These runes are connected end to end, like chains, tightly binding the entire pillar.

Liangzi swallowed hard and rubbed his eyes.

"What on paper are these things?"

"It looks like scribbles."

Da Zhuang, standing next to him, scratched his bald head.

"We're just a bunch of roughnecks, how would we know anything about this? We'll probably have to wait for someone like Miss Bai, a cultured person, to come up with the answer."

"But it looks really damn imposing."

At this point, the live stream room had completely gone wild.

All attention was focused on the two massive bronze pillars suspended in mid-air.

No one teased Lin Mo anymore.

The screen was filled with memes of people gasping in shock.

"My goodness, they actually pulled up two magic pillars?!"

"The sense of oppression is too strong; I feel like I can't breathe even through the screen."

"God Mo, can I keep this thing to myself? I'll offer fifty million to buy one to put in my villa's backyard as a talisman!"

"You're dreaming. If you dare to buy an artifact of this level, someone will invite you for tea tomorrow."

"This is absolutely stunning! This is definitely the biggest archaeological discovery of the year!"

"Bang!"

It was accompanied by a dull, loud bang.

Two massive, heavy pillars were placed steadily on the wide aft deck.

Even the deck, made of special steel plates, groaned under the strain.

Before the water droplets had completely subsided.

Bai Jingxuan could no longer contain her excitement. She even forgot about her phone and rushed out of the driver's seat like a gust of wind.

"This is real...this is actually real..."

Bai Jingxuan's voice was trembling.

The fervor in her eyes almost solidified into a tangible form.

Lin Mo slowly walked out of the driver's seat, holding a thermos in his hand.

He was already used to Bai Jingxuan's reactions, given her obsession with archaeology.

He took a sip of goji berry tea and stared intently at the two bronze pillars.

He knew it very well.

The age of these "sea-stabilizing needles" far exceeds that of the artifacts previously unearthed under the Arctic ice.

The inscriptions on this pillar definitely contain astonishing ancient information.

It might even involve a completely erased part of the Silk Road's history.

Bai Jingxuan took out a high-powered magnifying glass that she carried with her and carefully examined the marks on it.

"It can't be wrong."

"This should be a genuine Taoist sea-suppressing talisman!"

"Look at the direction of these runes; they subtly correspond to the numbers of the Big Dipper. This is a top-tier formation used by ancient Taoism to suppress extremely Yin lands!"

Bai Jingxuan excitedly turned her head to look at Lin Mo.

"Captain Lin, this sea area must have witnessed an extremely terrible maritime disaster in ancient times, otherwise the ancients would not have spent so much manpower and resources to build this level of sea-suppressing pillar!"

Looking at Bai Jingxuan's fanatical expression, as if she wanted to dissect the pillar immediately.

Lin Mo shook his head helplessly.

The live stream chat instantly exploded.

"Where is he? Where is my huge bronze artifact?"

"Miss Bai! Your phone! Your phone!"

"I've already taken my pants off, and you're showing me a cloudy day turning sunny?"

"Quickly, point the camera at the bronze artifact! I want to see the ancient characters on it!"

Lin Mo listened to the faint electrical hum coming from the microphone at his feet.

He sighed helplessly.

This girl goes wilder than a hungry wolf when she sees an antique.

He walked over, bent down, and picked up the phone.

He wiped the water droplets off the lens with his sleeve.

The camera was refocused on the center of the deck.

"Don't rush me, I'll show you right now."

The screen was instantly flooded with a dense barrage of "Holy crap!" comments.

Two enormous bronze pillars, each over a meter in diameter, lay silently across the deck.

The surface is covered with mottled verdigris and thick sea rock.

You can vaguely see that it is covered with intricate and strange patterns.

Wu Wei and several crew members had already surrounded them.

Everyone stared wide-eyed, not daring to utter a sound.

Bai Jingxuan was lying in front of the first pillar.

Holding a magnifying glass and a testing instrument, he muttered to himself.

Lin Mo didn't join in the fun.

Holding his phone, he walked straight to the second pillar, which was a little further back.

The viewers in the live stream immediately fell silent.

The number of bullet comments has decreased sharply.

Everyone in front of the screen held their breath, staring intently at Lin Mo's every move.

Lin Mo stood in front of the pillar and looked it over.

This thing has a sinister feel to it.

He stretched out his right hand, ready to brush away a clump of mud from the pillar.

Just as his fingertips were about to touch the pillar.

His hand suddenly stopped in mid-air.

They were less than a centimeter apart.

The crew members around him were watching him intently.

Seeing him suddenly stop, Wu Wei couldn't help but move closer.

"Boss, what's wrong?"

Lin Mo did not speak.

His gaze was fixed on an inconspicuous patch of "verdigris" on the surface of the pillar.

The patina was a little too dark.

At the edge, there is a row of extremely fine, serrated, sharp barbs.

If you don't look closely, you might mistake it for a natural rust mark formed on the seabed.

"Everyone, step back."

Lin Mo's voice wasn't loud, but it carried an undeniable authority.

Wu Wei reflexively took two steps back.

The crew members looked at each other in bewilderment and quickly dispersed.

"This is no ordinary sea-suppressing pillar."

Lin Mo withdrew his hand and zoomed in on the phone camera.

They spotted the strange patina.

"This is a poisonous pillar presented as tribute by a foreign country."

Several question marks instantly appeared in the live stream chat.

"A poison pillar? This thing can be used to poison?"

"Lin Shen, don't scare me. Isn't it normal for bronze artifacts to have a little green mold growing on them?"