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

When Lin Siyu saw the word "hundred million" in the comments, her breath hitched.

Her little hands gripped the hem of her clothes tightly.

The look in his eyes as he looked at that "tattered rag" instantly changed from disdain to the fervent adoration one would show for their own father.

Get rich!

Not only did we make back the money for the fuel, but we also have the funds to buy an aircraft carrier!

Lin Mo ignored the shouts and commotion around him.

His gaze was deep, and his fingers gently traced the starting point of the nautical chart.

A sand table simulation was rapidly unfolding in my mind.

If this is truly a top-secret nautical chart of Zheng He's fleet, why would it appear here?

Who left behind that bronze box with the magic needle used as a lock?

He did something that surprised everyone.

He took out the fragment of the map he had obtained earlier from his inner pocket.

That is, the old parchment that led them to this place.

Lin Mo slowly brought the fragmented map closer to the edge of the complete nautical chart.

Everyone unconsciously held their breath.

Wu Wei craned his neck, not daring to blink.

He thought Lin Mo was going to put the two pictures together to witness the moment of miracle.

however.

The moment the incomplete map was actually placed on it.

Lin Mo shook his head.

"It doesn't match up."

His voice was calm, yet it sounded like a thunderclap on the deck.

"What do you mean? Bro, don't scare me!"

Lin Siyu became anxious.

"Is this picture fake?"

"The picture is real."

Lin Mo picked up the tattered map and pointed to the obvious burn marks on the edge.

"Take a close look at the material."

"The leather on the fragment is coarser, and it should be some kind of common sea animal skin."

"This complete nautical chart is made of extremely fine material, has not decayed for hundreds of years, and even has a faint scent of insect repellent."

"This is an imperial sheepskin scroll made exclusively for the Ming Dynasty royal family."

Lin Mo's gaze swept over the crowd.

"These two pictures are not torn from the same picture at all."

Da Zhou scratched his head, looking completely bewildered.

"Where did this incomplete map come from? How did it lead us here?"

Lin Mo's lips curled into a cold smile.

"That's the brilliance of the person who orchestrated this."

"I suspect that there was more than one Silk Road nautical chart from that time."

"This half of the map should be a rubbing from an ancient ship, which is the actual nautical chart used by the captain."

"Later, for some reason, this version of the nautical chart was deliberately destroyed."

"Only this most crucial corner was left."

"The purpose of leaving this corner was not at all to record the flight path."

Lin Mo paused, his eyes becoming incredibly sharp.

"It's to guide future generations to find this sealed-away, truly complete original map!"

hiss--

A collective gasp of astonishment rippled through the deck.

The chat in the live stream also paused briefly.

This was followed by an even more heated discussion.

"This is terrifying to think about, guys!"

"Does this mean that someone planned for today hundreds of years ago?"

"A nested doll pattern? This is an incredibly elaborate scheme!"

"It can't be such a coincidence, can it? All the clues fit together perfectly?"

"Who did this? And what was their motive?"

Just as everyone was engrossed in this astonishing mystery.

Liangzi, who hadn't said much until now, suddenly became so excited that he started trembling all over.

As a graduate majoring in marine science, besides working part-time as a fortune teller, his greatest hobby is studying ancient maritime history.

At that moment, as he looked at the complete nautical chart, the light in his eyes was frighteningly bright.

"Brother Mo!"

Liangzi took a sudden step forward, his voice trembling.

"Some of the routes marked on this map were places that even Zheng He's fleet never ventured to!"

"Look here, and look here!"

He pointed to several blank sea areas marked with red circles on the west side of the nautical chart.

"These places are completely unrecorded in official historical records!"

Liangzi suddenly raised his head, his face turning bright red.

"Brother Mo, let's follow this map!"

"Retrace the ancient route!"

"Let's fill in the sea areas that Zheng He missed!"

"If we can successfully navigate this route, it will be an absolutely monumental achievement that will be recorded in the annals of modern maritime history!"

Liangzi's words were like a fire, instantly igniting the atmosphere on the deck.

Several young crew members listened with great enthusiasm, their eyes turning red.

This will be recorded in history!

These four words are an irresistible temptation for any man adrift at sea.

Even a seasoned veteran like Da Zhou couldn't help but swallow hard.

"Brother Mo, Liangzi is right!"

"With our strong ships and powerful cannons, why shouldn't we take the mountains of gold and silver depicted on this map? Are we just going to leave them to those foreign devils?"

Lin Siyu clasped her hands together and muttered something under her breath.

"It's all money... Just salvage an ancient shipwreck, and you'll never have to worry about money again..."

Lin Mo looked at the excited crowd and did not immediately express his opinion.

He just squatted quietly in place.

My fingers once again caressed the weathered leather.

The cool touch from his fingertips kept his mind perfectly clear.

Retrace the ancient route?

It's not that simple.

Every red circle and every hidden reef on this map has claimed countless lives.

More importantly, the wiring man hidden behind the fog of history.

Lin Mo took a deep breath and slowly stood up.

His gaze swept over Liangzi's fervent face and finally landed on the camera lens in the live broadcast room.

"We'll talk about retracing the route later."

Lin Mo's voice wasn't loud, but it instantly drowned out all the noise.

"You're oversimplifying this matter."

He pointed to the nautical chart on the deck.

"Based on my deduction, there were at most two royal nautical charts of this caliber back then."

"One copy, as the original, was personally kept by the eunuch Zheng He and carried with the fleet on its voyages."

"And the other one..."

Lin Mo's eyes turned incredibly dark.

"This is the portion right in front of us."

"It was secretly hidden here, even using the magic needle of the sea as a key and half a burnt map as a clue."

"Didn't you ever consider who had the ability to orchestrate such a massive scheme right under Zheng He's nose?"

The deck fell into a deathly silence.

Everyone's expression froze.

Liangzi opened his mouth, but no sound came out.

Lin Mo stared at the ancient characters on the nautical chart, enunciating each word slowly and deliberately.

"The person who plotted everything from behind the scenes."

"His status and position were absolutely no less than Zheng He's."

"Is his status no less than Zheng He's?"

Liangzi gasped.

The atmosphere on the deck, which had been buzzing with excitement because of the "mountains of gold and silver," instantly plummeted to freezing point.

Da Zhou's hand holding the cigarette jerked violently, and he didn't even notice the cigarette ash burning the back of his hand.

Lin Siyu subconsciously took a half step back, as if the leather nautical chart was a hot potato.

It's not just them.

At this moment, the viewers in the live stream who usually love to quote classics and give their opinions in the comments section have all fallen into an eerie silence.

A good ten seconds or so passed.

Only a few comments slowly floated across the screen.

"Impossible... Absolutely impossible!"

"The History of Ming records the personnel accompanying Zheng He on his voyages to the Western Ocean in great detail, from the deputy envoy to the interpreter, even the doctor has a name. Where did this planner of equal status come from?"

"Did Brother Mo make a mistake? How could a big shot of this caliber leave no trace in official history?"

"That's right, then the maritime history of the Ming Dynasty might have to be rewritten!"