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

Lin Siyu was still somewhat skeptical, but she didn't refute it further.

"Brother, what do you think is inside their bellies?"

"have no idea."

Lin Mo answered very readily.

That's why we need to take a look.

He stood up and gave instructions to a stunned young crew member next to him.

"Go to the kitchen and get a small knife."

"Huh? Oh, okay!"

The crew member was stunned for a moment before he realized what was happening and quickly turned around and ran towards the ship's galley.

This move reignited the atmosphere in the live stream.

Those who had been clamoring to leave just moments before have now stopped.

"Holy crap! They're going to dissect it?"

"Is the streamer serious? I thought he was just pretending."

"What's so interesting about this? It's just a bellyful of undigested, rotten fish and shrimp. It might even have parasites. What a disgusting sight!"

"I guess it's a rock! These fish accidentally swallowed a rock, couldn't digest it, and died."

"Is it possible that there's a bomb inside the fish's belly? (doge)"

"The previous comments were really imaginative. I think the host is just not satisfied and has to stir things up."

"Just wait and see. I have a feeling things aren't that simple. The anchor's expression is too serious."

Amid the murmurs, the young crew member ran back with a gleaming fruit knife.

"Captain, the knife's here!"

He handed the knife to Lin Mo, watching it nervously.

The deck fell silent instantly.

Lin Mo did not hesitate at all.

He pressed down on the stiff fish body with his left hand, held the knife in his right hand, aimed at the bulging belly, and made a cut!

The blade was sharp, easily piercing the tough fish skin.

However, the gruesome scene of blood, flesh, and internal organs flowing out, as expected, did not occur.

"Clang!"

The sound was like metal clashing against metal, which seemed unusually jarring on the quiet deck!

Everyone present felt their hearts leap at the sound of that crisp crack!

Why would a fish make that sound from its belly?

Before they could even recover from their shock, an even more unbelievable scene unfolded.

As the blade was completely cut open, a blinding golden light burst forth from the rift in the fish's belly!

Holy crap!

Everyone stared wide-eyed at the golden light.

The live stream chat was flooded with comments!

"Golden light! I saw golden light!!"

"My goodness! The fish's belly glows?"

"What is that?! Is it gold?!"

"No way! Absolutely not! I must be seeing things!"

Lin Mo was also momentarily dazzled by the sudden golden light.

Suppressing his shock, he carefully poked at the crack with the tip of his knife.

The tip of the knife touched a hard object with a heavy texture.

He took a deep breath, threw away the knife, and reached directly into the fish's belly.

The sensation from his fingertips sent a shiver down his spine!

He suddenly pulled part of that thing out of the fish's belly!

When a corner of that thing was revealed to everyone, the entire deck fell into a deathly silence.

It was a yellow metal with an extremely irregular shape.

The surface was pitted and stained with fish blood.

But it is indeed a genuine gold nugget!

"Gold...gold!"

A crew member spoke, trembling.

"It really is gold!"

Lin Mo finally understood why these silver pomfret had died.

They actually died from being overloaded with gold!

This way of dying is even more extravagant than those ancient princes and nobles who committed suicide by swallowing gold!

"Oh My God……"

Lin Siyu covered her mouth in disbelief.

After a brief silence, the deck erupted into chaos.

"We're rich! Captain! We're rich!"

"My God! You can really find gold inside a fish's belly!"

"Quick! Quick, check the other fish! Do they all have them inside their bellies?"

The crew members, who had just complained about the fishy smell of the dead fish, now had their eyes shining and didn't care about the smell at all.

In the live stream, a torrent of comments completely flooded the screen.

"Holy crap! Holy crap! What did I just see? Gold!"

"What incredible luck, streamer! After a period of low internet traffic, a huge shipment is guaranteed—this is a super-sized shipment!"

"Don't stop me! I'm going to the seafood market right now and gutting all the dead fish!"

"Wake up, buddy up. What you're cutting open is fish poop, not gold."

"Waaaaah, I'm so jealous! I'm so jealous! I work myself to the bone every day, and I don't even earn as much as someone who's just sitting there like a dead fish!"

"Hey streamer, stop streaming! Quickly check the rest of the fish! What if... what if there are some in there?!"

The viewers in the live stream went completely crazy.

Lin Mo's brows furrowed even more tightly.

The metal I'm touching doesn't feel right.

No, I should say the texture is wrong.

It is indeed gold, but it doesn't feel like a naturally formed gold nugget.

Natural gold nuggets, also known as "dog heads," are irregular in shape, but their surfaces are more rounded.

The piece in my hand, though also pitted and uneven, has some extremely unnatural ridges that I can feel at its edges.

Is this more like a man-made object?

Lin Mo's heart stirred, and he aimed at the belly of the silver pomfret from before, cutting open the entire slit completely.

As the fish's belly was completely cut open, its internal organs and filth were immediately exposed to the air.

An even stronger, fishy stench wafted over.

But at this moment, no one cared about the smell anymore.

All eyes were focused on the tip of Lin Mo's knife.

Soon, he began to carefully remove the gold from the pile of internal organs.

As the sticky filth was peeled away, the whole thing gradually became clear.

That wasn't some irregular gold nugget at all! It was a gold ingot!

Although it was somewhat mottled from being corroded by the fish's stomach acid, the gold ingot's complete shape was still visible!

"Yuan... Yuanbao?"

Lin Siyu squatted to the side and said incredulously.

"How could a fish... how could a fish swallow such a large gold ingot?"

This gold ingot is as big as a table tennis ball, with upturned ends and a round middle.

Silver pomfret don't have big mouths, so how could they possibly swallow something like that?

Lin Mo did not answer.

He put on a pair of rubber gloves and carefully took the gold ingot out of the fish's belly.

It felt cold and heavy when I held it.

He washed the dirt off the gold ingot with clean water, and its golden gleam once again dazzled everyone's eyes.

At the bottom of the ingot, Lin Mo discovered some blurry engravings.

He leaned closer and examined it carefully.

Those were some traditional Chinese characters, worn down from their age, but still recognizable.

"Guangxu... Yuanbao..."

Lin Mo read it out word by word.

"What?!"

"A Guangxu Yuanbao coin?!"

One of the crew members, who knew a little about history, cried out in alarm.

"That...that's an antique from over a hundred years ago, isn't it?!"

Lin Mo didn't stop. He flipped the ingot over and found another line of small characters on the other side.

"Central Mint...7.2 mace (approximately 6.6 grams)..."

On the reverse side of the ingot is a lifelike coiled dragon, its body coiled and its head held high, displaying imperial majesty.

There is another line of text around the outer edge of the coiled dragon pattern.

Made during the Guangxu era.

This completely confirmed its identity!

This is no ordinary gold!

It is a genuine antique gold ingot, officially minted more than a hundred years ago!

Its value can no longer be measured in terms of the price per gram of gold!

On the deck, another collective gasp of astonishment rippled through the crowd.

If finding the gold nugget was a windfall, then...

The discovery of this antique gold ingot is truly a stroke of good luck!

The value of this thing is probably several times, or even ten times, more!

Lin Mo forcibly suppressed the turmoil in his heart and suddenly glanced at the remaining dead fish on the deck.

"Don't just stand there!"

"Cut open the bellies of all the dead fish! Now!"

All the crew members' eyes lit up instantly as they rushed towards the dead fish.

"My knife! Where's my knife?!"

"Don't take it! This one is mine!"

"Damn, this taste is intoxicating! Ugh..."

"Hold on! If there are gold ingots inside, this stench is nothing!"

They endured the nauseating stench, picked up their knives one by one, and roughly slit open the fish's belly.

He didn't even bother looking for his stomach; he just reached in and started rummaging around haphazardly.

One of the crew members froze abruptly, then a look of wild joy spread across his face!

"Yes! I have some too!"

He shouted excitedly and suddenly pulled something equally golden from the fish's belly!

Another gold ingot!

Holy crap! There really are more!

"I felt it here too! It's rock hard!"

"My God! I have one too!"

The deck was filled with the excited sounds of the crew.

Soon, the dozen or so dead fish were thoroughly gutted.

The final result drove everyone into a frenzy.

Among a dozen or so dead fish.

The same "Guangxu Yuanbao" coin was found inside the bellies of nine fish!

Including the one Lin Mo found at the beginning, there are a total of ten!

"We made it...we really made it!"

One of the crew members' legs gave way, and he collapsed to the ground, muttering to himself.

"Hahaha! I'm rich! I'm going back to my hometown to build a villa and buy luxury cars!"

Another crew member was holding a gold ingot, laughing and crying at the same time.

Lin Siyu also squatted next to the pile of gold ingots, her beautiful big eyes almost sparkling with excitement.

She stretched out her fair, delicate fingers and carefully poked one of the gold ingots.

Then it quickly withdrew, as if it were something too hot to handle.

"Brother...we...can we stop going out to sea?"

She looked up at Lin Mo with expectant eyes.

The entire deck was filled with a joyful atmosphere.

Only Lin Mo, standing in front of that pile of gold ingots, frowned more and more deeply.

He looked at the ecstatic crew members, and then at the priceless antiques.

Instead of feeling joy, a heavy sense of pressure rose within me.

These are not ordinary gold.

They are part of the country's historical heritage.

Moreover, so many of them appeared at once, and they were all found inside the fish's belly.

There must be some secret hidden behind this.

There might be a shipwreck from a hundred years ago lying beneath these waters!

This is no longer something they can handle on their own.

With that thought in mind, Lin Mo took a deep breath and made a decision.

He took out his phone.

"Stop arguing!"

The enthusiastic crew members instinctively quieted down and all turned to look at him.

Lin Mo looked at them and spoke clearly.

"We cannot keep these things."

"What?"

The smiles on the crew members' faces froze instantly.

"Captain, what...what do you mean by this?"

"What do you mean we can't keep them? We fished them out ourselves!"

Lin Mo didn't explain; he simply raised the phone in his hand.

"I'm going to call the Coast Guard now."

"The ship... Captain."

A crew member's voice trembled; he couldn't believe what he was hearing.

"Who...who did you say you wanted to call?"

"Marine Police Department."

Lin Mo's voice was calm.

"You're insane! Captain, you're insane!"

One of the crew members closest to him suddenly rushed over, trying to snatch the phone from his hand.

"This is gold! It's a Guangxu silver coin! We've struck it rich! Why are you handing it over?!"

"Yes, Captain! We go out to sea all that way just to make money, don't we?"

"The money is right in front of you, why are you pushing it away!"

"If we don't tell, who will know? On this vast ocean, only heaven, earth, you, and I know!"

Even Lin Siyu looked at her brother with a puzzled expression.

She didn't understand why her brother would make such a decision.

Faced with all this, Lin Mo simply shook his head.

He understood their feelings.

If it were me in the past, I might have been blinded by this windfall.

However, if the news leaks out, they will face imprisonment.

He cannot lead everyone down a path of no return for the sake of immediate gains.

"Make way, everyone."

Lin Mo said firmly.

The crew member who tried to snatch the phone, seeing Lin Mo's calm gaze, unconsciously stopped his outstretched hand in mid-air.

Lin Mo ignored them and pressed the dial button directly.

The phone rang a few times before being answered quickly.

A clear and capable female voice came from the receiver.

"Hello, this is the Coast Guard Command Center."

Lin Mo took a deep breath and spoke into the phone.

"Hello, I am Lin Mo, the captain of the Lin family fishing boat. My boat's number is..."

He quickly reported his ship's information and the approximate sea area coordinates where he was located.

The woman on the other end of the phone was typing rapidly on the keyboard, verifying the information.

"Captain Lin, the information has been verified. Do you need any assistance? Have you encountered severe weather or is there a problem with the ship?"

The other party's tone was very professional.

Lin Mo paused, organizing his thoughts.

"Neither."

"We... caught something while fishing."

"Oh?"

Su Wanqing on the other end of the phone seemed to have become interested.

"What did they catch this time? Was it contraband, or... did they discover some suspicious vessel?"

Lin Mo glanced at the pile of glittering gold ingots on the deck, then at the ashen-faced crew members around him.

He said calmly.

"It's a gold ingot."

"It is engraved with the words 'Guangxu Yuanbao'."

There was an instant silence on the other end of the phone.

A good ten seconds passed before Su Wanqing's voice rang out again.

"Captain Lin, are you sure you're not joking?"

"Or did you travel through time?"

Lin Mo smiled helplessly.

He knew that this would be the other person's first reaction.

"I'm not joking, officer."

"I am currently live streaming online, and I have hundreds of thousands of viewers in my live stream who can testify to this."

"You can come up and take a look now."

Su Wanqing on the other end of the phone was clearly taken aback.

This was probably the first time she had encountered such a situation; the person who called the police told her to watch the live stream.

"Okay, Captain Lin, please wait a moment."

After he finished speaking, the faint sound of keyboard typing could be heard on the phone.

Lin Mo waited patiently.

The chat in his live stream room had completely exploded at that moment!

[Holy crap! The streamer's serious! He actually called the coast guard!]

I was stunned! That's ten gold ingots! We're just going to hand them over like that?!

[The anchor's level of awareness is so high, I'd call him Citizen of the Year!]