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

"My God..." the operator gasped.

"Send me your coordinates immediately! I'll report it right now!"

"Stay put, don't move, and don't let anyone near! We'll send patrol boats to secure the scene immediately!"

Her speech was fast and urgent, completely devoid of her previous teasing tone, and exuded an undeniable professionalism.

"etc!"

She added, "I'll send you a phone number via private message."

"It's the deputy curator of the Donghai City Paleontological Museum. Contact him directly; he's a leading expert in this field! Quickly!"

After hanging up the phone, Lin Mo's phone quickly received a text message with the phone number.

He looked at the number, then glanced at the person next to him who had recovered from their shock.

The crew, who had begun to carefully examine the fossils, dialed the phone again.

"Hello, who is this?"

A slightly aged but strong voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Hello, are you the deputy curator? I'm Lin Mo, a fisherman. The coast guard asked me to contact you."

Lin Mo got straight to the point.

"Oh? Hello, fellow fisherman."

The deputy curator's voice carried a scholarly politeness, "Did the Coast Guard ask you to contact me? Did they find something?"

"Yes." Lin Mo organized his thoughts, "We were working at sea just now and pulled up a net full of stones with many marks on them."

"There are broken fish scales and the shape of a fish head. There is a piece of shale with a very complete small fish skeleton imprinted on it."

"What?!"

The deputy curator's voice changed instantly, and that scholarly air vanished in a flash.

"A complete fish skeleton fossil? Shale? Young man, are you sure?"

"Fossils are not so easy to find; often they are just ordinary rocks with unusual patterns."

"I'm sure." Lin Mo smiled. "Besides, I'm broadcasting live right now, and millions of viewers across the country are watching for me. It can't be wrong."

"Live broadcast?" The deputy curator was taken aback for a moment, then realized what he meant.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah! All the young people are doing this now! Quick! What's the name of your livestream? I'm going to check it out right away!"

"Okay! I'll have my grandson search for me! Wait a minute! Don't close it!"

A series of ringing sounds came from the other end of the phone, along with the voice of an elderly person urging a young person on.

Lin Mo put his phone on speakerphone and adjusted the angle for the camera.

"Family members, did you hear that? The expert is arriving soon, let's all welcome him together."

The chat in the live stream room has gone completely crazy.

Wow! They directly connected with the museum's deputy director! That's some serious clout!

[Silent God: Something's wrong? Don't call 110, just call someone else!]

I feel like I'm not watching a live stream of people gathering seafood, I'm witnessing history!

Not long after, an account with the alias "Deputy Director of the Paleontological Museum" entered the live stream.

And was instantly set as an administrator by the room manager.

On the phone, the deputy director's voice rang out again, this time trembling with uncontrollable excitement.

"I see it! Oh my god! I see it! It's practically a fossil assemblage!"

His breathing became incredibly heavy, as if he had run a marathon.

"Quick! Comrade Xiaolin! Aim your camera at the biggest one."

"It's that dark, inconspicuous piece! Let me take a closer look!"

Lin Mo did as instructed, and had the two crew members work together to stand up the largest piece of black shale, which was more than half a meter long.

Then I rinsed off the mud and sand with clean water.

When the entire rock was revealed to the camera.

A perfectly clear skeleton of a strange creature, complete with feathers and claws, was presented to everyone.

"ah!!!"

A sudden scream erupted from the phone, startling Lin Mo so much that he nearly dropped it into the sea.

"Microraptor! It's Microraptor!!"

The deputy curator's voice cracked from excessive excitement; he was practically shouting.

"A Cretaceous Microraptor fossil with over 90% preservation! My goodness! This is a national treasure! A living national treasure!"

"Brother, what's a Microraptor?"

Lin Siyu leaned over with a curious look on her face and asked.

Lin Mo pointed to the barrage of white comments on his phone screen and laughed, "See for yourself, your netizens know better than I do."

On the screen, countless science-related comments and exclamations of amazement were mixed together.

[Front-row science lesson! Microraptor, one of the top marine predators of the Late Cretaceous!]

[A feathered dinosaur! While called a dragon, it's actually closer to the ancestor of birds!]

[The key point is! This thing has only been found sporadically abroad before; this is the first time it has been unearthed within our own country!]

[And it's complete!]

Holy crap! This single net cast by Mo Shen has pushed our country's paleontological history forward by a whole new level!

This isn't just finding a treasure; it's like bringing a museum back with you!

On the other end of the phone, the deputy director's agitation subsided slightly, but his voice was still trembling.

"Xiao Lin! Comrade Lin Mo! On behalf of paleontologists across the country, I thank you!"

"Do you even realize how much of a void your net has filled for our Dragon Kingdom!"

As the old man spoke, his voice even began to tremble with emotion.

"Kobayashi! How old are you this year?"

"Listen to me, we hit it off immediately, it's like we've known each other forever. How about... how about we become sworn brothers?"

"puff--"

Liangzi, who was standing next to him, couldn't hold back and spat out his water.

The other crew members on deck were also trying to suppress their laughter, their shoulders shaking like leaves.

Lin Mo was also speechless, holding his phone and not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"No, no, no, you're too kind of me."

He cleared his throat and said in a half-joking tone.

"Look at your age, you're almost old enough to be my grandfather, so we can't mess up the generational hierarchy."

"Besides..."

Lin Mo glanced at the fossil with the Microraptor printed on it, and a playful smile appeared on his lips.

"In the eyes of us fishermen, it doesn't matter whether it's a Tyrannosaurus Rex or a Microraptor, as long as it lives in the sea, it's a fish."

"It's just a strangely shaped 'fish' that we caught. That makes sense, very reasonable."

Not long after the call ended, a small black dot appeared on the distant horizon.

The black dot drew closer, gradually revealing the outline of a ship.

The boat was small, and could even be described as somewhat dilapidated, with mottled paint marks on its hull bearing the marks of time.

But a striking emblem on the ship's side commanded respect from everyone.

That's the logo of the Paleontological Museum of China.

"They're here! Brother, they're here!" Lin Siyu pointed excitedly at the ship, her voice trembling.

The live stream chat exploded with activity.

Holy crap! It's a museum ship! This is some serious grandeur!

[Why does this ship look a bit dilapidated... Did they spend all the budget on fossils?]

[Don't talk nonsense! This is called retro. Don't you know what the weight of history means?]

An elderly man in a white coat, with gray hair but a sprightly appearance, practically tumbled and crawled off the boat.

He stumbled and almost fell headfirst onto the deck, but was fortunately caught by a quick-thinking crew member.

"Fossils! Where are my fossils?!"

The old man was none other than Gu Yuan, the deputy curator.