The fossil excavation work on Shenbao Lake has been going on, but it has not been carried out, and it was all preparatory work before, and the mining was carried out directly in the spring.

Billy's job is to dive to explore the fossil situation at the bottom of the lake, which was originally left to the underwater camera, but the underwater robot cannot land at the bottom of Shenbao Lake, because there is too much silt at the bottom of the lake, and it can only be explored by manpower.

Divers searched for fossils from the bottom of the lake, then marked them one by one, and based on the information they provided, the National Fossil Museum used small submarine-converted salvage boats to recover the fossils.

The mini-submarine has a very flexible robotic arm, like a multi-armed water monster, which can be used for underwater cutting, gathering, ramming, grabbing, etc.

Relying on this small submarine, some fossil fragments were fished out in March. Due to the pressure and location of the bottom of the lake, these fossils could not be extracted in one go, so they had to be dismembered, cleaned ashore and then put together.

In order to protect the salvage machinery and equipment, the work site of the fossil museum is closed and managed, not that the staff cannot enter, Qin Shiou can take the lead in seeing the fossils this time, and he has to thank Billy for his leadership.

Large tents have recently been erected on the north shore of Shenbao Lake, and there are many wastelands on the island anyway, so you can set up tents at will.

After Billy showed his work card, someone brought him into a tent at the front, and he was greeted by Don Ji Barton, who was more familiar with Qin Shiou.

Seeing Barton, Qin Shiou took the initiative to greet him: "Hey, man, it's been a long time since I've seen you go fishing, spring is a good time for night fishing, but it's a little cold at night." But that's fun, isn't it? ”

Barton smiled, "Yes, Qin." Yes, night fishing in the spring is a very interesting activity. But you see it. Damn, I have so much work to do that I don't have time to enjoy. Oh God, if, I mean if, when I'm done with my work, I'm going to go out to sea for a week, and I won't come back without catching a great white shark. ”

A few people chatted. A familiar voice sounded in the back: "Qin, long time no see." ”

Qin Shiou turned around and saw Hamlet striding over and beckoning to him.

"Why are you here?" Qin Shiou asked with some surprise, "You're a busy Mr. Mayor, aren't you?" ”

Hamre laughed and said, "Man, you're not talking back, are you?" Absolutely not, because I have the impression that Qin is an honest and upright young man. All right. I'll admit it's been a long time since I've invited you over, but I'm really busy. ”

Qin Shiou pointed to the fossils inside and said, "Don't tell me, you are also in charge of the museum now." ”

"If so. Then the museum I manage must be the Natural History Museum in New York. Hamre smiled.

To the surprise of the mayor's assistant, who followed him, to the young assistant's mind, the mayor seemed to be a strict and somewhat old-fashioned gentleman of ancient England. I didn't expect it to turn into a comic today.

It turns out that people have two sides, the young assistant sighed. He knew Qin Shiou. St. John's political circles knew about the invisible tycoon, and he couldn't hide the fact that he had given Hamre $50 million in campaign funds.

The fame of the Natural History Museum in New York comes more from a Hollywood blockbuster. "Night at the Museum", this movie is very famous in Canada, especially in Eastern Canada, because it was shot in Montreal, not in the United States.

Joking, Hamlet told Qin Shiou the truth, this fossil project was the last political project left over from his time as mayor of the town, and now that it is finally about to bear fruit, how can he not show his face?

Canada is different from China in that it is a country with no history because it is made up of immigrants, so the government attaches great importance to showing history even before the emergence of human beings.

This can be seen from the advanced nature of the salvage equipment of the fossil museum and the strength of the funds used, Qin Shiou read the report, it is said that the central government of Canada, the provincial government of Newfoundland, the city of St. John's and the farewell town government have allocated funds.

If you have the power to contribute and the money to contribute, you must mine the fossils completely.

Qin Shiou sighed with emotion and said that the Canadian government is really working hard to explore history, but Billy listened to it and said: "What really interests the politicians in Ottawa is that there is a fish fossil that has not been found much before, and this kind of fossil is the most valuable and can make Canada show its face internationally." ”

As soon as Billy said this, Qin Shiou suddenly recalled the conversation he had with Balzac when he was examining the fossils, and he said that he seemed to have found a fish fossil that he had not seen before, and it seemed that it had been developed now.

In this way, Qin Shiou asked with great interest: "Is there any result for this newly discovered fish fossil?" ”

The reason for his interest was the black cap giant beetle, the kind of sea beetle that has not yet been officially recognized, and it is not known if this unknown fish is related to the giant insect.

Barton poured a basin of cold water: "I'm sorry, there was a mistake in our observations before, in fact, this fish fossil has been unearthed before, and it is named 'gill gland fish', which belongs to the prehistoric creatures of the Cretaceous era." ”

As he spoke, he led the group to a long wide table on which a complete fish fossil had been assembled.

When Qin Shiou heard that the fossils of this fish had been unearthed before, he lost interest, and Billy also had this attitude.

Sensing the change in their attitude, Barton laughed and said, "Although this fossil has been discovered a long time ago, there are very few complete fossils before, and the specific information is not known, so our fossils are still valuable. ”

Hamley, who worked at the Fossil Museum, asked, "Is there any new progress in the study of this fossil?" ”

Barton nodded, "Yes, there are some new realizations. Previously, we thought that gill gland fish lived by preying on mollusks because of their small, sharp teeth. This is not the case. ”

"Now looking at the fossils, they should be similar to today's tarpon, with plankton and seaweed for food, filter feeding, a bit like baleen whales. Of course, research is still ongoing, and more information will be available soon. ”

The largest number of fossils come from the golden kitchen shark and the dragon, which are the sworn enemies of the ocean, and at one time they acted as predators for each other. Later, for some reason, the dragon grew in size and became a more advanced predator, specializing in hunting golden kitchen sharks.

For the dragon, anyone who has watched the latest "Jurassic World" is deeply impressed, the big boss Tyrannosaurus in the movie was finally swallowed by a Neptunesaurus, Neptune is a kind of Nepnosauridae.

When introducing Canglong, Barton laughed and said, "The value of our batch of fossils lies not only in the gill gland fish, but also in these big guys, who have brought us a little surprise, that is, sword shooting fish." (To be continued......)