After they dug on the island for a long time and found holes of varying sizes and depths everywhere, unfortunately, they did not make any new discoveries.

The crowd almost turned this small island upside down, but in the end they found nothing.

After experiencing disappointment again and again, they finally had to accept the cruel reality that there was indeed no other life on the island.

With hearts full of loss and unwillingness, this group of people slowly boarded the ship with heavy steps and left sadly.

However, after finding nothing, they turned their attention again to the lifeless mermaid egg fossil placed in the laboratory.

At this moment, Shen Jinghua walked forward with great interest, tapped the egg gently a few times, and then suddenly suggested: "Why don't we just cut the egg open and study the mermaid genes."

Before he finished speaking, Jiang Ze didn't even have time to think, he rushed forward, hugged the egg, and quickly moved it to a place far away from Shen Jinghua and placed it properly.

Seeing Jiang Ze's reaction, Shen Jinghua couldn't help but be a little stunned, but he quickly came to his senses, "Why did you take it away? If you want to study this thing, don't you have to cut it open?"

As he spoke, he approached the mermaid egg again, with a sly smile on his face. He stretched out his hand and tried to take the mermaid egg back from Jiang Ze, shouting, "Give it to me quickly, let me cut it open!"

Facing Shen Jinghua's endless entanglement, Jiang Ze frowned, and without hesitation, he dodged sideways with the egg in his arms, successfully avoiding Shen Jinghua's outstretched hand.

Then he said, "Who says we have to cut it open for research? Wouldn't it die if we cut it open?"

Hearing this, Shen Jinghua was stunned at first, his eyes widened in disbelief, and it took him a long time to recover.

He blurted out in a tone of confusion and shock, "No, this thing is dead, brother! It's a fossil. It died a long time ago, even before your ancestors!"

He really couldn't understand why Jiang Ze suddenly became confused about such a simple and clear question at this moment?

Jiang Ze seemed to realize he had said the wrong thing. He sighed softly and slowly explained, "That's not what I meant. I just have this inexplicable feeling in my heart that this mermaid egg still has a chance of hatching."

Hearing this, the people around him widened their eyes and looked at Jiang Ze in astonishment.

And Shen Jinghua couldn't help but exclaimed loudly: "Fossil hatching? Jiang Ze, are you having a fever?"

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Shen Jinghua looked at Jiang Ze, who was silenced by his words, turned to look at the researcher next to him in confusion, and asked quietly, "Hey, is Professor Jiang under a lot of pressure lately? Didn't he vent it well?"

"Chen Jinghua! I can hear you!"

Shen Jinghua, who was caught on the spot, quickly apologized with a smile and said, "Oh, I'm sorry, Jiang Ze, I just think what you said just now is a bit... stupid."

After saying this, he did not forget to let out a few slightly awkward dry laughs.

Jiang Ze glared at him speechlessly, rubbed his brow, and said, "I know what I said just now was ridiculous, but my intuition tells me that this mermaid egg seems to have life..."

When Jiang Ze said this, he suddenly noticed that the other researchers around him were staring at him with suspicion, as if he had said something out of the ordinary.

After realizing this, Jiang Ze closed his mouth instantly as if someone had grabbed his throat, secretly regretting what nonsense he was talking about.

At this time, a researcher spoke up, "Professor Jiang, if we can obtain the mermaid gene, it will definitely be a huge boost to our current research."

Then, someone else chimed in: "Professor Jiang, the suggestion that Teacher Shen just made is indeed worth considering."

Another voice echoed, "Professor Jiang, we've been studying and observing this mermaid egg for a long time, but haven't made any new breakthroughs. In my opinion, the only way to make any progress is to extract the genes within."

Faced with these cautious suggestions put forward by everyone, Jiang Ze remained silent, just took a deep breath, and then turned his gaze to Shen Jinghua standing aside.

After a moment of thought, Jiang Ze finally spoke slowly: "Then do as you say."

After receiving Jiang Ze's approval, Shen Jinghua's face immediately broke into a happy smile. He jokingly gave Jiang Ze an unstandard military salute and responded loudly: "Okay! Leave it to me. I guarantee that the task will be completed!"

Shen Jinghua moved swiftly to Jiang Ze's side and picked up the mermaid egg.

Since the mermaid egg had already turned into an extremely hard fossil, Shen Jinghua had to pick up a small laser cutter and carefully cut a small hole in the surface of the mermaid egg.

However, just as the cutting knife slowly approached the surface of the mermaid egg, the mermaid egg that was originally lying quietly in Shen Jinghua's palm suddenly rolled out of his hand at an extremely fast speed.

Shen Jinghua's pupils dilated instantly, and he looked at the egg that rolled to the side in disbelief. His gaze then quickly moved back to his hand, as if he wanted to confirm whether what had just happened was just an illusion.

His collar mechanically turned towards Jiang Ze, his face full of shock and confusion, and he asked in a trembling voice: "Did you...did you see that? Did it...did it just move?"

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