The passengers found the captain's words difficult to accept.
"What!? The cruise ship can't return, are we going to stay in this mist zone forever?"
"I can't stand it, there's no signal in the mist zone, I've been going crazy these past few days!"
"Even if we can't return, don't land on that continent. What if there are wild beasts on land?"
They felt that staying on the cruise ship was safer.
From the unknown continent, deafening roars of beasts could be heard from time to time, which made people fearful.
The captain shook his head. The cruise ship was running out of fuel and had to dock!
"Everyone, don't worry, we have professional international bodyguards on board."
"They are fully armed and equipped with the most advanced weapons, and can protect all distinguished passengers very well."
"Even if there are large wild beasts like tigers and lions on land, they won't last three seconds under the might of advanced weapons!"
The crowd was immediately relieved upon hearing this.
With professional international bodyguards escorting them, their safety would be guaranteed, and they wouldn't have to fear encountering wild beasts.
After all, carbon-based life forms in this world couldn't withstand a barrage of firearms.
If they couldn't, then another barrage would do!
Finally, the passengers on the cruise ship reached a consensus and agreed to the captain's plan.
The Nix was to dock at the unknown continent, and passengers could choose to disembark or not.
Passengers who disembarked to explore the unknown continent would be escorted by fully armed international bodyguards throughout.
The cruise ship would wait by the shore for external rescue, thus avoiding aimless navigation in the mist zone.
Lin Zihao was excited and said, "Sister! I want to go explore the new continent too!"
"No!" Lin Xue refused decisively, her tone stern. "You are not allowed to disembark. Stay in your cabin and don't wander off!"
"Why?"
"Because it's not safe!"
Lin Zihao was unconvinced and pouted. "How is it not safe? Aren't there international bodyguards escorting us? Grandpa, who is so old, is also going to land on the new continent with Professor Sam."
Lin Xue patted Lin Zihao's head, still refusing to let him disembark.
"It's no if it's no. Don't bring Grandpa into this."
She glared at Lin Zihao, issuing a final warning.
Lin Zihao lowered his head, not daring to speak further, fearing his sister would hit him.
After scolding her disobedient younger brother, Lin Xue looked up at the new continent outside the glass window, her heart filled with curiosity.
How could such a vast continent suddenly appear in the Pacific Ocean?
This question stumped her, a top student from Qing University.
Let alone her, even Professor Sam, a titan in the field of geography, couldn't explain its origin.
It could only be confirmed that the continent ahead was a brand new, unknown land!
...
About ten kilometers off the coast of the Nix, a wooden boat floated in the air.
On the wooden boat stood the deputy general of the Eastern Garrison and the three of Chen Wu.
They were ordered by General Fan to secretly monitor the iron ship coming from the depths of the Endless Sea.
However, they had been monitoring until now and hadn't found anything unusual.
Chen Wu frowned slightly and asked, confused:
"Sir, why is their iron ship moving so slowly?"
"Are they not powered, and relying on the sea breeze to move forward?"
They had been following the iron ship since Fan Cheng returned to the military camp.
This led the four of them to discover a problem: the iron ship's speed was incredibly slow, like a turtle, crawling along.
At first, they thought that the people on the iron ship had discovered them and were being vigilant.
But after further observation, they realized that they had not been discovered by the people on the iron ship, and that the iron ship's speed was simply that slow.
The deputy general shook his head. He also couldn't understand why the giant iron ship from the Endless Sea was so sluggish.
It was much slower than the small wooden boat beneath their feet.
"Don't be careless. You can't just look at the surface. Perhaps the people on the iron ship are very cautious, which is why they are not moving at full speed," he reasoned.
Chen Wu and the others nodded, feeling that this was a very likely possibility.
Perhaps the people on the iron ship had indeed discovered them, and were deliberately showing a slow speed to deceive them.
The deputy general stared in the direction of the cruise ship and frowned:
"They are trying to slowly approach the Giant King Forest. Are they trying to hunt Ironwing Tigers?"
Ironwing Tigers are demonic beasts that live in the Giant King Forest. They are very powerful.
They are Xuan-level demonic beasts from birth, and become Earth-level demonic beasts when they mature, making them very formidable!
Earth-level demonic beasts correspond to the Foundation Building realm for human cultivators, which the deputy general was currently in.
Heaven-level demonic beasts were equivalent to the Divine Rope realm, and were rarely seen, only found in the Monster Beast Mountain in the Western Regions of the Great Wilderness.
The deputy general suspected that the people on the iron ship were hunting Ironwing Tigers because Ironwing Tigers were valuable in their entirety.
Especially their iron wings, which, when refined through special methods, could yield extremely scarce wrought iron.
This wrought iron was most suitable for forging magical treasures.
"Hunting Ironwing Tigers!? That won't be easy. The Giant King Forest might hide an Ironwing Tiger King at the half-step Heaven level."
"Even if General Fan were to make a move, it would be difficult to subdue that beast. Do the people on the iron ship really have that capability?"
Chen Wu exclaimed.
The Giant King Forest was very close to the Eastern Garrison's military camp, so the soldiers were very familiar with the situation inside.
The deputy general said, "I don't know, but the fact that they dare to head directly towards the Giant King Forest suggests they might indeed have the capability!"
His tone was somewhat solemn.
If his guess was correct, then the iron ship must have a strong individual at the half-step Divine Rope realm, which would be very unfavorable to Da Gan!
"We must immediately send word back to the military camp and have the general make preparations early!"
Just as the deputy general finished speaking, Wang Hao, who had been observing the iron ship, suddenly cried out in alarm, "Sea beast! A sea beast has appeared in front of the iron ship!"
Sea beast!?
The deputy general and the others were stunned and quickly activated their pupils to look.
They saw a giant sea beast lying at the bottom of the sea in the waters directly in front of the cruise ship.
It was a peak Xuan-level sea beast, resembling an octopus, emitting a sickly green glow all over its body, making it extremely ugly.
With such a Xuan-level sea beast, the deputy general could easily kill it with a single blow.
But the iron ship seemed to have not noticed the sea beast at the bottom of the water and was still sailing at its slow pace.
Chen Wu also saw the sea beast and asked with confusion:
"Why didn't they attack and kill the sea beast? Did they not see it?"
Logically, they should have attacked and killed any obstructing demonic or sea beasts long ago.
But the people on the iron ship did not do so; no one attacked.
The deputy general also frowned, completely unable to understand the thoughts of the people on the iron ship.
"Why are they steering the iron ship directly towards the sea beast's face?"
"Are they trying to ram the sea beast to death with the iron ship!?"