Chapter 1761 - 346: Azure Star Grid

Chapter 1761: Chapter 346: Azure Star Grid

Some time ago.

Part of Ian’s will returned to the Silverpeak Domain to check the findings related to ’Fighting Spirit Douqi’ while perfecting the Arcane Pathway.

The Glazed-Glass Dragon quietly followed the Far Shore Island fleet, moving silently in the Youhai.

In the deep and profound depths of the sea, only a faint and unstable blue glow flickered. Ian had suppressed all manifesting external powers, maintaining distance from the fleet, hovering at the edge of danger, yet keeping his surveillance over the fleet’s information.

Everything started from that lightning storm.

By leveraging the meteorological changes as the Phantom of the Terra Dragon dissipated, the Glazed-Glass Dragon merged parts of its scales into the lightning storm, hiding its intent and embedding fragments into the fleet’s ships, especially the flagship.

Thus, he could utilize the unique attributes of his Soul of the Star God to eavesdrop on the conversations aboard the ships, transcending distance and barriers.

It must be noted that this brought Ian substantial rewards.

To understand, this fleet consisted mostly of elite forces from Far Shore Island, including three ’Mutespell Sorcerers’ unique to Far Shore Island, whose daily conversations and spirit energy dialogues were intercepted by Ian, providing him with extremely valuable intelligence.

"It’s terrifying, whether it’s that dragon or the power of the Empire’s Fourth Energy Level experts... if it weren’t for the promise of three years’ supply of Dreaming Potion for this mission, along with satisfying the quotas for my family’s share, I’d never dare participate."

"Exactly, and the Empire’s Sunbird is just disgusting. You never know when they’ll come to reinforce... but why didn’t they reinforce this time?"

"Who knows? They have many battlefields, Fiery Flame Land, Yanjiang, Steep Ridge Fortress, and Azure Sky Royal Court, all needing attention."

"Damn it, so we were the ones overlooked."

"Stop complaining, being overlooked can be good... Honestly, I’d rather not kill and die with these mainlanders—if the plan from above works, I’ll be the first to respond and immigrate to the New Continent, to hell with the mainlanders’ life and death."

Though somewhat vulgar, it’s normal for the lower-ranked soldiers to relax after completing a confidential mission. Ian noticed the keyword in their conversation: "New Continent Immigrants... just as expected."

"Apart from necessary resistance, they no longer engage in the past actions of competing with the Empire and Seven Cities Alliance for Tranquil Sea resources; clearly their entire focus is on the big migration and continental transformation."

"But, what is Dreaming Potion?"

Ian was somewhat puzzled, as it seemed like more of an everyday item, with soldiers discussing supplies lasting months or years, and even civilians needed it.

Could it be some addictive substance? But apparently not.

The lower-ranked soldiers’ topics mostly revolved around military payroll rewards, future immigrant qualification planning, and some lewd jokes. Ian listened and found nothing new, so he shifted his focus to the military officers.

The officers’ discussions contained more substance, such as the increasingly severe domestic situation, frequent island geological changes, more people living on ’Fleet Archipelago’, and the current state of collaborators within the Seven Cities Alliance.

Ian knew about Fleet Archipelago, a unique residential area of Far Shore Island—due to the extremely frequent geological changes on Far Shore Island, some ordinary people cannot afford to buy homes in expensive stabilized areas, nor wish to build or purchase homes in unstable zones that could become large fissures in a decade or so. So, they simply spend money for sturdy houseboats, and as families form ’fleets’ for coastal living.

Fleet Archipelago is formed by the amalgamation of many fleets, essentially a floating city. The capital of Far Shore Island is indeed a super-sized maritime ecological ship, mooring at Sudante Port, Oupolane Sea, and Yinbo Sea according to time and geological changes.

This is the origin of the name ’Far Shore’, as they’re essentially maritime people settled along the far shore coasts. Therefore, Far Shore Island places great emphasis on maritime power. If it weren’t for the covert alliance of Fiery Flame Land, Seven Cities Alliance, and the Empire to prevent Far Shore Island’s expansion, Tranquil Sea’s Inner Sea might have long become their territory.

As of now, Far Shore Island likely doesn’t want to play with the mainlanders on Terra Continent anymore—they aim to develop their New Continent. But before that, they need the Terra Dragon’s authority, hence their final intervention.

The officers discussed the details of the ’big migration’. Unlike the soldiers, these officers spoke of the large migration with considerable unease.

"Deploying more than half of the fleet to escort Fleet Archipelago’s immigrant teams is indeed imperative, but in doing so, the island’s defenses are too fragile."

An officer sighed, "Now that the fires of war on Fiery Flame Land and the Empire have eased, if Abassalom feels humiliated by territorial concessions and wants to retake Spireport, we likely can’t hold."

"Fiery Flame Land isn’t that reckless, provoking the Empire and then us, truly so courageous—they might as well team up with the Empire and wipe out Fiery Flame Land for division." Another somewhat irked officer sneered, looking towards Fiery Flame Land, "When requesting reinforcements, they spoke deferentially, yet the result was ’century-long lease’... were it not for these mainlanders being so greedy yet trustworthy, perhaps we’d have found a landmass for living by now, instead of drifting here endlessly."