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"What, artificial lifeforms? What are you talking about?" Mo Yun asked, utterly bewildered.

"No, it's nothing." Xia Fan skipped over the subject. "Tomorrow is departure day. Unfortunately, apart from Suzaku, the other Mechanical Beasts won't have time to undergo modifications."

"That isn't much of a problem." Mo Yun shrugged. "As long as you can seize a port, follow-up supplies can be sent to Yama in an endless stream."

After accumulating extensive experience in inland water transport, the Mechanical Bureau was now capable of building simple cargo ships for crossing the strait. Naval training had also produced a group of fledgling oceangoing sailors. Whether they could shoulder the burden of naval combat for now was another matter, but handling cargo ships was more than within their abilities.

The next day, the Noah Tree Boat slowly departed Jinxia's eastern shore and sailed toward the depths of the sea as it always did.

Because of the need for strategic secrecy, the force's preparations and assembly had undergone the necessary disguises and concealment. The Mechanical Beasts, for example, were all transported in wooden crates, while the soldiers boarded dressed as fishermen. Thus, few people knew that this time, Noah's destination was not the fishing grounds, but Yama Island across the sea.

The Tree Boat carried not only the fully armed Jinxia First Division, but also more than half the Department of Military Affairs' elite sorcerers. Qian, Yan Qing, Du Yelong, and the others remained behind in Jinxia as Sentinels, watching Seven Stars' every move.

Operation Overlord officially began amid this silent, unnoticed atmosphere.

The people of Jinxia City knew nothing of the war about to break out.

To the vast majority, today was another peaceful, carefree day. The market district was crowded early with merchants picking out choice catches, while teahouses and restaurants