Fish-Man Island, an island that had existed in this deep sea for who knew how long, had now fallen quiet.
The once-bustling town streets were now deserted.
The high-output factories and mines had also fallen silent.
Fish-Man Island, known as the most prosperous city in the world, had now become nothing more than an empty city.
In the Sea Forest, several Sea Kings measuring thousands of meters long had clamped their jaws around the enormous chains connected to the entire body of the promised ship left behind eight hundred years ago, then dragged the whole vessel upward.
The massive ship carrying five million Fish-Man Island residents floated in the deep sea, with even more Sea Kings surrounding the Ark of Promise as its escort.
Also accompanying them were Fish-Man Island's army, Ryugu Palace's regular forces, and the Immigration Bureau's sea beast forces.
They were already prepared to depart.
Bright and Pluto returned at that moment.
He first placed Pluto on Noah's deck, then landed there himself.
Jinbe and Neptune, who had been waiting on the deck, immediately ran over.
"All preparations have been completed. We can set sail now!" Jinbe said bluntly.
"But the problem is, Bright..."
King Neptune asked anxiously, "Where are we going next?"
It was not one or two people leaving their homeland aboard this great ship for the surface, but a full five million people!
Simply finding an island to house them would already be difficult, not to mention the even more troublesome matter of supplying provisions afterward.
Food alone was already a tremendous problem.
There were five million people.
The refugees carried only the bare minimum of rations. What would they do once those were gone?
Were they supposed to have everyone hunt and fish to make a living?
It would have been manageable if