Ring Island was the largest artificial island in the Southern Archipelago. Located at the gateway from the southern seas to the Baiyue Strait, it covered roughly thirty square kilometers, though the actual reef area was less than half that.
From the sky, it looked like a doughnut.
It was said that the island had once belonged to some wealthy tycoon of the Prosperous Era, who had planned to turn it into an offshore tourist destination.
Unfortunately, the sand dredgers responsible for the construction had only just managed to outline the island with sand when the Three-Year War suddenly broke out, forcing the project to come to an abrupt halt.
After the war ended, the survivors of Baiyue Province found a way to restart the island-building project. Using construction debris from the coast and whatever equipment remained, they widened the island's outline.
Without support from the Postwar Reconstruction Committee, they spent nearly thirty years completing, bit by bit and with the persistence of Yu Gong moving mountains, a task that would have taken only half a year before the war. Around Year 50 of the Wasteland Era, they all relocated to this artificial island.
Merchants from Silver Moon Bay called the settlement on Ring Island the Pearl of the Southern Seas, while the locals named it Seagull Harbor.
It was said that seagulls had guided them to this holy land far from the disturbances of mutants.
Another fifty years later, around Year 100 of the Wasteland Era, both the population and standard of living here experienced explosive growth, rising from fewer than a hundred people to more than one hundred thousand.
Records from Silver Moon Bay claimed that the main reason was that merchants from Silver Moon Bay had discovered the port and brought them abundant food.
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