Dear Administrator, by the time you see this email, our Ox and Horse cargo airship will have arrived over the Baiyue Strait, and we will have established our first foothold here on the northern shore of the outlet leading to the southern seas.
To be honest, the situation here is even more complicated than we imagined. All traces of civilization have been washed away by the sea, and the nearest survivor settlement is on an island more than a hundred nautical miles away. This means we cannot obtain any practical guidance from the local survivors. We can only rely on ourselves for everything.
What's more, the favorable climate has allowed the mutated creatures here to evolve at an unbelievable pace. The rainforest is full of mutants we have never seen before. On our first day here, we encountered lizards larger than crocodiles, crocodiles comparable to dinosaurs, giant pythons capable of swallowing a two-headed cow, baby-sized bats, scorpions and rats half a man tall... and even man-eating plants!
Of course, what astonished us most was the wild Nara fruit we discovered locally. If nothing unexpected happens, it may be the most primitive strain! What puzzles us is that our enemies did not transplant the improved Nara fruit to this region and turn it into another breeding ground for the Nara fungal colony. We cannot help suspecting that some unspeakable secret lies behind this. In any case, we have collected samples of the strain, which will be sent to Dawn City on the next returning flight.
Getting back to the point, the series of troubles caused considerable casualties among our expedition teams as they ventured into the jungle in search of water. Fortunately, we only lost twenty-two lives before mapping out the area within ten kilometers of the landing site and clearing