The camera followed where he pointed, turning to reveal a silvery-white island standing amid the wind and waves on the distant sea.
"Silver Island?" The reporter was clearly stunned. "That can't be right... The map didn't say there was an island nearby..."
"The waves are getting bigger! Quick! Head for that island!!"
As if grasping a lifeline, the captain immediately shouted out orders. Everyone hurried back to their stations and slowly guided the ship toward Silver Island.
As the Explorer Ship pressed forward with difficulty, the island's full form gradually emerged before them.
Amid the towering waves stood a silvery-white city at sea, as steadfast as a mountain. Beneath its towering outer walls, weathered and damaged all over, waves more than ten meters high looked as insignificant as splashes from a pond.
The people on the Explorer Ship's deck could not stop their mouths from falling open. Even the captain stood frozen in place, forgetting to issue further orders.
"What... is that?" the reporter murmured. "A fortress? When was such an enormous fortress built in the East Sea?"
"This sea area is already near the border. Before the fog dispersed, this was a no-sail zone designated by the military." An experienced sailor beside him answered, his face equally filled with shock. "At Great Xia's border... such a huge city, such high walls... What were they meant to defend against?"
The reporter suddenly came back to his senses, leaned close to another person, and asked in a low voice:
"So we accidentally entered a military zone and livestreamed footage of this place? Won't that cause trouble?"
"We applied for the route beforehand, and they never said we couldn't come this way... Besides, look—there doesn't seem to be anyone in that fortress? Maybe it's already abandoned?"
Hearing this answer, some of the