Chapter 1406: Meeting at the Ancient Culture Archives
Smack!
Nine aerial drone photographs were slapped onto the table.
Smack!
Nine close-up photographs of stone steles were slapped onto the table as well.
Smack!
Finally, a photograph of the White Jade Guanyin in the Tide-Sound Cave of the Purple Bamboo Grove on Luojia Island was slapped onto the table.
"If we hadn't notified them in advance, the soldiers wouldn't have dared set foot on the island. Even with advance notice, they're questioning their whole lives right now."
"They thought they'd stepped into Guanyin Bodhisattva's sanctuary in the South Sea!"
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"They really knew how to have fun!"
"At least they could've said something beforehand. They made the island look so impressive—way too high-profile..."
"Wake up. As if it wouldn't be high-profile without the design. We've always kept a low profile in how we conduct ourselves and a high profile in what we do."
"But making it like this is a bit too flamboyant. It doesn't fit our usual style!"
"Don't get angry, don't get angry. Think of the Red Chess River Project. Think of the Red Chess River Project."
"Actually, Lu Zheng was quite considerate. Look—he even left us airport runways. They're so long and wide that even large transport planes can take off and land."
"According to the soldiers' on-site investigation, many of the mountains on the islands are hollow inside. We won't even need to excavate them ourselves."
"And they're huge. The largest, Phoenix Island, is a full fifty square kilometers. Even the smallest, Divine Sword Island, is close to thirty."
"These are more than unsinkable aircraft carriers. They're practically nine super fortresses, encircling the entire South Sea at their center."
"With this, the South Sea has completely become our inland sea. Whoever enters the South Sea will