Chen Chuan raised his gaze slightly and looked toward the island's highest point. Beneath white clouds like tufts of cotton stood a castle estate blending Eastern and Western styles.
This, too, was a place he had seen in the Memory Potion, though not in any of the scenes he had experienced. Instead, it had appeared in a photograph placed behind Miss Gao Yuling as a backdrop.
The photograph had flashed past at the time and would have been easy to overlook, but he had memorized it clearly. He could even infer roughly where it had been taken.
According to the information supplied by the Covert Department, this was a private vacation estate belonging to the Gao family. An analysis of its harbor facilities and geographical location, however, suggested that it had most likely been developed into an offshore base.
In the past, its tight defenses and the large numbers of mutated creatures released into the surrounding waters had made it difficult to approach and verify that suspicion.
Now, however, he could confirm it.
He looked toward the other end of the island. He was high enough now that, from this angle, he could clearly see the warships moored in the harbors. One was unmistakably a battleship.
Comparative analysis by the External Implant Body's active consciousness entity revealed that the beautiful castles on the hill and the various attractive buildings below were, in fact, disguises for military fortifications.
Of course, there were still lovely holiday villages and Eastern Continent-style high-rises along the beach. These probably were not deliberate camouflage, but genuine places for vacations and leisure.
Offering both pleasure and security, this was presumably Mr. Gao's ideal retreat. Yet judging by what Chen Chuan knew from his memories, the man might have had another purpose in coming here at this particular