Information from Afar...

"Did we really run into a living person this quickly?"

Inside the ship's cabin, Li Gou Dan and his group stared curiously at Henry, who was wrapped in a towel. They then turned to the tester beside them in confusion. "Wasn't it said that there wouldn't be anyone within several thousand nautical miles along this route?"

The tester looked equally puzzled. Although much of this data was hypothetical, it had been derived from a thousand years of historical records from the Steel Empire.

After all, ever since this area off the East Coast had been discovered, no one had ever encountered people from overseas—not pirates, nor passersby. In all these thousand years, the fishermen living here had never met anyone from beyond the sea.

Although Henry's clothes were somewhat tattered, it was still possible to make out that they were of excellent quality, made from noble-grade silk. If there were an island nation with this level of civilization nearby, how could it have failed to notice the Eastern Continent, currently the largest landmass in the world, for a thousand years?

"His complexion doesn't look very good. Have you fed him?" Li Gou Dan asked.

Fed him...

Lei Xue's face twitched beside him. Somehow, that sounded like they had picked up a dog...

The First Mate, Wang Ye, who had the shape of an Elf Ball, replied, "His condition isn't very good. He hasn't consumed food or water for at least ten days. In this situation, we can't give him food right away, so we gave him a small bottle of mild Nutrient Solution..."

"Damn, he survived ten days without water? Not bad!" Gou Dan stared at him.

Henry felt rather uncomfortable as he watched this group of people gaze at him as though he were some rare curiosity. Fortunately, the