Overseas, somewhere. Across a vast, unbridled expanse of ocean, steel warships cut through the waves. With the sea breeze blowing, banners fluttered and snapped everywhere.
The vast majority of these vessels were Ironclad Fury Whale Greatships built by the Zhendan Chamber of Commerce. Their size and length were three times those of the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce's Li Dragon Greatships. At sea, they were moving fortresses—ordinary passenger ships, merchant vessels, and fishing boats would be smashed to pieces if they struck them head-on.
Yet even with the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce's financial resources, gathering countless skilled craftsmen had only allowed them to build twenty-four of them. Each was a colossus among seagoing vessels, and the resources and money consumed in their construction were astronomical.
Unfortunately, compared to these Fury Whale Greatships, the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce's Li Dragon Greatships paled by comparison. After all, the Seven Remnant Clans were the true experts of the sea. In particular, the Jiaposhtimotuo Clan, one of the three great remnant clans that had founded the Zhendan Chamber of Commerce, had many wise men skilled in charting sea maps and profoundly versed in navigation. Any attempt to open up sea routes required this clan's involvement.
Another clan, the Mohetuoluo Clan, was not short of master craftsmen. Whether building seagoing ships or forging weapons, none in the world could surpass them. This was why, although the Sutuoluo Clan had always been arrogant and conceited, they still had to seek out the other two great remnant clans as partners when establishing a chamber of commerce. Without the capabilities these two clans had developed through generations of studying nautical techniques, trying to establish an overlord-level power at sea was nothing but a spring dream.
These Fury Whale Greatships were all ironclads, spread across the sea