Bai Yu came out first, while Annie leaned against the doorway beside him. She had clearly heard everything they had just said, and her eyes were slightly downcast.
Bai Yu gently flicked her forehead, then sighed.
"Don't overthink it."
"Mm."
Night gradually fell, the sun sinking on the horizon. But Bai Yu and the others spotted a faint black line far, far away. Everyone went on alert. After all, if they had discovered Marley's mainland, it was entirely possible that Marley could discover them too.
Bai Yu spread out his map and checked his compass, roughly confirming their position before taking the binoculars and looking into the distance. It was so far away that he could only vaguely make out a few buildings, their outlines extremely blurry. Still, they could not get any closer.
"Turn back. Get us out of observation range."
A soldier beside him hurried to the bridge to relay Bai Yu's orders to the helmsman.
"Why? Didn't you say we were going to observe them?"
"Of course, we'll do that tomorrow. It's already getting late. Once it's light out, we'll circle around the area and take a look."
Bai Yu spoke as though it were obvious.
He also pointed to a corner of the map.
"Look at this spot. It juts out, and judging by the terrain, the nearby ports are fairly far apart. There aren't many towns or facilities, either. Tomorrow, we'll first observe Marley's patrol fleets in the surrounding waters, then decide what to do."
"Then what about tonight?"
"Tonight? We'll move farther from the mainland, then go to sleep."
Bai Yu hung the compass at his waist, rolled up the map, and put it into the tube beside him.
"Speaking of which, where's Ming?"
"Now that you mention it, I don't think I've