Over at the New World Fleet.
Its membership had already exceeded 3,500.
Had they not been in a hurry to travel, with no time to recruit, the fleet would probably have been even larger.
Tens of thousands of players followed behind the New World Fleet, maintaining a safe distance of over 20 nautical miles.
They had all gathered here with the idea of giving it a try.
After all, the New World Fleet had once said it was willing to take other players through the Extreme Winter Sea.
Almost all the players who were willing to believe them and were not too far away had gathered here.
The New World Fleet had only one requirement for these players-no fires on deck.
The players were to keep an eye on one another.
If their fires attracted Ice Nest Worms, they would be left to fend for themselves. The New World Fleet would neither intervene nor rescue them.
The fleet only guaranteed that there would be no large ice floes along this route, and that it would open up a relatively safe passage!
Up ahead was the New World Fleet.
Shen Guanquan had indeed thought of a way to deal with the Ice Nest Worms. By taking advantage of their tendency to target fire rather than people, they could lure them away!
First, the New World Fleet also kept its own decks free of fires, relying entirely on small vessels scouting ahead to ensure the route was safe.
These small vessels were ordinary ships selected specifically for the task. Although they had no skills, their speeds were all around 55 knots.
They maintained a safe distance of over five kilometers from one another, with two or three campfires on their decks to disperse the white fog while they scouted.
Moreover, on the