While Yang Yi and his companions were exploring-or rather, trapped in-the Holy Capital, another major event that could affect all players was quietly unfolding.
Somewhere in the Sea of No Light.
A bustling city made up of a vast number of ships was sailing across the sea. It covered over a thousand hectares, and as it moved, the entire city stretched into a spindle shape over six thousand meters long.
This was, in fact, the New World Fleet, which had expanded even further. Its total membership had already surpassed 200,000, including roughly 20,000 purchased indigenous laborers.
They had set out for their target island-Player Island No. 07, Green Island-even before Yang Yi entered the Sea of Miracles.
Their aim was to try to capture it.
But the fleet's enormous size limited its sailing speed, so it had only just arrived. Fortunately, Green Island was not too far away.
At that moment, a war council was underway aboard the Hope at the center of the fleet, which had been completely converted into administrative offices.
"...We have prepared 2,500 level six common warships, including 300 large warships and 500 medium warships. The rest are all small warships.
We also have a total of 4,632 armed reserve warships below level six, which can be upgraded and strengthened at any time to supplement our fighting strength..."
An officer in charge of armaments reported, informing everyone present of the fighting forces the New World Fleet could currently field.
Had Yang Yi been there, he would soon have recognized some familiar faces in the war room.
They included Zhao Tie Tou and Wang Yuan, who were already members of the New World Fleet, but there were also people from outside it, such as He Qi and Qiqi of the Fisherman, Huang Zhuang of the Black