In an instant, all the crew members crowded around the portholes.
They stared out at the distant sea in shock, their eyes nearly popping out when they saw the enormous sphere.
After the first wave of unmistakable commotion, the cabin fell quiet again. Everyone turned toward Elliot, their faces filled with shock.
Mines were extremely important resources. Besides expanding humanity's territory, another major reason Sidney and Michel had ventured into the Deep Sea was to search for mines.
Everything suffered interference in the sea. The detectors' false-positive rate was so high that they were practically unusable. The Expedition Army had tried countless methods, but their final solution had still been to send out large numbers of prospecting teams, paying for the search with human lives.
And what had they just witnessed?
The Duke had casually given them directions and led them straight to a mine!
The Machine Priests were even more shocked.
It was extremely difficult to get one's bearings in the Sea of the Moon. Even with professional nautical charts, it was impossible to determine one's exact position by sight alone.
Even if they knew a mine's precise location, they could not give directions so casually. They had to rely on the machinery aboard the ship.
Not to mention that Elliot was only at the first rank.
In other words, what had happened before their eyes was a miracle that should have been utterly impossible!
"How... how did you do it?" When the Machine Priest spoke, his cold mechanical voice actually carried a trace of human trembling.
"I..." Elliot had meant to make up some excuse, such as having read about it in the Secret Library.
But on second thought, he might as well offer no explanation at all. He was already the family head. He no longer needed