The East Pole Sea Region was no small sea region that had been split off like Shattered Island. Lin Yuan neither had the time nor could possibly search the entire East Pole Sea.
Besides, Lin Yuan strongly suspected that the location was beneath the surface.
Though the Island Lord's Residence had declined, it still had considerable intelligence resources.
From the maps Lin Yuan had seen during his earlier visit to the Island Lord's Residence, he could tell that Steward Liu still understood the general changes in the East Pole Sea.
That understanding, however, was limited to what happened above the surface.
Yet Steward Liu knew nothing of something as significant as three Pirate Emperors getting into trouble. That made it highly likely that the incident had taken place deep underwater, making information difficult to get out.
The surface of the East Pole Sea Region alone was vast enough. With the underwater areas added in, finding that location without a map was impossible.
Lin Yuan could only regretfully give up.
Although the raid on the Tidal General's Lair itself had been very successful, the outcome was far from satisfactory.
He had not obtained a single Transcendent Core, the most important thing of all.
"These letters from the Crawlers do count as important intelligence. I can take them back for Steward Liu to see."
"But the Crawlers are clearly planning something big. By the time the Island Lord's Residence gets any news, it'll probably be far too late."
Lin Yuan shook his head and put away all the letters. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly paused.
He had noticed a sea chart hanging behind the door of the Secret Study.
When he had pushed the door open earlier, the chart had been hidden behind it and had not caught