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Chapter 322 Sea Soul Islands! The Strong Ship and Powerful Cannon Plan! [Please subscribe! Please vote!]

Upon returning to the headquarters of the Technology Chamber of Commerce, Chen Hong first greeted his parents before heading back to his empty private courtyard.

Ning Quan hasn't been seen by Chen Hong's side for quite a while. Ning Lu said that Ning Quan decided to travel around Douluo Continent with Xu Ke'er. Ugh, the awful stench of romance is really overwhelming.

"Sigh, their bodyguard ran off with someone, tsk tsk tsk, how strange."

In Chen Hong's private courtyard, a pig, a bird, and a person—three creatures in total—lay on wicker chairs, leisurely basking in the moonlight.

"But thinking about it, it makes sense. Uncle Ning Quan's original intention in coming down the mountain was to learn from the world, but he ended up staying by my side for too long, which was not conducive to his cultivation. Now, however, there are super strong experts around me who far exceed what Uncle Ning Quan could have imagined. At least, Uncle Ning Quan can rest assured. So, he decided to take a spontaneous trip with Xu Ke'er from the Star Crown Family?"

Chen Hong placed his feet on the belly of Pigsy, who was sleeping sprawled out to the side, then looked up at the starry sky and murmured to himself.

One of Ning Quan's original duties was to protect Chen Hong's safety, which is why he couldn't wander around. However, as more and more super-strong individuals began to appear around Chen Hong, making it impossible for Ning Quan to resist them, his bodyguard duties came to an end. Therefore, he proposed a long journey to Ning Lu.

"The world is so big, I want to go see it." This was Ning Quan's resignation letter to Ning Lu.

So even the most serious person can be fed some strange and unusual knowledge by the internet.

"At present, everything is on track, and the situation on the mainland will not change much in the short term, so I should broaden my horizons."

Chen Hong turned his head slightly and looked towards the west of Douluo Continent, where a mysterious steel fleet was sailing in the distant sea.

The emerging maritime overlord of the Western Sea in Douluo Continent: the Sea Soul Fleet!

Splash! Splash!

The seawater kept crashing against the deck of the giant steel ship, creating white sprays.

On the deck of the leading ship, the Sea Soul, a middle-aged man in a blue and white uniform with a neatly cut crew cut silently watched the rising sun on the distant sea.

"Captain! We have received news from the mainland that the new warship will be visiting with a mysterious distinguished guest, and the entire ship needs to return to Sea Soul Island." A crew member on the Sea Soul ship reported to the middle-aged man.

"A mysterious distinguished guest? I understand." The middle-aged man, the captain of the Sea Soul ship, Hague, looked at the distant sea and sky merging into one, and the gradually rising red sun, and nodded slowly.

"Notify the Sea Lion and Conch ships that after the pirate attack, they shall return to Sea Soul Island as originally planned."

Sea Soul Island is the largest island in an archipelago discovered by the Sea Soul Fleet in the Western Sea. The archipelago had been given different names before, but since the arrival of the Sea Soul Fleet, it has been officially renamed the Sea Soul Islands, with the main island being Sea Soul Island.

The Sea Soul Islands are rich in mineral resources, with numerous veins of coal, iron, and other minerals discovered (as the plates between Douluo Continent and Sun Moon Continent began to collide and form), as well as various rare soul power minerals.

Currently, the Science and Technology Chamber of Commerce divides the world's various minerals into two types: ordinary minerals that do not react with soul power, and soul power minerals that can react with soul power and produce various magical effects.

The Sea Soul Islands are undoubtedly a treasure trove. They are one or two thousand kilometers away from Douluo Continent. It would take the Empire's ironclad ships three or four days to travel in a straight line, while the Sea Soul Fleet would need to travel at full speed for one or two days to reach the Sea Soul Islands from Douluo Continent.

Originally, the Sea Soul Islands were occupied by a large group of people who could neither be clearly defined as pirates nor sea dwellers. They would occasionally sell the islands' mineral resources to exchange for other resources from the port cities on the western side of Douluo Continent. However, since the arrival of the Sea Soul Fleet, they first conquered the islands by force. Then, under the leadership of Ning Fengxun, a member of the Ning clan of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, they gradually began to formally subdue the islands in the economic, cultural, and military spheres. By building infrastructure and improving the lives of the islanders, the Sea Soul Fleet won the support of more than one million islanders on the Sea Soul Islands in less than half a year.

If there were a peaceful and stable life, who would want to be a pirate for the rest of their life?

At least for the sea people of the Sea Soul Islands, they will support whoever can provide them with a stable life.

They used to worship the sea god, praying that he would bring them good weather and abundant harvests. But now, the arrival of the Sea Soul Fleet, through its infrastructure construction, is gradually eroding their faith in the sea god—something the Sea Soul Fleet probably never anticipated.

Captain Hague of the Sea Souls was not surprised that the Technology Chamber of Commerce would send people to the Sea Souls Islands.

Currently, the Sea Soul Fleet has three steel-armored soul-guided ships: Sea Soul, Sea Lion, and Conch. In addition, there is the first, and perhaps the last, Purple Emperor-class steel-armored soul-guided ship, the Sea Dragon, which was just launched from the Soto Shipyard.

The Sea Dragon ship was over 100 meters long, reaching more than 110 meters, nearly half again as long as the other three warships in the Sea Soul Fleet. Considering their size, the difference was even more striking.

Captain Soto couldn't keep building the Topaz-class steel-armored soul guide ships forever. Their technology was constantly being upgraded. By practicing with three Topaz-class steel-armored soul guide ships that were over seventy meters long, their technical capabilities were already sufficient for them to take another step forward and try out the Purple Emperor-class warship.

Of course, since the Zihuang-class warships were over 100 meters long and their awe-inspiring presence was too strong, the first Zihuang-class warship seemed more like a training exercise to test the ship's technology than a project that would allow the Soto shipyard to start mass production immediately.

Before touching the sensitive nerves of the Heavenly Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire, the Soto Shipyard will only build this one experimental Purple Emperor-class warship.

As for what happened next, well, they just changed locations.

News from the West Sea Soul Fleet indicates that they have discovered an archipelago there. The islands are rich in resources, have many excellent natural harbors, and are home to more than a million indigenous sea people. This is practically a tailor-made overseas shipping base for the Soto Shipyard!

The Barak River, which connects Soto City to the ocean, has a wide basin and a long distance. The large ships of the Soto Shipyard cannot be kept secret from the residents along the coast, let alone the Soul Guidance Cannon project. Therefore, establishing an overseas ship base is a plan that the Science and Technology Chamber of Commerce has set out long ago.

One of the main tasks of the Sea Soul Fleet is to help the Soto Shipyard find excellent overseas ship bases.

"The warships are ready. So, the next step is the cannons, right?"

Looking at the red sun on the horizon, The Hague felt a surge of longing.

(End of this chapter)