Sailing at sea is mostly boring, and there is little else to see on the endless sea.

In more than 2 days, the Calais-class battleship led by Lu Nan moved in a circle on the sea, which was required by Lu Cheng, and it was likely to miss some valuable places when sailing in a straight line, but in fact, he had seen several small islands in these 2 days, and Lu Nan also sent troops to reconnoitre, except for the lush woods, there were not even a few animals on the islands, and one of the islands was full of reefs, which almost sank the reconnaissance oars.

Of course, it is not completely without harvest, a group of bison was found on one of the slightly larger islands, the number is expected to be more than 1,000, Lu Cheng asked Lu Nan to mark the island in detail, ready to arrange a transport ship to come over to catch the cattle, the current exchange of a cow has risen to 15 gold coins, even if the price of bison is the same, there are at least 15,000 gold coins, this trip is considered to be earned.

"Observer reports, land found on the port side!"

It was at this moment that the observer at the top of the mast found land again.

Lu Cheng took out the monocular he bought from the exchange for 300 gold coins and looked at the port side, only to see that there was a dark line slowly lengthening at the junction of water and sky, it was an island, and it was too far away to see clearly.

"Turn the rudder left, head for XXX!"

"The helmsman reports, turn the rudder left, head XXX."

Lunan immediately took control of the battleship and approached the newly discovered island.

"My lord, this island may be bigger than anything I've encountered before."

Lu Nan, who also observed with the captain's standard monocular, said.

Lu Cheng nodded noncommittally, as the distance got closer, the outline of the island became wider and wider, indicating that this was a relatively large island.

"Collect the mainsail! Slow down"

"Sail crew report, mainsail collection!"

The Calais-class battleship slowly approached the strange island.

"Ding~ Dear player, you have discovered Zize Island."

The system's prompt also sounded at the same time.

Lu Cheng estimated that the side of the island facing him is at least nearly 5 kilometers long, it is a relatively large island, and except for a section of beach near the coastline, the island is densely packed with primeval forests, and from time to time you can see some signs of animals moving around the woods, and there is a mountain peak hundreds of meters high in the distance towering in the center of the island, which is very eye-catching.

"My lord, because I don't know if there is a reef underwater, the battleship can only be parked one mile away from the shore." Lu Nan reported.

The crew had just tested the depth of the water with a measuring rope, and it was only less than 10 meters deep one mile from the shore, and it was very likely that if we drove any further, it would run aground or hit the bottom.

The shallow water is not suitable for a wharf, so if there is no deep water on this island, it is likely that only small transport ships can approach it, and the development value will be much lower.

"I'll personally bring people up to scout." Lu Cheng said.

Lu Nan didn't stop it, in fact, several islands he encountered along the way Lu CD went up in person, although Lu Nan dissuaded him a few times with safety, but Lu Cheng still insisted on going to the island in person, he was worried that NPCs would not be able to correctly distinguish some valuable things.

The dinghy brought by the two battleships was quickly hoisted into the water, and each dinghy could seat 16 people, and the rowing on the sea with little wind and waves was relatively fast, and it took some time to land.

Lu Cheng jumped off the boat first, and the beach was made of fine white sand and gravel, mixed with numerous shells and debris rolled ashore from the sea.

Walking on the soft and dry sand was more strenuous, Lu Cheng and the 30 militiamen who followed him left the beach and headed for the forest.

Different from the tropical forests on the general island, the forests on this island are tall trees, and there are fewer bushes on the ground in the forest, so it is more convenient to walk, Lu Cheng divided the team into 3 groups, and reconnoitred from the left, middle and right directions to the other end of the island, and Lu Cheng chose the middle road with the shortest route but the most difficult.

As they go deeper, the trees become denser, with tall trunks supporting a dense canopy, and the sunlight is sparsely blocked by layers of foliage and branches.

"My lord, I found a nanmu forest." The recorder in Lu Cheng's team took out the record book and registered the resources found.

"My lord, I found an iron mine." It wasn't long before another mineral was discovered.

There are no less than ten resource points recorded along the way, and the amount of resources on this island is still considerable.

As he walked, Lu Cheng suddenly felt that the light had become much brighter.

"Your Excellency...... There is no forest ahead! A militiaman who was opening the way ahead shouted.

Lu Cheng rushed over with the others, just as the militiaman said, the forest came to an abrupt end, and what appeared in front of everyone was a swamp with churning bubbles and mud, and a faint layer of mist floated above the swamp, making it not very real to see from a little distance.

When observing from the sea, Lu Chengcheng found that there was almost no vegetation on the mountain range in the center of the island, and when he walked here, Lu Chengwan suddenly realized that not only the central mountain range, but also the center of the island was this kind of mud swamp, and the dividing line between the forest and the swamp seemed very abrupt, and the forest came to an abrupt end without warning.

One of the militiamen poked the tumbling mud with his sword.

"My lord, it's very deep inside, you can't get to the bottom of it, and the mud is so thin that no one can pass through it."

Lu Cheng nodded.

Squeak~

At this moment, a tall tree not far away suddenly tilted in the direction of the swamp, and the thick roots supporting the tree were quickly broken after being continuously pulled out of the ground, and with a loud bang, the tree tens of meters high fell into the swamp.

The tree did not float above the swamp as expected, and as everyone watched, the tree was gradually swallowed up by the black mud, and as the last branch sank into the swamp, there was no trace of the tree except for the broken roots.

It's no wonder that the entire swamp is filled with tumbling mud and bubbles, and everything that enters the swamp is mercilessly devoured.

"Take the bottle and take some samples and go back to study."

Lu Cheng commanded the militia to carefully take a few bottles of mud samples from the swamp, he always felt that such a huge swamp was not simple, there must be something important waiting for him to discover, but now there were no tools and equipment to go deep into the swamp.

The plan to cross the island from the center had to be revised, and Lu Cheng looked at the extent of the swamp, nearly 30% of the area on the island was covered by this swamp that was constantly devouring the forest, and the central mountain range was enclosed in the middle of the swamp, unable to approach.

After choosing a direction, Lu Cheng led the militia to explore the past from the right side along the edge of the forest to the other side of the island.

There are a lot of resources on the island, and the recorder has recorded dozens of pieces of information, including minerals, timber, animal husbandry, and even found a silver mine with very small reserves, like gold ingots, each unit of silver ingots is worth about 200 silver coins, which is also relatively valuable, so Lu Cheng took the silver mine as a target that must be mined, although dozens of groups are worth thousands of gold coins, but no matter how small the mosquito legs are, it is meat.

A few hours later, on the beach on the other side of the island, three groups of reconnaissance crews successfully converged, and this time the exploration was relatively safe, with no casualties, while the previous island encountered some danger, and several militiamen were slightly injured.

"Report to your Excellency, the statistics of the resources have come out, you can see it."

Lu Cheng took the summary of the records and looked at it, a total of 78 resource information, the most valuable mining is the silver mine, followed by a group of wild goats, about 500 heads, which is also not low, and the rest are some conventional mineral tree resources, the resources on this island are much higher than the average number of more than ten general islands, and will be used as a key development island.

"Lunan, is there a suitable place to land on this island?"

After returning to the ship, Lu Cheng asked, according to the regulations, when the expedition team was exploring, the ship should also go around the island to search for a coast that could be used for landing.

Lu Nan pointed: "There is a section of coast to the east that is ideal, and the water depth is deep enough for medium-sized ships to dock. ”

"I also focused on recording this island, and then sent people to develop resource points, and the swamp in the center of the island may have a lot of articles, so we should pay attention to it."

"It's been recorded, and the sample will be sent to the alchemy workshop for testing."

With the arrangements in place, Lunan took control of the warship and began to leave the island to explore other areas.

Lu Cheng accidentally glanced at Qi Ze Island, which had gradually moved away, from the battleship, and suddenly a bright light reflected the edge of his field of vision, and then disappeared immediately.

"Hey, strange, I clearly felt a light just now."

Lu Cheng stared at it for a long time, but the fleeting light never appeared again, and he thought that he might be a little hallucinatory or the reflection of the seawater.

And at this moment, in a hidden and dark cave on the central peak of Zize Island, a pair of eyes like stars are nervously and curiously watching the battleship that is gradually moving away.

Judging by the size of the eyes, the owner of the eye has a large body, covered its body with huge scales like brass under the occasional reflection of light into the cave, and if you look closely, there is a very deep wound in its waist that still flows dark yellow blood.

The ship is gone.

Its nervous mood calmed down considerably, and at this time, the pain of the wound in the lower back hit again.

"Roar!"

A roar like a dragon resounded throughout the island, causing all kinds of small animals on the island to flee in all directions.

When the strange creature appeared, it endured the pain and did not dare to make a sound.

It's not that it's afraid, it's that it doesn't dare.

Affectionately looked at the tumbling Zhaoze Pond below.

It's more than a month, right?

Then keep up with it!

It continued to breathe golden breath into the swamp pool below, and after gaining new energy, the swamp pool became violent again, and the churning mud even exploded in midair, and the trees at the edge of the forest could not withstand the erosion of the swamp and fell into the swamp in rows one after another, and the range of the swamp expanded a few points again.

Exhausted by the vomit, it fell into a slumber again, and before falling asleep it thought of one last thing.

Which direction did the boat go in that way?