Five days later, a fleet of five large transport Magic Ships, thirty guard ships, ten Magic Airships, a hundred small Magic Speed Boats, and two thousand Frestech Chamber of Commerce guards left the harbour of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce's main base.
This fleet could be considered the largest fleet in the history of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, as well as the fleet with the strongest military force.
Other than the two thousand guards and the reinforcements from the various departments of New Flyer, the fleet also had a delegation of three hundred people from the Lampari Kingdom and a hundred and fifty elves from the three elven tribes. It could be considered very complicated.
For this fleet, the core mission was of course to reinforce the first Frestech Chamber of Commerce's exploration fleet in terms of resources. They would help them explore the local situation, establish a forward base, and create a suitable communication channel.
Other than this, the extra members of the fleet had different missions.
For example, the people sent by the Lampari Kingdom and the three elven tribes were mainly to explore the Demon Cloud Continent. The research team led by Akali hoped to obtain more cooperation from the dragons. The construction team sent by the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce, other than helping New Flyer build a forward base, they were also sent to investigate the geological situation of the nearby islands … …
In short, the mission of this fleet was very complicated and heavy. So just to build this fleet, New Flyer had sent out half of the Magic Ships that New Flyer had accumulated over the years. They even sent out two thousand guards from the tight guard force, just to ensure that the fleet's mission went smoothly.
According to the information Kassandra provided, this fleet would arrive at Fire Crag Island in a month if nothing unexpected happened, meeting up with the previous fleet.
Next, they would stay for half a month near Cinderclast Island and the island identified by the voyage exploration fleet. After that, they would send some people to explore the Magic Cloud Continent, which was not far from Cinderclast Island.
Because this was their first time coming to the Demon Cloud Continent, they wouldn't go too deep this time. They would just have a general understanding of the situation on the Demon Cloud Continent.
For example, the topography, landscape, climate, human society, and so on …
The most important thing was to first figure out the current distribution of forces on the Demon Cloud Continent, so that it would be convenient to officially land on the Demon Cloud Continent in the future.
Because the Dragon Race didn't care about these things, they couldn't provide such information. New Flyer could only collect it herself.
An important problem that hindered the collection of this information was that, according to the information provided by Kassandra, there seemed to be no human presence on the Demonic Cloud Continent. Therefore, when the humans, mainly the New Flyer, landed on the Demonic Cloud Continent, they were bound to attract the attention of the natives of the Demonic Cloud Continent.
However, Xu Yi wasn't particularly worried about this.
Based on the technology level of the Sines Continent, the technology level of the Demon Cloud Continent in the same world shouldn't be that high.
Otherwise, Kassandra wouldn't have been so intrigued by the various magical machines in New Flyer.
The only thing to worry about was whether the indigenous races on the Demon Cloud Continent would have particularly powerful individual combat power.
However, Kassandra said that there was no intelligent race on the Demon Cloud Continent that could threaten the Dragon Race. So even if there was such a race, it shouldn't be so powerful that the New Flyer Guards equipped with high-end military magic machines couldn't deal with it.
Because they didn't know the specific situation on the Demon Cloud Continent, the time of the preliminary exploration was uncertain.
However, after Xu Yi ordered the two fleets to meet, they must send back information on the first of every month to let him know the general situation.
Of course, this didn't mean that Xu Yi could command them remotely.
Because when the information from there reached Xu Yi's hands, it was already outdated information from a month ago. Of course, it was impossible to command according to this information.
Therefore, the main things on the Demon Cloud Continent had to be handled by the person in charge of the fleet.
Although Xu Yi was not too relieved about this, he could only accept this situation.
In order to change this helpless situation, he could only hope that the research team led by Akali would make another breakthrough in the research of magical communication and create conditions for ultra-long-distance communication signal transmission as soon as possible.
Thinking of this, Xu Yi was a little more grateful that Akali insisted on taking a research team to Cinderclast Island to negotiate with the Dragon Race.
With Kassandra as the middleman … Uh, the middle dragon, the Dragon Race should have a reason to have peaceful contact with the New Flyer. Then the New Flyer could create a good relationship with the Dragon Race with various novel magic machines, which would be very helpful for the cooperation between Akali and the Dragon Race.
However, no matter how smooth Akali's research was, it was impossible to successfully establish a complete hyperspace communication network in a short time.
Xu Yi was helpless in this regard.
There were no shortcuts in the development of science and technology.
He had brought all kinds of mechanical theory from earth with him, which was considered a cheat. If he wanted to rely on his mechanical theory to develop the magic machines of the Sines Continent by leaps and bounds, that was just wishful thinking.
In the beginning, he played a huge role in the development of the magic machine industry, but the reason was that before him, Sines was simply a blank in this area.
Now, with more than ten years of development, promotion, and research, the specialization of the magic machine industry on Sines had gradually strengthened and gradually entered the stage of having a clear classification and specialization.
Even Xu Yi could not know every aspect of the magic machine industry like the back of his hand.
He might still be the undisputed leader in mechanical theory on this continent, but when it came to magic, that was not necessarily the case.
At the end of the day, even if he was a very powerful five-star Archmage, he was still not a Magister. In terms of high-end magic research, he still could not compare to those real Magisters.
However, in terms of the most basic research, which was also the most fundamental research, Xu Yi was still far ahead of all other Magicians.
As early as seven years ago, Xu Yi had already proposed to directly analyze magic data in an attempt to turn magic, which was previously extremely mysterious in the eyes of Magicians and ordinary people, into a subject that could be professionally analyzed.
After more than two years of research with Mentor Carmilla, Xu Yi publicly published the paper "Magic Data Analysis" four and a half years ago, officially bringing this theory to the entire circle of Magicians in Sines.
After many successful experiments, and the New Flight College's successful teaching of magic to many ordinary people who were thought to have no magical talent, the Magicians in Sines gradually accepted this novel theory.
Now, on Sines, this theory had basically been popularized, changing the way magic research was conducted on the entire continent.
For example, the research team led by Akali was originally very focused on the research of data analysis and the accurate transmission of magic signals. Now, with Akali as the leader, the entire research team of Magicians in the research team could not tolerate the vague descriptions that they had when they first started learning magic, such as "feeling a huge wave of magic waves" and "the more magic elements gathered, the better".
And this time, they were planning to cooperate with the dragons in magic research, so with the vague descriptions that were unique to the dragons, Akali would have to put in a lot of effort to make any progress in the research.
"But … this has nothing to do with me anymore."
Xu Yi shrugged. He took one last look at the fleet that had already disappeared into the horizon, and turned back to the house.
The reinforcement fleet had already set off. Because communication was extremely inconvenient, there was not much he could do other than give his blessings in his heart.
Compared to that, he should be more concerned about the matters in Sines.
On the third day after the reinforcement fleet set off, 'Xinfei Magic Industry Weekly' was published. A piece of news published in this weekly magazine instantly attracted the attention of everyone in Sines.
This news was classified under the category of news that reported on the recent activities of New Flyer. But just the title alone was enough to shock everyone.
"The New Flyer Ocean Exploration Fleet has set off for the second time!
Destination: New Continent! "
New Continent!
Oh God!
There really is a new continent?
New Flyer actually discovered a new continent?
And when people looked at the specific content of this news, they discovered something that shocked them even more.
The one who brought the news of the new continent was actually a dragon!
Oh God!
It was actually a dragon!
It was actually a dragon that only existed in legends!
New Flyer's ocean exploration fleet actually encountered a dragon!
New Continent, Dragon Race, these two words were like two sharp knives, easily stabbing into everyone's hearts.
These two things had been passed down in Sines for thousands of years and had already become legends. Almost no one believed that these things really existed.
But now, New Flyer had actually confirmed the existence of these two things in a single breath!
Everyone's first reaction was ….. that this was simply a joke!
But then they thought that New Flyer didn't need to make such a bad joke. Not to mention that this news was published in New Flyer's strict « Xinfei Magic Industry Weekly » and not in the « Banta Times » that many people thought was the mouthpiece of the New Flyer. This was enough to show that New Flyer wasn't joking at all.
Then ….. was this true?
But it was fine if the dragon race was true, but if the new continent was also true, the meaning behind this was just too rich … …
So after this news was published in the « Xinfei Magic Industry Weekly », there were countless people in Sines that began to move.