The Ice and Fire Man continued to sail according to the chart until dawn the next day, when the Ice and Fire Man arrived near Shidao.
At this time, there was drizzle in the sky, and the whole island became hazy.
"Major Annan, the island in front of you is Shidao." Anderson pointed to the island not far away and said.
I saw towering stone walls standing on the shore. The stone walls extended to both sides along the coast, turning the entire stone island into a real isolated island.
"Anderson, you said they built the wall to prevent people from going to the sea."
Annan frowned and put down the telescope and pointed at the wall on the shore.
"Tell me, what kind of people are the walls more than 20 meters high meant to protect against giants?"
"Let me see."
Esdeath also raised the telescope.
"This is definitely not to stop the giant." Esdeath said seriously.
"Ordinary adult giants are at least 12 meters tall, and the height of this wall is only about 20 meters. They giants can cross it by stepping on their shoulders."
"Is this a giant problem?" Annan looked at Esdeath with a puzzled look.
"The purpose of this visit is to once and for all solve the problem of civilians going to sea. You see, some birds can't fly over such a high wall, let alone ordinary people."
"Also, how can there be so many reasonable and unreasonable things in this world?"
Esdeath pointed to a motionless cloud in the sky: "If it's unreasonable, wouldn't this cloud be even more unreasonable? I've put countless amounts of ice on it, but it's still floating in the sky.
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"I told you, that is an empty island cloud. There is some scientific basis for its formation." Annan said helplessly, "And this wall is completely unscientific. How many people can be on an island? How can they build it like this?"
The wall?"
"This is not something you and I have to consider. We are not members of the science force." Esdeath glanced at the members of the science force who were already arguing.
"I think the formation of this wall is definitely not artificial. With the manpower and building materials on this island, it is impossible to build a giant wall surrounding the entire island." A member of the scientific force wearing glasses said.
"I don't agree with your point of view. You forgot the Devil Fruit. The Devil Fruit is probably the cause of all this." Another person retorted, not to be outdone.
"If you are in trouble, Devil Fruits, right? Our science team should use scientific methods to solve problems, instead of pushing everything on Devil Fruits. You will be thinking about your Devil Fruits all day long."
"I just raised one of the possible reasons. Why are you anxious?"
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"It's better to land on the island first." Esdeath said.
The Ice and Fire Man continued to drive towards Shidao.
Soon, they saw the protruding part of the stone wall toward the sea. There was a huge iron gate at the front of the protrusion. There were a sea watchtower built on both sides of the iron gate. The top of the watchtower was equipped with a rotatable door.
The heavy artillery seems to be the same type as the one on the Marine Fando Tower.
The people on the two watchtowers are different.
On one side is what seems to be the King's Army of the Kingdom of Kunta. Each of the guards standing guard wears a brown vest, which is probably made of polished stone...
On the other side, you can tell it’s the Navy by looking at the flag.
Judging from the chart, Shidao is quite large compared to other islands in the East China Sea.
Not only is it big, it’s also safe.
There are high walls along the coast, which basically eliminates the possibility of pirates landing on the island from other places. Coupled with the countless reefs detected by the Ice Fire Man, it can be said to be a fortress that cannot be breached from the outside.
Seeing a strange ship with a navy flag approaching, a navy man with two flags immediately appeared in the watchtower and waved a semaphore at Annan and the others.
Annan can understand semaphore, but he can't do it himself.
The signal transmitted by the navy on the opposite side is translated as:
"There have been no reports recently, please indicate your identity."
"You tell them that we are the navy from our headquarters, and we are here to inspect the navy in the East China Sea on orders from our headquarters."
Annan said to the messenger who was carrying a flag.
"Also, tell them my and Esdeath's names and military ranks."
Annan and Esdeath are now the third-level naval officers of the main naval branch of the headquarters, and are now equivalent to the branch’s commodores. Of course, this status needs to be mentioned.
In fact, at the beginning, Annan was still thinking of finding some excuse to enter Shidao.
But when I looked back and thought about it, no, we were fishing under orders... No, we were patrolling under orders, why should we make excuses?
After the messenger finished delivering the message to the other side, the navy man ran back to the bunker. After a while, the iron gate slowly rose, revealing the port inside.
The navy man on the tower ran out again. This time he simply waved, meaning "please come in."
Annan immediately ordered the Ice and Fire Man to move towards the port. When passing the iron gate, Annan looked up and saw that the iron gate was three meters thick.
This iron gate basically cuts off the possibility of ordinary ships entering the port. Only by opening this gate can they enter and dock.
After entering the port, everyone discovered that there was still a door on the shore.
The Ice and Fire Man is docked at the navy's exclusive docking platform in front.
Annan looked at the more than 20-meter-high wall curiously and couldn't help but smacked his lips: "It's really an exaggeration."
At this time, a navy officer who looked like an officer and several people ran under the Ice Fire Man to greet them.
"Major Annan!" The officer saluted Annan, "I am Navy Lieutenant Boris stationed here, affiliated with the 114th branch of the East China Sea."
"The inspection you are talking about...can you elaborate on it? When I reported it to my superiors, my superiors did not receive any information about the inspection coming from the headquarters."
"It's nothing. Mr. Annan is just on vacation. He just inspects things casually." Anderson on the side said, "Have you read the recent newspapers? Is there anything to inspect in the weakest sea in the East China Sea? Do you think it is?"