At the same time, he shared the location of the surveillance team Qin Haonan had discovered with them.
The news left Wang Jun, Long Zhan, and Ji Yizhi stunned.
Ji Yizhi put down his glass and said to the group, "It must be another team from Xi’an Base. They’ve likely deduced that Peach Blossom Base is within the Seventh-level Wind Sea Region, which is why they’re monitoring the route between Dawn Base and Peach Blossom Base. To evade our patrols, they’re hiding right inside the Seventh-level Wind Sea Region. Bold of them, I’ll give them that!"
Wang Jun nodded. "In that case, Old Long, arrange for more speedboats to patrol the vicinity of the Seventh-level Wind Sea Region. And don’t neglect the area inside the region either!"
"I’ve already made the arrangements," Long Zhan replied. "Speedboats are on their way to the location Minister Qin spotted them, too!"
"Mm, thank you for your hard work, everyone," Ren Yuanyang said with a slight nod.
"You’re being too formal, Master!" Long Zhan said with a laugh. "Why don’t you move Peach Blossom Base closer to Dawn Base? That way, we can look out for each other!"
Ren Yuanyang shook his head slightly. "It’s not that I don’t want to. I just can’t move it right now."
"Can’t move it? What do you mean by that?" Long Zhan asked, confused.
"Just wait a few more days, and you’ll see it with your own eyes," Ren Yuanyang replied. "For now, I need you to patrol the surrounding area with your speedboats. If you spot anything unusual, share the information immediately!"
"Alright, Master, don’t you worry. I can’t guarantee we’ll spot every little boat like a speedboat, but I promise no large ships will get past us!" Long Zhan declared, pounding his chest.
"That’ll do. The small boats don’t pose much of a threat," Ren Yuanyang said with a slight nod.
"Master, about that liquor... can you get us some more?" Long Zhan asked with a grin.
"No problem. There’s plenty of liquor to go around. But you need to control yourself. Don’t let it interfere with your duties," Ren Yuanyang replied.
"Excellent! Don’t worry, Master, I absolutely won’t let it interfere with anything!" Long Zhan replied happily.
Just then, Wang Jun finally spoke up. "Liquor? What liquor?"
Ji Yizhi explained, "This time, Master not only sent us meat but also gave us several canisters of bamboo liquor. It’s delicious!"
"I see. So you two got the good stuff and didn’t even think to share with me!" Wang Jun protested.
Long Zhan shrugged. "Even if we told you, you couldn’t have any from here, so we didn’t bother. Old Ji will bring a few canisters back with him when he returns!"
"That’s more like it!" Wang Jun replied with a laugh. "Alright, I’m done talking. Watching you two feasting and drinking on camera is making me too jealous!"
With that, he promptly left the video call.
"You two carry on. Contact me immediately if anything happens," Ren Yuanyang said, then he too left the video call.
After a moment of thought, Ji Yizhi spoke. "Was that Master’s way of admitting that Peach Blossom Base is located in the Seventh-level Wind Sea Region?"
"Didn’t you guys already guess that?" Long Zhan asked, taking a bite of roasted meat.
"It was just a guess, never confirmed!" Ji Yizhi sighed. "How do they even rest in the Seventh-level Wind Sea Region? With the ship constantly rocking back and forth, can they really get any sleep?"
"That’s a good point. It took me nearly a month to get used to the slight rocking of the ships in the Second-level Wind Sea Region. I can’t even imagine what it’s like in a Level 7 one," Long Zhan said, nodding in complete agreement.
Ji Yizhi’s eyes narrowed. "I have a feeling Peach Blossom Base is going to completely shatter our concept of what a base can be."
"Huh?" Long Zhan paused. "Shatter our concept? What, did they build their base in the sky or something?"
"Who knows? What if they actually did?" Ji Yizhi shrugged.
"Er, you can’t be serious! The legendary Sky City?" Long Zhan asked, his face a picture of astonishment.
"You actually believed that? With our current level of technology, building a Sky City should be impossible..." Ji Yizhi replied with a smile.
"You’re a tricky old bastard!" Long Zhan grumbled, rolling his eyes.
Meanwhile, the surveillance team that had spotted the three cargo ships carrying seeds reported their findings back to Xi’an Base.
Bao Mu was still reeling from the news. "So Peach Blossom Base is really inside the Seventh-level Wind Sea Region! This is unbelievable!"
"Should we arrange for speedboats to enter the Seventh-level Wind Sea Region and search for Peach Blossom Base now?" an aide asked with a frown.
Bao Mu nodded slightly. "Of course. We need to pinpoint Peach Blossom Base’s exact location before our carriers rendezvous! However, since they’ve already spotted us, they’ll be on their guard. The search parties must be extremely careful."
"Yes, sir. I’ll be sure to impress that upon them," the aide replied gravely.
"Those freighters from the River Bird Fleet must be carrying plant seeds," Bao Mu speculated, eyes narrowing.
The aide was in full agreement. "I’m sure of it. Only Peach Blossom Base would be interested in seeds like that."
"I just don’t get it. Why is the River Bird Fleet sucking up to the Aircraft Carrier Base so hard? Can it really just be for food and medicine?" Bao Mu wondered, their brow furrowed.
The aide sighed. "Frankly, those two things are more than enough to make the River Bird Fleet throw in their lot with the Aircraft Carrier Base."
Bao Mu paused for a second, then nodded. "True. Those two factors alone could determine the survival of their entire fleet."
At that moment, Nelson of the River Bird Fleet received a message from Wang Jun.
"You can go public about the medicine and Evolution Potions now."
Nelson was completely stunned by the message.
"Captain, won’t this make the Aircraft Carrier Base a target for everyone?" Nelson asked, confused.
"We plan on doing business with outsiders. This is a good chance for you to help us advertise," Wang Jun replied with a smile.
Nelson paused, then asked cautiously, "Does your base have a lot of Evolution Potions?"
"Not a huge amount, but more are constantly in production. In the future, everyone at our base will be able to become an Evolver!" Wang Jun replied.
"Understood. I know what to do," Nelson replied, ending the call.
Wang Jun set his phone aside and muttered to himself, ’I wanted to wait a while before announcing the Evolution Potions, but Xi’an Base has already discovered Peach Blossom Base’s general location. We have to help Master draw some of their fire!’
Although they had already discussed publicizing the Evolution Potions with Ren Yuanyang, they hadn’t planned on being this hasty. They could have taken their time.
But now that Qin Haonan had discovered a suspected Xi’an Base surveillance team in the Seventh-level Wind Sea Region, they could no longer afford to wait. It was better to spread the news quickly and hope to divert some of Xi’an Base’s attention.
Nelson immediately posted in the regional channel: "Greetings, fellow survivors. This is Captain Nelson of the River Bird Fleet. I’ve seen everyone discussing our decision to ally with the Aircraft Carrier Base. Frankly, there’s not much to discuss. If you have the chance to join a powerful base that’s willing to take you in, it’s a blessing! Let me ask you this: if a base had ample food, medicine, and perfect Evolution Potions, wouldn’t you want to join it?"
Nelson’s post immediately stirred up another wave of discussion.
"You’re a captain, and you’re sucking up to the Aircraft Carrier Base like that? Is that appropriate?"
"Seriously! You’ve completely disgraced all the Western nations!"
"To the two posters above, did you even read what Captain Nelson said? Forget the food and medicine for a second—the Aircraft Carrier Base has *perfect* Evolution Potions? If that’s true, I’d join the Aircraft Carrier Base in a heartbeat!"
"What does ’perfect Evolution Potion’ even mean? A hundred percent success rate?"
"How is that possible? *We* haven’t even developed a perfect Evolution Potion yet. There’s no way the Aircraft Carrier Base could have done it!"
"And why not? Dragon Country’s technological development has been explosive. It’s perfectly normal for them to surpass you!"
"Even if they did develop it, imagine how much live-subject testing they must have done! They’re always telling Lvzhi Country not to conduct live-subject experiments, but then they go and do it themselves. Talk about a double standard!"
"Is the poster above from Lvzhi Country, or just one of their dogs? Why are you sticking up for them?"
"I’m just telling it like it is!"
"Telling it like it is? What a load of crap! I’m an ordinary survivor on the Aircraft Carrier Base, and we’ve never had people go missing without a reason!"
"That just means you’ve been duped by the Aircraft Carrier Base. Even if people were going missing, you wouldn’t know about it!"
"You don’t know the first thing about how the Aircraft Carrier Base is run, yet you dare to spout such nonsense! We have a special rule here: everyone has to check in daily by posting in their small group chat. The number of check-ins is the same every single day, so there are no missing people!"
"That’s a bit absolute. What if someone posts twice, or someone else checks in for them?"

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