Chapter 265: Chapter 192: Cutting Through the Waves

With everyone’s tireless efforts, the Ark’s first sea vessel finally reached the final stages of construction.

Seafarers from various islands gathered around the Ark Shipyard, stretching their necks eagerly, with countless eyes fixed on the scenes in the coastal assembly area.

The whole process resembled an upward iron stack, as over twenty Light-Seeking vehicles hung with varying sizes of hulls, steadily hovered over the assembly area.

Under the workers’ commands and the assistance of the Sun Warriors, the Feis trainees perked up their furry ears, focusing intently on controlling the console, as each Light-Seeking vehicle systematically lifted the hull parts to appropriate positions.

"My God! The Ark actually has so many war chariots, they look just like they’re made of gold..."

A newly arrived seafarer exclaimed in amazement, "The Ark King certainly is wealthy..."

"Ignorant, they’re just the most common vehicles in the Ark Kingdom, you haven’t seen the real Star Shattering War Chariot yet."

Another seafarer, frequently selling fresh catches on the shore, chuckled and boasted with raised eyebrows, "Under that war chariot’s patrol, no one ever dares break the rules on Ark territory!"

Clearly, the Ark’s vehicles had nothing to do with him, yet he boasted with pride, for unknown reasons...

Not far away, Elio and Osguta stood beside the noisy crowd.

The Imperial Count with the youthful appearance had put away his usual careless demeanor, as Elio squinted his eyes, his focus not on the Ark’s vehicles but constantly on the people inside them.

Joining hulls is not as simple as building blocks, yet those young people, using only a pair of extraordinary ears, managed incredibly precise positioning, with the entire final procedure going without a hitch, unbelievably smoothly...

Even the knowledgeable Elio had to admit, these inherently pure, charming, and innocent-looking young people were actually all remarkably talented.

This Imperial Count couldn’t help but feel puzzled.

It’s said all these young people hail from the Southern Alliance, so why hadn’t he seen this race during the North-South War?

"I’ve inquired, sir, the Alliance people consistently look down on them."

Alongside him, Osguta explained solemnly, "The Feis people’s minds are naturally fragile, they can’t withstand the ’waves’ at sea, and even on land, they’re affected by the sea."

"This fragility renders them incapable of handling any complex work, thus for a long time the Feis race has been lower-class citizens in the Alliance."

This Imperial Envoy stated matter-of-factly, "In the Alliance, they can only do simple manual labor and suffer bullying by upper-class citizens."

"Fragile-minded?"

Elio paused for a moment, those young people were vibrant in the Ark, looking energetic every day, how could they be fragile?

Could it be that the Ark Kingdom is more special than other places?

At this moment, Elio suddenly realized that since arriving at Ark Island, he hadn’t had a single nightmare...

He slowly turned his head, gazing at the Ark Leader, surrounded by people in the assembly area, feeling inexplicably apprehensive.

The Imperial Count exhaled silently, perhaps the Empire’s decision to befriend the Ark was the wisest made by the Dukes constrained by the Civil Servant Group...

·

Lin Lan was currently listening to Hoffman’s explanation.

"Sir, this ship is 88 meters long, weighing 4000 tons, and if you plan to use it to transport resources, carrying 5000 tons of cargo would be no problem..."

The lead worker from the Empire stood next to the Ark Leader, introducing the basic information about the transport vessel he led in building with respectful demeanor.

Lin Lan nodded his head.

In his view, the freighter gradually taking form before him was not particularly large; though it couldn’t compare to those tens of thousands of tons large ships, it marked the most significant step for Ark Kingdom into the sea.

"However, you know, the materials used for this ship are not ordinary ’steel’, and during construction, there were some... situations the workers couldn’t understand."

Hoffman paused, cautiously observing the Ark Leader’s expression: "Thus the information I provided might not be entirely accurate..."

"You need not worry at all about this."

Lin Lan smiled, waving his hand: "In my perspective, you’ve done excellently already, Mr. Hoffman."

In fact, the workers’ building of the freighter was merely a basic shell, during which the Foreigner and Dr. Tianli added ’a bit’ of material.

Nightmare Worm Shells, Sun Ash Soil, Illusory Starlight Servers, Starship Navigation Assist Systems...

This was a vessel blessed by God, connecting past and future, so its birth was destined not to be ordinary.

Faced with the Ark Leader’s praise, Hoffman lowered his head, apprehensive, as the ’young man’ before him, despite lacking any imposing aura of a superior, inexplicably made him unable to quell his internal tension.

So strange... he never behaved so poorly even facing the Blood Vulture Duke...

Seeing the anxious old man before him, Lin Lan no longer inquired any further.

The workers were zealously busy, time gradually passed, and the silver steel behemoth had fully formed, standing silently by the sea, staring proudly at the vast Chaos Sea.

Hoffman’s heart gradually rose to his throat, as the most critical juncture was imminent.

—Ship Launch.

At this moment, a worker gazing at the steel creation cleared his throat suddenly, and began to shout loudly.

"Lower the cables~ Release the Earth’s embrace~"

"We hammered out its powerful heartbeat, no longer fearing the darkest sea waves~"

Initially, the voice was somewhat thin, but soon several other workers joined in, the rugged and bold voices carried by the wind toward Seagull Port.

Lin Lan was momentarily surprised.

"Uhm... sir, it’s a common worker’s habit, before the ship launch, the workers often offer their voices to the newly born ship, offering blessings for its impending voyage."

Hoffman, with some embarrassment, explained: "If you find it awkward, we can completely omit this irrelevant step."

"Let them sing."

Lin Lan gently shook his head, looking at the distant crowd, with a slight relaxed smile on his lips: "I think this segment of the song is truly meaningful."

And by the coastline, the chattering mariners also quieted down, listening closely to the Imperial workers’ singing, their eyes filled with wonder.

In this world, there are various languages, yet the melody of this song strikingly matched the memories in their minds.

"Hey!" Someone laughed out loud, "The cold-hearted Empire folks actually sing the folk songs of my hometown!"

"Nonsense!" Someone immediately retorted, "That’s clearly our Rosa Kingdom’s seafaring tradition!"

Another well-traveled mariner muttered quietly, "I recall this song coming from the connecting world’s route ’Fog Strait’..."

"Damn, are you picking a fight?"

Seeing the irritable mariners about to start a melee, someone raised a foam-filled beer mug: "I say, why do you fools care about such trivial details?"

He drank heavily, laughing at the disgruntled crowd: "Wanna prove yourselves, why not just sing a piece for everyone?"

"Damn! Sing it is!"

A burly mariner hummed, following the workers’ melody, and shouted high: "Deep sea calls~ The journey vast and long~"

Someone refused to be outdone, added: "Courage guides our direction~ A new deck carries the bravado and glory of civilization~"

More and more people were swept up in the soaring emotion, more and more people joined the workers’ singing, hundreds felt their boiling spirit of departure, hundreds shouted together the ancient poignant song!

"Let us go forth to split the waves! Let us go forth to split the waves!"

This is mankind’s response to God’s blessings, this is the unique romance of the seafaring age!

Singing and singing, the mariners who had just looked unfavorably upon each other, their anger had vanished without a trace.

Turns out everyone really shared similarities!

The origin of this song was no longer important, people from various islands unexpectedly found the unity the Alliance often spoke of on the small Ark Island.

Meanwhile, the young Boos stood beside the slide, amidst the song he raised an axe high, forcefully cutting off the cable binding the ship!