Chapter 345: Morning Practice

The night was long, but for someone who had gone straight to rest after boarding, it wasn't much of a problem.

Throughout the night, the cruise ship barely felt the surging waves of the sea; instead, it was remarkably calm.

This made things very comfortable for the crew, who didn't have to worry about any extra issues.

The other passengers were also very, very comfortable—almost needing nothing else, perfectly able to sleep straight through until broad daylight.

The next morning, the sky brightened especially early.

Perhaps because they were out at sea, the entire surface of the ocean was thick with dense fog.

Fortunately, the cruise ship had already reached the designated sea area at 3:24 a. m.

The anchor was dropped early as well.

Only, the cruise ship anchored at a distance of 1,500 meters outside the designated island.

It wasn't that the cruise ship didn't want to pull in closer; it was that the waters around the island had no so-called shallows—only true deep sea.

Looking down, one didn't see blue, sparkling seawater, but a deep black abyss trench that could almost make a person despair.

There was almost no possibility of docking in a place like this.

However, in the sea area keeping a certain distance from this island-encircling trench, shallows did exist.

At the very least, it was an area where the cruise ship could anchor.

Every person's room was a window-side king-bed room.

Early on, Ren has already woken from his dream.

Ren Amamiya came to the window, drew open the curtain, and looked out at the world completely obscured by fog.

The morning fog over the sea really is thick enough.

The water vapor is too heavy; no wonder there's such thick fog so early in the morning.

It's slightly better than heavy fog in the city.

Heavy fog in the city can cause breathing difficulties, but sea fog doesn't have as many dust particles, so it won't cause breathing problems.

He opened the window and stepped outside.

Mm, it's indeed all water vapor; out at sea, there's really far less dust than in a big city.

Ren Amamiya's eyes narrowed, a spiritual quality filling those eyes.

Through spirit vision, he pierced straight through that astonishingly thick fog and saw the island hidden behind it.

Indeed, there was absolutely no sign of any development at all.

On the island, one could still see many signs of life.

However, there were no large animals—birds, snakes, and insects predominated.

Not a single large carnivorous animal was to be seen.

But this was only natural.

Looking further ahead, one could see even more clearly an active volcano.

This volcano was one reason the island had so few large animals.

Erupting once or twice a year, given this volcano's scale, a single eruption would likely affect the entire island.

Under such conditions, could any large animal possibly survive?

The difficulty of survival was simply too high.

Seeing this, Ren Amamiya understood why such a violently split trench had appeared beside the island.

Structurally, the island's formation was likely the part uplifted by the collision of tectonic plates.

So what surfaced was the uppermost portion of an active volcano.

Having reached this conclusion, Ren Amamiya was slightly speechless.