Super Island Tycoon

100 nautical miles north of Jade Island.

A roaring sound echoed above the sky, as a black-painted luxury flying car slowly appeared over a certain sea area, accompanied by the rising morning sun.

At this moment, Jiang Cheng sat steadily inside the cabin, gazing out at the sea below through the car window while taking a slight sip of the cereal brunch on the table.

"Tastes good, Monica!"

Jiang Cheng nodded, giving a compliment.

"Thank you, Island Master." Hearing Jiang Cheng's praise, Monica, sitting opposite him, showed a happy smile.

There was no other choice; they rushed to this place overnight. As Jiang Cheng's personal secretary, Monica had to take on the role of a chef, preparing breakfast especially for him.

Fortunately, this modified flying car was very spacious, not only equipped with a resting bed but also a small kitchen.

Looking at the sea below, Jiang Cheng nodded silently.

At this moment, it was low tide, and large patches of "black spots" appeared in the sea below.

Seeing this, Jiang Cheng realized that this was the destination for the island-building project.

As observed, the underwater reefs will reveal large black patches during low tide, and the area is vast enough. If these underwater reefs are filled, a real island could definitely be built!

In the coming time, after the accompanying survey ship conducted a final inspection, all eighteen suction dredgers, upon Jiang Cheng's command, were put into operation.

Each massive mechanical gear arm, like crab pincers, extended from the bow of these dredgers and directly reached the seabed, starting to stir the surrounding seabed sludge.

Subsequently, the pump device located below the hull would suck this agitated mud into the pipeline, eventually blowing the remaining sand onto the reef area after dewatering and filtering.

Due to ample experience, all eighteen dredgers began to work in perfect coordination once in position.

Accompanied by loud rumblings, billions of cubic meters of sand fell from the sky onto the reef.

The island-building project was officially announced to begin!

...

After the filling project started below, Jiang Cheng took the flying car and embarked on a journey back to Jade Island.

Since everything was on track, he didn't need to stay there watching; there were more important things waiting for him to handle on Jade Island.

Additionally, with such a big commotion here, it's believed that Japan would soon become alert, and a political and public opinion battle will inevitably follow. Jiang Cheng had to face all of this.

As for this place, leaving the Jade Island fleet to report the construction progress to him in real-time was enough.

According to the plan, the first phase of the filling project would last nearly a month, during which all eighteen dredgers must operate at full capacity.

The goal of the first phase was to fill an island with an area of 2.5 square kilometers and complete the foundation, compaction, and breakwater construction.

The engineering pressure was quite considerable, but given the previous island-building experience, it wasn't completely directionless.

The monthly schedule aimed to alleviate future international public opinion pressure as much as possible. Once the artificial island became a fait accompli, the subsequent expansion would continue.

After returning to Jade Island in the flying car, Jiang Cheng resumed his busy work.

As he anticipated, three days into the filling project, Japan discovered something unusual.

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Nanyao Island.

Central Operations Command Center.

In the hall, Jiang Cheng sat in the main seat, eyes tightly fixed on the image on the 3D projection screen.

The image showed real-time imagery of the northern sea area of Jade Island.

On the turbulent sea, two fleets were tensely confronting each other, and the thick smell of gunpowder was palpable even through the imagery.

Among them, over a dozen Jade Island vessels firmly held a line of defense, blocking more than thirty various Japanese vessels, which clearly had superior numbers, outside the line.

"Report, Commander, Japan has dispatched the most advanced 'Yamato-class' battleship and several 'Sun-class' submarines. Additionally, intelligence shows that there's fleet gathering activity at Japan's Hachimantai Island naval base, 200 nautical miles away. That's the situation; please instruct, Commander."

While Jiang Cheng frowned, observing the real-time images, the fleet leader standing beside him reported, holding the latest intelligence.

Upon hearing the report, Jiang Cheng's frown deepened.

Though he anticipated a strong reaction from Japan upon discovering the island-building activity, he did not expect them to dispatch a large fleet with intentions for a maritime battle with Jade Island so soon after learning the news.

This morning, while busy dealing with island affairs, Jiang Cheng received a report that Japan had discovered their island-building activity and soon after sent a large fleet to the area.

The Jade Island vessels stationed near the reef urgently assembled to confront the approaching Japanese fleet, as per Jiang Cheng's prior instruction.

Jiang Cheng, hurriedly arriving at the command center on Nanyao Island, witnessed the real-time scene.

"Give the order for the standby Second Fleet to urgently deploy for support!"

After hesitating for a moment, Jiang Cheng immediately issued the command.

Although Jade Island's warships outperform Japanese warships in individual strength, this standoff situation tests deterrence rather than single combat ability.

In terms of the scene alone, Jade Island was unquestionably in an inferior position.

Hence, deploying more warships was imperative!

"Yes!"

Upon receiving Jiang Cheng's command, the fleet commander immediately picked up the communicator to relay the order.

"By the way, what's the situation online now?"

After some thought, Jiang Cheng asked.

In such a standoff, Japan would surely initiate a public opinion dispute, and Jade Island needed to act promptly to seize the initiative.

"There hasn't been any news about this incident online yet, but we've noticed a significant amount of protest emerging within Japan, which is expected to spread online soon!"

"Instruct the Foreign Ministry to release an official statement condemning Japan's interference this afternoon according to the pre-established plan." Jiang Cheng unhesitatingly issued the order.

In this matter, whoever takes the initiative gains the most advantage, and Jiang Cheng certainly did not want to fall behind.

In fact, anticipating today's scenario, he had already instructed the Foreign Ministry to make thorough preparations in advance.

Therefore, he wasn't afraid to engage in a public opinion battle!