Super Island Tycoon

Chapter 91: Chapter 91: Island Creation Divine Artifact!

The Coast Guard is, after all, a paramilitary force.

To accommodate such a force, Jiang Cheng needs to build a proper military base for it.

This military base must not only have a port for stationed ships but also training grounds, shooting ranges, barracks, airfields, and other military facilities, so it needs a considerable area.

After carefully browsing through the military facilities section and having a rough idea of what’s about to be built, Jiang Cheng walked out of the villa, piloted Hai, and flew directly to the surrounding waters of Jade Island.

That’s right, the Coast Guard is Jade Island’s unique military force, and Jiang Cheng doesn’t want it to be overly exposed to the general public.

Therefore, according to Jiang Cheng’s plan, he needs a hidden island to place this military base.

It didn’t take long for Jiang Cheng, piloting Hai, to arrive near the outlying islands of Jade Island.

These islands before him, each one lush and green like a piece of jade, with the most distant Octopus Island, though covered with numerous construction facilities, still couldn’t hide its beauty.

Looking at the beautiful islands in front of him, Jiang Cheng slightly furrowed his brow.

Truthfully, according to his original idea, these islands were to be turned into tourist resorts, and he was really reluctant to ruin their pristine landscapes.

However, buildings like military facilities are destined to be away from ordinary people’s sight, and he has yet to find a more suitable place.

Just as Jiang Cheng was feeling troubled, a spark of inspiration flashed in his mind, making him extremely excited.

Thinking of this, Jiang Cheng couldn’t hold back and directly pressed the ”super acceleration” button in front of him!

Immediately, a stream of deep blue flames burst from Hai’s tail, propelling it forward at incredible speed.

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Twenty minutes later.

Southwest of Jade Island, about 60 nautical miles from Octopus Island.

Jiang Cheng, piloting Hai, was slowly flying in mid-air.

At this time, Jiang Cheng, fully concentrated, was constantly scanning the sea ahead, seemingly searching for something.

Over time, as Jiang Cheng kept changing positions, a peculiar spot finally appeared on the vast, blue sea ahead.

In the uniformly azure tone, a patch of gray-black ”land” color appeared.

Of course, this couldn’t be considered land but a coral reef.

The so-called coral reef is a large reef body formed by the accumulation of corals and other marine organisms’ calcium carbonate skeletons, also known as coral reefs!

The reef in front of him was oval-shaped, and although the exposed rocky part above the sea was only a few hundred square meters, its part hidden below the sea was quite massive.

This was most evident to Jiang Cheng, sitting in the flying car.

In fact, as Jiang Cheng saw it, if considering the undersea part, this huge reef’s area far exceeded that of Octopus Island, spanning at least several square kilometers.

However, since most of it remained underwater, it lost a significant portion of its value.

Jiang Cheng had discovered this island early on while surveying the surrounding waters of Jade Island, but since it had no practical value, he abandoned it.

However, in just a fleeting moment, a certain possibility occurred to Jiang Cheng!

Under this possibility, Jiang Cheng even felt that his opportunity for territorial and maritime expansion had arrived!

Land reclamation!

The so-called land reclamation is to convert existing waters and reefs into land through artificial techniques!

For coastal countries or cities with limited land space, this is an important development method!

On parallel Earth, Jiang Cheng knew that many countries and cities were using this method to create land or artificial islands.

Like the Netherlands, which began large-scale land reclamation very early, and now 20% of its territory has been artificially reclaimed!

However, as far as Jiang Cheng knew, on the current Blue Star, due to the more expansive land area, it seemed that no country had yet initiated such a land-making action.

Moreover, land-making isn’t just about simply ”filling soil”; it also requires substantial mechanical manufacturing support and a colossal expenditure of human, material, and financial resources.

Therefore, its difficulty can be imagined.

And something like land reclamation is even more challenging!

After all, the world doesn’t yet have cutter suction dredgers, these ”Island Creation Divine Artifacts”!

A cutter suction dredger is a special type of large functional vessel that uses rotating cutters to loosen the seabed soil, mixes it with cement to form slurry, then pumps it into a pump body via suction pipes, and finally expels it to designated locations through discharge pipes.

It’s said that with such an Island Creation Divine Artifact, as long as one finds a shallow water area like a reef, it’s possible to create an island out of thin air!

On Earth, Hua Country has a strong research capability in cutter suction dredgers, having developed the Celestial Qilin, Celestial Whale, and Tiankun, consecutively in just a few years, significantly boosting dredging capabilities.

The newly developed Tiankun has a cutter power of 6600 kilowatts, capable of dredging 6000 cubic meters of mud per hour, which is incredibly powerful!

What does this mean?

This means Tiankun can excavate a volume the size of a one-meter-deep football field in one hour, meaning an island could be created in a single day!

Thinking of this, Jiang Cheng couldn’t help but feel excited.

With such an Island Creation Divine Artifact, as long as Jiang Cheng found even a rock-sized reef, he could turn it into an island within just one day!

This is practically robbery!

It’s important to note that the current global situation is that all coastal countries are using various means to compete for islands at sea, but they are powerless against those tiny island reefs.

Because these small island reefs can’t station people, even getting close is challenging.

Under these circumstances, major countries are rushing to occupy large islands and selectively abandoning small island reefs.

Thus, this actually leaves a window of opportunity for Jiang Cheng!

After all, in the present world, there’s no cutter suction dredger, such a powerful Island Creation Divine Artifact.

Perhaps to others, these small island reefs are dispensable, but to Jiang Cheng, they are no different from large islands!

As long as Jiang Cheng can be the first to create a cutter suction dredger, then all the small island reefs in the sea can obediently fall into Jiang Cheng’s hands!

Consequently, Jiang Cheng’s territory and maritime domain can expand without limits!

Therefore, the site for the military base is also secured!