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Since the ships at sea could not collect the goods, Dong Qi decided not to stay at sea any longer and went directly to the island nation to land.

Now that they have lost ships, which can directly provide large quantities of metal, Dong Qi needs to rely on the metals within the island to make up for this loss.

Furthermore, Dong Qi actually had another thought in his mind at this time: the reason why the Hundred Refinement Furnace could not collect ships with life might not be because the original rules of the Hundred Refinement Furnace prohibited the collection of living things.

It's possible that the Hundred Refinement Furnace is currently at a low level, so it's just temporarily unable to contain mutated marine creatures. Once the Hundred Refinement Furnace is upgraded, it might be able to ignore the marine creatures entrenched inside the ship and directly bring the ship into the furnace for refining.

It was precisely because this idea came to mind that Dong Qi accelerated his subsequent actions.

Since it was confirmed that the Hundred Refinement Furnace could no longer collect ships at sea, Dong Qi did not linger and headed straight for the island nation after calibrating his course.

When we arrived at the island nation and were about to land, we encountered the same situation as when we entered the sea at the port in South Korea: the coastal area was covered by seaweed.

However, having learned from his previous experience, Dong Qi fired two electromagnetic cannons, instantly clearing a path for the enemy.

If Dong Qi used the electromagnetic gun to fire into the deep sea when he entered the ocean, the electromagnetic projectile would eventually enter the deep sea, so Dong Qi would not be able to feel the power of the electromagnetic gun at all.

This time, the projectile was launched from the sea towards the land. The electromagnetic cannon easily carved a wide path on the beach, and the projectile eventually hit a nearby beach hotel.

Dong Qi had not expected that the two electromagnetic cannonballs would not only penetrate both sides of the beach hotel, but also continue to penetrate several wooden buildings behind the hotel, eventually embedding themselves firmly into the cement wall of one of the buildings.

Because of the obstruction of the beach hotel, after the electromagnetic cannon was fired, Dong Qi only saw the cannonball easily penetrate the hotel's outer wall. Since he didn't pay special attention, he didn't care too much about the damage caused by the electromagnetic cannonball afterwards.

Although Dong Qi was completely unconcerned about the damage caused by the electromagnetic cannon, the survivors living nearby could hear the noise it made.

These survivors, unlike the people of Daxia, did not immediately go out to find the source of the excitement when they discovered it.

Instead, he carefully hid behind the curtains, cautiously prying open a corner to thoroughly investigate his surroundings.

As Dong Qi's car crossed the seaweed on the beach and reached the nearby road, the survivors noticed the commotion and immediately turned their attention to the area.

When they saw a car appear on the nearby road, they were not excited. Instead, they were terrified and immediately drew their curtains, hiding in the corner of their house, carefully trying not to make a sound.

It was precisely because of the survivors' actions that Dong Qi thought the situation here was similar to that in South Korea, where all the survivors had been summoned by the island nation's government and relocated to the inland areas, where the surrounding area was deserted.

Because of its small size, the island nation has only five major industrial zones.

These five industrial zones are home to 80 percent of the island nation's large enterprises, as well as numerous supporting industries that serve these enterprises.

Despite the island nation's scarcity of resources, three of its five major industrial zones are heavy industrial areas.

In these heavy industrial areas, the vast majority of enterprises are engaged in steel smelting, rough processing, forging, casting, etc.

The remaining two industrial parks are where finished product manufacturing companies such as aerospace, precision instrument manufacturing, and automobile manufacturing are concentrated.

If we consider the situation before the natural disaster, the combined output value of the two newly built high-tech industrial parks is several times that of the combined output value of the first three industrial parks.

However, in terms of importance alone, the first three industrial parks are definitely more important.

This is not only because the companies in the first three industrial parks bring together 80 percent of the island nation's manufacturing companies.

Furthermore, these enterprises are basic enterprises, that is, labor-intensive enterprises. The number of employees in each industrial park is several times that of all members in the latter two high-tech parks combined.

Therefore, although its output value cannot compare with the two high-tech parks established later, its actual importance far exceeds that of the two industrial parks.

Because Dong Qi chose to land in an area closest to South Korea, and because this place had unparalleled geographical advantages, a heavy industrial area was nearby.

Finding this location is quite simple; just look around and look for towering chimneys to indicate the location of the heavy industrial area.

As Dong Qi was happily heading towards the heavy industrial park, he was unaware that his movements were attracting the attention of many survivors from the island nation.

Compared to South Korea, which is surrounded by sea on three sides, the island nation, which is surrounded by sea on all four sides, chose to retreat inland immediately when attacked by those mutated marine creatures.

Most importantly, the high-ranking officials in the island nation's court were divided into several factions. After confirming that the domestic ammunition reserves were being depleted and that, given the intensity of the fighting at the time, they could only sustain the nation for two or three months, the situation became even more dire.

The very top-level group chose to abandon the island nation and leave by plane.

The lower-ranking officials, upon learning that those at the top had fled, were not pleased with the prospect of gaining greater power. Instead, they managed to acquire several navigable ships, decisively abandoned the island nation, and chose to leave.

When all the real power behind the scenes chose to leave, the puppets who were originally standing in the spotlight, realizing that the people behind them had disappeared, all took advantage of the power vacuum created by their departure and began to frantically seize power.

They tried every means to gain more real power for themselves.

Because of the large number of people at the same level as them, and because of the EMP that paralyzed most communication equipment, the island nation is now like the Warring States period in ancient times, with local feudal lords ruling independently.

However, due to the threat of mutated marine life from the outside, and the fact that those at the top of the pyramid had only temporarily left to avoid danger, no one knew whether they would be able to return.

Therefore, even though those officials are now acting independently, they still maintain a facade of fighting without actually breaking apart.

Everyone simply maintained firm control over the areas they controlled and did not have any intention of invading or occupying other areas.

This is why, although residents of the island nation's coastal areas are attacked by mutated marine creatures, as long as they choose to relocate and escape the coastal areas to inland cities, they will not only not be overly exploited, but will also receive assistance from the government.