One day later, Iturup Island. 

A silver Ilyushin 38 surveillance aircraft landed on the military base on Iturup Island in the twilight. The door to the cabin opened, and Xia Lei and Long Bing stepped out of the aircraft. A group of Russian soldiers looked curiously at these two Chinese people, trying to guess what what they’d come here for. 

Xia Lei and Long Bing’s aim was simple. They wanted to confirm the fourth treasure location with the ancient compass. 

The Ilyushin 38 had made a circle around Japan, and the compass had not left Xia Lei’s hands. The flight had given them a result, and that was that the general location of the fourth treasure was somewhere in the Ryukyu Islands, and not the mainland. 

This result surprised Xia Lei, but it wasn’t that surprisingly when he thought about it. 

The Ryukyu Islands was part of the territories owned by the Ming during the Ming dynasty, and the kings of the past all had their titles conferred by the Ming emperor. Afterwards, Japan had seized the Ryukyu Islands and added it to her...