Xia Ji smiled and said, "Three to five months is a conservative estimate. The ocean is no longer the ocean we know. Even the ocean of the past has not been completely conquered. We need to make long-term plans."

Xia Ji's smile was gentle, but Li Ke always felt there was a cunning undertone hidden within it.

"How much longer until we reach the coordinates Captain Xiao gave us?" Li Ke asked.

Xia Ji: "At the current speed, we can arrive in seven days. It's not far from our nearest mission point."

Li Ke pondered for a moment, then looked up and frowned: "It can arrive in seven days, so why estimate such a long time? Is there a problem?"

Xia Ji shook his head: "I don't know. All we know is that Xiao Yi and his men traveled for a month before they arrived there. They only sent us the coordinates, and then everyone disappeared without a trace."

Xiao Yi's ship also had their most advanced communication technology, but from the time their ship entered the deep sea until it disappeared, the only information they could send was a coordinate.

With Xiao Yi's abilities, even if they are attacked, they can still send out information, unless they encounter force majeure and the information cannot be sent, in which case they will need to explore.

Xia Ji gave Li Ke a brief introduction of some of the people she brought, but she didn't get to see the captain or any of the crew members.

A living area was specially set aside on the ship for this group of people. They didn't need to get involved in the ship's work; they only needed to take care of their own people.

Li Ke felt that they were acting somewhat independently, but that had nothing to do with her.

After dinner, Xia Ji called everyone together for a meeting. Although they were on a ship, their daily physical training could not be stopped, and everyone had to participate in at least six hours of training every day.

Li Ke and her entourage had no objections. Xia Ji's order was clearly not a discussion, and Li Ke and her group had no reason to object.

After the meeting, Li Ke approached Xia Ji: "Your mission is clear, but my situation is also very important. What I'm most concerned about right now is where our base's people are."

Xia Ji had been waiting for Li Ke to ask this question. Now that it was just the two of them, he spoke frankly: "According to the information we found, some of the people who were sent to sea were sent to research institutions as blood banks, while others with better physical strength and conditions were sent to the seabed to work as miners."

Li Ke: "How did you get this information?"

Xia Ji: "We have our own channels."

Li Ke pressed on, "What about Jin Ce and his research team? I want to know if they were sent out to sea, or if they are still in your hands? Are those research institutions that study blood packs also at sea?"