Pale blue plumes sliced through the silent night sky as two colossal transport planes appeared above Shazhou Island.
This island was the second-largest natural island in the Southern sea area, known for its vast golden beaches. Approximately 400 square kilometers in size, it was home to 70,000 residents, about half the area of Singapore in the Real World yet with just over 1% of its population.
Unlike Ring Island's narrow and crowded artificial landmass, Shazhou Island bore some resemblance to North Island and Anle Island, still retaining an abundance of natural tropical landscapes.
Most of the island's residents lived on the higher terrain in the south, where modern buildings two or three stories high were tastefully scattered on either side of the circumferential highway.
Since there was no airport on the island, the Burning Corps could only land on the sea surrounding it.
