Latitude 4.19, longitude 153.0, local time 8AM.
After four days of the voyage, the electric eel had already reached the north of East Caroline Basin, and was still 2,600 nautical miles away from Tonga Trench. If everything continued as planned, the eel would reach its destination three days later.
Next stop, Chen Fan decided to target the Solomon Islands more than 700 nautical miles away. Of course, this Solomon Islands is not the place of origin of King Solomon's treasury recorded in the Bible. Nonetheless, the Solomon Islands is still associated with King Solomon's treasure. When Spanish navigator Mendana arrived in 1568, he saw that the inhabitants were all extremely rich, wearing gold accessories. With another two more coincidences, he mistook the place as the place of origin of King Solomon's treasure, hence naming it Solomon.
