Ye Feng narrowed his eyes, his fingertips making a sharp scraping sound as they traced patterns on the ice: "You two are fast. In a bit, just grab any mermaid to be your navigator and have him take you to Atlantis."
"Sigh... Now that we have the route, bring the map back." Ye Feng sighed helplessly as he unfolded the incomplete map.
Cliff sat by the ice floe, two blades of grass dangling from his mouth, and rubbed his nose. "Shouldn't we deal with the demons?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Feng let out a short, cold laugh. He then spread his hands, displaying the intelligence that occasionally flashed across the screen.
"I arranged for 60 people to spy on those players' live streams. They were all fighting amongst themselves, and they were getting bloodied and bruised."
"God's peeping screen, ha." Cliff picked his nose and laughed for no reason.
"bump!"
The sound of ice cracking filled the air, accompanied by flying ice shards. As Aston leaped out of the crevice, his black leather eyepatch askew, revealing his perfectly intact eyes...
He held the mermaid by the scales on its neck with one hand, and casually wiped the icy water off its brow bone with the other: "We caught one, or rather, the last one within a hundred miles."
The captured mermaid was scratching at his forearm with her webbed claws, but faced with the Archmage's overflowing magic, her whole body was quickly frozen.
"Uh...? Who are they...? And this language again..." The water droplets clinging to her long blue hair were frozen stiff by the cold breath that rushed towards her before they could even touch the ground.
"Lord Sea God, save...save me..." A muffled murmur was squeezed out of her throat, and before she completely lost consciousness, the mermaid clasped her hands together over her chest.
As the first rays of dawn rose above the horizon, two figures, one in blue and one in yellow, had already arrived at Atlantis…
A salty mist floated on the shimmering sea, and the two spotted Atlantis on the ocean floor at a glance. The once magnificent underwater kingdom was now engulfed in war…
It was a kingdom that stretched as far as the eye could see. Even though the two were players, they were both astonished and stared at each other in disbelief.
"Splash..."
Cliff paused for only a moment before getting down to business. He closed his eyes and carefully considered the route he had taken and the locations of the various islands he had traversed.
The hand holding the quill pen moved quickly, beginning to sketch on the original nautical chart...
"Aha..."
With a lewd laugh, he pouted, a flash of golden light appeared, and Cliff's figure vanished from the spot.
...
Atlantis
At this moment, Lao Chen and Su Yao had already arrived at the location marked on the map with the Heart of the Ocean.
The various underwater races had been fighting each other for many years, which meant that Old Chen had never encountered any significant resistance.
Even when a large number of small fry and crab generals ran into them, after feeling the oppressive aura unique to the Archmage, they simply rolled their eyes and pretended to be dead, letting the two of them enter the core area.
...
"Is this the realm of gods about to enter the final countdown of history? This is the ruin that wasn't affected by that meteorite during the first test!"
"Poseidon, the god of the sea?! Are there any other gods in this game besides the creator god? Is there really a sea god?"
"It's likely to happen. After Roger stole the Heart of the Ocean, the mermaids suffered a direct backlash."
"The orcs are still playing single-player games, and you guys are already starting another epic war?!"
"Kizaru and Aokiji are on their way! The epic battle is about to begin!!!"
...
Old Chen, who hadn't been live-streaming for a long time, finally reopened his live-streaming room at this moment. Within just a few minutes, 5 million people flooded in, and a barrage of comments came crashing down on him.
"Hey?! Weren't you going to steal things from the ruins? Why did you start a live stream? Aren't you afraid they'll spy on you?" Su Yao looked up at Old Chen beside her, puzzled.
"Gods, sir!"
Her words came to an abrupt halt. She wanted to press for more information, but Old Chen had already drawn his sword and slashed downwards.
"null--!"
With a casual slash, a huge rift was opened in the city's ground, and countless blue lights immediately surged from the sea, continuously repairing the rift.
With a raised eyebrow, Old Chen grabbed Su Yao and quickly darted into the rift. Just a moment after they crossed it, the rift returned to normal.
The two of them suddenly lost their footing and plummeted downwards. Looking at the ground below, Su Yao's fish tail whipped out and transformed into legs.
When the two landed again, the scene before them left them dumbfounded.
I never imagined that there would be such a vast and empty temple thousands of meters below the sea! Looking around, it's like entering a whole new world.
That was a civilization relic even more magnificent and grand than Atlantis, with the enormous sea god statue in the distance particularly attracting attention.
With his eyes gleaming and his neck shrinking back, Old Chen strode forward: "So what if they're spying on us now? The navy fleet can't get into the core area; only those three can."
"Who doesn't know how to peek? Who hasn't peeked before? You can't expect to play this game well without peeking—"
"Thump—!"
Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly crashed into a transparent barrier. The invisible ripples spread out and transformed into a tremendous force, instantly blasting Old Chen away.
Su Yao reached out and touched the barrier in front of her with some surprise, but she passed through it with ease.
Stroking his chin, Old Chen nodded to himself and took out the Heart of the Ocean from his pocket: "Just as I guessed... only you mermaids can go in."
He slowly walked forward, placed his hands on the barrier, closed his eyes, and began to sense it carefully.
"It's not made of magic; this must be a game mechanic." After a long while, he opened his eyes and came to his conclusion.
"then!"
She threw the Heart of the Ocean forward with all her might. The azure sphere, about the size of a ping-pong ball, easily passed through the barrier and landed in the mermaid's hands.
"Buzz..."
Sensing the aura of the ruins, the Heart of the Ocean trembled violently, as if drawn by a faint force toward the distant statue of the sea god.
"well?"
At this moment, Su Yao, who was inside the barrier, could only see Old Chen's mouth moving, but could not hear what he was saying.
She quickly realized what was happening and started a live stream, then chose to connect with Lao Chen via voice chat.
The moment the communication connection was established, the two live broadcast rooms merged, and nearly 8 million people watched the two people's actions, which were no different from digging up someone's ancestral graves.
What is Ocean Star all about?
"It seems to be resonating. Is it the statue of the sea god?" Holding the Heart of the Ocean, Su Yao responded to Old Chen's words as she hurried towards the statue in the distance.
...
As the two were engaged in a heated discussion, a petite figure appeared in the sky above the ruins. It was Dongfang Qing, who was now watching with anticipation what was about to happen.
After learning magic, the mermaids imagined this sea god over millions of years and built this temple with pure faith...
The faith intensified after the meteorite struck, and after millions of years of nurturing, the statue had long since acquired the divine status of a sea god.
Now it is time to wait for an opportunity to awaken the sea god's divine nature with the heart of the ocean, which has been nurtured by the Sea of Destiny for millions of years...
Dongfang Qing was very curious about just how powerful this god, born from pure faith in the ocean, was.
Since the player's actions led to his creation, how many event points can he obtain?
Across a thousand miles, Dongfang Qing gently touched the statue with his index finger, conveying a decree through divine thought:
"Poseidon—this name is your very essence, both your shackles and your crown. You were born from the tears of scales and the bones of whales in the sand; with this divine will, you rule the ocean! Become one again