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Chapter 461 Why are the people of Atlantis so bad? (Please subscribe, read, vote and comment)

The volcano that rose from the seabed has gone out of control. The boiling magma is rolling in the cracks and erupting along the volcano's channel. The pressure it brings is constantly increasing, tearing scars on the seabed rock layers.

As soon as the boiling magma erupted from the ground, it encountered sea water. The heat there was absorbed by the sea water, turning the fluid magma into solidified stone.

The seawater that absorbed the heat from the magma instantly evaporated into gas, but was then absorbed by the seawater from the surrounding areas and turned into a series of bubbles, reflecting the light from the volcanic magma and illuminating the surrounding space.

Around the volcano, a group of crustacean underwater people wearing armor that seemed to be made of stone were building stone walls, as if to seal off the volcano.

They rushed forward one after another, trying to build this stone wall, even though the underwater people close to the volcano would be roasted by the boiling steam if they were not careful.

Martin had the necklace given by Diana. He scanned the seabed with his eyes and quickly found Arthur who was commanding the underwater people among the crowd.

He was now covered in dust and wearing stone armor. Although he was holding the trident of Neptune in his hand, he no longer looked as majestic as before.

"These underwater people are very different from what I imagined, and the tools they use are not as advanced as you and Arthur said!"

Diana was originally a demigod, and she had awakened her divine power on Paradise Island. There was no environment on Earth that could affect her senses.

She stopped beside Martin and looked at the busy underwater people around the underwater volcano, feeling surprised.

Neither the Atlantis described by Martin and Arthur nor the Atlantis remembered in the history of Paradise Island is more glamorous than those underwater people busy around the volcano.

"They are from the Saltwater Country!"

Martin looked at the underwater people of the Saltwater Kingdom around the volcano, who looked like primitive people compared to the Atlanteans, and nodded with satisfaction.

"After Atlantis sank to the bottom of the sea, the Atlanteans, as core members, created a new country under the sea with the capital as the core. The Kingdom of Zebel and the Fisherman Kingdom expanded outward step by step with Atlantis as the core, and gradually became familiar with life under the sea."

"But during the Great Fall, more Atlanteans were not protected. Although they survived tenaciously on the seabed, their body forms were completely transformed into seabed creatures. Because of this transformation, all the seabed people who had crossed the sea and lived were expelled from the borders of civilization by the Kingdom of Atlantis, and could only survive in harsh environments such as underwater volcanoes."

Although royal members like Orm claimed that Atlantis had conquered the ocean, the fact was that although the Atlanteans were able to move quickly in the ocean, they could not change the harsh environment.

The existence of the Salt Water Kingdom proves this point. The Atlantis royal family certainly wanted to use the opposite of the Salt Water Kingdom to determine the collective sense of honor of the Atlanteans.

But the inability to solve the harsh environment of the seabed is the real reason why the Atlanteans could not solve the problem of the saltwater people.

"Communication between the seabed and the land is not smooth, and it is difficult to inform the alliance of what Arthur has experienced during this period. I was worried that the Atlanteans would interfere, but looking at his appearance, it is obvious that he has become friends with the underwater people in the saltwater lake. There is nothing to worry about."

Martin said there was nothing to worry about and did not rush directly to Arthur. Instead, he used some magical skills to shape the surrounding sea water into the shape of a sea fish and went through the crowd to inform Arthur.

"Tell everyone not to rush, the project needs to be meticulous, and human life needs to be cherished."

Arthur gave advice to several crab- and lobster-like tribal leaders of the Saltwater Kingdom around him, hoping to change their rough way of doing things.

The leaders who already regarded Arthur as the king nodded repeatedly and said yes, but how much they remembered and how long they could remember it, only they themselves knew.

Arthur didn't feel annoyed by this and wanted to emphasize it to them again.

At this moment, a sea fish made of pure sea water swam in front of him, suddenly dispersed, turned into words, formed a complete sentence in front of him, and then disappeared.

"You guys go away first. Remember what I said, be careful!"

The people in the sea did not recognize the writing on land and did not react for a while. In addition, following Arthur's order, the leaders of the tribes left without asking any questions.

"Oh my god, you're finally here. I've been under attack from all sides in the sea for a while now. The Atlanteans want my head, but the underwater people in the Saltwater Kingdom are too straight-minded to bend at all."

After swimming upwards for a while, Arthur felt Martin's life signal, swam quickly to him, and started complaining non-stop.

Martin did not interrupt Arthur. After he finished speaking, he explained, "I have been in outer space for some time. The time there is different from that in the solar system. I just came back today."

"Oh, outer space?"

When Arthur heard Martin say this, all the resentment in his body suddenly came out, and he said with a pout: "If I had known it would be like this, I would not have come here. It would be great to follow you. Even if I can't go on an adventure in space, at least I can work with everyone in the alliance and not be isolated and helpless."

Martin knew that Arthur's condition would definitely not be good, and he had no other way to vent except complaining to himself, so he just listened quietly without making any comments.

Diana was quite surprised by Arthur's complaint and asked in astonishment: "Your mother is not a weak person. Now that she has returned to Atlantis, even if she can't help you directly, she can at least stop those who want to attack you, right?"

"And the princess of the Zebel Kingdom, did I also promise to stand by you through thick and thin?"

After Arthur complained to Martin, he felt much better. His expression returned to seriousness. He explained his situation to them: "It was true at the beginning. Both the Atlanteans and the Kingdom of Zebel had different attitudes towards me. But I overestimated the status of the Saltwater people in the seabed. The contempt and hostility towards the Saltwater people almost became the cornerstone of the establishment of underwater civilization. But after I declared that I would help the Saltwater people escape from this harsh living environment, the people of the Fisherman Kingdom ran away. Even if my mother and Princess Mera wanted to help me, they could not compete with the consensus formed in the seabed for thousands of years."

"It's my fault. I shouldn't have rashly suggested you do anything without knowing the details of the seabed."

It was Martin who suggested to Arthur that he should first retake the Saltwater Kingdom, and he certainly wasn't going to pretend that it had never happened.

Arthur shook his head. "How can I blame you? Even without your advice, I would have decided to help them after knowing the history of the Saltwater Nation."

"Fundamentally speaking, the fall of the Saltwater Lake to its current state is entirely the fault of Atlantis. If my bloodline ancestors had not rebelled in order to seize power, Atlantis would not have fallen. The ancestors of the Saltwater people would not have chosen to transform into sea creatures in order to survive."

"In the first 1000 years, the Saltwater Kingdom was always hoping that Atlantis would send people to rescue them. But when the people of the Saltwater Kingdom saw the Atlantis warships again, they were not rescued, but bombarded."

"In order to consolidate their rule, the Atlantis royal family turned all the people of the Saltwater Kingdom into enemies of civilization, and often used this as an excuse to summon the armies of the Zebel Kingdom and the Fisherman Kingdom to sweep the Saltwater Kingdom."

Arthur was not a naive child, he knew very well that it was an extremely stupid behavior to find out who killed whom and see whose ancestors' heads in such a bloody vendetta.

What matters is what kind of future we are heading towards and how we build the path to that future.

"To be honest, I really don't want to bother with the people of Atlantis. I don't care about the king and ministers, whether they are conservative or new. I just want to see those bastards continue on their current path and then be abandoned by the future created by the Alliance."

As for the history and culture of Atlantis, they will become the dust of history and no one will care about them from now on.

Atlan, the first king of Atlantis, said: I have no objection! "Okay, it's better if you don't become king, so that we don't have to go through the trouble of removing those pre-modern orders for Atlantis in the future!"

If Arthur's plan succeeded, Atlantis would disappear into history, and then there would be no need to worry about him.

"That's not good! Atlantis controls most of the productivity of the seabed. If we push them too far, they might turn against us and surrender to Steppenwolf. That would be a big problem."

Diana doesn't care about the future of Atlantis, she just doesn't want the underwater people to cause trouble when Apokolips invades.

"We are not going to attack Atlantis. If they want to live in seclusion and be the local tyrant at the bottom of the sea, then we will satisfy them."

Things would be simpler if Arthur gave up the idea of saving Atlantis.

If they did nothing, the divisions and conflicts within Atlantis would be enough to destroy them.

"People are responsible for their own actions, and the same is true for a country. Since Atlantis can't grasp the olive branch we offer, let them slowly rot on the seabed!"

Diana and Arthur nodded slightly, without the reluctance and guilt that most people would feel.

They both represent the Justice League and their own race, Diana has a responsibility to the Amazons of Paradise Island, and Arthur has a responsibility to the Saltwater People who surrendered to him.

When they think about things, they must look at the changes in the whole world based on this. Their happiness, pain, anxiety, guilt and various moral senses all change around this.

Therefore, when it comes to abandoning Atlantis, all Diana thinks about is how to prevent those countries above the land from colluding with each other and disrupting the Justice League's plan to stop Apokolips.

As for Arthur, he felt relieved. He never liked his connection with Atlantis.

"If I weren't still sitting on the throne of Atlantis, I would rush to the palace right now, use my life force to pull out the little bit of sea-dweller blood in my body, and slap those bastards in the face!"

Arthur laughed uncontrollably for a long time.

"It's not difficult to do this with the magic of life force, but I suggest you use this opportunity to slap someone in the face at a critical moment and don't waste it."

Martin made the suggestion in a serious tone, and Arthur nodded repeatedly.

"As expected of you, Martin. You are very knowledgeable. Although the underwater people around me are very loyal, they lack professional training. As a result, I can't find anyone to discuss with when I encounter difficulties."

After Arthur finished speaking, he stopped talking about his own affairs and instead asked Martin why he came to the bottom of the sea.

"I want to kill those traitors on Earth who surrendered to Apokolips, and I hope for the support of the Amazons and the Undersea People. I originally wanted you to each send a troop to support Kak's work in building a new city, but now it seems that the situation on your side is not optimistic."

Martin looked at the Saltwater people who were busy and chaotic around the underwater volcano. Almost all of the work was done by manpower. Those who knew some magic were smart people who were responsible for both commanding and using magic to do the work.

"Don't worry. The people of Saltwater Country are not good at construction, but they are good at fighting. It's a good opportunity for them to receive formal training from the Alliance. This will make it easier for me."

Arthur patted his chest when he said the first half of the sentence; he clasped his hands together and made a request to Martin when he said the second half.

"Alright!"

Martin thought for a while and agreed to Arthur's request.

He took out Morpheus' sandbag, took out a handful of dream sand from it and put it in Arthur's hand, and said, "Take this sand with you. When you fall asleep tonight, you will enter Hal Jordan's dream."

Martin introduces Arthur to the Green Lantern Corps and Hal.

"You can ask Hal to collect information about ocean civilizations from the Green Lantern Corps. Remember to ask him to help you with advice."

The Justice League is really lacking someone who truly understands the ocean.

Fortunately, the Green Lantern Corps has recorded countless civilizations, and Hal can find this valuable information from the Green Lantern Corps database without much effort to help them find their way.

"You can first select a group of people who can accept the land. Ron is training a group of combat teams to deal with those traitors."

Arthur now had no choice but to nod his head, as he was completely confused by Martin's actions.

"I never thought that one day I would get help from aliens."

"Strictly speaking, there's nothing surprising about a large group of aliens in the alliance."

Diana made a small joke, knowing that Arthur would definitely not be able to join them in their journey to eliminate the traitor today.

It was of course very happy that she and Martin were the only ones acting together.

Arthur said "oh" and wanted to ask Martin more, but a special frequency suddenly came from the sea water, and the Saltwater Kingdom soldiers surrounding the volcano became chaotic in an instant.

One after another, messengers riding on sea creatures swam over and reported to the head of their tribe: "The damn Atlanteans are here to kill people again!"

Arthur clenched his fists instantly, took out his golden trident, and used his life force to directly contact the leader to gather and prepare for the battle.

"Are these Atlanteans some kind of underwater Japanese? Why are they promoting the Three Alls policy?"

The soldiers of the Saltwater Kingdom were in chaos. Martin took in these voices and decided to stay.

After hearing the Atlanteans' so-called "punishing enemies of civilization," Diana became indignant and wanted to teach these underwater people a lesson.

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