Versatile Mage: Get the Desert Emperor clone at the start

Chapter 356 The Vanished Atlantic Siren, the Mysterious Bermuda Triangle

After a brief silence, a slight commotion arose in the meeting hall when Su Lu, in his capacity as Speaker, issued the order to vindicate Qian Jue.

An older, more senior member of parliament couldn't help but stand up, his face filled with worry. He carefully chose his words and cautiously asked:
"Speaker... Speaker, please forgive my bluntness."

"Wouldn't publicly proclaiming... the existence that controls death cause unnecessary panic among the people and even the entire magical world? After all, the topic of 'death' is too heavy and taboo for most people."

Su Lu's gaze swept over the councilor like a cold blade, and her face darkened.

"Panic?" Su Lu's voice rose a few decibels.

"What's there to panic about? Only ignorance breeds panic!"

He surveyed the room, each word clear and forceful: "According to all the conclusive intelligence and research, the 'black and white mark' will only appear on those whose lives are nearing their end and whose fate is already sealed!"

"It is not the cause of death, but a manifestation of the end of fate, a predetermined outcome!"

"It has never appeared, and will never appear on a large scale, in normal, healthy living beings!"

He paused, his tone softening slightly, but still carrying a commanding firmness: "Therefore, there is no need for any unnecessary concerns. Spreading this message is to help people better understand the end of life and learn to respect it, rather than to be ignorantly fearful."

"Just follow my orders. No further objections are allowed!"

After suppressing internal doubts, Su Lu immediately shifted the topic to another urgent agenda item:

"In addition, the resettlement of migrants from Europe must continue to be vigorously promoted."

"The previous plan remains unchanged, but it must be implemented more thoroughly—do everything possible to disperse those migrants and resettle them in different base cities across Asia. It is essential to disperse their concentration and prevent them from forming a sufficiently large group in any one region."

This order sounds reasonable and even farsighted, coming from the perspective of maintaining stability in Asia and preventing foreign forces from banding together.

Many members of parliament nodded in agreement.

However, no one knew the truly terrifying scheme behind this order.

Those who managed to emerge from the Void Barrier in Europe were almost all people who had chosen to coexist with the Void on the verge of death and whose bodies harbored the seeds of the Void.

Su Lu's "divide and conquer" order, on the surface, was for the purpose of dividing and managing, but in reality, under Kindred's will, it was to more efficiently and covertly implant the power of the Void into every important node in Asia, like sowing seeds!
This undoubtedly greatly facilitated the Void Forces' comprehensive penetration into Asia.

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Just as the Eurasian continent was in turmoil due to Su Lu's rise to power, the infiltration of the Void, and the shadow of Kindred.

The distant Americas are enduring enormous pressures that are entirely different.

The calamities unleashed by the Siren Kingdom of the Atlantic Ocean, led by the reigning emperor, the Spirit Sea Rose, have not ceased. The entire east coast of America has been shattered by the frenzied attacks of countless Siren legions.

Humanity's defenses crumbled, forcing the abandonment of vast coastal territories and compressing its strategic depth, pushing its coastline significantly backward on the map. The powerful National Magical Association of the United States and the sorcerer forces of the Temple of Liberty in the Americas suffered devastating losses.

Many of its bustling cities and important magical fortresses on the east coast have fallen.

The pressure from the siren left even this magically powerful nation feeling exhausted.

However, recently, the US military and the Magic Association have unexpectedly gained a valuable respite.

This was not because the sirens stopped their attack, but because their forces, in their continued advance, encountered a natural barrier full of unknowns—the famous Bermuda Triangle.

As major coastal cities such as New York and Washington were submerged, the main force of the sirens continued to spread southward along the coastline, attempting to completely tear apart the entire East Coast defenses.

However, when their forces advance to the vicinity of the Florida peninsula, they will inevitably touch the mysterious waters of the "Bermuda Triangle".

This sea area is shrouded in a thick, eerie fog year-round, with chaotic magnetic fields and abnormal spatial fluctuations, making it a forbidden place since ancient times.

The Atlantic Siren Kingdom, seeking to efficiently deploy its forces and continue applying pressure southward, will inevitably have to approach or even cross the edge of this region with its massive legion.

However, this very area became a huge obstacle to the siren's advance.

Several elite sirens legions under the royal court, such as the "Abyss Executioners" known for their cruelty and bloodthirstiness, and the "Whirlpool Siren" clan skilled at creating giant whirlpools to trap and kill enemies, all suffered incomprehensible losses when passing through this misty sea.

Once swarms of sirens, including powerful monarch-level individuals, are entangled in the mist, they will lose all contact without warning, disappearing completely like stones sinking into the sea.

Within that mist, something far more ancient and greedy seemed to lurk, silently devouring everything around it.

The most shocking loss to the Siren Empire of the Atlantic was a "Deep Abyss Squid" whose strength had reached the peak of the Supreme Monarch and who was said to have one foot in the door of the Emperor.

This enormous creature was ordered to open up a safe passage, but it was swallowed up by the fog of the Bermuda Triangle and then disappeared completely, never to emerge again.

They were merely following orders, proceeding along a predetermined route to bypass the area, with no intention of venturing into the forbidden land.

However, even so, the seemingly thin and eerie fog emanating from the edge of the Bermuda Triangle contains an incomprehensible and terrifying power.

If any sirens were to be inadvertently enveloped by the flowing mist, it would be as if they had triggered an ancient curse.

It was as if countless unseen hands existed within the fog, or perhaps space itself had undergone a fatal misalignment and folding, forcibly dragging them off the course of reality.

No matter how much they struggle and howl, they will eventually be completely swallowed up by that eternal mist and disappear without a trace.

This undoubtedly gave the United States, and indeed the entire American defense line, a very valuable breathing space as it approached its limit.

While they hurriedly rebuilt their defenses and replenished their forces, they also cast their bewildered gazes toward the Devil's Triangle, a region that seemed capable of devouring everything, their hearts filled with the same confusion and awe.

What exactly is hidden there? What kind of power is it?
(End of this chapter)