Man on the ark, forced to become king

Correspondingly, Agor had not been attacked by Haisi before.

Until a certain point in time, perhaps hundreds of years ago or more than a hundred years ago, Isamara's concept of time was very vague, and she was unable to determine a specific date for preparation.

At that time, the Agor people, who lived in the sea, began to explore new colonies. During that period, Isamara was not the dominant force in the large groups. Therefore, after encountering the Agor people, the Hai Si did not show much desire for tools.

However, Agor's researchers became interested in this life form and actively captured and studied it.

The senior governor of Argonauts, who was in charge of researching the Seachildren, was fascinated by their secrets and, together with other researchers, established the original Deep Sea Church. They conducted various studies on the Seachildren, inducing them to actively expand outwards and causing continuous conflict with Argonauts. This information comes from a senior governor who was assimilated by the Seachildren and is a historical secret that Argonauts do not disclose to the public.

However, despite the increasing friction with Agor and the growing influence of Isamara on the will of the masses, Haisi has not yet launched a truly proactive attack on the country of Agor.

The reproduction of large groups requires nutrients, so rather than fighting with the formidable Agorians, it is better to plunder other creatures and nutrients in the vast ocean.

Almost all the wars between the Sealings and Agor were orchestrated by the Deep Sea Church.

They released pheromones with inducing properties in the city, guiding Haisi to attack the city of Agor.

During this process, Hai Si became increasingly accustomed to Agor's weapons, and under the covert manipulation of the Deep Sea Church, destroyed many Agor cities. This also led Agor to begin to use the power of the entire country to conduct in-depth research on the Hai Si problem, focusing its main attention on the war against Hai Si. The Deep Sea Hunters group was thus born.

Just as Lin Lu guessed, the so-called modification of the Deep Sea Hunters was essentially the transplantation of Hai Si's flesh and blood into human bodies.

Haisi will adapt to Agor's weapons, weakening the destructive power of weapons that could have achieved great results.

The weapons of war, produced at great expense of resources, failed to achieve the expected results, causing dissatisfaction among Agor's leadership regarding this "wasteful" behavior.

So they began manufacturing 'super soldiers' capable of using purely melee weapons, hoping these 'cost-effective' soldiers could replace most firearms in the battle against Haisi.

At the time, many experiments were being conducted simultaneously, but the only one that survived and proved effective was implanting Haisi body tissue, which also consumed the fewest resources.

Other experiments require the use of various cutting-edge technologies and precious materials. In comparison, implanting Hai Si's flesh and blood, once completed, can give ordinary people the power to split mountains and shatter rocks. If it fails, the loss is only one person, and the cost is unbelievably low.

However, this process is extremely painful. It requires not only that the individuals undergoing the experiment have a natural affinity for the flesh and blood of the sea creature, but also that they be able to endure pain far exceeding the tolerance of ordinary people during the experiment.

When Hai Si's flesh and blood enter the human body, it will cause the body's own cells to replace the original cells of the experimental subject. In this process, the effect of drugs can be negligible, and one can only rely on one's own willpower to persist until the fusion is completed.

Therefore, the experiment was stuck at this stage from the very beginning. There were far too few people who met both conditions, which was simply insufficient to meet the needs of establishing a well-organized army within the Agor leadership.

Until a research administrator devised a method—screening the residents of Agor to find individuals with a natural affinity for Hai Si's flesh and blood, then creating accidents to cause them to lose their relatives, friends, and other important people, and then channeling the hatred of losing loved ones onto Hai Si, thereby deepening the test subjects' obsession with revenge against Hai Si and helping them endure the painful transformation process.

This method is vicious, but it is indeed effective. Even though the number of modified individuals who survive is not very large, it is still quite considerable given the overall population of Agor, enough to meet the needs of a special force.

Thus, Agor's special forces against the Haisi were born.

When the Deepsea Hunters first appeared, these super soldiers, who possessed extraordinary regenerative abilities, robust physiques, and the ability to wield heavy weapons that ordinary people could only dream of, did indeed enable Agor to achieve great success in the war against the Sea Siren.

Sea creatures can adapt to various harsh environments and destructive energies, and can also evolve a dual-purpose skin and shock-resistant internal organs. However, no matter how they evolve, they are still flesh and blood creatures that can be forcibly destroyed by the brute force of deep-sea hunters.

These super soldiers can effectively eliminate the Sea Siren with their specially manufactured heavy weapons. The only costs they need are the necessary nutrition and equipment maintenance, which are negligible compared to the huge costs of high-tech weapons.

With a special 'talent manufacturing program,' the cost of a single high-tech missile can produce multiple deep-sea hunters, achieving results far exceeding those of a single missile.

Agor used this opportunity to save a lot of resources to restore damaged cities, reclaim destroyed territory, and appease the people, which gradually stabilized the situation and showed a trend of returning to its former glory.

However, this period of good fortune did not last long. Agor created the Deep Sea Hunters, and the Deep Sea Church's research on the Sealings did not stop there.

Furthermore, as their research deepened and expanded, they were no longer satisfied with ordinary Sea-seed individuals and set their sights on a higher existence—the Primordial Being.

During this period, the lifeblood of the Sea God, Origin, dominated the will of the masses.

Through the knowledge acquired from the Sea God and through continuous research, the Deep Sea Church accumulated rich results, and one day began to guide the Sea God.

Through pheromone deception and various other means, they misled the will of the masses, driving the Sea God of Existence into madness.

The mad sea god completely dominated the will of the group, and his madness spread throughout the entire sea race, plunging all the sea races into a 'madness of survival'.

The rampaging sea creatures began to destroy the natural ecosystem without restraint, transforming the ocean into a territory adapted to their needs, and constantly giving rise to new forms.

The orderly expansion of the swarm was shattered by a mad will. They regarded all the oceans as their own territory, draining the oceans of biomass to supply themselves. Before long, all the oceans except Helga fell silent and life was cut off.

Because of this, Agor, which was deep in the ocean, was regarded as an 'invader' by the Sea King and was attacked fiercely, suffering heavy losses in a short time.

At the same time, large swathes of the coastal nation of Iberia were also incorporated into the territory of the Sea Kings. The coastal areas, which were originally only attacked by a small number of Sea Kings, were swallowed up by the spreading Kuroshio Current. The whole of Iberia entered a period of 'Great Tranquility' under the influence of the will of the masses, and the concept of the nation was almost destroyed as a result.

If Isamara had not awakened from her slumber due to the madness of the horde, forcibly defeating the sea god who dominated the horde's will and regaining control of the horde's will, Iberia might have been completely destroyed in the Great Tranquility.

Isamara's arrival brought the frenzied Sealings under control, shifting the conflict to a war against Agor, thus ending the Great Stillness.

However, during the period when the Kuroshio Current engulfed Iberia, the Sea Kings had already devoured many Iberians and acquired many of Iberian civilization's achievements.

After absorbing knowledge from the land, Isamara turned her attention to the land, which she had never considered before, believing that there might be an evolutionary path suitable for the Sealings.

Driven by its curiosity, the Sea King began to frequently invade the land after the Great Tranquility, attempting to explore it. Under the constant harassment of the Sea King, Iberia, which had already suffered heavy losses due to the Great Tranquility, further declined in strength and gradually went into decline. To this day, Iberia remains a 'blank area' on the land of Terra, rarely and without the energy to participate in external affairs.

However, Isamara's desire to explore the land did not stagnate; on the contrary, it intensified.

After careful consideration, He devised a plan to deliberately expose Himself to the sight of the deep-sea hunters and lure Agor into attacking Him.

The Agor leadership naturally wouldn't let go of such a golden opportunity to slay the sea god. They immediately gathered all the deep-sea hunters in the country and rushed to the battlefield. Thus began Skadi's battle to slay the god.

All the deep-sea hunters were sent to the battlefield, one after another, unaware that the passage they thought they had opened was actually the result of Isamara's deliberate instruction.

Even with such a major traitor within them, the Deepsea Hunters still paid a heavy price to achieve Isamara's desired outcome. Skadi approached Him and killed His body, and Him transferred His consciousness into Skadi's body through flesh and blood. He then ordered the Sea King to take the unconscious Skadi to land and forbade her from entering the ocean again.

This maneuver successfully saved Skadi from a dangerous situation.

After the victory in the God-Slaying Operation, the Agor leadership, believing they had killed the leader of the Sea Clan and could end the war, ordered their elite troops, which had been lying in wait around the battlefield, to attack the exhausted Deepsea Hunters returning from the battlefield. Only a few survived due to various accidents.

Isamara was unaware of what happened in the ocean afterward, because she had followed Skadi to land and cut off contact with the large group. Skadi's attempts to dive into the sea were also stopped by the Sealings who obeyed her orders. Helpless, she had no choice but to wander around the land, and Isamara's influence played a part in this.

—The instinct of the sea creatures that He governs is 'migration'. At this time, Skadi has basically broken away from the realm of humanity. She only retains a human form and mind under the constraints of the sea god's authority and has not been completely transformed into a sea creature. Therefore, she is also influenced by Isamara's instinct and never stays in one place.

Until she was found in the wilderness by the old carp and followed him into Lungmen, the existence of the Golden Tree stimulated Isamara, who was deep within her. Under the influence of her will, she rushed towards the direction of the Golden Tree without regard for anything and broke into a battle with Hoshiguma and others.

What followed was what Lin Lu knew.

This detailed analysis of the situation at sea was incredibly informative, and even Lin Lu couldn't fully digest it all at once. She would have to wait until she was alone to reflect on the details.

Skadi's reaction was more direct; she stared blankly at the ground, her eyes devoid of color.

The truth, in the end, was what she didn't want to see.

Everything she knew was fake, a lie woven by Agor's higher-ups.

She thought she was an avenger, a protector, but in reality she was just a 'cheap soldier' ​​created by Agor to solve the Seachild problem.

Even her relatives died at the hands of the Agors, not Haisi.

Even in terms of bloodline, Hai Si is now her compatriot and relative.

The values ​​she had built up since childhood completely collapsed at this moment, leaving her unsure of how to conduct herself or who to hate.

Hate Hai Si? Hai Si actually did nothing, she didn't even launch an attack on Agor. All the power she has now comes from Hai Si.

Hate Agor? After all, that's her homeland, and the root of everything can't be placed entirely on Agor.

So, the Deep Sea Church?

This was indeed a target she could hate; they were the ones who guided the Hai Si to attack Agor, and they were the ones who created the Great Tranquility.

All the disasters that occur at sea originate from them!

But she can't go back to the sea now, and even hatred is useless.

"how do you want to do it?"

Skadi's unusual behavior did not escape Lin Lu's notice, and after a little thought, she could understand what the girl was struggling with.

"I have no idea."

Skadi uttered a few words listlessly, then buried her head in her knees, a huge emptiness enveloping her and leaving her at a loss.

"Since we don't know, let's stay in the Golden Tree for now. There's no need to fight or do anything special. We can do it when we've figured it out."

The world collapses and returns to nothingness. Returning from the spiritual realm to reality, not much time has passed in the outside world.

Skadi remained motionless, seemingly still in a daze. Lin Lu held a fist-sized ball of light in her hand, where Isamara's consciousness resided.

If nothing unexpected happens, after being assimilated by the Great Golden Tree, He will never be able to escape the Golden Tree's control. Once the assimilation is complete, Lin Lu plans to release Him back into the sea, seize control of the will of the Sea Heirs, and from top to bottom, bring some of the Sea Heirs under the control of the Golden Tree, then destroy the others, completely erasing the Golden Tree's threat from this world.

"I think you should get a good night's sleep and rest now. Don't think about those things you can't figure out for the time being."

"You are still young, and you have a long future ahead of you. You have plenty of time to find the answers."

Lin Lu casually tossed the orb of light containing Isamara into the Golden Tree, glanced at Skadi who remained motionless like a wooden statue, and sighed.

That's understandable. After all, they've experienced such a huge setback, and it's not something that can be recovered from in just a few words.

He didn't have a good solution for this situation and could only wait for Skadi to come out on her own.

This period of time may not be short, but the Golden Tree is not short of a place to stay and a pair of chopsticks.

She pulled the girl by the arm and led her into the house, pressing her down onto a chair in the bedroom. She then pointed out the locations of the bathroom and toilet. Skadi remained motionless, like a wooden statue, no matter how she was handled. Lin Lu rubbed her temples, feeling a slight headache, and could only offer words of comfort.

"You'll have to find your own long-term goals, but I can find you a short-term one."

"You heard what Isamara said just now. Aren't there still a few Deepsea Hunters who didn't die and ran to land like you?"

"The ideas Agor instilled in you are false, the truth about Haisi is false, and your past experiences are false, but those life-and-death battles are real, aren't they? Those battles you fought alongside, they all really existed. There's nothing fake about the relationship between you, is there?"

"They are still alive, perhaps hiding somewhere on land, and maybe they will try to return to Agor in the future. What awaits them then?"

"So, shouldn't you find them to prevent them from going back to the sea to die in vain?"

“That’s right, Captain…”

This time, Skadi finally stirred, and a glimmer of light appeared in her empty eyes.

Lin Lu is right. Everything else can be fake, but the experience of fighting side by side is real. Those comrades were kept in the dark, just like she had been before. The Agor leadership saw them as tools, to be discarded at will after use.