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If we rule out that possibility, then only one possibility remains: the attackers possess extremely advanced vibranium technology and have an exceptional understanding of the properties of vibranium, to the point that their weapons cannot even defend against vibranium.

And the ocean, the seabed...

Could it be Atlantis?

But Atlantis had already sent people to search, and there was clearly nothing there!

That's right. After all, he was a time traveler. How could Josie forget the existence of Atlantis?

He had even previously discovered records of Atlantis in the memories of the Eternals, as well as in the documents related to Kamar-Taj and Attila.

This was indeed an extremely prosperous civilization in ancient times.

However, unlike the Eternals, Asgard, and many other elements in the MCU and comics, Atlantis was merely a relatively prosperous ancient island civilization, whose rulers did indeed possess some extraordinary powers.

Apart from that, there was nothing special about it, and it was completely destroyed thousands of years ago due to a major earthquake and flood.

The seabed in that region is now nothing but ruins, and even the most precious artifact of civilization, the Life Token, has become Odin's collection and is now in Loki's hands.

This led Josie to mistakenly believe that Atlantis did not exist in this world at all.

But now, the clues Carter mentioned about the attackers leaving behind make it hard for Josie not to connect them to Atlantis.

Did he miss something important during his search for Atlantis?

"Could this ore have been found in the North Atlantic?" Josie asked.

"Huh? How did you know?" Carter was quite surprised to hear Josie's words.

"...Could it really be Atlantis...?" Josie rubbed his forehead, feeling a headache coming on. It seemed he had indeed made a big mistake.

"Atlantis? That legendary kingdom really exists?" Carter was initially surprised, but then he understood.

Having explored the entire universe, and even met the gods of Asgard yesterday, the emergence of Atlantis doesn't seem so surprising.

“Of course, and I even sent people to investigate before, in the outer waters of the Strait of Gibraltar! But at the time, all we found was an underwater ruin, so we didn’t pay much attention to it. Now it seems that the people in charge of the investigation and I made a big mistake!” Josie nodded and explained.

He was still very impressed with the location of Atlantis, as it was not far from the Canary Islands, where Tiamat is located.

But when Josie thought of Tiamat, she felt something was off. If there really was an underwater kingdom that was so close, Tiamat couldn't possibly not know about it!

At this point, Peggy Carter also raised questions.

“The waters outside Gibraltar? But that doesn’t make sense. According to the message left by the team leader, this ore was found in the Bermuda Triangle!” Carter said.

"Bermuda?" Carter's words startled Josie, who then shouted, "Pangu, open the world map!"

Pangu is a powerful new intelligent terminal created by Yuri by combining artificial intelligence technologies from his own world, my world, the robot world, and the Star Wars world.

It is powerful and highly reliable.

Of course, Pangu was a name that Josie chose herself.

He originally wanted to name it Cortana, but thinking about Cortana's betrayal in Halo 5, he felt it was unlucky, so he just randomly chose the name of an ancient god.

After ascertaining the coordinates Carter mentioned, he compared them with the locations of the Atlantis ruins that he knew.

Goodness, although both coordinates are in the North Atlantic, one is in the east and the other in the west, more than 4,000 kilometers apart.

This is clearly inconsistent with the location of Atlantis.

Although in my previous life, many marketing accounts and some low-brow literature linked Bermuda and Atlantis, it was actually just a way of gilding their own image, just like various historical fabrications in the West.

Yes, there are indeed underwater ruins in the area where Bermuda is located, but those are left by the Mayan civilization and have absolutely nothing to do with Atlantis in Europe!

They have absolutely no connection, neither in terms of geographical location nor architectural style.

"Here?" Looking at the location marked on the holographic map, Josie seemed to understand something, then ordered Pangu, "Pangu, search the database for all the legends related to this sea area!"

"Searching, relevant information found!" Accompanied by Pangu's deep electronic baritone voice, a few pieces of information were listed.

One of them immediately caught the attention of Josie and Carter.

Taloken, the underwater world described in the Aztec Classics, is an underwater kingdom ruled by the rain god and a resting place for souls who die in storms or drowning!

"It seems it wasn't me who made a mistake, but rather that this really isn't the right place!" After reading the message, Josie and Carter exchanged a glance and said.

“What are you planning to do? Judging from what we’ve seen so far, if this civilization really exists, it’s probably not simple!” Carter said.

"What's there to be afraid of? Even if they're not simple, I don't believe they can withstand an endless mechanical army!" Josie snorted.

Indeed, compared to land or even space, Josie's forces, including the robots, may not be as convenient as those who can move freely in the sea.

However, judging from their desperate attempts to conceal themselves, Taroken is clearly a sparsely populated civilization, much like Wakanda.

Because a civilization with a large population cannot help but expand, after all, vibranium, though valuable, cannot be eaten.

Of course, this statement cannot be taken too absolutely, after all, the resources in the Earth's oceans are much richer than those on land.

But even if he's wrong, Josh isn't afraid with his current strength.

“You don’t need to get involved in this, after all, you can’t exert much strength in the water!” Josie said to Carter.

Not only Carter, but most of Josie's men were also largely ineffective in their subsequent contact with the Taroken civilization.

Underwater warfare is an absolute nightmare for conventional land creatures.

Leaving aside the breathing problem, the enormous water pressure alone is enough to crush most people.

Moreover, the enemy's weapons can penetrate vibranium defenses, which means that even if you go down wearing power armor, you're just putting on another iron coffin.

Therefore, if the two sides really go to war, heavily armed robots that don't need to breathe will be the main force.

The Divine Warriors, who are relatively affected but less so, can play a support role.

Although robots are also affected by resistance underwater and cannot be as agile as they are on land, at least normal firepower output is still not a problem.

In addition, Josie also needs to borrow a batch of navy personnel from Yuri!

Hmm? No, perhaps we can borrow a special navy unit from Little Abidis!

“I understand!” Carter did not refuse Josie’s arrangement. She really couldn’t imagine fighting in the water; it sounded like a nightmare.

Chapter 304 Bermuda

"You want to hire a Naga army? And permanently?" Little Abidis on the other side seemed quite surprised when he heard Josie's request.

“That’s right, didn’t you establish contact with a Naga tribe?” Josie nodded and said.

"No... Boss, it's true that I have established a trade relationship with a Naga, but it's just a trade relationship, and the other party still holds the initiative. Your request to permanently hire Naga troops is beyond the scope!" Faced with Josie's request, Little Abidis immediately showed a troubled expression.

Over the years, through Josie's "education" and continuous expansion of his power, especially in the ongoing maritime trade wars, Abidis has become a qualified merchant and leader, and often bargains with Josie in their trade.

But this time, his predicament was genuine.

Because this is really difficult.

Unlike other races and factions in Azeroth that mostly dominate only one region, the Naga have truly ruled the entire ocean over the past ten thousand years, and their power can be described as terrifying to the extreme.

Moreover, due to its frequent incursions into coastal areas, it was hated by almost every kingdom or race.

Basically, only a few forces, such as pirates, that need to be active on the sea all year round will have some contact with the Naga, and they will basically not make it public.

Abidis's privateer fleet also spent a considerable amount of money during its operations to secretly establish contact with a Naga tribe, so that its fleet would not be attacked by these terrible sea creatures in the future.

For this reason, Abidis also has to provide a large quantity of specialties from the human kingdoms to the other party every year.

And now, Josie actually wants him to provide a large number of Nagas? Are you kidding me?

And to put it nicely, it's permanent employment, but in reality, it's still about buying and selling a batch of people.

How could the Naga possibly sell their own people as commodities?

Actually, if Josie only needed one or two, Abidis could get them. Although there were few Naga slaves on the black market, they weren't unheard of.

But clearly, what Josie needs is not one or two, but an entire tribe.

It's not even a question of whether Abidis could actually do it; even if he could, if he leaked even the slightest bit of information, his privateer fleet would be out of the question.

“Of course I know this is troublesome, but you don’t necessarily have to do it yourself, right? You can offer a bounty! The Naga are powerful, but they also have many enemies: sea giants, walrus people, lobster people, water elementals, and most land creatures. I believe it will be quick to gather a group of Naga… By the way, you can offer bounties to the Naga for these marine races I mentioned; I’ll take them all.” Josie smiled and brought out the methods that Europeans often used in Africa and the Americas back then.

In fact, the Alliance in Azeroth used this tactic quite often in the future, such as the policy towards the centaurs in Desolace during the 1960s...

Even though Abidis had gained considerable experience over the years, he was still somewhat shocked by Josie's plan.

This plan is absolutely insidious and brilliant!

Why didn't he think of that?

He could do the same to any force that was at odds with him, not just the Naga!

Of course, this matter is still very hateful, so he can't directly step in to deal with it.

“It’s a great method, but it would require a lot of manpower and put a lot of financial pressure on me!” Abidis said.

"Don't worry about any of that. I'll provide you with a group of absolutely reliable people to act as intermediaries and ensure they won't get involved with you. As for funding, that's no problem either; I'll provide you with enough gold!" Josie said confidently.

Although gold still holds great value in intergalactic trade, Josie has connected to so many universes that he has no fear of not being able to use up the gold he currently possesses.

Moreover, he was not afraid at all of Abidis's exorbitant demands.

Because this kid is very shrewd; even if he tries to make a fortune off Josie, he'll know how to keep things within limits.

Otherwise, not only will future trades with Josie be exploited, but excessive gold inflows could also cause the gold price in Azeroth to collapse.

After all, the population of each race in Azeroth is limited, and not every race circulates gold.